After sending the head away, Tang Feng returned to the room and thought carefully about what the head had just said.

First of all, this super copper mine has to be in the Andes, because the two most famous copper-producing regions in the world are located in the Cordillera Mountains, whether it is the Grand Ping Valley near Los Angeles in the United States, or the western foothills of the Andes Mountains on the border between Peru and Chile.

In fact, in addition to these two famous copper-producing regions, whether it is the Rocky Mountains in North America or the Andes Mountains in South America, there are many large copper mines, but because these large copper mines are not concentrated together, they are not as famous as those two copper-producing regions.

However, this also shows that the Cordillera Mountains contain huge copper reserves, but due to the limitations of the terrain, they cannot be explored by humans today.

Therefore, if this super copper mine is to be located, it is best to be in the countries of the Cordillera Rim.

The United States and Canada in North America Tang Feng don't want to consider it for the time being, although Canada's investment environment is very good, but the country's taxes are too heavy, heavier than the United States, Tang Feng doesn't want to work hard to move the copper mines, nearly half of which have to be used to pay taxes. As for the United States, Tang Feng didn't think about it, because he already has a lot of industries in the United States, and the theory that eggs can't be put in the same basket Tang Feng is still clear.

Tang Feng plans to place this super copper mine in South America, and the investment environment of the countries mentioned by the leader is also good, and it is time to find a suitable country from those countries to settle this super copper mine.

Brazil was the first to be vetoed by Tang. Not to mention that Brazil is far away from the Andes, if a million-ton copper mine is built from that country, it is fine, but if it is a 10-million-ton copper mine, it will definitely be suspected, because Brazil's largest copper mine does not have more than 10 million tons of copper reserves.

Besides. Brazil's mining giant is Vale, and if Tang Feng really builds a super copper mine in Brazil, who knows if this behemoth will use its brains? BHP Billiton back then tossed Tang Feng a lot, and Tang Feng didn't want to have another headache. Although he is not afraid of Vale, he should try not to look for this kind of trouble, and he does not have to place this super copper mine in Brazil.

Except for Brazil. Although the investment environment in Chile and Peru is also good, and both countries are large copper producers, no one will doubt that they can find a super copper mine with reserves close to 50 million tons, but these two countries are good anywhere, but the tax revenue is heavier.

Although the mining tax revenue of these two countries is not as variable as that of Canada. It can be regarded as the best among all the countries in South America, so Tang Feng decided to give up these two countries after thinking about it.

Eventually, Tang set his sights on Argentina, the southernmost tip of the South American continent.

First of all, the western part of Argentina is the Andes Mountains. The Andean fold belt along the Chile-Argentina border is a vein belt rich in non-ferrous metal resources, which stretches for more than 1,000 kilometers from Jujuy province in the north to Neuquén province in the south, and contains dozens of mineral deposits. A number of Argentine and domestic companies are currently mining non-ferrous metals in this vein belt, which is rich in copper-gold-molybdenum deposits, and although no copper deposits of more than 10 million tons have been discovered before, the Takataka copper-gold deposit was recently discovered in the Puna region of northwestern Salta province. It is estimated that the copper reserves are likely to reach 10 million tons, making it the first 10 million ton copper mine in Argentina.

With the existence of such a Takataka copper-gold mine. Then if a super copper mine is built, it will naturally not be suspected. After all, only 30% of Argentina's proven mineral resources are now covered by the country, and 70% of the country's land area has not been explored at all.

Especially in the Andes region, there are many blind spots in exploration, which provides a strong guarantee for this super copper mine to settle in Argentina.

Crucially, Argentina's mining taxes are much lower than those of Chile and Peru. Mining taxes are even lower than in Brazil, and in Argentina the costs associated with mining development are very low. For example, if you want to survey an area in Argentina, you have to pay only $400 a year for every 500 hectares of land, of course. If you enter the mining period, the rent of the mine land per hectare of land will increase to $80 per year.

This price is quite cheap, at least much cheaper than Australia and Canada, which are mining powers. Coupled with the mining tax rate that is far lower than that of other major mining countries, Tang Feng really can't think of a reason to refuse Argentina.

Well, since the conditions in Argentina are so good, let's put that super copper mine in this country! Well, it seems that Argentina's emerald gemstones are also relatively famous, so by the way, the beryl mine is also located there.

Now that the decision was made to locate the super copper mine and the beryl mine in Argentina, it was time to choose a place.

This site must first be in the Andes Mountains, but the altitude should not be too high, just like the Takataka copper mine, the altitude is more than 4,000 meters, even if it is an open-pit mine, the cost of mining and transportation is also large. Tang Feng didn't want the mining cost of this super copper mine to be too high, after all, there is a very low mining cost of the Esgundida copper mine in Chile, and the mining cost of the super copper mine that he brewed out by the owner of his own star core cannot be higher than the mining cost of the Esgundida copper mine!

Secondly, it is better for the mine to be close to the Tamsui River, because the mining and beneficiation of copper ore are inseparable from fresh water.

Of course, it is better to be close to the railway line, in which case the cost of transportation will be kept to a minimum.

Combining these three conditions, Tang Feng began to look for a suitable location on the map. After searching for a long time, Tang Feng roughly settled on a valley about fifteen kilometers long at the northern tip of Salta Province.

Judging from the map, the name of this valley is the St. Lawrence Valley, located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, dozens of kilometers away from Bolivia in the north, 40 kilometers away from the southwest is the important town of Pichanal in northern Argentina, the railway line from Yacueva passes through Pichanal, and there is a road in the valley that leads directly to the important town of Pichanal in the north - Oran.

The altitude of the mountains here is generally between 600 and 800 meters, and the reduction of altitude will greatly reduce the cost of mining; It is also the source of the Bermejo River, where there is no shortage of fresh water, and there are several hydropower plants in the area, and there is no shortage of electricity; The most important thing is that Tang Feng looked up the geological survey data of Argentina and found that there had been no large-scale geological and mineral resource exploration operations in this area. (To be continued......)