Driven by well-intentioned people, the $20 million loan that Zambia owes to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund has become the country's current headlines, but Boss Chen doesn't have much energy to pay attention to this matter. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

For example, just now, when he told the secretary that Shen Junshen, the deputy chief engineer of the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Corporation, had something to do with him, Chen Geng suddenly "sighed" in his heart: Count the days, now is not the time for the next meeting, is there a problem in the place where the hydropower station is going to be built?

"No, no, the geological conditions of the place where the hydropower station is going to be built are very good, Chen Dong, you can rest assured," Shen Jun hurriedly waved his hand, from the initial discomfort to the rapid habituation, after coming to Zambia, the comrades of the Water Conservancy and Hydropower Construction Corporation only took a few days to quickly get used to Chen Geng's vigorous and resolute style: "That's the case, I just heard from the comrades below that the Zambian government was ready to give you a copper mine at a discount?" ”

Thinking something was going on, Chen Geng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and nodded: "There is such a thing." ”

Without waiting for Shen Jun to ask, he took the initiative to introduce: "It is a small micro copper mine with a total reserve of 80,000 tons, and the grade is not high, less than 1%, if it is in our country, there is still a little mining value, but this is in Zambia, it is not cost-effective in terms of cost......"

Without waiting for Chen Geng to finish speaking, Shen Jun said eagerly: "Chen Dong, can you show me this copper mine information?" Mainly in terms of geological structure. ”

"Absolutely." Chen Geng nodded happily, but he felt a little strange in his heart, how could Shen Jun be interested in this small miniature copper mine with low grade and almost no mining value?

However, Chen Geng still happily handed him the information—he had a complete list of information about this copper mine on his desk.

After receiving the information, Shen Jun immediately looked at it impatiently, and after looking at it for a while, Shen Jun's eyes had already begun to glow, and his mouth was also slurking: "Sure enough...... Lao Xu: They are right...... Yes, yes, with this, you can get the number......"

Listening to Shen Jun's words, Chen Geng really couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Chief Engineer Shen, is there any secret in this copper mine?" ”

"Secret?" Shen Jun didn't raise his head and said, "That's right, this copper mine does have a big secret. ”

"......" Chen Geng opened his mouth slightly, a little incredulous: Isn't it?

I felt that it was impossible, but Shen Jun's reaction couldn't be faked, and he had no reason to lie to himself, and the most important thing was ...... The feeling from before came back to my mind: why do I have some impression of this copper mine?

Without waiting for Chen Geng to ask, Shen Jun sighed, closed the folder with a look of satisfaction mixed with regret, and said to Chen Geng seriously: "Chen Dong, you must do everything you can to take down this Lumwana copper mine. ”

"Why?" Chen Geng asked in a deep voice, could it be that his previous premonition was not wrong, there was really a problem with this copper mine?

Shen Jun sighed with satisfaction and longing: "Because it is very likely that this place will ...... No, it is very possible that there is a very large copper mine with a total reserve of more than 5 million tons. ”

"What?!" Chen Geng was shocked: "The total reserves are 5 million tons? ”

If the reserves can reach 1 million tons, it is considered a large copper mine, and the classification standard for extra-large copper mines is 3 million tons, with a total reserve of 5 million tons...... Chen Geng had only one thought in his heart:! it!

If this number can be reached, even if the grade of this copper ore is a little lower, it will not be a problem at all.

Shen Jun nodded heavily, and said with a look of longing: "Optimistic estimates, the prospective reserves may even exceed 30 million tons." It would be nice if our country could have such a copper mine. ”

Prospective reserves of more than 30 million tons? Chen Geng was also stunned: It's so big!

A flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and Chen Geng finally thought of why he always felt a little familiar with the name Lumwana, because this was the Lumwana Copper Mine! This is the Lumwana Copper Mine!

Damn it!

Chen Geng was annoyed and really wanted to slap himself a few times: Why did I forget about the Lumwana copper mine, a super-large copper mine developed at the end of this century?

At the end of the century, the Lumwana copper mine was just a small micro-copper mine with a total reserve of less than 100,000 tons and a grade of only 0.9%, and compared to Zambia's many copper-rich mines with reserves of more than 1 million tons and a grade of more than 2%, this copper mine was almost completely worthless, and no one even wanted to explore the surrounding area of this copper mine.

BUT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, THE SITUATION HAD CHANGED DRAMATICALLY: A TEAM OF SURVEYORS FROM AUSTRALIA'S EQUINOX MINING PTY LTD HAD INADVERTENTLY SURVEYED THE AREA AND DISCOVERED ONE OF THE LARGEST COPPER DEPOSITS DISCOVERED IN THE LAST 40 YEARS OF THE CENTURY: THE LUMWANA COPPER MINE.

Located 65 kilometers west of Soluwezi, the capital of the Northwest Province, the Lumwana Copper Mine has proven reserves of 270 million tons at an average grade of 0.8% and prospective reserves of 632 million tons at an average grade of 0.6%, which is also the largest copper mine in the entire African region!

AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THIS COPPER MINE, THE SHARES OF EQUINOX MINING LTD IN AUSTRALIA SKYROCKETED AND CATAPULTED FROM A MEDIUM-SIZED MINING COMPANY TO A GLOBAL GIANT IN THE FIELD OF COPPER ORE SUPPLY.

The reason why Chen Geng is interested in the Lumwana Copper Mine is that he once bought the shares of the Lumwana Copper Mine and made a lot of money, but the reason why he forgot it is also because of this: Chen Geng has bought a lot of profitable stocks.

No matter what method is used, this copper mine must be in your own hands! Chen Geng, who was well aware of the total reserves of the Lumwana copper mine, took a deep breath: "This ...... Chief Engineer Shen, it's not that I doubt you, it's really ...... Are you just engaged in water conservancy? Although water conservancy also needs to understand geology, it is not the same as the geology that mineral deposits need to know, right? ”

This is the truth, although the construction of hydropower stations and the search for mineral deposits require knowledge of geology, but the construction of hydropower stations only needs to understand the address structure of the intended construction site, and the search for mineral deposits requires understanding the evolution and development of geology, the difference between the two is too great, even if you Shen Jun has profound attainments in geology, you can't just look at a little bit of the information of this copper mine to determine that there is a high probability of a large copper mine of 5 million tons here, right? This is outrageous – even though there is a much larger copper mine than 5 million tonnes here.

"I knew you would say that," Shen Jun was not surprised at all by Chen Gengguo's statement, and he smiled happily: "The reason why I dare to say this is because I have a classmate who is in the State Geological Survey, and his job is to be responsible for finding copper ......mines for the country."

Chen Geng nodded and motioned for Shen Jun to continue.

Shen Jun: "The work of our water conservancy system is roughly like this: for example, if we are going to build a hydropower station on this river, your water conservancy survey department will go and take a look and survey, where can we build a hydropower station with a large amount of power generation, and how much will the construction cost?" What about the cost of transmission and transformation lines? With this hydropower station as the center, what is the electricity consumption situation within a radius of how many kilometers around? If the geological structure of the place is not suitable, what is the best place to place an alternate site...... This is the process of our water conservancy and hydropower construction.

However, the geological bureau is different from these people who are engaged in water conservancy, and the first thing they have to analyze is the change and development of the earth's geology and even the earth's crust over tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years, and think about the problem from a global perspective, and my classmate is to study the development and change law of copper mines on the earth, according to his calculations, in the northern region of Zambia, which is now the location of the northwest province, there should be a super-large copper mine......

Chen Geng interrupted him and said, "Chief Engineer Shen, what do you mean, these are all your friend's guesses?" ”

Shen Jun's expression was a little embarrassed, but he quickly disappeared, and said: "It's not just speculation, this is based on science, and the geological department has discovered several copper ore ...... based on this calculation model he established."

Speaking of this, Shen Jun looked at Chen Geng with a pleading face and said: "Chen Dong, even if there is only a 1% possibility, I think you should also go to the field to investigate, if there is really such a large copper mine that has not yet been discovered, you have to take this opportunity to get the entire copper mine in your hands, our country is really short of copper......

In Shen Jun's view, if there is no such a super-large, undiscovered copper mine in the Lumwana area, it would be fine, but if there is really such a copper mine, just take the opportunity of Runhua Industry and the Zambian government to get this copper mine, this opportunity is too rare for our country, and in order to get the investment of Runhua Industry's hydropower station project and development zone, the Zambian government will inevitably give China the green light on this copper mine.

Of course, if there is indeed such a large copper mine, our central government will definitely promote the completion of this economic and technological development zone, and it will inevitably make this development zone the premier development zone in Zambia, there is no doubt about that.

"That's ......"

Chen Geng pondered for a moment, and finally nodded heavily: "No matter what, if such a super-large copper mine does exist in this place in theory, we have to do everything we can to hold this copper mine in our hands...... But Shen Gong, can you let the copper mine expert from the Geological Bureau come and tell us about it first? ”

I can't rush out just because of your words. Knowing what Chen Geng meant, Shen Jun nodded happily: "Of course it's no problem!" ”

Chen Geng can agree, this is already an unexpected joy, how could Shen Jun be annoyed?