After a long day's work, Xia Yu and his parents went back to their rooms to sleep, and the driver drove them deeper into the mining area early the next morning.

This mining area produces mainly rock gold mines, and there are not many Chinese people who can be seen, most of them are European and American mining enterprises.

The proven gold reserves of one million ounces are like chicken ribs for the oligopolistic mining companies, so the European and American mining companies here are mainly private mining companies.

After all, according to the regulations promulgated by Ghana in 1996, foreigners are not allowed to mine and operate small gold mines under 25 acres.

Converted to one hundred and fifty acres, most of them are the size of Chaolu Farm.

If such an area has not been mined, it will definitely not be able to be eaten by hundreds of thousands of US dollars, but if it is mined to the end, it will definitely be able to pick up the leakage.

Xia Yu specifically understood that the abandoned mine was not that there was no mine in it, but that the cost of continuing to mine was close to the output, and there was no profit.

Mine owners have to spend money to run and maintain their machines and hire employees, and who wants to continue digging without all that!

In the same way, Xia Yu is unwilling, all he seeks is the ownership of this kind of gold mine that continues to mine with little value, and it is confirmed that he has a mine at home.

This sounds a bit silly, as if he is in a hurry to send money to people, but as long as he doesn't continue to invest, the cost of holding such a gold mine is not high.

It sounds a bit like flipping a house, but four or five hundred thousand dollars is the price of half of his villa, which is not eye-catching at all.

That sentence is so, don't use your annual salary to challenge my pocket money, these are really the pocket money sent to Xia Yu by the system, plus a little bit of his own money.

"Sir, here we are!"

The car stopped at the gate of a mine, and a black security guard with a battle-damaged AK approached.

"I'm Xia, and I made an appointment with Mr. James. ”

Xia Yu said to the security guard, not even looking at his gun.

With the blessing of the King of the Prairie Buff, no one can be unfavorable to him, so naturally there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Yes sir, our boss is waiting for you inside. ”

After confirming Xia Yu's identity, the security guard waved his hand back, and the door of the mine opened directly.

The car continued to drive inside, until it drove to the simple house inside, and a middle-aged white man greeted it.

"I think you must be Xia, are these two your parents?"

James stretched out his hand first and shook hands with Xia Yu.

"Yes, Your Excellency is Mr. James, I have seen your picture on the Internet. ”

Xia Yu and this James were contacted by email, as for the photo, I have to say that there are really many nobles in Europe, and this is actually a baron of Daying.

But it's normal to think about it, Ghana was colonized by the Ying Kingdom in history, and it still has its background to this day.

This Baron James may have been to Ghana beforehand, even if the aristocracy has declined today, there is already a relationship between the ancestors here.

It's just that Ben is currently showing signs of running out, and James's mine income is decreasing, so he has plans to sell the mine and leave here.

At first, he was going to package and sell the mine to a large mining company in his country, but unfortunately people didn't look down on this bit of mosquito meat at all, so he refused without talking.

The nearby private mine owner also had no intention of taking over, which gave James a headache until he received an email from Xia Yu.

The Chinese were well known in the gold mining circles of Ghana before, but they were better at placer gold mining technology, so why are they interested in rock gold mining now?

Anyway, it's good to get rid of this mess, no matter what country he is!

With this mentality, James led Xia Yu's family to visit his mine, which has several mines in an area of more than 200 acres, but only one is still in production.

The technicians are mostly white, and they are available in all countries, and the wages are not low, and the miners are mostly local blacks, and the prices are cheap.

At present, the cash cost of mining per ounce of gold is about 780 US dollars, but the total sustainable cash cost must be more than 1,000, and the international gold price minus this is the profit per ounce of gold.

Because of the huge size, large enterprises can further control costs, and the profits will be a little more, but they must also ensure that there is enough mining volume to make money.

However, the production of the James mine has declined in stages before, and now it is still mining, and it is time to stop working if it can't be sustained, after all, the international gold price fluctuates a little more, and he has to go bankrupt directly.

"James, I already have a number in my mind after seeing all the mines, how much do you want to sell them?"

Back in the office area, Xia Yu asked the price directly.

He is still very satisfied with this mine, that is, there is still output, and the price should not be as cheap as those mines that have completely stopped working, and he will not be able to buy two mines if he takes here.

It's okay to modify the plan on an ad hoc basis, as long as the price is right.

"One million dollars, including the washing equipment, I will leave it all for you. ”

James Lion opened his mouth and said, this mine has already made a lot of money for his family, and now he wants to squeeze it dry to make one last money.

"300,000 US dollars, I don't want your equipment, you can sell it second-hand. ”

Xia Yu directly bargained at a three-fold discount, and he had to return to China after buying the mine, and people who didn't trust him were watching here, and it couldn't work at all, so it was better to seal it first.

If the sealing time is long, the machine will have a problem, so it is better not to do it now, and buy the latest model later.

"You Huaxia people are too good at bargaining, you must know that in the past, 300,000 yuan was only my monthly income!"

"Mr. James, times have changed, and there will always be a day when resources are mined, and we have to recognize the reality. ”

Xia Yu said in a light tone, the era of the James family lying down to make money has passed, and now it's time for him to earn money lying down.

"How about 750,000, you don't want me to deal with the machine. ”

James made concessions, which was a great start, but it was far from the end.

"Three hundred and fifty thousand, no more. ”

"600,000, I still have to pay the severance pay of the employees. ”

The employees James said were probably only those white people, and they didn't need 50,000 together.

"Four hundred thousand, Mr. James, I am sincere enough, there are more than a dozen private mining companies in this area, if not, I think there are other options. ”

Xia Yu made a new offer and emphasized that he did not have to be him.

"500,000, 500,000 if it's okay, we can sign the contract now. ”

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Deal!"

Only large enterprises will have professional lawyers, and after several rounds of negotiations, small businesses are actually similar to buying groceries in the wet market, especially when James is eager to get rid of the mess.