Under normal circumstances, a gold mine with four or five thousand miners should produce more than ten tons of gold per year, so that the mine owner will not lose money.
The Ignati Woods gold mine operated by Anglo-American Mining Company only reports an annual output of 2.5 tons. This is no longer just perfunctory, but it is playing on the federal government and the Johannesburg city government. Who knows where the hidden gold has gone?
And know.
Not only Britain needs gold, the United States also needs it, and all countries in the world need it.
According to the reason for the previous fine against the Chesterton Gold Mine, the Ignati Woods Gold Mine smuggled at least 25,000 ounces of gold, so it was fined 110,000.
These are only those who have been found out, how many have not been found out?
"Don't bother the Mining Union. The Anglo-American Mining Company will sell the Ignaty Woods gold mine to raise the fine." Ernest Oppenheimer knew that he could not avoid this knife, even if it happened, Ernest Oppenheimer
Heimo also needs to choose a decent way to die.
"Very good, remember, pay the fine within a week." Aiden did not dwell on this matter. If Ernest Oppenheimer wanted to play tricks on this matter, then Ernest
·Oppenheimer will pay more.
Today's Johannesburg is different from the Johannesburg of ten years ago. Ten years ago, the gold mines in Johannesburg could change hands freely. One hand paid the money and the other hand handed over the mine. The Johannesburg city government did not interfere at all. As long as taxes were paid according to regulations, the Johannesburg city government welcomed more changes.
Multiple capital inflows.
Now if you want to sell the gold mines in Johannesburg, you must first sell them to the Johannesburg Municipal Government, and then the Johannesburg Municipal Government will entrust the Mining Alliance to organize a unified auction. Individuals who want to sell gold mines privately cannot even find a buyer.
Of course, maybe Ernest Oppenheimer could actually find a buyer, but that was not a problem for Aiden.
"The transfer of gold mines in Johannesburg must go through the Johannesburg Municipal Government. This is also to prevent the loss of gold. In the past, the transaction price of a large gold mine was only a few thousand pounds, which is obviously very unreasonable." Rock still took the initiative to talk to Sidney Mill.
Na explained that in the political structure of Southern Africa, the federal government has limited influence on the state governments, and even the Transvaal State Government has limited influence on the Johannesburg Municipal Government. Therefore, Sidney Milner did not know the Johannesburg Municipal Government.
How to manage a gold mine is normal.
"Is there any benefit transfer?" Sidney Milner was not stupid, and he immediately realized that there was a problem here.
The Johannesburg city government also collects taxes on gold mine transactions. The taxes and fees required to pay a few thousand pounds are definitely different from tens of thousands of pounds. This custom originated from the Transvaal Republic, when most of the Rand mining areas
The gold mines were run by the British headed by Cecil Rhodes. In order to pay less taxes, the mine owners at that time adopted this method to avoid taxes.
Now the Transvaal Republic has become history, the Transvaal has become part of southern Africa, Cecil Rhodes has died, Stoudemire has become the leader of the Rand mining area, Ada is the director of the tax administration, and at this time ten
The method used a few years ago was inappropriate, and sooner or later you would have to pay it back.
To put it bluntly, only state officials are required to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps.
Roark cannot answer Sidney Milner's question, nor can he delve into it. If you look deeper, everything Stoudemire has now is illegal, and even Roark's acquisition of Nyasaland is illegal.
"These damn rats should all be put in jail." Sidney Milner had no intention of settling old scores, but his eyes looked a little colder at the mine owners in the conference room.
Think about the fact that Adelaide is working hard for the federal government's finances, but these mine owners in Johannesburg are trying every means to evade taxes. As Adelaide's nephew, Sidney Milner really wants to lock up these mine owners, torture them, and drain them dry.
Every penny in their pockets.
Rock didn't want to answer this either, but Xiaosi laughed strangely a few times and clapped.
Sidney Milner is resolute now because the gold mine in Johannesburg has nothing to do with Sidney Milner.
After this rectification, Sidney Milner will also become the owner of the mine. Let's see if Sidney Milner will pay the tax in full. Don't stand and talk without pain.
If Sidney Milner does not use legal tax avoidance means to pay taxes in full, then Rock will respect Sidney Milner as a man.
While Rock was communicating with Sidney Milner, Aiden continued to read the list.
By the time Aiden finished reading, at least half of the people in the conference room were mourning, and the Anglo-American Mining Company had suffered particularly heavy losses.
The three gold mines operated by Anglo-American Mining Company all engaged in smuggling to varying degrees, and the three mines were fined a total of 250,000 rand.
What is surprising is that when the Anglo-American Mining Company purchased these three gold mines, it spent a total of less than 100,000 rand.
So the mine owners looked at Ernest Oppenheimer with gloating eyes, mixed with some other inexplicable emotions.
Ernest Oppenheimer was relatively calm and did not directly conflict with Aiden. As soon as Aiden finished his announcement, Ernest Oppenheimer raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to speak.
This is in line with the Mining Alliance's guarantee procedures, and Aiden has no reason to refuse.
"Lord Nyasaland, I would like to ask, is this approach of the Johannesburg Mining Union legal?" Ernest Oppenheimer approached Rock directly.
"Mr. Oppenheimer, since the Johannesburg Mining Alliance exists, it is reasonable and necessary to exist. It is not the first day you have known about the Johannesburg Mining Alliance. You only questioned it when your interests were harmed. The appearance is a bit too ugly. I want to remind you.
The thing is, even in the United States, smuggling is an act that must be severely punished. Next, the Ministry of Justice will increase the punishment for smuggling. Everyone, I want to remind you now that bygones are bygones, but if someone continues to commit crimes, then
I'm sorry, but the result may be unacceptable to you." Rock's last words were not just for Ernest Oppenheimer, but for everyone.
Smuggling in the Johannesburg gold mines can be considered a tradition. It has continued from the Transvaal Republic to the present day. Although the negligence of management is partly due to the greed of the mine owners, it is mainly due to the greed of the mine owners.
In Johannesburg, gold is taxed as a special commodity, and the purchase price of London and the federal government of Southern Africa is not based on the exchange ratio of pounds and rands for gold. After all, if the mine owners buy gold
Selling to London or the federal government of Southern Africa will indeed result in a lot of losses, which is the main reason why Johannesburg's gold trend continues to rise.
Roque used to be a mine owner, so of course he also smuggled gold and evaded taxes.
Now Roque is the deputy minister of defense and justice. Due to both emotion and reason, gold smuggling should be resolutely cracked down on. This does not conflict with Roque's identity as a mine owner.
Compared with Rock, Stoudemire has more gold mines to his name, and Stoudemire is not in a hurry to get angry.
Ernest Oppenheimer did not dwell on this issue. After listening to Rock's explanation, he politely bid farewell to Rock and walked away.
It's just that when I left, I could clearly hear my footsteps were a little heavy.
The next day, Roark received a call from Viscount Glaston.
Viscount Gladstone was interceding for Ernest Oppenheimer, and he didn't know how many circles this call had to go before he found Roark.
"Locke, is the problem of Anglo-American Mining Company serious?" Viscount Glaston still wanted to understand the situation first.
"Yes, but this is not the decision of one person, but the collective decision of the Johannesburg Mining Federation. Sidney and I listened to the entire meeting. Not only the gold mines operated by the Anglo-American Mining Company were punished, but also all those involved in smuggling.
All gold mines are severely punished, and the fines have to be turned over to the Johannesburg Municipal Government." Roark will not admit that he is involved in this matter, and the Anglo-American Mining Company deserves it.
"Okay, the purpose of my call is to remind you that without affecting the interests of the federal government and London, if possible, you can consider taking appropriate care of capital from the United States." Viscount Glaston had nothing to say.
As a pure Englishman, Viscount Glaston also hated this kind of thing.
So it was obvious on the phone that Viscount Glaston stayed out of the matter immediately after Roark explained.
What else could Roque say? Hahaha was immediately heard on the phone.
Viscount Glaston was also very smart. He chatted with Rock about the weather in Cape Town and then hung up the phone.
I really am not in the mood to pay attention to the British and American mining companies. In the past two days, the southern African military has been taking tough measures against the Marcellus gold mine. The Orange newspaper immediately published the military's atrocities, saying
During the suppression of the Marcellus gold mine, at least two thousand miners lost their lives.
Immediately afterwards, newspapers in the UK and newspapers in the United States reprinted the incident, and they even exaggerated when reprinting it. The British newspaper believed that at least 3,000 people were killed in the incident, while the American newspaper believed that 5,000 people were killed.
died in the incident.
For a time, the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa became the target of public criticism, and Roque was defined as an "executioner" by the Orange newspaper because of the atrocities committed by the army.
Rock was not angry. In fact, the outside world did not know the specific situation of the Marcellus Gold Mine. The fact was that there were no deaths at all that day. When the armored vehicle crashed into the gate of the Marcellus Gold Mine, the miners dispersed in a hurry.
, no effective resistance was organized at all.
Rock didn't want to shed blood, so he only "exiled" the first criminals, including More, and did not go on a killing spree. The Orange newspaper was completely created out of nothing.
Then British and American newspapers are adding fuel to the flames.
Don't expect journalists these days to have high ethics. British newspapers even directly said that German Emperor Wilhelm II was a cannibal.
