The group of people did not go directly to the mine, but first came to a five-story white building. Chadli said that although this small white building was inconspicuous, it was one of the most important government departments in the local area, because the management
It owns most of the gold mines in Ghana, and the gold industry occupies a very important position in Ghana.
Everyone else stayed in the car. Only Andrew and Xue Chen, accompanied by Chadley, walked into the small white building and found the person in charge of the distribution of these three gold mines, a dark-skinned middle-aged man with a thick beard.
young man.
After the three people waited in a reception room for about ten minutes, two more groups of people arrived one after another, which were the other two creditors. In this way, all three parties had arrived.
"According to the information the group gave me, the debts that need to be recovered from the other two creditors are nine million U.S. dollars and more than five million U.S. dollars. One is a steel company in Nevada, and the other is a financial loan company in Utah."
Andrew glanced at the other two people who arrived, and introduced Xue Chen softly.
Xue Chen calculated in his mind that the total debt owed by the three parties together was already 23 million U.S. dollars, but the purchase price of the three gold mines was only 15 million U.S. dollars. In other words, the three parties combined
A loss of eight million U.S. dollars is equivalent to 50 million yuan or half a billion yuan! As for who loses this money, who loses more and who loses less, it seems that everyone depends on their ability.
Seeing that the three creditors had arrived, the bearded black man in charge came over and said something to the three parties with his hands behind his back.
"These three gold mines have been assigned to you by the government's judgment, but it did not specify which piece was given to which party. Moreover, our government does not want to interfere with the specific allocation, so it is up to you to choose. Later, I will
I will take you to the three mines to take a look in detail. Whichever one of you proposes which piece you want, that piece will be given to whomever. Remember, whoever proposes it first will get it. I
I don’t want to see arguments.”
All three parties nodded, indicating that they understood, and no one raised any objections.
After all, this is Ghana, an African continent far away from the United States. According to Andrew, it would be good to get a piece of gold mine to pay off the debt. It is relatively rare that the Ghanaian government did not take the opportunity to take it back. If the Ghanaian government takes three pieces of gold
The mines were recovered instead of being used to pay off the debts of the bankrupt company's creditors, and the three parties including the Eka Group were helpless.
Fighting a cross-border lawsuit for millions of dollars? It is very unrealistic, not to mention that the other party is a country.
Everyone went downstairs and returned to their vehicles. The person in charge, Big Beard, and another government official drove in front to lead the way, and vehicles from the three parties followed behind and all the way out of the capital, Accra.
After almost an hour's drive, we finally arrived at the first gold mine, which was located on the bank of a river. Looking left and right, we could see that there were large excavation marks all around and further around the river, causing serious damage.
The severe water and soil erosion looks like a scene on the Loess Plateau at first glance, with deep trenches dug out and large earth bags piled up like mountains.
Only this area of less than one kilometer is relatively well preserved and seems to have not been developed.
After the car stopped, everyone got out of the car. The bearded person in charge said that he would give the three parties half an hour to take a look at this mine, and he would leave for the other one in half an hour.
With only half an hour, it can be said that time is very tight. Andrew hurriedly ordered the five geological surveyors he brought to get out of the car, take out the instruments they carried, and conduct a simple detection of the gold mine.
The same is true for the other two parties. The steel company with a debt of more than 9 million US dollars brought more prospectors, enough for ten, and the equipment was very complete. Many high-end-looking equipment was moved from the car.
Precision instruments, such as a long needle-like iron rod, are driven into the soil and driven by a motor to drill deeper.
"As expected of a steel company."
Although steel and gold are different, they are all natural metal mines after all. This steel company should be more professional in exploration, and the prospectors it brings will look sharper than those brought by Andrew.
Xue Chen looked at the financial loan company again, but was a little surprised. It seemed that no geological exploration staff were brought. An old white man in his sixties, wearing glasses and with gray hair walked out of the crowd, holding his hands behind his back.
He slowly walked around the land that contained gold. After walking a few steps, he bent down and picked up a handful of soil, looked at it and smelled it.
"This is..." Xue Chen felt a little interesting. It seemed that this old white man was the person hired by this financial company. Not to mention, he was busy drilling holes in the ground with the people hired by the other two companies.
Compared with the prospectors, he really looks like a master.
"Xue Chen, why don't you take a walk and take a look?" Ning Xuanxuan asked softly. She knew Xue Chen's clairvoyance ability, so she naturally knew the purpose of his visit.
Xue Chen withdrew his gaze from the old man and slowly walked around. With the blessing of his clairvoyance ability, his gaze penetrated layer after layer of soil and went deep into the ground until it reached thirty-four or five meters.
The appearance is already the limit.
The limit distance of penetrating sea water is five to six hundred meters, and the distance of soil is only 100 to 50 meters. If the soil is mixed with rocks, it will be further reduced.
With a quick glance, he saw a lot of ore, which was the same as the picture in the information Amanda gave him. It was a gold mine, but the quality was average.
This undeveloped gold mine is less than one kilometer in radius, about the size of two or three football fields. Although half an hour is short, it is enough for Xue Chen to go around.
When he walked back to the motorcade, half an hour was up.
The two teams of explorers quickly packed up the instruments they brought and put them back in their vehicles.
The bearded person in charge waved his hand: "Let's go to the next place." He turned around and got into the car.
After sitting back in the car, Andrew immediately took out his mobile phone and talked to the person in charge of the exploration team on the minibus behind him, asking about the test results.
After hanging up the phone, Andrew turned to Xue Chen, who was sitting in the back row, and said: "The time is too short. There is only a rough estimate. The gold content may be fifteen grams per ton, and the total gold content is two to three tons, but it is very small."
Inaccurate valuations can only be used as a reference."
Xue Chen just nodded and said nothing.
"By the way, the people in the exploration team also told me something. They knew the old white man. He was a professor at the American Gold Mining Association. He had participated in the exploration of at least twenty gold mines and had forty years of gold mining experience.
Mining experience…”
Seeing Andrew's helpless smile, Xue Chen burst out laughing. He was right. This old man was really a capable person. It felt like one person could equal a team.
The convoy started again and went to the second gold mine. No one rashly told the bearded person in charge that they wanted the first film. After all, they had not seen the next two films yet.
It took about half an hour to arrive at the place. This time we were in a clearing in the middle of a dense forest. It seemed to be about the same size as the previous one.
As soon as the car stopped, the two exploration teams were busy again. The professor from the Mining Association also got out of the car slowly. As before, he walked around, grabbed a handful of soil and took a look.
Exuding the style of a master.
Xue Chen was not idle, and continued to walk around. Overall, he felt that the quality of the gold ore below seemed to be a little higher, but the difference did not seem to be very big.
After viewing the second gold mine, the three creditors still did not come forward to make a choice first. Apparently, they all planned to take a look at the last gold mine before making a decision.
The exploration team also gave reference values for the second gold mine, estimating that the gold content per ton was 17 grams, and the total gold content was about three tons.
Looking at the data from the two mines, Andrew compared and compared it, but there was no suitable choice. He felt that the data was too close. It was obviously because time was too short and he could not conduct more detailed surveys.
When we arrived at the third gold mine, it turned out to be located in a basin, and its area was smaller than the two gold mines just now.
The bearded person in charge looked at his car, glanced at his watch, and chatted with his colleagues next to him, waiting for the three creditors to survey the latter mine.
Xue Chen held his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes to see through the layers of soil. His eyes kept traveling between twenty and thirty meters below his feet, observing the density and quality of the gold ore below.
Soon, he discovered that this mine was different from the two mines just now. The difference was the type of gold mine. The gold mines in those two mines were all placer gold mines, which are rich in gold.
Made of sand and gravel.
The gold mine below this mine is rock gold. As the name suggests, gold is attached to pieces of rocks.
He didn't know this knowledge before, but he learned it from the information he read on the way here on the plane.
From time to time, patches of rocky gold veins appeared in his sight.
He was also thinking about which of these three gold mines was more valuable. It was really hard to decide.
"Um?"
Suddenly, a faint golden color appeared in the soil and caught his sight...
Andrew stood next to the car, watching with a serious expression, watching the five prospectors he had brought with him at work, and also looking at the people on the other two sides, especially the white-headed Gold Mining Association professor several times, feeling stressed.
Shan Da, after sighing, turned his gaze to Xue Chen further away.
He wasn't very sure whether Xue Chen could help him make a right choice, but he was willing to give it a try, because since he met Xue Chen, the other party always brought him incredible surprises. Even if he couldn't help, he could
Have someone you can talk to.
When he looked at Xue Chen, he saw that Xue Chen had come back, so he asked directly: "Brother, do you have any good suggestions?" (To be continued)