Chapter 806

While drinking, Blatche asked Li Du how he wanted to develop in Lightning Ridge.

He said: "Bob told me, you are fishing for black gold abalone in Jindao? This is a real gold industry. You are really envious of you fishing for gold in the water."

Li Du smiled and said: "Maybe it is worthy of the envy of others, but it is not worth mentioning here. What you are looking for is more valuable than gold."

Blatche took a sip of his beer and sighed, "Yes, but the premise is that the gem can be found."

"I am full of confidence in this. I am here for this reason. I believe that if we search carefully, there will always be something to gain." Li Du said something on the scene.

Blatche smiled bitterly and said, "I hope, but don't have too much hope, or you will be very disappointed. By the way, buddy, you are not here to be a miner, are you? You are rich, are you here to buy a gem mine? "

Li Du said: "Yes, this is my plan."

Blatche immediately asked, "Do you have a place you like? If so, tell me, and I'll contact you to see if I can buy it."

Li Du shook his head and said, "I've been around the town today, and I don't know much about the local conditions. I plan to buy a random mining area first and use it to practice my skills."

After hearing this, Blatche pondered: "Is that what you intend?"

He thought for a while and said, "If you don't have a particularly promising mining area, I can introduce one to you, but I can't guarantee its harvest. I can only say that that mining area is very good, and many people are coveting it."

Li Du became interested and asked, "Then I have to thank you. What's the situation in this mining area?"

Blatche introduced him to the mines around Lightning Ridge, a very complex topic.

Black opals have been on the luxury scene for some time now, with Maori and Aboriginal Australian tribal peoples digging for them for thousands of years.

It is now said internationally that black opal is only produced in Lightning Ridge, but this is not the case, but Lightning Ridge has the largest ore vein in the world, and it is still produced today.

At first, black opals were produced in Australia and New Zealand, but many mining areas were destroyed as people exploited them indiscriminately.

In the past, there were some good mining areas in the coastal areas of Australia, but the mining technology was not good at that time, and people just dug randomly in the ground.

This leads to a series of problems, such as underground voids.

The coastal areas are rich in groundwater, and the underground cavities eventually turned into underground water holes due to serious water seepage. For safety reasons, the government prohibited further mining, and no one dared to mine any more.

After all, money is precious, but life is more expensive!

The mining area of ​​Lightning Ridge appeared relatively late and was not discovered until the 20th century, but this is the largest black opal mining area discovered in history.

By the twentieth century, ore mining technology had been perfected at this time, and people did not know how to hire engineers to plan, and the machines used were more advanced.

In addition, Lightning Ridge is located in the central and western regions of Australia, where it is relatively dry, and the groundwater has not flooded, so this mining area is relatively well protected and can still be mined.

Blatche told Li Du that Lightning Ridge currently accounts for 80% of the world's black opal.

Li Du exclaimed: "This output is really amazing."

Blatche shook his head and said, "No, the output has been decreasing. In fact, more than ten years ago, 95% of the world's black opal was produced here."

The reason for the decrease in production is that the entire mining area has been dug almost once. He said: "The area around Lightning Ridge is 60 kilometers, and almost all of the underground has been mined, so it is not so easy to find anything."

Li Du felt that what he said was a bit too alarmist. Yesterday he released small flying insects to search underground. It is true that he did not find black opal deposits, but he found that many places have not been mined yet.

Blatche continued: "Let me introduce this place to you. It's an area that hasn't been mined much. After it was bought by a guy before, that guy had other businesses and didn't care about development."

He took a sip of beer and said, "Now his business seems to be in some trouble. There is a problem with the capital chain, so he wants to sell this mining area. If you want to buy a piece of land, then I bet this is the best choice."

Li Du asked: "What does this guy do? What is the size of the mining area? What is the approximate price?"

Blatche leaned closer to Li Du, and said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, Li, the news of the sale of this mining area has not been spread yet, so don't let others know, or the price will be raised."

Li Du wondered, would it help to keep his voice down? If the other party wants to sell the mining area, they will definitely release information to invite bids.

But he was not familiar with this place, so he nodded and followed Blatche's words.

Blatche said: "His name is Chris Bontra. He is engaged in urban environmental greening work in Sydney. The mining area has an area of ​​about 20 acres. I think 500,000 can win it."

This price is considered low. Bob’s notebook records the price of the mining area, which generally costs 30,000 to 50,000 per mu.

If a certain mining area has produced a large number of gemstones, then the price is hard to say, and it may be sold for hundreds of thousands per mu.

Blatche continued to introduce the mining area. After explaining the location and the mining situation, he asked: "Are you interested in buying it? If you are interested, make a decision early, and release the news later. You can get 800,000 or even a dollar million."

After thinking about it, Li Du decided to visit the mining area. He was very interested in the information introduced by Blatche.

This is the main harvest tonight. Finally, when Li Du was about to leave, he ran into Obradovic and others who had clashed with him in the parking lot.

Li Du smiled and said, "What's the matter, do you want to continue fighting?"

Obradovic snorted, and said, "For the sake of treating us to a drink tonight, I have some news for you. Blatche is a cunning bastard. Don't get too close to him!"

Leaving this sentence, they got in the car and left.

Li Du didn't care. After returning to the hotel for a rest, the next day, according to the agreement, he went to a breakfast restaurant in the town to find Blatche.

Blatche is expected to go to the mine today, so he changed into a rough denim jacket. After the two sides met, he said: "Don't eat breakfast, go to Chris, I heard from his son that he wants to release the news of the sale of the mining area today." .”

The two parties drove straight out of the town. About ten kilometers away from the center of the town, Blatche's pickup truck drove into a small road and entered a fenced mine.

There was a log cabin in the mine, and a white man with a mustache was on the phone.

Blatche frowned and said, "Damn it, he's sending out news, we have to act quickly."

After finishing speaking, he went up and hugged the shoulders of the mustache and said, "Hi, Chris, I brought you a friend, come and have a look."