Golden Fishery
v2 Chapter 941: .A ship of gold mine
The four people are together, apart from bragging and talking about business matters, now they are focusing on the small leaf red sandalwood horns and the pile of gold and silver coins.
Little Blake said: "The corner collision must be reserved for the auction. We have invited a total of more than twenty rich Jewish men and Middle Eastern royals. Do you remember Afef? The guy who bought our "Sunset at Montmartre", He is also interested, so he is waiting to make a lot of money during the spring auction."
"The processing of gold and silver coins is divided into two channels, one is for private sale, and the other is for auctions. The gold and silver coins at auction are either of poorer quality and lower price, or the quality is the best. Sell. The gold and silver coins in the middle are being sold privately."
Qin Shiou nodded, saying this was good. He is not very concerned about the auction business now, because the fishery has begun to generate income for him. Butler’s monthly income exceeds 10 million U.S. dollars. The seafood transformed by Poseidon’s energy is a huge profit!
Speaking of business, Billy said he also hopes to find a shipwreck now. His men analyzed the information of the shipwreck and found a transport ship that sank in the waters of Somalia. It was an early Spanish treasure ship with crudely purified gold ore on board. If it can be salvaged, it will definitely make them rich overnight.
"We have been getting rich overnight." Brandon laughed.
Qin Shiou was more concerned about the amount of gold in that ship, so he asked.
Billy stretched out a slap, and Qin Shiou exclaimed: "Five tons?!"
According to the current gold price, one ton of gold is worth less than 40 million U.S. dollars, and that five tons is 200 million U.S. dollars. No wonder Billy said they would get rich overnight!
Billy gave him a blank look and said: "What five tons? It's a thousand tons!"
Everyone took a deep breath, and the little Blakla shook his shoulder vigorously and said, "Fuck! One thousand tons? One thousand tons, what are you doing with five fingers?! Are you sure you are not mistaken? Thousand tons of gold? More than 40 billion US dollars?!"
One thousand tons of gold is indeed terrifying. You must know that before the 19th century, because the level of gold productivity in human society was very low. In the thousands of years before that, the total amount of gold produced by mankind was less than 10,000 tons. For example, in the 100 years of the 18th century, only 200 tons of gold were produced...
Until the discovery of a series of gold resources in the 19th century, gold production has been greatly increased since then. Especially in the 50 years of the second half of the 19th century, gold production exceeded the total of the previous 5000 years.
Today, the world produces about 2,600 tons of gold every year.
But the reserves of one thousand tons of gold are still terrifying!
Billy then shattered their fantasies: "I'm faking too, brothers, have you listened to me? Yes, a thousand tons, but that is not refined gold, but crudely refined gold. Mine! It's ore!"
So Brandon breathed a sigh of relief. Said: "Let me just say, a thousand tons of gold, that's horrible, there is no need to fish for a thousand tons of gold ore? Rough extraction? How far has it been extracted?"
He is a bank, and the bank needs to reserve gold. The total amount of gold in all banks in Canada is not a thousand tons.
Gold ore is actually not very valuable, as we all know. South Africa is a traditional gold producing country, but at present, an average of 4 grams of gold can be extracted from one ton of gold ore in South Africa. Some high-grade one ton can extract 10 grams of gold, and the low-grade one ton can extract 2 grams of gold. Vaults below 2 grams/ton have no mining value.
If these ores are only raw ore, even if the grade is high, one thousand tons is only ten kilograms of gold, that is too little.
Qin Shiou didn't know much about this aspect, and Canada had no gold mines, and his usual living environment was not compatible with this aspect, so he asked Brandon. What's the matter with gold ore.
Brandon explained: "Gold ore refers to those ore containing gold elements or gold compounds. They can be processed into higher grade gold concentrates or gold ore, and gold concentrates need to be refined by smelting. In order to become fine gold and gold products."
"Are there any minerals with particularly high gold content?" Qin Shiou asked.
Brandon nodded and said: "Yes, there are two types. The first is the best gold mines, which come from meteors. Some meteors contain gold. This way, when passing through the earth’s atmosphere, the meteors and the atmosphere produce strong friction and intense oxidation and combustion. Many impurities are consumed in this process."
"You know, gold is very stable, and it is difficult to chemically react with other substances even at high temperatures. Therefore, because the temperature is very high when passing through the atmosphere, which is higher than the melting point of gold, 1063°C, they will become liquid after landing. It attaches to rocks or sand and finally cools down to become the ultimate gold mine."
Billy shook his head and said: "This kind of gold mine contains close to 100% gold. It is very rare. Once discovered, it will become a private treasure or a treasure of the town. Of course, the gold mine on board is not like this, otherwise I will not care about Somalia. The armed forces have already gone fishing!"
Qin Shiou motioned him not to speak first, and continued to ask Brandon: "What about then? What does another high-quality gold mine look like?"
Brandon continued: “That is the gold crystal mine, which was formed about 400 million years ago in the Paleoproterozoic orogenic period of the Precambrian Proterozoic universe.”
"This kind of gold mine also comes from meteors, but it is not gold that is extracted, but when large meteors pass through the atmosphere, they have different melting points and vaporization points due to high temperature, uneven heating, and different internal components of the meteor. It will explode."
"After the explosion, the meteor fragments continue to burn, and the impurities are obviously easier to burn, and the final particles are rich in gold. These gold mines are often close to the natural crystal state of gold, presenting an equiaxed crystal system and a vertical crystal lattice. Or semi-fluid, it is also very precious, simple refinement can become pure gold!"
Qin Shiou looked at Billy, and Billy shrugged and said, "What am I doing? The ore in the sunken ship is not such a top-grade mine."
In this way, Qin Shiou was discouraged, and said: "Then do you know how rough the extraction is?"
Billy aggrieved: "Most of the documentation at the time was lost. Where should I go to determine the specific information? However, this 1,000 tons of gold ore can definitely extract at least one or two tons of gold, otherwise the Spanish treasure ship would not have to transport it. They are!"
One or two tons of gold is fine, and the value is not lower than the corner of the red sandalwood. You can't be too greedy, and you can't be too arrogant.
Thinking about it, Qin Shiou patted Billy on the shoulder and said, "OK, man, let your guy start work, dig it out."
The ratio smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, Qin, you have to come forward first." (To be continued~^~)