Happy Tycoon

Chapter 560: Papua New Guinea's mining industry

"Is it just the scope of private mining? It seems that the state is still a little careful about foreign mining investment." Yang Jing squinted his chin and thought to himself.

When Yang Jing showed this expression, Guo Dabao closed his mouth very wittily. After a while, Yang Jing asked: "Uncle Guo, has our scope of survey rights been confirmed? And, what if we do? If you take it, what scope of survey rights can you get? If a mine is discovered, how is the proportion of equity in Papua New Guinea distributed?"

Guo Dabao said: "The specific scope has not yet been determined, but the general scope is temporarily set at Irian Island. Of course, if we can find mineral resources in the provinces of the country, we can also apply for the operation in those provinces. Survey and development. Generally speaking, we now have funds and survey and mining technology in our hands. The PNG government is very much looking forward to the development of mineral resources in its territory in the past. As for the allocation of equity, it is said that if mineral deposits are discovered, we The shareholding ratio with the PNG government is temporarily set at 75% to 25%. We have 75% of the shares in the new mine, while the PNG government uses mineral resources to obtain a share of 25%."

   Yang Jing was slightly surprised and said, "Uncle Guo, this ratio is generous enough."

   Guo Dabao can of course hear which party this so-called "generous" refers to. In an underdeveloped country like Papua New Guinea, the Papua New Guinea government can directly occupy 25% of the shares through the use of mineral resources. This can only be said that the Chinese government is too generous.

You know, almost all mines in PNG are now controlled by large foreign mining companies, like PNG’s largest copper mine, the Panguna copper mine on Bougainville Island, even if you look at the world, It is also one of the largest copper mines. However, nearly 60% of the controlling interest in this copper mine has been held in the hands of Rio Tinto. Even though 27% of the shares in this huge copper mine are held in private hands, most of the people who hold these shares are from Australia's richest people.

There are also the two largest copper and gold mines in Papua New Guinea, the Lihir Island Gold Mine on Lihir Island and the Polghera Copper-Gold Mine on the central part of Irian Island. The controlling stakes are all controlled by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. This kind of foreign large-scale mining company controls. You know, the proven gold reserves of the Lihir Island Gold Mine alone are as high as 573 tons, while the Porghera copper-gold mine also has 420 tons of reserves. These are all large-scale gold mines worth more than tens of billions of dollars.

It can be said that almost all of the potential mineral resources in Papua New Guinea are controlled by foreign mining companies, especially those from Australia. The poor Papua New Guinea government obviously has a huge amount of high-quality mineral resources, but it is difficult to find these resources. Sufficient benefits are obtained from mineral resources.

   There is no way, this is the sorrow of the underdeveloped countries. If your national strength is not enough, you will inevitably be bullied!

   And now the Chinese government has directly promised 25% of the shares of the PNG government. Isn't this generous and what is it?

  Of course, high-level considerations are definitely not something that ordinary people like Guo Dabao or Yang Jing can think of. The reason why high-level people are high-level people is because they stand far and wide, so they can consider things from the perspective of the interests of the whole country.

Guo Dabao reluctantly pointed to it and said, "Don’t you know the situation of our company? Things like this kind of shares are not something I can decide. However, if the 25% of the shares can really be exchanged Come to a precious metal mine with low mining cost and high reserves. It is actually very worthwhile. So, didn’t I find you? Xiaojing, let’s throw out 25% of the shares, which is equivalent to throwing out. 25% of the profit. So, whether we can start the international precious metal mining project or not depends on you."

"Me?" Yang Jing pointed to his nose, then shook his head and said, "Uncle Guo, don't overestimate your expectations of me. I don't know if this big hope technique can be used to find precious metal minerals. Come on, so, don’t expect too much."

"No problem, definitely no problem!" Guo Dabao was obviously very confident in the so-called "big hope qi technique", rubbing his hands and said: "Xiao Jing, don't you think this can be done? Let's go to Papua New Guinea tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Circle, you first try your Da Wang Qi technique in the end whether it works, and after we have the results, let’s talk about other things carefully. Oh yes, Xiao Xiang just flew from Algeria to Papua New Guinea last week, something about Algeria. It's already on the right track, Xiao Xiang can come here to preside over the work."

   When Guo Dabao mentioned his son Guo Xiaoxiang, his face was full of pride. Obviously Guo Xiaoxiang did a good job in Algeria during this period, otherwise Guo Dabao, the father, would not be so proud.

"Xiao Xiang is also in Papua New Guinea?" Yang Jing asked in surprise. I haven't seen this fat man who has successfully lost weight for a while. Now when he mentions this guy, Yang Jing is still quite excited, "Uncle Guo, then I will follow If you take a trip, Papua New Guinea is not very far from China."

   "Okay, then I can arrange a flight ticket? By the way, do I need to apply for your passport?"

   Yang Jing shook his head and said: "No, I am holding a Cyprus passport and a dual EU passport. I can go to Papua New Guinea for a 60-day visa on arrival."

   Guo Dabao shook his head helplessly, and gestured to Yang Jing with a thumbs-up, seemingly envious of the benefits that a guy with a dual passport can enjoy.

   Guo Dabao worked very fast. In just one day, he called and informed Yang Jing that it was an evening flight and that the ticket had been booked. After dinner, he could go directly to the Capital Airport to take a flight.

   Yang Jing guessed that Guo Dabao had gone through all the formalities early and was waiting for him. But now that he promised him a trip to Papua New Guinea, Yang Jing drove Gege to Guo Dabao's place for a sumptuous dinner, then said goodbye to the reluctant Gege, and boarded with Guo Dabao and the seven or eight entourages. Boarded the flight to Singapore.

There is no direct flight from Yanjing to Papua New Guinea. Instead of taking a domestic flight to transfer to and stop at Port Moresby in the end, Yang Jing and the others might as well fly to Singapore first and then transfer from Singapore to Papua New Guinea. Flights from the capital, Port Moresby.

   This route is more reliable than the flight from the capital to Port Moresby, and there is very little delay in between.

   Yang Jing and Guo Dabao traveled in first class, and those entourages could only travel in business class.

   When I boarded the plane from the capital at night, it was still freezing cold, but when I arrived in Singapore, I was so hot I wanted to get the skin off. When the plane took off from Singapore and flew eastward and crossed the equator and finally landed at Jacksons International Airport in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, the rush of heat made Yang Jing unbearable.

   Yang Jing belongs to that kind of fiery physique, so even though he is not fat, he is afraid of heat and not cold. Compared with the hot sauna days in Port Moresby, which is located at about ten degrees south latitude, Yang Jing prefers the freezing cold of the Arctic.

From the VIP room in Singapore, Yang Jing and his party put on colorful casual summer clothes. Yang Jing is even more in an extremely fancy aloha shirt. It doesn’t look like someone who has come to investigate a billion-dollar business. , More like tourists who come to travel and vacation.

   A group of people don’t have a lot of luggage, just a change of clothes and some simple information.

   I have to say that there are definitely reasons for Guo Dabao to do such a big business. One of the very important reasons is Guo Dabao's character.

   This fat man, regardless of his wide body and fat, looks cheerful all day long, like a Maitreya Buddha, but through contact with Guo Dabao during this period, Yang Jing discovered a very decisive aspect of this person's character.

As long as Guo Dabao looks for things, he will often be very decisive. Coupled with his sharp eyes and meticulous thoughts, this decisive character will often allow him to seize the fleeting business opportunities and get involved in them. Get the most benefit.

Just like this trip to Papua New Guinea, if you change to another mining company, you will usually first inspect and then inspect again. If you don’t inspect three times or five times, you will never invest rashly~lightnovelpub.net~ Guo Dabao was different. After learning that the state had listed four private mining companies, including Rongbao Mining, as the first batch of companies to enter the PNG mining industry, he immediately set off to Papua New Guinea and stayed in Papua New Guinea. More than ten days later, he immediately invested more than 20 million national currency and established the Rongbao Mining Port Moresby branch in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea.

   At this time, the other three qualified domestic mining companies are still under investigation.

   It’s not enough just to establish a branch. Guo Dabao resolutely transferred the boss of the Yanjing branch, Wu Zepeng, to take charge of the work here temporarily.

  Different from Zhao Meng, who is far away in San Francisco, Zhao Meng can only be regarded as Guo Dabao's partner, and Wu Zepeng is Guo Dabao's real right-hand man and confidant. Since Guo Dabao started, he has followed Guo Dabao until now.

   In the first half of the year, Yang Jing had a drink with Wu Zepeng about working for Jiang Bin’s ex-wife Zheng Yating.

   So Yang Jing knows Wu Zepeng's ability very well. Yang Jing is also very relieved that he is in charge of the newly established Port Moresby branch.

   After coming out of the airport, Yang Jing saw Wu Zepeng with three people picking up the plane outside the gate. Because Yang Jing and his party consisted of nine people, Wu Zepeng brought three vehicles, all of which were high-horsepower off-road vehicles.

   After all, Papua New Guinea has a lot of mountains, and most of Papua New Guinea's mineral resources, especially metal minerals, are mostly located in mountainous areas. Therefore, this high-horsepower off-road vehicle is far more reliable than those cars.

   After the two groups met, they chatted for a while, and then they got on the car together and headed straight to the location of the Rongbao Mining Port Moresby branch.