Cole was a man of his word. He quickly arranged a team for Li Du, a team that could help him contract a mine in South Africa.
There were two main parts to the team. One was a team of lawyers, who were responsible for solving the legal issues involved in contracting the land. They were responsible for the main process of the work.
The other part was a team of mine engineers, gem experts, geological experts, and so on. They were responsible for the professional issues of the mine and the estimation of the gem content in the mine.
Li Du was confident in the ore. He had used the little bug to conduct a detailed search and found many traces of diamonds in the underground ore. It was definitely a diamond rich mine.
Therefore, he felt that the second part of the team did not need to be used now. After he successfully contracted the mine, he would go and inspect the mine.
However, these people were not useless at this time. He had questions about geology that he needed to consult, so he found a few experts and showed them the strange ore he had brought back from the mine.
He wanted to know the identity of the ore because he had not seen any related ore before. He had some extravagant hope that the ore could be something that had not been discovered yet.
Or could it be refined into some precious gem?
After the experts saw the ore, they divided it up and identified it. They crushed a part of the ore and observed it under a magnifying glass. They also did some simple chemical experiments.
More than two hours later, an identification report was released. The geological expert named Louis Byrd found Li Du and gave him the report.
"Is the result out?" Li Du asked as he read.
Louis Byrd nodded. "Yes, based on our observation of the appearance of the ore, physical and chemical tests, after comparison, we believe that this is a product of an asteroid."
Li Du perked up and said, "You mean, they are from another planet?"
He was now immersed in the gem market and had learned about extraterrestrial meteorites. Many meteorites could be sold for a high price internationally. If they had scientific value, the price could be much higher than diamonds.
Louis Byrd said, "No, they are not extraterrestrial meteorites. They are the product of an asteroid hitting a mountain and melting the rock layer.
"According to the comparison results, this ore is very similar to an ore from Bavaria in southern Germany. The similarity is as high as 98%.
"Among them, in the analysis of ores in Bavaria, geologists speculated that about 15 million years ago, an asteroid fell to Earth and hit Bavaria in southern Germany, creating a huge crater that extended more than nine miles."
"This kind of ore is very common in the depressions. It is named meteorite conglomerate. It is a compact breccia or coarse grained rock with angular fragments and contains glass, crystals, and diamonds.
Li Du said, "You mean, this ore contains diamonds?"
Louis nodded and explained at the same time, "But the diamonds here are small scattered particles and have no commercial value. This kind of rock is common in the impact craters of Bavaria."
He gave Li Du the main information about the ore, and more detailed information was included in the report.
At that time, the asteroid that fell to Earth weighed about 3 billion tons. Most of it was dispersed by friction and combustion after entering the atmosphere.
Asteroids were rich in diamonds, but the diamonds melted at ultra-high temperatures. They combined with gravel and soil, and melted silica, which was glass. They were too small, and the largest was only 0.1 mm, so they had no economic value. They only had scientific value.
Li Du was disappointed and said, "In other words, this kind of ore is not valuable?"
Although it was said to have scientific value, this kind of meteorite conglomerate was abundant in Germany. The rarer it was, the more valuable it was.
Louis nodded. "Yes, they are not valuable, but they are very valuable. If these meteorite conglomerates were found around the mine you want to buy, it means that the mine is not worth mining."
Li Du understood what he meant because the diamonds in the meteorite conglomerate were too small. However, he had clearly found diamonds in the Amengda mountains, and they were not small and of good quality. How could that be explained?
The answer would have to wait for further investigation. Li Du thanked Louis, and then he told the team of lawyers to continue with the purchase of the Amengda mountains.
The South African government was very inefficient, but when it came to money, it was very efficient.
In early October, the mine acquisition team sent Li Du news that the plan was going well. The South African government was willing to set up a mine in the Amengda area and sell it.
Because there was no record of any ore found in the history of Amengda and the surrounding area, the price of the mine was not high, about $10,000 per acre.
The Amengda mountains were vast. To be on the safe side, Li Du decided to buy all of it. It was about four square kilometers in total, about a thousand acres, and the price was more than $11 million.
The money was not a problem for him. He had the funds.
Next, he provided the funds and information to buy the mountain.
From the discovery of the diamond mine to the completion of the purchase procedures, a total of twenty days had passed.
In mid-October, Li Du returned to the United States with the ownership of a diamond mine.
Now he had no money. Although he got some money from Goodswain's safe deposit box, it was only $1.2 million.
For Li Du's mine business, the money was a drop in the bucket.
He had no pressure in this regard, because he was about to have a large sum of money in his account!
To return to the United States, he had to land at Los Angeles Airport. After smoothly passing through customs, Li Du called Cao Fan and asked him for the contact information of Tang Chaoyang and Song Biaozi.
Then he called Tang Chaoyang and said bluntly, "I have a batch of diamonds here, but there are no certificates. If you need them, I can sell them to you."
He got a large number of diamonds from Goodswain and Remonin, which he stored in a heavy suitcase in the black hole space.
It was difficult to deal with these diamonds. In order to protect their own interests, Delbis and other diamond marketing groups joined forces to use the toughest means to crack down on diamond smuggling and blood diamonds. Therefore, whether it was Remonin or Goodswain, it was difficult to deal with the diamonds in their hands.
If Li Du wanted to sell them through normal channels, he would have to find a reliable mine to rely on and slowly launder the diamonds.
However, it was difficult to do so. First, the profits would be taken away by the mine. Second, the mine's digestive capacity was limited. It would take several years to dispose of all the diamonds in his hands!
Li Du did not have that much time to waste. It just so happened that Tang Chaoyang and Song Biaozi seemed to need a lot of diamonds, so he chose to give them the diamonds.
Coincidentally, the two returned to Los Angeles. After receiving a call from Li Du, they arrived in a car and inspected the goods on the spot.
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