Chapter 473 Opportunities in the Cracks

Although the scenery of Perth is infinitely beautiful, Fan Wubing did not come here for tourism. He was mainly interested in how to seize his mining area as soon as possible and then build it.

As the director of Fan Investment Group in Perth, Carter had long been in contact with Hydes and others, and also had some dealings with Governor Skye. Therefore, he immediately launched public relations activities in accordance with the requirements of his boss Fan Wubing to help Fan Wubing and Skye made preparations for the meeting. Some matters that required in-depth conversations should be started at this time. Naturally, he could not wait for the bosses to discuss those details in person.

Maximus is more interested in Perth and Fremantle Port. There happens to be a sailing competition here. As a sailing enthusiast, Maximus cannot miss it. Therefore, Fan Wubing rented a small plane and asked the pilot to carry him. He took two guides who were familiar with the mining area to inspect the actual situation of the Pilbara mining area from the air.

The Pilbara mining area is very large, and Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have occupied almost all of the best locations. What Fan Wubing wants to obtain now is the part that has not yet been explored, as well as the parts that have not yet been explored, as well as those that have been occupied by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. The portion of a shallow mineral deposit that is abandoned and unused.

Judging from the map, the combined area of ​​these places exceeds at least 100,000 square kilometers, with a large opening space. This is also a big gap that Fan Wubing hopes to open up the Australian iron ore market.

There are many private jets in Australia. It feels like Australians flying private jets is as natural as Chinese people riding motorcycles on the streets. Because of the vast land in Western Australia, many farmers have their own private jets, and the price is not expensive, tens of thousands. It can be done for hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars. As long as there is a stretch of road or a relatively flat site, it can take off and land, which is very convenient.

If Americans once had cowboys on horseback, then these farmers in Western Australia are now cowboys flying in the sky, and the territory they have to look after can indeed be called a vast territory.

The pilot of the private jet that Fan Wubing rented was named Kay Moore. He was in his forties and looked very strong. He was eating chewing gum and humming an unknown Australian folk song. He looked extremely happy.

And their plane often displayed two stunts in the sky, which made Fan Wubing a little worried, lest he would mess with this small plane.

The two guides accompanying Fan Wubing said to him, "Don't worry, Kaimoor has more than 4,000 hours of flying experience and has experienced various complex flying environments."

"The places that are drowned are all swimming places. The experience of flying four thousand small places does not explain anything." Fan Wubing tightly grasped the handle of the chair and said to Kaimoer who was performing stunts in front of him. "During the Korean War, an ace pilot of the US military was shot down by rookies. Anything can happen in the sky."

After entering the mining area.

Kaymer was much more honest and calmly drove the plane in several circles over the mining area according to the planned route. Fan Wubing also carefully observed the situation on the ground from the porthole. Including the nearby mining areas, forests, rivers and railways belonging to Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Mark your observations on the small-scale map.

up in the air. They also encountered several small planes belonging to Rio Tinto. I guess I saw them circling here. Feeling a little curious. Came here specifically to see what happened.

The other side's pilot flew the plane parallel to them. Each other can see the appearance of the other's pilot. It seemed that Kaymer knew them too. He also made a few gestures to say hello.

When getting off the plane. It's almost noon.

Carter and others were already waiting for them on the ground. After seeing Fan Wubing come down. He came up and said. "Boss. Governor Skye has asked you to meet in the afternoon."

Fan Wubing was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect it to happen so quickly, so he asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Carter explained, "Governor Skye will go abroad for inspection next week. Considering that delaying for too long will make the guests unhappy, I want to meet Mr. Fan before going abroad to talk about the exploration rights licensing issue."

Oh, Fan Wubing nodded and said, "That's fine."

Since everyone is busy, we can get straight to the point when talking about things, and save so many twists and turns. Fan Wubing thought about it. This time, he must win the exploration rights of the Pilbara mining area no matter what. I should first occupy the vacuum between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, and then slowly open it up.

Governor Skye is less than forty years old, and he is considered a young cadre in Australia. He seems to have a proactive attitude. He was also very enthusiastic after meeting Fan Wubing. The two talked about exploration rights and Regarding the issue of mining rights, Governor Skye agreed to divide the blank area between the two expansions and the undeveloped area of ​​the Pilbara mining area to Fan Wubing's 100,000 square meters without wasting much effort.

area.

Fan Wubing was very happy about this, but he was also a little surprised. He wondered why the governor was so easy to talk to. After all, this is 100,000 kilometers of exploration and mining rights. Once it enters commercial operation, the benefits will be huge.

However, after thinking about yesterday's conversation with Haidesi, Fan Wubing felt relieved again.

It’s no wonder that Governor Skye is so happy. It’s all because the power of the two expansions is too huge. As a result, no local company in Western Australia can intervene in their confrontation. They can only watch the excitement, and the overseas forces There are very few people who have the confidence to come here to compete with the two expansions. This time Fan Investment Group suddenly wants to get involved, which is indeed a good thing for Western Australia.

For the Western Australian state government, if the power of the two expansions is so great that it cannot suppress it, it will inevitably have an impact on the formulation of some policies and regulations of the state government, and even cause instability.

This is a situation that the Governor of Sri Lanka does not want to see, especially as an important cadre of the Liberal Party. If he wants to vigorously promote the economic liberalism advocated by Howard, then the iron ore group, which is deeply influenced by the Labor Party, needs to be suppressed. , we cannot let them feel that they are the local emperors here in Western Australia.

Western Australia was worried about how to deal with the two-pronged iron ore group, and Fan Wubing came to the door. The timing was just right, so it was not too far-fetched to make things happen after just one conversation. matter.

In terms of policy, the Australian government stated that it can sell the 100,000 square kilometers of exploration and mining rights to Fan Investment Group for 9 million Australian dollars, but Fan Investment Group should also guarantee that within five years Open and start operations, otherwise, it is just occupying the manhole and not shitting.

Fan Wubing thought to himself, it seems that the Australian government also believes that it will be impossible to form production capacity within five years, so he must show it to them and let them know what Chinese efficiency is. If after two years If the mine can be mined, what will it look like?

All in all, Fan Wubing gained a lot from this trip to Western Australia. The most important problems have been solved. Now is the implementation stage. A large number of people need to be dispatched from China to carry out exploration and measurement. Activities, as well as railway and port issues also need to be resolved at the same time. Otherwise, when the ore is mined but there is no way to transport it, that would be depressing. You can’t expect to use airplanes to transport iron ore, right?

Governor Skye also asked Fan Wubing a very important question, "When will your company's investment be in place?"

It is a very important thing when investing. If nothing else, just building the railway costs about 2 million Australian dollars for one kilometer of railway. Fan Wubing has to build at least 300 kilometers of railway here, which is quite a lot. So 600 million Australian dollars, and the construction of the port also costs a lot of money. Therefore, Skye is very concerned about when the investment from Fan Investment Group will be in place. He also needs to write this matter into his political achievements.

"As for the funding issue, we plan to use market-based operations to solve it." Fan Wubing answered confidently.

Market-oriented operation? what is that? Skye was a little confused and didn't know what Fan Wubing had in mind, but he at least had an understanding that Fan Wubing didn't intend to use real money to do things.

So Skye asked with some worry, "Mr. Fan, it is said that your company has never been short of money. Why did you suddenly think of other ways to raise funds this time?"

Fan Wubing smiled and replied, "Because I bet with others that I can get things done here without using real money."

Skye shook his head in surprise, "It's hard to believe such a large investment."

In fact, Skye believes that market-based means can partially raise funds, but the entire investment will probably cost billions or even tens of billions of Australian dollars. This does not seem to be something that can be solved by market financing. After all, the mine has not seen it yet, so how can investors invest in this? Are unknown foreigners interested in mining areas and even dare to invest their hard-earned money? Everyone is not a fool!

But the reputation of Fan's Investment Group is too great. Governor Skye thought about it and didn't think that Fan Wubing would be unable to succeed here in Western Australia. It would be extremely embarrassing and they would always come up with a solution. This is the advantage of a large consortium, so he doesn't think there is anything to worry about. After all, he will receive the exploration rights transfer fee soon, which is also a considerable income.

After Fan Wubing sent away Governor Skye, he began to give instructions to his subordinates to immediately establish the Western Australia Branch of Fan's Special Steel Co., Ltd., referred to as Fan Texi.

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