Chapter 112 Huge Amount of Rare Earth Ore
After finishing speaking, Battalion Commander Wu was stunned for three seconds, and soon an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.
“I don’t even know when it happened!!”
“Colonel Chen!”
Wu Xun was so excited that he hurriedly looked at the nearby Chen Lin waved.
At this time, Chen Lin was unpacking supplies with Princess Irina. When he heard the guard's call, he clapped his hands and stood up.
"Colonel Chen!!"
Wu Xun increased his volume again, and Chen Lin walked over after hearing it.
On the way here, Wu Xun introduced Chen Lin's identity to Captain Qin. After only mentioning Chen Lin's military rank, Captain Qin immediately understood what was going on.
Just looking at the exceptionally young Chen Lin, Captain Qin still had a hard time believing that he actually had the rank of senior colonel.
"Ahem, he has a special identity. He is directly under the high command."
Wu Xun explained in a low voice: "Looking at the guards around him, his identity cannot be fake."
Captain Qin quickly adjusted his clothes and saluted politely after Chen Lin arrived.
"What good news is this?"
Chen Lin smiled and laughed. When he saw Wu Xun's face turning red, he immediately realized that the situation was definitely not that simple.
"Rare earth mine! We discovered a rare earth mine!"
Wu Xun couldn't wait to speak directly, "On the mountain west of Brest City, I heard Captain Qin say that there is a rare earth mine...Old Qin, Tell Colonel Chen the specific situation of this rare earth mine!"
Captain Qin quickly organized his thoughts and then said: "The exploration team conducted an analysis of the soil samples brought back from the mountain yesterday! Analysis found that the rare earth-containing oxides accounted for about 8%. Among them, rare earth minerals such as bastnasite, monazite, bastnasite, and bastnasite are rich in rare earth minerals, and there is also a large amount of lytic stone in the middle. , columbium iron ore, pyrochlore, niobium iron rutile and other associated minerals..."
Chen Lin listened to Captain Qin as if listening to a book from heaven. He looked at Wu Xun beside him and noticed that Wu The battalion commander also looked completely confused.
However, Battalion Commander Wu still seemed quite excited: "Old Qin, just tell us how much reserves we have here!"
Captain Qin smiled and said: "The data I got from the detection department yesterday was about 7,000."
"7,000 tons?"
Battalion Commander Wu spoke subconsciously , but saw Chen Lin laughing at the side: "At least add ten thousand to the end, right?"
"7000... ten thousand tons!?"
Wu Xun was stunned. After a moment, I immediately understood why Captain Qin wanted to take away more than 30,000 people.
There are 70 million tons of rare earth minerals in reserve. This terrifying reserve is distributed in the mountains in the distance. Even if it is thrown in, it may not be enough for 50,000 people!
In the absence of large-scale construction machinery entering the site, just opening the road to the location of the rare earth mine in the early stage would not be possible without tens of thousands of people!
This does not include the follow-up work. More than 30,000 workers entered the site, which was like a drizzle.
"Yes."
Captain Qin smiled and nodded to Chen Lin: "The estimated rare earth oxide reserves should be around 70 million tons, and the resource amount should be around 300 million tons. , including a large number of open-pit associated mines.”
"If you have a chance, you can take a helicopter and take a look at the mountains over there. The gradient effect of the rare earth mines and the surrounding rock formations is very obvious." Battalion Commander Wu already knew what to do next. The correspondent in the distance also sent an order at this time, asking him to deliver all the surrendered rebels in the city to the engineering troops who came. Naturally, Wu Xun happily executed it.
Prince Irina was quickly notified of the incident. She immediately mobilized Lange’s Warg Legion and divided them into dozens of squads to assist in the project. The troops and personnel sent from the camp rushed to the mountainous area to the west.
"What's the name of the mountain over there?"
Chen Lin watched the rebels being formed into two teams and rushing towards the preset location in the west. He took advantage of the situation and asked. called Irina beside him.
"The Blois Mountains."
Irina answered truthfully, "In our case, Blois means colorful."
"It's really colorful..."
Chen Lin suddenly laughed. He knew that the color of the rare earth mine itself was different from that of ordinary rock formations.
It is estimated that if you look down from the plane, the entire Blois Mountains should be mixed with yellowish brown, brown, red and even green. Such obvious signs are also conducive to the discovery of rare earth minerals.
This thing is said to be much more valuable than the gold mine previously discovered in the southwest corner of the outpost.
After all, although Chen Lin didn't know much about it, when he heard the word "rare earth", he could immediately realize that this is a national strategic resource, which is used by almost all high-tech industries and industries. We need to use these rare earth elements, but there is no such thing as enough!
Prince Irina looked at Chen Lin's somewhat excited look, and curiously asked about what they had discussed just now.
As for what "rare earth" is, Chen Lin himself doesn't know much about it. He can only briefly explain it to the princess, saying that it is some kind of rare element that can transform materials, making it It is harder or stronger and more flexible...
After Chen Lin said it himself, he felt that it was a bit too simple, so he took out his mobile phone and searched for it, and seriously gave it to the princess Irina. Did some popular science.
The princess didn't know what this thing was at first, but when Chen Lin introduced rare earths from military, metallurgy, chemical industry and even agriculture, she instantly understood what this thing was.
"In other words, is it equivalent to a rare material in alchemy?"
Irina said directly: "It's like adding some kind of strange alchemical material, It allows the magister to refine better materials or potions..."
Chen Lin was immediately happy when he heard this explanation. After explaining it for a long time, what Princess Irina said was quite concise and vivid. .
“Actually, this does not just refer to a certain alchemical material, but the entire alchemy.”
After Chen Lin finished speaking, he stopped talking. He saw a team of tens of thousands of people running to the west and disappearing from sight. In the distance, a pontoon was guiding some of the construction machinery needed to pass through the mining area, digging. Machinery, minecarts and the like are all queuing up on the other side of the river, waiting to cross the river...
The pontoon bridge can hardly meet the upcoming transportation volume.
These mineral resources will have to be transported to Base No. 3, and then transferred back to the outpost of the Forgotten Forest. This distance is not too short.
Chen Lin suddenly came up with the idea of reopening the portal, but then he thought about it. At this time, a huge transshipment site had been established at the outpost, and all kinds of infrastructure were there... ...The Hongshan Base should not allow the portal location to be changed easily.
Ding Yi’s idea of opening a second portal, I don’t know if it is possible...
When Chen Lin thought of this, he suddenly remembered the magical effects of magic.
He suddenly spoke to the contemplative princess, which shocked Irina.
"Where is the Magister beside you? I have something to ask her."
(End of Chapter)