209: Chapter 209 Super-Large Polymetallic Mine

"Huh, what is this!"

Qin Chuan exclaimed in surprise, then said, "Professor Chen, you all come over and take a look. Is this a gold nugget?"

Really? There is a gold nugget!

The so-called gold nugget is naturally occurring gold.

Xia Hai brought over a tool, and within a few minutes, a golden object about the size of a palm was dug out from the soil.

It is heavy!

This was Qin Chuan's first impression when he picked it up; it felt quite heavy. Judging by the weight, it should not be fool's gold, and it was very likely indeed a gold nugget.

The so-called "fool's gold" is naturally occurring pyrite. They are just as shiny, and inexperienced people often mistake them for gold.

"Professor Chen, you are the professional. Take a look at this."

Professor Chen Benping took the object with great interest. At first glance, he determined that it was a gold nugget. After examining it briefly, he said, "This is a gold nugget, and it weighs over one kilogram. Among the gold nuggets discovered in our country, it is enough to rank in the top five, and its value is over two million."

Wow, it really is a gold nugget!

And it is worth so much!!!

Everyone gathered around, including Township Mayor Chen from Jinshi Township, and those two doctoral students.

Township Mayor Chen even said, "Secretary, you have hit the jackpot! That is over two million!"

Gold nuggets are generally much more expensive than gold of the same weight. One kilogram of gold is worth about several hundred thousand, while a one-kilogram gold nugget is generally worth over two million.

This gold nugget not only weighed well over a kilogram but also had a good shape, so its value exceeded two million.

Qin Chuan said, "This belongs to the state, not to me personally. In the future, if we build a gold culture museum here, this gold nugget can be displayed inside the museum."

Professor Chen Benping gave a thumbs up in praise, "Secretary Qin has high awareness. This gold nugget indeed cannot belong to an individual; it belongs to the state."

"Since such a large gold nugget has been discovered here, I am even more confident in my assessment that there is a large gold mine here."

There really is a large gold mine!

The most pleasantly surprised were Township Mayor Chen and his team from Jinshi Township. If there were a large gold mine here, would their Jinshi Township not take off?

Because they had discovered many high-gold-content samples and such a large gold nugget, everyone's spirits were high, and they did not reluctantly leave until it was completely dark.

Early the next morning, the place became lively.

Professor Chen's professional exploration team rushed over overnight and arrived at Jinshi Township early this morning. Without even stopping for breakfast, they had already started working here.

The news gradually spread throughout Wanshun County.

"I heard a large gold mine was discovered in Jinshi Township!"

"I heard that too, the scale of the gold mine is very large!"

"Secretary Qin is amazing, truly amazing! It is precisely because of the experts he invited that this large gold mine was discovered!"

"..."

County Mayor Sheng Huaian was not in the county.

He was personally running around for investment, starting to visit large enterprises within the province, with the goal of persuading them to come to Wanshun County to invest and build factories.

In his vision, Wanshun County had no mineral resources—unlike other counties that had coal, iron ore, and other minerals—nor did it have tourism resources. To develop the economy, there was only one way out: to get others to come and invest in building factories.

He first went to the provincial capital and visited the heads of two large enterprises, but did not get a clear answer. So, he really gave it his all and came to the capital to try his luck.

Not long after arriving in the capital, he received the news.

Secretary Qin invited authoritative experts and discovered a large gold mine at Jigong Mountain in Jinshi Township. The specific reserves were under further exploration, but from the current situation, the reserves might be astonishing.

Besides being astonished, he felt a wave of admiration in his heart.

When Secretary Qin spoke to him a few days ago about exploring the gold resources in Jinshi Township, he had not been optimistic, even saying it would only waste manpower and resources, a futile effort. He had not expected such a huge, astonishing discovery so quickly.

Amazing, simply amazing!

As expected of Secretary Qin!

He also firmly thought to himself, Secretary Qin has discovered a large gold mine, so my performance cannot be too poor; I must bring back an investment for Wanshun County.

For several days in a row, the area around Jigong Mountain was very lively. Not only was the exploration team busy, but many local residents also came specifically to watch the excitement.

There were quite a few people, so they had to mobilize police and government staff to maintain order, not allowing people to get too close to watch.

The discoveries over the past few days were also pleasantly surprising. As the exploration progressed, the findings grew larger and larger, and even a great expert like Professor Chen Benping became excited.

He basically judged that this was a super large gold mine, and it was also a super large polymetallic mine.

In addition to gold, this vein was mainly a copper mine. The gold was associated with copper, silver, and various other metals, and the copper reserves were extremely large.

The news that a large metal mine had been discovered in Wanshun County began to appear on the internet, and the buzz was getting higher and higher. Some media reporters also rushed over upon hearing the news.

Qin Chuan had just returned from Jigong Mountain.

For the past few days, he had been going to Jigong Mountain almost every day to take a look, exchange ideas with Professor Chen and his team, and understand the latest exploration situation.

As for Professor Chen, he stayed directly on Jigong Mountain, living with the exploration team. Actually, it would be convenient to go back to the county, just a twenty-minute drive, but he insisted on staying at the exploration site.

He had only been sitting in his office for less than half an hour when his secretary, Xia Hai, knocked on the door and came in, reporting, "Secretary, reporters from the provincial station want to conduct an exclusive interview with you."

"Oh, an exclusive interview so soon?" Qin Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Tell them to wait a few more days. Once the exploration work is completely finished, I can cooperate with them for an exclusive interview."

Once the exploration work was completed and the situation was clear, doing an exclusive interview would be fine. It would also be a good opportunity to promote Wanshun County and this large gold mine.

A few days later, the popularity of the Jigongshan Gold Mine was getting higher and higher. There were numerous reports on the internet, and some television stations and newspapers also reported on it.

Almost everyone in the country knew that a super large gold mine had been discovered in Wanshun County.

Today, all county leaders received a notice to attend a meeting in Conference Room No. 1 at 10:00 AM.

With more than ten minutes left before the meeting, some county leaders walked into the conference room. As everyone arrived one after another, the conference room became lively.

"It really feels like a dream, that such a large gold mine was actually discovered in our Wanshun County!"

"I heard that the comprehensive exploration was basically completed yesterday afternoon. This meeting should be a summary and sharing of the exploration of this gold mine."

"Rumor has it that the gold reserves of this gold mine might be over two thousand tons. This reserve is too astonishing!"

"..."

While everyone was discussing this heatedly, Qin Chuan walked in, followed by Xia Hai, Professor Chen, and others.

Seeing Professor Chen's figure, everyone fell silent almost instantly, each of them feeling eager and very anxious to know the specific situation of this gold mine, especially its scale, reserves, and so on.