Chapter 53: Mineral veins that cannot be measured by money (Second update, asking for everything)

[Report to the host, a depleted helium-3 ore vein was found deeper in the ilmenite vein, approximately one million cubic meters. If regenerated, the helium-3 content would be approximately 10,000 tons. 】

Hearing the sound of the system, Su Jiu, who was about to leave, trembled in her heart, and for the first time, a shocked expression appeared on her face.

"Is there a vein of helium-3 ore here?"

"And the content of helium 3 is 10,000 tons?"

Su Jiu took a deep breath, and couldn't help but swallow at the same time, her eyes filled with excitement.

What is helium 3?

Helium 3 is a helium isotope gas, a colorless, tasteless and odorless stable gas.

The most important thing is that helium 3 is an efficient, clean and safe nuclear fusion power generation fuel that is now recognized around the world.

According to scientific statistics, 10 tons of helium 3 can meet all the energy needs of China for a year.

100 tons of helium 3 can provide the world's total energy for one year.

However, the amount of helium 3 on earth is very small.

There are only about 500 kilograms of easily accessible helium 3 in the world known to mankind.

The place with the most helium 3 is on the moon. Helium 3 on the moon is deposited by the solar wind.

Unlike the Earth, the Moon does not have a magnetic field that can deflect the solar wind, nor does it have an atmosphere.

This is similar toThe "Go Ben" moon allows 80% of the incident particles to be implanted on the lunar surface and chemically react with the minerals on the lunar surface.

According to current preliminary human detection, the shallow layer of the lunar crust contains more than one million tons of helium 3, which is enough for human use for tens of thousands of years.

On the moon, the helium 3 content in ilmenite is much higher than that of coexisting minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase, almost two orders of magnitude higher.

Because the diffusion of ilmenite is much slower than that of other minerals, in other words, ilmenite is more retentive than other minerals.

An important plan among lunar exploration projects around the world is to conduct detailed surveys of the helium 3 content and distribution of the moon from space to the field.

This will lay a solid foundation for mankind's future use of lunar nuclear energy.

But this project is very difficult.

Although it is known that there is a lot of helium 3 on the moon, it is still difficult to mine helium 3 on it given the current level of human technology.

It is necessary to establish a lunar base on the moon that can be inhabited for a long time, has complete functions, and can be basically self-sustaining.

People are also required to be on duty for a long time to mine and refine helium 3.

This requires a lot of money. According to estimates, it will cost about $300 billion to complete this plan, and it will take at least thirty years.

It is precisely because of these difficulties that although the helium 3 on the moon makes people drool, there is currently no solution.

But right in front of Su Jiu, a helium-3 ore vein was discovered, which could regenerate 10,000 tons of helium-3.

Although it is not comparable to the content on the moon, if these 10,000 tons were mined and refined, it would be enough to support the world's energy consumption for a hundred years.

What is the concept of a hundred years? It means that this mineral vein has become a priceless treasure, and its value cannot be measured with money.

"You've made a lot of money, you've made a lot of money this time!"

Su Jiu's body was trembling slightly. Even when he discovered the gold vein, he had never been so excited.

If word gets out that there are veins of helium-3 ore here, let alone the whole country being shocked, the whole world will be trembling.

"Brother Su, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Wu next to him noticed something strange about Su Jiu, with curiosity in his eyes.

"No, it's okay, let's go back quickly, go back quickly!"

Su Jiu hurriedly said that he had to go back and discuss this matter with his father because it was too big.

Su Jiu couldn't believe that there could be helium 3 ore veins here.

But it's not impossible. In other words, there should be a lot of depleted helium-3 veins like this on Earth.

The earth is not without helium 3. It is just that due to environmental problems, helium 3 cannot be kept underground for a long time. Most of the helium 3 is still in the earth's atmosphere.

However, the earth has existed for billions of years. Perhaps hundreds of millions of years ago, the earth and the moon also had a large amount of helium 3.

It's just that as the earth develops and changes, these helium 3 gradually escapes.

The places where helium 3 once appeared are determined by the system to be exhausted helium 3 veins.

There is indeed no helium 3 in this vein, or the content is so low that it can be ignored.

But he has a system that can completely regenerate a vein of minerals.

And once the Su Group owns this mineral vein, Su Jiu, the president of the district chamber of commerce, no longer cares.

Because he has seen that the Su Group will become the world's top company in the future because of this mineral vein.

"And if I can find one of these veins, I can find two, three or more."

Although Su Jiu was excited, one thing he still knew was that with the Su Group's technology, even if they had this vein, it would be impossible to extract helium 3.

So he had to go back and discuss the matter with his father.

The Su Group cannot swallow this mineral vein, and cannot swallow it, otherwise it will inevitably arouse the covetousness of the whole world.

The best way is to cooperate with the above.

Even if they just let the Su Group be responsible for the mining, it would be a huge opportunity for the Su Group.

Because in this way, their Su Group will have a big backer.

In the excitement, the two of them quickly went down the mountain, and Zhao Wu drove back towards Lincheng.

Neither of them spoke on the road, but Zhao Wu could clearly feel Su Jiu's excitement, which made him more and more curious about what happened to the other party.

Three hours later, when the vehicle appeared at the door of the Su Group, Su Jiu was about to enter the company, but at this time two figures blocked his way.

"Zheng Hai? A good dog doesn't block the way, but the one who blocks the way is not a good dog!"

Looking at the leader, Zhao Wu said coldly. Su Jiu, who was still excited, calmed down at this time.

The person blocking the road was none other than Zheng Hai. He had been keeping an eye on the Su Group these days, trying to find out where Su Jiu was.

He had just received news that Su Jiu's car was heading towards the Su Group, so he had been waiting here. Fortunately, he waited until Su Jiu arrived.

"Su Jiu, I have something to tell you."

Ignoring Zhao Wu's sarcasm, Zheng Hai looked at Su Jiu and said.