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From: Andrew Clinton B035
To: Janson Davies A001
Date: September 03rd 2049
Subject:    Found it

Mr. Davies,

I wanted to confirm that we have indeed found what we’re looking for. There’s a sediment layer running from dig site 10F (near Chicxulub) out to a few kilometers off the coast (we’re calling it La Vena internally). The vein looks rich, and the scans confirm there’s a huge deposit at the end. Our engineers ran the numbers on it and if the scan data is correct, we’re looking at a mass that’s 1.5 - 2k miles wide, and up to 4k down. Our scans can’t penetrate all the way through the mass – it’s too dense. We’ll have to dig to get accurate data.

If the density is consistent, we could be looking at upwards of 4,000 tons. A conservative estimate puts that at 300 billion at today’s Iridium price.

We have a plan to reach it, though the structure will probably send the Greens into a frenzy, so we may need some PR help with that? 

Anyway, I’ll send you the blueprints of Garganta later this week – we’re just putting the final touches on it.

Back to it,

Andrew.