The mineral deposits underground were abundant, but the question was how to mine them.
"Has no one discovered this place before?" Yuri wondered.
"Hard to tell. This land is unclaimed, constantly snowed in and the climate is cold. Then there's the biggest hurdle - insectoids. So, it's quite normal that no one's bothered to explore for mineral deposits," Tuss explained, manifesting an ore sample with his Enova power.
"Hmm, it's just common sphalerite, I wonder if it's valuable." Yuri was a little disappointed.
"I'll look it up." Tuss pulled out his opticomputer, quickly searching for the price of sphalerite.
Curious, Yuri peered over and was excited when she saw the listed price, "Five hundred astracredits per pound."
"Right. That's the buying price for the ore. The total volume of the deposits here should be tens of millions of pounds," Tuss chuckled.
Yuri gasped, "That would be in the hundreds of billions."
