Chapter 29: Getting permits, And an Enemy emerges
Michael sat nervously in the small office that Aaron now practically lived in.
It had been just a short year since Aaron had wrestled a lead mining permit and water rights from him, and he could barely recognize the abandoned mine and languishing industrial parcel he had sold to Aaron.
The perimeter was surrounded by an absurdly high and thick concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and electric fencing.
A nearly 400 meter long concrete robotic assembly plant had been built, and a steady stream of delivery trucks with shipping containers were moving in and out of a large warehouse that had been built next to the assembly plant.
A few smaller trucks loaded with lead ore were leaving the mine complex, and a couple of cement trucks were parked near a new construction site.
The truck checkpoints themselves had retracting spike strips to prevent unauthorized entry and exit, as well as multiple massive sliding gates.
"If you’re here for campaign funding, I’m afraid I don’t have the cash to spare. I’m reinvesting almost everything into my enterprises," said Aaron as he entered the office.
"Fortunately for you, I’m not here for that. I just came by to drop off a couple of things that you might find appealing," chuckled Michael, handing Aaron a thick folder of documents.
Excitement flashed in Aaron’s eyes as he flipped through the documents.
They were an amendment to his lead mining license that granted him mineral rights to any additional ore that was found in the mine, including Uranium and other radioactive ores.
A heavy water import and production license, and a Federal nuclear reactor construction and operations license.