I have just returned from the scientific expedition to investigate the potential Iridium ore deposits in the Tokelau Ice Cloud. I am delivering both bad and good news. The bad news is that you were wrong about the cloud not bearing any resources worth extracting. The good news is that we in fact found metal ore at the inspected anomaly and our scientific team could confirm that the extracted material is indeed Iridium. Using our mining arrays, the collection process was very slow, but nevertheless our incredible flotilla could fill my Correo freighter and a Raba frigate with the ore. The expedition team safely returned to Reincarnation Outpost and delivered the ore for inspection and, if possible, refining.
Given our previous experience with refining Gold ore in Fort Torrelavega in the Dublin system, our Crew at Reincarnation Outpost should be able to transfer the refining process to the collected Iridium ore. Ideally we could bring some of the ore refining experts from Fort Torrelavega here for a couple of weeks to train our staff on-site. If we can indeed successfully obtain pure Iridium metal ourselves, this would be a new, highly profitable business opportunity for us to further fill the war chests of the Imperio Corsario.
It is noteworthy, that we also met two Zoners in Hegemon miners at the location that were similarly there for the Iridium. Our scans showed that they applied special mining arrays for Iridium extraction that appeared to be significantly more effective than our regular mining arrays. In the case we are successful with refining the Iridium ore on Reincarnation Outpost, I would suggest to reach out to them for negotiating terms with them to share their more effective mining technology with us.