He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the GobiDesert to the Transvaal.
他在世界各地探过矿，从戈壁沙漠到德兰士瓦。
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The spacecraft was sent up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobidesert at 7: 30 a.m. Beijing time Monday with a Long March-2F Y11 carrier rocket.