KEFI strikes gold in Saudi Arabia's Jibal Qutman project
KEFI Gold and Copper PLC confirms a new discovery and operational update at the Jibal Qutman Gold Project in Saudi Arabia, as part of its minority-owned Gold and Minerals Ltd joint venture. A satellite deposit with high gold grades, Asfingia, has been discovered, with drilling underway on a 35km mineralised strike …
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Reserve Estimation of Silica Sand Deposits by Core Control …
This paper summarizes a study carried out for the reserve estimation of silica sand deposits by core control and geophysical data in southern Dawmat Al Jandal, Al Jawf in Saudi Arabia.
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(PDF) Mapping Oolitic Iron Ore Deposits in the Ashumaysi …
Mapping the surficial extent of oolitic iron ore deposits hosted in the Oligo–Miocene sedimentary rocks of the Ashumaysi Formation, western Saudi Arabia, was carried out using Landsat 7 Enhanced ...
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Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide–Oxide Gold Deposits of …
The Arabian–Nubian Shield is a large, predominantly Neoproterozoic crustal block that hosts a variety of mineral deposit types, including orogenic gold deposits (e.g., Sukari, Egypt–15.3 Moz Au, Centamin Resources website; Maha el Dahb, Saudi Arabia >2 Moz Au, Ma'adan Gold website; Lega Dembe, Ethiopia 2.5 Moz Au, Orecorp website; …
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Geological Controls and Prospectivity Mapping for Manganese Ore …
One of the most controversial minerals in their origin and occurrence around the world is manganese deposits. The Abu Zenima area is rated one of the most economically important places where manganese ore deposits (Mn ODs) are located in the southwest Sinai microplate, Egypt. These deposits are confined with the Um Bogma …
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Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the gold …
The Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS; Fig. 1 a) encompasses Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks on both flanks of the Red Sea in NE Africa (Egypt, Sudan Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia) and West Arabia (Saudi Arabia and Yemen). The ANS is one of the largest tracts of juvenile Neoproterozoic continental crust on Earth (Patchett …
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Engineering study demonstrates viability of Saudi green pig …
ASX-listed Magnum Mining & Exploration has successfully completed an engineering study into the technical and economic viability of establishing a green, high-purity pig iron (GHPPI) project, in ...
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Royal Road JV wins bid for Saudi exploration licence
Royal Road Minerals (TSXV: RYR) announced Monday that its Saudi Arabian joint venture vehicle, Royal Roads Arabia (RRA), has been given preferred bidder status for the Jabal Sahabiyah exploration ...
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Mining History of the Arabian–Nubian Shield | SpringerLink
There are very few ancient sources and detailed reports—the history of mining activities in Saudi Arabia, but what is well known for now is that the serious and organized mining activities first started around 3000 ya in Saudi Arabia. ... The proved ore reserves, based on a wide exploration program in the area, were estimated at 2.5 Mt …
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Oolite liberation of oolitic iron ore, Wadi Fatima, Saudi Arabia
INTRODUCTION One of the large iron-ore deposits in Saudi Arabia is the oolitic iron ore of Wadi Fatima, located in the western part of the Kingdom, between Mecca and Jeddah; about 45 km east of Jeddah. ... Supplementary Exploration Program for the Iron Ore Deposits of Wadi-Fatima. Directorate General of Mineral Resources (1969), pp. …
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Mapping Oolitic Iron Ore Deposits in the Ashumaysi …
Mapping the surficial extent of oolitic iron ore deposits hosted in the Oligo–Miocene sedimentary rocks of the Ashumaysi Formation, western Saudi Arabia, was carried out using Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data. Ore samples were collected from four various locations in the study area, and were studied in …
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Saudi Arabia's crown prince looks to metals as new source …
Saudi Arabia is partnering with the Chinese Geological Survey on a $207 million contract to help identify minerals in the so-called Arabian Shield area of the kingdom where most deposits are ...
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Royal Road's Saudi JV wins bid for copper-gold exploration …
This tender area consists of three contiguous exploration licences in Saudi Arabia's Asir province, about 150 km northwest of the company's Jabal Sahabiyah exploration licences, for which it ...
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Mineral Exploration
Mineral exploration and mining involve the processes of searching and mining for the two kinds of mineral deposits, the metallic and nonmetallic ore deposits, as well as the precious stones. This is achieved by undertaking regional and detailed mineral exploration programs. The Saudi Geological Survey has paid great attention in intensifying ...
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Royal Road pivots to Morocco with Saudi-backed copper-gold exploration
Credit: Royal Road Minerals. Royal Road Minerals (TSXV: RYR), a Jersey-based explorer with projects in South America, is expanding to a copper-gold project in Morocco with an option to purchase ...
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Mineral Exploration
Mineral exploration and mining involve the processes of searching and mining for the two kinds of mineral deposits, the metallic and nonmetallic ore deposits, as well as the precious stones. This is achieved by undertaking regional and detailed mineral exploration …
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Saudi Arabia planning to auction five new mining exploration …
2 min read. Saudi Arabia is planning to auction five new mining exploration licenses with copper, zinc, lead, and iron deposits for local and international investors in 2023, the Kingdom's ...
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Mineral deposits in western Saudi Arabia; a preliminary report
The principal mineral deposits in western Saudi Arabia are localized in mineral belts within tectonic zones that trend northerly, northeasterly, and northwesterly. These belts contain the exploration target areas most promising for future exploration. Noteworthy among these are: 1) the northerly-trending Bidah copper-zinc belt; 2) the Sayid ...
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Ore Deposits in the Arabian-Nubian Shield | SpringerLink
Tantalum–niobium deposits of Late Cryogenian–Ediacaran age are mined at Kenticha in Ethiopia, while in Abu Dabbab and Nuweibi in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, …
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Saudi's AMAK bags manganese ore exploration license
July 2, 2024. Almasane Alkobra Mining Co. (AMAK) said it has won a manganese ore exploration license from the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources for an area of 20.7 square kilometers in the Al-Baha region. The license was issued on July 1, 2024 and is valid until June 30, 2029, the company said in a statement to the Saudi stock exchange ...
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Saudi Arabia Updates Plans to Mine Its Uranium Deposits
Jan 13, 2022. 2015 views. Saudi Arabia Updates Plans to Mine Its Uranium Deposits. Following on a NYT August 2020 report that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to use technical expertise from Chinese state-owned enterprises to process uranium ore from hard rock mines to make yellowcake, this week (01/13/22) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman …
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Upgrading of Wadi Fatima iron ore
One of the economically feasible iron ores in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is located in Wadi Fatima between Jiddah and Mecca. Chemical analysis of the ore shows that it has an average content of 41.27% iron (corresponding to about 58.96% hematite). X-ray analysis shows that the ore contains goethite in addition to hematite.
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EV Metals plans to invest $3bn in Saudi Arabia
October 13, 2021. Credit: Ronile / Pixabay. Australian firm EV Metals Group is planning to invest $3bn to build plants, initially to process minerals such as lithium and nickel, in Saudi Arabia. EV Metals managing director and CEO Michael Naylor was reported by Bloomberg as saying that the investment plans would later be expanded to explore ...
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Sedimentary/Surficial Mineral Deposits | SpringerLink
This chapter thus only focuses on the BIF occurrences and deposits in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Egypt as parts of the Neoproterozoic basement complex. 7.2 Banded-Iron Formations in Saudi Arabia ... Prospecting and exploration for known ore deposits in the Sadah area, Final report, Germany, Hanover, part 1, pp 61.
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Mineral deposits in western Saudi Arabia; a preliminary report
The principal mineral deposits in western Saudi Arabia are localized in mineral belts within tectonic zones that trend northerly, northeasterly, and northwesterly. These belts contain …
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Essar signs iron ore supply deal with Vale for Saudi project
Essar Group Saudi Arabia country head Naushad Ansari said: "Essar is looking at investing about $4.5bn [SR16.88bn] in setting up an integrated steel plant in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia. Through this LOI with Vale, and the previous LOI with Bahrain Steel, we will have secured of the raw material supply of iron ore feed for the …
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Mapping lateritic bauxite at Az Zabirah, Saudi Arabia, using …
The US Geological Survey (USGS 2014) in 1963, after conducting geological mapping and surveying of many locations in Saudi Arabia, reported the occurrence of "laterite clay and bauxite" north of Qiba City.The complete geological evaluation of these deposits was accomplished by Riofinex, geological and geophysical consultants, via an …
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Exploration | Aramco
Exploration. Our oil and gas exploration program uses the latest hi-tech tools to survey Saudi Arabia's geology in detail and discover major new reserves. Our spirit of exploration is inspired by our history. In 1933, we started exploring the unique geology of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. This is where geologists explored the terrain ...
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SAUDI ARABIAN PROJECT REPORT 211 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE KUTAM MINE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA by Charles W. Smith, R. Ernest Anderson, and M. R. Dehlavi With sectons on GEOLOGY by R. Ernest Anderson and ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATION by Charles W. Smith and R. Ernest Anderson U, S. Geological …
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Uranium and rare earth elements in the phosphate deposits …
The normalization REE patterns of the phosphate ores show that REEs in the phosphate ores of Pabdeh Formation, El-Jalamid and Umm Wual ore deposits (Saudi Arabia), as well as El-Sibayia and Abu Tartur ore deposits (Egypt) have the same geochemical behaviour, which are enriched in HREEs relative to LREEs with distinct Ce …
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