General / Geological Survey. Contracts for geological survey projects will be...

Jeddah 30 Safar 1442 AH corresponding to October 17, 2020 AD SPA
Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Chairman of the Authority’s Board of Directors, Bandar Al-Kharif, the Saudi Geological Survey will hold tomorrow a ceremony for signing and awarding four contracts with international experts and consultants, who will work with the authority in implementing the projects of the general program of geological survey.
The official spokesman for the Saudi Geological Survey, Tariq Aba Al-Khail, stated that the general program of the geological survey aims at this stage to survey about 600 thousand square kilometers of the mineral-rich Arab Shield, located in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Aba Al-Khail stated that the Geological Survey General Program initiative is one of the most important comprehensive strategic initiatives for mining and mineral industries emanating from the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, which mainly aims to maximize the added value by exploring mineral resources in the Kingdom, and achieving optimal utilization of them while developing mining investment, to become a sector The mining industry is the third economic pillar in the Kingdom, according to the mining strategy and the national industry development and logistics program, explaining that the team that will undertake the management, supervision and implementation of the projects of the general geological survey program is represented by cadres and scientists of the Saudi Geological Survey and advisory cadres from international governmental survey bodies and private companies She has long experience in regional geological surveys that target large areas and are usually carried out by governments, which ensures – God willing – to achieve the desired high quality of the outputs of this program.
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