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1. Gold

Saudi Arabia has underground gold reserves estimated at 323.7 tons, and Saudi Arabia has allocated a group of mining reserves sites that will be subject to exploration, based on what was presented by geological studies in the Kingdom, where 12 sites have been allocated for mining reserves for gold ore, which are currently witnessing works and investments by a number of local and international companies.

2. Copper

Copper ores are found in Egypt, mixed with zinc and lead ores, in different areas south of the eastern desert in the Red Sea Governorate. The most important of these areas is the “Umm Simoky” area, which is located southwest of the city of Marsa Alam, about (150 km) and to the southwest of Abu Ghosoun port, about (90 km). ) and the ore is present in it in the form of lenses of medium dimensions.

3. Silica

Silica sand or (quartz sand) is a pure white sandy rock with a high content of silica (SiO2 more than 99%). It consists mainly of grains of the mineral quartz and contains a small amount of impurities and heavy metals (less than 0.1%). As for the term glass sand, it refers to silica (quartz) sand, which has physical and chemical specifications that are suitable for the glass industry.

4. Bauxite

An amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminum. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides.

The most important mines in Saudi Arabia Al-Baitha mine is located near the village of Qubbah in the north-east of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, about 600 km northwest of Ras Al-Khair.

ِAlso, Al-Zubairah Mine is a mine of low concentration bauxite and kaolin. The mine is located in Saudi Arabia, Hail region, 65 km north of Al-Baitha mine.