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and mineral industries aims
developments and achieve-
ments in supporting the min-
ing sector, with joint efforts of
the ministry and related au-
at developing and upgrading
the sector to meet the mineral
resource needs of national in-
dustries and market, adding
that the mining sector’s con-
tribution to GDP will increase
from SR64 billion to SR240
billion by 2030. This will help
created 219,000 new jobs.
HE explained that the Na-
tional Geological Database
Initiative, is one of the initia-
tives of the Ministry’s Mineral
Resources Agency related
to the conference. It includes
in its first version geological
survey and exploration data
for more than six decades of
geological exploration work in
the Kingdom. It contributes to
providing multiple geological
data that enables investors to
know in detail about the miner-
al sites and mineral resources
in Saudi Arabia, he added.
The 3-day conference agen-
da included presentation of a
number of working papers in
addition to holding specialized
workshops covering several
topics in geosciences, geolo-
gy of the Arab world, geotech-
nical engineering, geohaz-
ards, earthquake engineering,
applied geophysics, geologi-
cal tourism, applications of re-
mote sensing and geographic
thorities,” Al- Khorayef said. information systems and min-
eral investment, sustainabil-
He pointed out that the com- ity and development of water
prehensive strategy for mining resources, and environmental
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