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News and Follow-up

geology, group discussion of
experts, officials and special-
ists from different countries of
the world, participaants from
ministries, unions, research
centres and related organi-
zations, in addition to organi-
zations, companies and the
funds specialized in mining
investment and geosciences.
Extension of confer-
ences
The 13th International Geo-
logical Conference is an ex-
tension of a series of interna-
tional conferences organized
periodically by the Saudi So-
ciety of Geosciences since
2007 to support and promote
the sustainable development
of mineral resources in the
Kingdom.

The opening session was at-
tended by HE Engineer Khalid
Al-Madifer, Deputy Minister
of Industry and Mineral Re-
sources, HE Engineer Osama
Al-Zamil, Deputy Minister of
Industry and Mineral Resourc-
es, and Dr. Abdullah Bin Mo-
hammad Al-Omari, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of The program is for a geo- jective is to provide the geo-
Saudi Society for Geoscience. chemical and geophysical sur- logical data and information
vey as well as the production that mining investors are look-
HE Engineer Al-Madifar stat-
ed: “The General Geological of more detailed geological ing for and will be an invest-
Survey Program Project, the maps than previous geological ment attraction.
largest mining strategy proj- surveys and within the meet- Over 800 papers from 23
ect in terms of business size ings of the Jeddah Industrial
and allocated budgets, covers Council, will begin implemen- countries
an area of up to 700 thousand tation from this year 2020 and Highlighting that the confer-
square kilometres.” continue until 2025. The ob- ence was sponsored by Min-
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