Highlights
- As introduced on 6 November, MBK’s Saudi Arabian JV firm, has been awarded the Wadi Al Junah Challenge as a part of the Saudi Authorities’s Exploration Licensing Spherical 6
- Wadi Al Junah is potential for volcanogenic large sulphide (VMS) copper-zinc- gold-silver mineralisation and for shear zone gold-silver, with a number of untested precedence targets
- The Challenge is 35km east of the Al Hajar Au-Ag-(Cu-Zn) deposit beforehand mined by Ma’aden and is proximal to the regional centre of Bisha, and near main entry routes, native cities and workforce
- Saudi exploration technique is supported by a effectively capitalised in-country JV Firm in CMC and important Saudi authorities incentives to de-risk and fast-track exploration
- Steel Financial institution continues to evaluate new potential mission areas in Saudi Arabia potential for copper, gold and different crucial minerals – a number of tenement purposes in progress
CMC is a Saudi Arabian restricted legal responsibility firm owned by MBK (60%) and Central Mining Holding Firm (‘CMH’, 40%). CMH is a member of the Al Qahtani Holdings group, and was the JV companion of Citadel Sources which, beneath the management of Inés Scotland as Managing Director, was chargeable for the exploration and improvement of the Jabal Sayid copper mission in Saudi Arabia (previous to its acquisition by Equinox). CMC can be chargeable for managing and implementing the work program for the Wadi Al Junah mission utilising the technical experience of MBK, because the exploration JV companion, together with the KSA experience of the Al Qahtani Group. CMC has a present capitalisation of SAR5m (~AUD2.1m).
Wadi al Junah with an space of 427km2 was the biggest of the tasks supplied in Spherical 6 and is proximal to the key regional centre and airport of Bisha, with main entry routes passing via the license space and native cities and workforce shut by. The Challenge is situated within the potential Wadi Shwas Gold Belt, a area under-explored for shear zone gold, VMS copper-zinc-gold-silver and intrusion-related gold and base steel deposits. It’s supported by a number of mineral occurrences with encouraging geological observations, and gold, silver and copper grades in historic regional- scale reconnaissance mapping, which haven’t been adopted up by fashionable work.
MBK’s technical staff has ready a complete two-year work program, with an preliminary deal with following up the earlier restricted and floor primarily based exploration for mineral occurrences of copper, gold and silver. MBK is aiming to be drill-ready throughout the subsequent six months.
Commenting on this acquisition, Steel Financial institution’s Chair, Inés Scotland mentioned:
“The profitable tender for the Wadi al Junah mission in Saudi Arabia by our JV firm CMC by way of a tightly contested and extremely aggressive exploration spherical speaks to our dedication, functionality and technical experience in attaining our technique of buying potential tenure inside Saudi Arabia, which we consider stays underexplored and extremely potential.
Wadi al Junah represents our first mission again in Saudi Arabia, a area wherein MBK’s administration staff has intensive expertise and a confirmed monitor document of success, having beforehand developed the Jabal Sayid mission. We’re well-supported by each our JV companion and the numerous authorities incentives offered by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in seek for the following Jabal Sayid. The Arabian Protect has a lot underexplored potential, and we’re able to get our preliminary section of exploration underway as shortly as doable.”
Wadi al Junah Copper-Zinc-Gold-Silver Abstract
The Wadi al Junah mission space covers an space of 427sq km throughout the Asir province of the Arabian Protect, southwest Saudi Arabia (Figures 1 and a pair of). It’s roughly 375km south-east of Jeddah, 150km east-northeast of the port of Al Quinfidhad and round 35km east of the Al Hajar Au-Ag-(Cu- Zn) deposit beforehand mined by Ma’aden. It’s proximal to the key regional centre and airport of Bisha, with main entry routes passing via the license space and native cities and workforce shut by. Nearly all of the mission space is accessed by native tracks and wadi valleys in reasonable topography.
Determine 1: MBK MENA tasks displaying Wadi al Junah (Saudi Arabia) and Malaqa, Space 47 and Space 65 (Jordan).
Determine 2: Wadi al Junah location map throughout the Arabian Protect displaying main geological provinces and main Au and Cu mines (modified from KSA Ministry of Business and Minerals publication after Nehlig et al, 2002)
Geology
Wadi al Junah is located throughout the central Asir terrane of the Archaean Arabian Protect (Determine 2) throughout the ~80km lengthy north-trending Wadi Shwas Gold Belt. The Shwas VMS belt on the western margin of the Wadi Shwas Gold Belt is host to the Al Hajar Au-Ag-Cu-Zn deposit, and quite a few different VMS base steel and Au mineral occurrences of Proterozoic age are current within the area (Determine 3).
Three identified mineral occurrences happen within the tenement space – Haniyat (Ag-Cu-+/-Au+/-Zn), Wadi al Maytha (Ag-Cu) and Wadi Umm Rahka (Ag-Cu). Very restricted rock chip sampling as a part of regional scale mapping work within the 1960’s and 1970’s contains outcomes as much as 1.53% Cu, 0.44g/t Au and 160g/t Ag from these prospects, which had been by no means adopted up1.
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