Al-Hajjar

Located at Asir /Al Bahah Region, estimated site area: 1895.69 KM2 Closest mine: Al-Hajjar

Primary Commodities: Gold

secondary Commodities: Copper \ Zinc

Number of sites available for competition: 2

Terrane: Asir Terrane

Geological information: The Wadi Shwas VMS Belt occupies an area of about 3,893 km2 in the Asir Terrane and it is located east of and mostly parallel to the adjacent Wadi Bidah Belt. The belt underlain by Khutnah Formation sedimentary rocks and Quirshah Formation mafic to intermediate volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks that have been metamorphosed to the greenschist facies. The Quirshah Formation hosts most of the known VMS deposits.The Wadi Shwas belt contains two main VMS deposits, Al Hajar and Jadmah, the second of which is currently known as Al Qadmah – both are associated with a large number of lesser prospects . Al Hajar is significant in that it contains a significant amount of gold

Al Hajar Site - Map and Technical Writeup_2.pdf

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Exploration Licensing Round - Al Hajar Site_Digital_2.pdf

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Mining Project - UAD - Unilateral ND Undertaking_6.pdf

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PQQ - 2024 - Belts Exploration Licensing_6.pdf

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Competition stages

27/06/2024

Start of Pre qualification

15/10/2024

End of Pre qualification Submission

31/10/2024

Publication of Information Memorandums and Invitation to Proposal Stage

22/12/2024

End of Proposals Submission

09/01/2025

Final results announcement

Exploration license

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