VOL. XXXIII

NO. 20

19-FEBRUARY-1990

Oman

France's BRGM Starts Work on Geological and Mineral Mapping Program

The French geological services firm, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques etMinieres (BRGM), started work early in February on the preparation of ageological mapping and mineral exploration program of the entire area of the Sultanate of Oman - covering an area of 300,000 sq. kms. -under the terms of anRO3mn ($7.8mn) contract signed on 16 January by the Omani Minister of Petroleumand Minerals,...