SAUDI ARABIA

More Gold Discovered in Saudi Arabia

Geologists at the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources have announced the discovery of significant gold deposits at the ancient mines at al-Amar, some 200 kms. southwest of Riyadh. Under a drilling program completed last November, core samples from the mines have indicated that one of the two veins discovered at the site might contain up to one million tons of ore grading at a very rich 20 to 30 grams of gold per ton. The...