| Date | Prospect | Announced figure | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | Boumadine polymetallic Morocco · Gold · Aya Gold & Silver | Indicated 1.1 Moz gold-equivalent (8.6 Mt @ 4.02 g/t); inferred 4.3 Moz (45.4 Mt @ 2.92 g/t) | Resource estimate |
| 2026-01-12 | Wadi Al Jaww Saudi Arabia · Gold · Ma'aden | Maiden resource 3.08 Moz | Resource estimate |
| 2026-01-12 | Mansourah-Massarah extension Saudi Arabia · Gold · Ma'aden | +3.0 Moz net resource increase year on year | Resource estimate |
| 2026-01-12 | Uruq 20/21 and Umm As Salam Saudi Arabia · Gold · Ma'aden | +1.67 Moz combined resource addition | Resource estimate |
| 2026-01-21 | Zgounder extensions Morocco · Silver · Aya Gold & Silver | Drill intercept 10.0 m @ 3,794 g/t silver at depth | Drill intercept |
| 2024 | TO14 and Guelb El Rhein Mauritania · Iron ore · SNIM | Resources up >50% (TO14) and 35% (Guelb El Rhein) on prior data | Resource growth |
| 2024-09-17 | Lithium from oilfield brine Saudi Arabia · Lithium · Aramco | Extraction pilot; no tonnage or grade published | Pilot |
| 2023-12-28 | Uruq South trend Saudi Arabia · Gold · Ma'aden | Exploration over 100 km south of Mansourah-Massarah; intercepts 61 m @ 10.4 g/t and 20 m @ 20.6 g/t | Drill intercept |
Operator announcements, dated. Resource estimates and drill intercepts are not mineable reserves; gold-equivalent figures follow the operator's own metal prices. Exact prospect locations are mapped only where published.
- Algeria2026-02
Gara Djebilet: about 3.5 billion tonnes of iron ore
Official figure as announced; not a reporting-code reserve.
- Jordan2026-01
Phosphate geological reserves 431.75 million m³ (proved 241.75)
Producer's own classes, in cubic metres; possible and potential categories are not economic reserves.
- Sudan2025-12
Gold output 70 tonnes in 2025
Officially reported production, not reserves; completeness during the conflict unverified.
- Saudi Arabia2025-11
Mineral resources valued at USD 2.5 trillion; regional survey programme maps 600,000 km² of the Arabian Shield
Government valuation including price effects; survey area is the programme footprint, not completed coverage.
- Morocco2025
720 mining permits on the national register
Permit count, not tonnage; no national mineral-wealth valuation published.
- Saudi Arabia2024-01
Mineral wealth estimate raised to SAR 9.375 trillion; 30% of geological surveys completed
Increase reflects discoveries, reassessment and prices.
- Omanundated
Mazoon (Yanqul): 22.9 million tonnes of copper ore
Project inventory, undated, classification not stated.
Not yet published as comparable national figures: Egypt, Oman (national), Morocco (valuation), Iraq, UAE. Shown as gaps, never estimated.
| Asset | Commodity | Stage | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
Khouribga phosphate basin Morocco | Phosphate | Producing | OCP Group |
Benguerir (Gantour) phosphate Morocco | Phosphate | Producing | OCP Group |
Bou Azzer cobalt Morocco | Cobalt | Producing | Managem |
Imiter silver Morocco | Silver | Producing | Managem |
Al Jalamid phosphate Saudi Arabia | Phosphate | Producing | Ma'aden |
Umm Wu'al phosphate Saudi Arabia | Phosphate | Producing | Ma'aden |
Al Ba'itha bauxite Saudi Arabia | Bauxite / aluminium | Producing | Ma'aden |
Ad Duwayhi gold Saudi Arabia | Gold | Producing | Ma'aden |
Gara Djebilet iron ore Algeria | Iron ore | Development | Feral |
Mahd adh Dhahab gold Saudi Arabia | Gold | Producing | Ma'aden |
Mansourah-Massarah gold Saudi Arabia | Gold | Producing | Ma'aden |
Jabal Sayid copper Saudi Arabia | Copper | Producing | Ma'aden / Barrick |
Sukari gold Egypt | Gold | Producing | Centamin / EMRA |
Abu Tartur phosphate Egypt | Phosphate | Producing | Phosphate Misr |
Um Bogma manganese Egypt | Manganese | Producing | Sinai Manganese |
Eshidiya phosphate Jordan | Phosphate | Producing | Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. |
Dead Sea potash Jordan | Potash | Producing | Arab Potash Company |
Gafsa phosphate basin Tunisia | Phosphate | Producing | CPG |
Djebel Onk phosphate Algeria | Phosphate | Producing | Somiphos |
Tala Hamza zinc-lead Algeria | Zinc & lead | Development | WMZ |
Zouérat iron ore Mauritania | Iron ore | Producing | SNIM |
Tasiast gold Mauritania | Gold | Producing | Kinross |
Guelb Moghrein copper-gold Mauritania | Copper | Producing | First Quantum |
Register of publicly documented operations only. Inclusion does not imply grade, tonnage or economic viability.
- Morocco50,000 Mt · 36 Mt/yr
- Egypt2,800 Mt · 5.5 Mt/yr
- Tunisia2,500 Mt · 3.3 Mt/yr
- Algeria2,200 Mt · 2 Mt/yr
- Saudi Arabia1,000 Mt · 10 Mt/yr
- Jordan820 Mt · 12 Mt/yr
- Syria250 Mt · 0.8 Mt/yr
Reserves as reported in 2026; output is the 2025 estimate. Latest international annual edition.
- Mauritania · Iron oreReserves10,000 Mt crude ore (4,400 Mt iron content)Output 202515 Mt usable ore
- Saudi Arabia · Bauxite / aluminiumReserves180 MtOutput 20255.7 Mt
- Jordan · PotashReservesLarge (no figure published)Output 20251.8 Mt K₂O
Gold, copper, zinc, cobalt and rare-earth reserves are not published per Arab country in the same edition; left blank rather than apportioned.
- 1Saudi Arabia4 minerals · 7 producing
- 2Morocco3 minerals · 4 producing
- 3Egypt3 minerals · 3 producing
- 4Mauritania3 minerals · 3 producing
- 5Algeria3 minerals · 1 producing · 2 dev.
- 6Jordan2 minerals · 2 producing
- 7Tunisia1 minerals · 1 producing
Ordered by breadth of documented commodities, then producing operations.
Alteration & clay halos (10 m optical)
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Surface geology & heat (30 m + thermal)
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Earthworks & subsidence (radar, any weather)
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Times are the next in-swath overflight computed from published orbital elements; an overflight means the district can be imaged, not that it was. Spectral signatures can flag where to look; they never establish a discovery, which needs drilling and a published estimate.
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