The oldest mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Mahd adh-Dhahab Mine , the country’s first gold mine, located in Mahd adh-Dhahab Governorate , about 167 km south of al-Madinah al-Munawwarah . The history of the Mahd adh-Dhahab Mine dates back thousands of years, making it an archaeological and historical site, with carbon dating estimates suggesting that some of its parts are over two thousand years old. In 1939, the Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud order...