The ‘Mahd Ad Dhahab’ Mine is the first modern mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with mining operations commencing in 1939. In 1998, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company ‘Ma'aden’ commenced the modern production from the mine. Exploration activities at the mine reach a vertical depth of three hundred m from the surface, with underground tunnels extending more than sixty km. At the carbon-in-leach plant situated within the mine, gold, copper, and silver are extracted from the gold ore.
Historically, the mine is three thousand years old. Gold was the first mineral mined by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and dominates the lion’s share of the company's products and works. A wholly owned subsidiary of Ma'aden, the ‘Ma'aden Gold and Base Metals Company’, has been dedicated to the mine. The company is also responsible for five other mines, namely: al-Amar, ad-Duwayhi, al-Sukhaybarat, as-Suq, and Bulghah mines, in addition to the Mansourah and Massarah mines project, currently under development.
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