Thani Dubai Mining Co. explores gold in Hadramout and Hajjah
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.infor/sabanews.net - 13/09/2010
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Thani Dubai Mining Company has implemented activities for exploration of gold in Madan Valley in Hadramout province, and Shars Valley in Hajjah province during last year.
Activities of the company included drilling 80 wells in 15 sites in Madan Valley and collecting over 8,718 rock samples from mineralized zones and their environs, and the preparation for the preliminary assessment of the ore.A report issued by the Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Board (GSMRB) of Yemen pointed out that the company carried out drilling of 15 sites in Notisha area and gathered about 7,952 samples from the mineralized zones.The report indicated that the company has started explorations in al-Maslama area, where it found a number of mineralized zones.Regarding explorations in Shars Valley, the company made limited exploration activities in the area such as interpretation of satellite images, and preparation of a detailed geological, mineral, and synthetic map for al-Harirah area.The report noted that the company discovered new mineral zones in the areas of Barak and Shars 2 in Hajjah province and it prepared a detailed geological, mineral, and synthetic map for the mineralized zones, in addition to drilling more than 15 exploratory trenches and collecting 2000 samples and sent them for analysis.Thani Dubai Mining Company is a subsidiary of Thani Investments, a large privately owned business in the United Arab Emirates.It was established in 1997 and operating in eight countries in areas of oil and gas, property development, mining, and trade
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