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The Golden Compass Company signs deals worth $133 million

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s mining firm Golden Compass signed contracts worth SR500 million ($133 million), according to its CEO.

The contracts related to Mining operation, drilling, and mining and exploration consultation, Meshary Al-Ali told Arab News.

Saudi Arabia’s has a very flexible and very transparent system, and it’s one of the most powerful in mining around the world, Al-Ali added.

Saudi Arabia has issued a new minig law to attract investment this year. Investment interest in Saudi mining has skyrocketed this year 2021, Khalid Al-Mudaifer, vice minister for mining affairs at the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) told Arab news last month.

The ministry issued 133 local exploration licenses, and there are applications for international exploration that are under processing, Al-Mudaifer said.

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Naif Alrajhi Investment expands its activity to include mining

As one of the major multi-disciplinary investment companies with investments in real estate, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions; Naif Alrajhi Investment has always sought opportunities for fruitful expansions. The company’s latest investment explores the mining sector in partnership with The Golden Compass. 

The partnership’s interest in explorations for rare metals comes in line with the Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia and its support to investments in general, as well as the growing attention the Kingdom has been paying to mining for rare metals.

Mr. Naif Saleh Alrajhi; Naif Alrajhi Investment CEO stated: “Mining for rare metals is among the most promising fields in the Kingdom, as it would create more investments opportunities, which would leave a great, positive impact on the national economy.”

While Eng. Meshary Al Ali, CEO of the Golden Compass added that “the established partnership will contribute to strengthening and enriching the Saudi market with the highest operational and advisory standards in the mining field, which will be positively reflected on the Kingdom’s global economic position”. He then continued, “We will also focus our efforts on developing and nationalizing our operations, drilling and advisory services of this promising field in order to build it with our local expertise”.

The Golden Compass has acquired four professional licenses in for mining, geological, geophysical and hydrological consultancy in the past two years which enables it to take the lead in this field, as it is the sole authorized company in the Kingdom to provide such advisory services, and has always strived to achieve the highest international standards of mining and quarrying services offered in the Kingdom.