Project to explore lead, zinc, gold in Wadi Araba’s Samrat Teibah launched

Project to explore lead, zinc, gold in Wadi Araba’s Samrat Teibah launched

AMMAN — Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh on Saturday launched a project to explore lead, zinc and gold in the Samrat Teibah area in Wadi Araba.

Kharabsheh said that the project is being carried out by the ministry personnel as part of a national mining project launched by the ministry in early 2021 to explore mineral wealth in areas located within the Nubian Arabian Shield, an area that is rich in minerals, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

He added that the project is part of a series of projects launched by the ministry under memoranda of understanding, under which companies carry out the necessary feasibility studies.