The Western Arabian-Nubian Shield: A Rapidly Emerging Gold Province

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Research Article| April 01, 2015 The Western Arabian-Nubian Shield: A Rapidly Emerging Gold Province Allan Trench; Allan Trench Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET), UWA, Curtin, Western Australia †E-mails: di_groves@hotmail.com, allan.trench@curtin.edu.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar David Groves David Groves (SEG 1973 SF) Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET), UWA, Curtin, Western Australia †E-mails: di_groves@hotmail.com, allan.trench@curtin.edu.au Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Allan Trench Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET), UWA, Curtin, Western Australia David Groves (SEG 1973 SF) Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET), UWA, Curtin, Western Australia †E-mails: di_groves@hotmail.com, allan.trench@curtin.edu.au Publisher: Society of Economic Geologists First Online: 04 Aug 2021 Online Issn: 1550-2961 Print Issn: 1550-297X © 2015 The Society of Economic Geologists, IncThe Society of Economic Geologists, Inc SEG Discovery (2015) (101): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.2015-101.fea Article history First Online: 04 Aug 2021 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Allan Trench, David Groves; The Western Arabian-Nubian Shield: A Rapidly Emerging Gold Province. SEG Discovery 2015;; (101): 1–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.2015-101.fea Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySEG Discovery Search Advanced Search The eastern part of what has become known as the Arabian-Nubian Shield (e.g., Johnson and Woldehaimanot, 2003), particularly Saudi Arabia, has been extensively explored since the 1970s, with numerous discoveries of deposits of a variety of commodities including gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, zinc, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and uranium. By contrast, the western Arabian-Nubian Shield, here defined as that segment west and south of the Red Sea (Figure 1), has received less exploration attention due to a combination of factors, including that, until recently, exploration and mining legislation required further clarity. From a geologic standpoint, the western Nubian... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.