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Saudi Arabia's Future Minerals Forum Promotes New Super-Mining Region at Australia's International Mining and Resources Conference
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Following a highly successful first edition, Saudi Arabia's Future Minerals 
Forum (FMF) participated in the International Mining and Resources Conference 
(IMARC) in Sydney, Australia, which ran between 2 - 4 November. FMF introduced 
its vision for shaping the future of the sector at the leading industry event 
and promoted investment opportunities and strategic partnerships across the 
emerging super-mining region spanning Africa to Central and Western Asia to 
global investors.

"To realize the Paris Agreement's net-zero goals by 2050, estimates suggest 
that more than three billion tons of minerals and metals, and up to $1.7 
trillion in global mining investment will be needed. From the west of the 
super-mining region in Senegal to the East in Kazakhstan, the 9,000-kilometer 
emerging super-mining region has the geological potential to provide the world 
with the critical minerals it needs," said H.E. Eng. Khalid Al-Mudaifer, 
Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs, Saudi Arabia.

"The region needs investment and expertise to leverage these vast and 
underexplored geological reserves in support of a sustainable future. The 
International Mining and Resources Conference in Australia, the largest and 
most influential industry event of its kind in the region, is the ideal 
platform for FMF to share with investors the significant potential of the 
region to provide the world with a resilient mineral supply chain," Al-Mudaifer 
added.

Visitors to FMF's stand at IMARC will learn more about the significant mining 
investment opportunities across Africa and West and Central Asia. This includes 
exploration for platinum, phosphate, bauxite, manganese, cobalt and gold, and 
the $1.3 trillion worth of reserves estimated to be held in the Arabian Shield.

The second edition of FMF will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January 
10 - 12, 2023. FMF is expected to see over 13,000 participants; including 
ministers, mining industry leader and CEOs of global mining companies, and over 
130 countries to be represented.

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Source: Future Minerals Forum 
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