AMMAN — The
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Turkey’s Solvest Trade and Industry Limited Company on Wednesday
signed a memorandum of understanding to mine copper in Abu Khashaba Canyon and
Ghor Fifa in southern Jordan., according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The deal was signed by
Energy Minister Saleh Kharabsheh and the company’s president. The mining project will be implemented
on a 20sq.km plot of land after studies had shown large and concentrated
quantities of copper ore, the minister said in a press conference.
During the memo’s one-year period, the company will
conduct several mining and exploration studies to evaluate underground copper
repositories, he added.
He said the studies will include remote sensing,
geochemical mining, sampling, drilling, and 3D modeling.
According to Kharabsheh, if the project is proven
feasible, the company will submit a preliminary economic feasibility study for
copper mining. If the company decides to go further with the project, a deal
will be signed under a special law, he noted.
Kharabsheh stressed the importance of the agreement
in “giving the sector the attention it needs” to leverage natural resources and
focus on manufacturing and attracting investment.
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