IUGS President Meets with Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Geological Survey to Promote Global Geoscience Cooperation and Sustainable Development

On 13 October 2025, during the GEOMIN International Symposium, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, IUGS President Prof. Hassina Mouri had an official meeting with Eng. Abdullah Al-Shamrani, CEO of the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS). Several members of the Saudi Geological Survey also attended the meeting. The two sides had in-depth discussions and reached a consensus on key topics, including advancing cooperation in geological science, technological innovation, sustainable resource use, and international collaboration mechanisms.

The GEOMIN International Symposium took place from 12 to 15 October 2025.

Read Prof. Hassina Mouri's report here:

HM-GEOMIN report.pdf

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Left: Crystaline Proterozoic plutonic and metamorphic volcanic rocks exposed at Jabal Al-Malas along the old road of Jeddah and Makkah. This is one of the gold localities that was discovered in 80's of the last centaury. Gold mineralization in this locality is part of the Kashab Formation (Samran Group), and is disseminated in viens after sericitization and silicification of the andesitic metatuff, controlled by faulting and shear zone settings. Right: Angular unconformity between Late Oligocene red beds of the Khulys Formation (bottom) and Miocene red beds of the Burkhan Formation toped by the Harrat Late Miocene Basalt at the Usfan Pass, 50 KM northwest of Jeddah, Al Hijaz, west Saudi Arabia. Deposition, uplifting, erosion, deposition and finally lava flow are all related to the intensity of rifting and opening of the Red Sea for the last 30 million years of geological evolution of western Saudi Arabia.