Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden), the biggest mining company in the Arab world, has announced the discovery of a “significant gold resource potential” in the kingdom.

 阿拉伯国家最大的矿业公司Ma'aden宣布在沙特发现了“巨大的黄金资源”。

 The new discovery extends along a 100km stretch from the existing Mansourah Massarah gold mine, the company said on Thursday.

 该公司周四表示，新发现的金矿距离现有的曼苏拉马萨拉金矿100 公里。

 It is the “first find from the company’s extensive exploration programme, launched in 2022, aimed at building Ma’aden’s production pipeline”, it said.

 这是“该公司自2022年启动大规模勘探计划以来的首次重大发现，该计划旨在建设Ma'aden公司的生产管道”。

“These discoveries are a significant demonstration of the untapped potential of mineral resources in Saudi Arabia, establishing mining as the third pillar of the Saudi economy,” Robert Wilt, chief executive of Ma’aden, said.

 Ma'aden公司首席执行官罗伯特·威尔特说：“这些金矿的发现有力证明了沙特阿拉伯矿产资源尚未开发的潜力，并将矿业确立为沙特经济的第三大支柱”。

 “These have the potential to be the centre of the world’s next gold rush and are a strong part of our growth strategy.”

 这些地区有可能成为世界下一个淘金热的中心，是我们成长战略的重要组成部分。

 Mining is a key component of Saudi Arabia’s drive to attract foreign direct investment as laid out in the Vision 2030 plan, which aims to reduce the country's dependence on hydrocarbon revenue.

 2030 愿景旨在减少沙特阿拉伯对碳氢化合物收入的依赖，矿产是该愿景吸引外国直接投资的重要组成部分。

 The kingdom, Opec’s top oil exporter, aims to more than triple the mining sector’s contribution to the nation’s economic output by 2030.

 作为OPEC的头号石油出口国，沙特的目标是到 2030 年将采矿业对国家经济产出的贡献增加两倍以上。

 Under its new corporate strategy, Ma'aden aims to grow tenfold by 2040 and to move into strategic minerals to fuel the growth of downstream industries in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest economy.

 根据新的公司战略，Ma'aden 的目标是到2040年增长十倍，并进军战略矿产领域，以推动沙特阿拉伯这个阿拉伯国家中最大经济体的下游产业的发展。

The company this year teamed up with the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the PIF, to also pursue global mining investment opportunities.

 该公司今年与公共投资基金合作，寻求全球矿业投资机会。

 The exploration around Mansourah Massarah is focused on identifying potential deposits of similar scale with similar geology, the company said.

 该公司表示，在曼苏拉马萨拉附近的勘探工作主要是寻找地质类似、规模相似的潜在矿藏。

 Encouraging drill results from multiple sites on Uruq South, along a 100km stretch south of Mansourah Massarah, have uncovered similar geological characteristics and chemistry, it said.

 该公司表示，曼苏拉马萨拉金矿以南绵延100公里的乌鲁克南区的多个地点进行勘探并发现同金矿相似的地质结构和矿床，这一发现极大鼓舞士气。

 Ma’aden said it continues the expansion of its exploration footprint at the Jabal Ghadarah and Bir Tawilah prospects 25km north of Mansourah Massarah.

 Ma'aden公司表示，它将继续扩大在曼苏拉-马萨拉以北25公里处的Jabal Ghadarah和Bir Tawilah勘探区的勘探范围。

 “In combination, these positive drilling results have identified a potentially 125km strike with significant potential to become a major world-class gold belt in Saudi Arabia,” it said.

 该公司表示：“综合这些钻探成果，我们确定了一条长达 125 千米的潜在矿带，这条矿带具有成为沙特阿拉伯主要世界级金矿带的巨大潜力”。

 “As Saudi Arabia’s largest mining company, we are at the forefront of development for the sector in the kingdom and we will continue to support the growth and evolution of the sector,” Mr Wilt said.

 威尔特表示：“作为沙特阿拉伯最大的矿业公司，我们站在沙特矿业发展的最前沿，并将继续推动矿业的发展和进步”。

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