1. Name: Talal Abdulsalam Merghelani

2. Organization: Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Saudi Arabia Jeddah

3. Course: 2001-2002 S

4. Title: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

5. Abstract: The kingdom’s mineral exploration program was the responsibility of bureau of mines and companies, with the ministry of finance, this responsibility was assumed by the Directorate General of Petroleum and Mineral Affairs in the same ministry.
In 1960 an independent directorate, the Directorate General of Mineral Resource (DGMR), under the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resource, was established to administer a systematic geologic mapping and mineral exploration programs that led to the discovery of several commodities including copper, zinc, gold, silver, iron, bauxite and phosphate deposits, and sources of ornamental stone and industrial minerals of varied economic importance.
The DGMR became the present day Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources in 1994 (DMMR). Lately, the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) was established to carry out most of DMMR’s activities.