The Mahd Al Thahab (Arabic: مَـهـد الـذّهـب, "Cradle of (the) Gold"), is a small gold area in the Arabian Peninsula. It is located in the Province of Al-Madinah, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Gold was first mined in Arabia c. 3,000 BC. A second period of activity was during the Islamic Abbasid period between 750 and 1258 AD. The latest activities by began in 1936 using both open-pit and underground mines at Mahd Al Thahab. The Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources carried out further gold exploration in the 1970s, following the 1971 suspension of the US$-gold exchange rate and the consequent rise in value of the metal. Gold mining is done today by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company. The mine will close on 2023 as now only low grade gold is being mined because of the
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| - مهد الذهب وقديما كانت تعرف باسم (معدن بني سُليم)، هي مدينة سعودية والمركز الإداري لمحافظة المهد التابعة لمنطقة المدينة المنورة، بالمملكة العربية السعودية. وتقع في الجزء الجنوبي الشرقي من منطقة المدينة المنورة على بعد (170) كلم تقريباً حالياً. (ar)
- The Mahd Al Thahab (Arabic: مَـهـد الـذّهـب, "Cradle of (the) Gold"), is a small gold area in the Arabian Peninsula. It is located in the Province of Al-Madinah, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Gold was first mined in Arabia c. 3,000 BC. A second period of activity was during the Islamic Abbasid period between 750 and 1258 AD. The latest activities by began in 1936 using both open-pit and underground mines at Mahd Al Thahab. The Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources carried out further gold exploration in the 1970s, following the 1971 suspension of the US$-gold exchange rate and the consequent rise in value of the metal. Gold mining is done today by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company. The mine will close on 2023 as now only low grade gold is being mined because of the (en)
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| - مهد الذهب وقديما كانت تعرف باسم (معدن بني سُليم)، هي مدينة سعودية والمركز الإداري لمحافظة المهد التابعة لمنطقة المدينة المنورة، بالمملكة العربية السعودية. وتقع في الجزء الجنوبي الشرقي من منطقة المدينة المنورة على بعد (170) كلم تقريباً حالياً. (ar)
- The Mahd Al Thahab (Arabic: مَـهـد الـذّهـب, "Cradle of (the) Gold"), is a small gold area in the Arabian Peninsula. It is located in the Province of Al-Madinah, in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Gold was first mined in Arabia c. 3,000 BC. A second period of activity was during the Islamic Abbasid period between 750 and 1258 AD. The latest activities by began in 1936 using both open-pit and underground mines at Mahd Al Thahab. The Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources carried out further gold exploration in the 1970s, following the 1971 suspension of the US$-gold exchange rate and the consequent rise in value of the metal. Gold mining is done today by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company. The mine will close on 2023 as now only low grade gold is being mined because of the depleting resources. (en)
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