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Original green cloth illustrated with Saudi map 23x29cm. Printed in Lebanon by the Middle East Export Press. (8)pp prelims including a b/w photo portrait of King Faisal and Foreword by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ahmed Zaki Yamani, 77pp including 12 colour plates, primarily maps, one of which folding. Covers very good except for 1cm loss to the spine head. Interiors mostly fine with some pencil underlining and notation including to Plate 1. The business card of Abdul Hamid Derhally, Liaison Officer, Director of Public Relations, is stapled to the front blank. Below this is written the name of H.L. Hazen, dated Jeddah, 30 Oct 1965. This would be Harold Locke Hazen (1901-80), who is named on p9 as Dean of the Graduate School at MIT, and President of the American University in Beirut, with his underlining and note "Trustees" alongside himself and others. This note relates to the College of Petroleum and Minerals at Dhahran, inaugurated by King Faisal in 1965, which is referred and underlined in this and the previous paragraph. This Bulletin was, according to Sheikh Yamani, intended to "stimulate investment and eventually build a profitable mining industry which will broaden our economy and make us less dependent on oil revenues" (Foreword). It summarises work done during the 17 years up to 1963, with work since then to be covered in later bulletins. Chapters describe the land and people (geography, government, and economy); geology and mineral deposits (geologic setting, economic geology, and geophysical exploration of the Saudi Arabian Shield), the Saudi Mining Code, and regulations on foreign investment. A major focus is on capacity building in Saudi Arabia, with the section on government for example, describing universities, colleges, training centres and other educational establishments. Appendices cover income taxes, and cumulative oil production. Plate 1 presents the Economic Geographic Map of the Arabian Peninsula, 63x56cm, approx 1cm to 40km, compiled by the Ministry from USGS Map I-270B (1963), with details on cultural and physical features, and selected mineral prospects. The other maps include a Saudi to US size comparison, status of the geographical and geological mapping survey, aerial photographic coverage, various minerals, and areas covered by seismic surveys, gravity surveys, and magnetic and scintillation surveys. Charts show health and education spending for 1948-64, and imports and exports for 1959. Seller Inventory # 4749
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