About
10–12 November 2026
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Introduction
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 places mining at the center of long-term economic transformation, with significant potential across gold, copper, rare earth elements, and battery-critical minerals including lithium. The Arabian Peninsula remains one of the world’s most under-explored mineral provinces, requiring high-resolution, integrated geoscience approaches capable of accelerating discovery while reducing technical and financial uncertainty.
This workshop brings together regional and international experts in geology, geophysics, and mineral systems analysis to demonstrate how coordinated, multi-scale geoscience workflows can unlock mineral systems across the region.
Rather than focusing on individual datasets in isolation, the workshop emphasizes integration of geology and geophysics within a mineral systems framework, translating subsurface signatures into predictive exploration intelligence and risk-informed development decisions.
The workshop is designed for a broad range of participants, including exploration geologists, geophysicists and mining professionals, mineral exploration service providers and technology developers, as well as researchers and graduate students who are advancing applied geoscience methods. It also welcomes early‑career professionals through a dedicated Pre‑Event Seminar aimed at building foundational skills and supporting the next generation of geoscientists.
Objectives
This applied geoscience workshop connects:
- Mineral description
- Geophysical responses across scales
- Geochemical signatures
- Structural geology, mineralisation and alteration relations
- Deposit-scale development considerations
Participants will explore how integrated workflows can:
- Strengthening knowledge of targeted mineral systems
- Improve structural and alteration resolution
- Increase drilling confidence
- Reduce exploration and financial risk
- Apply scalable, cost-efficient acquisition strategies suitable for Saudi terrains
Technical Committee
Committee Co-chairs:
- Naser S Jahdali, Saudi Geological Survey
- Junior Potgieter, Viridien
- Taqi Al Yousuf, Aramco
- Mohammed Gad, Technical Development Solutions (TDS)
SEG Convener:
- Catherine Truffert, IRIS Instruments (SEG Board Member)
Committee Members:
- Ahmed Abouzaid, Baker Hughes Company
- Ahmed Hafez, Geolog
- Alexander Prikhodko, Expert Geophysics
- Anna Gouirand, Geodevice
- Antoine Delaunay, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
- Antony Benham, MSA Arabia
- Becky Bodger, Seequent Limited
- Daniel Pierre, BRGM
- Ethan Mack, Fugro
- Fredrik Karell, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
- Gaud Pouliquen, Bell Geospace
- Haitham Shamrani, Saudi Geological Survey
- James Davey, SRK
- Jonathan Rudd, Dias Geophysical
- Jurgen Fitschen, Fugro
- Khalid Al Hawas, Saudi Geological Survey
- Marie Callies, DeepLime
- Mostafa Afifi, SLB
- Nicholas Arndt, CAUR Technologies Inc.
- Qingbing Tang, Viridien
- Rémi BOSC, Arethuse Geology
- Riaz Mirza, Simcoe Geoscience Arabia Limited
- Samar Sallam, Al Hazzazi
- Sohail Shahzad, Gulf Center for Geophysical Consulting
- Tang Biyan, BGP
Contact
Ashvarya Bhalla
SEG Middle East
Email: [email protected]
Attend
Who should attend?
This workshop aims to bring together exploration geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, mineral systems specialists, mining professionals, technology providers, and researchers to share advances, challenges, and best practices in integrated mineral systems exploration and multi-physics targeting.
WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEES
For Student & Academia Registrations:
Please note, all student non-members must submit a copy of their student ID to [email protected] to register for the event.
Includes: Coffee breaks (during workshop), Lunches (Tuesday–Thursday)
Early Bird Registration Fee (must be registered and paid before 10 October 2026)
US$1,400 (Member) | US$1,640 (Non-member)
Full Registration Fee (begins from 11 October 2026 )
US$1,610 (Member) | US$1,850 (Non-member)
Academia Registration Fee
US$850
Student Registration Fee
US$250 (Member) | US$350 (Non-member)
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Written notice received by 10 October 2026 entitles registrants to a full refund of the registration fee minus US$50 for processing. No refunds will be issued after 11 October 2026. Substitutions are permissible with written approval by the event organizers. Notify Ashvarya Bhalla at [email protected] immediately to request a substitution.
Call for Abstracts
Technical Scope and Topics
- Mineral System Architecture of the Arabian Peninsula
- Structural architecture & fluid migration
- Orogenic gold systems
- Intrusion-related gold systems
- Magmatic nickel–copper–PGE sulfide systems (mafic–ultramafic)
- Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) copper–zinc systems
- Sediment-hosted copper systems
- Magmatic-hydrothermal copper systems
- Rare Earth Element (REE) systems
- Hard-rock lithium (pegmatite) systems
- Lithium brine systems & basin architecture
- Natural hydrogen systems
- Mineral System–Driven Survey Design & Data Acquisition
- Designing surveys based on mineral system hypotheses
- Scale optimization: regional, district & deposit-scale acquisition
- Physical property prediction & targeting strategies
- Integrated deployment of seismic, EM, IP, MT, magnetics, gravity & spectral tools
- Acquisition optimization in arid, deeply weathered & shield terrains
- Processing, Inversion & Multiphysics Model Construction
- Data conditioning & advanced processing workflows
- Deterministic and probabilistic inversion (1D–3D)
- Joint and cooperative multiphysics inversion frameworks
- Resolution analysis, sensitivity studies & uncertainty quantification
- Integration of geochemistry datasets into inversion and modeling workflows
- Building predictive geoscience models through geophysical–geology-geochemical integration
- Integrated Interpretation & Risk-Informed Targeting
- Translating geophysical responses into mineral system understanding
- Structural framework and alteration system interpretation in 3D
- Integrated geophysical–geological–geochemical interpretation workflows
- Target generation methodologies
- Probabilistic target ranking
- Increasing predictive confidence in drill planning
- Exploration-to-Development Integration
- Reducing geological, technical & financial uncertainty
- Linking exploration outcomes to staged investment decisions
- Risk-informed exploration portfolio management
- Designing scalable and cost-efficient exploration programs
- Aligning technical workflows with battery-mineral supply chain standards
Sponsorship Opportunities
To maximize exposure and visibility for our partners, we offer an array of unique sponsorship opportunities designed to suit a range of budgets with specific target audiences for optimum return on investment. For a list of sponsorship opportunities, and benefits, please contact us at [email protected].
Important Documents
Important Dates
Call for Abstracts Close:
3 August 2026
