The bulletin showed that the total number of sites discovered in the Kingdom reached 5,651 sites, of which nonmetallic minerals accounted for the largest percentage with 54.11 TP3T with 3,058 sites. <The number of mining licenses issued increased from 1,985 in 2016 to 2,401 in 2024, registering a cumulative growth of 21% during the period 2024-2016, where building materials quarry licenses accounted for the largest portion in 2024 with 1.481 licenses, followed by exploration licenses with 642 licenses, then exploitation licenses that include building materials, mining and mines with 215 licenses, while the number of exploration licenses amounted to 41 licenses, and licenses for surplus mineral ores 22 licenses.

On the foreign trade side, the number of licenses for quarrying building materials accounted for the largest part in 2024 with 1. On the side of foreign trade of minerals, the bulletin showed that exports of aluminum metal amounted to 283 thousand tons, accounting for 62.9% of the total aluminum trade movement, while imports amounted to 167 thousand tons, accounting for 37.1%.

Aluminum metal exports amounted to 283 thousand tons, accounting for 62.9% of the total aluminum trade movement, while imports amounted to 167 thousand tons, accounting for 37.1%. Exports of lead metal recorded about 59 thousand tons, equivalent to 93.7% of its total trade, while imports amounted to about 4 thousand tons, accounting for 6.3%.

For lead metal, exports amounted to about 59 thousand tons, equivalent to 93.7% of its total trade. As for zinc metal, its trade relied almost entirely on imports, which amounted to 88 thousand tons with a rate of more than 99.9%, while its exports did not exceed 6 tons, while nickel metal was limited to imports only with a quantity of 407 tons with a rate of 100%.

Nickel metal trade was limited to imports only. The bulletin showed that the Kingdom's exports of phosphate fertilizers increased during 2024 to 5.7 million tons compared to 5.4 million tons in the previous year, recording a growth of 4.6%, while phosphate fertilizer imports recorded 66.2 thousand tons during 2024, a decrease of 51.7% compared to 2023.

The bulletin indicated that the Kingdom's exports of phosphate fertilizers increased to 5.7 million tons compared to 5.4 million tons in the previous year. <It is noteworthy that the Mineral Wealth Statistics Bulletin for 2024 is the first publication launched by the General Authority for Statistics in this field, as its data covers the number of discovered mineralization sites, issued mining licenses, exports and imports of minerals and their products based on the data of the General Authority for Statistics, in addition to the record data from <a href="https://www.Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and the National Geological Information Base of the Saudi Geological Survey, within a time series for the period (2021-2024).