JORDAN - MINERAL DEVELOPMENT

JORDAN"S NATIONAL RESOURCE AUTHORITY(NRA) AND AID CONSULTANTS WILL COLLABORATE ON THE FIRST OF TWO PROJECT PHASES. PHASE I WILL CONSIST OF A COUNTRY-WIDE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY. CONSULTANTS WILL PREPARE A SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE SURVEY, MONITOR THE AIRBORNE SURVEY CONTRACTOR, AND ASSIST IN PLANNING FUTURE EXPLORATION PROGRAMS. THE PHASE II, AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY WILL BE PERFORMED BY AN EXPERIENCED US CONTRACTOR UTILIZING HIS OWN TWIN-ENGINE, FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT AND A HELICOPTER TO BE PROVIDED BY JORDAN. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF NRA TECHNICIANS AND AID-FINANCED PHASE I TECHNICIANS, THE CONTRACTOR WILL PREPARE MOSAIC MAPS OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS TO BE OVERFLOWN AND PLOT EXACT FLIGHT LINES AND ALTITUDES. UPON COMPLETION OF EACH DAYS" FLYING, THE ELECTROMAGNETIC, MAGNETOMETER, AND RADIOMETRIC TAPES, AND NAVIGATIONAL RECORDS WILL BE ROUGH-PROCESSED AND EXAMINED TO PERMIT DETECTION AND RAPID FIELD RECONAISSANCE OF ANY ANOMALIES OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST. A DRAFT AND FINAL REPORT WILL INCLUDE A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE AIRBORNE OPERATION; COPIES FOR JORDAN OF ALL ORIGINAL TAPES, FILMS, AND RECORDS PRODUCED BY THE SURVEY; CONTOUR MAPS AND PROFILES OF EACH TYPE OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA; INTERPRETATION OF ALL SIGNIFICANT ANOMALIES RELATING THEM TO KNOWN SUBSURFACE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; AND SELECTION OF TEN OR MORE ANOMALIES FOR INTENSIVE FOLLOW-UP. Update on renewable energy activities: The airborne magnetic/radiation survey outlined a proposed follow on program to include mineral, oil, and gas studies. (PD-AAJ-447)