Excerpt from Report on the Mineral Industry of Egypt, 1928
The area of Egypt is approximately 1,000,000 square kilometres, of which 31,000 square kilometres comprise the cultivated area of the Delta and Valley of the River Nile.
The remainder, no less than 969,000, square kilometres, is desert, for the most part waterless and devoid of vegetation.
This desert area has no economic importance at the present day other than its mineral resources.
The known mineral deposits are few in comparison with the vastness of the desert area, but much of this is as yet practically unprospected and there is the probability of further discoveries being made.
These known deposits are mostly situated at great distances both from one another and from the River Nile, a fact which has retarded exploration and development. Considerable progress has, however, been made during recent years, notably on the coast of the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez. The sea affords the necessary facilities of access and transport, the lack of which so greatly detracts from the value of deposits situated in the interior.
Local interest in mining is small; this is owing to the fact that the population of Egypt is almost entirely engaged in agricultural pursuits and has no knowledge or experience of mining. The capital and organization of existing enterprises has, in consequence, been mainly supplied by foreigners.
The following chapters describe the various minerals, metals and precious stones which are found in Egypt and give details of the progress made in developing them.
The value of the mineral production for the year 1921 was approximately L.E. 1,300,000.
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