Open Journal of Geology, 2018, 8, 1195-1216 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojg ISSN Online: 2161-7589 ISSN Print: 2161-7570 Mineral Exploration in Rough Mountainous Area Using Geospatial Technology (Case Study of Al Hajar Area) Ali H. Jebril, Mohamed Hafedh M. M. Hamza, Mohamed A. Al-Amri Department of Geography and Geographic Information Systems, Faculty of Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA Abstract As acknowledged that the exploration is the first step before reaching the discovery of profitable economic raw materials. However, it is also representing a high risk financially because it is possible that the areas discovered is not economically worthwhile, at that time the stakeholder will confront difficult return their exploration expenses. Therefore, the exploration process ex- ecuted in multiple stages before increasing expenses for the detection. The business of mineral exploration, one of high cost investment especially if it was in rugged mountain areas, which is difficult to reach and has a very high cost of access, consequentially increased the exploration costs. The reasons for doing this research in rough mountainous area using geospatial technology, can be justified to be valuable, time-saving and cost-reducing. Therefore, we can see that one of the solid factors that helped the study is using of GIS technology in the rough terrain area, which strongly and effec- tively contributes to the display of spatial information and linking the study, and analysis of the information collected by using GIS programs. Subsequently, its benefits minimizing exploration costs, and selecting tar- gets with confidence and effective field work. Most of the data related to the operations of mineral exploration have a spatial nature. So, GIS has the ca- pability for storage, updating, revising, displaying, retrieving, processing, manipulating and integrating of different geo-spatial data. By ending of this study, we will be able to save time and money and increase profitability and efficacy. Keywords Mineral Exploration, Geochemistry, Geophysics, GIS, Risk, Decision Making, Soil, Al Hajar-Bishah-KSA How to cite this paper: Jebril, A.H., Hamza, M.H.M.M. and Al-Amri, M.A. (2018) Mineral Exploration in Rough Mountainous Area Using Geospatial Technology (Case Study of Al Hajar Area). Open Journal of Geology, 8, 1195-1216. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2018.813072 Received: December 1, 2018 Accepted: December 26, 2018 Published: December 29, 2018 Copyright © 2018 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2018.813072 Dec. 29, 2018 1195 Open Journal of Geology