13/04/2026
📌 أعلام في جيولوجيا السودان
🔹🔹 CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: Ibrahim A. Rahman Ibrahim Shaddad📍
NATIONALITY: Sudanese
PROFESSION: Expert and Consultant in Mineral Resources
Development andManagement
E-Mail:[email protected]
[email protected]
Cell Phone: + 255 744923485
🔸🔸 Brief Bio
Ibrahim Abdelrahman Shaddad is a Sudanese geologist, diplomat and multidisciplinary scholar with extensive experience in geology, mineral resource development and mining across both public and private sectors. His expertise includes lithology, structural geology, metallogeny, and remote sensing applications. He has contributed to numerous technical reports and scientific studies on Sudan’s geology. He is an accomplished geologist and a distinguished polymath whose interests span writing, Sufism,travel,photography, and wildlife conservation. He is also an active advocate for Ethio-Sudanese solidarity.
He previously held key roles at the Geological Research Authority of Sudan (GRAS) under the Ministry of Minerals and later worked as a consultant in mineral resources development and management. He has also demonstrated strong leadership in environmental advocacy, serving as President of the Blue Nile State Environmental Preservation Committee. He is also a proponent of “geology without borders,” promoting institutional collaboration and transboundary geological initiatives across Africa.
Since 2015, he has served as Director General of the African Minerals and Geosciences
Centre (AMGC) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is a life member of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) and an advisory board member of major international initiatives, including the EU-supported PanAfGeo Projects and the AfricaMaVal Project, focusing on capacity building and sustainable raw materials development across Africa. In addition to his scientific and administrative work, he actively promotes knowledge exchange and collaboration through innovative digital platforms connecting African geoscientists.
🔸🔸 ACADEMIC QULIFICATIONS:
B.Sc. [Honors] Degree in Geology, University of Khartoum, SUDAN in 1980.
Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Remote Sensing Techniques in Geological Surveys, International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences (ITC); Holland in 1987.
Master of Science in Geological Surveys with Specialization in Structural Geology & Remote sensing for Exploration, International Institute for Aerospace Surveys
and Earth Sciences (ITC), Holland in 1989.
🔸🔸 SHORT TRAINING COURSES:
Mineral exploration methods in the French Bureau De Recherchés Geologiques ET Minieres (BRGM), Orleans, France.
- Mineral exploration methods & techniques plus mining economics in the BRGM -GRAS Khartoum, SUDAN.
Geological Field Mapping in Montalban area, Spain.
Structural Geology Field Mapping in Eiffel area, W. Germany.
Micro Tectonics in Utrecht University, Holland.
- Digital Image Processing in Free University (FU) Berlin, Germany.
Digital Image Processing - Geographical Information System in Turkish General Directorate of Mineral Research & Exploration (MTA) at Ankara, Turkey.
Mineral, Potential Mapping in Africa, ITC-Southern & Eastern African Mineral Center (SEAMIC), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
- Application of Satellite Remote Sensing Technology and Geographical Information
System in Inter-Islamic Network On Space Sciences & Technology [ISNET]-Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission [SUPARCO], Karachi,
Pakistan.
- Novel Approaches in Earth Observation and Geo-Information Science for Earth Systems Analysis, ITC - University of Asmara, Eritrea.
Mineral Resources Development & Management, Jiangxi Collage of Foreign Studies; China.
🔹🔹 TECHNICAL EMPLOYMENT & WORK EXPERIENCE:
1980-1996: Field geologist in the Red Sea Hills working for the Geological Research Authority of Sudan (GRAS) and in collaboration with overseas institutes
such as Bureau De Recherchés Geologiques Et Minieres (BRGM), German Special Projects in the Arid Zones (SFB), Robertson Research Institute (RRI), University
of Mainz, Germany, University of Dallas at Texas, and Red Sea Margin Research Project of Kuwait University.
1996-June 2001: Director of the Regional Office in the Blue Nile State for GRAS.
July 2001–February 2003: Director of the Regional Geology Administration for GRAS. Honorable contribution in:
I.Updating Regional Lithological-Structural-metallogenic Map of Sudan scale
1:5000, 000 with regional correlation to adjacent countries.
II.Development bilateral technical institutional cooperation between (GRAS),Sudan Remote Sensing Authority (RSA), Turkish General Directorate of Mineral.
Research & Exploration (MTA), Geological Survey of Ethiopia (GSE), Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP), Syrian General Organization of Remote Sensing
(GORS). Establishment of a Digital Image Processing Unit in GRAS.
March 2003–February 2007: Senior geologist in the Geological Research Authority of Sudan (GRAS) and a remote sensing consultant in the Remote
Sensing Authority of Sudan (RSA).
March 2004 & January 2005: Field Technical expert for the Egyptian EREX Petroleum Consultants Company in Mersa Salak–Tokar Areas along the Sudanese Red Sea Coast organized for RSPOC Company.
April 2007: Technical consultant for Ariab Gold Mining & INV. P.L.C to assist in examining an interesting area considered to have potential for gold prospect in Kurmuk Woreda, Asosa Zone, Benishangul–Gumuz Regional State, of western Ethiopia.
December 2007–July 2011: A member of five experts’ consultant team to Sudan Dam Implementation Unit for investigation geological-geotechnical suitability of the eleven sites proposed for construction of hydroelectric dams in Sudan and southern Sudan.
February 2012-2013: Local technical consultant to Baqtor Mining Co. Ltd.
January & mid-February 2013: Technical Manager of Al Baraka Group’s regarding its gold & associated minerals concession areas in Bock RS1 of Red Sea
Hills, Block Saras of Northern State, and Al Gaab small scale mining Concessions.
Mid-February 2013-2015: Private Consultant in Mineral Resources
Development and Management to the following mining companies:
I.PT. ELNASR INDUSTRIAL TRADING CO. LTD.
II.SABUAA MINNG CO. LTD.
III.GEO FOR REMOTE SENSING & EXPLORATION CO. LTD.
2015 – Now: Head of Mission and Director General of African Minerals & Geosciences Centre (AMGC) based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Centre is a Pan-African Centre of Excellence having a diplomatic status been established since 1977 and works under the framework of both United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and African Union Commission for Trade and Industry including Mining (AUC).
🔸🔸 GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH REPORTS & BUBLICATIONS:
1. Shaddad, I.A.I., Regional Geology of Part Sabaloka Ring Complex, northern Sudan, B.Sc. part 1 Thesis University of Khartoum.
2. Shaddad, I.A.I., Regional Geology of part of the SE. portion of Nuba Mountains, western Sudan, B.Sc. part 2 Thesis University of Khartoum. . Shaddad, I.A.I., Sheriff, M., Salem, A., Alloub, O., and Sulfab, A.Regional Geological Mapping & mineral Prospecting of NW. Part Of Port Sudan Sheet, Red Sea Hills, Sudan, GRAS internal report.
4. Shaddad, I.A.I., Geological Map of Port Sudan Sheet, scale 1:250 000, Red Sea Hills, Sudan, GRAS unpublished map.
5. Guyot, G., Alloub, O., Lacroix, D., and Shaddad, I.A.I., 1986: Hamissana Chromites and Gold Occurrences; Red Sea Hills Mining Joint-Venture. Unpublished report, BRGM-GMRD.
6. Shaddad, I.AI. Abu Fatima, M., Abdul Gader, H.A., Kazim, M., and
Nour, A., 1986: Regional Geology and Mineral Prospects in Southern Abu Dueim Sheet, Red Sea Hills, GRAS internal – unpublished report.
7. Shaddad, I.A.I., Abu Fatima, M., Kazim, M., EI Mahi, S., Sakota, S.S.,
and Ibrahim, M.F., 1987: Regional Geology and Mineral Prospects in SE. Part of Sinkat Sheet, GRAS internal-unpublished report.
8. Shaddad, I.A.I., 1987: Geological Map of Part of Iberian Mountain chains, Montalban Region, Spain, ITC, Holland Diploma research work.
9. Shaddad, I.A.I., 1988: Generalized Geological-Structural Map of the SE Part of the Red Sea Hills, Sudan, ITC, Holland Diploma research work.
10.Shaddad, I.A.I., 1989: Regional Structural Geology of Ashat- Area, Red Sea Hills, NE, Africa, ITC, Holland, Master Thesis.
11. Shaddad, I.A.I., Koopman, B.N., 1990: Pan-African Polyphase Deformation in the Ashat Area, Red Sea Hills, Sudan Abstract, Proc. 15th coll. Of African Geology, Nancy, France.
12.Shaddad, I.A.I, 1991: Geological Report and Map of Abu Dueim Sheet, Red Sea Hills, Sudan, GRAS-RRI unpublished data prepared for World Bank Project for promotion of Sudan mineral potential under the auspices of Robertson Group plc, Natural Resources &Environment Consultant.
13.Shaddad, I. A. I., 1992: New Navigation Map Scale 1:1000 000 for the Area between the Nile and Red Sea [16° 00"-23° 00" N] and [30° 00" – 39° 00"E], unpublished work.
14.Shaddad, I. A. I., 1994: Litho-Tectonic Evolution of Ashat Gneissic Dome, Red Sea Hills, Sudan, abstract in Proc. 2nd International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World, Cairo, Egypt.
15.Shaddad, I.A.I., Abu Fatima, M., EI Hur, B., and EI Faki, E. M., 1995:
Structural controls for Gold Mineralization in Gebeit Area with Special Emphasis on Gebeit Gold Mine. Red Sea Hills, NE. Sudan, GRAS internal-unpublished report
and Abstract, Proc. Presentation of Results Seminar, Geoscientific Problems in Arid Areas (Geology, Resources & Utilization held in Khartoum, Sudan Oct.15-17
1995.
6. Shaddad, I. A. I., and Muhammad, E.K., EI Tayeb, H.I. 2002: Preliminary Investigation of Gold Mineralization in Central Ingessana Hills Sudan, GRAS internal-unpublished report.
17.Shaddad, I.A.I. Jan. 2003: Application of Satellite LFC Photos for Geological Mapping in SE. part of the Sudanese Red Sea Hills, NE, Africa. Proc. International Workshop on Satellite Imaging Technology and Application, Karachi, Pakistan,
22-28 Jan 2003 pp. 332-340.
18.Shaddad, I.A.I., 2003: Lithological-Structural setting of Gold Mineralization in Central Ingessana Hills, SE Sudan The Eighth Arab Conference on Mineral
Resources, Sana'a, Yemen. 13-16 Oct. 2003 Vol.1, pp.60-70.
19.Shaddad, I.A.I., April 2004: The Gold bearing Gebeit Riedel Extensional Bend Red Sea Hills NE Sudan, Abstract, Proc of the 8th International conference of Jordanian Geologists Association Amman April 6-7, 2004.
20.Shaddad, I.A.I., July 2004: Structural Lineament Analysis of Large Format Camera Imagery Covering the Petroliferous Tokar Delta, Red Sea Hills Sudan; Inter-Islamic Network on Space Science and Technology (ISNET) Journal
of Space Sciences and Technology, Volume 1 No.1, 2004. p. 7–12.
21.Shaddad, I.A.I. October 2004: Application of Remote Sensing Techniques for Geological Survey in the Ingessana Hills, SE-Sudan presented in the International
Seminar on Satellite Technology Applications in Communications and Remote Sensing held on 9-15 October 2004 in Tehran, Iran.
22.Shaddad, I.A.I. December 2004: Comments on Geological Layout, Sections and Report Contained in the;- Report On The Geological and Geotechnical Conditions Of The Foundation Of Concrete Dam Structures, Presented By Lahmeyer International Bad Viable, Germany, October 2004 To Merowe Dam Project Implementation Unit.
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ابراهيم عبدالرحمن شداد يناير 2005 : نحو االستغالل الصناعي والتجارى للعقيق في السودان - دراسة
جدوى قدمت الى إتحاد اصحاب الصناعات الصغيرة والحرف اليدوية.
24.Shaddad, I.A.I. September 2006: Space Fireballs-meteoroids in Some Islamic Countries as Natural Outer Space Hazards Emanating from Outer Space.
International Seminar & Exhibition 2006 ISNET International Seminar & Exhibition 2006, Islamabad, Pakistan.
25.Shaddad, I.A.I. November 2005: Application of Remote Sensing Techniques for Regional Geological Survey in Some Selected Areas, Sudan.
Abstract & oral presentation in the International Workshop on Spatial Information and Sustainable Development held on 14 – 16 November 2005 in Rabat, Morocco.
26.Shaddad, I.A.I. February. 2006: Structural Interference Patterns in the Southern Part of the Beja Arc, Sudanese Segment of the Afro-Arabian Shield. Abstract & oral presentation in the 8th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World (GAW 8), held on 13 -16 February 2006, Cairo, Egypt.
27.Shaddad, I.A.I. November 2006: Impacts of Gold Mining on Environment in Sudan, in the 9th Arab Conference for Mineral Wealth, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, 30 October – 1
st November 2006 volume 3.
28. ابراهيم عبد الرحمن شداد نوفمبر 2006 : األحجار شبه الكريمة لمجموعة معادن السيلكا في السودان- المؤتمر
الجيولوجي السورى األول دمشق 2006\11\30.
29.Shaddad, I.A.I. April 2007: Meteorites in the Arab World with
Emphasis in the Sudan, Significance and Dangers, in the 6th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology Incorporation the 9th Jordanian
Geologists Association April 2-5, 2007 Amman, Jordan.
30.Shaddad, I.A, Obeid, A., Abdel Rahman, E.M., and Mageed, A.D.
March 2008: The Gold Field of the Upper Blue Nile Region; Sudan-Ethiopia, presented in 9th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World "GAW9" (24–27th March, 2008) held by the Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University.
31.El Talib, N., Bashir H., El Mahi, J, E., Amlas, M. and Shaddad, I.A. 2008
– 2010: Geological & Geotechnical Maps & Explanatory Reports of nine proposed dam sites. Investigations were conducted for the Sudan Dam Implementation Unit in Upper Atbara- Setit Rivers, Kagbar, Dal, El Sabaloka, Dagash, Mugrat in Northern Sudan, and Lakki, Beddin, Shukuli, and Fula in Southern Sudan.
32.Shaddad, I.A.I. April 2013: Investment Opportunities in the Mineral Potential of the Sudan presented in both Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Middle East Committee for North (KADIN Indonesia)
🔸🔸ADMINISTRATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE:
June 1996 - July 2001: Director of Blue Nile Regional Office, out stationed in Dmazine, SE Sudan for Geological Research Authority of Sudan (GRAS).
Honorable administrative achievements led to reception of three separate appreciation letters from H.E. the Governor of Blue Nile State, Blue Nile State Ministers’ Council and Director General of GRAS in addition to a financial reward from H.E. Minister of Energy & Mining.
July 2001–February 2003: Director of the Regional Geology Administration for GRAS. I did establish a Digital Image Processing Unit in GRAS to introduce it to the digital era for geological investigations.
February 2007–July 2011: Deputy General Manager of Huakan Hamadi Resource Company Limited (HHRC) which a joint investment between the Geological Research Authority of Sudan (GRAS) of the Ministry of Minerals and the Chinese Tianjin Huakan Company Limited in a Umm Sareh Gold Mine at Block
20, River Nile State, northern Sudan.
July 2011–February 2012: Director of General Administration for International Technical Cooperation; Ministry of Minerals, SUDAN.
July 2011–February 2012: Government Representative for a Greek Mining Company entitled Baqtor Mining Co. Ltd. having gold & related minerals concessions in Block 69 & 70; Southern Red Sea Hills, Sudan.
February–September 2012: Co-director of Strategic Minerals Development
Project; Ministry of Minerals, SUDAN.
July 2011-December 2012: Member of the Traditional Mining Committee;
Ministry of Minerals, SUDAN.
2015 – Now: Director General of the African Minerals & Geosciences Centre
(AMGC) based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
🔹🔹SOCIO-ACADEMIC-PROFISIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Secretary General of the Student Geological Society, Department of Geology; University of Khartoum.
Secretary General of the Student Geological Society, Department of Geology;University of Khartoum.
Head of the Student Scientific Society, faculty of Sciences, University of Khartoum.
Secretary of societies & associations for the Khartoum University Student Union
(KUSU).
Member of the Association for Sudanese Geologists.
1995-2001: President of the Blue Nile Environmental Preservation Committee.
2003–2005: Activist and secretary of cultural affairs for the Ethio-Sudanese Origin Society.
April 2004: Member of the organization committee for Sudan Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Natural Resources Management, Environmental monitoring and Disaster Management organized by United Nations Office for Outer Space.
October 2004: Member of the Organizing Committee for International Seminar
on Satellite Technology Applications in Communications and Remote Sensing which held on in Tehran, Iran. The seminar was organized by Iranian Space Agency (ISA) and ISNET.
2004–2006: Member of the African Investment Committee, and in charge of the
Horn Africa Investment subcommittee Ministry of Investment, Sudan.
2004–2007: Member of the editorial board of the ISNET Journal of Space Sciences and Technology.
September 2005: Member of Organizing Committee for International Workshop on Space Technology for Peace Re-habitation & Development. It was held in Khartoum, Sudan and co-organized by Remote Sensing Authority of Sudan (RSA), Inter-Islamic Network on Space Science and Technology (ISNET), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
(UNOOSA), and European Space Agency (ESA).
2006–2009: Representative of Sudan in the Arab Consortium for the GAW 8th (13-16 Feb. 2006) & GAW 9th (24 – 27th March, 2008) International Conferences on Geology of the Arab world organized by Cairo University, Faculty of science, Geology Department; Cairo, Egypt. I have been awarded a certificate of appreciation as one of the pioneer Afro-Arabian geologists.
2014-2015: Secretary of cultural affairs in Ethio-Sudanese Friendship Association, which affiliated to Council of International People Friendship, Sudan.
2016-Now: Life member of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf).
2017-Now: Member of the Advisory Board of PanAfGeo 1, 2 & + Invest Projects, which is targeting human capacity building of African geologists. The Project is sponsored by EU, executed by both European Resurveys and Organization of African Geological Surveys.
June 1st 2022 - December 31st 2025: Member of Advisory boards AfricaMaVal Project for Building EU-Africa Partnerships on Sustainable Raw Materials Value
Chain.
