The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) decided to extend the official period of receiving the investors’ proposals for the gold international bid round to the end of June 2021 which was supposed to be closed on mid-May.

The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, announced the postpone of the closing date of the first bid round in 2021 for petroleum exploration and production to the end of September 2021 according to the desire of several international oil companies (IOCs).

The Ministry of Petroleum (MoP) of South Sudan announced the launch of the first oil licensing round.

The Equinor’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered two production licenses in the 25th license round in the Barents Sea.

PETRONAS company announced that it has successfully launched the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021 under the theme “Grow Your Energy Portfolio With Us” through a virtual event to open more investment opportunities for investors to explore and exploit hudrocarbon resource potentials in Malaysia.

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) have offered the first digital international bid round in 2021 for petroleum exploration and production (E&P) operations in 24 Blocks at the Gulf of Suez, Western Desert and the Mediterranean.

Egypt announced the start of a bid round for oil and gas exploration in 24 blocks, according to Reuters.

The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) announced to extend the deadline of the bid rounds for gold exploration in its second round to be on Saturday May 15, 2021 at 12 pm Cairo time instead of mid-March.

Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, announced the results of Egypt’s gold bid round, where 11 national and international mining companies won the rights for exploring 82 concession areas for gold in Egypt.

Canadian firm Barrick Gold, Egypt-focused Centamin, and Naguib Sawiris' La Mancha Resources are competing in Egypt's international bid round for gold mining, which the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced last February.