These are the ores from which metallic minerals such as iron, copper, nickel, chromium, tin, aluminum, etc. were extracted.

Where it was possible to discover and study iron ores in Wadi al-Shati, as well as some other minerals such as gold, iron, copper and lead in the eastern Owainat region, strontium ores in the central region and radioactive elements in the southwestern region of the Libyan state, which in turn needs To more detailed studies and confirmation of their existence and quantities and thus how and methods of exploitation.