Jassim, Hamed M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-8035
Sissakian, Varoujan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9840-5422
Vanarelli, Mark J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1473-6791
Jassim, Abdulsattar M. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8924-3173
Taha, Taha Basheer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5448-7550
Omer, Hassan O. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-5653
Article History
Received: 21 July 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 11 December 2025
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: I, Dr. Hamed M. Jassim, confirm that the pictures in Figures , and were taken by me and my colleagues, Dr Mark J. Vanarelli, Mr. Varoujan Sissakian and the teaching assistant, Mr. Hassan Omer during our visit to the Asnawa iron ore site. Therefore, I give consent to publish these figures. I confirm that the figures do not need any other permissions to publish. Lastly, this author and all co-authors give both their informed consent for study participation and the publication of their images/data in this online open-access publication. All co-authors agree with the inclusion of the image of Dr. Hamed M. Jassim in Figure .