ABSTRACT: The .Amanos Range situated near the border between Turkey and Syria along Dead, Sea "Rift is 25 km..,wide and 200 km. long,.. This region consiste of essentially Upper Cretaceous ophiolites, three phased volcanics andLower Paleozoic to Quaternary sediments,. Upper Cretaceous Kızıldağ thrusting, Tertiary basin, and range faulting haveshaped local morphology and have influenced the formation of local gold, mineralizations mostly proximal to the Antakya-Karasu .graben.Gold deposit of Kisecik is situated, on, the SE border of the Amanos range between horst .and graben,,.. A joint venture,Nerco and Yurttaşlar, has explored, the area and calculated an exploitable, reserve of 12 million tonnes, of ore with l%Cu55%As .and 4 gr/tonne Au,, in one sector. Gold is found in, pyrite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and accompanied, by hematite, sphalerite and quartz; free gold is. present in, the oxidation zone., More than, fifteen hopeful indications have been reported especially in. the borders, of the range.Favorable geological features of the Amanos range and, related, gold, mineralizations and similarities with other important mineralized, .areas, in the world indicate that large additional potential resources may exist in the Hatay region ofTurkey.