Mineral detection technologies

Magnetic tune (NQR) tech, used for Mineral Uranium detection

C.G.R.I. REPORT

CGRI 2023-11

Unlimited Release

Printed June 2023

ANNEXES

Of the

Method and system

in order to detect fast and in great depths

Mineral Uranium from very long distance

Prepared by

C.G.R.I. Laboratories

Simis 15, Nikosia 2044, Cyprus, EU

www.cgri.gr

C.G.R.I. Laboratories operated by C.G.R.I. Ltd,

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Corresponding Author: Konstantinos Stromatias,

Date: June 21 2023

Greek Army Brigadier (ret), Branch of Research & Informatics

C4ISR Specialist & Asymmetric Threats Analyst

Microelectronics systems Designer - Inventor – Researcher
BSc in Greek Military Academy

MSc in Microelectronics and Computer Engineering

PhD candidate in Geophysics

Contact Details: stromas100258@gmail.com & info@3levelsecurity.com

Corresponding Author’s CV at link: https://www.houseofwisdom.gr/ktitior6.htm

Cyprus Geopathetic Research Institute Laboratories

ANNEXES

ANNEX ‘A’

System Screens from survey for Mineral Uranium at U.A.E. (May & June 2023)

1. Mineral Uranium Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 16 May 2023

2. Mineral Uranium Detections Recorded from North of RUWAIS at 28 May 2023

3. Mineral Uranium Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 26 May 2023

4. Mineral Uranium Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 30 May 2023

CONCLUSIONS

FROM THE 4 SURVEY EFFORTS FROM U.A.E. FOR URANIUM MINERAL DETECTION

AT THE ABOVE COMPLEX PICTURE WE CAN OBSERVE THAT:

1. BLUE , RED AND YELLOW LINES ARE CROSSED SOUTH EAST OF MUSCT AREA IN OMAN (RED CIRCLE No:’1’ AT NEXT PICTURE). CROSSING LINES IS A POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRE.

2. THERE ARE 3 LINES (URANIUM MINERAL) PASSING IN OMAN AT WEST OF MUSCAT.

THE TWO OF THOSE LINES (BLUE AND RED) ARE CROSSED AT SOUTH NEAR THE SEA (RED CIRCLE No:’2’ AT NEXT PICTURE). CROSSING LINES IS A POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRE.

3. THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE LINE (THE YELLOW ONE) CROSSING THE DAFUR AREA WEST OF THE 3 LINES (RED REQTANGULAR No:’3’ AT NEXT PICTURE). SOMEWHERE AT THIS LINE MUST BE A POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRE, BUT WE CANNOT KNOW WHERE ON THIS LINE UNTIL WE GET A NEW MORE DETECTION FROM ANOTHER AREA. THE BEST AREA TO DO A NEW EFFORT (DETECTION) IS AN AREA WEST OF MUSCAT , NEAR THE U.A.E. BORDERS AS TO AVOID CROSSINGS WITH THE OTHER TWO LINES ‘4’ AND ‘5’ (AT NEXT PICTURE) .

4. THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE LINE (THE RED ONE) CROSSING THE DAFUR AREA WEST OF THE 3 LINES (RED REQTANGULAR No:’4’ AT NEXT PICTURE). SOMEWHERE AT THIS LINE MUST BE A POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRE, BUT WE CANNOT KNOW WHERE ON THIS LINE UNTIL WE GET A NEW MORE DETECTION FROM ANOTHER AREA. THE BEST AREA TO DO A NEW EFFORT (DETECTION) IS AN AREA BETWEEN THE TWO LINES ‘4’ AND ‘5’ (AT NEXT PICTURE), NEAR THE BORDERS WITH SAUDI ARABIA, AS TO AVOID CROSSINGS WITH THE OTHER BLUE LINE.

5. THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE LINE (THE BLACK ONE) CROSSING THE DAFUR AREA EAST OF THE RED LINE (RED REQTANGULAR No:’5’). SOMEWHERE AT THIS LINE MUST BE A POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRE, BUT WE CANNOT KNOW WHERE ON THIS LINE UNTIL WE GET A NEW MORE DETECTION FROM ANOTHER AREA. THE BEST AREA TO DO A NEW EFFORT (DETECTION) IS AN AREA BETWEEN THE TWO LINES ‘4’ AND ‘5’ , NEAR THE BORDERS WITH SAUDI ARABIA, AS TO AVOID CROSSINGS WITH THE OTHER BLUE LINE. IN DID FROM THE SAME DETECTION POINT WE COULD CROSS BOTH THE LINES ‘4’ AND ‘5’. THE RED CIRCLE No: ‘5’ IS WRITTEN HERE AS TO UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE TO THE 3 COUMTRIES (SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN, YEMEN) THIS MINERAL URANIUM DEPOSIT COULD BE.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR LINE ‘5’ THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE TARGET (MASS URANIUM MINERAL DEPOSIT) COULD EXIST IN THE CROSSING AREA WITH THE BLUE LINE THAT PASSES OVER UAE, SAUDIA ARABIA AND YEMEN, THUS INSIDE SAUDI ARABIA.

NOTES:

1. WE DONE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO DETECT FOR MINERAL URANIUM USING TOTAL 4 DETECTION POINTS INSIDE U.A.E. TERRITORY, WHICH ARE:

· A ROOM AT 8^th FLOOR INSIDE A BUILDING IN AJMAN NEAR THE UNIVERSITY (RED LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA AT TAWI RASHIDA SOUTH OF DUBAI IN THE DESERT (YELLOW LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA AT RAS AL KHAIMAH AT NORTH UAE NEAR THE SEA (BLUE LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA NORTH OF RUWAIS IN THE DESERT (BLACK LINES).

2. EXCEPT THE INSIDE BUILDING EFFORTS ALL OTHER EFFORTS (DETECTIONS) DONE UNDER STRONG SUN RADIATION (SOMETIMES UNDER 50 DEGREES CELSIUS) AND UNDER STRONG PREASURE AS WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE SEE WHAT WE DO AROUND WITH OUR EQUIPMENT. ESPECIALLY AT RUWAIS AREA WE COULD NOT WORK WELL BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TEMERATURES AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS UNDERGROUND THE DETECTION POINT AREA EFFECT OUR EQUIPMENT (THE DIGITAL COMPASS).

IF SOMEBODY COMPARE THE GREEN LINES OF 7 PICTURES BEFORE (ARE THE DETECTIONS FROM RUWAIS AREA USING THE DIGIAT ‘KYKLOTRON E3 SYSTEM’ THAT USES A DIGITAL COMPASS) AND THE BLACK LINES FROM THE SAME AREA AND EFFORT BUT WRITTEN IN A MANUAL WAY USING MANUAL COMPASS IN THE PICTURE JUST ABOVE, WILL OBSERVE DEVIATIONS TO ALMOST ALL LINES.

3. THE DOUBLE RED LINE IS NOT A DETECTION LINE BUT THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF THE SYSTEM DIGITAL MAP. AS THE SYSTEM USER TURNS ARROUND THE PAD THIS DOUBLE RED LINE MOVING AS TO ORIENTATE ALWAYS THE DIGITAL MAP (WHAT ALL SCREENS SHOWN) TO THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONTMENT.

4. A CAREFUL OBSERVE OF THE FIRST TWO ABOVE ‘KYKLOTRON’ E3 SYSTEM SCREENS SHOWN US THAT AT THOSE 2 ABOVE PICTURES – SYSTEM SCREENS SHOWN 4 RED LINES CROSSING OMAN KINGDOM AREA. AT THE 3^RD AND 4^TH ABOVE PICTURES – SYSTEM SCREENS SHOWN ONLY 2 RED LINES CROSSING OMAN KINGDOM AREA. THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE AT THE FIRST DAY OF OUR SURVEY (17/5/23) THE SAED DETECTOR TUNED ONLY TO 2 MINERAL URANIUM MASS DEPOSITS. BUT AFTER THE DETECTOR WORKS FOR SOME DAYS (3 DAYS ALL TIME) AT 30/5/23 TUNED TO 2 MORE MINERAL URANIUM MASS DEPOSITS. THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE BY THE TIME PASSING AND THE DETECTOR IN FULL OPERATION THE DETECTION RANGE GETTING MORE AND MORE LONGER AND NEW TARGETS (MINERAL URANIUM MASS DEPOSITS) ARE TUNED TO THE DETECTOR.

5. AS FOR THE RED LINE No ‘5’ WHICH PASSED OVER THE BORDERS OF OMAN- SAUDI ARABIA AND YEMEN WE MUST CONSIDER THAT THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE (WHAT WE SEE AT THOSE SYSTEM SCREENS) IS DIFFERENT THAN THE NORTH POLE OF THE EARTH. THE DEVIATION IN AJMAN U.A.E. IS ABOUT 2,3 DEGREES. CONSIDERING THAT NORTH POLE IS WEST OF THE REAL NORTH POLE THAT MEANS THAT THE RED LINE No ‘5’ MUST BE IN A DIFFERENT POSSITION AND MIGHT PASSED INSIDE OMAN KINGDOM BORDERS.

CONCLUSIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO OUR DETECTION EFFORTS IT SEEMS THAT IN OMAN KINGDOM THERE ARE 4 POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHERE MASS URANIUM MINERAL DEPOSITS COULD EXIST (RED CIRCLES AND RED REQTANGULARS AT ABOVE PICTURE). ONE MORE POSSIBLE AREA COULD EXIST ALSO (LINE ‘5’) BUT THAT COULD NOT BE A SAFE RESULT WITHOUT TO TRY A NEW DETECTION EFFORT FROM AN AREA NEAR THE BORDERS OF OMAN WITH SAUDI ARABIA, BETWEEN THE LINES ‘4’ AND ‘5’.

2. WE CONSIDER THAT THE RED LINES DETECTIONS ARE MORE ACURATE DETECTIONS AS THEY DONE IN ROOM CONDITIONS, THUS FROM INSIDE A BUILDING IN WHICH THE TEMERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES CELSIUS. ALSO WE DONE THIS DETECTION FROM THE SAME POINT MANY TIMES (MORE THAN 10 TIMES) IN DIFFERENT DAYS BETWEEN 17 MAY 2023 AND 1 JUNE 2023 AND IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

PROPOSALS

1. FOR A MORE ACCURATE CONCLUSION ABOUT THE EXISTING AND THE POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHERE MASS URANIUM MINERAL DEPOSITS COULD EXIST IN OMAN KINGDOM, WE MUST INVITED TO OMAN KINGDOM OFFICIALY AND WORK THERE UNDER A PERMITTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES TO DO THOSE DETECTIONS FROM AREAS THAT WE WILL POINT OUT AND IN GENERAL ARE WRITTEN ABOVE AND SEEN AT NEXT PICTURE.

THE 7 YELLOW STARS SHOWING AT NEXT PICTURE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURE POSSIBLE DETECTION POINTS FROM WHERE WE COULD DEFINE THE EXACTLY AREA (A CIRCLE ABOUT 1000 M2) OF THE POSIBLE EXISTING MINERAL URANIUM DEPOSITS AT OMAN KINGDOM.

THE GREEN DASHED LINES AT NEXT PICTURE, INDICATE THE WAY THAT THE RED, BLUE, BLACK AND YELLOW LINES MUST BE SURVEY AS TO CROS AND IN THIS WAY TO FIND ALL THE POSSIBLE URANIUM MINERAL MASS CENTRES. WE CANNOT DETECT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN ANY WAY AS THE IRAN, KAZACHSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN MINERAL URANIUM DEPOSITS WILL AFFECT OUR DETECTIONS. THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO WORK IS THE DETECTIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

ANNEX ‘B’

System Screens from survey for Mineral Oil at U.A.E. (May & June 2023)

1. Mineral Oil Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 17 May 2023

2. Mineral Oil Detections Recorded from North of RUWAIS at 28 May 2023

3. Mineral Oil Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 30 May 2023

AT THE ABOVE COMPLEX PICTURE WE CAN OBSERVE THAT:

1. 3 RED AND 3 YELLOW LINES ARE CROSSED AT THE SOUTH AREA OF OMAN KINGDOM (YELLOW CIRCLES No:’T2’ , ‘T5’ AND ‘T4’ AT ABOVE PICTURE). CROSSING LINES IS A POSSIBLE OIL MINERAL MASS CENTRE.

2. THERE IS A 4^th LINE (YELLOW CIRCLES No:’7?’ AT ABOVE PICTURE) THAT IS NOT CROSSED WITH NO OTHER LINE. THIS MEANS THAT WE CANNOT NOT IDENTIFY WHERE THE POSSIBLE OIL MINERAL MASS CENTRE COULD BE.

2. THERE IS ALSO A 5^th LINE (YELLOW CIRCLE No:’?’ AT THE LEFT OF THE THREE CROSSED RED LINES AT ABOVE PICTURE) THAT IS NOT CROSSED WITH NO OTHER LINE. THIS MEANS THAT WE CANNOT NOT IDENTIFY WHERE THE POSSIBLE OIL MINERAL MASS CENTRE COULD BE. BUT IN THIS CASE THERE IS A POSIBILITY THAT RED LINE TO BE CROSSED WITH ANOTHER YELLOW LINE (YELLOW CIRCLE No:’?’ AT NORTH AT THE BORDERS WITH SAUDI ARABIA).

IN GENERAL THERE ARE 5 TOTALLY LINES (OIL MINERAL DETECTIONS) CROSSING THE OMAN KINGDOM.

NOTES:

1. WE DONE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO DETECT FOR MINERAL OIL USING TOTAL 2 DETECTION POINTS INSIDE U.A.E. TERRITORY, WHICH ARE:

· A ROOM AT 8^th FLOOR INSIDE A BUILDING IN AJMAN NEAR THE UNIVERSITY (RED LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA NORTH OF RUWAIS IN THE DESERT (YELLOW LINES).

ESPECIALLY AT RUWAIS AREA WE COULD NOT WORK WELL BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TEMERATURES AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS UNDERGROUND THE DETECTION POINT AREA EFFECT OUR EQUIPMENT (THE DIGITAL COMPASS).

CONCLUSIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO OUR DETECTION EFFORTS IT SEEMS THAT IN OMAN KINGDOM THERE ARE 5 POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHERE MASS OIL MINERAL DEPOSITS COULD EXIST ( RED CIRCLES: ‘T2’, ‘T4’, T5’ AND RED REQTANGULAR ‘4’ AT NEXT PICTURE).

ONE MORE POSSIBLE AREA COULD EXIST ALSO (RED REQTANGULAR ‘5’ ) BUT THAT COULD NOT BE A SAFE RESULT WITHOUT TO TRY A NEW DETECTION EFFORT FROM AN AREA NEAR THE BORDERS OF OMAN WITH SAUDI ARABIA, BETWEEN THE LINES ‘3’ AND ‘5’ AT NEXT PICTURE.

2. WE CONSIDER THAT THE RED LINES DETECTIONS ARE MORE ACURATE DETECTIONS AS THEY DONE IN ROOM CONDITIONS, THUS FROM INSIDE A BUILDING IN WHICH THE TEMERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES CELSIUS.

ALSO WE DONE THIS DETECTION FROM THE SAME POINT MANY TIMES (MORE THAN 10 TIMES) IN DIFFERENT DAYS BETWEEN 17 MAY 2023 AND 1 JUNE 2023 AND IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

PROPOSALS

1. FOR A MORE ACCURATE CONCLUSION ABOUT THE EXISTING AND THE POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHERE MASS OIL MINERAL DEPOSITS COULD EXIST IN OMAN KINGDOM, WE MUST INVITED TO OMAN KINGDOM OFFICIALY AND WORK THERE UNDER A PERMITTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES TO DO THOSE DETECTIONS FROM AREAS THAT WE WILL POINT OUT AND IN GENERAL ARE WRITTEN ABOVE AND SEEN AT NEXT PICTURE.

THE GREEN DASHED LINES AT NEXT PICTURE, INDICATE THE WAY THAT THE RED AND YELLOW LINES MUST BE SURVEY AS TO CROS AND IN THIS WAY TO FIND ALL THE POSSIBLE OIL MINERAL MASS CENTRES.

WE CANNOT DETECT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN ANY WAY AS THE IRAN, KUWEIT, RUSSIA AND AZERBAITZAN MINERAL OIL DEPOSITS WILL AFFECT OUR DETECTIONS. THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO WORK IS THE DETECTIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

ANNEX ‘C’

System Screens from survey for Mineral Crystals at U.A.E. (May & June 2023)

1. Mineral Crystals Detections Recorded from inside a building at Ajman at 17 May 2023

2. Mineral Crystals Detections Recorded from North of RUWAIS at 28 May 2023

AT THE ABOVE COMPLEX PICTURE WE CAN OBSERVE THAT:

1. ONE GREEN AND ONE YELLOW LINES ARE CROSSED AT WEST OF MUSCAT AREA AT OMAN KINGDOM (YELLOW CIRCLE No:’T1’ AT ABOVE PICTURE). CROSSING LINES IS A POSSIBLE VALUABLE CRYSTALS MASS CENTRE.

NOTICE THAT RED LINES AT THIS SCREEN ARE NOT VALUABLE CRYSTALS TARGETS.

IN GENERAL THERE ARE TWO TOTALLY LINES (VALUABLE CRYSTALS DETECTIONS) CROSSING THE OMAN KINGDOM.

NOTES:

1. WE DONE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO DETECT FOR VALUABLE CRYSTALS USING TOTAL 3 DETECTION POINTS INSIDE U.A.E. TERRITORY, WHICH ARE:

· A ROOM AT 8^th FLOOR INSIDE A BUILDING IN AJMAN NEAR THE UNIVERSITY (YELLOW LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA NORTH OF RUWAIS IN THE DESERT (BLUE LINES).

· AN OPEN AREA EAST OF NORTH OF AL LEBSA IN THE DESERT (GREEN LINES).

2. EXCEPT THE INSIDE BUILDING EFFORTS THE OTHER EFFORTS (DETECTIONS) DONE UNDER STRONG SUN RADIATION (SOMETIMES UNDER 50 DEGREES CELSIUS) AND UNDER STRONG PREASURE AS WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE SEE WHAT WE DO AROUND WITH OUR EQUIPMENT. ESPECIALLY AT RUWAIS AREA WE COULD NOT WORK WELL BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TEMERATURES AND THE MAGNETIC FIELDS UNDERGROUND THE DETECTION POINT AREA EFFECT OUR EQUIPMENT (THE DIGITAL COMPASS).

4. RED LINES AT THE ABOVE PICTURE ARE NOT FOR VALUABLE CRYSTALS TARGETS.

CONCLUSIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO OUR DETECTION EFFORTS IT SEEMS THAT IN OMAN KINGDOM THERE IS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE AREA IN WHICH MASS VALUABLE CRYSTALS DEPOSITS COULD EXIST (YELLOW CIRCLE: ‘T1’, AT ABOVENEXT PICTURE).

2. WE CONSIDER THAT THE YELLOW LINES DETECTIONS ARE MORE ACURATE DETECTIONS AS THEY DONE IN ROOM CONDITIONS, THUS FROM INSIDE A BUILDING IN WHICH THE TEMERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES CELSIUS.

ALSO WE DONE THIS DETECTION FROM THE SAME POINT MANY TIMES (MORE THAN 3 TIMES) IN DIFFERENT DAYS BETWEEN 17 MAY 2023 AND 1 JUNE 2023 AND IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

PROPOSALS

1. FOR A MORE ACCURATE CONCLUSION ABOUT THE EXISTING AND THE POSSIBLE AREAS IN WHERE VALUABLE CRYSTALS DEPOSITS COULD EXIST IN OMAN KINGDOM, WE MUST INVITED TO OMAN KINGDOM OFFICIALY AND WORK THERE UNDER A PERMITTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES TO DO THOSE DETECTIONS FROM AREAS THAT WE WILL POINT OUT AND IN GENERAL ARE WRITTEN ABOVE AND SEEN AT NEXT PICTURE.

THE TWO YELLOW STARS SHOWING AT NEXT PICTURE ARE SOME OF THE FEATURE POSSIBLE DETECTION POINTS FROM WHERE WE COULD DEFINE THE EXACTLY AREA (A CIRCLE ABOUT 1000 M2) OF THE POSIBLE EXISTING VALUABLE CRYSTALS DEPOSITS AT OMAN KINGDOM.

THE BLACK DASHED LINES AT NEXT PICTURE, INDICATE THE WAY THAT THE BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW LINES MUST BE SURVEY AS TO CROS AND IN THIS WAY TO FIND ALL THE POSSIBLE VALUABLE CRYSTALS MASS CENTRES.

WE CANNOT DETECT FROM EAST TO WEST IN ANY WAY AS THERE ARE OTHER TARGETS THERE AS SHOWN AT THE PICTURE ABOVE.

ANNEX ‘D’: System Screens from survey for Mineral Gold at U.A.E. (May & June 2023)

ANNEX ‘E’: System Screens from survey for URANIUM at GREECE (June 2023)

ANNEX ‘F’: System Screens from survey for Mineral Gold at GREECE (June 2023)

ANNEX ‘G’: System Screens from survey for MINERAL OIL from GREECE (June 2023)

1. Mineral Oil Detections Recorded from open field at Athens at June 6, 2023

ANNEX ‘H’: System Screens from survey for Mineral valuable crystals at GREECE (June

2023)

ANNEX ‘J’: System Screens from survey for Mineral Quartz at GREECE (June 2023)

ANNEX ‘I’: System Screens from survey for Mineral Cooper at GREECE (June 2023)

ANNEX ‘K’: System Screens from survey for Mineral Gold at SUDAN (March 2023)

1. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 5, 2023

2. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 6, 2023

3. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 7, 20232.

4. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 8, 2023

5. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 9, 2023

6. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 10, 2023

7. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 11, 2023

8. Mineral Gold Detections Recorded from inside a building at Shandi at March 12, 2023

ANNEX ‘L’: EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR ANY KIND OF TARGETS LOCATING PATENT

ANNEX ‘M’: THE OPERATIONS NEED OF THE NEW SYSTEM RECOGNIZED FROM THE

GREEK MILITARY GENERAL STUFF / SECTION OF RESEARCH

ANNEX ‘N’: IMAGES OF THE DEVELOPED SYSTEMS FOR MINERALS DETECTION

ANNEX ‘O’: IMAGES OF THE NEW PROJECT: THE UNDER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

Cyprus Geopathetic Research Institute Laboratories