mined
... that although Libya may have one of the world's biggest iron ore deposits in the Wadi ash-Shati', it is not mined because of its remote location?
... that although <a href="./Libya" id="mwBds" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Libya">Libya</a> may have one of the world's biggest iron ore deposits in the <a href="./Wadi_ash-Shati'" id="mwBdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wadi ash-Shati'">Wadi ash-Shati'</a>, it is not <b id="mwBd0"><a href="./Mining_industry_of_Libya" id="mwBd4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mining industry of Libya">mined</a></b> because of its remote location?