Abstract: Gold mineralization  in Wadi Hammad  is one of  few  gold occurrences  located  in  the North Eastern Desert of Egypt, occurring  at  the boundary between  the  post-tectonic Younger granite  and Dokhan volcanics  along  a north-south  (N-S)  trending shear zone between them. The main mineral assemblages include arsenopyrite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-galena-sphalerite and sphalerite-gold-covellite-cerussite-pseudomorphic  iron oxides. Mineralogical  and geochemical  studies  indicate  that  the  mineralization  is of the  low  sulphidation  epithermal  gold  type,  with  Pb-Cu  type  base-metal  sulfides.  The  hydrothermal  solutions  forming  the mineralization have temperatures between 200 and 300 °C. The mineralization formed in three main stages; the first one  includes the  intrusion of younger granite  into  the Dokhan volcanics  coeval with  the  initial  shearing along  the  contact between  them and responsible for the formation of the main milky white quartz–polymetallic sulfide vein. The second stage is related to later (third and  fourth)  deformational  events  responsible  for  the  formation  of  the  grey-colored  quartz  hosting  sphaleriteII-gold-covellite-cerussite-pseudomorphic  iron oxides and  connected with  the basic dolerite dykes and  related hydrothermal  solutions. This  stage includes  the release of gold from  their main sulfide hosts and re-precipitation  in  the fractures  in quartz vein and alteration zones. The  results  of  this  study  reveal  the  existence  of  promising  gold  deposits  in  the North  Eastern Desert  (NED)  of  Egypt, which changes the stereotype and may set the stage for future exploration of gold in the NED. Moreover, this study unveiled the nature of the intrusion-related type of mineralization and their characteristic features which can be used in  the exploration of similar types in the surrounding areas.