Intrusion-related gold deposits (IRGDs) occur in the Eastern Desert (ED) of Egypt within magmatic districts that are exploited for tungsten and tin mineralization. IRGDs and intrusion-related rare metal deposits (IRRMDs) are almost invariably linked with the late to post collisional Younger Granites (YGs) that have three successive phases (I, II and III). At ~635–630 Ma, the ED underwent a transition in deformation style from compressional to extensional and a switch from subduction with crustal thickening to delamination with crustal thinning. This transition was concurrent with the emplacement of a short magmatic pulse (~635–630 Ma) that represents a transition between orogenic gold deposits and IRGDs. K-rich calc alkaline granites (phase I and II of the YGs) hosting IRGDs like the Hangalia deposit were emplaced during the time span 630–610 Ma. Alkaline magmatism began at 610 Ma, coexisting with the K-rich calc-alkaline magmatism over the 610–590 Ma time span, where the Fawakhir (598 ± 3 Ma) and Um Had (596 ± 2 Ma) granites that host the IRGDs were emplaced. In time, the alkaline magmatism became more alkaline giving rise to phase III of the YGs that hosts IRRMDs. A distinct metallogenic epoch comprising both IRGDs and IRRMDs, was undergoing extreme growth at ~600 Ma.