By Dr. Kariuki Muigua, PhD (Leading Environmental Law Scholar, Natural Resources Lawyer and Dispute Resolution Expert in Kenya)* Africa hosts 30% of the earth's mineral reserves, including 40% of gold, 60% of cobalt, and 70% of platinum deposits, and produces about 30% of the world's gold, 70% of the world's platinum, …
اقرأ المزيدInvestment in Mining Posted in Investment Promotion & Private Sector Development. The EAC countries are richly endowed with a variety of mineral resources. Burundi is well endowed with deposits of nickel, vanadium, cassiterite, colombo-tantalite, gold, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, …
اقرأ المزيدThe mining revolution and why Kenya is sitting on a goldmine ... gold mining in the region has been largely been left to small-scale miners going underground into dangerous makeshift pits that occasionally cave-in, or panning on river beds. ... Fresh large-scale exploration by Shanta Mining, a company active in neighbouring Tanzania …
اقرأ المزيدKenya hasn't been a leader in African mining, with out-of-date laws and mining data meaning that the country missed out on mineral exploration. Things could be on the cusp of change with a new mining act bringing in more modern regulations, but can the country have the same mining success as its neighbours Tanzania and Uganda?
اقرأ المزيدThe Canadian-based Kansai Mining Corporation is undertaking exploration for gold in Kenya and reports encouraging results from its drilling at the Migori gold project. This project covers 310.5 km2 of the Migori greenstone belt within the Migori district, Nyanza region in south-western Kenya, on the eastern shores of Lake Victoria.
اقرأ المزيدThe company in previous revelations to investors had allocated over Ksh 1B to exploration in western Kenya and is on track to complete approximately 40% of total planned drilling in Western Kenya by end of 2021. The London based gold mining company has ramped up its activities in Kenya, with officials earlier meeting Kakamega …
اقرأ المزيدGold mining has been an on-going activity in Kenya even before independence, with artisanal gold mining being the most dominant type. A number of international gold mining firms have been granted exploration licenses by the Kenyan government in the recent past to help professionalize the sector and increase yields. …
اقرأ المزيدA mining company known as Acacia has struck gold in Kenya. The discovery of a 'multi-million ounce' gold stream reported in the western part of Kenya. Acacia company initial tests find was one of Africa's highest grade projects today, with the first step defining a gold-rich corridor in the east African nation. Acacia reports of...
اقرأ المزيدKenya's Mining Cabinet Secretary John Munyes has said that artisanal gold miners will undergo safety training under the sponsorship of the national government. Despite Kakamega's clearly buoyant artisanal gold mining sector, Kenya has yet to develop a large-scale, commercial gold mine.
اقرأ المزيدKenya is home to several companies, both small- and large-scale, that specialize in the manufacture and supply of mining equipment and supplies. These companies have taken advantage of the growing demand for mining equipment in Kenya to establish themselves as leading suppliers of equipment, services, and technical support to mining companies ...
اقرأ المزيدAlthough Kenya has for a long time been known as the primary producer of non-metallic minerals such as fluorspar, soda ash and a variety of valuable gemstones, resent gold exploration puts the country on the map of top gold producers in Africa. Quite a number of gold mining firms have been granted exploration licenses in …
اقرأ المزيدThe vehicle driving Red Rock's Migori Gold Project is local firm Mid Migori Mining Company Ltd, of which the UK firm holds a 75% direct interest in. Mid Migori Mining Company controls a 1.2 million ounce gold resource in Kenya, and is licensed by the Mining Ministry. On current market value, the gold deposit has a value of around …
اقرأ المزيدgold, 1,210kg of silver and 20000 tonnes of copper had been recovered from the Migori Gold Belt (Ogola, 1993). After large-scale mining operations came to a halt, shortly after Kenya's independence, artisan miners have been the sole producers of gold in the belt. Artisan mining is an important economic sector in many developing countries.
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