EXPLORATION: Shanta Gold's West Kenya Project

Shanta Gold's West Kenya project – which hosts a 1.76 Moz gold resource grading 5.55 g/t – clearly has the potential to be developed into a substantial gold mine able to produce over 100 koz/a. ... It covers 580 km2 of the under-explored Busia-Kakamega gold belt in western Kenya in an area which saw some small-scale gold mining …

West Kenya Project

Gold mineralisation at the Isulu and Bushiangala deposits is hosted by sheared pillowed to massive basalts, bounded between ultramafic volcanics and polymictic conglomerates on one side and …

Kenya begins oil exploration in disputed Lamu Basin wells

The wells in the Lamu Basin offer Kenya another chance to become an oil producing country following the longer than anticipated wait in commercialising the South Lokichar venture. Kenya first announced the discovery of oil in Block 10BB and 13T in Turkana in March 2012, raising hopes of petro-dollars needed to fuel economic growth.

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Turkana villagers compete with well-equipped miners for …

Naduat gold miners have been in the mining business for almost 20 years after Lolupe gold mines were exhausted. Other villages with gold deposits include Lomaguro, …

List of valuable minerals in Kenya including coltan used in

Turkana Artisanal Miners' chair, Joseph Ekiru, reported mineral discoveries all over the county. He said full mineral exploitation would outweigh those of other industries, making mining Turkana's ...

UPDF fight Turkana over gold in Karamoja, four shot

UPDF fight Turkana over gold in Karamoja, four shot Jul 08, 2020 A group of Matheniko together with Turkana warriors rioted when they were advised to acquire licenses for mining

Petroleum and mining – Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board

However, Kenya decided to go it alone by developing its crude oil pipeline, the Lokichar-Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline (LLCOP). It is also known as the Kenya Crude Oil Pipeline, running for 892km and originating in the South Lokichar Basin, near the town of Lokichar, in Turkana County, in northwest Kenya, and ending at the new Lamu Port in …

County alarmed by explosives use at Turkana gold mining …

The Turkana County government has raised concerns over the use of dangerous chemicals including explosives at various gold-mining sites in the region, thus compromising human safety.

National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold …

Action Plan (NAP) on the use of mercury in the Kenya's Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector was initiated in 2017 to comprehensively address the continued …

Construction of Kakamega gold refinery finally begins

The company discovered high-grade gold deposits and estimated that the mines at the Lirhanda Corridor in Kakamega have a resource of 1.31 million ounces of gold, whose grade is one of the highest ...

MINISTRY OF MINING, BLUE ECONOMY AND MARITIME …

MINING AS A GROWTH SECTOR 1. Having analyzed the Mining Sector over the last year, I am convinced that this ... Initiated the procurement of an investor to invest in a gold refinery in Kenya. ix) Delineated artisanal mining zones, sensitization of artisanal miners and ... Nadwat in Turkana to explore for Gold iv. Kiritiri in Embu to explore for ...

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Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is the largest economy in East Africa and the sixth-largest in Sub-Saharan Africa and has an estimated population of 54 million people. ... Mining Regime Highlights: Primary gold field: Lake Victoria; Sophisticated infrastructure network; Corporate tax rate - 30%; Royalty - 5%; State free carried interest: 10% upon ...

Kenya revokes mining licenses in Turkana County

The government of Kenya has revoked over 40 mining licenses in Turkana County. This action, led by Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya of the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs, aims to enforce stricter adherence to safety and procedural standards among investors.

Kenya's Gold Belts: Places Where Gold Is Mined In Kenya

Last year, Kenya's revenues from gold mining were Ksh3.4 billion, a record nine-year high. Artisanal gold mining in the country employs over 250 000 people and supports the livelihoods of 800 000 others. WoK takes a look at places where Gold is mined in Kenya: Kakamega.

TECHNICAL REPORT Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …

In Kenya, artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs roughly 250,000 miners with women making up 40% of the total (Solidaridad 2022) and exploits mostly greenstone- …

Tullow revives hope for Turkana oil with a new field plan

In 2015, Uganda abandoned the proposed Uganda-Kenya crude oil export pipeline joint venture that was to run from Lake Albert, through Turkana to a new Lamu port, and instead pump their oil via ...

Gold mining in Moroto unites rival pastoralist communities

The two cross-border communities, the Turkana of Kenya and the Karimojong of Uganda, are excited by the work of the investor who is currently installing machines for mining gold in the area ...

The mining revolution and why Kenya is sitting on a goldmine

Government surveys have also established significant gold reserves Turkana, West Pokot, Marsabit and Isiolo counties, all awaiting exploitation by private sector investments. Vihiga, Kakamega and Kisumu counties also have huge granite …

31 Kenyan Turkana arrested while mining gold in Uganda

Mount Moroto regional police in northern Uganda has charged to court a total of 31 Turkana from Kenya for illegally mining gold in Uganda. The suspects were apprehended last week while mining the precious mineral in Kaabong district by the district security committee in collaboration with the joint security agencies.

Overview of Kenya's Extractive Sector

For example, in areas like western Kenya, gold mining has been ongoing since sometime in the early 1930s. 38 Similarly, soda ash and flourspar, in Kajiado and Kerio Valley …

Greener gold: UNDP and the Government of Kenya support …

In 2016 the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved the Global Opportunities for Long-term Development (GOLD) in the Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining sector programme to help artisanal gold miners eliminate the use of mercury in gold mining, reduce harmful risks to their health and the environment and create sustainable …

STATE GEOLOGISTS ARRIVE IN TURKANA TO COMMENCE …

January 30, 2024 (Public Communication and Media Relations) A team of Geologists from the State Department for Mining has arrived in Turkana to commence a twenty-one days minerals exploration and geological mapping of sites across the County. At a courtesy call meeting with the Director for Mining, the team led by Martin Nyakinye said that Turkana …

A peek into gold mining in Kenya

(19/28) A woman places ores containing gold into a basin before pouring water on them to be trapped on cloth-covered slopes of homemade sluice boxes, man-made channel designed to separate the ores containing gold from others, at one of gold mining sites in Macalder, Migori county, western Kenya, 29 February 2016.

TRAINING MINERS ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND …

The project will be implemented in Geita and Shinyanga regions in Tanzania and in Migori, Narok, Kakamega and Turkana Counties in Kenya. The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in ...

List Of Mining Companies In Kenya

This is a list of mining companies in Kenya. The list focuses on the biggest companies involved in the business of mining different types of minerals and precious metals. Here is a list of mining …

STATE GEOLOGISTS ARRIVE IN TURKANA TO COMMENCE …

A team of Geologists from the State Department for Mining has arrived in Turkana to commence a twenty-one days minerals exploration and geological mapping …

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The mining revolution and why Kenya is sitting on a goldmine

Government surveys have also established significant gold reserves Turkana, West Pokot, Marsabit and Isiolo counties, all awaiting exploitation by private sector investments. Vihiga, Kakamega and Kisumu counties also have huge granite resources that are "world-class in hardness and texture" according to Ministry findings.

Turkana Oil exploration still on course

The cabinet secretary for Petroleum and Mining John Munyes has announced that oil exploration in Turkana is still on course. ... The consignment of 200,000 barrels from Kenya's oil fields in ...