List of companies with mining licenses in Kenya

The Kenyan government recently launched a website to record and manage mining licenses in the country. Below is a list of licensed firms and details in their mining activities.

[Read: Kenya launches website to record and manage mining licenses]

Active

1. Apex Africa Resources Limited
   Special prospecting license
   Date applied; 07/12/2007
   Date granted 15/10/2009
   Date expires 14/10/2014
   Commodities; Non precious minerals
   Area; 2964.4923 square KM
2. Mayfox mining Company
   Special Prospecting License
   Date Applied; 05/o8/2007
   Date Granted 07/07/2009
   Date expires 06/07/2015
   Commodities; Non precious minerals, Precious Metals
   Area; 495 square KM
3. Nazareth Explorations Limited
   Special prospecting license
   Date applied; 24/05/2010
   Date granted; 17/11/2010
   Date expired; 17/11/2014
   Commodities; Base minerals, Non precious minerals, Precious Metals
   Area; 587.0433 Square kilometer
4. Duma Gold Limited
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 07/03/2011
   Date granted: 07/11/2012
   Date expires: 06/11/2014
   Commodities; GOLD
   Area; 904.7644 Square Kilometre
5. AQ Kenya Gold Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date Applied; 07/10/2010
   Date Granted: 19/03/2013
   Date Expires; 18/03/2015
   Commodities: Copper, Gold, Iron ore, Nickel
   Area; 1000 square Kilometre
6. AQ Kenya Gold Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date Applied: 07/10/2010
   Date Granted: 24/12/2012
   Date Expires: 23/12/2014
   Commodities: Copper, Gold, iron ore, nickel
   Area: 394.6 Square Kilometre
7. Chuahshan International Minin Company Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 11/06/2012
   Date Granted: 05/11/2012
   Date Expires: 04/11/2014
   Commodities: Industrial Minerals
   Area; 261.818 Square Kilometre
8. Pacific Industrial Energy Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date Applied; 27/05/2013
   Date Granted;
   Date expired; 05/11/2016
   Commodities; All minerals
   Area; 100 square Kilometre
9. Saptial Mining Company Ltd
   Exclusive Prospecting License
   Date Applied: 21/01/2015
   Date Granted: 13/04/2015
   Date Expires: 12/04/2016
   Commodities; Aluminium (Bauxite)
   Area: 80.4247 Square Kilometre
10. Zhen Hua Company Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 03/05/2011
    Date Granted: 03/01/2013
    Date Expires: 02/01/2013
    Commodities: gold, iron ore, Non precious Minerals
    Area; 512.6258 Square Kilometre
11. Karebe Gold Mining Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 09/06/2008
    Date Granted: 01/10/2008
    Date Expires: 30/09/2014
    Commodities; precious metals
    Area: 83 Square kilometer
12. Afriore International (Barn=bados) Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 01/01/2003
    Date Granted: 01/07/2003
    Date Expires: 30/06/2016
    Commodities: All minerals.
    Area: 1290.0758 Square Kilometre
13. Afriore International (Barbados) Ltd
    Special Propecting License
    Date Applied: 01/03/1988
    Date Granted: 29/03/1988
    Date Expires: 31/12/2016
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 859.4698 Square Kilometre
14. Rift Valley Resources and Exploitation Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 13/08/2010
    Date Granted: 04/04/2011
    Date Expires: 03/04/2015
    Commodities: Non Precious Minerals
    Area: 56 Square Kilometre
15. Rift Valley Resources and Exploitation Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 16/08/2010
    Date Granted: 04/04/2011
    Date Expires: 03/04/2015
    Commodities: Non Precious Minerals
    Area: 276.5 Square Kilometre
16. East African Pure Gold
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 08/02/2011
    Date Granted: 07/12/2012
    Date Expires: 06/12/2014
    Commodities; Base minerals, Gold
    Area 100 Square kilometer
17. Red Rock Resources PLC
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 02/06/2011
    Date granted: 24/01/2013
    Date expires: 23/01/2015
    Commodities: All minerals
    Area: 163.995 square kilometer
18. Ngira Exploration and mining Works Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 08/03/2007
    Date granted: 26/09/2008
    Date expires: 30/09/2014
    Commodities; Precious Minerals
    Area; 227 Square kilometer
19. Mid Migori Mining Company Ltd
    Special prospecting License
    Date Applied; 01/01/1995
    Date granted: 01/02/1995
    Date expires: 31/01/2013
    Commodities; All Minerals
    Area; 137.5794 Square kilometer
20. Kilimapesa Gold (PTY) Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied; 05/09/2000
    Date granted: 01/07/2010
    Date expires: 30/06/2014
    Commodities: Gold
    Area: 65.804 Square Kilometre
21. Zhen Hua Company Ltd
    Exclusive prospecting License: 14/08/2009
    Date Granted: 15/04/2011
    Date Expires: 15/04/2015
    Commodities: Industrial minerals
    Area: 1056 Square Kilometre
22. Coal Blocks ‘A-D’ Memr & Moe
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 01/01/2010
    Date granted: 01/01/2010
    Date expires: 01/01/2015
    Commodities: Coal
    Area: 489.5 Square Kilometre
23. Shanzhang Company Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 01/03/2010
    Date granted: 15/04/2011
    Date expires: 14/04/2015
    Commodities: All minerals
    Area: 960 Square Kilometre
24. Shan Zhang Company LTD
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied; 01/03/2010
    Date granted: 15/04/2011
    Date expires: 14/04/2015
    Commodities: Non precious minerals
    Area; 852 Square kilometer
25. Athi River Mining Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date Applied: 18/01/2007
    Date granted: 01/12.2008
    Date expires: 30/11/2014
    Commodities: Non precious minerals
    Area: 40 Square kilometers
26. Nobis Company ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 05/12/2012
    Date granted: 09/05/2013
    Date expires: 08/05/2015
    Commodities: Manganese
    Area: 455.5678 Square kilopmetre
27. Harie Kinoshe Ndung’u
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied; 01/12/2011
    Date granted; 28/02/2013
    Date expires: 27/02/2015
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 400 Square kilometer
28. Samrudha Resources Kenya Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 06/01/2014
    Date granted: 06/06/2014
    Date expires: 05/06/2015
    Commodities: Industrial minerals, Iron Ore
    Area: 80 Square kilometer
29. Wanjala Mining Company Limited
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 27/03/1997
    Date granted: 01/04/1997
    Date expires: 31/08/2016
    Commodities: Iron ore
    Area: 39.5144 Square kilometer
30. Dockland Mining Co. Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied; 06/05/2014
    Date granted: 12/09/2014
    Date expires: 11/09/2016
    Commodities: lead. Managanes, zinc
    Area: 99.4478 Square Kilometre
31. Bamba Mining Company ltd
    Special Prospecting Licence
    Date applied; 15/04/2014
    Date granted: 22/08/2014
    Date expires: 21/08/2016
    Commodities: Iron ore, Manganese
    Area: 40.6211 Square kilometer
32. JSW Steel East Africa Ltd
    Special Prospecting licence
    Date applied: 11/07/2012
    Date granted: 31/10/2012
    Date expires: 30/10/2014
    Commodities: Manganese
    Area; 606.8365 Square Kilometre
33. Base Titanium Ltd special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 01/01/1996
    Date granted: 01/04/1997
    Date expires: 31/03/2015
    Commodities: Titaniu,
    Area: 58.4 Square kilometer
34. African Line Transport Company Limited
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 13/03/2012
    Date granted: 14/05/2013
    Date expires: 13/05/2015
    Commodities: Industrial minerals
    Area: 64.0525 Square kilometer
35. Dajachana Mining Company Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 29/12/2009
    Date granted: 02/02/2011
    Date expires: 01/02/2015
    Commodities: Gypsum
    Area: 393.0292 Square kilometer

Applications

1. Otley Limited
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 07/05/2013
   Commodities: all minerals
   Area: 100.5501 square kilometer
2. Trichem Holdings Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 12/05/2014
   Commodities: Iron ore
   Area: 154 Square Kilometre
3. Gems and Industrial Minerals Co. Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 03/10/2011
   Commofities: non precious minerals
   Area: 800 Square Kilometre
4. Azania Resources Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 28/03/2011
   Commodities: all minerals
   Area: 400 Square Kilometres
5. MDG_Iron Ore Exploration Mines & Geology Head Office
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 24/01/2013
   Commodities: Iron ore
   Area: 225 Square Kilometre
6. Juxian International Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 15/08/2014
   Commodities: base minerals, industrial minerals
   Area: 500 square kilometer
7. Gems and Industrial Minerals Co. Ltd
   Special Prospecting License
   Date applied: 10/08/2010
   Commodities: all minerals
   Area: 60.6956 Square kilometer
8. Cemex Limited
   Exclusive Prospecting License
   Date applied: 16/10/2012
   Commodities: Industrial Minerals
   Area: 670 Square Kilometre
9. Sian Gems Ltd
   Exclusive Prospective License
   Date applied: 27/06/2014
   Commodities:
   Area: 200 square Kilometre
10. Aziania Resources Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 30/05/2011
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 330 Square Kilometre (approved for granting)
11. El-Jarat Enterprises Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 10/04/2012
    Commodities; all minerals
    Area: 780 Square Kilometre
12. First Work Limited
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 16/07/2010
    Date granted: 29/04/2011
    Date expires: 08/05/2014
    Commodities: Industrial minerals
    Area: 940 Square Minerals (application pending verification)
13. Nils Fredrik Swensson
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 16/07/2013
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 1307.1634 Square Kilometres
14. Athi River Mining Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 24/05/2013
    Commodities: non precious minerals
    Area; 64 Square Kilometre
15. Saharco Group International Company Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 17/7/2012
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 61.0343 Square Kilometre
16. Maclean East Africa Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 12/09/2012
    Commoditiues: all minerals
    Area: 666.0945 Square Kilometre
17. R. K. Sanghani
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 06/07/2011
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 633.5
    Square Kilometre
18. Base Titanium Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 01/01/1996
    Date granted: 01/04/1996
    Date expires: 31/03/2014
    Commodities: Titanium
    Area: 192.5 Square Kilometre
19. Base Titanium Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 01/01/1996
    Date granted: 01/10/1996
    Date expires: 30/09/2013
    Commodities: titanium
    Area: 111 Square Kilometre (pending external Review)
20. Mineral Corporation (Africa) Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 26/07/2013
    Commodities: All minerals
    Area: 315.2136 Square Kiloemtre
21. Regional Bargains Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 30/08/2012
    Commodities; industrial minerals
    Area: 888.3303 Square Kilometre
22. African Line Transport System Limited
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 09/09/2011
    Commodities; non precious minerals
    Area: 200 Square Kilometre
23. Delata Mining Company
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 21/12/2010
    Commodities: Gypsum
    Area: 76.5 Square Kilometre (approved for granting)
24. East Africa Heavy Machinery Ltd
    Special Prospecting License
    Date applied: 21/06/2010
    Commodities: all minerals
    Area: 285 Square Kilometre (approved for granting)
25. Test Company Ltd
    Exclusive Prospecting License
    Date applied: 18/02/2015
    Commodities: Gold
    Area: 16.8565 Square Kilometre