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• Kenya Geology-09 The area North-East of Marsabit
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• Kenya Geology-12 Mandera and Wajir Districts
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Gold in Kenya

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Geology

The Nyanzian rocks in western Kenya have numerous historical gold mines and is an extension of the same gold bearing belt in neighbouring Tanzania. Some 70 known gold occurrences occur within the Nyanzian rocks which underlie the Ndori/Siaya greenstone belt in western Kenya.

• Kansai Mining Corporation (Canadian) is exploring the Migori Greenstone Belt in south-western Kenya. Previous work has indicated 4 orebodies with a combined resource of 764 000 oz of gold.

• International Gold Exploration AB (Swedish) is exploring the Lolgorien, Akala, Rongo, Secerr and Turcana areas in western and south-western Kenya. In July, 2007, Goldplat plc signed a joint venture agreement with International Gold Exploration AB to develop the gold potential of ten targets totalling approximately 14 sq km selected by Goldplat within the Lolgorien licence area in the historically producing Migori Archaean Greenstone Belt in western Kenya.
  

• AfriOre (TSX:AFO; AIM:AFO) has a 100% interest in the 1,514 sq km Siaya Special Prospecting Licence (“SPL”) area and has a right to acquire 100% interest in the 1,319 sq km Ndori SPL for US$1 million from San Martin Mining Research and Investment Company Limited, the holder of the SPL. AfriOre is involved in early stage exploration on the Masumbi target, where an extensive zone of gold mineralization, initially identified in a widespread trenching operation, was confirmed in a follow-up exploration program which included gold geochemical soil sampling, ground based magnetic surveys and rotary percussion drilling.

Oil and Natural Gas

Kenya currently does not produce crude oil, and must import all of the 57,000 bbl/d it consumes. Previous exploration attempts for a domestic source of oil have met mostly with disappointment. However, with the most recent round of exploration performed in the later half of 2003 by Australian-based Woodside Petroleum, Pancontinental, and UK-based Dana Petroleum, and others, hopes are high that the renewed search for oil in Kenya may enjoy greater success. The Kenyan government has spent about $169 million exploring for oil and natural gas over the past 15 years. Over 30 wells have been drilled so far, but without much success. Work is also continuing by the new Kenyan government of President Kibaki to introduce a New Petroleum Bill designed to help better regulate Kenya's petroleum sector.

• In April 2001, Dana Petroleum was awarded several production-sharing licenses by the Kenya.The blocks - L5, L7, L10 and L11 - situated in the Lamu Basin and represent one-half of Kenya's available offshore concessions.
  

• In May 2003, Woodside Petroleum, acquired a 40% stake in those blocks from Dana. Dana will retain a 40% holding, with the remaining 20% stake held by Star Petroleum, a subsidiary of Global Petroleum Ltd. Woodside is now the operator of the blocks. A seismic study was initiated in the third quarter of 2003, after which two exploration wells are scheduled to be drilled.
  

• In April 2002, the Kenyan government executed agreements that grant exclusive exploration rights of blocks L6, L8, and L9 to Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL (60%) and a UK-based Afrex Limited (40%). In August 2003, Woodside farmed into the three blocks, taking a 50% operating stake. Afrex will now hold a 30% stake, while Pancon will hold the remaining 20%. In return for its entry, Woodside will undertake the seismic work for the three blocks. A 3,488 mile survey across all seven blocks was completed and sent for data analysis during the fourth quarter of 2003 with results to be available in early 2004.