I must say we are living in interesting times...the news popping up on minerals in the country is just exciting... its like the geology department was awakened 5 years ago. I would never have thot that i would one day see a sentence like this on the papers.

"Turkana sits on one of the world’s largest proven gold reserves and also has a respectable array of gemstones. This laid-back region could be looking at the kind of transformation that was experienced by the South African region of Rustenburg with the discovery of platinum."

And another "In 2005, a 500-square-kilometre area stretching through Kitui and Mutito was discovered to contain one of the richest coal reserves in the world."

I just hope its not an exaggeration.

http://www.nation.co.ke/...8/-/eccgsoz/-/index.html

@ murchr..here is another one about Kenya's first gold bar at Kilimapesa in Migori near Lake Victoria

http://www.a4architect.c...s-first-kenyan-gold-bar/

We are sure living in gd time see the link

http://kenyaengineer.co....ws/2-news/156-black-gold

@kourage..a few years ago i did some offices in South Sudan, Torit county,less than 2 hours drive from Kenya Lokichoggio border.

Wht surprised me was the number of gold mines and oil mines so close to the Kenyan border in South Sudan.

This means if there is oil and gold 40 km off the kenyan border, there is a high likelihood of the same minerals to be found within Kenya.

@kourage, I think if a boundary dispute of some peasants somewhere in Thika can stretch for years, trust me, the one between Kenya,S.Sudan and not to forget Ethiopia, will not be easier. Boundary/border matters are never straight forward.
About cos spending billions to prospect for oil/minerals, of course before the lower the drilling gear, they'll have done survey and studied loads of data.
They are never sure,geology of the block leads them.
That's how that Australian co. even after sinking billions at the coast, they pumped out nothing.
Mining is risky and expensive business.