GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 3127

PURSUANT to section 34 of the Mining Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs notifies receipt of an application for Prospecting licence from Royal DFC Limited which details are set out in the Schedule hereto. The application may be accessed from the Ministry’s portal vide the website address https://portal.miningcadastre.go.ke/ and is published in the Gazette and opened to the public for comments for twenty-one (21) days from the date of this notice. SCHEDULE Applicant Royal DFC Limited Applicant Address — Application Number PL/2025/0619 Application Area 53.917 km² (251 Cadastral Blocks) Locality Kitui County Mineral(s) Sought Group E: Base and Rare Metals Group PROPOSED APPLICATION BOUNDARIES Order Lat. Deg. Lat. Min. Lat. Sec. N/S Long. Deg. Long. Min. Long. Sec. E/W 1 02 05 00.00 S 38 09 00.00 E 2 02 05 00.13 S 38 11 29.62 E 3 02 05 30.00 S 38 11 30.00 E 4 02 05 30.00 S 38 11 45.00 E 5 02 06 30.01 S 38 11 44.91 E 6 02 06 30.01 S 38 12 30.20 E 7 02 07 45.50 S 38 12 30.30 E 8 02 07 45.36 S 38 13 14.97 E 9 02 07 59.75 S 38 13 15.12 E 10 02 07 59.60 S 38 13 00.01 E 11 02 09 15.10 S 38 12 59.95 E 12 02 09 15.10 S 38 13 14.95 E 13 02 09 45.12 S 38 13 15.05 E 14 02 09 45.00 S 38 13 00.00 E 15 02 09 58.12 S 38 13 00.00 E 16 02 09 58.28 S 38 12 30.11 E 17 02 10 14.99 S 38 12 29.99 E 18 02 10 14.99 S 38 10 14.99 E 19 02 07 59.51 S 38 10 15.07 E 20 02 07 59.93 S 38 09 59.62 E 21 02 07 45.00 S 38 10 00.00 E 22 02 07 14.99 S 38 10 00.00 E 23 02 07 14.99 S 38 09 29.99 E 24 02 07 00.00 S 38 09 29.99 E 25 02 07 00.00 S 38 09 00.00 E 26 02 06 44.99 S 38 09 00.00 E 27 02 06 44.99 S 38 08 30.00 E 28 02 06 30.00 S 38 08 30.00 E 29 02 06 30.00 S 38 08 14.99 E 30 02 05 14.99 S 38 08 14.99 E 31 02 05 15.00 S 38 09 00.00 E Any objection by any person or Community against the grant of the prospecting licence may be submitted to the Cabinet Secretary within twenty-one (21) days from the date of this notice at the following address: 950 950 The Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, Works Building-Ngong Road, P.O Box 30009–00100, Nairobi Email: cs@mining.go.ke Dated the 22nd January, 2026. HASSAN ALI JOHO, Cabinet Secretary for Mining Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs.