GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 5873

NOTICE is given that an application under section 17 of the Mining Act has been made by Messrs. Adiel Gitari Tana of P.O. Box 8458–00100, Nairobi, Kenya for a special licence to prospect for manganese over an area described in the schedule hereto and the said application has been accepted for consideration. By virtue of the above mentioned section of the Mining Act, the said area of land is therefore re-opened to prospecting and mining and by virtue of section 7 (1) (d) of the same Act, the said area of land is excluded from prospecting and or mining except as regards any prospecting and mining rights granted in respect of the area or any part thereof before the date of this notice which are subsisting or any right of renewal thereof. Any objection to the grant of the special licence may be made in writing and addressed to the Commissioner of Mines and Geology, P.O. Box 30009–00100, Nairobi, Kenya so as to reach him within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice. SCHEDULE An area of approximately 960 km excluding areas of extant titles situated in Kilifi District of Coast Province, delineated on Kilifi topo sheet Ref No. SA-37-15 of scale 1:250,000 and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at point ―A‖ grid reference EF 6080; thence on a grid bearing of 360° for a distance of approximately 40km to point ―B‖ grid reference EG 6020; thence on a grid bearing of 90° for a distance of approximately 25km to point ―C‖ grid reference EG 8520; thence on a grid bearing of 180° for a distance of approximately 40km to point ―D‖ grid reference EF 8580; thence on a true bearing of 270° at a distance of 25km to the point of commencement. M. N. MASIBO, MR2066108 Acting Commissioner of Mines and Geology.