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Kenya extends Base Titanium Kwale lease

Base Titanium

Some of the mineral sands at Base Titanium where the titanium is proceseed in Kwale County on January 26, 2022. The mining company has been granted an extention to their license to operate until November 2023 by the Kenyan government. PHOTO |  SIAGO CECE | NMG

By  WINNIE ATIENO

Australian mining firm Base Titanium will not be exiting its Kwale location in mid-2022 after Kenya renewed its licence for 13 more months.

The news comes as a relief to more than 1,000 employees whose contracts would have been terminated at the end of June.

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