Case Study in Kenya: The Titanium Issue

Summary

Relief for Kwale residents as court rules in favour against mining giant

Tension in Kwale as mining operations threaten sacred Mrima Hill Forest

Base to remain in Kenya despite Kwale mines closure, acquisition

US firm buys Kwale miner’s parent in Sh31bn deal

Canadian company earns millions in royalties from mines years after exiting

The Exploitative Corporate Mining / Extractive Industry

The Feudal Origins of the “Free Entry” Mining System”

22nd August 2023 – Complaint Letter to the President of the Republic of Kenya

30th January 2018 – Complaint Letter to the Senate Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources

30th January 2018 – Complaint Letter to Members of Parliament

12th May 2018 – Complaint Letter to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Mining

8th July 2017 – Second Official Request for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Submitted by Base Titanium Limited for its Present Mining Operations in Kwale County

26th July 2017 – Negative response from Base Titanium Limited (regarding requests for copies of the company’s Environmental Impact Assessment)

22nd June 2018 – Official Request for a Copy of the “Special Mining Lease” Issued to Base Titanium Limited (subsidiary of Base Resources Ltd., Australia) for its Present Mining Operations in Kwale County, Kenya

4th July 2018 – Base Titanium’s Negative Response to Community’s Request for a Copy of the Company’s Special Mining Lease

10th March 2023 – First Letter from Villagers in Kwale County, Kenya, Raising Serious Concerns about the Exploratory Drilling Exercise Presently Being Conducted by Base Titanium Limited / Base Resources Limited (Australia) in Our Ancestral Lands

25th March 2023 – Second Letter from Villagers in Kwale County, Kenya, Raising Serious Concerns about the Exploratory Drilling Exercise Presently Being Conducted by Base Titanium Limited / Base Resources Limited (Australia) in Our Ancestral Lands

28th March 2023 – Response from Base Titanium to Kwale Villagers – Second Letter (28th March 2023)

17th April 2023 – Response to Base Titanium from Kwale Villagers (Third Letter Raising Serious Concerns about Exploratory Drilling)

“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada

Public Notice: Illegal Prospecting, Mining and Mineral Processing Operations

Published in the Daily Nation (Kenya) on 25th May 2018

N.B: Pursuant to the above, Base Titanium Ltd. was issued with a “Special Prospecting Licence” (see below) on 26th May 2016 under the old Mining Act – six days after the new Mining Act had been gazetted, and a day before the new Act came into effect. Therefore, Base Titanium Ltd. was conducting mining operations contrary to the above Public Notice.

Special Prospecting Licence (No. 173) issued to Base Titanium Ltd. in 2016, under the old Mining Act (Cap 306)

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