Kenya: Artisanal gold miners finally have government support
Acacia Mining, a British company that carried out gold exploration in Kakamega in 2013, subsequently announced estimated deposits of some 1.31 million ounces of gold deposits – valued at $1.7bn – along the Lirhanda Corridor, that stretches between Kakamega, Vihiga, Siaya, Busia and Kisumu counties in Kenya.