All templates8 October 2026
The Cabinet Secretary responsible for mining
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: APPLICATION FOR A PROSPECTING LICENCE — PETER MUTUA KIOKO
We act for Peter Mutua Kioko.
We submit, on our client's behalf, his application for a Prospecting Licence.
1. The application concerns gold prospecting over 25 square kilometres in Migori County, on community land held by the Kakrao community.
Energy & Natural Resources
Mining / Land Use Licensing Support template (Kenya)
What it is for
A sample Mining / Land Use Licensing Support for use in Kenya, drafted under the Mining Act Cap 306 and the Community Land Act.
The Kenyan law it follows
- Mining Act Cap 306 — s.37 (no prospecting or mining right over private land without the registered owner's express consent), s.38 (none over community land without the consent of the authority that administers it, or of the National Land Commission for unregistered community land), s.72 (application for a prospecting licence to the Cabinet Secretary in the prescribed form, and the information it must provide)
- Community Land Act
Who prepares it
This is normally drawn by an advocate, and where it is a court paper, filed by one. The sample shows what the finished document looks like.
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Sample mining / land use licensing support
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