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Kenya pins mining hopes on aerial survey, new law

A new mining bill and a nationwide aerial survey of Kenya will boost the country's nascent mining sector and act as a catalyst for foreign investment, Kenya's minister for environment and natural resources said on Thursday.

The east African nation's mining sector has been neglected by successive governments since independence from Britain in 1963, with foreign companies put off by poor infrastructure and an outdated legal framework.

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