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Coast counties poised to strike huge coal and uranium deposits, predict geologists

Exploration of coal deposits in three counties at the Coast has been stepped up and on Thursday the Ministry of Mining and geologists said initial studies indicate that there are huge coal deposits in these parts.

Mining Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said on Thursday in Taru, Kwale county that exploratory results for the Taru basin in Kwale and Kilifi will be released in three months and that initial studies indicate that coal deposits here exceed what has been found in Mui Basin, in Mwingi Constituency.

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