Metro Gem Mining Limited has advanced strategic discussions toward a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna and Kenya’s National Mining Corporation (NAMICO).
The engagement covers the Goitom and Maboka projects under Metro Gem Mining, with exploration interests in Tana River and Homa Bay counties focused on rare-earth elements and coltan-related tantalum-niobium mineralisation.
Metro Gem’s July 2026 technical presentation describes Maboka as a high-priority tantalum, niobium and rare-earth target on the Mozambique Belt. Goitom spans five prospective project areas with targets including gold, tantalum, niobium, platinum-group elements and rare-earth elements.
The discussions support technical cooperation, responsible exploration and the development of Kenya’s critical-minerals value chain. Project estimates remain exploration-stage and subject to further drilling, mineralogical studies, metallurgical testing and regulatory approvals.