Nairobi, April 26 -- Kenya is sitting on a vast but largely untapped mineral base stretching from coastal rare earth deposits to gold belts in the west, and battery minerals in the north, findings of a government-sponsored geological survey suggest.

A large-scale airborne geophysical survey completed in 2022 identified about 970 anomalies-geological signals that indicate the presence of commercially viable mineral deposits, many of them buried deep underground.

Government officials say the country is now deliberately aligning its mining strategy with surging global demand for metals used in electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and high-end electronics. This, if actualised, will mark a shift from a historically underdeveloped min...