From: Judy Miriga

Folks,

People’s Ancencestral land is at stake…….More than 2,000 families have been targeted by Kibaki and Raila to vacate their homes for business cartels.

Aida, Raila’s wife’s Relative is holed up in Pretoria…….Aida’s mother was married in Gem Siaya and later was terroed (re-married in Uriri South Nyanza)…..The Terroed Uririan Husband died and now Aida’s mother is still living in Uriri South Nyanza……BUT what is amazing or what makes this story very mysterious and queer is that…..this days Aida, Raila’s wife is more frequently seen in Uriri than in Bondo or Gem……At some point, this has become a concern to many whose lands are near to Uriri next to Makalda Mine and the whole of the Rongo, Ringa etc., etc., land surrounding Gold resources are the target……..It is only recent that their fears have been confirmed…….That they are the next IDPs to be migrated out of their Cultural Heritage Homes…..People have been quietly warned to shut-up…….if anyone talk, their homes will be burned down……….Who can explain this???

…….and I agree with Orie Rogo……..and we Warn, whether three legged or two……….LET THEM TRY……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We want to know and we are very very concerned. This is why Kamenchu has all our full support………

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Sh4.5b irrigation project launched in Migori County

Published on 24/02/2012

Residents of Nyatike in Migori County have been asked to support a multi-billion shilling irrigation project, which seeks to create jobs and increase their earnings.

The Sh4.5 billion irrigation project has started with phase one expected to cost Sh700 million beginning next month. At least 2,000 farmers will be affected and relocated to allow implementation.

Area MP Omondi Anyanga said the project will create jobs and increase food security.

“This is a positive move from the Government for giving priority to food security ventures. There will be an opportunity for farmers to exploit their full potential,” said the MP.

“The locals and all leaders must back this project for it to succeed, without hurdles as we saw with the Sondu-Miriu hydro-power project in Kisumu County about a decade ago,” he said.

Leading councillors from the area, the MP asked those relocated to accept compensation and pave way for the project.

Anyanga said Nyatike area had been marginalised since independence, adding that the project was going to be an eye-opener to farmers to exploit their agricultural potential.

The legislator appealed to the locals to own the project and move away from the sites to hasten implementation.

He explained that 2,088 farmers had been identified for compensation, ranging from land, crops, graves, and trees. They would earn Sh87.4 million in compensation.

He disclosed that a conflict resolution committee had also been formed to deal with differences during the compensation and relocation processes.

The project, he said, was aimed at addressing adverse unemployment through creation of employment opportunities that are expected to arise from factories to be established to use several industrial crops be grown under the project.

Farmers in Nyatike and Karungu divisions will grow paddy rice, vegetables, and various industrial crops such as soya beans, cotton, and sugarcane.

The project would also reduce health risks due to frequent use of contaminated water as it will offer clean domestic water for locals and their livestock.

The construction of dykes along the banks of two main rivers of Migori and Kuja are expected to resolve annual flooding that usually affects plain lands of Nyatike, whenever the two rivers burst their banks.

Favorable Exploration Results at African Queen’s Odundu Prospect in Kenya Point to Highly Prospective Drill Targets for Upcoming Program

Thu, 16 Feb, 2012 10:13 AM EST

AccessWire Canada Finance

Vancouver, British Columbia — AFRICAN QUEEN MINES LTD. (the “Company”) is pleased to report favorable results from its preliminary field work and airbourne geophysics at its Odundu property in southwest Kenya’s Rongo Gold Fields, which are being utilized for target generation for its upcoming core drilling program. A convergence of positive sampling and geochemical results from field work with positive results from ground and airbourne geophysics studies points to a number of highly prospective targets that the Company is planning to test by drilling.

The Odundu property covers an area of approximately 97 sq. km in the Kanango gold mining area of the Migori District of Nyanza Province in Southwest Kenya near Lake Victoria. The Project is situated some 380 km. by road from the capital city of Nairobi and 60 km. N of the border with Tanzania, forming part of the rich Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt extending from Tanzania and hosting known world-class gold deposits including African Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu and North Mara Mines, within approximately 100 km. of the Project, and AngloGold Ashanti’s Geita Mine.

An airborne magnetic and radiometric survey was carried out by Terrascan airborne GmbH and Co Kg, a German company, on behalf of the Company. It revealed north-west south-east trending structures and a prominent shear zone traversing the Odundu property. Several smaller structural splays diverging from the main shear zone were also detected. A grab sample from an artisinal pit located within the shear zone revealed a high value of 69 g/t au. Other grab samples from this pit obtained by a Qualified Person, Dr. Peter Christopher, P.Eng., indicated gold values ranging between 6.08 and 10.10 g/t au. The rock types identified are highly altered with evidence of sulphide mineralization. To date, only a small portion of the shear zone traversing the Odundu property has been explored.

In order to follow up on the airborne magnetic anomaly, the following program was initiated and completed:

-A detailed ground magnetic survey covering 5 square kilometres was carried out by Remote Exploration Services (Pty) Ltd from South Africa;

-Geological mapping covering approximately 6 square kilometers was completed to identify the lithologies and structural trends within the ground magnetic survey area;

-Sampling and gold analysis of termite mounds located within and peripheral to the shear zone amounted to 123 samples covering an area of approximately one square kilometre.

The ground magnetic survey confirmed the existence of the shear zone/fault system detected by the airborne survey. Anomalous gold values from the termite mound samples located within and peripheral to the shear zone ranged between 0.50 ppb and 669 ppb. au, with many samples in the higher ranges. Furthermore, arsenic anomalies were detected approximately 200 metres and 1.3 kilometres north-west of the pit.

These initial favorable results prompted the company to undertake a 3D Resistivity and Induced Polarization (IP) survey of the Odundu area. This survey was administered by Akili Minerals Services Ltd, a Kenyan company. A zone of high chargeability over an approximate strike of 1.5 kilometres X 100 metres wide was detected by the IP survey within the shear zone/fault system. The Resistivity survey showed a zone of low Resistivity (high chargeability) commonly indicative of sulphide mineralization. It appears that the IP and Resistivity survey results may be related to a rich sulfide zone associated with gold.

Identification of this shear zone, which encompasses abandoned and active mining operations and demonstrates initial high gold values, is highly encouraging. A trenching program is now being completed with a view toward examining the possibility of further gold potential along the shear zone extensions. This trenching program was initiated recently and is progressing well. Ultimately, the trenching information will clarify the nature and surface extent of the mineralization, the structural detail, and complement the planned core drilling program.

The Company’s rights to the Project arise from an Earn-In and Joint Venture Agreement with Kenyan-based Abba Mining Company (“Abba”), under which the Company may earn up to an 85% interest in the Project by funding prescribed optional stages from exploration through feasibility. The Company is designated as manager and operator of the Project on behalf of the joint venture partners. The Project is being managed on behalf of the Company on-site by Senior Exploration Geologist Mike Othitis, P.Geol. AI, MA, Bsc. General Project oversight is being provided by Senior Consulting Geologist Pete Siegfried (M.Sc, MAusIMM). Both are qualified persons who have reviewed and approved the contents of this press release.

According to Irwin Olian, CEO of the Company, “The convergence of positive geochemical and geophysics data at Odundu suggests a high probability of success in our upcoming reconnaissance drill program. We are excited to be moving forward now.”

About African-Queen

The Company is an exploratory resource company with diversified mineral properties in Southern, East and West Africa. It is exploring its properties in Mozambique, Ghana and Kenya for gold and other metals and it is undertaking exploration in Botswana and Namibia for diamonds, gold and other metals. In Mozambique the Company has approximately 230 sq. km. under license for gold and metals under an agreement with another company. In Ghana it has 28.9 sq. km. under license for gold. In Kenya it has approximately 850 sq. km. under license for gold and metals, and a further 737 sq. km. of gold and other minerals licenses under agreements with two other companies. The Company’s operations in Mozambique are carried out through its subsidiary PAM Mocambique Limitada and its operations in Ghana are carried out through its subsidiary AQ Ghana Gold Limited. Its operations in Kenya are being carried out through its operating subsidiary AQ Kenya Gold Limited. Its operations in Botswana are carried out through its operating subsidiary, PAM Botswana (Pty) Ltd.; its operations in Namibia are carried out through its operating subsidiary PAM Minerals Namibia (Pty) Ltd. The Company has its executive offices in Vancouver, Canada. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada on April 30, 2008 and received certain southern African assets in a spin off transaction related to the acquisition of Pan African Mining Corp. by Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AFRICAN QUEEN MINES, LTD.

“Irwin Olian” Irwin Olian Chairman & CEO

For more information, contact:
Carrie Howes Corporate Communications
Irwin Olian, Chairman, President and CEO |Carrie Howes,
tigertail@africanqueenmines.com
carrie@africanqueenmines.com
Phone: (604) 899-0100
Fax: (604) 899-0200
Phone: Germany – +49 (0) 21141
Canada + 1 416 900 3634
U.K. – +44 (0) 870 490 5443

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