Get a mineral export permit (and declare mineral imports)
Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Apply to the Director of Mines on Form EP 1 and pay a KSh 5,000 processing fee. You must already hold a mining licence, mining permit or a mineral dealer's (trading, jewellery or processing) licence, and each permit covers one consignment for 30 days.
- Fee
- KSh 5,000Mineral export permit processing fee
- Where
- Director of Mines, State Department for Mining, Works Building, 3rd Floor, Ngong Road, Nairobi
What you need
- Filled Form EP 1
- Details of the mineral: name, source, quantity, grade and value
- Name and address of the buyer or consignee, and the destination
- Your sales or marketing agreement with the buyer, if you have one
- Your refining contract or off-take agreement, if you signed one
- The royalty you owe on that consignment
Steps
- Make sure you hold a mining licence, mining permit or a mineral dealer's trading, jewellery or processing licence. Without one you can't apply.
- Fill in Form EP 1 with the mineral, buyer and royalty details, and send it to the Director of Mines with the fee.
- The Director of Mines checks that your application is complete and recommends it to the Cabinet Secretary, who approves the permit.
- Ship the named consignment within 30 days of the permit's issue date.
Watch out
- You need a new export permit for every shipment, and it expires 30 days after it's issued.
- A mineral dealing permit only lets you trade inside Kenya. It doesn't qualify you to export.
- Bringing minerals into Kenya? Declare them at the point of entry on Form ID.
Who can apply
- Holders of a mining licence, a mining permit, or a mineral dealer's trading, jewellery or processing licence.
Official sources (3)
- The Mining (Dealings in Minerals) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. 88 of 2017) new.kenyalaw.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Licensing mining.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- FAQs mining.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026