Recent discoveries of mineral wealth in Kenya could help add to east Africa"s biggest economy. The government also is 1 improve the openness of the mining industry. But some citizens are concerned that new mining projects will make a 2 damage to local communities.Mining companies say, the mineral resources could be worth billions of dollars. Local communities say, they hope this will help their economies. And the government has 3 companies about making announcements about new resources before they are 4 .Kenya"s Secretary of Mining Najib Balala says the government will ask mining companies for details about their findings before making them public. The discoveries also could 5 some communities where big mining projects are planned. The mining company Cortec reported finding a 6 of more than 600 kilograms of Niobium. The element is used in making steel and metal mixtures called superconducting alloys that allow 7 to travel very easily.Cortec says the discovery could be worth 50 billion dollars. But a 8 has begun between the company, the government and the local communities.The Kenya government has not announced how payments it receives from mining companies called royalties would be used. Najib Balala is expected to present legislation, 9 that the central government take 70% of mining royalty, local government would receive 25% and local communities would receive 5% 10 .The government says it hopes that reforms in the mining industry will improve openness. Mr. Balala says that Kenya canceled 31 mining licences during the first half of this year, because of concerns over the process for receiving a licence to mine.