Macarthur Coal Time-line

1996	December	Ken Talbot and AMCI farm into tenement EPC531
1997	April	10m thick coal seam now called Macarthur Seam discovered 100m deep
1997	September	Feasibility study completed for Coppabella Mine
1997	October	Mining Lease Application (MLA) and EMOS lodged with Department of Mines and Energy
1997	October	Coppabella Joint Venture (JV) formed
1998	June	Coppabella Mining Lease granted
1998	July	Coppabella JV expanded
1998	1st October	First coal mined at Coppabella
1998	6th November	First shipment of 18,293 tonnes of coal to Nippon Steel
1999	Financial year	Total production 500,000 tonnes
2001	22nd February	Macarthur Coal Limited incorporated
2001	1st July	IPO
2002	December	Moorvale Mining Lease granted
2003	March	First coal mined from Moorvale
2003	11th December	Coppabella and Moorvale JVs unified
2006	Financial Year	Total production 7,000,000 tonnes
2006	1st December	Acquisition of Peter Champion Mining assets
2007	January	Nicole Hollows appointed CEO