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Exploration Prospects

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Capricorn
Codrilla
Moorvale West
West/North Burton
Olive Downs
Vermont East
West Walker
West Rolleston
Wilunga
Moorvale Underground

 

 

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Capricorn

 

Ownership          

85%
Tenements                      EPC 769
Location North-east of the town of Dingo
Nearest Port Gladstone Port
Coal Types It is inferred from the coal type at Yarrabee Mine that the Capricorn prospect may be a source of semi-anthracits which can be used as a thermal coal and a PCI coal.
Project Status Grassroots
   

 

 

 

  

 

Codrilla

 

Ownership 85%
Tenements                      EPC 676
Location 35 kilometres south-east of Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types Low volatile PCI coal and thermal coal similar to that produced at Coppabella Mine
Project Status A grassroots prospect, ready for initial mine planning
   

 

 

 

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Moorvale West

 

Ownership 90%
Tenements                EPC 680
Location 8 kilometres west of Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types Low volatile PCI coal and coking coal.
Project Status A grassroots prospect, being fast-tracked for conceptual mine planning
   

 

 

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West/North Burton

 

Ownership 65%
Tenements                      EPC 682, EPC 708 and EPA 836
Location 50 kilometres north-west of Coppabella Mine, west of Burton Mine and east of North Goonyella Mine
Nearest Port          Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types       It is inferred from the coal types at nearby Burton Mine and projects that the West Burton prospect may be a source of low to medium volatile coking coal, PCI coal and thermal coal in the Rangal Coal Measures.
Project Status                 Grassroots
   

 

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Olive Downs

 

Ownership                      90%
Tenements EPC 649
Location 15 kilometres south of Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types Coking coal, low volatile PCI coal and high energy thermal coal
Project Status A mining lease application has been lodged over the initial open-cut mine area
   

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Vermont East

 

Ownership                    85%
Tenements                      EPC 850, EPC 721 and EPC 688
Location 40 kilometres south of Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types Initial results confirm the presence of a medium volatile coking coal, a thermal coal and a PCI coal, as inferred from the nearby Lake Vermont Project.
Project Status A grassroots prospect currently under the exploration spotlight
   

  

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West Walker 

Ownership                       85%
Tenements EPC 657, EPC 666, EPC 757 and EPC 712
Location Adjoining the Coppabella Mine tenements to the north
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types PCI coal similar in quality to the PCI coal at Coppabella and South Walker Creek Mines
Project Status Grassroots
   

 

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 West Rolleston

Ownership                       90%
Tenements EPC 786, EPC 781, EPC 833, EPC 856, EPC 871 and EPC 896
Location 40 kilometres south of Springsure in Central Queensland and 25 kilometres west of Xstrata's Rolleston Mine
Nearest Port Gladstone Port
Coal Types Thermal coal for the domestic and export markets in four seams similar to those which occur at Rolleston Mine, 25 kilometers to the east
Project Status A grassroots prospect that has progressed to the preliminary mine planning stage for EPC 786. Additional resources are to be sought alongstrike in recently granted EPCs 871 and 896
   

 

 

 

 

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Wilunga

 
Ownership            85%
Tenements EPC 688 and EPC 721
Location 45 kilometres south-east of the Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

Coal Types

Low volatile PCI coal
Project Status A grassroots prospect currently under the exploration spotlight
   

 

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Moorvale Underground

Ownership 73.7%
Tenements ML 70290 and ML 70291
Location Immediately downdip to west of Moorvale Mine
Nearest Port Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Coal Types Low volatile PCI coal and coking coal
Project Status A brownfields project
   

 

 

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