West Walker
Profile | |
| Joint Venture and Manager | West Walker Joint Venture - managed by West Walker Coal Pty Ltd |
Macarthur Coal's interest | 85% |
Tenements | EPCs 657, 666, 757 and 712 |
Location | Adjoining the Coppabella Mine tenements to the north. |
Potential ports | Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal and Dudgeon Point (Proposed Terminal) |
Coal types | Low volatile PCI coal similar in quality to the low volatile PCI coal at Coppabella Mine. |
| 2011 activities | Additional evaluation studies were completed and have provided target areas for slim-core and open-hole drilling to extablish a JORC Resource along strike from EPC 531. |
Project status | West Walker is still a relatively low priority prospect area and is considered to be a potential extension of the Coppabella resource area. This prospect has an elongated target area of 36km² and studies have identified the potential for underground resources. Exploration will continue to support resource definintion with drilling activities scheduled to re-commence in FY2012. |