Northern Galilee Coal Project

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Northern Galilee Coal Project is a proposed coal mine in Pentland, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Northern Galilee Coal Project	Pentland, Queensland, Australia	-20.528303, 145.203065 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
56	–	–	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	60*	*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
1100	–	1900	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
TerraCom Ltd	TerraCom Ltd [100%]	Australia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Coal Mine Background

TerraCom has prepared a detailed drilling program for the Pentland permits. The Hughenden part of the project is more advanced, with Indicated Coal Resource of 132.9Mt and a revised Inferred Resource of 1,076Mt of thermal coal.

In 2011 Guildford Coal described this site as its "flagship asset". During May 2011, Guildford Coal acquired a 51% interest in the White Mountain Project, via a heads of agreement signed with Tiaro Coal. The White Mountain Project's assets have been subsumed into the Hughenden application. Guildford Coal has paid $3.3m upfront and committed approximately $5m on exploration and development from this project.

Mineral development licence was granted for Pentland in September 2006. The tenement was formerly part of Xstrata Coal's asset portfolio, prior to the merger between Xstrata and Glencore in 2013.

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