PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has been granted federal environmental approval for its Northern Hub, in Queensland.
QPM Energy has sought regulatory approvals for development of the Northern Hub some 43 km north of the Moranbah project, with the Northern Hub consisting of a gas compression facility and high-pressure pipeline to connect into the existing North Queensland Gas Pipeline (NQGP) infrastructure.
Queensland state government approvals and execution of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement have already been accomplished.
QPM said on Friday that with all approvals now in place, the company was in a position to develop the new infrastructure in order to collect waste gas from coal mines north of existing operations, and to connect these to the NQGP.