Name of the Project
Broadmeadow East and Isaac River coal projects.

Location
The Broadmeadow East project is situated about 185 km south-west of Mackay, Queensland, and 25 km north-east of the major regional township of Moranbah in the central Bowen basin, in Australia.

The Isaac River project is located in the central Bowen basin, about 30 km to the east of Moranbah, in Central Queensland, Australia.

Project Owner/s
Bowen Coking Coal.

Project Description
The Broadmeadow East project has resources of 33-million tonnes, of which 10.6-million tonnes are in the measured and indicated categories. Isaac River has resources of 8.7-million tonnes, of which 8.3-million tonnes are in the measured and indicated categories.

The results of the first-stage independent scoping studies on the Broadmeadow East and Isaac River coal projects have shown a run-of-mine production target of 800 000 t/y to 1.1-million tonnes a year over a five- to seven-year life-of-mine (LoM) for Broadmeadow East, and 400 000 t/y to 600 000 t/y over a four- to five-year LoM for Isaac River.  

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
The Broadmeadow East project is expected to cost A$6- to A$8-million and the Isaac River project A$14- to A$17-million.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
Bowen Coking Coal is one step closer to first production after the Queensland government approved an amendment to the Broadmeadow East project’s existing environmental authority.

Alongside the existing, granted mining lease, this is the final approval required to start mining operations on site.

“The approval renders the project ‘shovel ready’ at a time when coking coal prices are rallying to record highs. We are in the final stages of our mining contractor selection process, with a target for first coal production from Broadmeadow East in the June quarter to be processed through the Fitzroy infrastructure,” Bowen Coking Coal MD and CEO Gerhard Redelinghuys says.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
None stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Bowen Coking Coal, tel +61 7 3191 8413 or email info@bowencokingcoal.com.