Name and Location
South Galilee coal project (SGCP), Queensland, Australia.

Client
The project is a joint venture between AMCI and Bandanna Energy’s subsidiary, Alpha Coal.

Project Description
The SGCP is a proposed opencut and underground coal mining operation, with an estimated mine life of about 35 years – two years for construction and 33 years for operations.

Over the life of the mine, the SGCP aims to produce an estimated 447-million tonnes of product coal for the export market.

Further exploration might extend the life of the mine.

The coal mining operations will include:
• opencut and underground mining within mining lease application 70453, producing up to 19-million tonnes a year of run-of-mine coal and 17-million tonnes a year of product coal for the export market;
• the placement of waste rock and rejects in out-of-pit waste rock emplacements;
• the progressive backfilling of the openpits with waste rock and rejects as mining develops;
• the development of a mine water management system, including clean-water drainage channels, saline and waste-rock water runoff collection, sediment dams, pit water management, on-site water reuse procedures and a permanent diversion of Sapling Creek;
• an underground services area;
• a mine industrial area, containing an administration building, a bath house, storage, vehicle parking, workshops, washdown and refuelling facilities, as well as controls and communication infrastructure;
• a coal handling and preparation plant;
• coal handling infrastructure, including conveyor systems, raw coal and product coal stockpiles;
• the development of a mine access road, on-site haul roads and light vehicle roads;
• the construction of an on-site rail component, including a loading loop, breakdown and fuel sidings;
• the construction of a SGCP rail spur component to connect to the common user rail component;
• an on-site accommodation village;
• fuel, oil and explosives storage facilities;
• soil stockpiles, laydown areas and a gravel borrow pit;
• raw water supply infrastructure such as a pipeline, groundwater bores and a raw water dam;
• sewage and wastewater treatment infrastructure;
• an on-site landfill facility;
• electrical and telecommunications infrastructure;
• ongoing rehabilitation;
• ongoing exploration activities within existing exploration tenements; and
• other associated minor infrastructure, plant, equipment and activities.

Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
Not stated.

Value
The capital expenditure for the SGCP is expected to be $4.2-billion over the life of the project.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Not stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Bandanna Energy, tel +61 7 3041 4400, fax +61 7 3041 4444 or email info@bandannaenergy.com.auinfo@southgalilee.com.au.