Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2033 |
Foxleigh Mine is an open cut operation producing benchmark quality, LV PCI coal for the export market.
Mining is undertaken using the truck and excavator method, with raw coal delivered to Foxleigh’s coal handling and preparation plant for washing.
Product coal is hauled 27km on a private haul road to a dedicated train loading facility located alongside the Capcoal (German Creek) rail loop and then is railed 280km to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal at the Port of Hay Point near Mackay, Queensland. |
Source:
Company | Interest | Ownership |
Nippon Steel Australia Pty Ltd.
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10 %
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Indirect
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POSCO Australia Pty Ltd.
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20 %
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Indirect
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Middlemount South Pty Ltd
(operator)
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70 %
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Direct
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QMetco Ltd.
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70 %
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Indirect
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QMetco acquired the Foxleigh Mine in August 2016 via its 100% ownership of Middlemount South Pty Ltd (Middlemount South), which operates Foxleigh on behalf of the Foxleigh Coal Joint Venture. Joint Venture partners in the Foxleigh Mine are POSCO Australia Pty Ltd (20%) and Nippon Steel Australia Pty. Limited (10%).
QMetco Limited is an unlisted public company, formerly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:RRP) until it was delisted on 15th January 2019 following the successful aquisition of 100% of the issued shares by Taurus Resources investment funds.
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Summary:
Foxleigh is on the eastern flank of the Comet Ridge in the southern Bowen Basin and is east of the Jellinbah Fault Zone, straddling the Foxleigh Syncline and the Foxleigh Fault Zone. The fault zones comprise numerous east-over-west thrust structures striking north-northwest with more than 200 m vertical displacement. Associated with these major structures are smaller scale thrust faults (20–100 m throw) which pass through Foxleigh mine areas and have uplifted coal to depths less than 200 m.
The generally north-east dipping Rangal Coal Measures contain the primary coal targets at Foxleigh. In descending stratigraphic order, the four main coal seams are Roper, Middlemount, Tralee, and Pisces. Down hole geophysical density logs confirm the consistency and continuity of the main coal plies that comprise these coal seams; Roper 1, 2 and 3; Middlemount 1; Tralee 1 and 2; and Pisces 1A and 1B and Pisces 2A and 2B. Mine production since 2000 combined with coal quality results throughout the unmined areas confirms that these seams can produce low volatile PCI coals.
Sequences of Tertiary clays, sands and gravels that overlie the Permian coal sequentially increase in thickness from several metres up to 80 m, with the thickest Tertiary sediments occurring in the Roper Creek area. The base of weathering of the Permian strata ranges from <5 m to 90 m from surface. Deeper weathering profiles are associated with thick Tertiary sediments. Permian weathering below the Te ........
Summary:
Foxleigh is an open cut, truck and excavator operation, producing premium low volatile PCI coal.
Mining is currently by open cut methods and given average seam thicknesses (typically 1 – 5 m), depth to the seams and structural complexity in the defined deposit areas, future mining will continue by open cut methods. Current operations use trucks and shovels to handle the structural complexity and this is expected to continue.
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Reserves at November 30, 2020:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
Measured
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73.38 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical)
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Indicated
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149.87 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical)
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Measured & Indicated
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223 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical)
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Inferred
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112 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical)
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Total Resource
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335.25 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical)
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HME Type | Model | Size | Quantity | Leased or Contractor | Ref. Date | Source |
Excavator
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Dec 31, 2017
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p.11
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Excavator
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Dec 31, 2017
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p.11
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Truck (dump)
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220 t
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Oct 21, 2020
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p.1
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