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United States
Central Appalachia Operation (Cooper Ridge OP Project, Cooper Ridge UG Mine, Cumberland Gap Project, Double Mountain Mine, Rich Gap Project)

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 Location:
63 km N from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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1197 Rock Creek Ridge Road
P O Box 203
Clairfield
Tennessee, United States
37715
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Overview

StatusInactive / Suspended
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Contour Strip
  • Highwall
  • Continuous
  • Auger
  • Room-and-pillar
Mine Life2032
Cooper Ridge UG Mine - MSHA status was changed to TempIdle on January 15, 2021.

Cooper Ridge OP Mine - in the process of permitting

Double Mountain Mine - MSHA status was changed to NonProdActive on October 16, 2017
Double Mountain Mine - MSHA status was changed to TempIdle on July 1, 2020.

Straight Creek Mine - MSHA status was changed to Abandoned on May 6, 2017.

Clear Fork Mine - MSHA status was changed to Abandoned on March 17, 2016.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
Industrial Minerals Group, LLC 100 % Indirect

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The Property is situated in the southern portion of the Appalachian Basin, which contains two-fifths of the nations’ bituminous coal deposits and extends over 900 miles from northern Alabama to Pennsylvania.

The primary coal-bearing formations on the Property are Carboniferous in age, being in the Pennsylvanian system, which includes the Breathitt Formation. The average mineable seam thickness for coal horizons in these formations ranges from 1 foot to over 6 feet. The coal seams are generally continuous and non-complex but may vary in thickness and may also be locally absent. Seams retain normal stratigraphic sequence throughout the Property and no evidence has been observed that seams have been modified from pre-deformational thicknesses.

Mineable coal seams within the Property are typically low-ash with the exception of the Joyner seam, and highthermal content bituminous coals. The maximum seam thic ness may reach over 6.0 feet in the Upper Jellico underground mines; however, the average mineable thickness of the seams in this evaluation generally ranges from 1 foot to 4 feet. Seams are generally continuous, but may be locally absent. Secondary discontinuity due to erosional features is present in most areas, resulting in seam outcropping, or visible exposure of the seam at the surface. Other than oxidation of the coal exposed at the surface, erosion of the seams has no significant impact on the mineralized deposits. All seams outcrop on the property ........


Mining Methods

  • Contour Strip
  • Highwall
  • Continuous
  • Auger
  • Room-and-pillar


Summary:

The resource base for the Property consists of seven coal seams extending from the Joyner seam at the top of the stratigraphic column down through the Cumberland Gap seam. [2014 Technical Report on the Coal Reserve and Coal Resource, p. 50]

Coal seams that outcrop along the hillside or that are located near the surface may be considered for mountaintop removal or contour surface mining methods. The surface mining methods allow recovery of resources that may lie too close to the surface for safe underground mining. Coal seams that are too thin to be underground mined economically can often be recovered successfully with surface mining methods. Contour mines advance along the coal seam outcrops with overburden back-stacked in the pit to eliminate the highwall, and excess material is placed in valley fills; however, Kopper Glo currently does not utilize valley fills for overburden storage.

Underground mine reserves are mined using continuous mining methods.

Cooper Ridge Surface Mine
Kopper Glo is in the process of permitting the Cooper Ridge surface mine.
The Cooper Ridge Mine proposes to utilize the contour surface mining and auger mining methods on the Jellico coal seam. [2017, Environmental Assessment, p.24]

Cooper Ridge Deep Mine
MSHA status was changed to TempIdle on January 15, 2021
The Cooper Ridge Mine is located on Straight Creek. The Jellico seam is accessed via drift entry. Cooper Ridge is a thermal coa ........


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Production:

CommodityUnits2020201920182017201620152014
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.20.50.50.70.8
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Reserves at December 31, 2016:

CategoryOreTypeTonnage Commodity
Proven In-Situ (OP) 659,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven In-Situ (UG) 10,289,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven Total 10,948,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Probable In-Situ (OP) 246,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Probable In-Situ (UG) 2,037,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Probable Total 2,283,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable In-Situ (OP) 905,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable In-Situ (UG) 12,326,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable Total 13,231,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured In-Situ (OP) 1,030,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured In-Situ (UG) 32,779,400 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured Total 33,809,400 tons Coal (thermal)
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 427,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 6,137,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Indicated Total 6,564,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (OP) 1,457,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (UG) 38,916,400 tons Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated Total 40,373,400 tons Coal (thermal)

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits201720162015
Total cash costs (sold) Coal (thermal) USD 60.5 / ton   50.3 / ton   57.5 / ton  
Operating margin Coal (thermal) USD 1.83 / ton   9.66 / ton   9 / ton  

Financials:

Units20172016
Capital expenditures M USD 2   5.9  
Revenue M USD 46.4   29.9  
After-tax Income M USD -24.9   -1.4  
EBITDA M USD 20.4   2.2  


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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Other 2018
Environmental Assessment 2017
Financial Review 2017
Financial Review 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Technical Report 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Technical Report 2014
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