Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
- Coal (thermal)
- Coal (hard coking)
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| Mining Method |
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| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 2039 |
Source:
p. 5-6
The Drake Coal Mine (DCM) is operated by Drake Mine Management Pty Ltd(DMM). DMM is a subsidiary of QCoal Pty Ltd (QCoal).
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Summary:
The Drake Coal Project covers a complete sequence of the Moranbah Coal Measures which reach a maximum thickness of around 480m and comprise cross-bedded lithic sandstone and siltstone, mudstone and coal seams. The Moranbah Coal Measures contain seven economically viable coal seams designated as A (deepest seam), B, C, E, P, P Rider and Q. Coal seams A through Q inclusive would be mined at the Drake Coal Project at various locations. The coal seams subcrop in a north to north-east direction and dip at low angles to the east and southeast. Interburden rocks consist of quartz-poor lithic sandstones, siltstones, shale and mudstones that sub-crop in a north to north-east direction and dip at low angles to the east and south-east.
Summary:
The project would be located in the northern Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, approximately 150 kilometres (km) north-west of Mackay and 17km south of the Collinsville townships in the Whitsunday Regional Council local government area. The nearest private residence to active mining areas would be the Sonoma Homestead, located 3km to the north. Nine other residences are also located within 5km of the mine. The project area is bounded by Two Mile Creek to the north, the Bowen River to the south, the Bowen Development Road to the east and grazing to the west.
Mining would be by conventional diesel powered truck and excavator methods, involving the stripping of vegetation and the removal and stockpiling of topsoil and subsoil for later use in rehabilitation. Overburden and coal would progressively be removed from ten mining pits ranging in size from 29ha to 1101ha in area and between 20 metres (m) and 140m in depth. A dozer operation would be employed in pits of longer strike such as West Pits 1 and 2. Inpit blasting of coal and/or overburden may be required. The two main pits are West Pit 1 located in the south-west and West Pit 2 located in the north-west of the project site with surface areas of 1101ha and 987ha respectively. The remaining eight satellite pits (East Pits 1 to 4 and Central Pits 1 to 4) are scattered along, or near, the eastern boundary of Mining Lease 10349 and range in size from 29ha (Central Pit 4) to 216ha (East Pits 2/3).
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Summary:
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Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
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Coal (thermal)
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t
| ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 3,324,349 | 2,707,437 | 1,608,561 |
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Coal (hard coking)
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t
| ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
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Coal tonnes mined
| ...... | ...... | 4,247,085 t of ROM coal | 4,932,996 t of ROM coal | 6,289,679 t of ROM coal | 5,199,889 t of ROM coal |
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Annual production capacity
| ...... | ...... | 6 Mt of coal (metallurgical & thermal) clean coal | | | |
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Tonnes processed
| ...... | ...... | 4,008,988 t | 5,009,233 t | 6,148,671 t | 5,107,650 t |
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Reserves at January 9, 2013:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity |
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Total Resource
|
200 Mt
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Coal (metallurgical & thermal)
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:
| Document | Year |
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Other
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2022
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Other
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2022
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2021
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2021
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2020
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Other
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2013
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