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Meteor Downs South Mine

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 Location:
25 km W from Rolleston, Queensland, Australia

  Address:
Dawson highway Meteor Downs
PO Box 205
Albinia
Queensland, Australia
4702
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life9 years (as of Jan 1, 2018)


Owners

Source: p. 50,53
CompanyInterestOwnership
Sojitz Corp. 50 % Indirect
U&D Mining 50 % Indirect
Sojitz MDS Mining Pty (operator) 100 % Direct

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The local landscape comprises Tertiary Basalts (Tb) that overly Permian Rangal Coal Measures, Bandanna Formation, Baralaba Coal Measures (Pwj, sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, coal, tuff, conglomerate), late Permian age Black Alley Shale (Pbs, mudstone, siltstone, tuff, sandstone), Peawaddy Formation (Pbp, mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coquinite), Cattle Creek Formation (Pbk, quartzose to sub-labile sandstone and mudstone) sloping gently (1–3%) to the floodplain of Spring Creek (Qa, comprising quaternary clay, silt and gravels). Remnants of formerly more widespread basalt flows occur extensively around Rolleston.

Geomorphic domains described refer to land system mapping (Story et al., 1967). The geomorphology is associated with erosional surfaces on fresh rock below the Tertiary weathered zone. The MDS ML traverses undulating hills and plain sequences of two land systems: (i) Oxford Undulating Lowlands, and (ii) Waterford Low Hills.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Meteor Downs South mine is an open-cut coal mine situated on Mining Lease (ML) 70452, approximately 25 km west of Rolleston in central Queensland. Operated as a joint venture between Sojitz Coal Mining Pty Ltd and Endocoal Limited, the mine is authorised to produce 2 million tonnes per annum of coal.

The Meteor Downs South (MDS) project is a single open cut coal operation to be developed over nine years. The coal strike length is up to 1.5km long and will result in a final void depth of 80m below ground level. The project has 13 million tonnes in reserves with a projected production rate of 500ktpa during the first two years of export grade thermal coal. The MDS project plans to ramp up to production of 1.5mtpa by Year 4. Standard open pit mining is proposed using truck and shovel methods (with dozer assist) to target an average seam depth of 6m and an average strip ratio of 6:1 during the life of mine.


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Processing


Summary:

Meteor Downs produces thermal coal with a relatively low ash content which does not require processing through a coal washery plant.


Production:

CommodityUnits20222021202020192018
Coal (thermal) t  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required18,247
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20222021202020192018
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required454,229 t of ROM coal78,530 t of ROM coal
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Reserves at June 30, 2019:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven & Probable 13 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured 13.3 Mt Coal (thermal)
Indicated 3.5 Mt Coal (thermal)
Measured & Indicated 16.8 Mt Coal (thermal)



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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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