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Mount Pleasant

Location: 7 km W from Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia

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Delivery – 1100 Wybong Road
PO Box 351
Muswellbrook
New South Wales, Australia
2333

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotMount Pleasant is the world class thermal coal mine.

In 2022 the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) approved MACH Energy's application to extend the life of its Mount Pleasant coal mine to 2048 and increase its output.

On 24 Jul 2025, Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion halted after community legal challenge.

In a statement, MACH Energy said it would carefully review the judgment and "explore all avenues to ensure continuity and certainty for the Muswellbrook community and the broader Hunter Valley Region".

The case will now proceed to the Land and Environment Court for a decision on whether the expansion approval should be reversed.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
JCD Australia Pty Ltd 5 % Indirect
MACH Energy Inc 95 % Indirect
MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd (operator) 100 % Direct
MACH Mount Pleasant Operations Pty Ltd is the manager of the Mount Pleasant as agent for, and on behalf of, the unincorporated Mount Pleasant Joint Venture between MACH Energy (95% owner) and J.C.D. Australia Pty Ltd (5% owner).

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Mount Pleasant Project is located within the Hunter Coalfield, in the northern section of the Sydney Basin. The Mount Pleasant Project coal resource is located in the Permian Wittingham Coal Measures within the Denman Formation and Jerrys Plains Subgroup and the Archerfield Sandstone and Vane Subgroup. Lithologies comprise mostly sandstones, siltstones and coal seams with minor conglomerates and tuffs. Coal seams amenable to open cut mining occur in eight correlated seams and include the Upper Piercefield (Warkworth) Seam to the lowermost Edderton Seam. The target coal seams vary widely across the extent of the mine, with mineable units generally ranging from approximately 0.6 metres (m) to approximately 10 m in thickness.

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Comminution

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2025202320222021202020192018
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5.6 0.03 
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics20252024202320222021202020192018
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5.97 Mt0.15 Mt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe18.5 Mbcm8.78 Mbcm
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.13 Mt
^ Guidance / Forecast.

Production Costs

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Personnel

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