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Mount Pleasant

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Mount Pleasant Operation comprises an operating open cut coal mine and associated coal processing.

On 6 September 2022, the Independent Planning Commission NSW approved the Mount Pleasant Optimisation Project. The Project’s approval will extend the mine life from 2026 to 2048 and increase mining activity at the Mount Pleasant Operation.

On September 25, 2024, the Federal Government has approved the mine life extension of three New South Wales coal mines, allowing them to continue operations for decades to come.

MACH Energy will also extend Mount Pleasant with a new road and continue deeper into its current footprint. Additional coal reserves will be added, including lower coal seams in the North Pit.

The extension will increase the mine’s current workforce to around 600 people, with a peak of 830 people.

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 MPO as agent for, and on behalf of, the unincorporated Mount Pleasant Joint Venture between MACH Energy (95 per cent [%] 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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Production

CommodityUnits202320222021202020192018
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5.6 0.03 
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics202320222021202020192018
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5.97 Mt0.15 Mt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe18.5 Mbcm8.78 Mbcm
Reject  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.13 Mt
^ Guidance / Forecast.

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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Personnel

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