Exploration & development

Velseis to undertake survey of the Lesedi CBM Project and Mamba Permit.

Edenville Energy has signed a letter of intent with a customer to supply coal from the Rukwa coal project and has also purchased key mining equipment for the mine site.

Paringa Resources has begun exercising the options to acquire the surface property for the Poplar Grove mine site and refuse area.

Aspire Mining has reported that coking coal quality results establish Jan Karski as a high value ultra-low ash coking coal mine.

The Ekhgoviin Chuluu Joint Venture (ECJV), tenement holder of the Nuurstei metallurgical coal project, has executed an offtake agreement with joint venture partner, Noble Group.

Aspire Mining signs MoU agreement to mine and purchase coal to support Nuurstei coal project development.

Acacia Coal receives notice of exercise of option to acquire Comet Ridge.

Westpac has ruled out to financing new coal basin developments in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, including the Adani Carmichael project.

Prairie agrees additional funding from cornerstone investor CD Capital to accelerate its Tier One premium coal projects.

Universal Coal reports updated ore reserve of 58.24 million t for New Clydesdale Colliery in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Aspire Mining’s 50% owned Ekhgoviin Chuluu Joint Venture with the Noble Group receives a conceptual mining study for the Nuurstei coal project.

The company has farmed into approximately 273 000 acres in the Kalahari Basin CSG Fairway and has the opportunity to achieve a 75% working interest in the project.

Paringa Resources has secured a fully underwritten five-year US$20 million project loan facility from Macquarie Bank Ltd to develop the Poplar Grove mine.

Stanmore Coal has announced a new Joint Exploration and Support Agreement with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC).

Tlou Energy Limited has announced that three of its key prospecting licences have been successfully renewed for a further two-year term.