Exploration & development

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.

Botswana’s Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security has granted a mining license to African Mining’s Sese Joint Venture.

Three new anthracite targets have been identified at the Panorama North Project.

The company has plans to invest in its coal bed methane projects in southern Africa and plans to raise a further AUS$2 million.

The anthracite quality from the Gus Seam at the RAC project has been confirmed as high-quality.

SRK confirms substantial tonnages of metallurgical coal at Allegiance Coal’s Telkwa project, which can be recovered at low strip ratios.

Metro Mining Ltd’s BFS confirms the ability to complete construction during 2017.

The Deputy Prime Minister wants bans lifted on exploration and development.

Regency will jointly develop an additional coal property in the Appalachian basin.

A scoping study for Prairie Mining’s Debiensko mine indicates it can deliver lowest cost hard coking coal into Europe.