COC 204 Coal Project

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COC 204 Coal Project is a proposed coal mine in Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
COC 204 Coal Project	Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines	7.662829, 122.988339 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Exploration	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	–	–	Surface	–	20	50*	*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
PNOC Exploration Corp	Philippine National Oil Company [PNOC]	Philippines

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

COC 204 Coal Project is a proposed coal mine in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. Coal Operating Contract (COC) 204 was awarded by the DOE to the Philippine National Oil Company Exploration Corporation (PNOC EC) in July 2021. This was for a two-year exploration of two coal blocks (2,000 hectares).

In April 2022, the proposal went on the auction block and PNOC EC invited "all interested bidders, whether local or foreign" to bid for the project.

The procurement for the project started in on June 2022. On 14 December 2022, two bidders submitted their bids, but both bids failed due to noncompliance with the Terms of Reference of the project. The rebidding process continued in 2023.

In an interview dated May 2023, PNOC-EC stated that was looking at further exploration in COC 204 in Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay.

The capacity of the mine was not known.

• Owner: Philippine National Oil Company Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC)
• Parent Company: Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)
• Location: Malangas Municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay Province, Philippines
• Coordinates: 7.6628, 122.9883 (approximate)
• Mine Status: Proposed
• Start Year: TBD
• Production Capacity:
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Subbituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mine Size: 20 km2
• Workforce Size:
• Source of Financing:

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