Huguenot Underground Coal Mine

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Huguenot Underground Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Quintette, British Columbia, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Huguenot Underground Coal Mine	Quintette, British Columbia, Canada	55.000742, -120.829716 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Announced	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
0.3	–	–	Underground	Longwall	75.92	494*	*

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
–	–	264.4	Peace River	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Colonial Coal International Corp	Colonial Coal International Corporation	Canada

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

Background

Huguenot coal mine is a proposed surface and underground mine near Quintette, British Columbia, Canada.

As of November 2023, there have been no recent updates on this project and it appears to be shelved. According to the company website, "The Huguenot Coal Project covers a total area of 7,592 ha and consists of one contiguous block of 13 coal licenses and two coal license applications that encompass previously explored deposits. The property is located approximately 140 road-km from the Quintette load-out and is amenable to open-pit mining."

The project originally included an underground mine, producing approximately 1.8 million tonnes per annum, and a surface mine producing 3.2 million tonnes.

In November 2019, the company's most recent study examined the prospect of an opencast only mine, with an average production of 2.7 million tonnes per annum, suggesting the underground project is shelved and capacity reduced.

While there have been no recent updates on this project, reports from the fiscal year ending July 31, 2022, reveal that coal license renewal fees were paid, suggesting that the mine project is still active.

• Operator: Colonial Coal International Corporation
• Owner: Colonial Coal International Corporation
• Location: Quintette, British Columbia, Canada
• GPS coordinates: 55.000742,-120.829716 (exact)
• Mine status: Proposed
• Start year: TBD
• Capacity: 0.7-3 million tonnes per annum, with average of 2.7 million tonnes.
• Mineable reserves: 397 million tonnes (with 277 million tonnes proven)
• Coal type: Metallurgical, bituminous
• Mine size: 7,592 hectares
• Mine type: Surface, open pit
• Number of employees:

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