Minyango Coking Coal Project

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Minyango Coking Coal Project is a cancelled coal mine in Blackwater, Queensland, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Minyango Coking Coal Project	Blackwater, Queensland, Australia	-23.497583, 148.807134 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	Announced	New	2026	–

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
6	–	–	Underground	Bord and Pillar	–	500*	*

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
78	–	190	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
QCoal	QCoal	Australia

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

Background

The Minyango coal project is a proposed underground coal mine operated by Bounty Mining Limited (Bounty), Q Coal, producing 6 million tonnes per annum, in Blackwater, Queensland, Australia. Q Coal will operate the mine. Bounty acquired Minyango coking coal project from the administrators of Caledon Resources in November 2018. In 2019, Australian privately owned coal mining firm QCoal has won control of the finances and future offtake arrangements for Australian coking coal firm Bounty Mining. The future of the project remains uncertain. After 4 years without an update the project is presumed cancelled.

• Sponsor:Bounty Mining Limited (Bounty
• Parent Company: Q Coal
• Location: Blackwater, Queensland, Australia
• GPS Coordinates: -23.497583, 148.807134 (approximate)
• Status: operating
• Production Capacity: 6 million tonnes
• Total Resource: 190 MT
• Mineable Reserves: 77.9 MT
• Coal type: bituminous
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: underground
• Mining Method: bord and pillar
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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