Pakar North Coal Mine

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Pakar North Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pakar North Coal Mine	Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia	0.576564, 116.019118 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	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
5.5	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	137.0	50.0*	–

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
911.0	–	–	Kutai	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Kangaroo Resources Pty Ltd [100%]	PT Bayan Resources Tbk [100.0%]	Indonesia

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

The Pakar North coal mine is a proposed open-pit coal mine, operated by Kangaroo Resources, a subsidiary of Bayan Resources, located in the Tabang concession, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Pakar North is part of the Kangaroo Resources (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayan Resources) Tabang Project. It consists of three coal mines in the exploration phase: Tiwa Abadi, Tanur Jaya and Dermaga Energi.

• Owner: Kangaroo Resources Limited
• Parent company: Bayan Resources
• Location: Tabang concession, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
• GPS coordinates: 0.576564, 116.019118
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 2020/2021
• Mineable reserves: 236 million tons
• Coal type: sub-bituminous
• Mine size: 13,784 hectacres
• Mine type: Surface
• Production:
• Additional proposed production:
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• Number of employees:

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