Rishore Coal Mine

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Rishore Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Rishore, Dewathang Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan, Dewathang Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rishore Coal Mine	Rishore, Dewathang Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan, Dewathang Gewog, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan	26.85191894, 91.45143986 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2021	2027 (planned)

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
0.025	0.04	2021	Surface	Open Pit	0.3	50.0*	336.0*

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
0.09826	2021	1.28	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	Other Industrial

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL)	Druk Holding and Investment Ltd [100.0%]	Bhutan

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

Rishore Coal Mine is an operating mine in Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan. The owner and operator of the mine is State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL), an enterprise of the Royal Government of Bhutan.

• Owner: State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL)
• Operator: Royal Government of Bhutan
• Location: Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
• GPS Coordinates: 26.85191894, 91.45143986 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 0.025 million tons
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Sub-Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Mining Method:
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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