As of 28 July 2014 there are 14 mining leases (MLs) under application in the Galilee subregion that relate to proposed coal mine developments (Figure 10 and Table 5). Mining leases for coal have yet to be granted for these applications. In addition, there are six mineral development licences (MDLs) for coal projects, and a further three MDLs that are under application (Table 6). Refer to Appendix A2 of this report for information about these different types of mining development tenements.
Table 5 Mining lease applications for proposed coal mines in Galilee Basin, July 2014
Source data: Queensland DNRM (2014b). Project names are as listed in the source dataset.
Table 6 Mineral development licences for coal projects in Galilee Basin, July 2014
Source data: Queensland DNRM (2014c). Project names are mostly as listed in the source dataset. Mineral development licences in this table that do not have a granted date signify that the tenement is an application
The 14 mining lease applications cover the six most-advanced coal mining development projects proposed for the Galilee Basin (in terms of the statutory government approvals process); these being the Alpha, Kevin’s Corner, China First, Carmichael, South Galilee, and China Stone coal projects. In some cases, there are multiple mining lease applications that cover the same project area, for example China Stone and Carmichael (Table 5). Additional to these six advanced projects, mining lease applications also exist for two less advanced (that is, not yet at environmental impact statement stage) development projects, namely North Alpha and Clyde Park. Further details about each of these proposed developments are in Section 1.2.3.1 of this report.
Figure 10 Mining leases and mineral development licences in the Galilee subregion, July 2014
Source data: Queensland DNRM (2014b and 2014c). Only mining leases and mineral development licences related to coal projects in the Galilee subregion are labelled.
