URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr122607
Approval was given 1/7/2019 to relinquish 4sb from EPC 1073 to offset requirement for EPC 2268. 40% relinquishment was required from EPC 2268 at the end of year 8 (26/6/19). Although a nil relinquishment variation was requested and rejected, the required 18sb relinquishment offset variation was approved to relinquish 5sb from EPC 2268; 3sb from EPC 1029; 4sb from EPC 1073 and 6sb from 1212. Relinquishments from all 4 EPCs was approved 28/6/2019 effective 1/7/2019.
Exploration Permit (EPC) 1073 is located 10 km west of the town of Wowan, Queensland. EPC 1073 was granted to Fairway Coal Pty Ltd on the 29th November 2006, initially for a term of 5 years and over 190 sub-blocks. EPC 1073 has been renewed and has a current expiry date of 28 December 2021.
An application for Project Status for EPC 1073 and neighbouring EPC 1074 to the north was submitted and approved in 2012. The Project comprising EPC 1073 and EPC 1074 then became known as the “Bindaree Project”. During 2018, EPC 1074 was relinquished in full.
This report describes the exploration carried within the relinquished portion of EPC 1073, approved 1 July 2019, which consisted of a review of past exploration, data evaluation, and drilling of 2 holes within the 4 sub-blocks relinquished.