Mount Pleasant Project

Coal & Allied is currently conducting a full feasibility study into the development of the Mount Pleasant deposit, located adjacent to the Bengalla mine and four km from the town of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.

The proposed mine would produce up to 10.5 million tonnes of thermal coal for international markets.

Coal & Allied obtained an authority over the Mount Pleasant resource in 1992. Exploration, mining studies and an environmental impact statement (EIS) were completed in 1997 with development consent granted in 1999.

In 2007 a shopfront was opened at 19 Bridge Street Muswellbrook for engagement with the community.

Mount Pleasant is 100 per cent owned by Coal & Allied.

Coal & Allied has applied for a modification to the existing development consent for the Mount Pleasant Project to provide options that may reduce capital costs, allow more efficient operations and reduce the amount of vegetation cleared.

Approval is also being sought under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), which commenced after the State development consent was granted.