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PACIFIC RESOURCES LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2015
Jul 29, 2015
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Date :
30 July 2015
To : Australian Securities Exchange Companies Announcement Office Electronic Lodgment System
Dear Sir
AMENDED ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2015
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ENERGY PROJECTS:
Coal Projects – General
The company has continued its drive towards rationalising holding costs following a review of the exploration permit portfolio in areas where coal project development would be very long term in the current industry environment. Five exploration permits for coal have been relinquished or allowed to expire in the quarter.
Permits in which Coalbank has identified a 1.3 billion tonnes inferred coal resource of thermal coal (reported in compliance with the JORC Code 2004) near Blackall in Queensland have been retained (Table 1)[1] .
Table 1: Summary of Coal Resources (EPC1719 and EPC1993)
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This information was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported.
The company has undertaken only desktop activities with no drilling in its permits in the quarter.
1 COALBANK ASX Release 20 June 2012: “Maiden Resource – 1.3 Billion Tonnes”.
COALBANK LIMITED ABN 20 075 877 075 Level 6 344 Queen Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 GPO Box 762 Brisbane Queensland 4001 Australia T +61 7 3229 6606 F +61 7 3221 6625 [email protected] www.coalbank.com
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Farm-in and Farm-out Arrangements
Beneficial percentage interests held in farm-in or farm-out agreements at end of the quarter -
Nil
Beneficial percentage interests in farm-in or farm-out agreements acquired or disposed of during the quarter -
Nil
Coalbank Projects - Tenement Portfolio Update
Mining tenements acquired and relinquished during the quarter and their location –
| Tenements Relinquished | Tenements Relinquished | Tenements Relinquished | Tenements Acquired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TENEMENT | PROJECT | INTEREST | TENEMENT | PROJECT | INTEREST |
| EPC 1786 | Dulbydilla | 0% | ATP 1072 | Charleville South | 100% |
| EPC 1623 | Bymount West | 0% | ATP 1095 | Augathella East | 100% |
| EPC 1481 | Augathella East | 0% | ATP 1098 | Morven South | 100% |
| EPC 1524 | Moreton South | 0% | |||
| EPC 2376 | Walloon West | 0% |
Mining tenements held at the end of the quarter and their locations are as follows:-
| TENEMENT | PROJECT | INTEREST | TENEMENT | PROJECT | INTEREST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPC 1414 | Maranoa River | 100% | EPC 1719 | Barcoo River/Blackall | 100% |
| EPC 1415 | Warrego | 100% | EPC 1993 | Blackall Sth Corner | 100% |
| EPC 1417 | Tambo East 1 | 100% | EPC 2239 | Coal Creek | 100% |
| EPC 1418 | Tambo East 2 | 100% | ATP 1072 | Charleville South | 100% |
| EPC 1625 | Alpha SW 2 | 100% | ATP 1095 | Augathella East | 100% |
| EPC 1632 | Tambo | 100% | ATP 1098 | Morven South | 100% |
CORPORATE ACTIVITIES:
Coalbank Limited ( ASX: CBQ ) announced on 10[th] November 2014 that it had entered into a Binding Terms Sheet with Zedemar Holdings Pty Ltd ( Zedemar ), a privately owned company, to acquire a 100% interest in ML 4712, known as Ebenezer Mine together with its associated assets and MDL 172 ( Project ). The parties agreed an extension until 18 February 2015 and a subsequent extension to 20 June 2015 for satisfaction of the Conditions Precedent under the Binding Terms Sheet.
As Coalbank has been unable to satisfy the Conditions Precedent on or before 20 June 2015, Coalbank announced to the market on 22[nd] June 2015 that the Binding Terms Sheet has expired.
Coalbank acquired 100% of the shares in Surat Gas Pty Limited during the quarter. On acquisition Surat Gas Pty Limited held ATP 1072 and in June 2015 ATPs 1095 and 1098
COALBANK LIMITED ABN 20 075 877 075 Level 6 344 Queen Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 GPO Box 762 Brisbane Queensland 4001 Australia T +61 7 3229 6606 F +61 7 3221 6625 [email protected] www.coalbank.com
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were granted. The acquisition provides Coalbank with the opportunities in the petroleum and gas sector. Surat Gas Pty Limited was previously owned by Coalbank Limited and sold in 2012.
The company continues to look for opportunities in resource related activities. These include acquisitions, joint ventures on current projects and commodity trading which would allow the company to improve its cash flow and provide further funds for development of projects.
Yours faithfully,
Anthony Chan – Chairman
Further information:
Andrew Fogg – Chief Executive Officer Bruce Patrick – Chief Operating Officer
Competent Person’s Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to the Resource Statement has been based on information compiled by Mr Rowan Johnson who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a Senior Geologist employed by McElroy Bryan Geological Services Pty Ltd (MBGS).
Mr Johnson has more than 30 years experience as a geologist in the resources industry and more than 15 years experience in the estimation of coal resources for coal projects and coal mines in Australia and overseas. This expertise has been acquired principally through exploration and evaluation assignments at operating coal mines and for coal exploration areas in Australia’s major coal basins and in other coal basins overseas. This experience is more than adequate to qualify him as a Competent Person for the purpose of Resource Reporting as defined in the 2004 edition of the JORC Code. Mr Johnson consents to the inclusion in this Quarterly Report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
COALBANK LIMITED
ABN 20 075 877 075 Level 6 344 Queen Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 GPO Box 762 Brisbane Queensland 4001 Australia T +61 7 3229 6606 F +61 7 3221 6625 [email protected] www.coalbank.com