RE: Chapudi Mining rights granted11 Dec 2018 05:29
Chapudi Project - Mining Right Granted
MC Mining Limited
Previously Coal of Africa Limited
(Incorporated and registered in Australia)
Registration number ABN 008 905 388
ISIN AU000000MCM9
JSE share code: MCZ
ASX/AIM code: MCM
ANNOUNCEMENT 11 December 2018
CHAPUDI PROJECT - MINING RIGHT GRANTED
MC Mining Limited (“MC Mining" or the “Company”) is pleased to announce
that the South African Department of Mineral Resources (“DMR”) has
granted a mining right for its 74% owned Chapudi coking and thermal
coal project (“Chapudi Project”) in the Limpopo province. The Chapudi
Project, together with the Mopane and Generaal Projects, comprise the
Company’s longer-term Greater Soutpansberg Project (“GSP”) situated
in the Soutpansberg Coalfield.
The GSP is located within close proximity to the Musina-Makhado
Special Economic Zone (“SEZ”), an area designated by government to
focus on amongst others, energy and metallurgical processing.
The Chapudi mining right is the first of the three GSP mining right
applications to be granted; these applications were submitted to the
DMR during 2013. The Chapudi Project alone contains over 6.3 billion
gross tonnes in situ of inferred coal resources1 and supports MC
Mining’s strategy to be a substantial producer of hard coking coal,
used in the steel manufacturing process and typically attracting a
significantly higher sales price compared to thermal coal.
David Brown, MC Mining’s Chief Executive Officer commented:
“The granting of the mining right for the Chapudi Project is a key
step in unlocking value from MC Mining’s significant coking and
thermal coal assets and positions the GSP to be a potential long-term
coal supplier to the planned Musina-Makhado SEZ. The Mopane and
Generaal Project mining right applications are at an advanced stage
and we anticipate that these will be granted in the near future.
Following this, the Company will commence with the various studies
required for the outstanding water and environmental regulatory
approvals.
We continue to advance our flagship Makhado hard coking and thermal
coal project and the November 2018 agreement to acquire the Lukin and
Salaita properties facilitates the completion of geotechnical and
related infrastructure studies for the proposed colliery. Further,
recent Makhado Project milestones include the conclusion of a hard
coking coal off-take agreement while negotiations for the remaining
hard coking coal as well as the thermal coal and funding initiatives