Hargreaves Serv Regulatory News (HSP)

HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC

(the "Group" or "Hargreaves")

Well Hill Surface Mine Planning Decision

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), the UK's leading supplier of solid fuels and bulk material logistics, is pleased to announce that Northumberland County Council has resolved to grant planning permission for the Well Hill Surface Mine, near Morpeth, subject to certain conditions and agreements.

The Well Hill site contains 130,000 tonnes of high quality coal which is planned to be extracted over a 2 year period.

Commenting on the planning decision, Chief Executive Gordon Banham said: "Although Well Hill is a small project, we are delighted to gain consent for our first site in Northumberland and to start to build on our success with the Tower project in South Wales."

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