Duaringa Coal Project
MCG Resources was granted EPC1401 on 29 April 2009.
Duaringa in Central Queensland, within the Central Highlands Regional local government
area. It is immediately east and west of EPC881 held by Independent Coal Pty Ltd, a
company 100% owned by Cockatoo Coal Pty Ltd.
The Capricorn Highway lies approximately 1km north the tenement. Access to the
tenement area from the north is from the Fitzroy Developmental Road and the Capricorn
Highway near Duaringa. A high capacity rail corridor also exists approximately 1km north
the tenement, connecting through to Gladstone. The distance from the tenement to the
port facility is approximately 220km.
Figure 4 – EPC1401 Locality Map
Geology
Geological Structure and SettingEPC1401 is situated on the eastern flank of the Mimosa Syncline where complex faulting
and folding is known to occur.
Stratigraphy
The area is covered by upper permian and triassic sediments unconformably overlain by
Tertiary sandstones. Other key aspects of the regional geology include permian age
Rangal Coal Measures which trend in a north-west south-east direction.
