Ridgelands ELA
Ridgelands Coal ELA
23/8/11 No further information available on progress of Ridgelands Coal Pty Ltd application. Consortium consists of more than OGL & QinHe. It appears to be a speculative application by a shelf company that is backdooring it to 100% foreign investors - could simply be a vehicle for onselling to XTA at a profit as has become the fashion in Grubville NSW.
18/8/2011 Freedom of Information request reveals that Ridgelands ELA was put out to tender AT THE WHIM of Disgraced former ALP Minister Ian MacDonald. Shame Shame.
22/5/2011 Application approval delayed by 60 day moratorium on issue of all new licences by NSW Government
6/5/2011 Botai on invitation formally apply for an exploration licence Ridgelands Coal. ELA number given 4244.
10/2010 The Ridgelands EOI process "is still ongoing and no exploration licence application has been made over the area nor has any exploration licence been granted to any party over the area in question." Dept Industry & Investment NSW
16/4/2010 Botai Corrects false claim to ASX
12/4/10 BOTAI INCORRECTLY CLAIM AWARD OF RIDGELANDS COAL EXPLORATION LEASE to ASX
12/4/10 The Ridgelands EOI process "is still ongoing and no exploration licence application has been made over the area nor has any exploration licence been granted to any party over the area in question." Dept Industry & Investment NSW
30/3/10 "Chinese company Botai Consortium, in conjunction with the Qinhe Energy, has recently won by open tender the rights to own the major Ridgelands coal lease west of Newcastle from the New South Wales Government."
6/2009 Ridgelands Coal ELA Tender Re-opened
- Re-Released Ridgelands Coal ELA document re-offered for exploration and mining by tender (June 2009) by the Director-General, NSW Dept Primary Industries, The tenderers for the Ridgelands Coal Mining Exploration Lease were Xstrata NSW and BoTai Consortium (Botai Investment Group Co Ltd 70% and Qinhe Energy Group Co Ltd 30%),
- Mayor Martin Rush and Muswellbrook Shire Council objected to the tender of Ridgelands ELA on 16 December 2009.
- The Ridgelands Coal Mining Exploration Lease REMAINS UNALLOCATED AT 6 Feb 2010,
22/04/09 Ridgelands Coal ELA
The Ridgelands Coal Mining Titles were held and offered for exploration and mining by tender (Dec 2008) by the Director-General, NSW Dept Primary Industries, The single tenderer for the Ridgelands Coal Mining Exploration Lease was Xstrata Plc., The Ridgelands Coal Mining Exploration Lease was NOT allocated (Fri 13th March 2009), The Ridgelands Coal Mining Titles were retained by the Director-General, NSW Dept Primary Industries.
22/4/09 Ridgelands Petroleum Exploration Lease Area
- The Petroleum Exploration Lease Allocated to Sydney Gas (PEL4) remains ACTIVE
- Commercial exploitation of coal bed methane gas in the Ridgelands ELA also remains a threat.
12/2008 Ridgelands Coal Tendered out by NSW Government.
Related Document
- Botai Correction 160410
Botai Correction of false claim to Ridgelands ELA (142kb pdf file)
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