Data as at 12 November 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 1978 · KESTREL
ML 1978 (KESTREL) is a Queensland mining lease held by KESTREL COAL RESOURCES PTY LTD (Yancoal Australia group). Status granted, granted 12 April 1990, expires 30 April 2041. 5,839 ha in the Bowen Basin area. Commodities: Coal. Environmental authority EPML00693413.
- Type
- Mining lease
Coal or oil shale - Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Yancoal Australia (known subsidiary)
- Project or name
- KESTREL
- Purpose
- mining coal; also stockpile (STKPIL), tailings or settling dam (TAILDM), transport (conveyor or vehicles) (TRANSP), workshop, machinery or storage (WORKSH)
- Lodged
- 6 February 1985
- Granted
- 12 April 1990
- Expires
- 30 April 2041
- Area
- 5,839.00 hectares (58.4 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Commodities
- Coal
- Native title
- Granted before 1 January 1994
- Previous references
- ML2251CLER
- Environmental authority
- EPML00693413 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 32 company reports, 10 boreholes within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -23.26525, 148.36236 (centre)
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