Each
family owns a 50% share in the business,
making Bickham Coal Company a wholly
Australian and Hunter Valley owned
and managed
company.
Bickham Coal Company
holds exploration licences approximately
12km south-east of Murrurundi where
a resource of 45-50 million tonnes
of thermal coal has been identified.
Land
was purchased in the area of exploration
in 2002 and from a pocket of that land
a bulk sample of 25,000 tonnes of coal
was extracted and shipped to Japan
in 2004.
Key personnel playing
integral roles during and since the
2004 bulk sample can be viewed <here>.
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