Bickham Site Statistics

The following is statistical information about the potential mine site at South Bickham. It was gathered to assess the potential for an open cut coal mine at the site.

Bickham Coal Company has been carrying out various environmental studies, particularly on water usage and management for the life of a mine.

Location: 12km south-east of Murrurundi and 25km north of Scone
District: Upper Hunter Shire (previously Murrurundi, Merriwa and Scone Shires)
Land area: 1,154 hectares
Exploration Licences held: EL5888 and EL5306
Bore holes: 115 in total

• 2 Water Bores,
• 200mm diameter, seams cored
• 13 Fully cored bores
• 68 open holes, geophysically logged
• 32 Water piezometers
• Further Investigations continuing

Geophysical investigations:

• Ground Magnetic Intensity
• Surveys Seismic Surveys

Geology:

• Seams dip @ 1:4 (14°) North West
• East and West Pits divided by structural anomaly
• Subcrop deeply weathered at Low wall

Original Open Cut Resources:	Proposed Open Cut Resources:
East Pit: 2.4km x 1.0km; 30.1 Mt @ 6.27:1 West Pit: 2.0km x 0.5km; 16.6 Mt @ 7.71:1 Total: 46.7 million tonnes @ 6.8:1 No low ratio subcrop coal at low wall	East Pit: 2.0km x 0.8km; 22.0 Mt @ 5.5:1 West Pit: 2.0km x 0.5km; 14.3 Mt @ 8:1 Total: 36.3 million tonnes @ 6.5:1 No low ratio subcrop coal at low wall

The image below demonstrates the BCC Exploration License area (red), purchased Bickham land (purple) and a footprint of the Conceptual Open Cut Excavation (green).