Coal miner NSL Consolidated has received official approval of the first of four thermal coal exploration tenements for its Eromanga Basin operations in southwest Queensland.

 

The company’s four tenements cover  around 2,585 square kilometres in the coal rich area, with previous testing estimated an exploration target of between 6.6 billion and 18.7 billion tonnes of thermal coal.

 

The company expects to receive complete approval for its works during the third quarter of this year.