Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland exploration permit for coal
EPC 29071 · Hail Creek Central
EPC 29071 (Hail Creek Central) is a Queensland exploration permit for coal held by HAIL CREEK COAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED (Glencore group). Status granted, granted 18 March 2026, expires 17 March 2031. 2,232 ha in the Bowen Basin area. Commodities: Coal. Environmental authority P-EA-100696211.
- Type
- Exploration permit for coal
- Status
- Granted
- Parent group
- Glencore (subsidiary: Hail Creek (acquired from Rio Tinto in 2018))
- Project or name
- Hail Creek Central
- Lodged
- 14 December 2023
- Granted
- 18 March 2026
- Expires
- 17 March 2031
- Area
- 2,232.27 hectares (22.3 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Commodities
- Coal
- Native title
- Granted with Native Title Protection Conditions
- Environmental authority
- P-EA-100696211 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 72 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.41512, 148.30942 (centre)