Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 70287 · GOONYELLA TAILINGS AREA
ML 70287 (GOONYELLA TAILINGS AREA) is a Queensland mining lease held by BHP COAL PTY LTD (BHP group). Status granted (renewal lodged), granted 23 November 2006, expires 30 November 2026. 471 ha in the Bowen Basin area. Environmental authority EPML00853413.
- Type
- Mining lease
Coal or oil shale - Status
- Granted (renewal lodged)
- Holder
- BHP COAL PTY LTD
- Parent group
- BHP (name: BHP and BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) entities)
- Project or name
- GOONYELLA TAILINGS AREA
- Purpose
- ESF, ESY, ETL, MW, STKPIL, TAILDM, WORKSH, WTRMAN
- Lodged
- 3 December 2001
- Granted
- 23 November 2006
- Expires
- 30 November 2026
- Area
- 471.00 hectares (4.7 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Native title
- 100% exclusive land
- Environmental authority
- EPML00853413 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 18 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.81186, 147.94836 (centre)