Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 70403 · CAVAL RIDGE WEST
ML 70403 (CAVAL RIDGE WEST) is a Queensland mining lease held by BHP COAL PTY LTD (BHP group). Status granted, granted 9 December 2010, expires 31 December 2031. 3,532 ha in the Bowen Basin area. Commodities: Coal. Environmental authority EPML00318213, EPML00562013.
- Type
- Mining lease
Coal or oil shale - Status
- Granted
- Holder
- BHP COAL PTY LTD
- Parent group
- BHP (name: BHP and BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) entities)
- Project or name
- CAVAL RIDGE WEST
- Purpose
- BRIDGE, INDUST, LOADFA, MW, POWERL, STKPIL, TAILDM, TPORT, TRANSP, TRPLNT, WORKSH, WTRMAN
- Lodged
- 16 October 2008
- Granted
- 9 December 2010
- Expires
- 31 December 2031
- Area
- 3,532.00 hectares (35.3 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Commodities
- Coal
- Native title
- 100% exclusive land
- Environmental authorities
- EPML00318213 Granted
EPML00562013 Granted - Geological Survey data
- 11 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -22.1568, 148.10947 (centre)