Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 70478 · GOONYELLA WEST NO 1
ML 70478 (GOONYELLA WEST NO 1) is a Queensland mining lease held by BHP COAL PTY LTD (BHP group). Status granted, granted 27 November 2015, expires 30 November 2036. 425 ha in the Bowen Basin area. Commodities: Coal. Environmental authority EPML00853413.
- 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
- GOONYELLA WEST NO 1
- Purpose
- LIVQTR, MW, POWERL, STKPIL, TAILDM, TPORT, TRANSP, WORKSH, WTRMAN
- Lodged
- 6 September 2012
- Granted
- 27 November 2015
- Expires
- 30 November 2036
- Area
- 425.23 hectares (4.3 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Commodities
- Coal
- Native title
- An agreement is reached under a "Section 31" deed
- Environmental authority
- EPML00853413 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 18 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.80407, 147.9459 (centre)