Data as at 2 October 2026 · from Queensland Government mining tenure registers
Queensland mining lease
ML 70493 · RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST
ML 70493 (RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST) is a Queensland mining lease held by BHP COAL PTY LTD (BHP group). Status granted, granted 16 November 2015, expires 30 November 2036. 745 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
- RIVERSIDE NORTHWEST
- Purpose
- LIVQTR, TAILDM, TPORT, TRPLNT, WORKSH, WTRMAN
- Lodged
- 17 December 2012
- Granted
- 16 November 2015
- Expires
- 30 November 2036
- Area
- 745.40 hectares (7.5 km²)
- Region
- Bowen Basin
- Commodities
- Coal
- Native title
- 100% exclusive land
- Environmental authority
- EPML00853413 Granted
- Geological Survey data
- 17 company reports within or naming this tenure
- Location
- -21.71373, 147.94214 (centre)