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Whitehaven busies itself at Vickery while awaiting extension approval

WHITEHAVEN Coal has completed site works under the existing 4.5 million tonnes per annum Vickery open cut mine in New South Wales to keep its consent in good standing as it awaits state government approval for the proposed Vickery extension project.

 Drilling at Whitehaven's Vickery extension project.

Drilling at Whitehaven's Vickery extension project.

A drilling program has also been undertaken to determine the line of oxidation in relation to the first coal seam to be exposed by the extension project. During the September quarter preliminary design...

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