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Cuesta joins forces with Hancock

CUESTA Coal has announced a joint venture with Hancock Prospecting in Queensland.

Staff Reporter

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The tenement EPC 2080 has been granted and is part of the Snake Creek joint venture between Cuesta and Queensland Coal Investments (QCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting.

Cuesta has a portfolio of six key projects in the western Bowen, Surat/Clarence, Moreton and Galilee coal basins in Queensland.

Another application for adjoining tenement EPCA 2079 is being processed.

Under the terms of the agreement, QCI is able to earn up to a 51% interest in the two tenements through the expenditure of $3 million on exploration, in two stages.

QCI can earn 25% interest through the staged development and expenditure of $1.5 million and a further 26% through the expenditure of a further $1.5 million.

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