The well intersected 8.9 metres of coal over four separate, closely spaced intervals in the Castor Pollux reservoir.

Wireline testing was conducted on all four of the coal intervals, indicating good to excellent coal productivity at the location.

Mira 3 is the first in an eight-well program for the Mahalo joint venture and the first of four pilot wells in the Mira Field.

The well reached a total depth of 320m.

It is about 13km southeast of the Mahalo pilot area and about 250km west of Gladstone.

Production casing has been run and cemented in the Mira 3 well and it has been suspended as a future pilot production well.

The well will be completed for production this month, with tubing and a pump installed downhole.

The drilling rig is moving 500m southwest to the Mira 4 well location and is expected to spud that well shortly.

Mira 4 will be second pilot well drilled in the Mira field.

Comet Ridge has a 35% interest in ATP 337P. Stanwell Corporation has 5%, with an option to increase. Australia Pacific LNG has 30% and Santos QNT has 30%.