Southern Inland and South West Queensland
| Natalie Pears (Brisbane) |
Throughout March and April the CSG Projects team delivered a number of landholder CSG information sessions and property computer mapping workshops across Queensland. In the SIQ region in early March the team hosted CSG landholder information sessions in Wallumbilla and Roma with good turnouts at both.
A session in Injune was cancelled due to low numbers, however on the day of the cancelled session landholders who had not registered (and therefore could not be notified of the cancellation) attended the venue to discover the session was cancelled. This reinforces how important it is to register for our sessions - if we don’t receive the numbers we can’t justify the session. Had all interested parties registered, the session may not have been cancelled.
A Santos property tour that I was scheduled to attend was unfortunately cancelled due to wet weather. Santos has advised that they will be scheduling tours for May and June so if you have not yet seen CSG infrastructure working on-property, I encourage you to either contact myself or Santos directly to get on the list.
Significant coal discovery near Charleville
In April an Australian based coal mining company, International Coal, advised that it had identified significant coal reserves at its South Blackall project, near Charleville. According to a shareholder announcement the company was well placed to become a leading developer of coal resources in the Eromanga Basin region and was looking at infrastructure opportunities in the South Blackall area.
If you would like to find out who has tenure over your property please have a look at the Interactive Resource and Tenure Mapping Portal. We have also developed a user guide on how to use the IRTM portal as it is quite complex, but if you have difficulties accessing it please contact us and we can have a look for you.
New company – Senex
Another relatively new player on the horizon is Senex energy, an oil and gas exploration company. While most of their activities are taking place in the Cooper Basin, they also own four tenements in the Surat Basin and according to their website, are “undertaking an ambitious exploration program to unlock significant CSG reserves”.
Release of Santos SIMP
Santos has had its Social Impact Management Plan approved by the Queensland Government. This plan focuses on community impacts of mining in both the Gladstone and Maranoa regions. Highlights of the plan include expenditure on the following:
- $2.1 million to boost health and community services in the Gladstone and Maranoa Regions
- $50,000 for the Rural Fire Service
- $500,000 for local police
- $13.1 million for affordable housing projects
- Tambo - 22 May
- Augathella - 23 May
- Charleville - 24 May
- Taroom - 4 June
- Wandoan - 5 June
- Theodore - 6 June
If you have been approached by a resource company it is important you contact a legal professional. There are two legal representatives that will provide you with free of charge legal advice that is not means tested, so please use these resources: Glen Martin (pictured on right with CSG officer Natalie Pears) from Legal Aid - 4687 2934 or CQ Land Access Hotline - 1800 557 992.
See the legal advice page for more information.
