NARRABRI UNDERGROUND MINE EXTENSION PROJECT

Whitehaven Coal’s About the Narrabri Underground with landholders, community information Mine Extension Project drop-in sessions and information Underground Mine is located mail outs. We’ll continue to work with Technological advancements have enabled approximately 30km south- a growing cross-section of groups and us to better understand the area and individuals, using a variety of tools and east of Narrabri, and 10km the coal resource. We are also now able approaches, as the project progresses. north-west of . to more efficiently extract coal, and it is in this context that we are applying The mine has been operating successfully for an extension of the existing Narrabri Next steps since 2012 and employs around 250 underground mine. The Extension Project The proposal must go through an people who live locally. As one of the is a proposal to extract coal to the south extensive State and Federal Government most productive underground mines in of the current mine within the existing approval process. We anticipate lodging Australia, Narrabri is currently approved Exploration Licence area, and via the an Environmental Impact Statement to produce 11 million tonnes per annum established surface infrastructure, using with the NSW Department of Planning of high quality thermal coal until 2031. the existing coal handling preparation & Environment in early 2020, which the plant, rail loop, box cut and offices. No new community will be able to review and About Whitehaven Coal major surface facilities will be constructed. provide comment on. Whitehaven Coal is proud to be Under the proposal, Whitehaven the leading Australian producer of WE ARE HERE high-efficiency, low emissions coal, and will continue extracting coal via the the dominant player in Australia’s only underground longwall mining method Gateway Certificate Application already being successfully used at the emerging high-quality coal basin. We help Request for Secretary’s Environmental mine. The extension involves continuing the power highly-developed and emerging Assessment Requirements (SEARs) existing southern longwall blocks into the economies in Asia where there is strong EPBC Act referral and growing demand for our product. adjacent Narrabri south exploration licence, owned by Whitehaven Coal. This will extend We operate six mines in the the approved life of the mine from 2031 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Basin in North West NSW to 2045, providing continued employment SEARs issued and have a reputation for excellence in for hundreds of people in the region. project delivery and safe, efficient and EIS Studies and preparation of EIS environmentally responsible operation. The extension of the longwall blocks will enable the mine to produce continually EIS lodged with DP&E We’re proudly local, and around 75% of for 12 months without the need for a our 2,000-strong workforce live in the longwall change out to occur, which is Lodgement of State Significant communities around our mine sites. when the longwall finishes mining an Development Application with DP&E We believe in helping communities area and is relocated to a new area. This grow, ensuring benefits flowing from relocation typically takes up to six weeks, Lodgement of Mining Lease Application our operations accrue locally. halting production. The proposal also (MLA) with Resources & Geoscience seeks to increase the mine’s production from 11 million tonnes per annum to Assessment of EIS and submissions by DP&E Fast facts 13 million tonnes per annum to account for some years where no change out occurs. Maintain hundreds of local jobs Minister for Planning or IPC We are also applying for an extension of determines application Support local families and the existing services infrastructure into If approved, Grant of Development businesses for years to come the southern area, and the construction Approval with conditions of new ventilation shafts and fan sites. Millions in NSW government Minister for Resources grants royalties to fund schools a Mining Lease (ML) and hospitals Community engagement No new pit top It is our responsibility and commitment Submission of Mining Operations to ensure the project meets all required Plan to Resources & Geoscience No new coal preparation plant approvals, which includes ensuring our Approvals and Licences obtained from No new rail loop project and approach align with local other NSW Government agencies community expectations. We do this No new access points through meaningful and transparent dialogue with stakeholders, and listening For more information, contact the to, and understanding, any concerns and Project Director on 02 6794 4184 or visit issues as they arise through interactions whitehavencoal.com.au/narrabri-mine

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Source: Orthophotos - Whitehaven Coal (2017); R.W. Corkery & Co Pty Ltd (2009); NSW Trade & Investment (2017); NCOPL (2019)

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