Lake Elphinstone coal project

The Lake Elphinstone coal project is an undeveloped coal deposit in Queensland in which Rio Tinto has a 82% interest.

In its 2009 Annual report Rio Tinto states that the project has 162 million tonnes of reserves of which 120 million tonnes are indicated and 42 million tonnes are inferred.

The project is located just to the west of Hail Creek.

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