Table 64: Exploration expenditure
2022 actual |
2023 actual | 2024 planning1 | ||||||
| Project or mining operation | Number of drill holes | Total cost (Rm) |
Number of drill holes |
Drilling cost (Rm) |
Analysis and other costs (Rm) |
Total cost (Rm) |
Number of drill holes |
Total cost (Rm)2 |
| Grootegeluk | 72 | 12.6 | 41 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 34 | 23.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matla3 | 76 | 20.4 | 18 | 13.4 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 80 | 28.9 |
| Belfast | None | None | 51 | 1.4 | ||||
| Leeuwpan | 11 | 0.6 | None | 15 | 1.0 | |||
| Thabametsi project4 | 18 | 3.0 | None | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||
| Other (projects not | ||||||||
| reported on) | ||||||||
| Total | 177 | 36.6 | 59 | 20.9 | 10.7 | 32.1 | 180 | 55.0 |
| Moranbah South project | 4 | A$9.85m | 10 | A$4.023m | A$3.97m | A$8.0m | 9 | A$5.0m |
| (not under operational | ||||||||
| control)5 | ||||||||
| Mafube (not under operational control) | 191 | 11.2 | 182 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 12.5 | 163 | 14.1 |
| 1 | Non-committed. |
| 2 | Includes all associated exploration costs such as drilling, geophysics surveys and geotechnical, hydrogeological and metallurgical test work. Excludes personnel costs. |
| 3 | 2023 cost includes horizontal drilling. |
| 4 | Includes Resource studies. |
| 5 | Total cost includes the commencement of 33km2 3D seismic in 2023. This completion and three water monitoring holes are planned for 2024. |
Exploration results are outlined in the Ancillary section within the discussions of the individual operations. We did not conduct exploration in areas not included in the Coal Resource statement. Exploration plans are available on request from the group company secretary.
Buffer silo between Mine 1 and Matla power station
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