The Bathurst Resources Ltd owned Takitimu Coal Mine, at Nightcaps, Southland. [File photo]Exploratory coal drilling in a council-owned forestry block has finished. Mining company New Brighton Collieries was granted exploratory access to the Southland District Council’s Ohai forestry block earlier this year. The block is next to the Takitimu Coal Mine. READ MORE:* Forest & Bird calls for judicial review of council decision* Potential scrap looming over coal expansion in Southland* Plans for extension of Southland coal mineThe last results were being input into the company’s software, and they had begun updating the geological models, he said.

Source: Stuff September 12, 2021 03:56 UTC