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Coronado Global Resources Inc.
Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves for the
Buchanan Mine Complex in Accordance with
the JORC Code and United States SEC Regulation S-K 1300 as of December 31, 2022
Central Appalachian Coal Basin
Virginia, USA
February 2023
Prepared for:
Coronado Global Resources Inc.
100 Bill Baker Way
Beckley, West
 
Virginia 25801
Prepared by:
MARSHALL MILLER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
582 Industrial Park Road
Bluefield, Virginia
 
24605
www.mma1.com
 
 
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Statement of Use and Preparation
This
 
Technical
 
Report
 
Summary
 
(
TRS
)
 
was
 
prepared
 
by
Marshall
 
Miller
 
&
 
Associates,
 
Inc.
(
MM&A
)
 
for
 
the
 
sole
 
use
 
of
Coronado
 
Global
 
Resources
 
Inc.
 
(
Coronado
)
and
 
its
 
affiliated
and
 
subsidiary
 
companies
 
and
 
advisors.
 
Copies or
 
references
 
to
 
information
 
in this
 
report
may not be used without the written permission of Coronado.
This
 
report
 
provides
 
a
 
statement
 
of
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
for
 
Coronado,
 
as
defined
 
under
 
the
Australasian
 
Code
 
for
 
Reporting
 
of
 
Exploration
 
Results,
 
Mineral
Resources
 
and
 
Ore
 
Reserves
(
JORC
 
Code
)
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
under
 
Subpart
 
1300
 
of
 
Regulation
 
S-K
(Regulation S-K 1300)
 
promulgated by
the
United States Securities
 
and Exchange Commission
(
SEC
)
.
 
Subject to the comments below,
 
this report was also prepared
 
in accordance with the
Australasian
 
Code
 
for
 
Public
 
Reporting
 
of
 
Technical
 
Assessments
 
and
 
Valuations
 
of
Mineral Assets
(
VALMIN Code
).
 
The
 
statement
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
information
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
and
 
reviewed
 
by
Qualified
Persons
 
(
QPs
) who are full-time employees of MM&A.
As
 
noted
 
above,
 
this
 
report
 
is
 
a
 
“Public
 
Report”
 
for
 
the
 
purposes
 
of
 
the
 
VALMIN
 
Code.
 
However,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
paragraph
 
12.1
 
of
 
the
 
VALMIN
 
Code,
 
it
 
is
 
noted
 
that
 
this
report is
 
not a “Valuation
 
of Mineral
 
Assets” and it
 
also does not
 
comply with
 
the following
requirements that apply to “Technical
 
Assessments” (as defined in the VALMIN Code):
This report does not include a determination of the status of tenure (as required
 
by
paragraph 7.2 of the VALMIN
 
Code) on the basis that tenure was separately reviewed
 
by
Coronado’s legal
 
advisors.
This report does not
 
include separate commentary
 
on the reasonableness and quality
 
of the
Resources
 
and
 
Reserves
 
estimates
 
and
 
the
 
basis
 
on
 
which
 
they
 
have
 
been
 
reported
 
(as
required
 
by
 
paragraph
 
7.3
 
of
 
the
 
VALMIN
 
Code).
 
MM&A
 
did
 
not
 
consider
 
that
 
this
 
was
appropriate
 
in
 
circumstances
 
where
 
MM&A
 
was
 
engaged
 
for
 
the
 
specific
 
purpose
 
of
preparing
 
those
 
estimates.
 
However,
 
MM&A
 
notes
 
that,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
its
 
usual
practice,
 
a separate
 
team of
 
MM&A employees
 
undertook a
 
peer review
 
of this
 
report and
confirmed
 
that
 
both
 
the
 
process
 
followed
 
by
 
the
 
authors
 
of
 
this
 
report
 
and
 
the
 
estimates
prepared were reasonable and comply with the requirements
 
of the JORC Code.
 
 
 
 
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The
 
information
 
in
 
this
 
TRS
 
related
 
to
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
reserves
 
is
 
based
 
on,
 
and
 
fairly
represents,
 
information
 
compiled by
 
the QPs.
 
At
 
the time
 
of reporting,
 
MM&A’s
 
QPs have
sufficient
 
experience
 
relevant
 
to
 
the
 
style
 
of
 
mineralization
 
and
 
type
 
of
 
deposit
 
under
consideration
 
and
 
to
 
the
 
activity
 
they
 
are
 
undertaking
 
to
 
qualify
 
as
 
a
 
QP
 
as
 
defined
 
by
Regulation S-K
 
1300 and the
 
JORC Code.
 
Each QP
 
consents to
 
the inclusion in
 
this report
 
of
the matters based on their information
 
in the form and context in which it appears.
Marshall
 
Miller &
 
Associates,
 
Inc. (
MM&A
)
 
hereby
 
consents
 
to the
 
use of
 
the information
contained
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
dated
 
December
 
31,
 
2022,
 
relating
 
to
 
estimates
 
of
 
coal
 
resources
and coal reserves controlled by Coronado.
 
Qualified Person:
/s/ Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc.
Date:
February 15, 2023
 
 
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Table
 
of
 
Contents
1
Executive Summary ................................................................
 
................................
 
................1
1.1
Property Description .........................................................................................................
 
1
1.2
Ownership .........................................................................................................................
 
2
1.3
Geology
 
..............................................................................................................................
 
2
1.4
Exploration Status .............................................................................................................
 
2
1.5
Operations and Development ...........................................................................................
 
3
1.6
Mineral Resource ..............................................................................................................
 
3
1.7
Mineral Reserve ................................................................................................................
 
3
1.8
Capital Summary ...............................................................................................................
 
4
1.9
Operating Costs .................................................................................................................
 
5
1.10
Economic Evaluation .........................................................................................................
 
6
1.10.1
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis ...........................................................................
 
8
1.10.2
Sensitivity Analysis ..............................................................................................
 
9
1.11
Permitting
 
..........................................................................................................................
 
9
1.12
Conclusion and Recommendations
 
...................................................................................
 
9
2
Introduction
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
.........................
 
10
2.1
Registrant and Terms
 
of Reference
 
.................................................................................
 
10
2.2
Information Sources ........................................................................................................
 
10
2.3
Personal Inspections .......................................................................................................
 
11
3
Property Description ................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
............
 
12
3.1
Location ...........................................................................................................................
 
12
3.2
Titles, Claims or Leases
 
....................................................................................................
 
12
3.3
Mineral Rights .................................................................................................................
 
12
3.4
Encumbrances .................................................................................................................
 
13
3.5
Other Risks.......................................................................................................................
 
13
4
Accessibility, Climate,
 
Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
 
..............................
 
13
4.1
Topography,
 
Elevation, and Vegetation ..........................................................................
 
13
4.2
Access and Transport ......................................................................................................
 
13
4.3
Proximity to Population Centers .....................................................................................
 
14
4.4
Climate and Length of Operating Season
 
........................................................................
 
14
4.5
Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................
 
14
5
History ................................................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
.
 
15
5.1
Previous Operation
 
..........................................................................................................
 
15
5.2
Previous Exploration .......................................................................................................
 
15
6
Geological Setting, Mineralization and Deposit ................................................................
 
.....
 
15
6.1
Regional, Local and Property Geology ............................................................................
 
15
6.2
Mineralization .................................................................................................................
 
16
 
 
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6.3
Deposits
 
...........................................................................................................................
 
16
7
Exploration................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...........................
 
17
7.1
Nature and Extent of Exploration ...................................................................................
 
17
7.2
Non-Drilling Procedures and Parameters
 
.......................................................................
 
19
7.3
Drilling Procedures ..........................................................................................................
 
20
7.4
Hydrology ........................................................................................................................
 
20
7.5
Geotechnical Data ...........................................................................................................
 
20
8
Sample Preparation, Analyses and Security ................................
 
................................
 
..........
 
21
8.1
Prior to Sending to the Lab
 
..............................................................................................
 
21
8.2
Lab Procedures
 
................................................................................................................
 
21
9
Data Verification ................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
..................
 
22
9.1
Procedures of Qualified Person ......................................................................................
 
22
9.2
Limitations
 
.......................................................................................................................
 
22
9.3
Opinion of Qualified Person
 
............................................................................................
 
22
10
Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing
 
................................
 
................................
 
.......
 
22
10.1
Testing
 
Procedures
 
..........................................................................................................
 
22
10.2
Relationship of Tests
 
to the Whole
 
.................................................................................
 
23
10.3
Lab Information
 
...............................................................................................................
 
23
10.4
Relevant Results ..............................................................................................................
 
24
11
Mineral Resource Estimates
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
.
 
24
11.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methodology..................................................................
 
24
11.1.1
Geostatistical Analysis for Classification ...........................................................
 
26
11.2
Qualified Person’s
 
Estimates
 
...........................................................................................
 
28
11.3
Resources Exclusive of Reserves .....................................................................................
 
29
11.3.1
Initial Economic Assessment
 
.............................................................................
 
29
11.4
Qualified Person’s
 
Opinion
 
..............................................................................................
 
30
12
Mineral Reserve Estimates ................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...
 
30
12.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methodology..................................................................
 
30
12.2
Qualified Person’s
 
Estimates
 
...........................................................................................
 
32
12.3
Qualified Person’s
 
Opinion
 
..............................................................................................
 
33
13
Mining Methods
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...................
 
33
13.1
Geotech and Hydrology
 
...................................................................................................
 
33
13.2
Production Rates .............................................................................................................
 
34
13.3
Mining Related Requirements
 
........................................................................................
 
35
13.4
Required Equipment and Personnel ...............................................................................
 
35
14
Processing and Recovery Methods
 
................................
 
................................
 
........................
 
36
14.1
Description or Flowsheet ................................................................................................
 
36
14.2
Requirements for Energy,
 
Water,
 
Material and Personnel ............................................
 
36
15
Infrastructure
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
.......................
 
36
 
 
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16
Market Studies
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
.....................
 
37
16.1
Market Description
 
..........................................................................................................
 
37
16.2
Price Forecasts
 
.................................................................................................................
 
38
16.3
Contract Requirements ...................................................................................................
 
38
17
Environmental Studies, Permitting and Plans, Negotiations or Agreements
 
with Local
Individuals
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...................
 
39
17.1
Results of Studies ............................................................................................................
 
39
17.2
Requirements and Plans for Waste
 
Disposal ..................................................................
 
39
17.3
Permit Requirements and Status ....................................................................................
 
39
17.4
Local Plans, Negotiations or Agreements .......................................................................
 
40
17.5
Mine Closure Plans
 
..........................................................................................................
 
40
17.6
Qualified Person’s
 
Opinion
 
..............................................................................................
 
41
18
Capital and Operating Costs
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
..
 
41
18.1
Capital Cost Estimate.......................................................................................................
 
41
18.2
Operating Cost Estimate .................................................................................................
 
42
19
Economic Analysis ................................................................
 
................................
 
................
 
43
19.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methods .........................................................................
 
43
19.2
Results .............................................................................................................................
 
45
19.3
Sensitivity ........................................................................................................................
 
47
20
Adjacent Properties
 
................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
..............
 
48
20.1
Information Used ............................................................................................................
 
48
21
Other Relevant Data and Information ................................................................
 
...................
 
48
22
Interpretation and Conclusions
 
................................
 
................................
 
.............................
 
49
22.1
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................
 
49
22.2
Risk Factors
 
......................................................................................................................
 
49
22.2.1
Governing Assumptions ....................................................................................
 
50
22.2.2
Limitations
 
.........................................................................................................
 
50
22.2.3
Methodology
 
.....................................................................................................
 
50
22.2.4
Development of the Risk Matrix .......................................................................
 
51
22.2.5
Categorization of Risk Levels and Color Code Convention ...............................
 
53
22.2.6
Description of the Coal Property ......................................................................
 
53
22.2.7
Summary of Residual Risk Ratings ....................................................................
 
53
22.2.8
Risk Factors........................................................................................................
 
54
23
Recommendations ................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...............
 
60
24
References ................................
 
................................
 
................................
 
...........................
 
60
25
Reliance on Information Provided by the Registrant
 
................................
 
.............................
 
60
F
IGURES
(
IN
R
EPORT
)
Figure 1-1:
 
Coronado Buchanan Mine Complex Property Location Map
 
...........................................
 
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Figure 1-2:
 
CAPEX
 
................................................................................................................................
 
5
Figure 1-3:
 
OPEX
 
..................................................................................................................................
 
6
Figure 1-4:
 
Sensitivity of NPV
 
..............................................................................................................
 
9
Figure 6-1:
 
Buchanan Stratigraphic Column .....................................................................................
 
16
Figure 7-1: Buchanan Cross-Section, A1 – A2
 
....................................................................................
 
18
Figure 7-2: Buchanan Cross-Section, B1 – B2 ....................................................................................
 
19
Figure 11-1:
 
Histogram of the Total
 
Seam Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam Present in the
Buchanan Mine Complex
 
................................................................................................
 
26
Figure 11-2:
 
Scatter plot of the Total
 
Seam Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam Present in
the Buchanan Mine Complex .........................................................................................
 
26
Figure 11-3: Variogram
 
of the Total
 
Seam Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam
 
Present in the
Buchanan Mine Complex
 
................................................................................................
 
27
Figure 11-4: Result of DHSA for the Pocahontas
 
No. 3 Seam Present in the Buchanan Mine
Complex ..........................................................................................................................
 
28
Figure 11-5:
 
Results of Initial Economic Assessment
 
........................................................................
 
30
Figure 15-1:
 
Buchanan Surface
 
Facilities ..........................................................................................
 
37
Figure 18-1:
 
CAPEX
 
............................................................................................................................
 
41
Figure 19-1:
 
Cash Costs per Tonne
 
...................................................................................................
 
45
Figure 19-2:
 
Sensitivity of NPV
 
..........................................................................................................
 
48
T
ABLES
(
IN
R
EPORT
)
Table 1-1:
 
Coal Resources Summary as of December 31, 2022 .........................................................
 
3
Table 1-2:
 
Coal Summary (ROM (Moist)) as of December 31, 2022
 
...................................................
 
4
Table 1-3:
 
Coal Reserves Summary (Marketable Sales Basis) as of December 31, 2022 ...................
 
4
Table 1-4:
 
Life-of-Mine Tonnage,
 
P&L before Tax,
 
and EBITDA .........................................................
 
7
Table 1-5:
 
Project Cash Flow Summary (000)
 
.....................................................................................
 
7
Table 2-1:
 
Information Provided to MM&A by Coronado ................................................................
 
11
Table 11-1:
 
General Reserve and Resource Criteria .........................................................................
 
25
Table 11-2:
 
DHSA Results Summary for Radius from a Central Point
 
..............................................
 
28
Table 11-3:
 
Coal Resources Summary as of December 31, 2022 .....................................................
 
29
Table 11-4:
 
Results of Initial Economic Assessment
 
.........................................................................
 
30
Table 12-1:
 
Coal ROM (Moist) Summary as of December 31, 2022
 
.................................................
 
32
Table 12-2:
 
Coal Reserves Summary (Marketable Sales Basis) as of December 31, 2022 ...............
 
33
Table 13-1:
 
Summary of Production by Year (Tonnes
 
x 1,000) ........................................................
 
35
Table 16-1:
 
Quality Specifications by Product ..................................................................................
 
38
Table 17-1:
 
Buchanan Mining Permit ...............................................................................................
 
40
Table 18-1:
 
Estimated Coal Production Taxes
 
and Sales Costs
 
.........................................................
 
43
Table 18-2:
 
Buchanan Mine Operating Costs ...................................................................................
 
43
Table 19-1:
 
Life-of-Mine Tonnage,
 
P&L before Tax,
 
and EBITDA .....................................................
 
45
Table 19-2:
 
Summary of Buchanan Key Financial Performance Metrics (2023-2030) .....................
 
46
Table 19-3:
 
Project Cash Flow Summary (000)
 
.................................................................................
 
47
Table 22-1:
 
Probability Level Table ...................................................................................................
 
51
Table 22-2:
 
Consequence Level Table
 
...............................................................................................
 
52
Table 22-3:
 
Risk Matrix .....................................................................................................................
 
53
Table 22-4:
 
Risk Assessment Matrix .................................................................................................
 
54
Table 22-5:
 
Geological and Coal Resource Risk Assessment (Risks 1 and 2)
 
....................................
 
55
Table 22-6:
 
Environmental (Risks 3 and 4) .......................................................................................
 
56
Table 22-7:
 
Regulatory Requirements (Risk 5) .................................................................................
 
56
 
 
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Table 22-8:
 
Market and Transportation
 
(Risk 6)
 
...............................................................................
 
57
Table 22-9:
 
Market and Transportation
 
(Risk 7)
 
...............................................................................
 
57
Table 22-10:
 
Methane Management (Risk 8) ...................................................................................
 
58
Table 22-11:
 
Mine Fires (Risk 9)
 
........................................................................................................
 
58
Table 22-12:
 
Availability of Supplies and Equipment (Risk 10)
 
.........................................................
 
59
Table 22-13:
 
Labor – Work Stoppage (Risk 11)
 
.................................................................................
 
59
Table 22-14:
 
Labor – Retirement (Risk 12) .......................................................................................
 
60
Table 25-1:
 
Information from Registran
 
t
 
Relied Upon by MM&A ...................................................
 
60
Appendices
A ..........................................................................................................................
 
MM&A Qualifications
B ......................................................................................................................................................
 
Map
C ................................................................................................................................
 
Glossary of Terms
D .....................................................
 
Initial Economic Assessment for Resources Exclusive
 
of Reserves
E
 
.........................................................................................................................................
 
JORC Table
 
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Executive Summary
1.1
Property Description
Coronado
 
Global
 
Resources
 
Inc.
 
(
Coronado
)
authorized
Marshall
 
Miller
 
&
 
Associates,
 
Inc.
(
MM&A
)
to
 
prepare
 
this
 
Technical
 
Report
 
Summary
 
(
TRS
)
 
of
 
its
 
controlled
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
reserves
 
located
 
at
 
the
Buchanan
 
Division
 
(
Buchanan
)
 
in
 
Buchanan
 
and
 
Tazewell
 
Counties,
Virginia
 
(the
Property
).
 
An
 
updated
 
TRS
 
was
 
prepared
 
in
 
February
 
2023
 
due
 
to
 
material
differences
 
in the key
 
financial modifying factors
 
including coal
 
sales price assumptions,
 
operating
costs
 
and
 
capital
 
costs
 
from
 
December
 
31,
 
2021
 
to
 
December
 
31,
 
2022.
 
Coal
 
sales
 
price
assumptions are discussed in
 
Sections 12 and 16
 
of the TRS, while operating costs
 
and capital costs
are discussed in
Sections 18 and 19
 
of the TRS.
 
This report provides
 
a statement
 
of coal resources
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
for
 
Coronado,
 
as
 
defined
 
under
 
the
Australasian
 
Code
 
for
 
Reporting
 
of
Exploration
 
Results,
 
Mineral
 
Resources
 
and
 
Ore
 
Reserves
(
JORC
 
Code
)
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
under
 
Subpart
1300
 
of
 
Regulation
 
S-K
 
(Regulation
 
S-K
 
1300)
 
promulgated
 
by
 
the
United
 
States
 
Securities
 
and
Exchange
 
Commission (
SEC
)
.
 
This report
 
was also
 
prepared
 
in accordance
 
with the
Australasian
Code
 
for
 
Public
 
Reporting
 
of
 
Technical
 
Assessments
 
and
 
Valuations
 
of
 
Mineral
 
Assets
(
VALMIN
Code
).
Coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
are
 
herein
 
reported
 
in
 
imperial
 
units
 
of
 
measurement
 
and
 
are
rounded to millions of metric tonnes (
Mt
).
 
The
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine
 
Complex
 
is
 
located
 
in
 
Buchanan
 
County
 
in
 
southwest
 
Virginia.
 
The
Property
 
is
 
24
 
kilometers
 
northwest
 
of
 
the
 
town
 
of
 
Richlands,
 
Virginia
 
and
 
65.9
 
kilometers
southeast
 
of
 
Pikeville,
 
Kentucky.
 
The
 
nearest
 
major
 
population
 
centers
 
are
 
Lexington,
 
Kentucky
(290 kilometers northwest)
 
and Roanoke, Virginia
 
(153 kilometers northeast) (see
Figure 1-1
).
 
The
Property
 
is
 
composed
 
of
 
approximately
 
33,577
 
total
 
hectares,
 
of
 
which
 
25,852
 
are
 
leased
 
or
subleased
 
from
 
private
 
landholders
 
under
 
approximately
 
150
 
individual
 
coal
 
lease
 
tracts,
 
and
7,725
 
hectares
 
are
 
owned
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
Subject
 
to
 
Coronado’s
 
exercising
 
its
 
renewal
 
rights
thereunder,
 
all the leases
 
expire upon
 
exhaustion of
 
the relevant
 
coal reserves,
 
which is expected
to occur in 2044.
 
 
 
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Figure 1-1:
 
Coronado Buchanan Mine Complex Property Location Map
1.2
Ownership
The
 
Property
 
was
 
formerly
 
controlled
 
by
Consolidation
 
Coal
 
Company
 
(
CONSOL
)
.
 
Mine
development
 
was
 
started
 
by CONSOL
 
in 1983
 
and longwall
 
production began
 
in 1987.
 
Coronado
acquired the Buchanan Mine from CONSOL in March 2016.
1.3
Geology
Operations
 
at
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
Complex
 
extract
 
the
 
Pocahontas
 
No.
 
3
 
coal
 
bed
 
by
 
longwall
mining
 
methods.
 
Strata
 
of
 
economic
 
interest
 
for
 
this
 
TRS
 
are
 
of
 
the
 
Pennsylvanian-age
Pocahontas
 
Formation
 
and
 
the
 
subject
 
Pocahontas
 
No.
 
3
 
seam
 
is the
 
principal
 
coal
 
seam of
 
that
formation.
 
Due to
 
the high value
 
of this
 
low-volatile
 
coking coal,
 
it has been
 
extensively mined
 
in
the
 
region.
 
The
 
seam
 
is
 
situated
 
below
 
drainage
 
throughout
 
the
 
Property
 
and
 
is
 
accessed
 
by
existing mine shafts.
1.4
Exploration Status
The
 
Property
 
has been
 
extensively
 
explored,
 
largely
 
by
 
drilling
 
using
 
continuous
 
coring
 
methods,
rotary
 
drilling
 
but
 
also
 
by
 
obtaining
 
coal
 
measurements
 
at
 
mine
 
exposures,
 
ongoing
 
drilling
associated with
 
degas activities,
 
and by
 
downhole geophysical
 
methods.
 
The majority
 
of the data
was
 
acquired
 
or
 
generated
 
by
 
previous
 
owners
 
of
 
the
 
Property.
 
These
 
sources
 
comprise
 
the
primary
 
data
 
used
 
in
 
the
 
evaluation
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
on
 
the
 
Property.
 
 
 
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MM&A examined
 
the data
 
available for
 
the evaluation
 
and incorporated
 
all pertinent
 
information
into
 
this
 
TRS.
 
Where
 
data
 
appeared
 
to
 
be
 
anomalous
 
or
 
not
 
representative,
 
that
 
data
 
was
excluded from the digital databases and subsequent
 
processing by MM&A.
 
Ongoing
 
exploration
 
has been
 
carried
 
out
 
by
 
Coronado
 
since
 
acquiring the
 
Buchanan
 
Mine.
 
The
exploration data acquired by
 
Coronado has been consistent with past drilling activities.
1.5
Operations and Development
Due
 
to
 
its
 
coal
 
reserve
 
and
 
seam
 
characteristics,
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine
 
operates
 
using
 
the
longwall
 
method.
 
The
 
model
 
was
 
therefore
 
generated
 
with
 
longwall-mining
 
constraints
 
in
 
mind
for
 
Buchanan’s
 
underground
 
resources.
 
The
 
mine
 
produces
 
coal
 
that
 
is
 
suitable
 
for
 
the
 
low-
volatile metallurgical coal markets.
The Buchanan
 
No. 1
 
Mine in
 
Buchanan County,
 
Virginia, is
 
the only
 
active longwall
 
mine currently
being operated by Coronado.
Coronado currently
 
operates a
 
coal preparation
 
plant at
 
Buchanan.
 
The Buchanan Plant
 
operates
at
 
a
 
feed
 
rate
 
of
 
approximately
 
1,270
 
raw
 
tonnes
 
per
 
hour
 
(
tph)
.
 
Processes
 
are
 
typical
 
of
 
those
used in the coal industry and are in use at adjacent coal processing plants.
1.6
Mineral Resource
Mineral
 
resources,
 
representing
 
in-situ
 
coal
 
from
 
a
 
portion
 
of
 
which
 
reserves
 
are
 
derived,
 
are
presented
 
below.
 
A
 
coal
 
resource
 
estimate,
 
summarized
 
in
Table
 
1-1
,
 
was
 
prepared
 
as
 
of
December 31, 2022, for property controlled by Coronado.
Table 1-1:
 
Coal Resources Summary as of December 31, 2022
 
Coal Resource (Dry Tonnes, In Situ, Mt)
Resource Quality (Dry)
Area
Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total
Ash%
Sulfur%
VM%
Inclusive of Reserves
158.0
10.2
0.0
168.2
25
0.7
16
Exclusive of Reserves
33.9
5.9
0.0
39.8
Total 12/31/2022
191.9
16.1
0.0
208.0
 
Note:
 
Resource tonnes are inclusive of reserve tonnes since they include the in-situ tonnes from which recoverable coal reserves are derived.
Note 2:
 
Coal resources are reported on a dry basis.
 
Surface moisture and inherent moisture are excluded.
Note 3: The Property contains 39.8 Mt of dry, in-place measured and indicated coal resources exclusive of reserves as of December 31, 2022.
1.7
Mineral Reserve
Reserve tonnage
 
estimates provided
 
herein report
 
coal reserves
 
derived from
 
the in-situ resource
tons
 
presented
 
in
Table
 
1-1
,
 
and
 
not
 
in
 
addition
 
to
 
coal
 
resources.
 
Proven
 
and
 
probable
 
coal
reserves
 
were
 
derived
 
from
 
the
 
defined
 
coal
 
resource
 
considering
 
relevant
 
mining,
 
processing,
infrastructure,
 
economic
 
(including
 
estimates
 
of
 
capital,
 
revenue,
 
and
 
cost),
 
marketing,
 
legal,
environmental,
 
socio-economic
 
and regulatory
 
factors.
 
The
 
Resource
 
estimate
 
has been
 
used
 
as
the
 
basis
 
for
 
this
 
Reserve
 
calculation,
 
which
 
utilizes
 
a
 
reasonable
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
study,
 
a
life-of-mine
 
(
LOM
) mine plan
 
and practical
 
recovery factors.
 
Production modeling
 
was completed
with an
 
effective
 
start date
 
of October
 
1, 2022.
 
Additions and
 
depletion have
 
been used
 
to bring
the Reserve estimate forward
 
to December 31, 2022.
 
 
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Factors
 
that
 
would
 
typically
 
preclude
 
conversion
 
of
 
a
 
coal
 
resource
 
to
 
coal
 
reserve,
 
include
 
the
following:
 
inferred
 
resource
 
classification;
 
absence
 
of
 
coal
 
quality;
 
poor
 
mine
 
recovery;
 
lack
 
of
access; geological
 
encumbrances
 
associated
 
with
 
overlying
 
and underlying
 
strata;
 
seam thinning;
structural
 
complication;
 
and
 
insufficient
 
exploration
 
have
 
all
 
been
 
considered.
 
Reserve
consideration
 
excludes
 
those
 
portions
 
of
 
the
 
resource
 
area
 
which
 
exhibit
 
the
 
aforementioned-
geological and operational encumbrances.
 
Coal reserves are
 
presented on
 
a run-of-mine
 
(
ROM
) basis in
Table
 
1-2
.
 
Proven and
 
probable coal
reserves
 
were
 
derived
 
from
 
the
 
defined
 
in-situ
 
coal
 
resource
 
considering
 
relevant
 
processing,
economic
 
(including
 
technical
 
estimates
 
of
 
capital,
 
revenue,
 
and
 
cost),
 
marketing,
 
legal,
environmental,
 
socioeconomic, and regulatory
 
factors.
 
The proven
 
and probable
 
coal reserves
 
on
the Property are summarized below in
Table 1-3
.
Table 1-2:
 
Coal Summary (ROM (Moist)) as of December 31, 2022
 
Demonstrated Coal Reserves (Mt, Moist ROM)
Quality (Dry)
 
By Reliability Category
By Mining Type
By Control Type
Area /
Mine
Proven
Probable
Total
Surface
UG
Owned
Leased
Subleased
Ash
Sulfur
Vol
Buchanan
144.9
8.7
153.6
0.0
153.6
21.7
127.9
4.0
42
0.7
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Table 1-3:
 
Coal Reserves Summary (Marketable Sales Basis) as of December 31, 2022
 
Demonstrated Coal Reserves (Wet Tons,
 
Washed or Direct Shipped, Mt)
Quality (Dry Basis)
 
By Reliability Category
By Mining Type
By Control Type
Area / Mine
Proven
Probable
Total
Surface
UG
Owned
Leased
Subleased
Ash%
Sulfur%
VM%
Buchanan Mine Complex
87.5
5.4
92.9
0.0
92.9
14.4
75.9
2.6
6
0.7
19
 
Note: Marketable reserve tonnes are reported on a moist basis, including a combination of surface and inherent moisture.
 
The combination of
surface and inherent moisture is modeled at 6-percent.
 
Actual product moisture is dependent upon multiple geological factors, operational
factors,
 
and product contract specifications and can exceed 8-percent.
 
As such, the modeled moisture values provide a level of conservatism
for reserve reporting.
In
 
summary,
 
Coronado
 
controls
 
a
 
total
 
of
 
92.9
 
Mt
 
(moist
 
basis)
 
of
 
marketable
 
coal
 
reserves,
 
at
Buchanan,
 
as
 
of
 
December
 
31,
 
2022.
 
Of
 
that
 
total,
 
94
 
percent
 
are
 
proven,
 
and
 
6
 
percent
 
are
probable.
 
There are
 
14.4 Mt
 
of owned
 
coal reserves
 
and 75.9
 
Mt of
 
leased coal
 
reserves and
 
2.6
Mt of
 
subleased reserves.
 
All the Buchanan
 
reserves are
 
considered suitable
 
for the
 
metallurgical
coal market, and all of the Buchanan reserves are assigned.
1.8
Capital Summary
Coronado
 
provided
 
MM&A
 
with
 
an
 
inventory
 
of
 
operating
 
equipment
 
available
 
at
 
Buchanan.
 
MM&A’s
 
capital
 
schedules assume
 
that
 
major
 
equipment
 
rebuilds
 
occur over
 
the
 
course
 
of
 
each
machine’s
 
remaining
 
assumed
 
operating
 
life.
 
Replacement
 
equipment
 
was
 
scheduled
 
based
 
on
MM&A’s
 
experience and
 
knowledge of
 
mining equipment
 
and industry
 
standards
 
with respect
 
to
the useful life of such equipment.
 
A summary of the estimated capital for the
 
Property is provided
in
Figure 1-2
 
below.
 
 
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Figure 1-2:
 
CAPEX
1.9
Operating Costs
Coronado
 
provided
 
historical
 
and
 
preliminary
 
5-year
 
projections
 
of operating
 
costs
 
for
 
Buchanan
for
 
MM&A’s
 
review.
 
MM&A
 
used
 
the
 
historical
 
and/or
 
budget
 
cost
 
information
 
as
 
a
 
reference
and
 
developed
 
personnel
 
schedules
 
for
 
the
 
mine
 
and
 
support
 
facilities.
 
Hourly
 
labor
 
rates
 
and
salaries
 
were
 
based
 
upon
 
information
 
contained
 
in
 
Coronado’s
 
financial
 
summaries.
 
Fringe-
benefit
 
costs
 
were
 
developed
 
for
 
vacation
 
and
 
holidays,
 
federal
 
and
 
state
 
unemployment
insurance,
 
retirement,
 
workers’
 
compensation
 
and
 
pneumoconiosis,
 
casualty
 
and
 
life
 
insurance,
healthcare, and bonuses.
 
A cost factor
 
for mine supplies
 
was developed that
 
relates expenditures
to
 
mine advance
 
rates
 
for
 
roof-control
 
costs
 
and other
 
mine-supply costs
 
at
 
underground
 
mines.
 
Other
 
factors
 
were
 
developed
 
for
 
maintenance
 
and
 
repair
 
costs,
 
rentals,
 
mine
 
power,
 
outside
services and other direct mining costs.
 
Operating
 
costs
 
factors
 
were
 
also
 
developed
 
for
 
the
 
coal
 
preparation
 
plant
 
processing,
 
refuse
handling, coal loading, property taxes,
 
and insurance and bonding.
 
Appropriate royalty
 
rates were
assigned
 
for
 
production
 
from
 
leased
 
coal
 
lands,
 
and
 
sales
 
taxes
 
were
 
calculated
 
for
 
state
severance taxes,
 
the federal black lung excise tax,
 
and federal and state reclamation
 
fees.
A summary of the projected operating costs for the Property
 
is provided in
Figure 1-3
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Figure 1-3:
 
OPEX
1.10
Economic Evaluation
The
 
pre-feasibility
 
financial
 
model
 
prepared
 
for
 
this
 
TRS
 
was
 
developed
 
to
 
test
 
the
 
economic
viability
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
resource
 
area.
 
The
 
results
 
of
 
this
 
financial
 
model
 
are
 
not
 
intended
 
to
represent
 
a
 
bankable
 
feasibility
 
study,
 
required
 
for
 
financing
 
of
 
any
 
current
 
or
 
future
 
mining
operations contemplated
 
for the Coronado properties,
 
but are intended to
 
establish the economic
viability
 
of
 
the
 
estimated
 
coal
 
reserves.
 
Cash
 
flows
 
are
 
simulated
 
on an
 
annual basis
 
in
 
nominal
dollars
 
assuming
 
a
 
2%
 
inflation
 
rate
 
based
 
on
 
projected
 
production
 
from
 
the
 
coal
 
reserves.
 
The
discounted cash flow analysis presented herein
 
is based on an effective date of January 1, 2023.
 
On an un-levered basis, the net
 
present value (
NPV
) of the project cash flow
 
after taxes represents
the Enterprise
 
Value of
 
the project.
 
The project cash
 
flow,
 
excluding debt
 
service, is calculated
 
by
subtracting direct
 
and indirect
 
operating expenses
 
and capital
 
expenditures from
 
revenue.
 
Direct
costs
 
include
 
labor,
 
operating
 
supplies,
 
maintenance
 
and
 
repairs,
 
facilities
 
costs
 
for
 
materials
handling,
 
coal
 
preparation,
 
refuse
 
disposal,
 
coal
 
loading,
 
reclamation
 
and
 
general
 
and
administrative costs.
 
Indirect costs include statutory and legally agreed
 
upon fees related to direct
extraction
 
of
 
the
 
mineral.
 
The
 
indirect
 
costs
 
are
 
the
 
federal
 
black
 
lung
 
tax,
 
federal
 
and
 
state
reclamation taxes, property
 
taxes, coal production royalties,
 
and income taxes.
 
Table
 
1-4
 
shows LOM tonnage, profit
 
& loss (
P&L
), and earnings before income tax,
 
depreciation &
amortization (
EBITDA
) for Buchanan.
 
 
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Table 1-4:
 
Life-of-Mine Tonnage,
 
P&L before Tax,
 
and EBITDA
 
LOM
LOM
P&L
LOM
EBITDA
 
Tonnes
Pre-Tax P&L
Per Tonne
EBITDA
Per Tonne
Buchanan
92,923
$4,280,077
$46.06
$6,174,578
$66.45
As
 
shown
 
in
Table
 
1-4,
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
shows
 
positive
 
EBITDA
 
over
 
the
 
LOM.
 
Overall,
 
the
Coronado
 
consolidated
 
operations
 
show
 
positive
 
LOM
 
P&L
 
and
 
LOM
 
EBITDA
 
of
 
$4.3
 
billion
 
and
$6.2 billion, respectively.
 
Coronado’s
 
consolidated Buchanan
 
cash flow
 
summary in
 
nominal dollars
 
assuming a
 
2% interest
rate, excluding debt
 
service, is shown in
Table 1-5
 
below.
Table 1-5:
 
Project Cash Flow Summary (000)
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
Total
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Production & Sales tonnes
92,924
3,786
3,811
4,363
4,446
5,112
Total Revenue
$14,194,747
$675,923
$544,435
$574,963
$592,283
$692,273
EBITDA
$6,174,578
$295,749
$209,789
$206,065
$217,757
$294,147
Net Income
$3,368,328
$179,131
$103,854
$91,899
$90,456
$138,196
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$5,181,846
$188,692
$200,765
$186,416
$195,463
$245,493
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(1,448,505)
$(135,766)
$(130,803)
$(111,896)
$(122,768)
$(101,557)
Net Cash Flow
$3,733,342
$52,926
$69,962
$74,520
$72,695
$143,936
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
Production & Sales tonnes
6,242
6,462
6,200
5,444
6,226
4,814
Total Revenue
$862,187
$910,476
$890,951
$798,054
$930,819
$734,119
EBITDA
$431,599
$469,093
$445,727
$357,721
$458,785
$288,024
Net Income
$240,334
$262,860
$254,666
$197,893
$280,873
$159,996
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$339,674
$386,828
$379,000
$320,798
$362,834
$277,786
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(70,382)
$(50,228)
$(71,184)
$(59,572)
$(49,573)
$(65,133)
Net Cash Flow
$269,292
$336,600
$307,815
$261,226
$313,262
$212,653
 
 
 
 
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YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
Production & Sales tonnes
6,474
6,423
5,249
3,447
3,009
2,914
Total Revenue
$1,007,101
$1,019,070
$849,433
$569,043
$506,626
$500,552
EBITDA
$501,730
$526,779
$424,763
$211,060
$168,369
$216,035
Net Income
$326,060
$344,381
$266,105
$105,424
$79,886
$116,181
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$372,442
$424,330
$368,367
$223,842
$158,704
$177,921
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(54,007)
$(69,272)
$(64,919)
$(77,383)
$(43,070)
$(35,719)
Net Cash Flow
$318,435
$355,058
$303,449
$146,459
$115,634
$142,202
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2040
2041
2042
2043
2044
2045
Production & Sales tonnes
2,093
2,254
1,703
1,714
737
-
Total Revenue
$366,649
$402,822
$309,918
$317,808
$139,240
$-
EBITDA
$108,191
$153,415
$80,892
$106,596
$2,291
$-
Net Income
$34,854
$71,326
$19,002
$46,332
$(34,676)
$(3,773)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$119,167
$128,269
$89,128
$92,258
$24,650
$(47,861)
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(50,131)
$(46,604)
$(24,930)
$(13,606)
$-
$-
Net Cash Flow
$69,036
$81,665
$64,198
$78,652
$24,650
$(47,861)
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2046
2047
2048
2049
2050
2051
Production & Sales tonnes
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Revenue
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
EBITDA
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
Net Income
$(1,534)
$(785)
$(403)
$(209)
$(0)
$(0)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$(16,273)
$(8,299)
$(4,232)
$(4,317)
$-
$-
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
Net Cash Flow
$(16,273)
$(8,299)
$(4,232)
$(4,317)
$-
$-
Consolidated
 
cash
 
flows
 
are
 
driven
 
by
 
annual
 
sales
 
tonnage,
 
which
 
at
 
steady-state
 
level
 
ranges
from
 
a
 
peak
 
of
 
6.5
 
million
 
tonnes
 
in
 
2034
 
to
 
a
 
low
 
of
 
0.7
 
million
 
tonnes
 
in
 
2044.
 
Projected
consolidated
 
revenue
 
ranges
 
from
 
$317.8
 
million
 
to
 
$1.019
 
billion
 
at
 
a
 
steady
 
state.
 
Revenue
totals $14.2 billion for the project’s
 
life.
Consolidated
 
cash
 
flow
 
from
 
operations
 
is
 
positive
 
throughout
 
the
 
projected
 
operating
 
period,
with
 
the
 
exception
 
of
 
post-production
 
years,
 
due
 
to
 
end-of-mine
 
reclamation
 
spending.
 
Consolidated cash flow from operations peaks
 
at $424.3 million in 2035 and totals $5.2 billion over
the project’s
 
life.
 
Capital expenditures
 
total $602.8
 
million through 2027
 
and $1.4 billion
 
over the
project’s life.
 
1.10.1
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
Cash flow after
 
tax, but before
 
debt service, generated
 
over the life
 
of the project
 
was discounted
to NPV
 
at a 10.0%
 
discount rate,
 
which represents
 
Coronado’s
 
estimate of
 
the nominal dollar,
 
risk
adjusted
 
weighted
 
average
 
cost
 
of
 
capital
 
(
WACC
)
 
for
 
likely
 
market
 
participants
 
if
 
the
 
subject
reserves
 
were
 
offered
 
for
 
sale.
 
On
 
an
 
un-levered
 
basis,
 
the
 
NPV
 
of
 
the
 
project
 
cash
 
flows
represents
 
the Enterpris
 
e
 
Value
 
of the
 
project
 
and amounts
 
to
 
$1.562 billion.
 
The pre-feasibility
financial
 
model
 
prepared
 
for
 
the
 
TRS
 
was
 
developed
 
to
 
test
 
the
 
economic
 
viability
 
of
 
each
 
coal
resource
 
area.
 
The
 
NPV
 
estimate
 
was
 
made
 
for
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
confirming
 
the
 
economics
 
for
classification
 
of
 
coal
 
reserves
 
and
 
not
 
for
 
purposes
 
of
 
valuing
 
Coronado
 
or
 
its
 
Buchanan
 
assets.
 
Mine
 
plans
 
were
 
not
 
optimized,
 
and
 
actual
 
results
 
of
 
the
 
operations
 
may
 
be
 
different,
 
but
 
in
 
all
cases, the mine production plan assumes the properties are under competent management.
 
 
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Sensitivity Analysis
Sensitivity
 
of the
 
NPV
 
results
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
the
 
key
 
drivers
 
is presented
 
in the
 
chart below.
 
The
sensitivity study shows
 
the NPV at
 
the 10.0% discount rate
 
when Base Case sales
 
prices, operating
costs, and capital costs are increased and decreased in increments
 
of 5% within a +/- 15% range.
Figure 1-4:
 
Sensitivity of NPV
As
 
shown,
 
NPV
 
is
 
quite
 
sensitive
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
sales
 
price
 
and
 
operating
 
cost
 
estimates,
 
and
slightly sensitive to changes in capital cost estimates.
1.11
Permitting
Coronado
 
has
 
obtained
 
all
 
mining
 
and
 
discharge
 
permits
 
to
 
operate
 
its
 
mine
 
and
 
processing,
loadout,
 
or
 
related
 
support
 
facilities.
 
MM&A
 
is
 
unaware
 
of
 
any
 
obvious
 
or
 
current
 
Coronado
permitting
 
issues
 
that
 
are
 
expected
 
to
 
prevent
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
future
 
permits.
 
Buchanan,
 
along
with
 
all
 
coal
 
producers,
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
a
 
level
 
of
 
uncertainty
 
regarding
 
future
 
clean
 
water
 
permits
due to
United States
 
Environmental Protection
 
Agency
(
EPA
)
 
and
United States Fish
 
and Wildlife
(
USFW
)
 
involvement with state
 
programs.
1.12
Conclusion and Recommendations
Sufficient
 
data
 
have
 
been
 
obtained
 
through
 
various
 
exploration
 
and
 
sampling
 
programs
 
and
mining
 
operations
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
geological
 
interpretations
 
of
 
seam
 
structure
 
and
 
thickness
 
for
coal
 
horizons
 
situated
 
on
 
the
 
Property.
 
The
 
data
 
are
 
of
 
sufficient
 
quantity
 
and
 
reliability
 
to
reasonably support the coal resource and coal reserve estimates in this TRS.
The
 
geological
 
data
 
and
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
study,
 
which
 
consider
 
mining
 
plans,
 
revenue,
 
and
operating
 
and
 
capital
 
cost
 
estimates
 
are
 
sufficient
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
classification
 
of
 
coal
 
reserves
provided herein.
 
 
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This geologic
 
evaluation conducted
 
in conjunction
 
with the
 
preliminary feasibility
 
study concludes
that
 
the
 
92.9
 
Mt
 
of
 
marketable
 
underground
 
coal
 
reserves
 
identified
 
on
 
the
 
Property
 
are
economically
 
mineable
 
under
 
reasonable
 
expectations
 
of
 
market
 
prices
 
for
 
metallurgical
 
coal
products, estimated operation costs,
 
and capital expenditures.
2
Introduction
2.1
Registrant and Terms
 
of Reference
This report
 
was prepared
 
for
 
the sole
 
use of
Coronado Global
 
Resources
 
Inc. (
Coronado
)
and
 
its
affiliated and
 
subsidiary companies and
 
advisors.
 
An updated TRS
 
was prepared
 
in February 2023
due
 
to
 
material
 
differences
 
in
 
the
 
key
 
financial
 
modifying
 
factors
 
including
 
coal
 
sales
 
price
assumptions,
 
operating
 
costs
 
and
 
capital
 
costs
 
from
 
December
 
31,
 
2021
 
to
 
December
 
31,
 
2022.
 
Coal sales price
 
assumptions are
 
discussed in
 
Sections 12 and
 
16
 
of the TRS,
 
while operating
 
costs
and capital
 
costs are
 
discussed in
Sections 18 and
 
19
 
of the TRS.
 
This report provides
 
a statement
of
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
for
 
Coronado,
 
as
 
defined
 
under
 
the
Australasian
 
Code
 
for
Reporting
 
of
 
Exploration
 
Results,
 
Mineral
 
Resources
 
and
 
Ore
 
Reserves
(
JORC
 
Code
)
 
as
 
well
 
as
under
 
Subpart
 
1300
 
of
 
Regulation
 
S-K
 
(Regulation
 
S-K
 
1300)
 
promulgated
 
by
 
the
United
 
States
Securities and Exchange
 
Commission (
SEC
)
.
 
This report was
 
also prepared in
 
accordance with the
Australasian
 
Code
 
for
 
Public
 
Reporting
 
of
 
Technical
 
Assessments
 
and
 
Valuations
 
of
 
Mineral
Assets
(
VALMIN Code
).
This
 
report
 
provides
 
a
 
statement
 
of
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
for
 
Coronado
 
at
 
Buchanan.
 
Exploration results and Resource
 
calculations were used as the basis for the mine planning and the
preliminary feasibility study completed to determine
 
the extent and viability of the reserve.
Coal
 
resources
 
and
 
coal
 
reserves
 
are
 
herein
 
reported
 
in
 
metric
 
units
 
of
 
measurement
 
and
 
are
rounded to millions of metric tonnes (
Mt
).
2.2
Information Sources
This TRS
 
is based on
 
information provided
 
by Coronado
 
and reviewed
 
by MM&A.
 
Sources of data
and information are listed below in
Table 2-1
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Table 2-1:
 
Information Provided to MM&A by Coronado
 
Category
Information Provided by Coronado
Report Section
Geological
Geologic data including digital databases
 
and original source data including
geologist logs, driller’s logs, geophysical
 
logs
9.1
Coal Quality
Database of coal quality information
 
supplemented with original source
laboratory sheets where available
10.1
Mining
Historical productivities and manpower
 
from operating and future
 
Coronado
mines
13.2, 13.4
Coal Preparation
Flow sheet and other information representing
 
current and future methods of
coal processing
 
14.1
Waste Disposal
Engineering data and estimates representing
 
remaining capacities for coarse
and fine coal waste disposal
17.2
Costs
Historical and budgetary operating
 
cost information used to derive
 
cost drivers
for reserve financial modeling
18.2
Economic
WACC and inflation rate
 
used in discounted cash flow analysis
19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Note: While the sources of data listed in Table 2-1 are not exhaustive, they represent a significant portion of information which supports this TRS.
 
MM&A reviewed the provided data and found it to be reasonable prior to incorporating it into the TRS.
 
The TRS contains “forward-looking
information” including forecasts of productivity and annual coal production, operating and capital cost estimates, coals sales price forecasts, the
assumption that Coronado will continue to acquire necessary permits, and other assumptions.
 
The TRS statements and conclusions are not a
guarantee of future performance and undue reliance should not be placed on them.
 
The ability of Coronado to recover the estimated coal reserves
is dependent on multiple factors beyond the control of MM&A including, but not limited to geologic factors, mining conditions,
 
regulatory
approvals, and changes in regulations.
 
In all cases, the plans assume the Property is under competent management.
Coronado engaged MM&A to conduct a coal resource and reserve evaluation
 
of the Coronado coal
properties
 
as
 
of
 
September
 
30,
 
2022.
 
Additions
 
and
 
depletion
 
have
 
been
 
used
 
to
 
bring
 
the
Resource
 
and Reserve
 
estimates forward
 
to December
 
31, 2022,
 
the effective
 
date of
 
this TRS
 
for
Buchanan.
 
For the evaluation, the following tasks were
 
to be completed:
 
>
Conduct site visits of the mines and mine infrastructure facilities;
 
>
Process
 
the
 
information
 
supporting
 
the
 
estimation
 
of
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
reserves
 
into
geological models;
 
>
Develop life-of-reserve mine
 
(
LOM
) plans and financial models;
>
Hold discussions with Coronado company management; and
 
>
Prepare
 
and
 
issue
 
a
 
TRS
 
providing
 
a
 
statement
 
of
 
coal
 
resources
 
and
 
reserves
 
which
 
would
include:
-
A description of the mine and facilities.
 
-
A description of the evaluation process.
-
An estimation
 
of coal
 
resources and
 
reserves with
 
compliance elements
 
as stated
 
under the
JORC Code and the SEC Regulation S-K 1300.
2.3
Personal Inspections
MM&A
 
is very
 
familiar
 
with
 
Buchanan, having
 
provided
 
a
 
variety
 
of
 
services in
 
recent
 
years,
 
and
the QPs involved in this TRS have
 
conducted multiple site visits.
 
 
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3
Property Description
3.1
Location
The
 
Buchanan Mine
 
Complex
 
is located
 
in Buchanan
 
County
 
in southwestern
 
Virginia
 
(see
Figure
1-1
)
 
approximately
 
16
 
kilometers
 
southeast
 
of
 
Grundy,
 
which
 
is
 
the
 
county
 
seat
 
of
 
Buchanan
County.
 
Surface
 
facilities
 
for
 
the
 
shaft
 
mine
 
are
 
located
 
along
 
Garden
 
Creek
 
and
 
a
 
Norfolk
Southern (NS) rail line about 6.4 kilometers south-southeast of Oakwood, Virginia.
The
 
Property
 
is
 
located
 
on
 
the
 
following
United
 
States
 
Geological
 
Survey
 
(
USGS
)
 
Quadrangles:
Prater,
 
Vansant, Keen
 
Mountain, and Jewell Ridge.
 
Current mining projections fall
 
within the Keen
Mountain and Jewell
 
Ridge quadrangles.
 
The coordinate
 
system and datum
 
used for the
 
model of
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
and
 
the
 
subsequent
 
maps
 
were
 
produced
 
in
 
the
 
Virginia
 
State
 
Plane
 
South
system, NAD 27.
 
3.2
Titles, Claims or Leases
The
 
Buchanan
 
coal
 
reserves
 
are
 
located
 
in
 
Buchanan
 
and
 
Tazewell
 
Counties,
 
Virginia.
 
The
Property
 
is
 
composed
 
of
 
approximately
 
33,577
 
total
 
hectares,
 
of
 
which
 
25,852
 
are
 
leased
 
or
subleased
 
from
 
private
 
landholders
 
under
 
approximately
 
150
 
individual
 
coal
 
lease
 
tracts,
 
and
7,725
 
hectares
 
are
 
owned
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
Subject
 
to
 
Coronado’s
 
exercising
 
its
 
renewal
 
rights
thereunder,
 
all the leases
 
expire upon
 
exhaustion of
 
the relevant
 
coal reserves,
 
which is expected
to occur in 2044.
 
MM&A has not carried
 
out a separate
 
title verification for
 
the coal property
 
and
has
 
not
 
verified
 
leases,
 
deeds,
 
surveys,
 
or
 
other
 
property
 
control
 
instruments
 
pertinent
 
to
 
the
subject
 
resources.
 
Tenure
 
was
 
separately
 
reviewed
 
by
 
Coronado’s
 
legal
 
advisors.
 
Coronado
 
has
represented
 
to MM&A
 
that it
 
controls
 
the mining
 
rights to
 
the reserves
 
as shown
 
on its
 
property
maps, and MM&A
 
has accepted these
 
as being a
 
true and accurate
 
depiction of the
 
mineral rights
controlled
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
The
 
TRS
 
assumes
 
the
 
Property
 
is
 
developed
 
under
 
responsible
 
and
experienced management.
3.3
Mineral Rights
Coronado
 
supplied
 
property
 
control
 
maps
 
to
 
MM&A
 
related
 
to
 
properties
 
for
 
which
 
mineral
and/or
 
surface
 
property
 
are
 
controlled
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
While
 
MM&A
 
accepted
 
these
representations
 
as being
 
true and
 
accurate,
 
MM&A has
 
no knowledge
 
of past
 
property boundary
disputes
 
or
 
other
 
concerns,
 
through
 
past
 
knowledge
 
of
 
the
 
Property,
 
that
 
would
 
signal
 
concern
over future mining operations or development potential.
Property control
 
in Appalachia
 
can be
 
intricate.
 
Coal mining
 
properties are
 
typically composed
 
of
numerous property
 
tracts which
 
are owned
 
and/or leased
 
from both
 
land-holding companies
 
and
private
 
individuals
 
or
 
companies.
 
It
 
is
 
common
 
to
 
encounter
 
severed
 
ownership,
 
with
 
different
entities
 
or individuals
 
controlling
 
the
 
surface
 
and mineral
 
rights.
 
Mineral
 
control
 
in the
 
region
 
is
typically
 
characterized
 
by
 
leases
 
or
 
ownership
 
of
 
larger
 
tracts
 
of
 
land,
 
with
 
surface
 
control
generally comprised of smaller tracts, particularly in developed areas.
 
 
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Legal
 
mining
 
rights
 
may
 
reflect
 
a
 
combination
 
of
 
fee
 
or
 
mineral
 
ownership
 
and
 
fee
 
or
 
mineral
leases
 
of
 
coal
 
lands
 
through
 
various
 
surface
 
and
 
mineral
 
lease
 
agreements.
 
There
 
is
 
also
 
a
relatively
 
small
 
amount
 
of
 
area
 
where
 
the
 
coal
 
is
 
partially
 
owned
 
and/or
 
partially
 
leased
 
on
 
a
limited number of individual tracts.
 
Control
 
of
 
the
 
surface
 
property
 
is
 
necessary
 
to
 
conduct
 
surface
 
mining
 
but
 
is
 
not
 
necessary
 
to
conduct
 
underground
 
mining.
 
Given that
 
the Buchanan
 
Mine has
 
been active
 
dating back
 
to the
1980s, Coronado,
 
and its predecessors,
 
have a
 
successful history of
 
obtaining any
 
necessary rights
and the associated permits to mine.
3.4
Encumbrances
No
 
Title
 
Encumbrances
 
are
 
known.
 
By
 
assignment,
 
MM&A
 
did
 
not
 
complete
 
an
 
independent
query related to Title Encumbrances.
 
3.5
Other Risks
There
 
is
 
always
 
risk
 
involved
 
in
 
property
 
control.
 
Coronado
 
and
 
its
 
predecessor,
 
CONSOL,
 
have
both
 
had
 
their
 
legal
 
teams
 
examine
 
the
 
deeds
 
and
 
title
 
control
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
minimize
 
the
 
risk.
 
Historically,
 
property control has not posed any challenges related
 
to Buchanan’s operations.
 
4
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources,
Infrastructure and Physiography
4.1
Topography,
 
Elevation, and Vegetation
The
 
topography
 
of
 
the
 
area
 
surrounding
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
Complex
 
is
 
typical
 
of
 
the
 
Central
Appalachian Plateau being rugged and deeply dissected
 
by v-shaped river valleys
 
flanked by steep-
sided
 
upland
 
regions.
 
Surface
 
elevations
 
near
 
the
 
mine
 
complex
 
range
 
from
 
approximately
 
823
meters
 
above
 
sea
 
level
 
in
 
upland
 
regions
 
to
 
approximately
 
579
 
meters
 
at
 
stream
 
level.
 
The
Property is moderately
 
vegetated, with a mixture
 
of hardwood and conifer forest
 
in the temperate
broadleaf
 
category.
 
The
 
Property
 
is
 
not
 
situated
 
near
 
any
 
major
 
urban
 
centers,
 
and
 
the
surrounding area is considered rural.
4.2
Access and Transport
General
 
access to
 
the Buchanan
 
No. 1
 
Mine property
 
is via
 
a well-developed
 
network of
 
primary,
secondary,
 
and unimproved roads.
 
Highway 460 is the primary highway
 
connecting Pike County in
Eastern
 
Kentucky
 
to
 
Buchanan
 
and
 
Tazewell
 
Counties
 
in
 
Southwestern
 
Virginia.
 
Numerous
secondary
 
and
 
unimproved
 
roads
 
provide
 
direct
 
access
 
to
 
the
 
Property,
 
some
 
being
 
state-
 
and
town-maintained.
 
These roads
 
typically stay
 
open throughout
 
the year.
 
A
Norfolk Southern
 
(
NS
)
rail
 
line
 
that
 
is
 
located
 
approximately
 
6.44
 
kilometers
 
south-southeast
 
of
 
Oakwood,
 
Virginia,
serves
 
as
 
the
 
primary
 
means
 
of
 
transport
 
for
 
produced
 
coal.
 
NS
 
transports
 
coal
 
from
 
the
Buchanan Mine Complex
 
either to domestic
 
customers or to
 
the Pier 6 export
 
terminal at Norfolk,
Virginia
 
for
 
overseas
 
shipment.
 
A
 
small
 
portion
 
of
 
production
 
is
 
transported
 
via
 
truck
 
haul.
 
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extensive
 
network of
 
service roads
 
to gob
 
gas and
 
coalbed methane
 
(
CBM
) production
 
wells exist
on the subject property.
 
4.3
Proximity to Population Centers
The
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine
 
property
 
lies
 
near
 
the
 
town
 
of
 
Grundy
 
in
 
Buchanan
 
County,
 
Virginia
approximately
 
290 kilometers
 
southeast of
 
Lexington,
 
Kentucky
 
and 153
 
kilometers
 
southwest
 
of
Roanoke,
 
Virginia.
 
As
 
of
 
2021,
 
Buchanan
 
County
 
had
 
a
 
population
 
of
 
approximately
 
19,800
residents.
 
4.4
Climate and Length of Operating Season
The
 
climate
 
of
 
the
 
region
 
is
 
classified
 
as
 
humid
 
sub-tropical
 
with
 
four
 
distinct
 
seasons:
 
warm
summers,
 
cold
 
winters,
 
and
 
moderate
 
fall
 
and
 
spring
 
seasons.
 
Precipitation
 
in
 
the
 
region
 
is
consistent
 
throughout
 
the
 
year
 
with
 
the
 
most
 
rain
 
falling
 
in
 
spring
 
and
 
the
 
early
 
months
 
of
summer.
 
Average
 
yearly
 
rainfall
 
is
 
112.62
 
centimeters.
 
Summer
 
months
 
typically
 
begin
 
in
 
late
May
 
and
 
end
 
in
 
early
 
September
 
and
 
range
 
in
 
average
 
temperature
 
from
 
49
 
to
 
84
 
degrees
Fahrenheit (or 9.44 to 28.89 degrees Celsius).
 
Winters typically begin in mid to late
 
November and
run until
 
mid to
 
late March
 
with average
 
temperatures
 
ranging from
 
26 to
 
56 degrees
 
Fahrenheit
(or
 
-3.33
 
to
 
13.33
 
degrees
 
Celsius).
 
Precipitation
 
in
 
the
 
winter
 
typically
 
comes
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of
snowfall
 
or as
 
a wintery
 
mix (sleet
 
and snow)
 
with severe
 
snowfall events
 
occurring occasionally.
 
Seasonal
 
variations
 
in
 
climate
 
typically
 
do
 
not
 
affect
 
underground
 
mining
 
in
 
Virginia.
 
However,
weather
 
events
 
could
 
potentially
 
negatively
 
impact
 
efficiency
 
of
 
surface
 
and
 
preparation
 
plant
operations on a very limited basis and lasting less than a few days.
4.5
Infrastructure
The
 
Buchanan No.
 
1 Mine
 
Complex
 
has
 
sources
 
of water,
 
power,
 
personnel,
 
and
 
supplies readily
available
 
for use.
 
Personnel
 
have historically
 
been sourced
 
from the
 
surrounding communities
 
in
Buchanan, Tazewell,
 
McDowell, and Pike
 
counties, and have
 
proven to
 
be adequate in
 
numbers to
operate
 
the
 
mine.
 
As
 
mining
 
is
 
common
 
in
 
the
 
surrounding
 
areas,
 
the
 
workforce
 
is
 
generally
familiar
 
with
 
mining
 
practices,
 
and
 
many
 
are
 
experienced
 
miners.
 
Water
 
is
 
sourced
 
locally
 
from
streams
 
that
 
flow
 
over
 
Coronado-owned
 
property.
 
The
 
mine
 
also
 
utilizes
 
ground
 
water
 
from
 
an
old
 
abandoned
 
mine.
 
Electricity
 
is
 
sourced
 
from
American
 
Electric
 
Power
 
(
AEP
)
.
 
The
 
service
industry in
 
the areas
 
surrounding the
 
mine complex
 
has historically
 
provided supplies,
 
equipment
repairs
 
and fabrication,
 
etc.
 
The Coronado-owned
 
Buchanan Preparation
 
Plant services
 
the mine
via
 
a
 
skip
 
hoist
 
and
 
conveyor
 
belt
 
system
 
which
 
transports
 
extracted
 
coal
 
from
 
an
 
underground
bunker
 
to
 
the
 
surface
 
facility.
 
The
 
NS
 
rail
 
line
 
serves
 
as
 
the
 
main
 
means
 
of
 
transport
 
from
 
the
mine.
 
 
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5
History
5.1
Previous Operation
The
 
Property
 
was
 
formerly
 
controlled
 
by
Consolidation
 
Coal
 
Company
 
(
CONSOL
)
.
 
Mine
development
 
was
 
started
 
by CONSOL
 
in 1983
 
and longwall
 
production
 
began
 
in 1987.
 
Coronado
acquired the Buchanan Mine from CONSOL in March 2016.
The
 
most
 
productive
 
mining
 
of
 
any
 
period
 
since
 
1987
 
has
 
occurred
 
since
 
the
 
acquisition
 
of
Buchanan Mine by Coronado.
 
Production history has been approximately 3.5
 
Mt in 2016 (in only a
9-month period),
 
4.9 Mt
 
in 2017,
 
4.7 Mt
 
in 2018,
 
4.5 Mt
 
in 2019,
 
3.4 Mt
 
in 2020,
 
4.4 Mt
 
in 2021,
and 3.9 Mt in 2022.
5.2
Previous Exploration
The Property has
 
been extensively
 
explored by subsurface
 
drilling efforts carried
 
out by numerous
entities,
 
many
 
of
 
which
 
were
 
completed
 
prior
 
to
 
acquisition
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
The
 
majority
 
of
 
the
drilling was accomplished using vertical continuous (diamond) coring or air rotary methods.
Drill records
 
indicate that
 
independent contract
 
drilling operators
 
have
 
typically been
 
engaged
 
to
carry out drilling on the Property.
 
Geophysical logging on those
 
properties acquired from
 
CONSOL
was
 
often
 
performed
 
by
 
both
 
CONSOL’s
 
in-house
 
logging
 
services
 
and
 
outside
 
logging
 
firms.
 
MM&A, via its Geophysical Logging Systems subsidiary,
 
has logged a significant number of the past
exploration holes and degas wells, and currently logs most
 
of the recently drilled holes.
6
Geological Setting, Mineralization and Deposit
6.1
Regional, Local and Property Geology
The
 
Property
 
lies in
 
the Central
 
Appalachian Coal
 
basin
 
in the
 
Appalachian Plateau
 
physiographic
province.
 
The coal deposits in the eastern
 
US are the oldest and
 
most extensively developed
 
coal deposits in
the
 
country.
 
The
 
coal
 
deposits
 
on
 
the
 
Property
 
are
 
Carboniferous
 
in
 
age,
 
being
 
of
 
the
Pennsylvanian
 
system.
 
Overall,
 
these
 
Carboniferous
 
coals
 
contain
 
two-fifths
 
of
 
the
 
US’s
bituminous
 
coal
 
deposits
 
and
 
extend
 
over
 
1,448
 
kilometers
 
from
 
northern
 
Alabama
 
to
Pennsylvania
 
and
 
are
 
part
 
of
 
what
 
is known
 
as
 
the
Appalachian Basin
.
 
The
 
Appalachian
 
Basin
 
is
more
 
than
 
402
 
kilometers
 
wide
 
and,
 
in
 
some
 
portions,
 
contains
 
over
 
60
 
coal
 
seams
 
of
 
varying
economic significance.
Seams of economic significance
 
typically range between
 
0.30 meters and 1.83
 
meters in thickness,
with relatively
 
little structural
 
deformation.
 
Regional structure
 
is typically characterized
 
by gently
dipping strata to the northwest
 
at less than one percent.
 
 
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Seams
 
of
 
the
 
Pocahontas
 
Formation
 
have
 
historically
 
been
 
mined
 
in
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine
with the Pocahontas No. 3 seam being the principal seam in the formation.
 
Coal from the area has
historically been sold in primarily metallurgical market
 
s.
6.2
Mineralization
The generalized stratigraphic
 
columnar section in
Figure 6-1
 
demonstrates the vertical
 
relationship
of the principal coal seams and rock formations on the Property.
Figure 6-1:
 
Buchanan Stratigraphic Column
Note: not to scale
6.3
Deposits
The
 
coal
 
produced
 
at
 
Buchanan No.
 
1
 
is typically
 
Low
 
Volatile
 
(<23%
 
volatile
 
matter)
 
bituminous
coal.
 
Due
 
to
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
the
 
Pocahontas
 
No.
 
3
 
(
P3
)
 
as
 
a
 
low-volatile
 
coking
 
coal,
 
it
 
has
 
been
extensively
 
mined
 
in
 
the
 
region.
 
The
 
P3
 
seam
 
consists
 
of
 
multiple benches
 
that
 
split
 
and
 
merge
across the Property,
 
including in descending stratigraphic order:
 
 
 
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P31, uppermost bench, represented in purple on
Figures 7-1
 
and
7-2
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P32, represented in orange on
Figures 7-1
 
and
7-2
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P33, represented in blue on
Figures 7-1
 
and
7-2
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345, lowermost bench, represented in green on
Figures 7-1
 
and
7-2
The mineable
 
benches within
 
the P3
 
horizon
 
consist of
 
three principal
 
configurations
 
determined
by variable seam splitting characteristics present across
 
the Property:
 
1.
Full-seam
; all four benches (P31, P32, P33, and 345) are included within the mineable
section. This configuration is present within the remaining North and Northwest
 
resource
areas, as well as the upper portion of the South resource area.
 
Refer to
Figures 7-1
 
and
7-2
below
.
2.
P31, P32, and P33 Benches
; the underlying 345 bench extends more than two feet below
the P33 bench and is no longer included within the mineable section.
 
This configuration is
present on the South side of the Property.
 
Refer to
Figure 7-1
 
below.
3.
P32, P33, and 345 Benches
; the overlying P31 bench extends more than two feet above
 
the
P32 bench and is no longer included within the mineable section.
 
This configuration is
present on the Northeast side of the Property.
 
Refer to
Figure 7-2
 
below.
The
 
full-seam
 
bench
 
(P3)
 
thickness
 
ranges
 
from
 
1.22
 
to
 
3.44
 
meters
 
with
 
an
 
average
 
of
 
1.86
meters,
 
the
 
P31,
 
P32,
 
P33
 
bench
 
thickness
 
ranges
 
from
 
1.22
 
to
 
2.10
 
meters
 
with
 
an
 
average
 
of
1.43
 
meters,
 
and
 
the
 
P32,
 
P33,
 
345
 
bench
 
thickness
 
ranges
 
from
 
1.22
 
to
 
2.71
 
meters
 
with
 
an
average
 
of
 
1.65
 
meters.
 
The
 
seam
 
is
 
situated
 
below
 
drainage
 
throughout
 
the
 
Property
 
and
 
is
accessible by
 
existing mine
 
shafts.
 
Floor and roof
 
strata
 
vary throughout
 
the mine area
 
with floor
strata
 
including fireclay,
 
claystone,
 
shale, sandy
 
shale, and
 
sandstone, but
 
primarily being
 
fireclay
and
 
shale.
 
Roof
 
strata
 
varies
 
throughout
 
as
 
well
 
but
 
primarily
 
is
 
composed
 
of
 
sandstone,
 
sandy
shale, and shale.
 
7
Exploration
7.1
Nature and Extent of Exploration
Extensive
 
exploration
 
in the
 
form
 
of subsurface
 
drill efforts
 
has been
 
carried out
 
on the
 
Property
by numerous entities,
 
most of which efforts
 
were completed
 
prior to the acquisition
 
by Coronado.
 
Diamond core, rotary,
 
and CBM drilling are the three primary types of exploration on the Property.
 
Data
 
for
 
correlation
 
and
 
mining
 
conditions
 
are
 
derived
 
from
 
core
 
descriptions
 
and
 
geophysical
logging (e-logging).
 
Coal quality analyses were also employed
 
during the core exploration
 
process.
 
A
 
total
 
of
 
4,589
 
core,
 
rotary,
 
channel
 
samples,
 
mine
 
measurements,
 
and
 
CBM
 
wells
 
with
Pocahontas
 
No. 3 seam information
 
are found within
 
the Coronado database,
 
of which 1,784 data
points are located within the current
 
mine / resource area.
 
The location of the drilling is shown on
the maps included in
Appendix B
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The
 
concentration
 
of
 
exploration
 
varies
 
slightly
 
across
 
the
 
Property,
 
with
 
the
 
proposed
underground mining areas
 
having the highest
 
concentration of drill
 
holes.
 
Drilling on the Property
is typically
 
sufficient
 
for
 
delineation
 
of potential
 
underground
 
mineable benches.
 
Core
 
logging is
typically conducted by professional
 
geologists in cases where roof
 
and floor strata are
 
of particular
interest and in cases where greater resolution
 
and geologic detail are needed.
 
However,
 
much
 
of
 
the
 
early
 
drill
 
hole
 
data
 
comes
 
from
 
simplified
 
driller’s
 
logs,
 
which
 
often
 
lack
specific
 
details
 
regarding
 
geotechnical
 
conditions
 
and
 
specific
 
geology,
 
making
 
correlations
 
and
floor
 
and
 
roof
 
conditions
 
difficult
 
to
 
determine.
 
Geophysical
 
logging
 
techniques,
 
by
 
contrast,
document
 
some
 
details
 
useful
 
for
 
geologic
 
interpretation
 
and
 
mining
 
conditions,
 
but
 
do
 
not
provide detailed lithologic
 
information.
 
Given the variability
 
of data-gathering
 
methods, definitive
mapping of future mining
 
conditions may not be
 
possible, but projections and
 
assumptions can be
made within a reasonable degree of certainty.
Once
 
the
 
integrity
 
of
 
the
 
database
 
was
 
established,
 
stratigraphic
 
columnar
 
sections
 
were
generated
 
using
 
cross-sectional
 
analysis
 
to
 
establish
 
or
 
confirm
 
coal
 
seam
 
correlations.
 
Cross-
section illustrating the three
 
mineable bench configurations
 
are presented below
 
in
Figure 7-1
and
Figure 7-2
.
Figure 7-1: Buchanan Cross-Section, A1 – A2
 
 
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Figure 7-2: Buchanan Cross-Section, B1 – B2
Due
 
to
 
the
 
extended
 
history
 
of
 
exploration
 
by
 
various
 
parties
 
on
 
the
 
Property,
 
a
 
wide
 
variety
 
of
survey techniques
 
exist for
 
documentation of
 
data point
 
locations.
 
Many of
 
the older exploration
drill
 
holes
 
appear
 
to
 
have
 
been
 
located
 
by
 
survey
 
and
 
more
 
recently
 
completed
 
drill
 
holes
 
are
often
 
located
 
by
 
high-resolution
 
Global
 
Positioning
 
System
 
(
GPS
)
 
units.
 
However,
 
some
 
holes
appear to have
 
been approximately
 
located using USGS topography
 
maps or other methods which
are less accurate.
 
Therefore, discretion had
 
to be used regarding the accuracy
 
for the location and
ground surface elevation
 
of some of these older drill holes.
 
In instances where a drill hole location
(or associated
 
coal seam
 
elevations)
 
appeared to
 
be inconsistent
 
with the
 
overall
 
structural
 
trend
(or surface topography
 
for surface-mineable
 
areas), the data
 
point was not
 
honored for
 
geological
modeling.
 
Others with apparently minor variances were adjusted and then used by MM&A.
 
Surveying of the underground and surface mined areas has been performed by the
 
mine operators
and/or
 
their
 
consulting
 
surveyors.
 
By
 
assignment,
 
MM&A
 
did
 
not
 
verify
 
the
 
accuracy
 
or
completeness
 
of
 
supplied
 
mine
 
maps
 
but
 
accepted
 
this
 
information
 
as
 
being
 
the
 
work
 
of
responsible engineers and surveyors.
MM&A
 
compiled
 
comprehensive
 
topographic
 
map
 
files
 
by
 
selecting
 
the
 
best
 
available
 
aerial
mapping for each area and filling any gaps with digital USGS topographic
 
mapping.
7.2
Non-Drilling Procedures and Parameters
To
 
supplement
 
the
 
core
 
hole
 
quality
 
database,
 
samples
 
have
 
been
 
collected
 
from
 
underground
channel samples, mine stockpiles, and/or truck / train shipments.
 
 
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7.3
Drilling Procedures
Core
 
drilling
 
methods
 
typically
 
utilize
 
NX-size
 
(5.4
 
centimeters)
 
or
 
similar-sized
 
core
 
cylinders
 
to
recover core
 
samples, which can be
 
used to delineate
 
geologic characteristics,
 
and for coal
 
quality
testing
 
and geotechnical
 
logging.
 
For the
 
core holes,
 
the geophysical
 
logs are
 
especially useful
 
in
verifying the core recovery
 
of both the coal samples
 
(for assurance that
 
a sample is representative
of
 
the
 
full
 
seam)
 
and
 
of
 
the
 
roof
 
and
 
floor
 
rock
 
samples
 
(for
 
evaluating
 
ground
 
control
characteristics of deep mineable coal seams).
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
core
 
holes,
 
rotary-drilled
 
holes
 
also
 
exist
 
on
 
much
 
of
 
the
 
Property.
 
Data
 
for
 
the
rotary
 
drilled
 
holes
 
are
 
mainly
 
derived
 
from
 
downhole
 
geophysical
 
logs,
 
which
 
are
 
used
 
to
interpret coal
 
and rock thickness
 
and depth
 
since logging of the
 
drill cuttings
 
is not reliable.
 
From
time to
 
time, geological
 
staff
 
at MM&A
 
have
 
been engaged
 
by Coronado
 
to interpret
 
geophysical
logs
 
within
 
specific
 
areas
 
of
 
interest,
 
the
 
results
 
of
 
which
 
have
 
been
 
added
 
to
 
the
 
Coronado
geologic
 
database.
 
Moreover,
 
MM&A
 
field
 
geologists
 
have
 
conducted
 
gas
 
content
 
(desorption)
testing of core
 
samples as part of an
 
ongoing effort to
 
assess levels of coalbed
 
methane gas (
CBM
)
present
 
within
 
the
 
seam.
 
Additionally,
 
there
 
is
 
an
 
ongoing
 
active
 
surface
 
drilling
 
program
 
for
degassing
 
the
 
mined
 
seam
 
ahead
 
of
 
mining.
 
The
 
degas
 
holes
 
are
 
typically
 
logged
 
geophysically,
and the resulting
 
interpreted data
 
are incorporated
 
into the geological
 
model.
 
Exploratory drilling
generally
 
requires
 
drilling
 
to
 
depths
 
of
 
over
 
305
 
meters
 
to
 
penetrate
 
the
 
target
 
coal
 
seam
 
at
Buchanan.
A wide
 
variety of
 
core
 
logging techniques
 
exist
 
for the
 
Property.
 
For many
 
of the
 
core holes,
 
the
primary
 
data
 
source
 
is
 
a
 
generalized
 
lithology
 
description
 
by
 
the
 
driller,
 
which
 
may
 
be
supplemented by a
 
more detailed core
 
log completed by
 
a geologist.
 
These logs were provided
 
to
MM&A
 
as
 
a
 
geological
 
database.
 
MM&A
 
geologists
 
were
 
not
 
involved
 
in
 
the
 
production
 
of
original
 
core
 
logs
 
but
 
did
 
perform
 
a
 
basic
 
check
 
of
 
information
 
within
 
the
 
provided
 
database.
 
Where geophysical
 
logs for such holes
 
are available, they
 
were used by MM&A
 
geologists to verify
the coal thickness and core recovery of seams.
 
7.4
Hydrology
Buchanan
 
is
 
an
 
active
 
mine
 
with
 
no
 
hydrologic
 
concerns
 
or
 
material
 
issues
 
experienced
 
in
 
its
history.
 
Future mining
 
is projected
 
to occur
 
in areas
 
exhibiting similar
 
hydrogeological
 
conditions
as
 
past
 
mining,
 
including
 
stream
 
undermining,
 
undermining
 
of
 
aquifers,
 
and
 
mining
 
through
hydraulically
 
fractured
 
(frac’d)
 
coalbed
 
methane
 
wells.
 
Based
 
upon
 
the
 
successful
 
history
 
of the
operation with
 
regards to
 
hydrogeological
 
conditions, MM&A
 
assumes that
 
the operation
 
will not
be hindered by such issues in the future.
7.5
Geotechnical Data
Mining
 
plans
 
for
 
potential
 
underground
 
mines
 
were
 
developed
 
by
 
Coronado
 
and
 
modified
 
by
MM&A to
 
fit current
 
property constraints.
 
Pillar stability
 
was tested
 
by MM&A
 
using the
Analysis
of Retreat
 
Mining Pillar Stability
 
(ARMPS
) and
Analysis of Longwall
 
Pillar Stability
 
(ALPS)
 
programs
that
 
were
 
developed
 
by
 
the
National
 
Institute
 
for
 
Occupational
 
Safety
 
and
 
Health
 
(
NIOSH
)
.
 
MM&A
 
reviewed
 
the
 
results
 
from
 
the
 
ARMPS
 
and
 
ALPS
 
analysis
 
and
 
considered
 
them
 
in
 
the
development of the LOM plan.
 
 
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8
Sample Preparation, Analyses and Security
8.1
Prior to Sending to the Lab
Most
 
of the
 
coal
 
samples have
 
been obtained
 
from
 
the Property
 
by subsurface
 
exploration
 
using
core drilling
 
techniques.
 
The protocol
 
for preparing
 
and testing
 
the samples
 
has varied
 
over time
and
 
is
 
not
 
well
 
documented
 
for
 
the
 
older
 
holes
 
drilled
 
on
 
the
 
Property.
 
Typical
 
core-drilling
sampling
 
methods
 
for
 
coal
 
in
 
the
 
United
 
States
 
involves
 
drilling
 
through
 
the
 
seam, removing
 
the
core
 
from the
 
barrel, describing
 
the lithology,
 
wrapping
 
the sample
 
in a
 
sealed plastic
 
sleeve
 
and
placing it lengthwise
 
into a covered
 
core box, and
 
carefully marking hole
 
ID and depth intervals
 
on
each box
 
and
 
lid, allowing
 
the
 
core
 
to
 
be delivered
 
to
 
a laboratory
 
in correct
 
stratigraphic
 
order,
and
 
with
 
original
 
moisture
 
content.
 
This
 
process
 
has
 
been
 
the
 
norm
 
for
 
both
 
historical
 
and
ongoing exploration activities at the Property.
This
 
work
 
is
 
typically
 
performed
 
by
 
the
 
supervising
 
driller,
 
geologist,
 
or
 
company
 
personnel.
 
Samples
 
are
 
most
 
often
 
delivered
 
to
 
the
 
company
 
by
 
the
 
driller
 
after
 
each
 
shift
 
or
 
acquired
 
by
company personnel
 
or representatives.
 
Most of the
 
coal core
 
samples were obtained
 
by previous
or current
 
operators
 
on the
 
Property.
 
MM&A did
 
not participate
 
in the
 
collection, sampling,
 
and
analysis of the core samples.
 
However,
 
it is reasonable to assume, given the consistency
 
of quality
from
 
previous
 
operators,
 
that
 
these
 
samples
 
were
 
generally
 
collected
 
and
 
processed
 
under
industry
 
best
 
practices.
 
This
 
assumption
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
MM&A’s
 
familiarity
 
with
 
the
 
operating
companies and the companies used to perform the analyses.
8.2
Lab Procedures
Coal-quality testing
 
has been
 
performed over
 
many years
 
by operating
 
companies using
 
different
laboratories
 
and testing
 
regimens.
 
Some of
 
the samples
 
have
 
raw
 
analyses
 
and
 
washabilities
 
on
the
 
full
 
seam
 
(with
 
coal
 
and
 
rock
 
parting
 
layers
 
co-mingled)
 
and
 
are
 
mainly
 
useful
 
for
characterizing the
 
coal quality for
 
projected production
 
from underground
 
mining.
 
Other samples
have
 
coal
 
and
 
rock
 
analyzed
 
separately,
 
the
 
results
 
of
 
which
 
can
 
be
 
utilized
 
to
 
forecast
underground
 
mining
 
quality.
 
Care
 
has
 
been
 
taken
 
to
 
use
 
only
 
those
 
analyses
 
that
 
are
representative
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
quality
 
parameters
 
for
 
the
 
appropriate
 
mining
 
type
 
for
 
each
 
sample.
 
Unlike
 
many
 
Appalachian properties,
 
Buchanan has
 
interest
 
in
 
a
 
single deep-mineable
 
seam,
 
the
Pocahontas
 
No.
 
3
 
seam;
 
therefore,
 
the
 
analyses
 
have
 
been
 
conducted
 
following
 
a
 
consistent
protocol.
Standard procedure
 
upon receipt
 
of core
 
samples by
 
the testing
 
laboratory is
 
to: 1)
 
log the
 
depth
and
 
thickness
 
of
 
the
 
sample;
 
then
 
2)
 
perform
 
testing
 
as
 
specified
 
by
 
a
 
representative
 
of
 
the
operating company.
 
Samples
 
are
 
analyzed
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
procedures
 
defined
 
under
ASTM
 
International
 
(
ASTM
)
standards
 
including,
 
but
 
not
 
limited
 
to
 
(not
 
all
 
analytical
 
tests
 
identified
 
in
 
the
 
list
 
below
 
have
been
 
run
 
on
 
each
 
sample):
 
washability
 
(ASTM
 
D4371);
 
ash
 
(ASTM
 
D3174);
 
sulfur
 
(ASTM
 
D4239);
Btu/lb. (ASTM D5865); volatile matter (ASTM D3175); Free Swell
 
Index (
FSI
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While
 
not
 
confirmed
 
by
 
MM&A,
 
it
 
is
 
assumed
 
that
 
best
 
practices
 
and
 
ASTM
 
(or
 
equivalent
standards at the time of testing) were utilized
 
in laboratory quality testing.
9
Data Verification
9.1
Procedures of Qualified Person
MM&A
 
reviewed
 
the
 
digital
 
geologic
 
database
 
supplied
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
The
 
database
 
consists
 
of
data
 
records,
 
which
 
include
 
drill
 
hole
 
information
 
for
 
holes
 
that
 
lie
 
within
 
and
 
adjacent
 
to
 
the
Property
 
and
 
records
 
for
 
numerous
 
supplemental
 
coal
 
seam
 
thickness
 
measurements.
 
Upon
completion
 
of the
 
database
 
verification,
 
copies of
 
each entry
 
were
 
printed,
 
and cross
 
referenced
to
 
the
 
original
 
document
 
for
 
verification.
 
Once
 
the
 
initial
 
integrity
 
of
 
the
 
database
 
was
established,
 
stratigraphic
 
columnar
 
sections
 
were
 
generated
 
using
 
cross-sectional
 
analysis
 
to
establish
 
or
 
confirm
 
coal-seam
 
correlations.
 
Geophysical
 
logs
 
were
 
used
 
wherever
 
available
 
to
assist in
 
confirming the
 
seam correlation
 
and to
 
verify proper
 
seam thickness
 
measurements
 
and
recovery of coal samples.
 
After
 
establishing
 
and/or
 
verifying
 
proper
 
seam
 
correlation,
 
seam
 
data-control
 
maps
 
and
geological
 
cross-sections
 
were
 
generated
 
and
 
again
 
used
 
to
 
verify
 
seam
 
correlations
 
and
 
data
integrity.
 
Once
 
the
 
database
 
was
 
fully
 
vetted,
 
seam
 
thickness, base-of-seam
 
elevation,
 
roof
 
and
floor lithology,
 
and overburden
 
maps were
 
independently generated
 
for use
 
in the
 
mine planning
process.
9.2
Limitations
As
 
with
 
any
 
exploration
 
program,
 
localized
 
anomalies
 
cannot
 
always
 
be
 
discovered.
 
The
 
greater
the density
 
of the
 
samples taken,
 
the less
 
the risk.
 
Once an
 
area is
 
identified as
 
being of
 
interest
for inclusion in the mine plan, additional samples are taken to
 
help reduce the risk in those specific
areas.
 
In
 
general,
 
provision
 
is
 
made
 
in
 
the
 
mine
 
planning
 
portion
 
of
 
the
 
study
 
to
 
allow
 
for
localized
 
anomalies
 
that
 
are
 
typically
 
classed
 
more
 
as
 
a
 
nuisance
 
than
 
a
 
hinderance.
 
Longwall
production has been de-rated in thinner coal zones.
9.3
Opinion of Qualified Person
Sufficient
 
data
 
have
 
been
 
obtained
 
through
 
various
 
exploration
 
and
 
sampling
 
programs
 
and
mining
 
operations
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
geological
 
interpretations
 
of
 
seam
 
structure
 
and
 
thickness
 
for
coal
 
horizons
 
situated
 
on
 
the
 
Property.
 
The
 
data
 
are
 
of
 
sufficient
 
quantity
 
and
 
reliability
 
to
reasonably support the coal resource and coal reserve estimates in this TRS.
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Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing
10.1
Testing
 
Procedures
Separate
 
tabulations
 
have
 
been
 
compiled
 
for
 
basic
 
chemical
 
analyses
 
(both
 
raw
 
and
 
washed
quality),
 
petrographic
 
data,
 
rheological
 
data
 
and
 
chlorine,
 
ash,
 
ultimate
 
and
 
sulfur
 
analysis.
 
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latter two data types
 
are not as prevalent and have
 
been supplemented by samples collected from
mine stockpiles and either truck- or train-shipment samples.
Available
 
coal-quality data
 
were
 
tabulated
 
by resource
 
area in
 
a Microsoft®
 
EXCEL
 
workbook and
the
 
details
 
of
 
that
 
work
 
are
 
maintained
 
on
 
file
 
at
 
the
 
offices
 
of
 
Coronado
 
and
 
MM&A.
 
These
tables also
 
provide basic
 
statistical
 
analyses of
 
the coal
 
quality data
 
sets, including
 
average
 
value;
maximum
 
and
 
minimum
 
values;
 
and
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
samples
 
available
 
to
 
represent
 
each
 
quality
parameter
 
of
 
the
 
seam.
 
Coal
 
samples
 
that
 
were
 
deemed
 
by
 
MM&A
 
geologists
 
to
 
be
unrepresentative
 
were
 
not
 
used
 
for
 
statistical
 
analysis
 
of
 
coal
 
quality,
 
as
 
documented
 
in
 
the
tabulations.
 
A
 
representative
 
group
 
of
 
drill
 
hole
 
samples
 
from
 
the
 
Property
 
were
 
then
 
checked
against the original drill laboratory reports to verify
 
accuracy and correctness.
The
 
amount
 
and
 
areal
 
extent
 
of
 
coal
 
sampling
 
for
 
geological
 
data
 
is
 
generally
 
sufficient
 
to
represent
 
the quality
 
characteristics
 
of the
 
coal
 
horizons
 
and
 
allow for
 
proper
 
market
 
placement
of the
 
subject
 
coal
 
seams.
 
For
 
some of
 
the
 
coal deposits
 
there
 
are
 
considerable
 
laboratory
 
data
from
 
core
 
samples that
 
are
 
representative
 
of the
 
full
 
extent
 
of the
 
resource
 
area;
 
and for
 
others
there are
 
more limited data
 
to represent
 
the resource area.
 
For example, in
 
the active operations
with
 
considerable
 
previous
 
mining,
 
there
 
may
 
be
 
limited
 
quality
 
data
 
within
 
some
 
of
 
the
remaining
 
resource
 
areas;
 
however,
 
in those
 
cases
 
the
 
core
 
sampling
 
data
 
can
 
be supplemented
with
 
operational
 
data
 
from
 
mining
 
and
 
shipped
 
quality
 
samples
 
representative
 
of
 
the
 
resource
area.
10.2
Relationship of Tests
 
to the Whole
The extensive
 
sampling and
 
testing procedures
 
typically followed
 
in the
 
coal
 
industry result
 
in an
excellent
 
correlation
 
between
 
samples
 
and
 
marketable
 
product.
 
Shipped
 
analyses
 
of
 
the
 
coal
from Buchanan were
 
reviewed to verify
 
that the coal quality
 
and characteristics were
 
as expected.
 
Buchanan
 
has
 
a
 
long
 
history
 
of
 
saleable
 
production
 
in
 
the
 
low-volatile
 
metallurgical
 
markets,
confirming
 
exploration
 
results.
 
Degradation
 
of
 
coking
 
coal
 
characteristics
 
over
 
time
 
is
 
not
anticipated to be an issue.
10.3
Lab Information
As
 
noted
 
previously,
 
samples
 
are
 
analyzed
 
at
 
area
 
Laboratories
 
that
 
operate
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
procedures
 
defined under
 
ASTM standards
 
including, but
 
not limited
 
to the
 
following
 
(Note:
 
not
all analytical tests identified in this list have been run on each sample.):
>
ASTM D 4371
 
– Test
 
Method for Determining Washability Characteristics
 
of Coal
>
ASTM D 3174
 
– Method for Ash in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke
>
ASTM D
 
4239
 
– Test
 
Methods for
 
Sulphur in
 
the Analysis
 
Sample of
 
Coal and
 
Coke
 
Using High-
Temperature
 
Tube Furnace Combustion Methods
>
ASTM D 5865
 
– Test
 
Method for Gross Calorific Value
 
of Coal and Coke
>
ASTM D 3175
 
– Test
 
Method for Volatile Matter
 
in the Analysis Sample of Coal and Coke
>
ASTM D 3176
– Standard Practice for Ultimate Analysis of Coal and Coke
 
 
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>
ASTM D 3178
- Test
 
Method for Carbon and Hydrogen in Coal and Coke
>
ASTM D 3179
-
Te
st Method for Nitrogen in Coal and Coke
>
ASTM D 720
 
– Test
 
Method for Free-Swelling Index (
FSI
) of Coal
>
ASTM
 
D
 
5515
-
 
Test
 
Method
 
for
 
Determination
 
of
 
the
 
Swelling
 
Properties
 
of
 
Bituminous
 
Coal
Using a Dilatometer (Arnu)
>
ASTM D 2639
 
– Test
 
Method for Plastic Properties of Coal (Gieseler)
>
ASTM D 3683
– Trace Elements
 
in Coal and Coke Ash by the Atomic Absorption Method
>
ASTM D 1857
– Standard Test
 
Method for Fusibility of Coal and Coke Ash
>
ASTM
 
D
 
2798
 
Microscopical
 
Determination
 
of
 
the
 
Reflectance
 
of
 
Vitrinite
 
in
 
a
 
Polished
Specimen of Coal
Ultimate
 
analysis
 
is
 
a
 
process
 
typically
 
used
 
which
 
gives
 
the
 
composition
 
of
 
coal
 
in
 
terms
 
of
carbon,
 
hydrogen,
 
nitrogen,
 
oxygen,
 
ash,
 
and
 
sulfur
 
without
 
regard
 
to
 
origin.
 
The
 
sum
 
of
 
the
carbon,
 
hydrogen,
 
nitrogen,
 
sulfur,
 
and ash
 
are subtracted
 
from
 
100
 
percent
 
to
 
calculate
 
oxygen
percent.
Heating
 
value or
 
calorific value
 
is a
 
measure of
 
the heat
 
produced
 
from a
 
unit weight
 
of coal.
 
In
the
 
United
 
States,
 
it
 
is
 
commonly
 
expressed
 
in
 
British
 
thermal
 
units
 
per
 
pound
 
(
Btu/lb.
).
 
Other
units
 
are
 
kilocalories
 
per
 
kilogram
 
(
Kcal/kg
)
 
and
 
kilojoules
 
per
 
gram
 
(
KJ/g
).
 
Heating
 
value
 
is
generally determined by burning a weighed coal sample, in oxygen,
 
in a calorimeter.
10.4
Relevant Results
No critical factors have been found
 
that would adversely affect the recovery
 
of the Reserve.
 
11
Mineral Resource Estimates
MM&A
 
independently
 
created
 
a
 
geologic
 
model
 
to
 
define
 
the
 
coal
 
resources
 
at
 
Buchanan.
 
Coal
resources were estimated
 
as of December 31, 2022.
11.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methodology
Geological
 
data
 
were
 
imported
 
into
 
Carlson
 
Mining
®
 
(formerly
 
SurvCADD
®
)
 
geological
 
modelling
software
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of Microsoft
®
 
Excel
 
files
 
incorporating
 
drill
 
hole
 
collars,
 
seam
 
and
 
thickness
picks, bottom
 
seam elevations
 
and raw
 
and washed
 
coal quality.
 
These data
 
files were
 
validated
prior to importing into the software.
 
Once imported, a geologic model was created, reviewed, and
verified with a key element being a gridded model of coal seam thickness.
 
Resource
 
tonnes
 
were
 
estimated
 
by
 
using
 
the
 
seam
 
thickness
 
grid
 
based
 
on
 
each
 
valid
 
point
 
of
observation and
 
by defining
 
resource confidence
 
arcs around
 
the points
 
of observation.
 
Points of
observation for
 
Measured and
 
Indicated confidence
 
arcs were
 
defined for
 
all valid
 
drill holes
 
that
intersected
 
the seam
 
using standards
 
deemed acceptable
 
by MM&A
 
based on
 
a detailed
 
geologic
evaluation and a statistical analysis
 
of all drill holes within the projected reserve areas as described
 
 
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in
Section 11.1.1
.
 
The geological
 
evaluation incorporated
 
an analysis
 
of seam
 
thickness related
 
to
depositional environments, adjacent roof and floor lithologies, and structural influences.
After
 
validating
 
coal
 
seam
 
data
 
and
 
establishing
 
correlations,
 
the
 
thickness
 
and
 
elevation
 
for
seams
 
of
 
economic
 
interest
 
were
 
used
 
to
 
generate
 
a
 
geologic
 
model.
 
Due
 
to
 
the
 
relative
structural
 
simplicity
 
of
 
the
 
deposits
 
and
 
the
 
reasonable
 
continuity
 
of
 
the
 
tabular
 
coal
 
beds,
 
the
principal
 
geological
 
interpretation
 
necessary
 
to
 
define
 
the
 
geometry
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
deposits
 
is
 
the
proper
 
modeling
 
of
 
their
 
thickness
 
and
 
elevation.
 
Both
 
coal
 
thickness
 
and
 
quality
 
data
 
are
deemed
 
by
 
MM&A
 
to
 
be
 
reasonably
 
sufficient
 
within
 
the
 
resource
 
areas.
 
Therefore,
 
there
 
is
 
a
reasonable
 
level
 
of
 
confidence
 
in
 
the
 
geologic
 
interpretations
 
required
 
for
 
coal
 
resource
determination based on the available data and the techniques applied to the data.
Table
 
11-1
 
below
 
provides
 
the
 
geological
 
mapping
 
and
 
coal
 
tonnage
 
estimation
 
criteria
 
used
 
for
the
 
coal
 
resource
 
and
 
reserve
 
evaluation.
 
These
 
cut-off
 
parameters
 
have
 
been
 
developed
 
by
MM&A based
 
on its
 
experience with
 
the Coronado
 
property
 
and are
 
typical of
 
mining operations
in
 
the
 
Central
 
Appalachian
 
coal
 
basin.
 
This
 
experience
 
includes
 
technical
 
and
 
economic
evaluations
 
of
 
numerous
 
properties
 
in the
 
region
 
for
 
the
 
purposes
 
of
 
determining
 
the
 
economic
viability of the subject coal reserves.
Table 11-1:
 
General Reserve and Resource Criteria
Item
Parameters
Technical Notes & Exceptions*
 
General Reserve Criteria
 
 
Reserve Classification
Reserve and Resource
Reliability Categories
Reserve (Proven and Probable)
Resource (Measured, Indicated and Inferred)
To better reflect geological conditions of the coal
deposits, distance between points of observation is
standard USGS (in meters), respectively, for measured
and indicated and inferred.
Effective Date of Resource Estimate
December 31, 2022
Coal resources were updated for depletion based on
information from Coronado.
 
Effective date for coal
resources is as of December 31, 2022.
Effective Date of Reserve Estimate
December 31, 2022
Coal reserves were updated for depletion based on
information from Coronado.
 
Effective date for coal
reserves is as of December 31, 2022.
Seam Density
Variable, dependent upon seam characteristics
(based on available drill hole quality).
 
In the
absence of laboratory data, estimated by (1)
assuming specific gravity of 1.30 for coal and 2.25
to 2.5 for rock parting, or (2) 1280 kg/m
3
 
to 1324
kg/m
3
 
for a "clean" seam
 
Underground-Mineable Criteria
Map Thickness
Total seam thickness
Minimum Seam Thickness
1.2 meters (locally <1.2 m for limited areas
integral to the mine plan)
Minimum Mining Thickness
1.83 meters
Minimum In-Seam Wash Recovery
40 percent
 
Wash Recovery Applied to Coal
Reserves
Based on average yield for drill holes within
reserve area, or in the absence of laboratory
washability data, based on estimated visual
recovery using specific gravities noted above and
95 percent yield on "clean" coal
Out-of-Seam Dilution Thickness for
Run-of-Mine Tonnes Applied to Coal
Reserves
0.05 meters
2243 kg/m³ density used for dilution tonnage estimate
Mine Barrier
61-meter distance from abandoned mines and
sealed or pillared areas.
Adjustments Applied to Coal Reserves
6 percent moisture increase; 5 percent
preparation plant inefficiency
Note:
 
Exceptions for
 
application of
 
these criteria
 
to resource
 
and reserve
 
estimation are
 
made as
 
warranted and
 
demonstrated by
 
either actual
 
mining
experience or detailed data
 
that allows for empirical
 
evaluation of mining conditions.
 
Final classification of coal reserve
 
is made based on the
 
pre-
feasibility evaluation.
 
 
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11.1.1
Geostatistical Analysis for Classification
MM&A
 
completed
 
a
 
geostatistical
 
analysis
 
on
 
drill
 
holes
 
within
 
the
 
reserve
 
boundaries
 
to
determine
 
the
 
applicability
 
of the
 
common
 
United
 
States
 
classification
 
system
 
for
 
measured
 
and
indicated and inferred
 
coal resources.
 
Historically,
 
the United States
 
has assumed that coal
 
within
0.4
 
kilometers
 
of
 
a
 
point
 
of
 
observation
 
represents
 
a
 
measured
 
resource
 
whereas
 
coal
 
between
0.4
 
kilometer
 
and
 
1.2
 
kilometers
 
from
 
a
 
point
 
of
 
observation
 
is
 
classified
 
as
 
indicated.
 
Inferred
resources are commonly assumed
 
to be located between
 
1.2 kilometers and 4.8
 
kilometers from a
point
 
of
 
observation.
 
Per
 
SEC
 
regulations,
 
only
 
measured
 
and
 
indicated
 
resources
 
may
 
be
considered for reserve classification, respectively
 
as proven and probable reserves.
MM&A
 
performed
 
a
 
geostatistical
 
analysis
 
of
 
the
 
Buchanan data
 
set
 
using the
 
Drill
 
Hole
 
Spacing
Analysis
 
(
DHSA
)
 
method.
 
This
 
method
 
attempts
 
to
 
quantify
 
the
 
uncertainty
 
of
 
applying
 
a
measurement
 
from
 
a
 
central
 
location
 
to
 
increasingly
 
larger
 
square
 
blocks
 
and
 
provides
recommendations
 
for determining
 
the distances
 
between drill
 
holes for
 
measured, indicated,
 
and
inferred resources.
To
 
perform DHSA the data
 
set was processed to remove
 
any erroneous data points,
 
clustered data
points, as
 
well as
 
directional trends.
 
This was
 
achieved through
 
the use
 
of histograms,
 
as seen
 
in
Figure 11-1
, color coded scatter
 
plots showing the geospatial positioning
 
of the borings,
Figure 11-
2
, and trend analysis.
Figure 11-1:
 
Histogram of the Total
 
Seam
Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam Present
in the Buchanan Mine Complex
Figure 11-2:
 
Scatter plot of the Total
 
Seam
Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam Present in
the Buchanan Mine Complex
Following the completion of
 
data processing, a variogram
 
of the data set was
 
created,
Figure 11-3
.
 
The
 
variogram
 
plots average
 
square difference
 
against
 
the separation
 
distance
 
between
 
the data
pairs.
 
The
 
separation
 
distance
 
is broken
 
up into
 
separate
 
bins defined
 
by a
 
uniform
 
lag distance
(e.g., for
 
a lag
 
distance of
 
152 meters
 
the bins
 
would be
 
0 –
 
152 meters,
 
153 –
 
305 meters,
 
etc.).
 
Each
 
pair of
 
data
 
points that
 
are
 
less than
 
one lag
 
distance
 
apart are
 
reported
 
in the
 
first
 
bin.
 
If
the data
 
pair is further
 
apart than one
 
lag distance
 
but less than
 
two lag distances
 
apart, then the
variance
 
is reported
 
in the
 
second
 
bin.
 
The
 
numerical
 
average
 
for
 
differences
 
reported
 
for
 
each
bin is then plotted on the
 
variogram.
 
Care was taken
 
to define the lag distance
 
in such a way as to
not
 
overestimate
 
any
 
nugget
 
effect
 
present
 
in
 
the
 
data
 
set.
 
Lastly,
 
modeled
 
equations,
 
often
 
 
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spherical, gaussian, or
 
exponential, are applied to
 
the variogram in order
 
to represent the
 
data set
across a continuous spectrum.
Figure 11-3: Variogram of the Total
 
Seam Thickness for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam
 
Present in the Buchanan Mine Complex
The estimation
 
variance is
 
then calculated
 
using information
 
from the
 
modeled variogram
 
as well
as
 
charts
 
published
 
by
 
Journel
 
and
 
Huijbregts
 
(1978).
 
This
 
value
 
estimates
 
the
 
variance
 
from
applying
 
a
 
single
 
central
 
measurement
 
to
 
increasingly
 
larger
 
square
 
blocks.
 
Care
 
was
 
taken
 
to
ensure
 
any
 
nugget
 
effect
 
present
 
was
 
added
 
back
 
into
 
the
 
data.
 
This
 
process
 
was
 
repeated
 
for
each test block size.
The
 
final
 
step
 
of
 
the
 
process
 
is
 
to
 
calculate
 
the
 
global
 
estimation
 
variance.
 
In
 
this
 
step,
 
the
number of square blocks that
 
would fit inside the selected
 
study area is determined for
 
each block
size
 
that
 
was
 
investigated
 
in
 
the
 
previous
 
step.
 
The
 
estimation
 
variance
 
is
 
then
 
divided
 
by
 
the
number
 
of
 
blocks
 
that
 
would
 
fit
 
inside
 
the
 
study
 
area
 
for
 
each
 
test
 
block
 
size.
 
Following
 
this
determination,
 
the
 
data
 
is
 
then
 
transformed
 
back
 
to
 
represent
 
the
 
relative
 
error
 
in
 
the
 
95th-
percentile range.
Figure 11-4
shows the
 
results of
 
the DHSA
 
performed on
 
the Pocahontas
 
No. 3
 
seam data
 
for the
Buchanan Mine.
 
DHSA provides hole to hole
 
spacing values; these distances need to
 
be converted
to radius
 
from a
 
central point
 
in order
 
to compare
 
to the
 
historical
 
standards.
 
A summary
 
of the
radius
 
data
 
is shown
 
in
Table
 
11-2
.
 
DHSA
 
prescribes
 
that
 
measured,
 
indicated,
 
and inferred
 
drill
 
 
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hole spacing be
 
determined at
 
the 10-percent,
 
20-percent, and
 
50-percent levels
 
of relative
 
error,
respectively.
Figure 11-4: Result of DHSA for the Pocahontas No. 3 Seam Present in the Buchanan Mine Complex
Table 11-2:
 
DHSA Results Summary for Radius from a Central Point
Model:
Measured Radial Distance
(10% Relative Error)
Indicated Radial Distance
(20% Relative Error)
Inferred Radial Distance
(50% Relative Error)
(km)
(km)
(km)
Gaussian:
0.71
1.10
2.76
Spherical:
0.71
1.08
2.67
Exponential:
0.67
1.08
3.08
Comparing
 
the
 
results
 
of
 
the
 
DHSA
 
to
 
the
 
historical
 
standards,
 
it
 
is
 
evident
 
that
 
the
 
historical
standards
 
are
 
more
 
conservative
 
than
 
even
 
the
 
most
 
conservative
 
DHSA
 
model
 
with
 
regards
 
to
determining
 
measured
 
resources.
 
The
 
Exponential
 
model
 
recommends
 
using
 
a
 
radius
 
of
 
0.67
kilometers
 
for
 
measured
 
resources
 
compared
 
to
 
the
 
historical
 
value
 
of
 
0.4
 
kilometers.
 
With
respect
 
to
 
indicated
 
resources,
 
the
 
DHSA
 
falls
 
in
 
line
 
closely
 
with
 
the
 
historical
 
standards.
 
The
Exponential
 
and Spherical
 
models recommend
 
using a
 
radius
 
1.08 kilometers,
 
while the
 
Gaussian
model
 
recommends
 
a
 
radius
 
of
 
1.10
 
kilometers.
 
These
 
values
 
line
 
up
 
closely
 
with
 
the
 
historical
radius of 1.2
 
kilometers.
 
These results have
 
led the QPs
 
to report the
 
data following
 
the historical
classification standards, rather
 
than use the results of the DHSA.
11.2
Qualified Person’s Estimates
Mineral
 
resources,
 
representing
 
in-situ
 
coal
 
from
 
a
 
portion
 
of
 
which
 
reserves
 
are
 
derived,
 
are
presented below.
 
Based on the work described and detailed modelling of the areas
 
considering all
the parameters
 
defined, a
 
coal resource
 
estimate,
 
summarized
 
in
Table
 
11-3
, was
 
prepared
 
as of
December 31, 2022, for property controlled by Coronado.
 
 
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Table 11-3:
 
Coal Resources Summary as of December 31, 2022
 
Coal Resource (Dry Tonnes, In Situ, Mt)
Resource Quality (Dry)
Area
Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total
Ash%
Sulfur%
VM%
Inclusive of Reserves
158.0
10.2
0.0
168.2
25
0.7
16
Exclusive of Reserves
33.9
5.9
0.0
39.8
Total 12/31/2022
191.9
16.1
0.0
208.0
 
Note:
 
Resource tonnes are inclusive of reserve tonnes since they include the in-situ tonnes from which recoverable coal reserves are derived.
Note 2:
 
Coal resources are reported on a dry basis.
 
Surface moisture and inherent moisture are excluded.
Note 3: The Property contains 39.8 Mt of dry, in-place measured and indicated coal resources exclusive of reserves as of December 31, 2022.
11.3
Resources Exclusive of Reserves
The
 
Property
 
contains
 
multiple
 
resource
 
blocks
 
which
 
were
 
not
 
deemed
 
to
 
exhibit
 
reserve
potential
 
at the
 
time of
 
the
 
study.
 
These
 
resources,
 
formally
 
identified as
 
resources
 
exclusive
 
of
reserves,
 
are located
 
in the
 
Pocahontas
 
No. 3
 
coal seam.
 
Reasons which
 
may preclude
 
elevation
of resources to reserves include, but are not limited to:
1.
Insufficient density of drilling and/or coal quality data available
 
at the time of this evaluation.
2.
Unfavorable economics
 
at the PFS level, yet economics could become attractive
 
in the future
under different market
 
conditions.
 
3.
Exclusion from LOM planning by mining operator
 
due to remaining resource blocks which are
relatively small, isolated blocks and not currently attractive
 
from an operational perspective.
 
Multiple resource blocks in the active Buchanan Mine have not been considered
 
as reserve
due to relatively small size and isolation.
11.3.1
Initial Economic Assessment
MM&A completed an initial economic assessment to
 
determine the potential economic viability of
resources
 
exclusive
 
of reserves.
 
Unlike
 
the economic
 
analysis presented
 
in
Section
 
19 developed
to test reserves, the initial economic assessment below is presented
 
on a real basis in 2022 dollars.
 
MM&A
 
applied
 
relevant
 
technical
 
factors
 
to
 
estimate
 
potential
 
saleable
 
tonnes
 
without
 
the
resource
 
blocks,
 
should
 
the
 
resources
 
be
 
extracted
 
via
 
deep,
 
continuous
 
mining
 
methods
 
(given
that their irregular and isolated nature
may
 
preclude longwall mining).
 
MM&A
 
developed
 
cash
 
cost
 
profiles
 
for
 
the
 
resource
 
blocks,
 
including
 
direct
 
cash
 
costs
 
(labor,
supplies,
 
roof
 
control,
 
maintenance
 
and
 
repair,
 
power,
 
and
 
other);
 
washing,
 
trucking,
 
materials
handling, general
 
and administrative,
 
and environmental
 
costs;
 
and indirect
 
cash
 
costs
 
(royalties,
production
 
taxes,
 
property tax,
 
insurance).
 
Costs were
 
developed
 
based off
 
relevant
 
cost
 
drivers
(per-meter,
 
per-raw-tonne,
 
per-clean-tonne).
 
Additionally,
 
MM&A
 
estimated
 
capital
 
costs
 
to
extract
 
resources.
 
Capital
 
costs
 
associated
 
with
 
mine
 
development
 
were
 
amortized
 
across
 
the
resource’s
 
potential saleable tonnages.
 
Additional non-cash items (depreciation of equipment and
depletion)
 
and
 
cash
 
costs
 
were
 
compared
 
to
 
an
 
assumed
 
sale
 
price
 
of
 
$110
 
per
 
tonne
 
(FOB
loadout),
 
representing
 
the
 
long-term
 
average
 
price forecast
 
for
 
Buchanan supplied
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
The
 
results
 
of
 
the
 
analysis
 
are
 
shown
 
below
 
and
 
demonstrate
 
potential
 
profitability
 
on
 
a
 
fully
loaded cost basis.
 
Detailed summaries are shown in
Appendix D
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Table 11-4:
 
Results of Initial Economic Assessment
Seam
Resource
Block
Direct Cash
Transportation,
Washing, Enviro,
G&A
Indirect
Non-Cash
Total Cost
Fully
Loaded P&L
P3
N, NE, NW
$58.63
$14.14
$7.52
$16.77
$97.06
$13.18
Figure 11-5:
 
Results of Initial Economic Assessment
11.4
Qualified Person’s Opinion
While there is
 
some level of stratigraphically
 
controlled seam-thickness
 
variability,
 
the Pocahontas
No.
 
3
 
coal
 
seam
 
at
 
Buchanan
 
demonstrates
 
reasonable
 
thickness
 
consistency
 
according
 
to
 
the
classification
 
system
 
of
measured
 
(0
 
 
0.4
 
kilometer),
indicated
 
(0.4
 
to
 
1.2
 
kilometers),
 
and
inferred
 
(1.2
 
to
 
4.8
 
kilometers).
 
MM&A
 
geologists
 
and
 
engineers
 
modeled
 
the
 
deposit
 
and
delineated
 
mineable
 
regions
 
to
 
reflect
 
the
 
nature
 
of
 
each
 
seam
 
and
 
the
 
practicality
 
of
 
mining
constraints.
 
Based
 
on
 
MM&A’s
 
geostatistical
 
analysis,
 
it
 
would
 
be
 
possible
 
to
 
extend
 
the
measured arcs slightly
 
beyond historically accepted
 
practices due to consistent
 
geological settings.
 
These results
 
have
 
led the
 
QPs to
 
report the
 
data following
 
the historical
 
classification standards,
rather than use the results of the DHSA.
Based on the data
 
review,
 
the attendant work
 
done to verify the data
 
integrity and the creation
 
of
an
 
independent
 
geologic model,
 
the
 
QPs
 
believe
 
this
 
is a
 
fair
 
and
 
accurate
 
representation
 
of the
Buchanan coal resources.
12
Mineral Reserve Estimates
12.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methodology
Coal
 
Reserves
 
are
 
classified
 
as
proven
 
or
probable
 
considering
 
“modifying
 
factors”
 
including
mining,
 
metallurgical,
 
economic,
 
marketing,
 
legal,
 
environmental,
 
social,
 
and
 
governmental
factors.
 
 
 
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>
Proven Coal Reserves
 
are the economically mineable part of a measured coal resource,
adjusted for diluting materials and allowances for losses when the material is mined.
 
It is based
on appropriate assessment and studies in consideration of and adjusted
 
for reasonably
assumed modifying factors.
 
These assessments demonstrate that extraction
 
could be
reasonably justified at the time of reporting.
 
>
Probable Coal Reserves
 
are the economically mineable part of an indicated coal resource, and
in some circumstances a measured coal resource, adjusted
 
for diluting materials and
allowances for losses when the material is mined.
 
It is based on appropriate assessment and
studies in consideration of and adjusted for
 
reasonably assumed modifying factors.
 
These
assessments demonstrate that extraction
 
could be reasonably justified at the time of reporting.
 
Upon
 
completion
 
of delineation
 
and calculation
 
of coal
 
resources,
 
MM&A generated
 
a LOM
 
plan
for
 
Buchanan.
 
The
 
footprint
 
of the
 
reserve
 
area
 
is
 
shown
 
on
 
the
 
map
 
in
Appendix B
.
 
The
 
Mine
plan was
 
generated
 
based on
 
the forecast
 
mine plan
 
and permit
 
plan provided
 
by Coronado
 
with
modifications by
 
MM&A where
 
necessary due
 
to current
 
property control
 
limits, modifications
 
to
geologic mapping, or other factors determined during the evaluation.
Carlson
 
Mining
 
software
 
was
 
used
 
to
 
generate
 
the
 
LOM
 
plan
 
for
 
Buchanan.
 
The
 
mine
 
plan
 
was
sequenced
 
based
 
on
 
productivity
 
schedules
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado.
 
MM&A
 
judged
 
the
productivity
 
estimates
 
and
 
plans
 
to
 
be
 
reasonable
 
based
 
on
 
experience
 
and
 
current
 
industry
practice.
At
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine,
 
a
 
minimum
 
mining
 
height
 
of
 
1.83
 
meters
 
was
 
used
 
due
 
to
 
the
longwall mining method being employed.
 
For coal seams thinner than the assigned mining height,
the difference
 
between the
 
coal seam
 
height and
 
assigned mining
 
height consists
 
of out-of-seam
dilution (
OSD
).
 
Mine recovery
 
generally varies
 
between 40
 
and 60
 
percent for
 
continuous mining
panels,
 
and 100
 
percent
 
for
 
longwall.
 
Plant
 
recovery
 
is a
 
function
 
of in-seam
 
recovery,
 
OSD and
plant
 
efficiency
 
factor,
 
which
 
is
 
set
 
at
 
95
 
percent.
 
Typical
 
entry
 
width
 
is
 
5.79
 
meters
 
to
 
6.10
meters.
Raw,
 
ROM
 
production
 
data
 
outputs
 
from
 
LOM
 
plan
 
sequencing
 
were
 
processed
 
into
 
Microsoft
®
EXCEL spreadsheets
 
and summarized
 
on an
 
annual basis
 
for processing
 
into the
 
economic model.
 
Average
 
seam
 
densities
 
were
 
estimated
 
to
 
determine
 
raw
 
coal
 
tonnes
 
produced
 
from
 
the
 
LOM
plan.
 
Average
 
mine recovery
 
and
 
wash
 
recovery
 
factors
 
were
 
applied to
 
determine
 
coal
 
reserve
tonnes.
 
Coal reserve
 
tonnes in
 
this evaluation
 
are reported
 
at a
 
6.0-percent moisture
 
basis and
 
represent
the saleable product from the Property.
Pricing
 
data
 
as
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
is
 
described
 
in
Section
 
16.2
.
 
The
 
pricing
 
data
 
assumes
 
a
weighted
 
average
 
domestic
 
and
 
international
 
FOB-mine
 
price
 
of
 
approximately
 
$179
 
per
 
metric
tonne
 
for
 
calendar
 
year
 
2023.
 
The
 
weighted
 
average
 
price
 
decreases
 
to
 
approximately
 
$132
 
to
$143 per metric tonne through
 
year 2027 and averages
 
approximately $153
 
per metric tonne over
the LOM.
 
 
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The coal resource
 
mapping and estimation
 
process described in
 
this report was
 
used as a basis
 
for
the coal reserve
 
estimate.
 
Proven and
 
probable coal
 
reserves were
 
derived from
 
the defined coal
resource
 
considering
 
relevant
 
processing,
 
economic
 
(including
 
technical
 
estimates
 
of
 
capital,
revenue,
 
and
 
cost),
 
marketing,
 
legal,
 
environmental,
 
socio-economic,
 
and
 
regulatory
 
factors
 
and
are presented on a moist, recoverable
 
basis.
As is
 
customary in
 
the US,
 
the categories
 
for proven
 
and probable
 
coal reserves
 
are based
 
on the
distances
 
from
 
valid
 
points
 
of
 
measurement
 
as
 
determined
 
by
 
the
 
QPs
 
for
 
the
 
area
 
under
consideration.
 
For this
 
evaluation, measured
 
resource, which
 
may convert
 
to a
 
proven reserve,
 
is
based on a 0.4-kilometer radius from a valid point of observation.
Points
 
of observation
 
include exploration
 
drill holes,
 
degas holes,
 
and mine
 
measurements which
have been fully vetted
 
and processed into a
 
geologic model.
 
The geologic model is based on seam
depositional
 
modeling,
 
the
 
interrelationship
 
of
 
overlying
 
and
 
underlying
 
strata
 
on
 
seam
mineability,
 
seam
 
thickness
 
trends,
 
the
 
impact
 
of
 
seam
 
structure
 
(i.e.,
 
faulting),
 
intra-seam
characteristics,
 
etc.
 
Once
 
the
 
geologic
 
model
 
was
 
completed,
 
a
 
statistical
 
analysis,
 
described
 
in
Section
 
11.1.1
 
was
 
conducted
 
and
 
a
 
0.4-kilometer
 
radius
 
from
 
a
 
valid
 
point
 
of
 
observation
 
was
selected to define Measured Resources.
 
Likewise,
 
the distance
 
between 0.4
 
and 1.2 of
 
a kilometer
 
radius was
 
selected to
 
define Indicated
Resources.
 
Indicated Resources may convert
 
to Probable Reserves.
 
There
 
are
 
no
 
Inferred
 
Resources
 
(greater
 
than
 
a
 
1.2-kilometer
 
radius
 
from
 
a
 
valid
 
point
 
of
observation) at Buchanan.
12.2
Qualified Person’s Estimates
Reserve tonnage
 
estimates provided
 
herein report
 
coal reserves
 
derived from
 
the in-situ resource
tonnes presented in
Table 11-3
, and not in addition to coal resources.
 
Coal reserves are presented
on a
 
ROM basis
 
in
Table
 
12-1
.
 
Proven
 
and probable
 
coal reserves
 
were derived
 
from the
 
defined
coal
 
resource
 
considering
 
relevant
 
mining,
 
processing,
 
infrastructure,
 
economic
 
(including
estimates
 
of
 
capital,
 
revenue,
 
and
 
cost),
 
marketing,
 
legal,
 
environmental,
 
socio-economic
 
and
regulatory factors.
 
The coal reserves,
 
as shown in
Table
 
12-2
, are based
 
on a technical
 
evaluation
of
 
the
 
geology
 
and
 
a
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
study
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
deposits.
 
The
 
extent
 
to
 
which
 
the
coal
 
reserves
 
may
 
be
 
affected
 
by
 
any
 
known
 
environmental,
 
permitting,
 
legal,
 
title,
 
socio-
economic,
 
marketing,
 
political,
 
or
 
other
 
relevant
 
issues
 
has
 
been
 
reviewed
 
rigorously.
 
Similarly,
the
 
extent
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
estimates
 
of
 
coal
 
reserves
 
may
 
be
 
materially
 
affected
 
by
 
mining,
metallurgical, infrastructure
 
and other relevant factors has also been considered.
 
Table 12-1:
 
Coal ROM (Moist) Summary as of December 31, 2022
 
Demonstrated Coal Reserves (Mt, Moist ROM)
Quality (Dry)
 
By Reliability Category
By Mining Type
By Control Type
Area /
Mine
Proven
Probable
Total
Surface
UG
Owned
Leased
Subleased
Ash
Sulfur
Vol
Buchanan
144.9
8.7
153.6
0.0
153.6
21.7
127.9
4.0
42
0.7
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Table 12-2:
 
Coal Reserves Summary (Marketable Sales Basis) as of December 31, 2022
 
Demonstrated Coal Reserves (Wet Tons,
 
Washed or Direct Shipped, Mt)
Quality (Dry Basis)
 
By Reliability Category
By Mining Type
By Control Type
Area / Mine
Proven
Probable
Total
Surface
UG
Owned
Leased
Subleased
Ash%
Sulfur%
VM%
Buchanan Mine Complex
87.5
5.4
92.9
0.0
92.9
14.4
75.9
2.6
6
0.7
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Note: Marketable reserve tonnes are reported on a moist basis, including a combination of surface and inherent moisture.
 
The combination of
surface and inherent moisture is modeled 6-percent.
 
Actual product moisture is dependent upon multiple geological factors, operational
factors, and product contract specifications and can exceed 8-percent.
 
As such, the modeled moisture values provide a level of conservatism
for reserve reporting.
As shown below,
 
coal shipments during 2022 (primarily from the northern portion of the Property)
exhibit a year-to-date
 
average quality comparable
 
to quality projected
 
from core samples (refer
 
to
Table 12-2
 
above).
 
>
Moisture content: 8.3%
>
Ash content: 5.8% (db)
>
Sulfur content: 0.7% (db)
>
VM content: 17% (db)
The
 
results
 
of
 
this
 
TRS
 
define
 
an
 
estimated
 
92.9
 
Mt
 
of
 
proven
 
and
 
probable
 
marketable
 
coal
reserves.
 
Of that
 
total, 94
 
percent are
 
proven, and
 
6 percent
 
are probable.
 
There are
 
14.4 Mt
 
of
owned
 
coal
 
reserves
 
and
 
75.9
 
Mt
 
of
 
leased
 
coal
 
and
 
2.6
 
Mt
 
of
 
subleased
 
reserves.
 
All
 
the
Buchanan reserves are considered suitable for the metallurgical
 
coal market, and all are assigned.
12.3
Qualified Person’s Opinion
The
 
estimate
 
of coal
 
reserves was
 
determined
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
JORC
 
Code along
 
with SEC
Regulation S-K 1300.
The
 
LOM
 
mining
 
plan
 
for
 
Buchanan
 
was
 
prepared
 
to
 
the
 
level
 
of
 
preliminary
 
feasibility.
 
Mine
projections
 
were
 
prepared
 
with
 
a
 
timing
 
schedule
 
to
 
match
 
production
 
with
 
coal
 
seam
characteristics.
 
Production timing
 
was carried
 
out from
 
current locations
 
to depletion
 
of the
 
coal
reserve
 
area.
 
Coal reserve
 
estimates
 
could be
 
materially
 
affected
 
by the
 
risk factors
 
described in
Section 22.2
.
 
Based on the preliminary feasibility study and the attendant economic review,
 
the QPs believe this
is a fair and accurate calculation of the Buchanan coal reserves.
13
Mining Methods
13.1
Geotech and Hydrology
Mining
 
plans
 
for
 
potential
 
underground
 
mines
 
were
 
developed
 
by
 
Coronado
 
and
 
MM&A.
 
Pillar
stability
 
was
 
tested
 
by
 
MM&A
 
using
 
the
Analysis
 
of
 
Retreat
 
Mining
 
Pillar
 
Stability
 
(ARMPS
)
 
and
Analysis of Longwall Pillar Stability
(
ALPS
) programs that
 
were developed by the
National Institute
 
 
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for
 
Occupational
 
Safety
 
and
 
Health
 
(
NIOSH
)
.
 
MM&A reviewed
 
the
 
results
 
from
 
the
 
ARMPS
 
and
ALPS analysis and considered them in the development of the LOM plan.
Hydrology
 
has not
 
been an
 
issue of
 
concern at
 
Buchanan.
 
Based on
 
numerous
 
site visits
 
to both
the surface and underground portions of the Property by the QPs,
 
it has been determined that this
is not
 
a significant
 
concern.
 
Mining of future
 
reserves is
 
projected to
 
occur in areas
 
which exhibit
similar hydrogeological characteristics
 
as those formerly mined areas.
13.2
Production Rates
The
 
Buchanan
 
mine
 
is
 
active
 
with
 
six
 
continuous
 
mining
 
sections
 
and
 
one
 
longwall
 
section
currently operating.
 
Operations at Buchanan
 
by Coronado and its
 
predecessor have been
 
ongoing
for
 
many
 
years.
 
The
 
mine
 
plan
 
and
 
productivity
 
expectations
 
reflect
 
historical
 
performance
 
and
efforts
 
have
 
been
 
made to
 
adjust
 
the
 
plan
 
to
 
reflect
 
future
 
conditions.
 
MM&A
 
is confident
 
that
the
 
mine
 
plan
 
is
 
reasonably
 
representative
 
to
 
provide
 
an
 
accurate
 
estimation
 
of
 
coal
 
reserves.
 
Mine development and operation have not been optimized
 
within the TRS.
Longwall production
 
is scheduled
 
for
 
approximately
 
295 to
 
312 days
 
each year,
 
which represents
production
 
on
 
Monday
 
through
 
Saturday
 
with
 
allowances
 
for
 
holidays
 
and
 
longwall
 
moves.
 
On
each day,
 
the continuous
 
mining sections
 
and longwall
 
produce coal
 
on three
 
shifts.
 
The sections
are
 
configured
 
as
 
regular
 
sections
 
with
 
one
 
continuous
 
miner
 
available
 
for
 
production
 
on
 
each
section.
 
Productivity is
 
planned at
 
the rate
 
of 18.2
 
meters
 
to 21.3
 
meters
 
of advance
 
per shift
 
of
operation for
 
the continuous
 
miner sections, and
 
5.79 meters
 
to 7.32
 
meters per
 
shift of longwall
retreat.
 
A second longwall is scheduled to begin production in the first quarter of 2025.
Carlson
 
Mining
 
software
 
was
 
used
 
by
 
MM&A
 
to
 
generate
 
mine
 
plans
 
for
 
the
 
underground
mineable
 
coal
 
seam.
 
Coronado
 
recently
 
revised
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
mine
 
plan
 
with
 
an
 
independent
headgate and
 
tailgate for
 
longwall panels in
 
the South and Northeast
 
districts.
 
Such a change
 
was
made
 
to
 
allow
 
for
 
an
 
effective
 
panel
 
width
 
of
 
982
 
feet,
 
as
 
opposed
 
to
 
an
 
effective
 
width
 
of
 
688
feet
 
used
 
previously.
 
The
 
active
 
areas
 
in
 
the
 
North
 
and
 
East,
 
along
 
with
 
the
 
future
 
Northwest
area,
 
are still
 
based on
 
an effective
 
panel width
 
of approximately
 
688 feet.
 
MM&A incorporated
this mine
 
plan revision
 
into the
 
layout and
 
subsequent reserve
 
estimates contained
 
herein.
 
Mine
plans were
 
sequenced based
 
on productivity
 
schedules provided
 
by Coronado,
 
which were
 
based
on
 
historically
 
achieved
 
productivity
 
levels.
 
All
 
production
 
forecasting
 
ties
 
assumed
 
production
rates to geological models as constructed
 
by MM&A’s
 
team of geologists and mining engineers.
As shown in
Table
 
13-1
, the areas planned for underground
 
production continue until 2044.
 
Clean
coal production varies directly with coal thickness.
 
 
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Table 13-1:
 
Summary of Production by Year (Tonnes
 
x 1,000)
Mine Name
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
Buchanan
3,786
3,811
4,363
4,446
5,112
6,242
6,462
6,200
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mine Name
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
Buchanan
5,444
6,226
4,814
6,474
6,423
5,249
3,447
3,009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mine Name
2039
2040
2041
2042
2043
2044
2045
2046
Buchanan
2,914
2,093
2,254
1,703
1,714
737
0
0
13.3
Mining Related Requirements
Although the continuous miner
 
sections are significantly more
 
expensive to operate
 
on a cost-per-
tonne basis,
 
they are
 
necessary to open
 
up areas
 
of the mine
 
for the
 
longwall.
 
At the
 
time of this
study,
 
Buchanan
 
had
 
6
 
operating
 
continuous
 
miner
 
stations
 
that
 
were
 
used
 
to
 
develop
 
main
entries and
 
gate roads
 
in preparation
 
for the
 
longwall.
 
As the mine
 
develops, this
 
number will
 
be
able to be reduced.
An additional
 
requirement at
 
Buchanan is the
 
drilling of degas
 
holes prior to
 
mining.
 
This process
was
 
initially
 
developed
 
as
 
a
 
safety
 
measure
 
to
 
extract
 
methane
 
from
 
the
 
coal
 
seam
 
prior
 
to
exposure to the workforce.
 
As such, it has been very effective.
More
 
recently,
 
the
 
methane
 
extracted
 
has
 
been
 
able
 
to
 
be
 
processed
 
and
 
sold.
 
However,
degasifying of the coal seam will continue as a safety measure regardless.
13.4
Required Equipment and Personnel
The
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
is
 
currently
 
Coronado’s
 
only
 
longwall
 
operation.
 
The
 
longwall
 
shearing
machine is used
 
for extraction
 
of coal at
 
the production face.
 
A chain conveyor
 
is used to
 
remove
coal from
 
the longwall
 
face for
 
discharge
 
onto the
 
conveyor
 
belt which
 
then ultimately
 
delivers
 
it
to an
 
underground
 
storage
 
bunker.
 
Development for
 
the longwall
 
is conducted
 
by the
 
extraction
of
 
coal
 
from
 
the
 
production
 
faces
 
using
 
continuous
 
miners
 
and
 
haulage
 
using
 
shuttle
 
cars
 
to
 
a
feeder-breaker
 
located
 
at the
 
tail of
 
the section
 
conveyor
 
belt.
 
The feeder
 
-breaker
 
crushes large
pieces
 
of
 
coal
 
and
 
rock
 
and
 
regulates
 
coal
 
feed
 
onto
 
the
 
mine
 
conveyor.
 
Roof-bolting
 
machines
are
 
used
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
roof
 
on
 
the
 
development
 
sections
 
of
 
the
 
longwall
 
mines.
 
Roof-bolting
machines are
 
used to
 
install roof
 
bolts, and battery
 
scoops are
 
available to
 
clean the
 
mine entries
and
 
assist
 
in
 
delivery
 
of
 
mine
 
supplies
 
to
 
work
 
areas.
 
Other
 
supplemental
 
equipment
 
such
 
as
personnel carriers, supply vehicles, etc., are also used daily.
Mine
 
conveyors
 
typically
 
range
 
in
 
width
 
up to
 
1.83
 
meters.
 
Multiple
 
belt
 
flights
 
are
 
arranged
 
in
series to
 
deliver raw
 
coal to
 
the underground
 
storage.
 
Along the
 
main and
 
sub-main entries
 
and
panels, a
 
travel
 
way is
 
provided for
 
personnel and
 
materials by
 
rubber-tired
 
equipment or
 
on rail.
 
The
 
Buchanan
 
No.
 
1
 
Mine
 
utilizes
 
a
 
skip
 
hoist
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
transport
 
ROM
 
coal
 
from
 
the
underground storage
 
bunker to
 
the surface
 
where the
 
coal may
 
be sampled,
 
crushed and washed
in the preparation plant and stockpiled to await
 
shipment.
 
 
 
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Surface
 
ventilation
 
fans
 
are
 
installed
 
as
 
needed
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
sufficient
 
volume
 
of
 
air
 
to
 
ventilate
production
 
sections,
 
coal
 
haulage
 
and
 
transport
 
entries,
 
battery
 
charging
 
stations,
 
and
transformers
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
approved
 
plans.
 
High-voltage
 
cables
 
deliver
 
power
 
throughout
the
 
mine
 
where
 
transformers
 
reduce
 
voltage
 
for
 
specific
 
equipment
 
requirements.
 
The
 
Mine
Improvement
 
and
 
New
 
Emergency
 
Response
 
Act
 
of
 
2006
 
(
MINER
 
Act
)
 
requires
 
that
 
carbon
monoxide
 
detection
 
systems
 
be installed
 
along mine
 
conveyor
 
belts
 
and that
 
electronic
 
two-way
tracking
 
and
 
communications
 
systems
 
be
 
installed
 
throughout
 
underground
 
mines.
 
Water
 
is
required
 
to
 
control
 
dust
 
at
 
production
 
sections
 
and
 
along
 
conveyor
 
belts,
 
and
 
to
 
cool
 
electric
motors.
 
Water
 
is available
 
from nearby
 
sources and
 
is distributed
 
within the mine
 
by pipelines as
required.
 
A total of 588 salary and hourly
 
employees are assigned to
 
the mine in 2023, and a total
of 672
 
salary and
 
hourly employees
 
are assigned
 
to the
 
mine beginning
 
in 2025
 
when the
 
second
longwall begins operation.
 
14
Processing and Recovery Methods
14.1
Description or Flowsheet
Coronado currently
 
operates a
 
coal preparation
 
plant at
 
Buchanan.
 
The Buchanan Plant
 
operates
at
 
a feed
 
rate
 
of approximately
 
1,270 raw
 
tonnes per
 
hour (
tph
).
 
Coarse
 
material
 
is washed
 
in a
heavy
 
medium
 
vessel,
 
the
 
intermediate-size
 
material
 
is
 
washed
 
in
 
heavy
 
medium
 
cyclones
 
and
fine
 
material
 
is
 
washed
 
using
 
froth
 
flotation.
 
These
 
processes
 
are
 
supported
 
by
 
the
 
requisite
screens,
 
centrifuges,
 
vacuum
 
filters,
 
sumps,
 
pumps,
 
and
 
distribution
 
systems.
 
Processes
 
and
equipment
 
are typical
 
of those
 
used in
 
the coal
 
industry and
 
are in
 
use in
 
nearly all
 
plants in
 
the
Central Appalachian Basin.
 
14.2
Requirements for Energy,
 
Water,
 
Material and Personnel
Personnel
 
have
 
historically
 
been
 
sourced
 
from
 
the
 
surrounding
 
communities
 
in
 
Buchanan,
Tazewell,
 
McDowell,
 
and
 
Pike
 
Counties,
 
and
 
have
 
proven
 
to
 
be
 
adequate
 
in numbers
 
to
 
operate
the mine.
 
As mining is
 
common in the
 
surrounding areas,
 
the workforce
 
is generally
 
familiar with
mining practices, and many are experienced miners.
The
 
Buchanan No.
 
1 Mine
 
Complex
 
has
 
sources
 
of water,
 
power,
 
personnel,
 
and
 
supplies readily
available
 
for
 
use.
 
Water
 
is
 
sourced
 
locally
 
from
 
a
 
nearby
 
abandoned
 
underground
 
mine.
 
Electricity
 
is
 
sourced
 
from
 
AEP.
 
The
 
service industry
 
in
 
the
 
areas
 
surrounding
 
the
 
mine
 
complex
has historically provided supplies, equipment repairs
 
and fabrication, etc.
15
Infrastructure
The Coronado-owned
 
Buchanan Preparation
 
Plant services the
 
mine via a
 
skip hoist
 
and conveyor
belt
 
system
 
which
 
transports
 
extracted
 
coal
 
from
 
an
 
underground
 
bunker
 
to
 
the
 
surface
 
facility.
 
The NS rail line serves as the main means of transport from the mine.
 
 
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As an
 
active operation,
 
the necessary
 
support infrastructure
 
for
 
Buchanan is
 
in place.
 
In addition
to
 
the
 
plant
 
and
 
loadout,
 
there
 
are
 
also
 
portal
 
facilities,
 
including
 
personnel
 
access
 
to
 
the
 
mine,
ventilation fans and a coal hoisting skip shaft.
 
A map of the existing facilities in
Figure 15-1
.
Figure 15-1:
 
Buchanan Surface Facilities
16
Market Studies
16.1
Market Description
The quality
 
characteristics for
 
the subject
 
coal resources
 
and coal
 
reserves have
 
been reviewed
 
in
detail
 
by MM&A.
 
The drill
 
hole data
 
were
 
utilized to
 
develop
 
average
 
coal quality
 
characteristics
for
 
the mining
 
site.
 
These average
 
coal
 
quality characteristics
 
were
 
then utilized
 
as the
 
basis for
determining the various markets into which the saleable coal will likely
 
be placed.
 
The projected quality specifications for the Buchanan products are
 
as shown in
Table 16-1
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Table 16-1:
 
Quality Specifications by Product
 
Buchanan
 
HCC
PCI
Moisture (%)
7.50
7.50
Ash (%)
5.50
6.00
Sulfur (%)
0.75
0.85
Volatile Matter (%)
18.00
18.00
Btu/lb.
N/A
14,926
Fluidity (ddpm)
130
N/A
MMR (%)
1.69
N/A
CSR
40
N/A
FSI
8.5
N/A
Note:
 
All Specs are dry basis except Moisture and Thermal
All the
 
mine production
 
serves the
 
metallurgical markets.
 
The metallurgical
 
coal is
 
marketed
 
as a
low-volatile (typically less than 23 percent
 
volatile matter content) product.
16.2
Price Forecasts
Coronado
 
provided
 
MM&A
 
with
 
price
 
forecasts
 
for
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
operation.
 
Customer
 
coal
pricing is
 
derived from
 
market
 
observed forward
 
estimates
 
based on
 
global economic
 
supply and
demand
 
analysis
 
which
 
is
 
applied
 
to
 
mine
 
plan
 
sales
 
volumes
 
and
 
product
 
mix
 
and
 
is
supplemented
 
with
 
Coronado’s
 
in-house
 
knowledge
 
of
 
applicable
 
rail
 
transportation
 
charges,
ocean
 
freight
 
charges
 
and
 
port
 
charges.
 
Concurrent
 
with
 
the
 
active
 
operation,
 
Buchanan’s
production
 
is
 
assumed
 
to
 
enter
 
domestic
 
and
 
international
 
low
 
volatile
 
coking
 
coal
 
markets.
 
Pricing
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
assumes
 
applicable
 
quality
 
adjustments.
 
Pricing
 
was
 
provided
through calendar year 2044.
 
Coal
 
price
 
forecasts
 
for
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
products
 
were
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
for
 
various
 
coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
16.3
Contract Requirements
Some contracts are
 
necessary for successful marketing
 
of the coal.
 
For Buchanan, since all mining,
preparation and marketing is done in-house, the remaining
 
contracts required are:
>
Transportation
 
– The Mine contracts with NS to transport the coal to either the domestic
customers or to the Pier 6 export terminal for
 
overseas shipment.
>
Handling
 
– Contracts for loading vessels for export
 
sales are necessary.
 
These are typically
handled by annual negotiations based on projected shipments.
>
Sales
– Sales contracts are a mix of spot and contract sales.
 
With the volatility of the market,
long-term contracts are not typically written.
 
 
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17
Environmental Studies, Permitting and Plans,
Negotiations or Agreements with Local Individuals
 
17.1
Results of Studies
MM&A completed
 
a Limited Phase
 
I Environmental
 
Site Assessment (
ESA
) on the
 
Property in April
2016
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
Coronado.
 
Coronado
 
reports
 
not
 
having
 
conducted
 
such
 
a
 
study
 
since
 
the
MM&A
 
study.
 
The
 
ESA
 
completed
 
by
 
MM&A
 
included
 
a
 
site
 
inspection,
 
review
 
of
 
historical
records,
 
a
 
database
 
search
 
of
 
state
 
and
 
federal
 
regulatory
 
records
 
and
 
interviews
 
to
 
identify
potential
 
recognized
 
environmental
 
conditions
 
(
RECs
)
 
that
 
may
 
create
 
environmental
 
liability
 
for
the sites.
 
MM&A concluded that no long-term liabilities existed at the time of the ESA.
Based on the
 
former ESA
 
completed by
 
MM&A, it is the
 
QPs’ opinion that
 
Buchanan generally
 
has
a
 
record
 
consistent
 
with
 
industry
 
standards
 
regarding
 
compliance
 
with
 
applicable
 
mining,
 
water
quality,
 
and
 
environmental
 
laws.
 
Estimated
 
costs
 
for
 
mine
 
closure,
 
including
 
water
 
quality
monitoring during site reclamation, are included in the financial models.
17.2
Requirements and Plans for Waste
 
Disposal
Based on
 
a study
 
commissioned by
 
Coronado in
 
June 2020,
 
the current
 
Buchanan refuse
 
disposal
site adjacent
 
to the
 
preparation
 
plant has
 
a capacity
 
of 29
 
million cubic
 
meters
 
(
CM
) as
 
currently
designed;
 
with
 
an
 
additional
 
lift
 
(No.
 
11),
 
the
 
capacity
 
is 37
 
million
 
CM.
 
Projected
 
requirements
within
 
the
 
MM&A
 
financial
 
model
 
are
 
28.0
 
million
 
CM.
 
Permitting
 
for
 
such
 
an
 
expansion
 
is
anticipated to be achievable.
17.3
Permit Requirements and Status
All
 
mining
 
operations
 
are
 
subject
 
to
 
federal
 
and
 
state
 
laws
 
and
 
must
 
obtain
 
permits
 
to
 
operate
mines,
 
coal
 
preparation
 
and
 
related
 
facilities,
 
haul
 
roads,
 
and
 
other
 
incidental
 
surface
disturbances
 
necessary for
 
mining
 
to
 
occur.
 
Permits
 
generally
 
require
 
that
 
the
 
permittee
 
post
 
a
performance bond
 
in an amount
 
established by
 
the regulatory
 
program to
 
provide assurance
 
that
any
 
disturbance or
 
liability created
 
during mining
 
operations
 
is properly
 
restored
 
to
 
an approved
post-mining
 
land
 
use
 
and
 
that
 
all
 
regulations
 
and
 
requirements
 
of
 
the
 
permits
 
are
 
fully
 
satisfied
before
 
the
 
bond
 
is
 
returned
 
to
 
the
 
permittee.
 
Significant
 
penalties
 
exist
 
for
 
any
 
permittee
 
who
fails
 
to
 
meet
 
the
 
obligations
 
of
 
the
 
permits
 
including
 
cessation
 
of
 
mining
 
operations,
 
which
 
can
lead
 
to
 
potential
 
forfeiture
 
of
 
the
 
bond.
 
Any
 
company,
 
and
 
its
 
directors,
 
owners
 
and
 
officers,
which are subject to bond forfeiture
 
can be denied future permits under the program.
1
New
 
permits
 
or
 
permit
 
revisions
 
will
 
occasionally
 
be
 
necessary
 
to
 
facilitate
 
the
 
expansion
 
or
addition of new
 
mining areas on
 
the properties,
 
such as amendments
 
to existing
 
permits and new
permits for
 
mining of
 
reserve areas.
 
Exploration permits
 
are also
 
required.
 
Property under
 
lease
includes provisions for exploration
 
among the terms of the lease.
 
New or modified mining permits
are subject
 
to a
 
public advertisement
 
process and
 
comment period,
 
and the
 
public is
 
provided an
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opportunity
 
to
 
raise
 
objections
 
to
 
any
 
proposed
 
mining
 
operation.
 
MM&A
 
is
 
not
 
aware
 
of
 
any
specific
 
prohibition
 
of
 
mining
 
on
 
the
 
subject
 
property
 
and
 
given
 
sufficient
 
time
 
and
 
planning,
Coronado should
 
be able
 
to secure
 
new permits
 
to maintain
 
its planned mining
 
operations within
the context
 
of current
 
regulations.
 
Necessary permits
 
are in
 
place to
 
support current
 
production
on the
 
Property,
 
but future
 
permits are
 
required to
 
maintain and
 
expand production.
 
Portions of
the
 
Property
 
are
 
located
 
near
 
local
 
communities.
 
Regulations
 
prohibit
 
mining
 
activities
 
within
91.44 meters
 
of a
 
residential dwelling,
 
school, church,
 
or similar
 
structure unless
 
written consent
is
 
first
 
obtained
 
from
 
the
 
owner
 
of
 
the
 
structure.
 
Where
 
required,
 
such
 
consents
 
have
 
been
obtained where mining is proposed beyond the regulatory limits.
Coronado
 
has
 
obtained
 
all
 
mining
 
and
 
discharge
 
permits
 
to
 
operate
 
its
 
mines
 
and
 
processing,
loadout,
 
or
 
related
 
facilities.
 
MM&A
 
is
 
unaware
 
of
 
any
 
obvious
 
or
 
current
 
Coronado
 
permitting
issues that
 
are expected
 
to prevent
 
the issuance
 
of future
 
permits.
 
Buchanan, along
 
with all
 
coal
producers,
 
is subject
 
to a
 
level of
 
uncertainty regarding
 
future clean
 
water
 
permits due
 
to
United
States
 
Environmental
 
Protection
 
Agency
(
EPA
)
and
United
 
States
 
Fish
 
and
 
Wildlife
 
(
USFW
)
involvement with state
 
programs.
The active Mining permit currently held by Buchanan is shown in
Table 17-1.
Table 17-1:
 
Buchanan Mining Permit
Type
Permit ID
Permit Name
$ Bond
Current
Status
Issued Date
Expiration
Date
Hectares
NPDES No.
Coal Underground
1402152
Buchanan No. 1
Mine
$2,484,000
Active
03/08/1983
03/08/2023
334.79
VA0082152
17.4
Local Plans, Negotiations or Agreements
MM&A found no indication of agreements beyond the scope of federal
 
or state regulations.
17.5
Mine Closure Plans
Applicable
 
regulations
 
require
 
that
 
mines
 
be
 
properly
 
closed,
 
and
 
reclamation
 
commenced
immediately
 
upon
 
abandonment.
 
In
 
general,
 
site
 
reclamation
 
includes
 
removal
 
of
 
structures,
backfilling,
 
regrading,
 
and
 
revegetation
 
of
 
disturbed
 
areas.
 
Sediment
 
control
 
is
 
required
 
during
the establishment
 
of vegetation,
 
and bond
 
release generally
 
requires a
 
minimum five-year
 
period
of
 
site
 
maintenance,
 
water
 
sampling,
 
and
 
sediment
 
control
 
following
 
mine
 
completion.
 
This
requirement
 
is
 
reduced
 
to
 
two
 
years
 
for
 
certain
 
operations
 
involving
 
re-mining.
 
Reclamation
 
of
underground
 
mines
 
includes
 
closure
 
and
 
sealing
 
of
 
mine
 
openings
 
such
 
as
 
portals
 
and
 
shafts
 
in
addition to the items listed above.
 
Estimated
 
costs
 
for
 
mine closure,
 
including water
 
quality monitoring
 
during site
 
reclamation,
 
are
included
 
in
 
the
 
financial
 
model.
 
As
 
with
 
all
 
mining
 
companies,
 
an
 
accretion
 
calculation
 
is
performed
 
annually
 
so
 
the
 
necessary
 
Asset
 
Retirement
 
Obligations
 
(
ARO
)
 
can
 
be
 
shown
 
as
 
a
Liability on the balance sheet.
 
 
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Qualified Person’s Opinion
The Buchanan Mine is an operating facility; all necessary permits for
 
current production have been
obtained.
 
The QPs
 
know
 
of no reason
 
that any
 
permits revisions
 
that may
 
be required
 
cannot be
obtained.
 
Estimated
 
expenditures
 
for
 
site
 
closure
 
and
 
reclamation
 
are
 
included
 
in
 
the
 
financial
 
model
 
for
this site.
18
Capital and Operating Costs
18.1
Capital Cost Estimate
The production sequence selected for
 
a property must consider the proximity
 
of each reserve area
to
 
coal
 
preparation
 
plants,
 
river
 
docks
 
and
 
railroad
 
loading
 
points,
 
along
 
with
 
suitability
 
of
production
 
equipment
 
to
 
coal
 
seam
 
conditions.
 
The
 
in-place
 
infrastructure
 
was
 
evaluated,
 
and
any future
 
needs were
 
planned to
 
a level
 
suitable for
 
a Preliminary
 
Feasibility Study
 
and included
in the Capital Forecast.
Coronado
 
provided
 
MM&A
 
with
 
an
 
inventory
 
of
 
operating
 
equipment
 
available
 
at
 
Buchanan.
 
MM&A’s
 
capital
 
schedules assume
 
that
 
major
 
equipment
 
rebuilds
 
occur over
 
the
 
course
 
of each
machine’s
 
remaining
 
assumed
 
operating
 
life.
 
Replacement
 
equipment
 
was
 
scheduled
 
based
 
on
MM&A’s
 
experience and
 
knowledge of
 
mining equipment
 
and industry
 
standards
 
with respect
 
to
the useful life of such equipment.
A summary of the estimated capital for the Property is provided
 
in
Figure 18-2
 
below.
 
Figure 18-1:
 
CAPEX
 
 
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18.2
Operating Cost Estimate
Coronado provided historical and a preliminary five-year
 
projection of operating costs for MM&A’s
review.
 
MM&A used the historical and/or budget cost information
 
as a reference and developed a
personnel
 
schedule
 
for
 
the
 
mine.
 
Hourly
 
labor
 
rates
 
and
 
salaries
 
were
 
based
 
upon
 
information
contained
 
in
 
Coronado’s
 
financial
 
summaries.
 
Fringe-benefit
 
costs
 
were
 
developed
 
for
 
vacation
and holidays,
 
federal
 
and state
 
unemployment insurance,
 
retirement, workers’
 
compensation and
pneumoconiosis,
 
casualty
 
and
 
life
 
insurance,
 
healthcare,
 
and
 
bonuses.
 
A
 
cost
 
factor
 
for
 
mine
supplies was developed that
 
relates expenditures to
 
mine advance rates
 
for roof-control
 
costs and
other
 
mine-supply
 
costs
 
experienced
 
at
 
underground
 
mines.
 
Other
 
factors
 
were
 
developed
 
for
maintenance and repair costs, rentals, mine power,
 
outside services and other direct mining costs.
 
Other
 
cost
 
factors
 
were
 
developed
 
for
 
coal
 
preparation
 
plant
 
processing,
 
refuse
 
handling,
 
coal
loading, property
 
taxes,
 
and insurance
 
and bonding.
 
Appropriate
 
royalty
 
rates
 
were
 
assigned for
production
 
from leased
 
coal lands,
 
and sales
 
taxes
 
were
 
calculated
 
for
 
state
 
severance
 
taxes,
 
the
federal black lung excise tax,
 
and federal and state reclamation
 
fees.
Mandated Sales Related Costs such as Black Lung Excise are
 
summarized in
 
Table 18-1.
 
 
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Table 18-1:
 
Estimated Coal Production Taxes
 
and Sales Costs
Description of Tax or Sales Cost
Basis of Assessment
Cost
Federal Black Lung Excise Tax - Underground
Per Tonne
$1.21
 
Federal Reclamation Fees – Underground
Per Tonne
$0.13
 
Virginia Reclamation Tax – Underground
Per Tonne
$0.05
 
Virginia Severance Tax
 
2%
Royalties – Underground
Percentage of Revenue
4.0%
Notes:
 
1.
Federal black lung excise tax is paid only on coal sold domestically.
 
MM&A assumed 45% of total
coal sales to be domestic in the economic analysis discussed below.
 
A summary of the projected Operating Costs is in
Table 18-2
.
Table 18-2:
 
Buchanan Mine Operating Costs
 
 
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
YE
12/31
Remaining
 
Total
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
LOM Average
ROM Production Tonnes
153.6
7.4
7.5
8.8
9.5
11.1
9.4
9.4
9.2
5.8
Yield
60.48%
50.98%
50.61%
49.81%
46.98%
46.16%
66.22%
68.89%
67.70%
64.48%
Saleable Production Tonnes
92.9
3.8
3.8
4.4
4.4
5.1
6.2
6.5
6.2
3.8
 
Thermal Tonnes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dommestic & Non-Asia
Export Met Tonnes
29.9
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.6
2.0
2.1
2.0
1.2
Export Met Tonnes
63.0
2.6
2.6
3.0
3.0
3.5
4.2
4.4
4.2
2.5
 
Total Saleable Tonnes
92.9
3.8
3.8
4.4
4.4
5.1
6.2
6.5
6.2
3.8
 
Cash Costs per Tonne:
Mining Costs
$65.99
$66.53
$66.60
$64.95
$64.94
$58.16
$51.67
$50.89
$53.95
$71.83
Processing and Transport
$8.22
$20.33
$9.40
$9.03
$9.11
$8.84
$6.32
$6.20
$6.44
$7.74
Sales Related Costs
$9.48
$9.78
$8.92
$8.04
$7.64
$8.60
$8.68
$8.84
$9.01
$10.05
G&A
$2.65
$3.79
$2.89
$2.54
$2.54
$2.27
$2.32
$2.36
$2.41
$2.70
 
Total Cash Costs
$86.33
$100.43
$87.80
$84.55
$84.24
$77.88
$68.98
$68.30
$71.81
$92.31
19
Economic Analysis
19.1
Assumptions, Parameters and Methods
A
 
pre-feasibility
 
LOM
 
plan
 
was
 
prepared
 
by
 
MM&A
 
for
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
operations.
 
MM&A
prepared
 
mine
 
projections
 
and
 
production
 
timing
 
forecasts
 
based
 
on
 
coal
 
seam
 
characteristics.
 
Production
 
timing was
 
carried out
 
from 2023
 
to depletion
 
(exhaustion)
 
of the
 
coal reserve
 
areas,
which is projected for the year 2044.
 
All costs and prices are based on 2022 nominal United States
dollars.
The
 
Mine
 
plan,
 
productivity
 
expectations
 
and
 
cost
 
estimates
 
generally
 
reflect
 
historical
performance by
 
Coronado and
 
efforts
 
have been
 
made to
 
adjust plans
 
and costs
 
to reflect
 
future
conditions.
 
MM&A
 
is
 
confident
 
that
 
the
 
mine
 
plan
 
and
 
financial
 
model
 
are
 
reasonably
representative to provide
 
an accurate estimation of coal reserves.
Capital
 
schedules were
 
developed by
 
MM&A for
 
mine development,
 
infrastructure,
 
and on-going
capital
 
requirements
 
for
 
the
 
life
 
of the
 
mine.
 
Staffing
 
levels
 
were
 
prepared,
 
and operating
 
costs
estimated
 
by
 
MM&A.
 
MM&A
 
utilized
 
historical
 
cost
 
data
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
and
 
its
 
own
knowledge and experience to estimate direct and indirect operating
 
costs.
 
 
 
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The
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
financial
 
model,
 
prepared
 
for
 
this
 
TRS,
 
was
 
developed
 
to
 
test
 
the
economic viability of
 
the coal reserve
 
area.
 
The results of
 
this financial model
 
are not intended
 
to
represent
 
a
 
bankable
 
feasibility
 
study,
 
required
 
for
 
financing
 
of
 
any
 
current
 
or
 
future
 
mining
operations,
 
but
 
are
 
intended
 
to
 
prove
 
the
 
economic
 
viability
 
of the
 
estimated
 
coal
 
reserves.
 
All
costs and prices are based on 2022 nominal United States dollars assuming a 2% inflation rate.
On
 
an
 
unlevered
 
basis,
 
the
 
NPV
 
of
 
the
 
project
 
cash
 
flows
 
after
 
taxes
 
was
 
estimated
 
for
 
the
purpose of classifying
 
coal reserves.
 
The project cash
 
flows, excluding
 
debt service, are
 
calculated
by
 
subtracting
 
direct
 
and
 
indirect
 
operating
 
expenses
 
and
 
capital
 
expenditures
 
from
 
revenue.
 
Direct
 
costs
 
include
 
labor,
 
drilling
 
and
 
blasting,
 
operating
 
supplies,
 
maintenance
 
and
 
repairs,
facilities costs
 
for materials
 
handling, coal preparation,
 
refuse disposal,
 
coal loading, sampling
 
and
analysis
 
services,
 
reclamation
 
and
 
general
 
and
 
administrative
 
costs.
 
Indirect
 
costs
 
include
statutory
 
and
 
legally
 
agreed
 
upon
 
fees
 
related
 
to
 
direct
 
extraction
 
of
 
the
 
mineral.
 
The
 
indirect
costs
 
are
 
the
 
federal
 
black
 
lung
 
tax,
 
federal
 
and
 
state
 
reclamation
 
taxes,
 
property
 
taxes,
 
local
transportation
 
prior
 
to
 
delivery
 
at
 
rail
 
or barge
 
loading
 
sites,
 
coal
 
production
 
royalties,
 
sales
 
and
use taxes,
 
income taxes
 
and state
 
severance
 
taxes.
 
Coronado’s
 
historical
 
costs
 
provided
 
a useful
reference for MM&A’s
 
cost estimates.
Sales
 
revenue
 
is
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
metallurgical
 
coal
 
price
 
information
 
provided
 
to
 
MM&A
 
by
Coronado.
Projected
 
debt
 
service
 
is
 
excluded
 
from
 
the
 
P&L
 
and
 
cash
 
flow
 
model
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
determine
Enterprise Value.
The
 
financial
 
model
 
expresses
 
coal
 
sales
 
prices,
 
operating
 
costs,
 
and
 
capital
 
expenditures
 
in
current
 
day
 
dollars
 
without adjustment
 
for
 
inflation.
 
Capital
 
expenditures
 
and
 
reclamation
 
costs
are
 
included
 
based
 
on
 
engineering
 
estimates
 
for
 
each
 
mine
 
by
 
year.
 
The
 
Coronado
 
division’s
existing allocations of administrative
 
costs are continued in the future projections.
Coronado
 
will
 
pay
 
royalties
 
for
 
the
 
various
 
current
 
and
 
projected
 
operations.
 
The
 
royalty
 
rates
vary by
 
mining method
 
and location.
 
The royalty
 
rates
 
for Buchanan
 
are estimated
 
to be
 
4.0% of
the sales revenue.
The
 
projection
 
model
 
also
 
includes
 
consolidated
 
income
 
tax
 
calculations
 
at
 
the
 
Coronado
 
level,
incorporating statutory
 
depletion calculations, as well
 
as state income
 
taxes, and a
 
federal tax rate
of
 
21%.
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
the
 
mine
 
generates
 
net
 
operating
 
losses
 
for
 
tax
 
purposes,
 
the
 
losses
 
are
carried
 
over
 
to
 
offset
 
future
 
taxable
 
income.
 
The
 
terms
 
“cash
 
flows”
 
and
 
“project
 
cash
 
flows”
used in this report refer to after tax
 
cash flows.
Consolidated
 
cash
 
flows
 
are
 
driven
 
by
 
annual
 
sales
 
tonnage,
 
which
 
at
 
steady-state
 
level
 
ranges
from
 
a
 
peak
 
of
 
6.5
 
million
 
tonnes
 
in
 
2034
 
to
 
a
 
low
 
of
 
0.7
 
million
 
tonnes
 
in
 
2044.
 
Projected
consolidated
 
revenue
 
ranges
 
from
 
$317.8
 
million
 
to
 
$1.019
 
billion
 
at
 
a
 
steady
 
state.
 
Revenue
totals $14.2 billion for the project’s
 
life.
Consolidated
 
cash
 
flow
 
from
 
operations
 
is
 
positive
 
throughout
 
the
 
projected
 
operating
 
period,
with
 
the
 
exception
 
of
 
post-production
 
years,
 
due
 
to
 
end-of-mine
 
reclamation
 
spending.
 
 
 
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Consolidated cash flow from operations peaks
 
at $424.3 million in 2035 and totals $5.2 billion over
the project’s
 
life.
 
Capital expenditures
 
total $602.8
 
million through 2027
 
and $1.4 billion
 
over the
project’s life.
 
Coal price
 
forecasts
 
for
 
coal products
 
were prepared
 
by Coronado
 
for
 
its active
 
operations.
 
Such
prices
 
were
 
used
 
for
 
the
 
revenue
 
input
 
into
 
the
 
financial
 
model.
 
Sales
 
variable
 
costs
 
such
 
as
production royalties and severance
 
taxes were based upon the revenue
 
input.
19.2
Results
The
 
pre-feasibility
 
financial
 
model,
 
prepared
 
by
 
MM&A
 
for
 
this
 
TRS,
 
was
 
developed
 
to
 
test
 
the
economic viability of
 
each coal resource
 
area.
 
The results of
 
this financial model
 
are not intended
to represent
 
a bankable feasibility
 
study,
 
as may be
 
required for
 
financing of any
 
current or future
mining
 
operations
 
contemplated
 
but
 
are
 
intended
 
to
 
prove
 
the
 
economic
 
viability
 
of
 
the
estimated coal reserves.
 
Optimization of the LOM plan was outside the scope of the engagement.
Figure 19-1
 
shows the annual variance of cash costs per ton.
 
Table 19-1
 
shows LOM tonnage, P&L,
and EBITDA for Buchanan.
Figure 19-1:
 
Cash Costs per Tonne
As shown
 
above, the
 
Buchanan Mine’s
 
average
 
cash cost
 
ranges between
 
approximately
 
$68 and
$111 per tonne for most of the operating period.
Table 19-1:
 
Life-of-Mine Tonnage,
 
P&L before Tax,
 
and EBITDA
 
LOM
LOM
P&L
LOM
EBITDA
 
Tonnes
Pre-Tax P&L
Per Tonne
EBITDA
Per Tonne
Buchanan
92,923
$4,280,077
$46.06
$6,174,578
$66.45
As
 
shown
 
in
Table
 
19-1,
 
the
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
shows
 
positive
 
EBITDA
 
over
 
the
 
LOM.
 
Overall,
Coronado’s
 
consolidated
 
operations
 
show positive
 
LOM
 
P&L
 
and
 
EBITDA
 
of
 
$4.3
 
billion
 
and
 
$6.2
billion, respectively.
 
A summary of
 
the key
 
financial performance metrics
 
projected through
 
2030
is provided below in
Table 19-2
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Table 19-2:
 
Summary of Buchanan Key Financial Performance Metrics (2023-2030)
 
 
YE
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YE
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YE
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YE
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YE
12/31
YE
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YE
12/31
YE
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Remaining
 
Total
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
LOM Average
ROM Production Tonnes
153.6
7.4
7.5
8.8
9.5
11.1
9.4
9.4
9.2
5.8
Yield
60.48%
50.98%
50.61%
49.81%
46.98%
46.16%
66.22%
68.89%
67.70%
64.48%
Saleable Production Tonnes
92.9
3.8
3.8
4.4
4.4
5.1
6.2
6.5
6.2
3.8
 
Thermal Tonnes
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Domestic & Non-Asia
Export Met Tonnes
29.9
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.6
2.0
2.1
2.0
1.2
Export Met Tonnes
63.0
2.6
2.6
3.0
3.0
3.5
4.2
4.4
4.2
2.5
 
Total Saleable Tonnes
92.9
3.8
3.8
4.4
4.4
5.1
6.2
6.5
6.2
3.8
 
Cash Costs per Tonne:
Mining Costs
$65.99
$66.53
$66.60
$64.95
$64.94
$58.16
$51.67
$50.89
$53.95
$71.83
Processing and Transport
$8.22
$20.33
$9.40
$9.03
$9.11
$8.84
$6.32
$6.20
$6.44
$7.74
Sales Related Costs
$9.48
$9.78
$8.92
$8.04
$7.64
$8.60
$8.68
$8.84
$9.01
$10.05
G&A
$2.65
$3.79
$2.89
$2.54
$2.54
$2.27
$2.32
$2.36
$2.41
$2.70
 
Total Cash Costs
$86.33
$100.43
$87.80
$84.55
$84.24
$77.88
$68.98
$68.30
$71.81
$92.31
 
EBITDA per Tonne
$66.45
$78.12
$55.04
$47.23
$48.98
$57.54
$69.15
$72.59
$71.90
$68.66
 
Expansion CapEx ($M)
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
Maintenance CapEx ($M)
$1,448.5
$135.8
$130.8
$111.9
$122.8
$101.6
$70.4
$50.2
$71.2
$46.7
 
Total CapEx
$1,448.5
$135.8
$130.8
$111.9
$122.8
$101.6
$70.4
$50.2
$71.2
$46.7
After Tax
 
Cash Flows
 
were
 
developed in
 
order to
 
calculate
 
the NPV
 
for
 
this Property.
 
The NPV
 
is
estimated
 
to be
 
$1.562 billion
 
at a
 
discount rate
 
of 10.0%.
 
A summary
 
of the
 
Buchanan after-tax
cash flow is shown in
Table 19-3
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Table 19-3:
 
Project Cash Flow Summary (000)
 
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YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
Total
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
Production & Sales tonnes
92,924
3,786
3,811
4,363
4,446
5,112
Total Revenue
$14,194,747
$675,923
$544,435
$574,963
$592,283
$692,273
EBITDA
$6,174,578
$295,749
$209,789
$206,065
$217,757
$294,147
Net Income
$3,368,328
$179,131
$103,854
$91,899
$90,456
$138,196
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$5,181,846
$188,692
$200,765
$186,416
$195,463
$245,493
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(1,448,505)
$(135,766)
$(130,803)
$(111,896)
$(122,768)
$(101,557)
Net Cash Flow
$3,733,342
$52,926
$69,962
$74,520
$72,695
$143,936
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
Production & Sales tonnes
6,242
6,462
6,200
5,444
6,226
4,814
Total Revenue
$862,187
$910,476
$890,951
$798,054
$930,819
$734,119
EBITDA
$431,599
$469,093
$445,727
$357,721
$458,785
$288,024
Net Income
$240,334
$262,860
$254,666
$197,893
$280,873
$159,996
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$339,674
$386,828
$379,000
$320,798
$362,834
$277,786
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(70,382)
$(50,228)
$(71,184)
$(59,572)
$(49,573)
$(65,133)
Net Cash Flow
$269,292
$336,600
$307,815
$261,226
$313,262
$212,653
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
Production & Sales tonnes
6,474
6,423
5,249
3,447
3,009
2,914
Total Revenue
$1,007,101
$1,019,070
$849,433
$569,043
$506,626
$500,552
EBITDA
$501,730
$526,779
$424,763
$211,060
$168,369
$216,035
Net Income
$326,060
$344,381
$266,105
$105,424
$79,886
$116,181
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$372,442
$424,330
$368,367
$223,842
$158,704
$177,921
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(54,007)
$(69,272)
$(64,919)
$(77,383)
$(43,070)
$(35,719)
Net Cash Flow
$318,435
$355,058
$303,449
$146,459
$115,634
$142,202
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2040
2041
2042
2043
2044
2045
Production & Sales tonnes
2,093
2,254
1,703
1,714
737
-
Total Revenue
$366,649
$402,822
$309,918
$317,808
$139,240
$-
EBITDA
$108,191
$153,415
$80,892
$106,596
$2,291
$-
Net Income
$34,854
$71,326
$19,002
$46,332
$(34,676)
$(3,773)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$119,167
$128,269
$89,128
$92,258
$24,650
$(47,861)
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$(50,131)
$(46,604)
$(24,930)
$(13,606)
$-
$-
Net Cash Flow
$69,036
$81,665
$64,198
$78,652
$24,650
$(47,861)
 
 
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
YE12/31
 
2046
2047
2048
2049
2050
2051
Production & Sales tonnes
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total Revenue
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
EBITDA
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
Net Income
$(1,534)
$(785)
$(403)
$(209)
$(0)
$(0)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
$(16,273)
$(8,299)
$(4,232)
$(4,317)
$-
$-
Purchases of Property, Plant, and
 
Equipment
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
Net Cash Flow
$(16,273)
$(8,299)
$(4,232)
$(4,317)
$-
$-
19.3
Sensitivity
Sensitivity
 
of the
 
NPV
 
results
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
the
 
key
 
drivers
 
is presented
 
in the
 
chart below.
 
The
sensitivity study shows
 
the NPV at
 
the 10.0% discount rate
 
when Base Case sales
 
prices, operating
costs, and capital costs are increased and decreased in increments
 
of 5% within a +/- 15% range.
 
 
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Figure 19-2:
 
Sensitivity of NPV
As
 
shown,
 
NPV
 
is
 
quite
 
sensitive
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
sales
 
price
 
and
 
operating
 
cost
 
estimates,
 
and
slightly sensitive to changes in capital cost estimates.
20
Adjacent Properties
20.1
Information Used
No proprietary information associated with neighboring properties was
 
used as part of this study.
21
Other Relevant Data and Information
MM&A performed
 
a previous
 
audit of
 
all the
 
properties
 
in year
 
2017 for
 
Coronado
 
based on
 
SEC
Industry
 
Guide 7
 
standards.
 
In addition,
 
MM&A completed
 
a Limited
 
Phase I
 
Environmental
 
Site
Assessment
 
(
ESA
)
 
on
 
the
 
Property
 
in
 
2016
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
Coronado.
 
MM&A
 
has
 
subsequently
conducted
 
Joint
 
Ore
 
Reserve
 
Committee
 
(
JORC
)
 
compliant
 
resource
 
and
 
reserve
 
assessments
 
of
the Buchanan
 
assets as
 
of: (1)
 
December 31,
 
2017, (2)
 
December 31,
 
2020, and
 
(3) December
 
31,
2021.
 
By
 
assignment,
 
the
 
JORC
 
assessment
 
included
 
a
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
level
 
study
 
of
 
the
subject coal reserves, encompassing detailed
 
mine planning and cost analysis through
 
depletion of
Buchanan’s
 
JORC-compliant
 
coal
 
reserves.
 
MM&A
 
utilized
 
these
 
former
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
studies as the basis of an updated study which meets those standards set forth by
 
the SEC.
 
 
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Interpretation and Conclusions
22.1
Conclusion
Sufficient
 
data
 
have
 
been
 
obtained
 
through
 
various
 
exploration
 
and
 
sampling
 
programs
 
and
mining
 
operations
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
geological
 
interpretations
 
of
 
seam
 
structure
 
and
 
thickness
 
for
coal
 
horizons
 
situated
 
on
 
the
 
Property.
 
The
 
data
 
are
 
of
 
sufficient
 
quantity
 
and
 
reliability
 
to
reasonably support the coal resource and coal reserve estimates
 
in this TRS.
The
 
geological
 
data
 
and
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
study,
 
which
 
consider
 
mining
 
plans,
 
revenue,
 
and
operating
 
and
 
capital
 
cost
 
estimates
 
are
 
sufficient
 
to
 
support
 
the
 
classification
 
of
 
coal
 
reserves
provided herein.
This
 
geologic
 
evaluation
 
conducted
 
in
 
conjunction
 
with
 
the
 
preliminary
 
feasibility
 
study
 
is
sufficient to
 
conclude that
 
the 92.9 Mt
 
of marketable
 
underground coal
 
reserves identified
 
on the
Property
 
are
 
economically
 
mineable
 
under
 
reasonable
 
expectations
 
of
 
market
 
prices
 
for
metallurgical coal products, estimated
 
operation costs, and capital expenditures.
22.2
Risk Factors
Risks have
 
been identified
 
for
 
operational,
 
technical and
 
administrative
 
subjects addressed
 
in the
Pre-Feasibility
 
Study.
 
A risk
 
matrix has
 
been constructed
 
to present
 
the risk
 
levels for
 
all the
 
risk
factors
 
identified
 
and
 
quantified
 
in
 
the
 
risk
 
assessment
 
process.
 
The
 
risk
 
matrix
 
and
 
risk
assessment
 
process
 
are modelled
 
according
 
to
 
the Australian
 
and New
 
Zealand
 
Standard
 
on Risk
Management (AS/NZS 4360).
 
The
 
purpose
 
of
 
the
 
characterization
 
of
 
the
 
project
 
risk
 
components
 
is
 
to
 
inform
 
the
 
project
stakeholders
 
of
 
key
 
aspects
 
of
 
the
 
Coronado
 
projects
 
that
 
can
 
be
 
impacted
 
by
 
events
 
whose
consequences can affect
 
the success of the venture.
 
The significance of an impacted
 
aspect of the
operation
 
is
 
directly
 
related
 
to
 
both
 
the
 
probability
 
of
 
occurrence
 
and
 
the
 
severity
 
of
 
the
consequences.
 
The initial risk for
 
a risk factor
 
is herein defined
 
as the risk level
 
after the potential
impact
 
of
 
the
 
risk
 
factor
 
is
 
addressed
 
by
 
competent
 
and
 
prudent
 
management
 
utilizing
 
control
measures
 
readily
 
available.
 
Residual
 
risk
 
for
 
a
 
risk
 
factor
 
is
 
herein
 
defined
 
as
 
the
 
risk
 
level
following application of
 
special mitigation measures if
 
management determines that the
 
initial risk
level
 
is
 
unacceptable.
 
Initial
 
risk
 
and
 
residual
 
risk
 
can
 
be
 
quantified
 
numerically,
 
derived
 
by
 
the
product of values
 
assigned to probability
 
and consequence ranging
 
from very low
 
risk to very
 
high
risk.
 
The
 
probability
 
and
 
consequence
 
parameters
 
are
 
subjective
 
numerical
 
estimates
 
made
 
by
practiced mine engineers
 
and managers.
 
Both are assigned values
 
from 1 to
 
5 for which
 
the value
1 represents the
 
lowest probability
 
and least consequence,
 
and the value 5
 
represents the highest
probability
 
and
 
greatest
 
consequence.
 
The
 
products,
 
which
 
define
 
the
 
Risk
 
Level,
 
are
 
classified
from very low to very high.
 
 
 
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Risk Level Table
 
(R = P x C)
Risk Level (R)
Very Low (1 to 2)
Low (3 to 5)
Moderate (6 to 11)
High (12 to 19)
Very High (20 to 25)
Risk aspects
 
identified and
 
evaluated
 
during this
 
assignment total
 
12.
 
No residual
 
risks are
 
rated
Very
 
High.
 
One
 
(1)
 
residual
 
risk
 
is
 
rated
 
High.
 
Seven
 
(7)
 
of
 
the
 
risk
 
aspects
 
could
 
be
 
associated
with Moderate
 
residual risk.
 
Four (4) of
 
the risk aspects were
 
attributed Low
 
or Very
 
Low residual
risks.
 
22.2.1
Governing Assumptions
The listing of the aspects is
 
not presumed to be exhaustive.
 
Instead that listing is
 
presented based
on the experiences of the contributors to the TRS.
 
1.
The probability and consequence ratings are subjectively assigned, and it is assumed that
this subjectivity reasonably reflects the condition of the active and projected mine
operations.
2.
The Control Measures shown in the matrices presented in this chapter
 
are not exhaustive.
 
They represent a condensed collection of activities that the author of the risk assessment
section has observed to be effective in coal mining scenarios.
 
3.
Mitigation Measures listed for each
 
risk factor of the operation are not exhaustive.
 
The
measures listed, however,
 
have been observed by the author to be effective.
 
4.
The monetary values used in ranking the consequences are generally-accepted quantities
 
for
the coal mining industry.
22.2.2
Limitations
The
 
risk
 
assessment
 
proposed
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
is
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
limitations
 
of
 
the
 
information
currently collected, tested, and interpreted
 
at the time of the writing of this report.
22.2.3
Methodology
The
 
numerical
 
quantities
 
(i.e.,
 
risk
 
levels)
 
attributable
 
to
 
either
 
“initial”
 
or
 
“residual”
 
risks
 
are
derived
 
by the
 
product
 
of values
 
assigned to
 
probability
 
and consequence
 
ranging
 
from
 
very low
risk to very high risk.
R = P x C
Where:
R = Risk Level
P = Probability of Occurrence
C = Consequence of Occurrence
The
 
Probability
 
(P)
 
and
 
Consequence
 
(C)
 
parameters
 
recited
 
in
 
the
 
formula
 
are
 
subjective
numerical estimates
 
made by practiced
 
mine engineers and
 
managers.
 
Both P and
 
C are assigned
integer
 
values
 
ranging
 
from
 
1
 
to
 
5
 
for
 
which
 
the
 
value
 
1
 
represents
 
the
 
lowest
 
probability
 
and
 
 
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least consequence,
 
and the
 
value 5
 
represents
 
the highest
 
probability and
 
greatest
 
consequence.
 
The products (R = P
 
x C) which define the Risk Level,
 
are thereafter classified
 
from very low to
 
very
high.
Risk Level Table
Risk Level (R)
Very Low (1 to 2)
Low (3 to 5)
Moderate (6 to 11)
High (12 to 19)
Very High (20 to 25)
Very
 
high
 
initial
 
risks
 
are
 
considered
 
to
 
be
 
unacceptable
 
and
 
require
 
corrective
 
action
 
well
 
in
advance
 
of
 
project
 
development.
 
In
 
short,
 
measures
 
must
 
be
 
applied to
 
reduce
 
very
 
high
 
initial
risks to a tolerable level.
 
As
 
shown
 
and
 
discussed
 
above,
 
after
 
taking
 
into
 
account
 
the
 
operational,
 
technical,
 
and
administrative
 
actions
 
that
 
have
 
been
 
applied
 
or
 
are
 
available
 
for
 
action
 
when
 
required,
 
the
residual
 
risk can
 
be determined.
 
The
 
residual
 
risk provides
 
a basis
 
for
 
the
 
management
 
team
 
to
determine
 
if the
 
residual risk
 
level is
 
acceptable or
 
tolerable.
 
If the
 
risk level
 
is determined
 
to be
unacceptable,
 
further
 
actions
 
should
 
be
 
considered
 
to
 
reduce
 
the
 
residual
 
risk
 
to
 
acceptable
 
or
tolerable levels to provide justificati
 
on for continuation of the proposed operation.
22.2.4
Development of the Risk Matrix
Risks have
 
been identified for
 
the technical,
 
operational, and
 
administrative
 
subjects addressed
 
in
the TRS.
 
The risk matrix and risk assessment process
 
are modelled according to the Australian
 
and
New Zealand Standard on Risk Management (AS/NZS 4360).
 
22.2.4.1
Probability Level Table
Table 22-1:
 
Probability Level Table
Category
Probability Level (P)
1
Remote
Not likely to occur except
 
in exceptional circumstances.
<10%
2
Unlikely
Not likely to occur; small in degree.
10 - 30%
3
Possible
Capable of occurring.
30 - 60%
4
Likely
High chance of occurring in most circumstances.
60 - 90%
5
Almost Certain
Event is expected under
 
most circumstances; impossible to
 
avoid.
>90%
The
 
lowest
 
rated
 
probability
 
of
 
occurrence
 
is
 
assigned
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
1
 
and
 
described
 
as
 
remote,
with
 
a
 
likelihood
 
of
 
occurrence
 
of
 
less
 
than
 
2
 
percent.
 
Increasing
 
values
 
are
 
assigned
 
to
 
each
higher probability
 
of occurrence,
 
culminating with
 
the value
 
of 5
 
assigned to
 
incidents considered
to be almost certain to occur.
22.2.4.2
Consequence Level Table
Table 22-2
 
lists the consequence levels.
 
 
 
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Table 22-2:
 
Consequence Level Table
Correlation of Events in Key Elements of the Project Program
 
to Event Severity Category
Category
Severity of
the Event
Financial Impact
of the Event
Unplanned
Loss of
Production
(Impact on
Commercial
Operations)
Events Impacting
on the Environment
Events Affecting the Program's
Social and Community
Relations
Resultant Regulatory /
Sovereign Risk
Events Affecting Occupational Health &
Safety
1
Insignificant
< USD $0.5
million
≤ 12 hours
Insignificant loss of
habitat; no
irreversible effects
on water,
 
soil and
the environment.
Occasional nuisance impact on
travel.
-
 
Event recurrence avoided by corrective
action through established procedures
(Engineering, guarding, training).
2
Minor
USD $0.5 million
to $2.0 million
≤ 1 day
No significant
change to species
populations; short-
term reversible
perturbation to
ecosystem function.
Persistent nuisance impact on
travel.
 
Transient adverse media
coverage.
-
 
First aid – lost time.
 
Event recurrence
avoided by corrective action through
established procedures.
3
Moderate
USD $2.0 million
to $10.0 million
≤ 1 week
Appreciable change
to species
population;
medium-term (≤10
years) detriment to
ecosystem function.
Measurable impact on travel
and water/air quality.
 
Significant adverse media
coverage / transient public
outrage.
Uncertainty securing or
retaining essential
approval / license.
Medical Treatment –
permanent
incapacitation.
 
Avoiding event
recurrence requires modification to
established corrective action procedures
.
Change to regulations
(tax; bonds; standards).
4
Major
USD $10.0
million to $50.0
million
1 to 2 weeks
Change to species
population
threatening
viability; long-term
(>10 years)
detriment to
ecosystem function.
Long-term, serious impact on
travel and use of water
resources; degradation of air
quality; sustained and effective
public opposition.
Suspension / long-delay
in securing essential
approval / license.
Fatality.
 
Avoiding event recurrence
requires modification to established
corrective action procedures and staff
retraining.
Change to laws (tax;
bonds; standards).
5
Critical
>USD $50.0
million
>1 month
Species extinction;
irreversible damage
to ecosystem
function.
Loss of social license.
Withdraw / failure to
secure essential
approval / license.
Multiple fatalities.
 
Avoiding event
recurrence requires major overhaul of
policies and procedures.
 
 
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The lowest
 
rated consequence
 
is assigned the
 
value of
 
1 and is
 
described as an
 
Insignificant
Consequence,
 
parameters
 
of
 
which
 
include
 
non-reportable
 
safety
 
incidents
 
with
 
zero
 
days
lost
 
accidents,
 
no
 
environmental
 
damage,
 
loss
 
of
 
production
 
or
 
systems
 
for
 
less
 
than
 
one
week and
 
cost of
 
less than
 
USD $0.5
 
million.
 
Increasing values
 
are assigned
 
to each
 
higher
consequence,
 
culminating
 
with
 
the
 
value
 
of
 
5
 
assigned
 
to
 
critical
 
consequences,
 
the
parameters
 
of which
 
include multiple-fatality
 
accidents,
 
major environmental
 
damage, and
loss of production or systems
 
for longer than one month
 
and cost of greater
 
than USD $50.0
million.
Composite Risk Matrix R = P x C and Color-Code Convention
The risk
 
level, defined
 
as the product
 
of probability
 
of occurrence
 
and consequence,
 
ranges
in value from 1 (lowest
 
possible risk) to 25 (maximum risk level).
 
The values are color-coded
to facilitate identification
 
of the highest risk aspects.
Table 22-3:
 
Risk Matrix
P x C = R
Consequence (C)
Insignificant
Minor
Moderate
Major
Critical
1
2
3
4
5
Probability Level (P)
Remote
1
1
2
3
4
5
Unlikely
2
2
4
6
8
10
Possible
3
3
6
9
12
15
Likely
4
4
8
12
16
20
Almost
Certain
5
5
10
15
20
25
22.2.5
Categorization of Risk Levels and Color Code Convention
Very
 
high
 
risks
 
are
 
considered
 
to
 
be
 
unacceptable
 
and
 
require
 
corrective
 
action.
 
Risk
reduction measures must be applied to reduce very high risks to a tolerable level.
22.2.6
Description of the Coal Property
The
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
Complex
 
is
 
located
 
in
 
Buchanan
 
and
 
Tazewell
 
Counties,
 
Virginia
 
and
operates
 
a
 
longwall
 
section
 
with
 
supporting
 
continuous
 
mining
 
sections.
 
Operations
 
are
projected to continue in the present mode until reserves
 
are depleted in 2044.
22.2.7
Summary of Residual Risk Ratings
Each
 
risk
 
factor
 
is
 
numbered,
 
and
 
a
 
risk
 
level
 
for
 
each
 
is
 
determined
 
by
 
multiplying
 
the
assigned
 
probability
 
by
 
the
 
assigned
 
consequence.
 
The
 
risk
 
levels
 
are
 
plotted
 
on
 
a
 
risk
 
 
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matrix
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
composite
 
view
 
of
 
the
 
Coronado
 
risk
 
profile.
 
The
 
average
 
risk
 
level
 
is
7.1, which is defined as Moderate.
Table 22-4:
 
Risk Assessment Matrix
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consequence
Critical
>$50 MM
8,9
 
 
 
 
 
Major
$10-50MM
 
 
 
6
 
 
Moderate
$2-10 MM
11
1,2,4
3
 
 
 
Minor
$0.5-$2 MM
 
 
12
5
7
 
Low
<$0.5 MM
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
<10%
10-30%
30-60%
60-90%
>90%
 
Remote
Unlikely
Possible
Likely
Almost
Certain
22.2.8
Risk Factors
A high-level
 
approach is
 
utilized to
 
characterize
 
risk factors
 
that are
 
generally similar
 
across
a
 
number of
 
the
 
active and
 
proposed
 
mining operations.
 
Risk factors
 
that
 
are
 
unique to
 
a
specific operation or are particularly noteworthy are
 
addressed individually.
22.2.8.1
Geological and Coal Resource
Coal
 
mining
 
is
 
accompanied
 
by
 
risk
 
that,
 
despite
 
exploration
 
efforts,
 
mining
 
areas
 
will
 
be
encountered
 
where
 
geological
 
conditions
 
render
 
extraction
 
of
 
the
 
resource
 
to
 
be
uneconomic,
 
or
 
that
 
coal
 
quality
 
characteristics
 
disqualify
 
the
 
product
 
for
 
sale
 
into
 
target
markets.
Offsetting
 
the
 
geological
 
and
 
coal
 
resource
 
risks
 
are
 
the
 
massive
 
size
 
of
 
the
 
controlled
property which allows
 
large areas to
 
be mined in
 
the preferred
 
mine areas sufficiently
 
away
from
 
areas
 
where
 
coal
 
quality
 
and
 
mineability
 
may
 
be
 
less
 
favorable.
 
This
 
flexibility,
combined with the
 
extensive work
 
done to define the
 
reserve, reduces the
 
risk at Buchanan
below that of other mine properties.
 
 
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Table 22-5:
 
Geological and Coal Resource Risk Assessment (Risks 1 and 2)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Recoverable coal
tonnes recognized to
be significantly less
than previously
estimated.
Reserve base is adequate
to serve market
commitments and respond
to opportunities for many
years.
 
Local adverse
conditions may increase
frequency and cost of
production unit relocations.
Previous and ongoing
exploration and extensive
regional mining history
provide a high level of
confidence of coal seam
correlation, continuity of
the coal seams, and coal
resource tonnes.
3
4
12
Optimize mine plan
to increase resource
recovery; develop
mine plan to provide
readily available
alternate mining
locations to sustain
expected production
level.
2
3
6
Coal quality locally
proves to be lower
than initially
projected.
If uncontrolled, production
and sale of coal that is out
of specification can result in
rejection of deliveries,
cancellation of coal sales
agreements and damage to
reputation.
Exploration and vast
experience and history in
local coal seams provide
confidence in coal
quality; limited excursions
can be managed with
careful product
segregation and
blending.
2
5
10
Develop mine plan to
provide readily
available alternate
mining locations to
sustain expected
production level;
modify coal sales
agreements to reflect
coal quality.
2
4
8
22.2.8.2
Environmental
MM&A completed a Limited Phase I Environmental
 
Site Assessment (
ESA
) on the Property in
April 2016
 
on behalf of
 
Coronado.
 
MM&A concluded
 
that no
 
long-term liabilities
 
existed at
the time of this ESA.
Water
 
quality and
 
other permit
 
requirements are
 
subject to
 
modification and
 
such changes
could have
 
a material
 
impact on
 
the capability
 
of the
 
operator
 
to meet
 
modified standards
or to receive
 
new permits and modifications
 
to existing permits.
 
Permit protests
 
may result
in delays or denials to permit applications.
Environmental
 
standards
 
and permit
 
requirements
 
have
 
evolved
 
significantly
 
over the
 
past
50
 
years
 
and
 
to
 
date,
 
mining
 
operators
 
and
 
regulatory
 
bodies
 
have
 
been
 
able
 
to
 
adapt
successfully to evolving environmental
 
requirements.
 
 
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Table 22-6:
 
Environmental (Risks 3 and 4)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation Measures
Residual Risk
Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Environmental
performance standards
are modified in the
future.
Delays in receiving new
permits and modifications to
existing permits; cost of
testing and treatment of
water and soils
Work with regulatory
agencies to understand and
influence final standards;
implement testing,
treatment and other actions
to comply with new
standards.
3
4
12
Modify mining and
reclamation plans to
improve compliance with
new standards while
reducing cost of compliance.
3
3
9
New permits and
permit modifications
are increasingly
delayed or denied.
Interruption of production and
delayed implementation of
replacement production from
new mining areas.
Comply quickly with testing,
treatment and other actions
required; continue excellent
compliance performance
within existing permits.
2
4
8
Establish and maintain close
and constructive working
relationships with regulatory
agencies, local communities
and community action
groups.
 
Prepare and submit
permits well in advance of
needs.
 
2
3
6
22.2.8.3
Regulatory Requirements
Federal
 
and state
 
health and
 
safety
 
regulatory
 
agencies occasionally
 
amend mine
 
laws
 
and
regulations.
 
The
 
impact
 
is
 
industry-wide.
 
Mining
 
operators
 
and
 
regulatory
 
agencies
 
have
been able to adapt successfully to evolving health and safety requirements.
Table 22-7:
 
Regulatory Requirements (Risk 5)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Federal and state mine
safety and health
regulatory agencies
amend mine laws and
regulations.
Cost of training, materials,
supplies and equipment;
modification of mine
examination and production
procedures; modification of
mining plans.
Participate in hearings and
workshops when possible
to facilitate understanding
and implementation; work
cooperatively with agencies
and employees to facilitate
implementation of new laws
and regulations.
4
3
12
Familiarity and
experience with new
laws and regulations
results in reduced
impact to operations
and productivity and
improved supplies
and equipment
options.
4
2
8
22.2.8.4
Market and Transportation
Most
 
of
 
the
 
current
 
and
 
future
 
production
 
is
 
expected
 
to
 
be
 
directed
 
to
 
domestic
 
and
international
 
metallurgical
 
markets.
 
Historically
 
the
 
metallurgical
 
markets
 
have
 
been
cyclical and highly volatile.
 
 
 
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Table 22-8:
 
Market and Transportation (Risk 6)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Volatile coal prices drop
precipitously.
Loss of revenue adversely
affects profitability; reduced
cash flow may disrupt capital
expenditures plan.
Cost control measures
implemented; capital
spending deferred.
4
5
20
High-cost operations
closed, and
employees
temporarily
furloughed.
4
4
16
Occasional
 
delay
 
or
 
interruption
 
of
 
rail,
 
river
 
and
 
terminals
 
service
 
may
 
be
 
expected.
 
The
operator
 
can
 
possibly
 
minimize
 
the
 
impact
 
of
 
delays
 
by
 
being
 
a
 
preferred
 
customer
 
by
fulfilling shipment obligations promptly and maintaining close working relationships.
Table 22-9:
 
Market and Transportation (Risk 7)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Rail or river transport is
delayed; storage and
shipping access at river
and ocean terminals is
not available.
Fulfillment of coal sales
agreements delayed; limited
coal storage at mines may
increase cost of rehandling;
production may be temporarily
idled.
Provide adequate storage
capacity at mines;
coordinate continuously
with railroad and shipping
companies to respond
quickly and effectively to
changing circumstances.
5
3
15
Provide back-up
storage facility along
with personnel,
equipment and
rehandle plan to
sustain production
and fulfill sales
obligations timely.
5
2
10
22.2.8.5
Mining Plan
Occupational
 
health
 
and
 
safety
 
risks
 
are
 
inherent
 
in
 
mining
 
operations.
 
Comprehensive
training
 
and
 
retraining
 
programs,
 
internal
 
safety
 
audits
 
and
 
examinations,
 
regular
 
mine
inspections,
 
safety
 
meetings,
 
along
 
with
 
support
 
of
 
trained
 
fire
 
brigades
 
and
 
mine-rescue
teams are
 
among activities
 
that greatly
 
reduce accident
 
risks.
 
Employee health-monitoring
programs
 
coupled
 
with
 
dust
 
and
 
noise
 
monitoring
 
and
 
abatement
 
reduce
 
health
 
risks
 
to
miners.
 
As
 
underground
 
mines
 
are
 
developed
 
and
 
extended,
 
observation
 
of
 
geological,
hydrogeological
 
and
 
geotechnical
 
conditions
 
leads
 
to
 
modification
 
of
 
mine
 
plans
 
and
procedures to enable safe work within the mine environments.
Highlighted
 
below
 
are
 
selected
 
examples
 
of
 
safety
 
and
 
external
 
factors
 
relevant
 
to
Coronado operations.
22.2.8.5.1
Methane Management
Coalbed
 
methane
 
is
 
present
 
in
 
coal
 
operations
 
below
 
drainage.
 
Often
 
the
 
methane
concentration in shallow coal
 
seams is at such low levels that
 
it can be readily managed with
frequent testing and monitoring, vigilance, and routine mine ventilation.
 
Very high methane
concentrations
 
may
 
be
 
present
 
at
 
greater
 
depths,
 
as
 
experienced
 
in
 
the
 
Pocahontas
 
No.
 
3
seam
 
at
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
Complex
 
in
 
Virginia.
 
High
 
methane
 
concentrations
 
may
 
require
 
 
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degasification
 
of
 
the
 
coal
 
seam
 
to
 
assure
 
safe
 
mining.
 
The
 
Buchanan
 
Mine
 
has
 
operated
safely for many years
 
in one of the most intense methane environments
 
in the United States
through
 
careful
 
management
 
of
 
coal
 
seam
 
degasification,
 
gob
 
degasification
 
and
 
mine-
ventilation procedures.
Table 22-10:
 
Methane Management (Risk 8)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Methane hazard is
present in mines
operating below
drainage.
Injury or loss of life; possible
ignition of gas and mine
explosion; potential loss of
mine and equipment
temporarily or permanently;
additional mine fan, mine
power, ventilation, monitoring
and examination
requirements.
Low to moderate levels can
be managed with frequent
examinations, testing and
monitoring within the mine
ventilation system.
 
Excellent rock dust
maintenance minimizes
explosion propagation risk
should an ignition occur.
1
5
5
Very high-level
methane
concentrations may
require coal seam
degasification and
gob degasification if
longwall or pillar
extraction methods
are employed.
1
5
5
22.2.8.5.2
Mine Fires
Mine fires,
 
once common at
 
mine operations,
 
are rare
 
today.
 
Most active
 
coal miners
 
have
not
 
encountered
 
a
 
mine
 
fire.
 
Vastly
 
improved
 
mine
 
power
 
and
 
equipment
 
electrical
systems,
 
along
 
with
 
safe
 
mine
 
practices,
 
reduce
 
mine
 
fire
 
risks.
 
Crew
 
training
 
and
 
fire
brigade support
 
and training
 
improve response
 
for containment
 
and control
 
if a
 
fire occurs.
 
Spontaneous
 
combustion
 
within
 
coal
 
mines,
 
which
 
is
 
the
 
source
 
of
 
most
 
fires
 
that
 
occur
today,
 
is not expected to occur at Buchanan.
 
Table 22-11:
 
Mine Fires (Risk 9)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Mine fire at underground
or surface mine
operation.
Injury or loss of life;
potential loss of mine
temporarily or
permanently; damage to
equipment and mine
infrastructure.
Inspection and
maintenance of mine
power, equipment and
mine infrastructure; good
housekeeping; frequent
examination of conveyor
belt entries; prompt
removal of accumulations
of combustible materials.
1
5
5
If spontaneous
combustion conditions
are present, enhanced
monitoring and
examination procedures
will be implemented;
mine design will
incorporate features to
facilitate isolation,
containment and
extinguishment of
spontaneous
combustion locations.
1
5
5
22.2.8.5.3
Availability of Supplies and Equipment
The
 
industry
 
has
 
periodically
 
experienced
 
difficulty
 
receiving
 
timely
 
delivery
 
of
 
mine
supplies
 
and
 
equipment.
 
Availability
 
issues
 
often
 
accompanied
 
boom
 
periods
 
for
 
coal
demand.
 
Any
 
future
 
delivery
 
of
 
supplies
 
and
 
equipment
 
delays
 
are
 
expected
 
to
 
be
temporary with limited impact on production.
 
 
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1300 as of December 31, 2022
 
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Availability of Supplies and Equipment (Risk 10)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
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P
C
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Disruption of availability
for supplies and
equipment.
Temporary interruption of
production.
Force majeure provision in
coal sales agreements to
limit liability for delayed or
lost sales.
3
2
6
Work closely with
customers to assure
delayed coal
delivery rather than
cancelled sales;
monitor external
conditions and
increase inventory
of critical supplies;
accelerate delivery
of equipment when
possible.
3
1
3
22.2.8.5.4
Labor
Work
 
stoppage
 
due
 
to
 
labor
 
protests
 
are
 
considered
 
unlikely
 
and
 
are
 
accompanied
 
by
limited
 
impact should
 
it occur.
 
Excellent
 
employee relations
 
and communications
 
limit the
exposure
 
to
 
outside protesters.
 
Loss of
 
supervisors
 
and skilled
 
employees
 
to retirement
 
is
inevitable;
 
the
 
impact
 
can
 
be
 
lessened
 
with
 
succession
 
planning
 
and
 
training
 
and
mentorship of new employees.
Table 22-13:
 
Labor – Work Stoppage (Risk 11)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
R
P
C
R
Work stoppage due to
strikes, slowdowns or
secondary boycott
activity.
Loss of production and coal
sales; damaged customer and
employee relations; reputation
loss.
Maintain excellent
employee relations and
communications; maintain
frequent customer
communications.
1
3
3
Develop plan for
employee
communications and
legal support to
minimize impact of
secondary boycott
activities.
1
3
3
 
 
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the JORC Code and United States SEC Regulation S-K
 
1300 as of December 31, 2022
 
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Labor – Retirement (Risk 12)
Aspect
Impact
Control Measures
Initial Risk Level
Mitigation
Measures
Residual Risk Level
P
C
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P
C
R
Retirement of
supervisors and skilled
employees.
Loss of leadership and critical
skills to sustain high levels of
safety, maintenance and
productivity.
Monitor demographics
closely and maintain
communications with
employees who are
approaching retirement
age; maintain employee
selection and training
programs.
3
3
9
Maintain selection of
candidates and
implementation of in-
house or third-party
training for
electricians and
mechanics; develop
employee mentoring
program.
3
2
6
23
Recommendations
Coronado is continuing
 
to work both internally
 
and with outside assistance
 
to further define
their resource base and to optimize the LOM plan.
24
References
Publicly
 
available
 
information
 
from
 
various
 
state
 
and
 
federal
 
agencies
 
was
 
used
 
where
relevant.
25
Reliance on Information Provided by the
Registrant
A
 
summary
 
of
 
the
 
information
 
provided
 
by
 
Coronado
 
relied
 
upon
 
by
 
MM&A
 
for
 
the
purposes of this TRS is provided in
Table 25-1
.
Table
 
25-1:
 
Information from Registrant Relied Upon by MM&A
 
Category
Information Provided by Coronado
Report
Section
Marketing
Long-term price forecast used
 
in financial projections
16.2
 
Legal
Mineral control and surface
 
control rights as shown on maps
3.2, 3.3
Environmental
Permit and bonding information
17.3
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APPENDIX
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MM&A QUALIFICATIONS
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APPENDIX
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GLOSSARY OF ITEMS
 
 
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Abbreviation
Definition
AIPG
American Institute of Professional Geologists
ARMPS
Analysis of Retreat Mining Pillar Stability
ASTM
ASTM International
AVS
Applicant Violator System
bcm
Bank cubic meters
Btu/lb.
British Thermal Unit per pound
CAT
®
Caterpillar Inc.
C.P.G.
Certified Professional Geologist
Carlson
Carlson Mining – formerly SurvCADD
®
 
– a prevalent software package used for
modeling in the Appalachian region
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CBM
Coalbed Methane
Coronado
Coronado Global Resources Inc.
CSR
Codes of State Rules
 
CSX
CSX Corporation, a rail-based freight transportation
 
company
CTR
Contour mining
Demonstrated
reserves
Demonstrated reserves are the sum of proven
 
and probable reserves.
DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
EBITDA
Earnings before Intere
 
st, Taxes,
 
Depreciation, and Amortization
 
EOM
End-of-mine reclamation
EPA
United States Environmental
 
Protection Agency
 
ESA
Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
EVR
Estimated Visual Recovery
Feasibility Study
“…comprehensive technical and economic study of the selected development
option for a mineral project, which includes detailed assessments of all
applicable modifying factors together with any
 
other relevant operational
factors, and detailed financial analysis that
 
are necessary to demonstrate, at
the time of reporting, that extraction is economically viable.
 
According to the
proposed definition, the results of the study may serve as the basis for a final
decision by a proponent or financial institution to proceed with, or finance,
the development of the project. Thus, a feasibility study is more
comprehensive, with a higher degree of accuracy,
 
and yielding results with a
higher level
 
of confidence, than a pre-feasibility study.”
 
Hitachi
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
HWM
Highwall mining
In situ
Its natural position; said specific of a rock, soil, or fossil when in the situation
in which was originally formed or deposited
Indicated
Resources
Indicated
 
resources
 
are
 
those
 
lying
 
between
 
0.4-kilometer
 
and
 
1.2-kilometer
radius
 
from
 
such an
 
observation
 
point
 
and reported
 
herein
 
as in-situ
 
mineral
resources.
Inferred Resources
Inferred
 
resources
 
lie
 
more
 
than
 
a
 
1.2-kilometer
 
radius
 
from
 
a
 
valid
 
point
 
of
measurement
 
but
 
less
 
than
 
4.8
 
kilometers
 
from
 
one
 
and
 
reported
 
herein
 
as
in-situ mineral resources.
JORC Code
Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration
 
Results, Mineral Resources and
 
 
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Abbreviation
Definition
Ore Reserves
lb. SO
2
 
/ mm Btu
Pounds per sulfur dioxide per million British thermal units
LJ Hughes
LJ Hughes & Sons, Inc. - drilling Company
LOM
Life-of-mine
M&R
Maintenance and repair
M.B.A.
Master of Business Administration
Measured
Resources
Measured resources are those lying within 0.4-kilometer radius from
 
a valid
point of measurement and reported herein as in-situ mineral resources.
MINER Act
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006
 
Mineral Reserve
“…the economically mineable part of a Measured and/or Indicated Mineral
Resource.
 
It includes dilution materials and allowances for losses, which occur
when the material is mined or extracted and is defined by studies at
Preliminary Feasibility or Feasibility level as appropriate that include
Modifying Factors.
 
Such studies demonstrate that, at the time of reporting,
extraction of the mineral reserve is economically viable under reasonable
investment and marketing assumptions.”
 
Mineral Resource
“…a concentration or occurrence of solid material of economic interest
 
or on
the Earth’s crust
 
in such form, grade or quality that there are reasonable
prospects for eventual economic extraction.
 
The location, quantity,
 
grade,
continuity and other geological characteristics and continuity of a Mineral
Resource are known, estimated or interpreted
 
from specific geological
evidence and knowledge, including sampling.”
 
MM&A
Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc.
Modifying Factors
“…considerations used to convert Mineral
 
Resources to Mineral Reserves.
These include, but are not restricted to, mining, processing, metallurgical,
infrastructure, economic, marketing,
 
legal, environmental compliance, plans,
negotiations, or agreements with local individuals or groups and
governmental factors.”
MRMR
Mineral Resources to Mineral Reserves
MSHA
United States Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSL
Mean sea level
Mt
Million metric tonnes
NAIP
National Agricultural Imagery Program
NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety
 
and Health
NS
Norfolk Southern Corporation, a rail-based freight transportation
 
company
O&M
Operating and maintenance
 
OSD
Out-of-seam dilution
OSM
U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
P&L
Profit and loss before tax
 
P.E.
Professional Engineer
Preliminary
Feasibility Study
“…as a comprehensive study of a range of options for the technical and
economic viability of a mineral project that has advanced to a stage
 
where a
qualified person has determined (in the case of underground mining) a
preferred mining method, or in the case of surface mining) a pit configuration,
and in all cases has determined an effective method of mineral processing
 
and
an effective plan to sell the product. The study’s
 
financial analysis must have
 
 
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Abbreviation
Definition
the level of detail necessary to demonstrate, at
 
the time of reporting, that
extraction is economically viable. In addition, as noted in the proposed
definition of a pre-feasibility study,
 
while a pre-feasibility study is less
comprehensive and results in a lower confidence level than a feasibility
 
study,
a pre-
 
feasibility study is more comprehensive and results
 
in a higher
confidence level than an initial assessment.”
 
Property(ies)
Bituminous coal deposits located in Buchanan and Tazewell
 
Counties, Virginia.
 
QP
Qualified Person
Qualified Person
“…a person who is a mineral industry professional with at least
 
five years of
relevant experience in the type of mineralization and type of deposit under
consideration and in the specific type of activity that person is undertaking on
behalf of the registrant. In addition, the proposed definition requires
 
a
qualified person to be an
eligible member or licensee in good standing of a
recognized professional
 
organization at the
time the technical report is prepared.”
Rec.
Recovery
RECs
Recognized Environmental
 
Conditions
Resource Database
The Resource Database is established by the collection,
 
validation, recording,
storing and processing of data and forms the foundation
 
necessary for the
estimation of Mineral Resource and Mineral
 
Reserve.
 
A quality assurance and quality control program
 
is essential and must be
established to govern the collection of all data.
 
In reporting, a Mineral
Resource must meet the minimum requirement of “reasonable
 
prospects for
economic extraction”.
 
This will require the concurrent collection and storage
of preliminary economic, mining, metallurgical, environmental,
 
legal and
social data and other information for use in the estimation
 
of MRMR.
 
The Resource Database will include both “primary” (observation and
measurement) and “interpreted” data.
 
It is recommended that data be stored
digitally,
 
using a documented, standard format and a reliable storage
 
medium
that allows for easy and complete
 
retrieval of the data.
ROM
Run-of-mine
RPO
Recognized Professional
 
Organizations
S-K 1300
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation
 
S-K 1300
Modernization of Property Disclosures
SEC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SME
Society for Mining Engineers
SMCRA
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is the primary federal
 
law
that regulates the environmental
 
effects of coal mining in the United States.
Strip Ratio
Represented by bcm of overburden to recoverable
 
coal tonnes
 
tph
tonnes per hour
 
TRS
Technical
 
Report Summary
USA
United States of America
USFW
United States Fish and Wildlife
USGS
United States Geologic Survey
 
 
 
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Abbreviation
Definition
VALMIN Code
Australasian Code for Public Reporting of Technical
 
Assessments and
Valuations of Mineral
 
Assets
Vulcan™
Vulcan™ software is a product of Maptek™, a provider
 
of software for the
global mining industry.
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INITIAL ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT FOR RESOURCES EXCLUSIVE
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JORC TABLE 1
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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JORC Table 1
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Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Sampling techniques
>
Nature and quality of sampling (e.g. cut channels, random chips, or specific specialised
industry standard measurement tools appropriate to the minerals under investigation, such as
downhole gamma sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc.). These examples should not be
taken as limiting the broad meaning of sampling.
>
Include reference to measures taken to ensure sample representivity and the appropriate
calibration of any measurement tools or systems used.
>
Aspects of the determination of mineralisation that are Material to the Public Report. In cases
where ‘industry standard’ work has been done this would be relatively simple (e.g. ‘reverse
circulation drilling was used to obtain 1 m samples from which 3 kg was pulverised to produce
a 30 g charge for fire assay’). In other cases, more explanation may be required, such
 
as where
there is coarse gold that has inherent sampling problems. Unusual commodities or
mineralisation types (e.g. submarine nodules) may warrant disclosure of detailed information.
>
Most of the coal samples have been obtained from the Properties by subsurface exploration using
core drilling techniques.
 
The protocol for preparing and testing the samples has varied over time
and is not well documented for the older holes drilled on the Properties.
>
Typical USA core drilling sampling technique is for the coal core sample, once recovered from the
core barrel, to be described then wrapped in a sealed plastic sleeve and placed into a covered core
box, which is the length of the sample so that the core can be delivered to a laboratory in relatively
intact condition and with original moisture content.
>
It is reasonable to assume, given the sophistication level of the previous operators, that these
samples were generally collected and processed under industry best-practices.
 
This assumption is
based on MM&A’s familiarity with the operating companies and the companies used to perform the
analysis.
 
>
Some of the drill holes were air rotary bored and no coal core samples were collected.
 
Seam
thickness for rotary-drilled bore holes is verified by calibrated downhole gamma-density logs.
 
>
Coal samples that were deemed by MM&A geologists to be unrepresentative were not used for
statistical analysis of coal quality, as documented in the tabulations. A representative group of drill
hole samples from the Properties were then checked against the original drill laboratory reports to
verify accuracy and correctness.
 
Drilling techniques
>
Drill type (e.g. core, reverse circulation, open-hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka,
sonic, etc.) and details (e.g. core diameter, triple or standard tube, depth of diamond tails,
face-sampling bit or other type, whether core is oriented and if so, by what method, etc.).
>
The Properties have been extensively explored by subsurface drilling efforts carried out by
numerous entities, most of which were completed prior to acquisition by Coronado.
 
The majority of
the drilling was accomplished using vertical continuous (diamond) coring or air rotary methods.
>
Core drilling methods utilize NX-size (5.4 centimeter) or similar-sized core cylinders to recover core
samples, which can be used to delineate geologic characteristics, and for coal quality testing and
geotechnical logging.
 
>
Data for the rotary drilled holes is mainly derived from downhole geophysical logs, which are used to
interpret coal and rock thickness and depth since logging of the drill cuttings is not reliable.
>
Geophysical logging was performed on many of the holes, either by Geological Logging Systems (a
division of MM&A), other geophysical logging contractors, and on those properties acquired from
CONSOL geophysical logging was often performed by CONSOL’s in-house logging services.
 
 
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Drill sample recovery
>
Method of recording and assessing core and chip sample recoveries and results assessed.
>
Measures taken to maximise sample recovery and ensure representative nature of the
samples.
>
Whether a relationship exists between sample recovery and grade and whether sample bias
may have occurred due to preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material.
>
Where available, core recovery thickness of coal samples was reconciled with the thickness
interpreted from geophysical logs.
>
Core recovery of the older coal samples lacking geophysical logs is sometimes not well-documented:
however, when the laboratory results for such holes had anomalous values, the data was
disqualified and not used.
 
Logging
>
Whether core and chip samples have been geologically and geotechnically logged to a level of
detail to support appropriate Mineral Resource estimation, mining studies and metallurgical
studies.
>
Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc.)
photography.
>
The total length and percentage of the relevant intersections logged.
>
A wide variety of core-logging techniques exist for the properties.
 
For many of the core holes, the
primary data source is a generalized lithology description by the driller, in some cases supplemented
by a more detailed core log completed by a geologist.
 
>
The logging of core thickness and depth is quantitative.
 
With the exception of the coal seams,
logging of rock strata type is more subjective and best considered as qualitative.
Sub-sampling
techniques and sample
preparation
>
If core, whether cut or sawn and whether quarter, half or all core taken.
>
If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, rotary split, etc. and whether sampled wet or dry.
>
For all sample types, the nature, quality and appropriateness of the sample preparation
technique.
>
Quality control procedures adopted for all sub-sampling stages to maximise representivity of
samples.
>
Measures taken to ensure that the sampling is representative of the in situ material collected,
including for instance results for field duplicate/second-half sampling.
>
Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the grain size of the material being sampled.
>
Typical US practice in the Appalachian Basin is that core samples for deep mineable core samples are
not sawn or subsampled (since seams are not of great thickness and the entire seam is mined and
co-mingled).
>
Oftentimes, core for surface-mineable coal seams are bench sampled separately by the various coal
and rock layers (plies).
>
MM&A has exercised diligence to use only those analyses that are representative of the coal quality
parameters for the appropriate mining type for each sample.
Quality of assay data
and laboratory tests
>
The nature, quality and appropriateness of the assaying and laboratory procedures used and
whether the technique is considered partial or total.
>
For geophysical tools, spectrometers, handheld XRF instruments, etc., the parameters used in
determining the analysis including instrument make and model, reading times, calibrations
factors applied and their derivation, etc.
>
Nature of quality control procedures adopted (e.g. standards, blanks, duplicates, external
laboratory checks) and whether acceptable levels of accuracy (i.e. lack of bias) and precision
have been established.
>
Sample analysis was typically carried out by accredited US laboratories.
 
>
Standard procedure upon receipt of core samples by the testing laboratory is to log the depth and
thickness of the sample, then perform testing as specified by a representative of the operating
company.
 
Each sample is then analyzed in accordance with procedures defined under
ASTM
International (
ASTM
)
 
standards including, but not limited to; washability (ASTM D4371); ash (ASTM
D3174); sulfur (ASTM D4239); Btu/lb. (ASTM D5865); volatile matter (ASTM D3175); Free Swell Index
(
FSI
) (ASTM D720).
>
Geophysical tools are calibrated by the logging company and where possible, validated using a
calibration hole.
 
 
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Verification of
sampling and assaying
>
The verification of significant intersections by either independent or alternative company
personnel.
>
The use of twinned holes.
>
Documentation of primary data, data entry procedures, data verification, data storage
(physical and electronic) protocols.
>
Discuss any adjustment to assay data.
>
All coal intersection data used to generate the geologic model has been cross referenced with the
lithological and geophysical logs by MM&A.
>
Laboratory quality was adjusted from dry basis to reflect the anticipated marketable product
moisture.
>
Coal quality results were verified by spot-check with laboratory analysis sheets by MM&A before
inclusion into the geologic model and use in the resource estimate.
Location of data points
>
Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate drill holes (collar and down-hole surveys),
trenches, mine workings and other locations used in Mineral Resource estimation.
>
Specification of the grid system used.
>
Quality and adequacy of topographic control.
>
Due to the long history of exploration by various parties on the Properties, a wide variety of survey
techniques exist for documentation of data point locations.
 
Many of the older exploration drill holes
appear to have been located by ground survey; more recently completed drill holes are often
located by high-resolution Global Positioning System (
GPS
) units.
>
Grid systems used are typically the State Plane Coordinate System pertinent to each property.
 
>
Topography is based on either the USGS topographic 7.5-minute quadrangle maps or on recent
aerial photogrammetry as necessary (subject to availability).
Data spacing and
distribution
>
Data spacing for reporting of Exploration Results.
>
Whether the data spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish the degree of geological
and grade continuity appropriate for the Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation
procedure(s) and classifications applied.
>
Whether sample compositing has been applied.
>
Spacing and distribution of data point information may vary from seam to seam within each mining
area.
 
The areas estimated for coal resource and coal reserve tonnes have been limited so that the
data spacing and distribution is sufficient to establish the degree of geological continuity appropriate
for the estimation and classification of the coal tonnes.
 
>
All of the coal resource tonnes are in the measured, indicated, and inferred categories, and all of the
coal reserve tonnes are in the proved and probable categories in accordance with the JORC Code
and SEC standards.
 
Orientation of data in
relation to geological
structure
>
Whether the orientation of sampling achieves unbiased sampling of possible structures and
the extent to which this is known, considering the deposit type.
>
If the relationship between the drilling orientation and the orientation of key mineralised
structures is considered to have introduced a sampling bias, this should be assessed and
reported if material.
>
Drill holes have been vertically drilled.
 
No downhole deviation logs have been collected and it is
therefore not known if the drill holes have deviated away from vertical.
 
Based on the relatively
shallow seam depths, any deviation is expected to be insignificant and immaterial to the geologic
characterization of the Property.
>
The dip of the coal seams is relatively minor and not a material issue for representation of seam
thickness or quality.
Sample security
The measures taken to ensure sample security.
>
Sample handling procedures employed by explorationists follow typical US protocol and should be
adequate to insure sample security.
Audits or reviews
The results of any audits or reviews of sampling techniques and data.
>
MM&A has reviewed all available geological information for the Properties in developing the
geologic model.
 
Only that data deemed suitable has been used for the purpose of generating the
resource and reserve estimates.
 
 
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Section 2 Reporting of Exploration Results
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Mineral tenement and
land tenure status
>
Type, reference name/number,
 
location and ownership including agreements or material
issues with third parties such as joint ventures, partnerships, overriding royalties, native title
interests, historical sites, wilderness or national park and environmental settings.
>
The security of the tenure held at the time of reporting along with any known impediments to
obtaining a licence to operate in the area.
>
The Coronado coal resources are located within three of the United State of America: Virginia; West
Virginia; and Pennsylvania.
 
Control of these Properties is governed by many hundreds of
agreements.
>
MM&A has not carried out separate title verification for the coal properties and has not verified
leases, deeds, surveys or other property control instruments pertinent to the subject resources.
 
>
Coronado has represented to MM&A that it controls the mining rights to the coal deposits as shown
on its property maps, and MM&A has accepted these as being a true and accurate depiction of the
mineral rights controlled by Coronado.
 
The TRS assumes the properties are developed under
responsible and experienced management.
>
There are no known legal or environmental encumbrances that would impede development of the
subject coal reserves.
Exploration done by
other parties
>
Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by other parties.
>
The Properties have been extensively explored by subsurface drilling efforts carried out by
numerous entities, most of which were completed prior to acquisition by Coronado.
>
This exploration work was generally performed to prevailing US best practice standards and deemed
adequate for the purposes of this TRS.
 
Geology
>
Deposit type, geological setting and style of mineralisation.
>
The Coronado coal resources are located within the Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins.
>
The coal deposits are Carboniferous in age, being of the Pennsylvanian system.
>
Seam of economic significance typically range between 0.3 meters and 1.8 meters in thickness, with
relatively little structural deformation.
>
Regional structure is typically characterized by gently dipping strata to the northwest at less than
one percent.
Drill hole Information
>
A summary of all information material to the understanding of the exploration results
including a tabulation of the following information for all Material drill holes:
easting and northing of the drill hole collar
elevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation above sea level in metres) of the drill hole
collar
dip and azimuth of the hole
down hole length and interception depth
hole length.
>
If the exclusion of this information is justified on the basis that the information is not Material
and this exclusion does not detract from the understanding of the report, the Competent
Person should clearly explain why this is the case.
>
MM&A reviewed and entered all pertinent data into a digital geologic database for each Coronado
property.
 
The database consists of thousands of data records, which include drill hole and
supplemental coal seam thickness measurements from outcrop and mine exposures.
 
>
All drill holes in the database are provided with a collar elevation and the State Plane Coordinate
System easting and northing coordinate.
>
After MM&A confirmed proper coal seam thickness and correlation, the seam data was modelled
and compiled into coal resource maps.
>
The maps are provided in the TRS; however, a tabulation of the thousands of individual data records
is not practical to include.
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Data aggregation
methods
>
In reporting Exploration Results, weighting averaging techniques, maximum and/or minimum
grade truncations (e.g. cutting of high grades) and cut-off grades are usually Material and
should be stated.
>
Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short lengths of high grade results and longer lengths
of low grade results, the procedure used for such aggregation should be stated and some
typical examples of such aggregations should be shown in detail.
>
The assumptions used for any reporting of metal equivalent values should be clearly stated.
>
Where a coal seam has been bench sampled (typically for surface mining) the individual analyses for
the coal plies are normally weight-averaged to represent the total of recoverable coal.
>
Coal quality summary results have been documented in the TRS.
 
Average coal quality on a per-
seam basis is used to represent the coal resources within a given mining area.
>
Average coal quality for each Coronado complex is provided in Tables 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3 of this TRS.
 
>
No other data aggregations methods are used.
Relationship between
mineralisation widths
and intercept lengths
>
These relationships are particularly important in the reporting of Exploration Results.
>
If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to the drill hole angle is known, its nature
should be reported.
>
If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are reported, there should be a clear
statement to this effect (e.g. ‘down hole length, true width not known’).
>
Coal thickness values from all coal intersections and down hole geophysical logs are considered to
be vertical thicknesses.
 
Seam dip of approximately 2.0 to 3.0 degrees has little effect on the vertical
thickness of the seam.
Diagrams
>
Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and tabulations of intercepts should be included
for any significant discovery being reported These should include, but not be limited to a plan
view of drill hole collar locations and appropriate sectional views.
>
Diagrams and maps showing the coal seam intercepts are presented in the TRS.
Balanced reporting
>
Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration Results is not practicable, representative
reporting of both low and high grades and/or widths should be practiced to avoid misleading
reporting of Exploration Results.
>
All of the available, qualified exploration data has been included within the tabulations, maps, and
diagrams for this TRS.
>
Both coal thickness and quality data are deemed by MM&A to be reasonably sufficient within the
resource areas. Therefore, there is a reasonable level of confidence in the geologic interpretations
required for coal resource determination based on the available data and the techniques applied to
the data.
Other substantive
exploration data
>
Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, should be reported including (but not
limited to): geological observations; geophysical survey results; geochemical survey results;
bulk samples – size and method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk density,
groundwater, geotechnical and rock characteristics; potential deleterious or contaminating
substances.
>
Informational material available from the U.S. Geological Survey and the respective State Surveys
was used to assist in the Resource estimate.
 
Further work
>
The nature and scale of planned further work (e.g. tests for lateral extensions or depth
extensions or large-scale step-out drilling).
>
Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible extensions, including the main geological
interpretations and future drilling areas, provided this information is not commercially
sensitive.
>
Further work is expected to include additional exploration, geotechnical testing, coal quality
analyses, and coal property acquisition.
 
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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JORC Table 1
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Section 3 Estimation and Reporting of Mineral Resources
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Database
 
integrity
>
Measures taken to ensure that data has not been corrupted by,
 
for example, transcription or
keying errors, between its initial collection and its
 
use for Mineral Resource estimation
purposes.
>
Data validation procedures used.
>
MM&A confirmed coal seam thickness and correlations in databases used for coal deposit
modelling.
 
Representative records were spot-checked for data
 
entry validation.
 
>
Geophysical logs were used wherever available to assist in confirming the seam correlation and to
verify proper seam thickness measurements and recovery of coal samples.
Site
visits
>
Comment on
 
any site
 
visits undertaken
 
by the
 
Competent Person and the outcome of those
visits.
>
If no
 
site visits
 
have been
 
undertaken indicate
 
why this
 
is the case.
>
MM&A is very familiar with the Properties and has conducted multiple site visits throughout the
years.
Geological
interpretation
>
Confidence in (or conversely,
 
the uncertainty
 
of) the geological interpretation of the mineral
deposit.
>
Nature of the data used and of any assumptions
 
made.
>
The effect,
 
if any,
 
of alternative
 
interpretations on
 
Mineral Resource estimation.
>
The use of geology in guiding
 
and controlling
 
Mineral Resource estimation.
>
The factors affecting continuity both of grade and geology.
>
Due to the relative structural simplicity of the deposits and the reasonable continuity of the tabular
coal beds, the principal geological interpretation necessary to define the geometry of the coal
deposits is the proper modeling of their thickness and elevation.
 
>
Both coal thickness and quality data are deemed by MM&A to be reasonable within the resource
areas.
 
>
Therefore, there is a reasonable level of confidence in the geologic interpretations required for coal
resource determination based on the available data and the techniques applied to the data.
Dimensions
>
The extent and variability of the Mineral Resource expressed as length (along strike or
otherwise), plan width, and depth below surface to the upper and lower limits of the Mineral
Resource.
>
The subject coal resource areas mostly exist in discreet, individual deposits of highly variable
dimensions, shapes and depth below the ground surface.
>
Such factors are best depicted in the maps contained in the TRS.
>
Details of the parameters are cited within the TRS and included in the table of Cut-off Parameters
listed in Section 11.1 of the TRS.
 
Estimation
and
modelling techniques
>
The nature and appropriateness
 
of the estimation technique(s) applied and key assumptions,
including treatment of extreme grade values, domaining, interpolation parameters and
maximum distance of extrapolation from data points. If
 
a computer assisted estimation
method was chosen include a description of computer software and parameters used.
>
The availability of check estimates, previous estimates and/or mine production records
 
and
whether the Mineral Resource estimate
 
takes
 
appropriate account
 
of such
 
data.
>
The assumptions made regarding
 
recovery of by-products.
>
Estimation of deleterious elements or other non-grade variables of economic
 
significance (e.g.
sulphur for acid mine drainage characterisation).
>
In the case of
 
block model interpolation, the
 
block size in relation to
 
the average sample
spacing and the search employed.
>
Geological data was imported into Carlson Mining
®
 
(formerly SurvCADD
®
) geological modelling
software in the form of Microsoft
®
 
Excel files incorporating, drill hole collars, seam and thickness
picks, bottom seam elevations and raw and washed coal quality. These data files were validated
prior to importing into the software.
>
Once imported, a geologic model was created.
>
The geological model was verified and reviewed.
 
>
Resources were estimated by defining seam thickness at each point of observation and by defining
resource confidence arcs around the points of observation.
>
Points of observation for Measured and Indicated confidence arcs were defined for all drill holes
that intersected the seam.
 
>
As prescribed by the common United States classification system the following distances from points
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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Commentary
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Any assumptions behind modelling of
 
selective mining units.
>
Any assumptions about correlation
 
between variables.
>
Description of how the
 
geological interpretation was
 
used to control the resource estimates.
>
Discussion of basis for using or not
 
using grade cutting or capping.
>
The process of validation,
 
the checking process used, the comparison of
 
model data to drill
hole data, and use of reconciliation data if available.
of observation were used to define the corresponding Resource category arcs:
-
Inferred Resources – greater than 3,960 feet (1.2 kilometers) but less than 15,840 feet (4.8
kilometers)
-
Indicated Resources – 3,960 feet (1.2 kilometers)
-
Measured Resources – 1,320 feet (0.4 kilometers)
>
The use of the standards commonly used in the United States are appropriate and customary for
this resource jurisdiction and deposition type.
>
MM&A performed a geostatistical analysis test of the Coronado data sets using the Drill Hole
Spacing Analysis (
DHSA
) method.
>
Based on MM&A’s analysis, it would be possible to extend the measured, indicated and inferred
arcs slightly beyond historically accepted practices due to consistent geological settings. The QP’s
have elected not to extend arc distances, introducing a level of conservatism in the coal
classification.
Moisture
>
Whether the tonnages are estimated on a dry basis or with natural moisture, and the method
of determination of the moisture content.
>
Coal resource tonnes are presented on a dry, in-situ basis.
>
Reserve tonnes are presented on a moist basis at anticipated product moisture ranging from 4.0 to
6.0 percent. Moisture content based on historic analyses of shipped coal.
Cut-off Parameters
>
The basis of the adopted cut-off grade(s) or quality parameters applied.
>
The cut-off parameters were tailored for each of the Coronado properties to be in accordance with
mining/ processing capabilities and market conditions prevalent at each operation.
>
Examples include minimum recoverable coal thickness, acceptable ash content and wash recovery,
and manageable overburden to coal ratio for surface mineable coal.
>
Details of the parameters are cited within the TRS and included in the table of Cut-off Parameters
listed in Section 11.1 of this TRS.
>
These cut-off parameters have been developed by MM&A based on its experience with the
Coronado properties and other mining operations of the Central Appalachian coal basin.
 
This
experience includes technical and economic evaluations of numerous properties in the region for
the purposes of determining the economic viability of the subject coal reserves.
Mining factors or
assumptions
>
Assumptions made regarding possible mining methods, minimum mining dimensions and
internal (or, if applicable, external) mining dilution. It is always necessary as part of the process
of determining reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction to consider potential
mining methods, but the assumptions made regarding mining methods and parameters when
estimating Mineral Resources may not always be rigorous. Where this is the case, this should
be reported with an explanation of the basis of the mining assumptions made.
>
Mining factors such as dilution, mining and washing recovery are variable and have been applied at
the coal deposits at each operation based on site-specific characteristics.
>
Details of the factors are cited within the TRS.
>
Factors that would typically preclude conversion of a coal resource to coal reserve include the
following: inferred resource classification; absence of coal quality; poor mine recovery; lack of
access; insufficient exploration; or uncontrolled surface property for areas of proposed for surface
mining.
 
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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Commentary
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While such factors were used to preclude the conversion of a very limited number of coal resources
to coal reserves in this report, the extensive history of mining on the Properties would suggest that
there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extractions of all coal resources under
favorable market conditions.
Metallurgical factors
or assumptions
>
The basis for assumptions or predictions regarding metallurgical amenability. It is always
necessary as part of the process of determining reasonable prospects for eventual economic
extraction to consider potential metallurgical methods, but the assumptions regarding
metallurgical treatment processes and parameters made when reporting Mineral Resources
may not always be rigorous. Where this is the case, this should be reported with an
explanation of the basis of the metallurgical assumptions made.
>
The products mined from coal resources controlled by Coronado can be sold into high-, mid-, and
low-volatile metallurgical coal markets because of their inherent quality characteristics.
 
>
Run-of-mine production is washed at the coal preparation plants as needed for quality control.
 
>
Coronado may blend production from multiple sources to manage ash and sulfur content along with
the rheological and petrographic characteristics of the shipped products.
 
Environmental factors
or assumptions
>
Assumptions made regarding possible waste and process residue disposal options. It is always
necessary as part of the process of determining reasonable prospects for eventual economic
extraction to consider the potential environmental impacts of the mining and processing
operation.
 
While at this stage the determination of potential environmental impacts,
particularly for a greenfields project, may not always be well advanced, the status of early
consideration of these potential environmental impacts should be reported. Where these
aspects have not been considered this should be reported with an explanation of the
environmental assumptions made.
>
MM&A completed a Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) on the Buchanan property
in April 2016, and on the Logan County and Greenbrier Properties in May 2017 on behalf of
Coronado.
 
Coronado reports not having conducted such a study since the MM&A studies.
 
>
The ESAs completed by MM&A included a site inspection, review of historical records, a database
search of State and Federal regulatory records and interviews to identify potential recognized
environmental conditions (RECs) that may create environmental liability for the sites.
 
>
MM&A identified one REC at Greenbrier associated with stained soil and gravel near a fueling and
maintenance area.
 
Coronado reported to MM&A that satisfactory clean-up efforts were completed
at Greenbrier.
 
>
Based on these former ESAs completed by MM&A, it is MM&A’s opinion that Coronado has a
generally typical coal industry record of compliance with applicable mining, water quality, and
environmental laws.
 
Estimated costs for mine closure, including water quality monitoring during
site reclamation, are included in the TRS financial models.
 
Bulk density
>
Whether assumed or determined. If assumed, the basis for the assumptions. If determined,
the method used, whether wet or dry, the frequency of the measurements, the nature, size
and representativeness of the samples.
>
The bulk density for bulk material must have been measured by methods that adequately
account for void spaces (vugs, porosity, etc), moisture and differences between rock and
alteration zones within the deposit.
>
Discuss assumptions for bulk density estimates used in the evaluation process of the different
materials.
>
Laboratory derived seam densities measured in specific gravity were used where available.
 
As
needed, these data were supplemented by estimated seam density values based on the relative
proportion of coal and non-coal material within the seam (typically at 1.30 and 2.25 specific gravity,
respectively).
>
Average seam density was determined for each coal deposit and used to convert coal volumes into
coal tonnage estimates.
Classification
>
The basis for the classification of the Mineral Resources into varying confidence categories.
>
Whether appropriate account has been taken of all relevant factors (i.e. relative confidence in
tonnage/grade estimations, reliability of input data, confidence in continuity of geology and
metal values, quality, quantity and distribution of the data).
>
Whether the result appropriately reflects the Competent
>
The Resource has been classified based on suitable distances from points of observations prescribed
in the common United States classification system.
>
The use of the United States standards is appropriate and customary for this resource jurisdiction
and deposition type.
>
MM&A performed a geostatistical analysis test of the Coronado data sets using the Drill Hole
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
>
Person’s view of the deposit.
Spacing Analysis (
DHSA
) method.
>
Based on MM&A’s analysis, it would be possible to extend the measured, indicated and inferred
arcs slightly beyond historically accepted practices due to consistent geological settings. The QP’s
have elected not to extend arc distances, introducing a level of conservatism in the coal
classification.
>
All relevant factors have been accounted for and reflect the Competent Person’s
 
view of the
deposit.
Audits or reviews
>
The results of any audits or reviews of Mineral Resource estimates.
>
MM&A completed prepared a statement of coal resources and reserves for the Properties in
accordance with the JORC Code as of December 31, 2017.
 
MM&A also subsequently updated the
estimate of resources and reserves for depletion as of December 31, 2018, December 31, 2019,
December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
>
MM&A performed a previous audit of the Properties in year 2017 for Coronado based on U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Industry Guide 7 and USGS Circular 891 standards.
 
>
Earlier audits were performed by various independent consultants for predecessors-in-title to
Coronado and at various levels of detail depending on the clients concerns and the allotted time for
completion.
 
Previous audits and reviews defined the primary coal resource areas and estimated the
recoverable tonnes for each seam based on the expected mining methods.
 
>
Additionally, MM&A has performed proprietary evaluations for predecessors-in-title to Coronado,
which encompass portions of the Properties included in this TRS.
Discussion of relative
accuracy/ confidence
>
Where appropriate a statement of the relative accuracy and confidence level in the Mineral
Resource estimate using an approach or procedure deemed appropriate by the Competent
Person. For example, the application of statistical or geostatistical procedures to quantify the
relative accuracy of the resource within stated confidence limits, or, if such an approach is not
deemed appropriate, a qualitative discussion of the factors that could affect the relative
accuracy and confidence of the estimate.
>
The statement should specify whether it relates to global or local estimates, and, if local, state
the relevant tonnages, which should be relevant to technical and economic evaluation.
Documentation should include assumptions made and the procedures used.
>
These statements of relative accuracy and confidence of the estimate should be compared
with production data, where available.
>
The relative accuracy of and confidence in the coal tonnage and quality estimates provided herein
are judged to be in conformance with current industry best-practices.
 
>
The representation of average coal quality characteristics should be understood to represent a
reasonably representative sampling that is generally indicative of coal quality and does not
represent a statistically rigorous approach to coal quality modeling.
>
Resource estimation has been completed using standard coal estimation methods which are
deemed appropriate for this deposit.
Section 4 Estimation and Reporting of Ore Reserves
(Criteria listed in the preceding section also apply to this section.)
Criteria
JORC Code explanation
Commentary
Mineral Resource
estimate for
conversion to Ore
Reserves
 
>
Description of the Mineral Resource estimate used as a basis for the conversion to an Ore
Reserve.
>
The coal resource estimate was prepared as part of the report Coronado Global Resources Inc.
Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves in Accordance with JORC Code and United States SEC
Standards as of December 31, 2022 – Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins – Virginia, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA – February 2023 prepared by MM&A.
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
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Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
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The resource estimation criteria were developed by MM&A based on the capabilities of the mining
equipment used within the production model and on industry-accepted standards to assure that the
basic geologic characteristics of the coal resources are in reasonable conformity with those to be
mined and marketed by Coronado.
>
Clear statement as to whether the Mineral Resources are reported additional to, or inclusive
of, the Ore Reserves.
>
Coal resources generally are reported inclusive of the coal reserves.
 
In some cases, resources are
reported in addition to coal reserves.
 
Tables 1-1 and 11-3 of the TRS clearly identify resources
“inclusive of mine plan” from which coal reserves were estimated along with those resources
“exclusive of mine plan” from which no reserves were estimated.
 
Site visits
 
>
Comment on any site visits undertaken by the Competent Person and the outcome of those
visits.
>
MM&A is very familiar with the Properties and has conducted multiple site visits throughout the
years.
Study status
 
>
The type and level of study undertaken to enable Mineral Resources to be converted to Ore
Reserves.
>
A preliminary feasibility LOM plan was prepared by MM&A for active and proposed mines.
 
>
The Code requires that a study to at least Pre-Feasibility Study level has been undertaken to
convert Mineral Resources to Ore Reserves. Such studies will have been carried out and will
have determined a mine plan that is technically achievable and economically viable, and that
material Modifying Factors have been considered.
>
This geologic evaluation conducted in accordance with JORC and SEC standards and in conjunction
with the preliminary feasibility study is sufficient to conclude that the surface, highwall miner and
underground coal reserves identified on the Properties are economically mineable under reasonable
expectations of market prices for thermal and metallurgical coal products, estimated operation
costs, and capital expenditures.
>
The pre-feasibility financial models, prepared by MM&A for this TRS, was developed to test the
economic viability of each coal resource area.
>
Proved and probable coal reserve were derived from the defined in-situ coal resource considering
relevant processing, economic (including independent estimates of capital, revenue and cost,
marketing, legal, environmental, socioeconomic, and regulatory factors).
Cut-off parameters
 
>
The basis of the adopted cut-off grade(s) or quality parameters applied.
>
The cut-off parameters were tailored for each of the Coronado properties to be in accordance with
mining/ processing capabilities and market conditions prevalent at each operation.
>
Examples include minimum recoverable coal thickness, acceptable ash content and wash recovery,
and manageable overburden to coal ratio for surface mineable coal.
>
Details of the parameters are cited within the TRS and included in the table of Cut-off Parameters
listed in Section 11.1 of this TRS.
>
These cut-off parameters have been developed by MM&A based on its experience with the
Coronado properties and are typical of mining operations in the Central Appalachian coal basin.
 
This
experience includes technical and economic evaluations of numerous properties in the region for
the purposes of determining the economic viability of the subject coal reserves.
Mining factors or
assumptions
 
>
The method and assumptions used as reported in the Pre-Feasibility or Feasibility Study to
convert the Mineral Resource to an Ore Reserve (i.e. either by application of appropriate
factors by optimisation or by preliminary or detailed design).
>
After validating coal seam data and establishing correlations, the thickness and elevation for seams
of economic interest were used to generate a geologic model.
>
A pre-feasibility LOM plan was prepared by MM&A for active and proposed mines.
 
MM&A prepared
mine projections and production timing forecasts based on coal seam characteristics.
 
Production
timing was carried out from 2023 to depletion (exhaustion) of the coal reserve areas.
 
 
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Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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Commentary
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The choice, nature and appropriateness of the selected mining method(s) and other mining
parameters including associated design issues such as pre-strip, access, etc.
>
The room-and-pillar mining method was selected to model the underground mining resources,
utilizing continuous miners for coal extraction, shuttle cars for production section haulage and roof
bolters for roof control, with the exception that the Buchanan Mine also uses longwall shearers,
armored face conveyors, and hydraulic self-advancing roof support.
 
The resource areas located
above drainage are relatively small and often have irregular boundaries.
The Buchanan Mine in
Buchanan County, Virginia is the only active longwall mine currently being operated by Coronado.
>
The Coronado underground mining resource areas which are located above-drainage require an
access road and mine access development along the outcrop, whereas below-drainage mines are
accessed via shaft or slope based on other proposed surface infrastructure locations and/or surface
property control.
 
>
The surface mining method selected utilizes highly productive hydraulic shovels, front-end loaders,
large tractors and rock trucks for overburden removal.
 
The mobile equipment spreads adapt readily
to winding coal outcrops for contour surface mining and are effective for point-removal and area
mining applications.
>
Application of highwall and auger mining units is an effective method to recover coal resources not
suitable for underground mining and under excessive cover for surface mining.
>
The assumptions made regarding geotechnical parameters (e.g. pit slopes, stope sizes, etc.),
grade control and pre-production drilling.
>
Mining plans for potential underground mines were developed by MM&A.
 
Pillar stability was tested
by MM&A using the
Analysis of Coal Pillar Stability (ACPS
) program that was developed by the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (
NIOSH
)
.
 
>
Coronado must obtain approved mining plans from
United States Department of Labor Mine Safety
and Health Administration (
MSHA
)
that define safety parameters for the highwalls developed
during contour and area mining.
 
MM&A’s planning model does not require input of specific
highwall design parameters, but provides for timing of mining within mine plan polygons that is
representative of the operation performance attained at Central Appalachia surface mines.
>
Highwall and auger mining is conducted under highwalls designed and constructed to meet MSHA
permit requirements.
 
To better assure highwall stability and safety
 
during highwall coal extraction,
MSHA requires that coal fenders, or stumps, be left in place between successive cuts. Periodic
barrier pillars must be left in place as an additional safeguard.
 
MM&A has adjusted the expected
mining recovery for highwall and auger mining resources to reflect highwall stability and safety
requirements.
>
The major assumptions made and Mineral Resource model used for pit and stope optimisation
(if appropriate).
>
Underground Mining Resources:
 
For metallurgical resources, minimum coal seam thickness extends
down to between 0.6 and 1.2 meters and a minimum overburden (depth of cover) of 30.5 meters.
 
A
61-meter horizontal distance is maintained from abandoned mines and sealed or pillared areas, and
a 30-meter horizontal distance is maintained from planned highwall miner panels.
 
Mine recovery is
reduced when a rider coal seam is present within a 1.5- to 3.0-meter interval above the coal seam.
 
No mining is projected when the interval between overlying and underlying reserves is less than 12
meters.
>
Surface Mining Resources:
 
For classification as a surface-mineable resource, a seam must be at least
0.3 meters in thickness as a stand-alone (principle) seam and 0.15 meters in thickness when less
than 0.8 meters from a principal seam.
 
The maximum cumulative area mining strip ratio is generally
 
 
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20:1 for thermal coal and 30:1 for metallurgical coal.
 
Some areas were assessed for their economic
viability at higher ratios, and were included as reserves if deemed economic.
 
For contour surface
mining, a minimum of 38-meter bench is provided to support HWM.
>
HWM and Auger Mining Resources: HWM cut depth (penetration) is established at a maximum of
244 meters.
 
The minimum mineable coal thickness is limited at 0.6 meters. For coal seams less than
0.8 meters thick, roof and/or floor characteristics must allow OSD cutting to maintain a 0.8-meter
minimum cutting height.
Auger mining cut depth is established at an average of 91 meters.
 
The
minimum mineable coal thickness is limited at 0.5 meters.
>
The mining dilution factors used.
>
Underground Mining Reserves:
 
The planning model assigns minimum mining heights of 1.4 to 1.8
meters for mains and panel development.
 
At the Buchanan Mine, a minimum mining height of 1.8
meters was used due to the longwall mining method being employed.
 
For coal seams thinner than
the assigned mining height, the difference between the coal seam height and assigned mining
height consists of OSD.
 
In all cases a minimum of 0.05 meters of OSD was assumed, with the
exception of the Mon Valley mines, where a minimum 0.15 meters of OSD was assumed due to
weaker floor strata.
>
Surface Mining Reserves:
 
Area mining is generally limited to a cumulative overburden ratio of 30:1
and a 15:1 ratio for contour mining.
 
Exceptions were considered for mining of metallurgical grade
coal where deemed economical.
 
It is assumed that careful cleaning of exposed coal pits will result in
minimal OSD.
>
HWM and Auger Mining Reserves:
 
The mining plan assumes that the HWM cutting height is a
minimum of 76 to 99 centimeters for clearance purposes.
 
When the coal seam is less than 76 to 99
centimeters thick, OSD assumed and included in the ROM product.
Because the auger has very
limited OSD cutting ability, it is assumed that an appropriate auger diameter will be chosen based on
the coal seam thickness and that OSD will be minimal.
>
The mining recovery factors used.
>
Underground Mining Reserves:
 
Mine recovery generally varies between 40 and 60 percent for
continuous mining panels, and 100 percent for longwall.
>
Surface Mining Reserves:
 
Mining recovery is 90 percent for virgin areas.
 
Mining recovery is reduced
where second mining is projected in previously underground and auger mined areas.
>
HWM and Auger Mining Reserves:
 
A mine recovery of 40 percent has been applied for HWM.
A
mine recovery of 35 percent has been applied for auger mining.
>
Any minimum mining widths used.
>
Underground Mining Reserves:
 
Typical entry width is 5.8 to 6.1 meters.
>
The manner in which Inferred Mineral Resources are utilised in mining studies and the
sensitivity of the outcome to their inclusion.
>
Proved and probable coal reserve were derived from the defined in-situ coal resource considering
relevant processing, economic (including independent estimates of capital, revenue and cost,
marketing, legal, environmental, socioeconomic, and regulatory factors).
>
Mine plan LOM tonnage includes inferred coal and those areas that do not meet the minimum coal
thickness requirement for classification as reserve.
 
Inferred coal represents approximately 0.6% of
the LOM production for Mon Valley and 0.000001% of the total LOM production for Logan.
 
None of
this coal was included in the estimate of reserves.
 
 
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The infrastructure requirements of the selected mining methods.
>
Underground Mining Resources:
 
The continuous mining method provides for the extraction of coal
from the production faces using continuous miners (and longwall shearing machine at Buchanan)
and haulage using shuttle cars or battery haulers to a feeder-breaker located at the tail of the
section conveyor belt.
 
The feeder-breaker crushes large pieces of coal and rock and regulates coal
feed onto the mine conveyor.
 
A chain conveyor is used to remove coal from the longwall face at the
Buchanan Mine for placement onto the conveyor belt which is ultimately delivered to an
underground storage bunker.
 
Roof-bolting machines are used to install roof bolts, and battery
scoops are available to clean the mine entries and assist in delivery of mine supplies to work areas.
 
Surface ventilation fans are installed as needed to provide a sufficient volume of air to ventilate
production sections, coal haulage and transport entries, battery charging stations, and transformers
in accordance with approved plans.
>
Coronado currently operates three coal preparation plants, one each at the Buchanan, Logan County
and Greenbrier Divisions.
 
The Buchanan Plant operates at a feed rate of approximately 907 raw
tonnes per hour (
tph
), whereas the Saunders Plant (Logan County Division) has a nominal feed rate
of 816 tph, and the Mountaineer Plant (Greenbrier Division) operates at 544 tph.
MM&A has
included capital estimates for construction of additional coal preparation plants at the Russell
County and Mon Valley Complex for the purposes of this TRS.
 
>
Surface Mining Resources: The surface mining mobile equipment spreads advance the contour and
area mining pits while systematically reclaiming the trailing side of pits where coal has been
removed.
 
The coal haul roads are extended and maintained as the pits advance.
 
Support facilities
are maintained nearby but away from the active mining, and include storage areas for blasting
agents, fuel and lubricants, and mine supplies along with maintenance facilities and offices.
 
Most of
the surface mine production is transported to a loading point for crushing, blending and direct-
shipment to customers.
 
>
HWM and Auger Resources: The HWM equipment advances along with the contour mining pits.
 
The
rate of advance of the contour mining is governed by the advancement rate of the HWM.
 
A diesel-
powered generator trails the highwall miner and powers the continuous mining unit.
 
Other support
facilities are provided along with the contour mining support facilities.
 
HWM production is all
transported by truck to the coal preparation plant for washing.
Metallurgical factors
or assumptions
 
>
The metallurgical process proposed and the appropriateness of that process to the style of
mineralisation.
>
Coarse material is washed in a heavy medium vessel.
 
Intermediate-size material is washed in heavy
medium cyclones.
 
Fine material is washed using conventional froth flotation cells.
>
Whether the metallurgical process is well-tested technology or novel in nature.
>
Processes are typical of those used in the coal industry and are in use at adjacent coal processing
plants.
>
The nature, amount and representativeness of metallurgical test work undertaken, the nature
of the metallurgical domaining applied and the corresponding metallurgical recovery factors
applied.
>
The quality characteristics for the subject coal resources and coal reserves have been reviewed in
detail by MM&A.
 
The drill hole data were utilized to develop average coal quality characteristics
mining site.
 
These average coal quality characteristics were then utilized as the basis for
determining the various markets into which the saleable coal will likely be placed.
>
Any assumptions or allowances made for deleterious elements.
>
No significant effects on product quality are anticipated from dilution material; float product quality
was used to model final product quality.
 
 
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The existence of any bulk sample or pilot scale test work and the degree to which such
samples are considered representative of the orebody as a whole
>
No bulk sample or pilot scale work has been completed.
>
For minerals that are defined by a specification, has the ore reserve estimation been based on
the appropriate mineralogy to meet specifications?
>
Notwithstanding the complexity of the coal quality data set, the seams of the central and northern
Appalachian coalfields have a long history of providing both high-Btu thermal coals and high-, mid-
and low-volatile coking coals with favorable metallurgical properties.
Environmental
 
>
The status of studies of potential environmental impacts of the mining and processing
operation. Details of waste rock characterisation and the consideration of potential sites,
status of design options considered and, where applicable, the status of approvals for process
residue storage and waste dumps should be reported.
>
MM&A completed a Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (
ESA
) on the Buchanan property
in April 2016, and on the Logan County and Greenbrier Properties in May 2017 on behalf of
Coronado.
>
MM&A identified one REC at Greenbrier associated with stained soil and gravel near a fueling and
maintenance area.
 
Coronado reported to MM&A that satisfactory clean-up efforts were completed
at Greenbrier.
>
Based on these former ESAs completed by MM&A, it is MM&A’s opinion that Coronado has a
generally typical coal industry record of compliance with applicable mining, water quality, and
environmental laws.
 
Estimated costs for mine closure, including water quality monitoring during
site reclamation, are included in the TRS financial models.
Infrastructure
 
>
The existence of appropriate infrastructure:
 
availability of land for plant
 
development, power,
water, transportation
 
(particularly for bulk commodities), labour, accommodation; or the ease
with which the infrastructure can be provided or accessed.
>
Coronado currently operates one surface mine (Toney Fork Mine at the Logan Mine Complex);
Coronado also controls the idle Midland Surface Mine at the Greenbrier Mine Complex.
 
>
Coronado operates five underground mines as follows:
 
Buchanan Mine at the Buchanan Mine
Complex; Winifrede, Eagle No. 1, Muddy Bridge and Lower War Eagle Mines in the Logan Mine
Complex; the Mountaineer #1 Mine at the Greenbrier Mine Complex is currently idle.
>
All ROM production is currently planned for either truck transportation from the mines to the
processing or shipping facilities, or in some cases there is either a current or planned mine mouth
preparation plant and barge/rail loading facility.
 
>
There is a network of public highways that provide serviceable coal haul routes and private, internal
roads on the Properties would be developed as may be needed.
 
Rail service to the Properties is
most readily provided by NS and CSX
with connections to both domestic consumers and
international trans-shipment points.
 
NS track is located across the Monongahela River from the
proposed Pangburn Hollow load-out facility.
 
Coal would be shipped to customers via barge and rail
and sold as both metallurgical and thermal products.
 
 
 
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Costs
 
>
The derivation of, or assumptions made, regarding projected capital costs in the study.
>
The methodology used to estimate operating costs.
>
Coronado provided historical and 5-year budget operating costs for its active mines for MM&A’s
review.
 
MM&A used the historical and/or budget cost information as a reference and developed
personnel schedules for each mine.
 
Hourly labor rates and salaries were based upon information
contained in Coronado’s financial summaries.
 
Fringe benefit costs were developed for vacation and
holidays, federal and state unemployment insurance, retirement, workers’ compensation and
pneumoconiosis, casualty and life insurance, healthcare and bonuses.
 
A cost factor for mine
supplies was developed that relates expenditures to mine advance rates for roof control costs and
other mine supply costs at underground mines.
 
Other factors were developed for maintenance and
repair costs, rentals, mine power, outside services and other direct mining costs.
>
Surface mine direct operating costs were developed as a function of overburden ratio for repair and
maintenance supplies, diesel fuel, explosives and blasting, and miscellaneous supplies
 
and services.
 
Operating costs for highwall mines are based on costs per ROM tonne estimates.
 
Other cost factors
were developed for coal preparation plant processing, refuse handling, coal loading, trucking,
property taxes, and insurance and bonding.
 
Appropriate royalty rates were assigned for production
from leased coal lands and sales taxes were calculated for state severance taxes,
 
the federal black
lung excise tax, and federal and state reclamation fees.
>
Capital schedules were developed by MM&A for mine development, infrastructure, and on-going
capital requirements for the life of each projected mine.
>
Staffing levels were prepared and operating costs estimated by MM&A for each projected mine.
 
MM&A utilized historical cost data provided by Coronado and its own knowledge and experience to
estimate direct and indirect operating costs.
 
>
Allowances made for the content of deleterious elements.
>
No allowances have been made for deleterious elements; no impact to quality from deleterious
elements is anticipated.
>
The derivation of assumptions made of metal or commodity price(s), for the principal minerals
and co- products.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
>
Derivation of transportation charges.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
 
 
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Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
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The basis for forecasting or source of treatment and refining charges, penalties for failure to
meet specification, etc.
>
MM&A utilized historical cost data provided by Coronado and its own knowledge and experience to
estimate direct and indirect operating costs.
 
All ROM production is currently planned for either
truck transportation from the mines to the processing or shipping facilities, or in some cases there is
either a current or planned mine mouth preparation plant and barge/rail loading facility.
>
The allowances made for royalties payable, both Government and private.
>
Appropriate royalty rates were assigned for production from leased coal lands and sales taxes were
calculated for state severance taxes, the federal
 
black lung excise tax, and federal and state
reclamation fees.
Revenue factors
 
>
The derivation of, or assumptions made regarding revenue factors including head grade, metal
or commodity price(s) exchange rates, transportation and treatment charges, penalties, net
smelter returns, etc.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
>
The derivation of assumptions made of metal or commodity price(s), for the principal metals,
minerals and co-products.
>
Coal sales prices as defined above.
 
All reported reserves are on a marketable basis.
Market assessment
 
>
The demand, supply and stock situation for the particular commodity, consumption trends and
factors likely to affect supply and demand into the future.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
>
A customer and competitor analysis along with the identification of likely market windows for
the product.
>
All of the mine production serves metallurgical and thermal markets.
 
The metallurgical coal is
marketed as high-volatile (typically 28 percent or greater volatile matter content); mid-volatile
(typically 23- to 27-percent volatile matter content) and low-volatile (typically less than 23 percent
volatile matter content) products.
>
Raw ROM production that requires washing is currently processed through Coronado owned and
operated coal preparation plants.
 
>
ROM coal that does not require further processing is delivered directly to the loading points for
sizing and delivery to customers.
 
Coronado has access to two rail-loading points serviced by the
Norfolk Southern Corporation (
NS
)
 
and two rail-loading points serviced by
CSX Corporation (
CSX
)
.
>
Price and volume forecasts and the basis for these forecasts.
>
Carlson Mining
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was used by MM&A to generate mine plans for underground-
 
and surface-mineable
coal seams.
 
Underground mine plans were sequenced based on productivity schedules provided by
Coronado, which were based on historically achieved productivity levels.
 
Surface mine plans were
generated under productivity assumptions (bank cubic yard per shift) as provided by Coronado and
reviewed by MM&A, again based heavily on productivity levels achieved by Coronado.
 
All
production forecasting ties assumed production rates to geological models as constructed
independently by MM&A’s team of geologists and mining engineers.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
 
 
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from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
Economic
 
>
The inputs to the economic analysis to produce the net present value (NPV) in the study, the
source and confidence of these economic inputs including estimated inflation, discount rate,
etc.
>
On an unlevered basis, the NPV of the project cash flows after taxes was estimated for the purpose
of classifying coal reserves.
 
The project cash flows, excluding debt service, are calculated by
subtracting direct and indirect operating expenses and capital expenditures from revenue.
 
Direct
costs include labor, drilling and blasting, operating supplies, maintenance and repairs, facilities costs
for materials handling, coal preparation, refuse disposal, coal loading, sampling and analysis
services, reclamation and general and administrative costs.
 
Indirect costs include statutory and
legally agreed upon fees related to direct extraction of the mineral.
 
The indirect costs are the
Federal black lung tax, Federal and State reclamation taxes, property taxes,
 
local transportation
prior to delivery at rail or barge loading sites, coal production royalties, sales and use taxes, income
taxes and State severance taxes. Coronado’s
 
historical costs provided a useful reference for MM&A’s
cost estimates.
>
Coronado provided MM&A with price forecasts for all Properties.
 
Customer coal pricing is derived
from market observed forward estimates based on global economic supply and demand analysis
which is applied to mine plan sales volumes and product mix and is supplemented with Coronado’s
in-house knowledge of applicable rail transportation charges, ocean freight charges and port
charges.
 
Coal price forecasts for the various products were provided by Coronado for various coal
markets in terms of US nominal dollars per metric tonne.
 
MM&A utilized this data for price
forecasting in financial modeling.
>
All costs and prices are based on 2022 nominal United States dollars.
>
A pre-feasibility LOM plan was prepared by MM&A for active and proposed mines.
 
MM&A prepared
mine projections and production timing forecasts based on coal seam characteristics.
 
Production
timing was carried out from 2023 to depletion (exhaustion) of the coal reserve areas, which is
projected for the year 2100.
>
The all-mines average cash cost ranges between approximately $65 and $317 per tonne for most of
the operating period.
>
NPV ranges and sensitivity to variations in the significant assumptions and inputs.
>
An estimate of NPV at a base discount rate of 10.0% was included in Section 19 of the TRS.
>
NPV of the Buchanan, Russell, Mon Valley, Logan and Greenbrier Properties was estimated to be
$1.562 billion, $92.2 million, $168.3 million, $366.6 million
 
and $62.7 million, respectively.
>
The sensitivity study shows the NPV at the 10.0% discount rate when Base Case sales prices,
operating costs, and capital costs are increased and decreased in increments of 5% within a +/- 15%
range.
 
Social
 
>
The status of agreements with key stakeholders and matters leading to social license to
operate.
>
Portions of the properties are located near local communities.
 
Regulations prohibit mining activities
within 91 meters of a residential dwelling, school, church, or similar structure unless written consent
is first obtained from the owner of the structure.
 
Where required, such consents have been
 
 
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obtained where mining is proposed beyond the regulatory limits.
Other
 
To the extent relevant, the impact of the following on the project and/or on the estimation and classification of
the Ore Reserves:
>
Any identified material naturally occurring risks.
>
No material naturally occurring risks have been identified.
>
The status of material legal agreements and marketing arrangements.
>
The Coronado coal resources are located in Buchanan, Russell and Tazewell Counties, Virginia;
Greenbrier, Logan, Boone, Wyoming and Greenbrier Counties, West Virginia; Allegheny,
 
Washington
and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania.
>
MM&A has not carried out separate title verification for the coal properties and has not verified
leases, deeds, surveys or other property control instruments pertinent to the subject resources.
>
Coronado has represented to MM&A that it controls the mining rights to the reserves as shown on
its property maps, and MM&A has accepted these as being a true and accurate depiction of the
mineral rights controlled by Coronado.
 
The TRS assumes the properties are developed under
responsible and experienced management.
>
The status of government agreements and approvals critical to the viability of the project,
such as mineral tenement status and government and statutory approvals. There must be
reasonable grounds to expect that all necessary Government approvals will be received within
the timeframes anticipated in the Pre-Feasibility or Feasibility study. Highlight and discuss the
materiality of any unresolved matter that is dependent on a third part on which extraction of
the reserve is contingent.
>
Coronado has obtained all mining and discharge permits to operate 34 underground mines, 13
surface mines, and 18 processing, loadout or related facilities.
 
MM&A is unaware of any obvious or
current Coronado permitting issues that are expected to prevent the issuance of future permits.
 
Coronado, along with all Central and Northern Appalachian basin coal producers, is subject to a level
of uncertainty regarding future clean water permits due to
United States Environmental Protection
Agency
(
EPA
)
 
involvement with state programs.
Classification
 
>
The basis for the classification of the Ore Reserves into varying confidence categories.
Whether the result appropriately reflects the Competent Person’s view of the deposit. The
proportion of Probable Ore Reserves that have been derived from Measured Mineral
Resources (if any).
>
Measured and indicated resources have been converted to proved and probable reserves,
respectively.
>
None of the probable coal reserves have been derived from measured resources.
>
In a limited number of cases where there was only very limited data available to demonstrate the
metallurgical suitability of a given coal deposit, that deposit was classified as a probable reserve
instead of a proved reserve.
>
The results of this TRS define an estimated total initial ROM recoverable ore (coal) reserve estimate
of 551 million tonnes for Coronado as follows:
a)
Buchanan =
 
154 Mt
b)
Logan
 
=
 
138 Mt
c)
Greenbrier=
 
12 Mt
d)
Russell =
 
50 Mt
e)
Mon Valley =
 
197 Mt
 
>
Coronado controls a total of 334 Mt (moist basis) of marketable coal reserves for Coronado as of
December 31, 2022 (total may not add due to rounding).
 
Of that total, 74 percent are proved, and
26 percent are probable.
 
Total reserves by complex are as follows:
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
in Accordance with SEC and the JORC Code as of December 31, 2021
Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
Appendix E:
 
JORC Table 1
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JORC Code explanation
Commentary
a)
Buchanan =
 
93 Mt
b)
Logan
 
=
 
71 Mt
c)
Greenbrier=
 
7 Mt
d)
Russell =
 
30 Mt
e)
Mon Valley =
 
134 Mt
 
Audits or reviews
>
The results of any audits or reviews of Ore Reserve estimates.
>
MM&A completed prepared a statement of coal resources and reserves for the Properties in
accordance with the JORC Code as of December 31, 2017.
 
MM&A also subsequently updated the
estimate of resources and reserves for depletion as of December 31, 2018, December 31, 2019,
December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
>
MM&A performed a previous audit of the Properties in year 2017 for Coronado based on
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (
SEC
)
 
Industry Guide 7 standards.
 
Earlier audits were
performed by various independent consultants for predecessors-in-title to Coronado and at various
levels of detail depending on the clients concerns and the allotted time for completion.
 
Previous
audits and reviews defined the primary coal resource areas and estimated the recoverable tonnes
for each seam based on the expected mining methods.
>
Additionally, MM&A has performed proprietary evaluations for predecessors-in-title to Coronado,
which encompass portions of the Properties included in this TRS.
Discussion of relative
accuracy/ confidence
 
>
Where appropriate a statement of the relative accuracy and confidence level in the Ore
Reserve estimate using an approach or procedure deemed appropriate by the Competent
Person. For example, the application of statistical or geostatistical procedures to quantify the
relative accuracy of the reserve within stated confidence limits, or, if such an approach is not
deemed appropriate, a qualitative discussion of the factors which could affect the relative
accuracy and confidence of the estimate.
>
Operations on the Properties by Coronado and its predecessors have been on-going for many years.
 
>
MM&A is confident that the mine plans and financial models are reasonably representative to
provide an accurate estimation of coal reserves.
>
Mine development and operation have not been optimized within the TRS.
>
The statement should specify whether it relates to global or local estimates, and, if local, state
the relevant tonnages, which should be relevant to technical and economic evaluation.
Documentation should include assumptions made and the procedures used.
>
Proved and probable coal reserve were derived from the defined in-situ coal resource considering
relevant processing, economic (including independent estimates of capital, revenue and cost),
marketing, legal, environmental, socioeconomic, and regulatory factors on a global scale as current
local data reflects the global assumptions.
>
Accuracy and confidence discussions should extend to specific discussions of any applied
Modifying Factors that may have a material impact on Ore Reserve viability, or for which there
are remaining areas of uncertainty at the current study stage.
The major risk factors for the active Coronado mines and future resource development are summarized below:
>
Mine Accidents
>
Highwall Failure.
 
Highwall failures are likely to result in a temporary mine closure and should not
have a material impact on the mine sustainability.
 
The risk is considered to be probable.
 
>
Adverse Geological Conditions.
 
Adverse geological conditions include such conditions as faults and
sandstone washouts.
 
The risk is considered to be probable.
 
The impact is expected to be temporary
with little material impact on mine sustainability.
>
Environmental Risk.
 
Numerous federal and state permits are required to operate coal mines and
mine surface facilities. Permitting rules are complex and may change over time, making compliance
difficult or impossible.
>
Water Quality.
 
Permit requirements to fulfill Clean Water Act obligations are subject to
modification.
 
The probability of water quality changes having a material impact on mine operations
 
 
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Statement of Coal Resources and Reserves
in Accordance with SEC and the JORC Code as of December 31, 2021
Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins –
 
Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA
 
Appendix E:
 
JORC Table 1
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Commentary
is possible.
 
As a contemporary example, the selenium discharge issue that affects western Canadian
and Central Appalachian Basin operators has only recently emerged as a concern and its ultimate
impact has not been determined.
>
New Permits.
 
Permit protests by environmental groups and individuals can contribute to permit
delays or denial and increase the cost of permitting and delay development.
 
Surface mining
activities, coal refuse disposal and construction of access roads in mountainous terrain often require
storage of material in valley fills.
 
Authority to dispose of fill material into waters of the United
States must be granted by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers (
COE
)
.
 
COE permits are
increasingly difficult to obtain.
>
Regulatory Requirements.
 
Adverse impact from regulatory changes is considered to be probable.
 
The impact will likely affect the broader industry and is not expected to result in mine closure.
>
Market Risk.
 
Metallurgical and thermal coal markets ultimately depend upon the global steel and
thermal coal demand and are considered to be volatile.
 
Currently, the US coal market has seen a
decline in demand for thermal coal due to thermal plant closures, as a result of new air and water
pollution regulations, and competition from other commodities used for power generation such as
natural gas.
 
This has resulted in an overall decline in CAPP coal production.
 
Continued regulatory
changes and declining demand could result in material changes in domestic and global coal markets.
 
The impact cannot be predicted at this time; however, while MM&A expects the coal reserve within
this TRS to remain economically viable throughout the life of the projected mines, the LOM financial
model is very sensitive to changes in coal sales price and therefore market risk is not insignificant.
>
Labor Risk.
 
Work stoppage due to organized labor protests is considered to be unlikely and not
likely to lead to permanent mine closure.
 
The mines are likely to suffer the loss of key supervisors
and skilled employees due to retirement as the workforce ages.
 
The problem is industry-wide and
the impact is expected to be temporary and have no sustained impact on coal production.
>
Availability of Equipment and Supplies.
 
Risk of equipment and supply availability is likely to be
temporary and should not have a sustained adverse impact on the production of coal.
>
Transportation Delay.
 
Interruption of coal transport services by river or rail is considered to be
probable but unlikely to have a sustained impact on coal production.
>
It is recognised that this may not be possible or appropriate in all circumstances. These
statements of relative accuracy and confidence of the estimate should be compared with
production data, where available.
>
Mine plans, productivity expectations and cost estimates generally reflect historical performance
and efforts have been made to adjust plans and costs to reflect future conditions.