COAL mining exploration is creeping closer to our backyards with approved exploration permits being granted in areas only 18km away from the Mackay CBD.
The closest approved mining permit is owned by mining exploration company Mineral and Coal Investments.
Mineral and Coal Investment general director Colin Randall said the company had already conducted literature surveys and believed an underground coal mine could be established in the Mackay area within the next 10 years.
"The Mackay area has a previous history of coal mining," Mr Randall said.
The Daily Mercury
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