An Upper Hunter farmer has lodged an appeal in the Land and Environment Court to block a mining company from drilling on his property.
Australian company NuCoal Resources have approval to begin exploratory drilling on Ian Moore's property in preparation for its Doyles Creek mine, which will potentially access 500 million tonnes of coal.
But Mr Moore says the mine will disturb the water table, threatening the agricultural viability of his Jerrys Plains property.
"We have been to arbitration three times, we've discussed it with experts and now we've lodged with the Land and Environment court to go to see what result we can get," he said.
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