The company at the centre of a coal seam gas protest south of Brisbane says it is not about to scrap the project.
Demonstrators have been picketing Arrow Energy's exploration project near Beaudesert since last Thursday.
Farmers and residents living in the Beaudesert area fear CSG mining will damage the water table.
Arrow's vice-president for exploration, Tony Knight, says the company remains committed to exploration in the region.
"It's a coal basin. There's been coal mining in the region in the Ipswich area for many, many years. That coal contains gas and there's a large market in proximity in south-east Queensland," he said.
"So it is simply proximity to that market that is driving interest in that area."
Protesters have criticised the company for refusing to meet them at the site.
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