A 210 tonne bulk sample of soft brown coal was obtained from the southern margin of the deposit using large diameter coring techniques. The recovered sample stratigraphy is consistent with a 6.4 metre coal seam overlain by clay and carbonaceous silty...

In 1982 ETSA carried out an exploration programme which lead to the discovery of the Lochiel brown coal deposit. Over 10,000 metres of drilling have been completed within the deposit. Reserve and resource calculation and hydrogeological and...