Peabody has lodged a scoping letter with the Department of Planning outlining plans to expand open cut coal mining to the north and east of current operations. The proposal moves outside the current approved area into EL 9399 but has been lodged as a Modification to the current approval.

The scoping letter is posted here.

The proposal is to disturb an additional 350 ha of land, closer to Goulburn River National Park and Wilpinjong Creek to obtain a further 34 million tonnes of coal. The plan is to shift the Sandy Hollow railway line and Wollar-Ulan Road and bring the open cut mine to within 500 m of Wollar Village.

Peabody has commenced assessment projects and is planning to lodge the development application in early 2025.