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Glossary of terms and abbreviations

C/km  degrees Celsius per kilometre 2D 2P 3D two dimensional proven and probable three dimensional FOB Ft3 g g/t GJ GWh ha Hz IPO J J/a kg km km2 km3 kV lb LNG m m3 free-on-board cubic feet gram grams per tonne gigajoule gigawatt hours hectares hertz initial public offering joule joules per annum kilogram kilometre square kilometre cubic kilometre kilovolt pound liquefied natural gas metre cubic metre Mt million tonnes

Mt/a  million tonnes per annum MW oz Pb megawatt ounce Lead

3P  proven, probable andpossible Ag ATP Au bcf bcm bd Cf/d Silver Authority to Prospect Gold billion cubic feet bank cubic metres barrel per day cubic feet per day

PCI  pulverised coal injection PJ  petajoule PJ/a PL petajoules per annum petroleum lease

PLA  petroleum lease application PPL pipeline licence

CHPP  coal handling preparation plant CMM CO2 CSG Cu coal mine methane carbon dioxide coal seam gas Copper

PPLA  pipeline licence application ppm QR ROM state parts per million Queensland Rail run-of-mine Queensland

DEEDI  Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation DERM  Department of Environment and Resource Management DWT deadweight tonnes

SX-EW  solvent extractionelectrowinning t t/a t/h TJ tonne tonnes per annum tonnes per hour terajoule

Mbcm  million bank cubic metres MDL  mineral development licence ML ML megalitre mining lease

EIS  environmental impact statement EPC  exploration permit forcoal EPM  exploration permit forminerals other thancoal

MLA  mining lease application Moz million ounces

Toward Q2  strategic longterm projects of the Queensland Government y Zn year Zinc

Mscf/d  thousand standard cubic feet per day

Queensland Government Mining Journal Winter 2010

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