Company Profile

Churchill Mining PLC (Churchill or the Company) listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in April 2005.

Churchill's business plan is to leverage off the rampant growth currently experienced in China and India and in particular its appetite for raw commodities used as feedstock in its burgeoning steel and energy industries.

The execution of this business plan has been instigated with the acquisition of the Sendawar Coal Project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia as well as continued exploration of the South Woodie Woodie manganese project in Western Australia .

More recently, the company has concluded an Exclusivity Agreement with PT Techno Coal Utama in regard to the highly prospective thermal coal project located in the East Kutai Regency of Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Furthermore Churchill's management continues to assess further opportunities in Australia and southern Asia to acquire quality projects in line with the Company's business plan. Churchill is committed to growing shareholder value by become a leading minerals explorer and future miner at a time of accelerating commodities demand.


Recent Minesite article : http://www.churchillmining.com/pdf/2008/23_01_08.pdf


January 2008 Research note : http://www.churchillmining.com/pdf/2008/reserchnote.pdf

9TH JULY, 2008




CHURCHILL MINING PLC

('Churchill' or 'the Company')




DRILLING UPDATE FOR THE EAST KUTAI COAL PROJECT, INDONESIA










Highlights:




Latest drilling and exploration programme defines a coal-bearing sequence up to 16.5 km along strike




Initial 250Mt JORC compliant resource reported previously covers less than 6kms of the potential 16.5km strike length



Further promising indications of coal resource quality with very low sulphur and low ash content




Drilling completed to date covers 3,489 hectares and represents less than 10% of total coal target area




Infill drilling programme at the potential first mine pit has commenced to advance the operation into production stage




Second pit drilling target being identified







Churchill Mining (AIM:CHL) is pleased to announce an update on its ongoing drilling programme at the East Kutai Coal Project in Indonesia.




The drilling so far has defined a coal-bearing sequence of approximately 11.5 kilometres along strike from the north-northwest to the south-southeast of the property covering approximately 3,489 hectares of the first target block (RTM), concession area, which represents the area of less than 10% of the four main coal target tenements.




A further 5 kilometres of strike potential of the present coal seams are indicated by the geological mapping and will be tested before the concession boundary is reached. Additional outcrops have been mapped within the RTP concession area to the south of the RTM concession area.




Ongoing drilling to the south of RTM, continues to outline areas of thick coal seams with recent individual intercepts of up to 25m with additional coal outcrops in a new promising area with the potential to host Churchill's second mine pit . A number of previous holes in the same area have intercepted this seam, with coal intercepts ranging between 18-21m.




Mapping to date has successfully located 304 coal outcrops. Depending upon their location in the structure, the coal seams range in dip from a relatively flat 2 to 10 degrees. The area chosen for initial JORC compliant drilling is defined by coal seams dipping up to a gentle 10 degrees and generally striking north-northwest to south-southeast from the western areas of the RP block extending southwards for 16.5 kilometres through the RTM concession and into the RTP concession (June 08 Drilling Update Map - http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6276Y_-2008-7-8.pdf). However, the initial 250 Mt JORC coal resource centres only on less than 6 kms along strike.




A major regional anticline, trending north-northwest and located immediately east of the current exploration area, is the main structural element in the area and the coal-bearing sediments are located on the western flank of this anticline formed within a gentle syncline structure that is occasionally warped.




The coal in the area is described as sub-bituminous with a very low sulphur content (<0.20%) and ash generally less than 5%. This type of coal is ideally suited to the new generation of power stations being built in rapidly developing economies such as India and China..




The coal that Churchill is expected to produce is now also finding strong demand in other markets, including Europe, where the low sulphur coals are being sought after for its lower environmental impact, suggesting growing demand for this type of coal in the future.




Drilling to date has totaled 12,970m, comprising 5,234m of open hole drilling and 7,735m of coring in 87 drill holes. All drill holes are drilled vertical and depths range between 24m-164m.




At present state, drilling remains reasonably wide-spaced at between 400-500m in most areas, with infill drilling starting in the first mine pit target.




Infill drilling is also being conducted in areas where the company is expanding the measured resource category by additional topographic surveys and selected infill drilling programme.




The company currently has three drill rigs on site with a fourth rig to be shortly deployed to increase the rate of the current exploration programme. The drill holes are geophysically logged at completion of the drilling to ensure the intercepts of coal are of acceptable recovery for the inclusion in the resource model. Analyses of the coal are completed at the Intertek Laboratory in Samarinda, an internationally accredited laboratory.




Churchill's Managing Director, Paul G Mazak, commented:




'The latest round of drilling has added to the potential of the coal deposits within the East Kutai Coal Project concession areas. The discovery of a coal seam of up to 25 metres in thickness stretching over 11.5 kilometres along strike, demonstrates the scale of the coal deposits within the concession area. There is a further resource upside of up to 6 kilometres strike length to drill within the RTM tenement and we are only just about to commence detailed drilling on the newly acquired western blocks.'




Churchill's EKCP retains SMG Consultants to model and analyse drilling and exploration data and further resource updates are expected during Q3/08.

Good bit of news smiler o,, its nice of the company to give us regular updates

Yes and in such a torid market !!

Also

July 9 2008



Churchill Mining says coal-bearing sequence up to 16.5 km defined at East Kutai
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Churchill Mining Plc. said its ongoing drilling programme at the East Kutai Coal Project in Indonesia has defined a coal-bearing

sequence of up to 16.5 kilometres along strike.

The company said a coal-bearing sequence of about 11.5 kilometres along strike from the north-northwest to the south-southeast of the property covers around 3,489 hectares of the first target block (RTM), concession area, which represents the area of less than 10 percent of the four main coal target tenements.

A further 5 kilometres of strike potential of the present coal seams are indicated by the geological mapping and will be tested before the concession boundary is reached, it added.

Churchill Mining said it currently has three drill rigs on site with a fourth rig to be shortly deployed to increase the rate of the current exploration programme.

TFN.newsdesk@thomson.com tsm/slm

The way the company keeps moving forward with the drilling etc makes me think they will have no trouble selling the coal and may even to get an agreement before the start of production

Am looking at 1 or 2 years before we begin to feel the full benefit of this share

of Interest:

COAL NEWS: LATEST HEADLINES
12 July 2008 01:35 PM London Time




Indonesia May Set Domestic Coal Supply Obligations (Update1)
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia, the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal, may enact a rule later this year requiring mining companies to set aside part of their output for domestic power plants, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said.
``We don't want to have blackouts, and on the other hand, we export coal,'' Kalla said in an interview in Jakarta. ``We shall be improving domestic obligations'' of coal producers.

The nation, which generates almost half of its electricity from coal, will need an additional 32 million metric tons of the fuel annually by 2010, when 41 percent of new capacity comes on- stream. Fuel consumption may rise further as more generators are added, Kalla said yesterday.

``We're not saying there will be a limit on exports, but we have to secure domestic supply,'' Jeffrey Mulyono, chairman of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association, said by telephone. ``We have no other choice but to have a regulation.''

The government may also seek royalties from mining companies in kind, and sell some of the fuel to state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara below market prices, Simon Sembiring, director general of coal and geothermal resources at the Ministry of Energy, said in a separate interview. He declined to say if exports would be affected.

Indonesia will enforce a provision in the mining contracts of the country's biggest producers, including the units of PT Bumi Resources and PT Adaro Energy, forbidding them from charging domestic customers more than their lowest export price, Sembiring said on June 28.

Power Outages

Power outages are frequent in Java, the world's most populous island, because of a lack of funds to build plants and upgrade the nation's aging network to keep pace with demand. The government will require some factories to shift 10 percent of their operations to the weekend, when there's spare generation capacity, Kalla told reporters today.

Factories in Java and Bali would need to start weekend operations from July 21, said Industry Minister Fahmi Idris. Companies that don't comply will have their power supply cut temporarily, he told reporters.

The rule may be eased after December 2009, after some units of the new coal-fired plants become operational, said Fahmi Mochtar, president director of the utility.

The government ordered Listrik Negara two years ago to boost generation capacity by 10,000 megawatts to about 34,000 megawatts by 2010. Next year, the government will start construction of another 10,000 megawatts of capacity, a third of which will use coal.

Coal Production

``The rule that the energy ministry is preparing may also say in which months all sectors must submit their coal requirement,'' Sembiring said yesterday. `We have to know first the domestic demand. There are many kinds of coal, so we must know this first, and then we try to secure supply.''

The Indonesian Coal Mining Association forecasts production may increase 9 percent to 235 million tons in 2008. Mining companies may export 180 million tons this year to benefit from record global prices, according to the association said.

Thermal-coal prices at Australia's Newcastle port, a benchmark for Asia, rose 13 percent to an all-time high for a sixth week. Prices climbed to $194.79 a ton in the week ended July 4, according to the globalCOAL NEWC Index.

Record overseas prices led local producer PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam to increase the price it charges Listrik Negara, its biggest customer, three times this year. The current price is 90 percent higher than in 2007, Bukit Asam said.

Bumi Resources, Indonesia's biggest coal producer, fell 2.2 percent to close at 6,650 rupiah, while Bukit Asam dropped 1 percent to 14,600 rupiah.

source: Bloomberg 11 July 2008

Smiler,

CHL already have an off take agreement to supply around 10% of production to a local power station, which ,may be increased by the Indonesians with CHL's blessing, as the plant is local to the proposed mine, and therefore a saving on transport costs.

I believe up to 15% of production will go to the power plant.

Looks like coal is back in vogue?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aF7J5DuEkRTU&refer=home
WTN up $1 in Canadian.
cyril

News! 33 metre seam discovered!

Click HERE

A nice tick up late in the day, with news due anyday, perhaps a leak?
cyril

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RELEASE SCHEDULE OF JORC UPDATE

Churchill Mining (AIM:CHL) wishes to advise of a delay to the release of the next JORC resource update from the Company that was due this week.

The delay is due to the heavy workload of the independent coal experts preparing the report. The resource update is now expected to be released by the end of next week and will be followed by an update regarding the Feasibility Study Programme.

Seems positive mentioning a Feasablity study?

First Glance Update Post Analysts’ Visit Price target: 350p

Oil & Gas 8 May 2012

Full Value Dependent on Kurdistan's access to Export Revenues

There is little doubt that GKP's Shaikan is a world class asset, which we believe
will provide further upgrades to the Company's net reserves, as will the other
discoveries such as Sheik Ali that have excellent potential. Add to this the fact
that security fears have been overdone, and that the region is largely trouble
free, the outstanding issues relate to access to exports, or more specifically,
export revenues. We believe that the risks are limited to timing, and that our
target price of 350p (upgraded following this visit) is an adequate reflection
of these risks. Consequently, we are reiterating our BUY recommendation.
• Reserves upgrades will be the short-term catalyst: Recent well tests have resulted in
a greater understanding of the Shaikan asset. Firstly, the recent news from Shaikan-6,
which was designed to test the how far Shaikan extends to the south, failed to intersect
the oil water contact in the main Jurassic horizons. Management believes that the field
extends for up to 5km further downdip, which will substantially increase reserves.
Second, following flow tests and pressure studies, there is a belief that the Jurassic
horizons are contiguous with that observed in the Kand-1 well 40km to the south, which
was found to be water wet with excellent pressure support, providing for a natural water
drive mechanism; a revised CPR will be released in June or July.
• Production ramp-up will be achieved; it’s all about the timing: GKP is currently
producing ~6m bpd from its current facilities, which is sold domestically for $50/bbl. The
commissioning of EWT-1 will step up production to 20m bpd by Q3’12, while a further
upgrade to 60m bpd could be achieved by 2Q’13 via the commissioning of EWT-2
(1Q’12), and EWT-3 (2Q’12); trucking (the current field export method) can cope with up
to 70m bpd as ably demonstrated by Genel on Tak-Tak. We believe that the
management will be able to achieve these plans, with influences external to the
Company the only barrier to delivering on this timing. However, given our observations,
the support shown by all levels in Kursistan for this development, from the
Governmental to local, we believe that management's timeline is achievable.
• Operational team fit for purpose: What this trip highlighted is the distance that the
Company has travelled in a relatively short time. With a growing “in-country” operations
team, the focus is still very much on cost containment and the staged development
approach maximises the cash flow from operations while counter balancing it with
appropriate risk management. In this respect, the Company continues to impress, and
this ethos is reflected at all levels, which becomes apparent with the close inspection
that this visit has afforded.
• Full value to be unlocked by Kurdistan's Access to its Export Revenues: Currently,
Kurdistan and Baghdad are locked in a battle for Kuristan's share of the export
revenues. Until such times as Kurdistan achieves access to the export revenues accruing
to it from its production, GKP's production will be limited to revenues generated by
sales into the domestic market. We estimate that the domestic market amounts to
between 175 - 200m bpd, and would not support the full development scenarios of all
of the fields currently discovered and appraised. Consequently, the Company will not
derive the full value of its assets until such times as there is an effective route to market.
• A Target Price of 350p a Fair Reflection of the Risks: Following this visit, we are have
adjusted our target price to 350p, which we believe is a better reflection of the risks
associated with the portfolio. Further upgrades cannot be ruled out, and as a result, we
are reiterating our BUY recommendation. We have condensed a lot of information into
this note, but we will be providing a more in-depth note on GKP, incorporating all of the
thinking behind today's update as well as following the release of the Company's CPR.
cyril

HUGE resource increase announced today!

CLICK HERE

Great news and the SP is responding.
cyril

Evening Standard, London,


AIM-listed Churchill Mining added 7 1/2p to 66 1/2p after it said it had discovered three times as much coal at the East Kutai site in Indonesia than it had estimated. It thinks it can dig out 1.4 billion tonnes, compared to the 500 million previously suggested, and hopes to start production by the end of 2009.

guardian.co.uk

On Aim, Churchill Mining climbed 7.5p to 66.5p on news that its East Kutai Coal project in Indonesia had reached 1.4bn tonnes of thermal coal, well ahead of its 500m target for 2008.

Blue Oar analyst Alison Stent said: "This is incredible news for Churchill. The 1.4bn tonne resource has been defined from drilling over only 20% of the total target area suggesting substantial further upside."

Times Online

Tiddler to watch

Shares in Churchill Mining, the AIM-listed coalminer, soared 7p, or nearly 13 per cent, to 66p after the group announced a huge resource upgrade at its East Kutai coal project in Indonesia to 1.4 billion tonnes, from 20 per cent of its target area. The company has the largest resource figure of all the AIM coal stocks

Also tipped in the Telegraph and Express, so could see some more blue, come monday?
cyril

From Blue Oar,seem's to have helped the SP?


Mining: Churchill Mining (CHL.L) ; 59p CORPORATE
1.4bn tonnes JORC compliant coal resource at East Kutai
Churchill Mining has today released an updated JORC compliant resource
statement for their 75% owned East Kutai coal project of 1.4bn tonnes (up
from 250Mt previously)
The 1.4bn tonne resource substantially exceeds the companys year end
target of 500Mt, and with drilling complete on only 20% of the total target
area there is still significant upside potential from here
440Mt fall into the measured and indicated categories, suggesting that the
company may beat its year end minimum reserve target of 150Mt by a
substantial margin
The company is targeting first production by the end of 2009 with a
development decision in early 2009 following completion of the current
feasibility study
cyril

As jimmy cricket sadi, "and theirs more"?

Blue Oar view: This is incredible news for Churchill. The 1.4bn tonne resource has
been defined from drilling over only 20% of the total target area suggesting
substantial further upside, and with 440Mt in the measured and indicated categories
we believe that Churchill is well placed to significantly exceed their reserve target of
150Mt by year end. If we assume that the company is able to define a 300Mt reserve
by year end, this would suggest a value per Churchill share of 180p-360p based on
$1-2 per tonne of resource in ground

And with more to come?
cyril

You never know cyril ; )

This won't help in the short term?


BEIJING (Reuters) - Coal is piling up in China's top shipping harbor for the fuel, the official Xinhua agency said, as manufacturing weakness and slackening power demand undermine a market that was badly overstretched this summer.

Coal supplies in the northern port had reached 8.44 million tonnes by September 16, at least 3 million tonnes above normal levels, the report published late on Saturday said, citing an official there who declined to be named.

Qinhuangdao only has storage capacity for 10 million tonnes, but for two weeks a surplus has mounted at a rate of around 100,000 tonnes per day and other ports face similar problems.

In Guangzhou, there are 2.2 million tonnes of stored coal, compared with just 1.7 million in late June, Xinhua said.

Trading volume there is also down since July to just around 3 million tonnes, from 4 million tonnes a month in early summer.

Power plants now have enough fuel to cover an average 15 days of demand, following a summer when many were forced to close for lack of supplies or because soaring costs meant they could not make a profit by generating, Xinhua quoted Xie Juchen, head of the fuel section at the China Electricity Council, saying.

This caused crippling summer shortages that were the worst since 2004, with demand outstripping supply by more than 40 gigawatts.

But China's manufacturing sector contracted in July and August, contributing to a nationwide deceleration in coal and power demand, particularly in the south where rising labor costs and an appreciating currency are hurting exporters.

Around Beijing, factory closures to clear the air during the Olympics in August also dented demand for coal and power.

Analysts do not expect a repeat of the most severe coal shortages, though power supplies may still be tight this winter, as the government encourages small mines closed over safety concerns to reopen and some new rail routes come into action.
cyril

Churchill Mining Joins The Billion Tonne Club On East Kutai In Indonesia

http://www.minesite.com/nc/minews/singlenews/article/churchill-mining-joins-the-billion-tonne-club-on-east-kutai-in-indonesia/1.html

Coal mining is all about big numbers. Unlike gold mining you cant start small and work your way up because consumers want to have a reliable, large tonnage feed for many years. In contrast to gold, of course, there is not a ready market for odd lots of coal. Paul Mazak, managing director of Churchill Mining, understands that better than anyone. So when he decided to take an interest in coal mining he went to a part of the world that is renowned for its large coal deposits and started off with a target of finding a resource of 500 million tonnes of thermal coal. His companys exploration programme at East Kutai on the island of Kalimantan in Indonesia has subsequently over-delivered on that promise by declaring a resource of 1.412 billion tonnes in early September. Thats several months ahead of the target too. Not only is it a large tonnage but it is defined to JORC standards by SMG Consultants, an expat firm of Australian consultants based in Indonesia.
A large resource like that is a very fine thing, but a lot of work has yet to be done. The most important is the upgrade of the 972 million tonnes that currently lie in the inferred category. A key element in defining that tonnage to a higher standard is better topographical data, and that is now being done by laser aerial survey. In terms of the resource itself Paul says there is now no point in expanding the resource any further so all four rigs have been transferred to the site where the first pit will be dug. He already knows where it will be. An intensive drilling programme here is intended to raise the status of this material into a mining reserve which will form part of the feasibility study that is due for completion by the year end. Pauls ambition is to have about one third of the resource defined to a reserve standard by that time.

A lot of work needs to be done for the feasibility study but Paul already knows the coal has a good calorific value with a low ash content of 4%, so it doesnt need washing. A sulphur level of 1% should make it a sought-after product to blend with other coals to reduce sulphur emissions.

Although coal mining is capital intensive Paul is keen to fast track development to get cash flow as early as possible. In the early years the plan is to truck the coal to the coast then use barges to transfer it to Cape-sized vessels lying offshore. While that would be a relatively quick route to production it is not very low cost. By comparison with other mines Paul estimates about US$32 a tonne FOB. Even so, current and projected prices could make that viable, and year one production of two million tonnes in 2010 has been pencilled. Production should rise to four million tonnes the next year. The real ambition, though, is to take output up to 15 then 20 million tonnes a year in years three and four by installing a conveyor and an onshore loading facility for Cape-sized vessels. That could bring costs down by a long way to just US$13 a tonne. Before that all happens though Paul will be looking to bring in a joint venture partner to help with those capital costs. And someone who is a long-term coal consumer would be ideal.
cyril

Double post again.
cyril

News out today, good progress report and looking a great long term investment?
aimho
cyril