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• Surfacewaterandgroundwatermonitoringhascontinuedthroughouttheyear.Thisworkallowsverificationoftheresultsfromthewatercensuswhichwascompletedin2010.

• RenewalapplicationsubmittedforLicenceA414.

• CCCvisittotheMinesRescueStationinLithgowinMarchandscheduledmeetingcompletedinSeptember.

• Baselinesurfacewaterqualitysamplingwasundertaken28September.

• Baselinegroundwaterqualityandlevelsamplingwasundertaken28September.

• Baselineremotevibratingwirepiezometerdataiscollectedremotelyonadailybasis.

• Baselineweatherdataisremotelycollectedonadailybasis.

Thepurposeofbaselinedatacollectionistobuildanunderstandingoftheexistingenvironmentthroughthecollectionofenviornmentalmonitoringdata.Thisenvironmentalmonitoringdatamaybeusedinafutureenvironmentalassessment.

ACTIVITIES COMPLETED IN 2016

• Continuebaselineenviromentalmonitoringforweather,surfacewaterandgroundwater.

• ExplorationprogramproposestocompletesevenboreholesacrossEL7431andEL7432in2017.ThisprogramisawaitingbudgetapprovalbyCentennialmanagementbeforeitcanbeconfirmed.

ACTIVITIES PROPOSED FOR 2017

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COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE UPDATECommunityConsultativeCommittee(CCC)Meetingswereheldon22Marchand20September2016.Thekeymattersdiscussedinclude:

• Baselineenvironmentalmonitoringdatacollection.

• Thecurrentcoalindustrydownturn.• Therenewalprocessforexplorationlicences.• Centennialscommitmenttofuture

explorationdrillingontheproject.

DuringtheMarchCCCavisittotheWesternMinesRescueStationinLithgowwascompleted.ThevisitwaswellreceivedbythecommitteemembersandgaveallmembersanappreciationoftheundergroundcoalminingenvironmentthroughtheVirtual3DSimulator.ForfurtherinformationontheWesternMinesRescueStationpleasephonethereceptionon0263501000. www.minesrescueservices.com

Inglenook Exploration Project CCC Members

MargaretMacDonaldHill-CCCChairJulieMoloney-NSWDepartmentofIndustryRepresentativeCrRayThompson-LithgowCityCouncilRepresentativeEsmeMartens-CommunityRepresentative&Mid-WesternRegionalCouncilRepresentative MitchellClapham-CommunityRepresentativeNevaLilley-CommunityRepresentativeJolieskeLips-Community & Running Stream Water Users Association RepresentativeGregBanning,ThomasDubos,AlannaRyan-CentennialCoalRepresentatives

TheCCCwillcontinuetomeetin2017withthenextmeetingcurrentlyscheduledfor21March2017.TheCCCwillbenotifiedifexplorationdrillingistoresumeontheProject.

AcopyoffinalisedCCCmeetingminutesareavailableonCentennialCoal’swebsitewww.centennialcoal.com.au.

ExplorationLicencesEL7431,EL7432andEL7442wererenewedforafurthertermoffive(5)yearsinNovember2015byNSWTrade&Investment.TheExplorationLicencesprovidetheholderwiththerighttoconductexplorationactivitiessuchasthedrillingofboreholestorecovercoalsamples.

AnapplicationwithNSWTrade&InvestmentfortherenewalofA414wassubmittedinJune2016.ApprovalisexpectedbyDecember2016.

STATUS OF EXPLORATION LICENCES

Figure 1: Inglenook Exploration Project - Exploration Licence Locations

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