Wilkie Creek mine is located in the Surat Basin of south-east Queensland.  Mining commenced in 1994, with Peabody acquiring the operation in 2002.  The mine produces a low sulphur, low nitrogen, lower emissions thermal coal.  The open-cut operation utilises excavators, loaders, dozers and trucks to mine the coal.  Product coal is then railed 250 kilometres to the Port of Brisbane to be exported to Japan, Taiwan and Korea for use in the power generation industry.

Wilkie Creek hold mining lease tenements totaling 128 hectares.  It operates under an approved Environmental Authority and applies industry based best practice safety management procedures.  Disturbed areas are subject to progressive rehabilitation and aim to create a post-mining landscape with similar or identical land-use values to those that existed in the area prior to mining.  Wilkie Creek takes pride in playing an active role in the region through maintaining positive relationships with neighbours, local community and indigenous groups, other stakeholders and regulatory agencies.

Wilkie Creek Expansion Project activities will seek to convert additional areas to active mining leases.  Peabody also holds a Mineral Development Licence over another thermal coal resource in the Surat Basin – The Horse Creek reserve.  This reserve is located north of Chinchilla and has significant reserves.  Expansion into these areas will be the subject of future feasibility studies.