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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

3 ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND ESTIMATES (Continued)<br />

(a)<br />

Critical accounting judgements in applying the Group’s accounting policies (Continued)<br />

(i)<br />

Reserves (Continued)<br />

Responsibility for demonstrating the required transparency and materiality in the estimation of<br />

Coal Resources and/or Coal Reserves required by the JORC Code lies with the “Competent<br />

Person”. A Competent Person is a minerals industry professional who is a Member or Fellow of<br />

The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (“the AusIMM”), or of the Australian Institute<br />

of Geoscientists (“the AIG”), or of a Recognised Professional Organisation, as included in a list<br />

available on the JORC website. These organisations have enforceable codes of ethics, including<br />

disciplinary processes with powers to suspend or expel a member. A Competent Person must<br />

have a minimum of five years relevant experience in the style of mineralisation or type of deposit<br />

under consideration and in the activity which that person is undertaking.<br />

A “Coal Reserve” is the economically mineable part of a Measured and/or Indicated Coal<br />

Resource. It includes diluting materials and allowances for losses, which may occur when the<br />

material is mined or extracted and is defined by studies at Pre-Feasibility or Feasibility level as<br />

appropriate that include application of Modifying Factors. Such studies demonstrate that, at the<br />

time of reporting, extraction could reasonably be justified.<br />

A “Probable Coal Reserve” is the economically mineable part of an Indicated, and in some<br />

circumstances, a Measured Coal Resource. The confidence in the Modifying Factors applying to<br />

a Probable Coal Reserve is lower than that applying to a Proved Coal Reserve. A “Proved Coal<br />

Reserve” is the economically mineable part of a Measured Mineral Resource. A Proved Coal<br />

Reserve implies a high degree of confidence in the Modifying Factors.<br />

“Modifying Factors” are considerations used to convert Coal Resources to Coal Reserves. These<br />

include, but are not restricted to, mining, processing, metallurgical, infrastructure, economic,<br />

marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. Modifying Factors may change<br />

from one estimation to the next, where the materiality of such changes are demonstrable.<br />

Such changes may be as result of variation to any of the mining, processing, metallurgical,<br />

infrastructure, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social, governmental or other factors.<br />

Annual Report 2015<br />

137

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