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ANNUAL
REPORT 2012

Corporate Information

DIRECTORS

Neville Sneddon
Nicholas Jorss
Andrew Martin
Stephen Bizzell
Viv Forbes
Chris McAuliffe

JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY

Duncan Cornish and Doug McAlpine

REGISTERED OFFICE AND 
PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE

Level 5, 10 Market Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Phone: + 61 7 3238 1000
Fax: +61 7 3238 1098

COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION

Australia

SOLICITORS

Carter Newell
Level 13, 215 Adelaide Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Phone: + 61 7 3000 8300
Fax: +61 7 3000 8488

SHARE REGISTRY

Computershare Investor Services
117 Victoria Street
West End QLD 4101
Phone: 1300 55 22 70
Fax: +61 7 3229 9860

AUDITORS

BDO Audit Pty Ltd
Level 18, 300 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Phone: +61 7 3237 5999
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227

STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING

Australian Securities Exchange Ltd
ASX Code: SMR

INTERNET ADDRESS

www.stanmorecoal.com.au

AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NUMBER 

ABN 27 131 920 968

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Contents

Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders 

Review of Operations 

Directors’ Report 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Shareholder Information 

Interests in Tenements 

Corporate Governance Statement 

Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement 
of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement 
of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Statement 
of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Financial Statements 

Declaration by directors 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

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Note 1 Marketable Reserves Note: The Marketable Coal 
Reserves of 94 Mt is derived from a JORC compliant run of 
mine (ROM) Probable Coal Reserve of 117.5 Mt based on 
a 14.8% ash product and predicted yield of 80%. The 94 Mt 
Marketable Reserve is included in the 260 Mt total JORC 
Resource (184 Mt Indicated + 76 Mt Inferred Resource).

Note 2 Exploration Target Note: All statements as to exploration 
targets of Stanmore Coal and statements as to potential quality 
and grade are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient 
exploration undertaken to date to define a coal Resource and 
identification of a Resource will be totally dependent on the 
outcome of further exploration. Any statement contained in this 
report as to exploration results or exploration targets has been 
made consistent with the requirements of the Australasian code 
for reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and ore 
reserves (JORC Code).

Competent Persons Statement: The information in this report 
relating to exploration results and coal resources is based on 
information compiled by Mr Wes Nichols who is a member of 
the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a 
full time employee of Stanmore Coal. Mr Nichols is a qualified 
geologist and has sufficient experience that is relevant to the 
style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration 
and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a 
Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the JORC 
Code. Mr Nichols consents to the inclusion in this document of 
the matters based on the information, in the form and context 
in which it appears. The information in this report relating to 
coal reserves is based on information compiled by Mr Richard 
Hoskings who is a member of Minserve Pty Ltd. Mr Hoskings is 
a mining engineer, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining 
and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and has the relevant experience (30+ 
years) in relation to the mineralisation being reported to qualify 
as a Competent Person as defined in the “Australasian Code for 
Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore 
Reserves (The JORC Code 2004 Edition)”. Mr Hoskings consents 
to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on the 
information, in the form and context in which it appears.

Stanmore Coal
Annual Report 2012

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DELIVERING
ON OUR GOALS

The 2011/12 financial year has been one of 
significant achievements for Stanmore Coal.

The Company is pleased to have delivered significant progress across 
its portfolio. The Range project has brought Stanmore closer to the 
goal of becoming a major coal producer, with the allocation of 5 Mtpa 
port  capacity  and  completion  of  due  diligence  on  the  Surat  Basin 
Rail. Resource upgrades have been achieved for The Range, Belview 
and Mackenzie projects and extensive drilling programs have seen 
strong results. Here is a snapshot of this year’s achievements. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 20121. The Range

•	 Over	300	holes	now	drilled

•	 Bankable	Feasibility	Study	

underway 

•	 94	Mt	JORC	Marketable	

Reserve1, 260 Mt Total JORC 
Resource (184 Mt Indicated + 
76 Mt Inferred)

•	 Capacity	Commitment	Deed	

executed with WICET

2. Northern Surat Basin
•	 Initial	Exploration	Targets2 of 

130–195 Mt defined within two 
key areas

•	 An	exploration	program	is	now	
being planned to define JORC 
Resources and additional 
Exploration Targets2

3. Belview

•	 95	Mt	initial	JORC	Inferred	

Resource 

•	 Concept	Study	completed:	 
3.4 Mtpa ROM production, 
$907 million capital cost and  
$104/t FOB cost (ex royalty) 

•	 Planning	underway	to	test	the	
additional Exploration Target2 
of 205–345 Mt

4. Mackenzie

5. Tennyson

6. Kerlong

•	 143	Mt	Total	JORC	Resource	
(25.7 Mt Indicated + 117.5 Mt 
Inferred) 

•	 Test	work	continues	to	
investigate most likely 
economic targets within the  
27 km long project area

•	 Drilling,	coal	quality	testing	
and geological modelling 
continues with the aim of 
defining an initial JORC 
Inferred Resource H2, 2012

•	 Exploration	Target2 of  

220–290 Mt

•	 One	drill	hole	has	been	

completed 

•	 Coal	quality	analysis	has	

commenced

7. WICET Expansion Phase 1

8. Surat Basin Rail (SBR)

9. JV Partnerships & Funding

•	 Capacity	Commitment	Deed	
executed with WICET for  
5 Mtpa capacity

•	 Funding	to	satisfy	required	

feasibility bid bonds and early 
work obligations for WICET is 
now in place

•	 Due	diligence	process	
completed and 5 Mtpa 
capacity offered subject to 
WICET allocation and ongoing 
compliance with SBR terms 
and conditions

•	 Funding	to	satisfy	required	

feasibility bid bonds and early 
work obligations for SBR is 
now in place

•	 Secured	$36	million	through	
placement and cooperation 
agreement with Sprint Capital

•	 $25	million	debt	facility	

secured with Credit Suisse

•	 NEDO	grant	and	new	

relationship with Taiheiyo

•	 $24	million	capital	raising

Stanmore Coal
Annual Report 2012

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CHAIRMAN’S LETTER 
TO SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Shareholders,

THE RANGE PROJECT PFS

It is a pleasure to be presenting this third annual report to 
you on behalf of the Board of Directors and management of 
Stanmore Coal. During the 12 months since I last reported 
to you, the Company has made significant progress in 
delivering on its strategy of becoming a world class coal 
company. The Company advanced its flagship project, The 
Range, having completed a positive Pre-Feasibility Study 
(PFS) and enhanced the project’s resource base through 
further drilling activity in 2012. We secured 5 Mtpa of port 
capacity in Wiggins Island Coal Terminal (WICET) Expansion 
Stage 1 (WEXP1) and are well advanced in negotiations with 
above and below rail providers to support The Range project.

We continued to enhance the Company’s total resource 
base across both the Surat and Bowen Basins with total 
JORC compliant resources at year end of 498.2 Mt and 
further Exploration Targets2 of between 615 Mt and 900 Mt 
across the portfolio. 

With the support of its shareholders, the Company is 
strategically and financially well positioned to continue 
delivering its strategy in what we expect to be challenging 
market conditions over the short to medium term. The 
Company is well funded and one of only a few developers 
who can demonstrate a firm “pit to port solution” for its 
initial projects.

SAFETY

Directly and through its contractors, the Company 
completed 50,000 hours of exploratory drilling activity with 
only four reportable safety incidents during that period. 
These four minor incidents comprised three near misses 
and one minor first aid case. The Company’s lost time 
injury frequency rate for the year was nil. Whilst this was 
an excellent safety performance during the period, we 
continue to invest in enhancing the Company’s health 
and safety systems. Conducting our exploration and 
development activities within a safe working environment 
for the Company’s employees and other stakeholders 
remains a critical part of the Company’s business strategy.

The PFS at The Range was completed in November 2011 
and confirmed the technical and economic feasibility of 
the project. The study increased the mine life to 26 years 
(from 18 years in the Concept Study) and highlighted 
improved economics through identification of seams of 
clean coal which can bypass the coal washing process. 
The study continued to highlight the underlying value 
of The Range deposit and the Board is confident that 
the resource can be successfully commercialised. In 
this regard, the Company has commenced a bankable 
feasibility study which will support a development strategy 
with detailed estimates for both capital and operating 
costs. The Board anticipates a favourable outcome 
from the bankable study and will continue the process 
to secure a joint venture partner for the project. The 
Company is conscious of the need to deliver a project with 
a competitive cost structure that will be profitable during 
periods of volatility in commodity prices.

OTHER DEvELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Company is committed to progressing its 
exploration assets to the development stage when 
the Board is satisfied that it is economically feasible 
to do so. During the year, the Company completed 
a Conceptual Mining Study (CMS) on the Belview 
underground coking coal project. As part of that 
study, initial drilling and coal quality analysis has 
identified a largely continuous 6 m seam of high quality 
coking coal. The Board believes Belview represents 
a significant opportunity for the Company and the 
project has already attracted substantial interest from 
international steel producers. 

Substantial beneficiation and coal quality analysis was 
undertaken during the period on the Mackenzie Project 
to address sub-optimal product yields observed after the 
2011 drilling program. There is a significant body of work 
on optimisation of mining methods and coal liberation 
techniques which will be brought together in a concept 
study to verify the potential project economics. 

RESOURCES

PORT AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

The Company invested $14 million of shareholder funds in 
exploratory drilling during the period and we are pleased 
to report an increase in JORC reportable resources of 
180 million tonnes to 498 million tonnes (209.7 Mt JORC 
Indicated Resource and 288.5 Mt JORC Inferred Resource), 
up from a 318 Mt JORC Inferred Resource in the prior year. 
We have also established a 94 Mt Marketable Reserve1 
derived from a JORC compliant run of mine Probable coal 
Reserve1 of 117.5 Mt at the Range Project. 

Management successfully negotiated 5 Mtpa of port 
capacity through the WEXP1 to support The Range 
Project. The Range project has also satisfied the relevant 
due diligence criteria which will allow it to secure 
rail capacity on both the QR National system and the 
proposed Surat Basin Rail (SBR). Subject to ongoing 
compliance with the capacity allocation rules applicable to 
each system, the Company is confident of contracting rail 
capacity in FY13. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Company continued to benefit from strong support 
from its shareholders during the year raising $24 million 
from an institutional placement and share purchase plan 
in December 2011 and January 2012. These funds were 
deployed in undertaking the Bankable Feasibility Study 
(BFS) for The Range as well as further exploration drilling 
across several prospective assets. 

In April 2012, in conjunction with Taiheiyo Kouhatsu Inc. 
(Taiheiyo), Stanmore Coal secured a grant of $1.2 million 
from NEDO (a subsidiary of the Japanese Government’s 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). The agreement 
included a total supply commitment of 400,000 tonnes 
over the first three years of production. Supply of this coal 
will enable an entry to the premium Japanese market for 
The Range coal.

In June 2012, the Company entered into agreements 
which will result in Sprint Capital Partners (Sprint Capital) 
providing $36 million of funding through a combination 
of equity and convertible notes. Sprint Capital is a 
Hong Kong based private equity firm that is focused on 
undertaking investments in the mining and resources 
sector. The first tranche of $13 million has already been 
received from Sprint Capital, with the remainder subject 
to shareholder approval. Sprint Capital have indicated 
their intention to provide ongoing strategic and financial 
support to the Company as its cornerstone shareholder.

The capital provided by Sprint Capital will be combined 
with $25 million of senior debt finance from Credit Suisse, 
AG and allows the Company to satisfy its bid bond and 
early works funding commitments for WEXP1.

TEAM

We have continued to strengthen the team at Stanmore 
Coal with several key appointments made during the 
year. It is a testament to the quality of the projects and 
existing team that we continue to recruit high calibre 
professionals. The Board thanks the management team 
and staff for their loyalty and hard work.

CHANGES TO THE OPERATING ENvIRONMENT

Regulatory changes enacted during the past 12 months, 
particularly to the taxation regime, continue to challenge 
the economics of new generation coal development 
projects. However, the Board is confident in the 
fundamental value of the Company’s coal deposits and 
believes that Queensland will continue to benefit from 
long term global competitive advantage in terms of coal 
quality and freight cost differentials to Asian markets.

The depressed short term outlook for both metallurgical 
and thermal coal pricing does however present 
opportunities as organisations re-evaluate their portfolios 
and assets are rationalised. In conjunction with Sprint 
Capital, the Company will judiciously pursue opportunities 
where the acquisition of assets adjoining the Company’s 
existing projects will improve project economics or the 
quality of the Company’s resource base. 

OUTLOOK

The next 12 months will present both challenges and new 
opportunities as we continue to progress our existing 
portfolio of projects and pursue strategic opportunities 
as they arise. We will continue to seek to introduce joint 
venture partners and off-take customers to our projects 
to assist with funding and development. We will also 
continue drilling our prospective Bowen Basin tenements 
at Belview, Tennyson and Kerlong and complete the next 
stage of studies for The Range, Belview and Mackenzie 
projects. 

The potential for continued economic and resource 
market volatility is likely to provide short term challenges 
for project funding for all coal developers. However it 
also gives us the opportunity to construct our mines and 
related infrastructure at a more globally competitive cost 
base, something that has not been possible in this country 
in recent years. We plan to strengthen the Company 
through any continued downturn, selectively adding to 
our asset base where acquisitions are value accretive to 
Stanmore Coal. 

The Board’s view is that the operating environment will 
improve as thermal coal prices stabilise in the medium 
term and excess capacity (producer and infrastructure) is 
eliminated by the combination of continued Asian demand 
growth and the rationalisation of excess supply. 

We thank the shareholders of Stanmore Coal for your 
continued support and encourage you to participate in the 
next phase of the Company’s development.

Neville Sneddon 
Chairman

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012SUSTAINED
GROWTH

Across all our assets.

The  Stanmore  portfolio  of  tenements  is  rich  in  opportunity  and 
the  company  has  worked  diligently  throughout  the  year  to  ensure 
success across all of our projects. Programs to drill, test, model and 
expand our resources, as well as studies to assess the environmental 
impacts and economic feasibility of our projects continue as we look 
to maximise the potential of all our assets.

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FORGING

STRONG PARTNERSHIPS

The  company  has  established  strong  industry 
ties with several initiatives implemented in 2012. 

In April, Stanmore Coal secured a grant of $1.2 million from NEDO/
Taiheiyo  (a  subsidiary  of  the  Japanese  Government’s  Ministry  of 
Economy, Trade and Industry) and also agreed to a supply commitment 
to the Japanese market, over the first three years of production for The 
Range coal. In June $61 million of additional funding was raised from 
Sprint Capital and Credit Suisse. Under a cooperation agreement with 
Sprint Capital further funding can be provided for project development 
and growth through acquisition opportunities.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Stanmore Coal
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REVIEW OF 
OPERATIONS

The year in review

During the year Stanmore Coal made significant 
progress towards its goal of becoming a major coal 
producer, having significantly increased its resource 
base, secured essential port infrastructure for its 
flagship project The Range and introduced a new 
cornerstone shareholder to underpin its growth  
activities moving forward.

RESOURCES, RESERvES AND EXPLORATION TARGETS

Stanmore Coal currently has eight coal projects within 
the Bowen and Surat Basins in Queensland. These 
projects host significant deposits of metallurgical and 
thermal coal. All projects are located close to existing or 
planned rail and port facilities. The year ended with the 
Company reporting the following Reserves, Resources 
and Exploration Targets:

Project

JORC 
Marketable 
Coal 
Reserve1

JORC 
Recoverable 
Coal 
Reserve1

JORC 
Indicated 
Resource

JORC 
Inferred 
Resource

Additional Exploration 
Target2

Low

High

The Range (Thermal)

94.2

117.5

Mackenzie (Coking)

Belview4 (Coking)

Tennyson (Thermal/Coking)

North Surat Basin (Thermal)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

184

25.7

-

-

-

76

117.5

95.0

-

-

Totals

94.2

117.5

209.7

288.5

60

-

205

220

130

615

70

-

345

290

195

900

The Company’s total JORC Resource base of 498.2 Mt has 
increased by 180 Mt when compared with the prior year as 
a result of the following key initiatives:

•	 The	final	laboratory	and	geological	modelling	results	

from the 2011 drilling at The Range Project resulted in 
a 22% increase in the JORC Indicated Resource and a 
14% increase in total JORC Resource to 260 Mt (184 Mt 
Indicated + 76 Mt Inferred);

The Range PFS concluded that the mine life would 
extend to 26 years (up from 18 in the CMS) with a Net 
Present Value of $846 million for the owner mining 
case. Production of a high quality export thermal coal is 
planned to commence in 2016 with a ramp up to the full 
production rate of 5 Mtpa shortly thereafter.

A BFS was commenced in July 2012 and is now targeted 
for completion in quarter 2 FY13.

•	 The	Company	defined	an	initial	95	Mt	JORC	Inferred	
Resource at its Belview underground high quality 
coking coal project; and

•	 An	initial	25.7	Mt	of	JORC	Indicated	Resource	was	

defined at Mackenzie along with a 45% increase in the 
Total JORC Indicated + Inferred Resource to 143.2 Mt. 

THE RANGE PROJECT PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY

The results of a PFS at The Range demonstrated improved 
project economics and operating parameters when 
compared against the CMS completed in the previous 
year. Capital costs have remained within expectations 
while operating costs were slightly reduced. Based on 
drilling and lab analysis work conducted to support the 
PFS, an initial 94 Mt Marketable Reserve1 statement was 
delivered for the project. 

BELvIEw PROJECT CONCEPTUAL MINING STUDY

Stanmore Coal completed a CMS for the Belview coking 
coal project based on 3.4 Mtpa Run of Mine (ROM) coal 
produced from a multi-shaft, single longwall operation. 
The Belview coal resource occurs within the Rangal 
Coal Measures and contains two seams for potential 
underground extraction, the Aries seam (2–3 m thick) 
and the Gemini seam (5–6 m thick). Operating costs are 
estimated at A$104/t (excl. royalties) and the capital cost 
is estimated at A$907 million.

PORT AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

Stanmore Coal is one of four coal companies that were 
selected to execute a Capacity Commitment Deed (CCD) 
for WEXP1 which provides it with 5 Mtpa of port capacity 

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Theodore

BROWN RIVER

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NORTHERN SURAT BASIN

LEGEND

Regional Features

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Railway

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N 7100000

Stanmore Tenements

Granted Applicant

Primary Applicant

Secondary Applicant

Mining Lease

0
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B A S I N

Wandoan

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EPC2030

THE RANGE
MLA 55001

N 7100000

Roma

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WARREGO HIGHWAY
Western

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HIGHWAY
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Railway

Chinchilla

Kingaroy

0
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Dalby

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
for The Range Project. The signing of CCDs represents 
a significant commitment by the coal industry to the 
development of the 32.2 Mtpa WEXP1 port facility. 
Stanmore Coal’s proportional share of the early works 
construction for WEXP1 is $44 million which will be fully 
funded by the recent debt and equity raising from Credit 
Suisse and Sprint Capital respectively. 

facility from Credit Suisse AG to fund the Company’s port 
and rail infrastructure obligations leading up to execution 
of Take or Pay Agreements. Sprint Capital have indicated 
their intention to provide substantial additional funds 
under a co-operation agreement to support Stanmore 
Coal in the funding of project development and growth by 
acquisition. 

Notification has previously been received from SBR 
that subject to allocation by WICET (now achieved) and 
continuing satisfaction of the terms and conditions of 
access to the railway, The Range project has satisfied the 
due diligence criteria for 5 Mtpa capacity allocation. QR 
National has previously issued an invitation for Stanmore 
Coal to participate in the Feasibility process for an upgrade 
to the Moura line that is required to link SBR and WICET.

ACqUISITIONS

An agreement (which settled post balance date) was 
entered with Queensland Coal Corporation (QCC) to 
exchange the Altamondt tenement (EPC 2177) for 
QCC’s EPCs 1274 and 1276 located near Brookfield and 
Eurombah in the Surat Basin. The new tenements cover a 
combined area of 1,371km2, which is more than Stanmore 
Coal’s entire pre-existing tenement area of 1,286 km2  
and have an initial defined Exploration Target2 of  
130–195 Mt. The transaction involved only the exchange  
of tenements with no additional cash or equity 
consideration and completion of the swap remains 
conditional upon Ministerial approval.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

In December 2011 Stanmore Coal completed a Placement 
to institutional and sophisticated investors at $0.74 per 
share to raise $14.1 million. A further $10 million equity 
raising was raised via a placement and Share Purchase 
Plan offered to existing shareholders at $0.74 per share  
in January 2012. 

In June 2012, the Company secured $61 million of 
additional funding comprising $36 million of equity and 
convertible notes from Sprint Capital and a $25 million 

REGULATORY ENvIRONMENT

During the year, the Federal Government enacted 
legislation which may see additional levels of taxation 
applied to the Company’s projects once they are in 
production. Mineral Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) and 
Carbon Tax may be payable by the Company in the future 
based on a variety of factors (including commodity prices) 
which cannot be accurately determined at this time. 
However, on the basis of preliminary analysis undertaken 
by management MRRT and Carbon Tax is not expected to 
have a material impact in respect of the Company’s most 
advanced project, The Range.

During the year, the Queensland State Government released 
a Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) policy document which 
described a framework for permanently restricting mining 
in certain locations to assist in maintaining the long-term 
viability of the State’s food and fibre industries, and support 
economic growth for regional communities. Five of the 
Company’s seven main projects (including The Range 
and Belview) fall outside the nominated protection areas. 
Whilst the Mackenzie Project is impacted, only 10% of the 
tenement’s JORC Inferred Resource falls inside the trigger 
mapped area. The other impacted project is Tennyson which 
is a potential underground deposit. In conjunction with the 
State Government, the Company is developing strategies to 
ensure the deposit is not permanently sterilised as a result 
of SCL above ground trigger mapping. 

On 11 September 2012, the Queensland State Government 
announced an increase to the royalty rates payable for 
coal mining activities in Queensland which are effective 
from October 2012. The Company is currently evaluating 
the impact of the increase in State royalties on its 
development and exploration projects.

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Project overview

THE RANGE

•	 94	Mt	JORC	Marketable	Reserve1, 260 Mt Total JORC Resource (184 Mt Indicated + 76 Mt Inferred)
•	 Additional	Exploration	Target2 of 60–70 Mt 
•	 PFS	completed	confirming	5	Mtpa	thermal	coal	mine	with	improved	economics	and	

operating parameters compared with the prior year CMS

•	 Environmental	Impact	Study	(EIS)	was	lodged	in	April	2012	and	the	Company	is	now	

addressing feedback received during the public comment period

•	 Geology	well	understood	–	a	total	of	over	300	holes	now	drilled	in	the	deposit

•	 BFS	currently	underway

BELVIEW

•	 95	Mt	Initial	JORC	Inferred	Resource	

•	 Drilling	intersected	the	6	m	Gemini	seam	and	up	to	3.5	m	Aries	seam	at	all	five	drill	sites	

along the western edge of the tenement

•	 Initial	clean	coal	laboratory	results	confirm	Belview	has	the	potential	to	produce	a	high	
quality coking coal (CSN of 7 and ash of 6.3%) plus secondary low volatility PCI product

•	 CMS	completed:	3.4	Mtpa	ROM	production,	$907	million	capital	cost	and	$104/t	FOB	cost	

(ex royalty) 

•	 Planning	underway	to	test	the	additional	Exploration	Target2 of 205–345 Mt and conduct 

coke strength test

MACKENZIE 

•	 Upgraded	143	Mt	JORC	Indicated	+	Inferred	Resource,	of	which	25.7	Mt	is	at	Indicated	

Resource status

•	 Work	continues	to	investigate	most	likely	economic	targets	within	the	27	km	long	project	area

•	 Yield	optimisation	work	is	underway	to	address	beneficiation	and	metallurgical	issues

TENNYSON

•	 Exploration	Target2 of 220–290 Mt
•	 Drilling,	coal	quality	testing	and	geological	modeling	is	nearing	completion	with	the	aim	of	

defining an initial JORC Inferred Resource by the end of 2012

KERLONG

•	 Further	expansion	area	(EPC	2176)	granted	

•	 Exploration	drilling	and	seismic	program	commenced,	with	one	drill	hole	and	several	

seismic lines completed to date Coal quality analysis has commenced

NEW CAMBRIA

•	 EPC2371	(additional	1	sub-block)	was	granted	on	28/07/2011

•	 Extensive	seismic	is	being	undertaken	by	CSG	proponent	–	data	sharing	arrangements	initiated

IRONPOT CREEK

•	 Project	expansion	area	EPC1567	(6	sub-blocks)	was	granted	on	27/06/2011

•	 Desktop	study	and	exploration	plan	completed

NORTH SURAT BASIN •	 Tenements	are	located	adjacent	to	the	4.5	billion	tonne	Xstrata	Wandoan	coal	project	and	

close to Stanmore Coal’s Range Project

•	 Initial	Exploration	Targets2 of 130–195 Mt defined within two key areas
•	 A	resource	definition	program	is	now	being	planned	to	define	JORC	Resources	and	

additional Exploration Targets2

PORT CAPACITY

•	 Stage	1	of	WICET	has	achieved	financial	close,	site	works	commenced

RAIL CONTRACTS

•	 WEXP1	due	diligence	and	allocation	process	completed	and	Capacity	Commitment	Deed	

executed with WICET for 5 Mtpa capacity 

•	 2	Mtpa	of	FFFA	priority	capacity	rights	carried	forward	for	further	expansion	stages

•	 Funding	in	place	to	satisfy	the	required	feasibility	bid	bonds	and	early	works	obligations	

•	 Entered	into	a	12	Mtpa	conditional	capacity	agreement	with	the	Adani	Group	at	the	planned	

Dudgeon Point Coal Terminal from 2016 

•	 The	Surat	Basin	Infrastructure	Corridor	State	Development	Area	which	contains	the	SBR	
route	gained	Queensland	Government	approval	allowing	compulsory	land	acquisition	to	
commence

•	 The	Range	has	successfully	completed	the	SBR	due	diligence	process	and	the	Company	

anticipates it will be offered 5 Mtpa capacity subject to ongoing compliance with the terms 
and conditions of the railway

•	 The	Company	has	satisfied	QRN	due	diligence	and	has	been	asked	to	finance	its	share	of	

the final feasibility study for the upgrade of the QRN Moura rail system

•	 Negotiations	with	above	rail	providers	are	well	advanced

Stanmore Coal
Annual Report 2012

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THE RANGE 
THERMAL COAL PROJECT

EPC 1112, 2030/MLA 55001, 55009, 55010

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Location: Surat Basin – 24 km south-east of 
wandoan within the Surat Basin

Area: 92 km2

JORC Resource: Total of 260 Mt high quality open pit 
thermal coal (184 Mt Indicated + 76 Inferred Resource)

JORC Marketable Reserves1: 94 Mt (included in the  
260 Mt Indicated and Inferred Resource noted above)

The Range is an open pit coal project with a proposed 
on-site coal handling and preparation plant. Coal 
will be transported via a 20+ km conveyor belt to the 
planned SBR link and then to the planned WEXP1 port at 
Gladstone for export. 

Production of a high quality export thermal coal is 
planned to commence in 2016 with a ramp up to the full 
production rate of 5 Mtpa shortly thereafter. Stanmore 
Coal submitted its mining lease (ML) application 55001 in 
November 2010 and expects grant in the first half of 2013. 

Stanmore Coal announced its first Marketable Coal 
Reserve1 of 94 Mt at The Range following additional 
drilling, modelling and a Reserves Study conducted by 
The Minserve Group Pty Ltd (Minserve). The Marketable 
Coal Reserve1 of 94 Mt is derived from JORC compliant 
Probable run of mine (ROM) Reserves1 of 117. 5 Mt.

A total of 109 geophysically logged holes are now 
included in the geological model at a spacing ranging 
between 500 and 1000 m. A further 154 (68 core and 86 
open) holes were drilled as part of the 2012 year drilling 
program and the results of these hole are currently 
being incorporated into a revised geological model to 
support the BFS. An additional 60–70 Mt Exploration 
Target2 has been identified in the area west of the 
planned pit at The Range. 

The deposit has a cumulative coal thickness averaging  
8.5 m where all seams are present with a maximum of 
12 m over 13 main seams. The deposit is structurally 
continuous with only one moderate sized  
fault identified at this stage. 

The raw ash content of individual plies is as low as 3.7% 
(with an average of 21%) and the modelling suggests 
that with selective mining between 30 and 50% of ROM 
coal can bypass the preparation plant (i.e. will not require 
washing). The PFS completed during the year indicates 

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that by maximising the amount of coal that bypasses the 
wash plant a predicted yield of up to 80% can be achieved 
for a 14.4% ash product with energy of 6,058 kcal/kg (adb). 
This 80% yield is achieved by a combination of the washed 
coal and the bypass coal. 

A review of the optimal product mix for The Range 
project is underway in conjunction with product 
marketing efforts and the BFS. A number of ash/energy 
combinations are possible and these will be considered 
as part of the BFS which is due for completion shortly. 
The products under consideration include the 10% ash 
(6,420 kcal/kg adb) and 12% ash (6,248 kcal/kg adb) 
options identified in the CMS. 

The Company submitted two new Mining Lease 
Applications (MLA 55009 and MLA 55010) over a Transport 
Corridor which will enable a connection between The 
Range proposed mine site (MLA55001) and a planned 
rail load-out facility adjacent to the SBR. The Transport 
Corridor will contain a 25 km conveyor resulting in a quiet, 
reliable and clean method of coal delivery from the mine 
to the rail loadout facility.

Stanmore Coal Limited and Taiheiyo, supported by 
Japanese Government agency, NEDO, have signed an 
Exploration Support Agreement. Under the agreement 
NEDO/Taiheiyo provided $1.2 million which funded 30 
cored, coal quality holes at The Range as part of the 
current year drilling program. The results from this 
drilling program are expected to allow an upgrade of 
the first three years of targeted coal production to JORC 
Measured Resource status. 

As part of this funding agreement Taiheiyo will be able 
to purchase up to a total of 400,000 tonnes of coal over 
the first three years of production at The Range for 
distribution to its Japanese customers. Taiheiyo has long 
standing relationships with Japanese energy utilities and 
industrial companies and supplies a number of these 
entities with similar Surat Basin coals. This strategic 
relationship is expected to support the Company’s coal 
marketing activities in Japan.

A BFS has commenced to enhance the work originally 
undertaken in the PFS in late 2011. The BFS will provide more 
robust capital and operating cost estimates for the project. 

An EIS has been completed on The Range Project 
including the Transport Corridor. The public comment 
period for the EIS closed on the 27th July 2012 and the 
Company is now in the process of addressing stakeholder 
responses received during that process.

A final study of SCL impact on The Range project has 
determined that SCL does not exist within the lease and a 
SCL validation form has been submitted to DERM.

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012BELVIEW 
COKING COAL PROJECT

EPC 1114

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Location: 10 km south-east of Blackwater

Area: 120 km2

JORC Inferred Resource: 95 Mt

Additional Exploration Target2: 205–345 Mt  
underground prime coking coal 

The project is strategically located 5 km south of the 
Blackwater to Gladstone railway and 4 km east of the 
historic Leichhardt mine where the 6 to 6.5 m thick Gemini 

COAL CHARACTERISTICS – GEMINI SEAM

seam of prime hard coking coal was mined underground 
by BHP from 1970 to 1982. The key seams that have been 
intersected by Stanmore Coal in the Belview lease are the 
Aries, Gemini, Orion and Pisces seams. 

The Company has defined an initial JORC Inferred 
Resource of 95 Mt in the Gemini seam of the Rangal 
Coal Measures. The overlying Aries seam is not yet to a 
JORC resource reporting standard but is included in the 
additional Exploration Target2 of 205–345 Mt. 

Clean coal quality test work has determined that the Gemini 
Seam is capable of producing a dual product comprising a 
high quality hard coking coal and a low vol PCI coal in a 50:50 
product split. Further testing is planned to confirm all coal 
properties (including coke strength). Summary clean coal 
quality results to date are provided below:

As received (unless noted)

Primary Coking Product

Secondary PCI Product

Total moisture

Ash

Volatile Matter

Fixed carbon

Crucible swelling number (as tested)

Total sulphur

Specific Energy

Specific Energy

%

%

%

%

%

(adb) kcal/kg

 kcal/kg

10

5.9

19.4

64.7

7.5

0.37

7,930

7,238

10

9.1

18.9

62.0

2

0.32

7,625

6,953

In addition, clean coal composite results from the 
overlying Aries seam samples demonstrate the potential 
to optimise yield by the production of a low sulphur, 
coking product with CSNs of up to 8 and a secondary high 
energy (6,856kcal/kg air dried) thermal/PCI product.

The Company completed a CMS for the Belview coking coal 
project based on 3.4 Mtpa Run of Mine (ROM) production. 

The study proposes a three shaft, single longwall 
development that would take five years to fully establish 
from commencement of shaft sinking. First development 
coal production is targeted in 2018, with a ramp up to full 
longwall production from 2020. The capital cost for the 
three shaft development, all services, mine development, 
longwall equipment, the coal preparation plant, gas 
drainage and infrastructure is estimated at $907 million.

6 m Gemini seam. These issues will be examined in future 
feasibility studies.

A significant gas pre-drainage program has been factored 
into the capital costs and an ongoing gas drainage program 
is included in the operating costs. This study limits coal 
extraction at Belview to a mining window of 560 m to 1000 m 
depth and both capital and operating costs make allowance 
for mitigation of potential engineering issues. 

The technology utilised when mining at this depth is well 
understood in a global context as mining in the UK occurs 
up to 1100 m deep and the Suncun mine in China operates 
at depths of up to 1300 m. The Paskov mine in the Czech 
Republic currently mines to 1120 m, being one of a number of 
mines in the region operating at depths in excess of 1000 m 
with some shafts presently being deepened to 1346 m.

Productivity improvements may be realised through the 
installation of additional shafts and a second longwall to 
provide increased hoisting and mining capacity, or via the 
investigation of top coal caving to mine out the entire  

A further exploration program will be conducted at 
Belview to test the Exploration Target2 of 205–345 Mt, 
extend the Inferred Resource and undertake coke strength 
and gas testing.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012MACKENZIE 
COKING COAL 
PROJECT

TENNYSON 
THERMAL/COKING 
COAL PROJECT

EPC 2081

EPC 1168 

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Location: 30 km west of Blackwater

Location: adjacent to Emerald

Area: 469 km2

Area: 120 km2

JORC Resource: Total of 143 Mt (25.7 Mt Indicated + 
117.5 Mt Inferred)

Exploration Target2: 220–290 Mt underground 
thermal and potential metallurgical coal

The scout drilling program in the previous year 
intersected multiple coal seams with the Aries seam 
thickness averaging 2.5 m, the Corvus seam 2.6 m and 
the Liskeard seam 2.1 m. Modelling of recent results 
indicates that the Aries seam subcrops at around 150 m 
and dips to the east, south and southwest to a maximum 
depth of around 490 m. The Aries seam is likely to have 
a thickness in excess of 2.1 m over 75% of the Tennyson 
lease area, with significant areas greater than 2.5 m.  
The current Exploration Target2 in this area is 220 Mt  
to 290 Mt.

During the 2012 drilling program at Tennyson, five 
partially-cored holes were completed. Each of these 
holes intersected the targeted Aries seam and coal 
quality samples were taken for laboratory testing. These 
latest drilling and laboratory results are being combined 
with the existing geological model and it is expected 
that a maiden Inferred JORC Resource will be produced 
by the end of 2012. Clean coal quality analysis to date 
indicates that the Aries seam is capable of producing a 
high yielding, low ash export thermal product with typical 
specifications (air dried) being: Yield >80%, Ash <9.0%, 
Energy >6,200kcal/kg, Sulfur 0.2%. 

The Mackenzie Coking Coal Project in the Bowen Basin 
is well located for export as it lies on the rail line to 
Gladstone. The project is located between the existing 
Ensham and Curragh operating mines and is adjacent to 
the Washpool coking coal project, which is also targeting 
the Burngrove Coal Formation. 

The Company completed an interim review of the 
Mackenzie deposit during the year resulting in the 
definition of the first 25.7 Mt of JORC Indicated Resource 
and a 45% increase of the Total JORC Resource to 143.2 Mt 
(25.7 Mt Indicated + 117.5 Mt Inferred). 

The project now has a total of 80 holes. The coal sequence 
comprises two main coal seams being the Leo and 
Aquarius seams within the Burngrove Formation. The 
seams strike in a general North South direction over an 
approximate 27 km strike length, and dip towards the 
west at approximately two degrees. The main coal seams 
occur at depths of between 10 and 110 m.

Testing and analysis of samples obtained during the 2011 
drilling program have indicated substantial variability 
in the yields achieved across the 27 km strike length. 
Average laboratory yields in the 2011 drilling program are 
lower than those achieved in the 2010 program. Further 
yield analysis and study of processing options has been 
undertaken to determine whether it is feasible to improve 
beneficiation and address metallurgical issues identified. 

Whilst optimising coal quality and yield at the Mackenzie 
Project remains a challenge, the work conducted during 
2012 has generated some positive results. The Board 
is of the view that further work is justified to determine 
whether the project can be commercialised. The Company 
intends to commence a CMS to identify the most 
prospective mining areas and consider project economics.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012KERLONG  
COKING COAL 
PROJECT

NEW CAMBRIA 
PROJECT

EPCs 1552, 1769 and 2176

EPCs 1113, 2039, 2371

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership

Location: 19 km north-east of Moranbah

Location: 20 km east of Blackwater

Area: 41 km2

Area: 123 km2

Target2: Superior underground PCI/coking coal

Target: Open pit Yarrabee style low-volatiles PCI coal 

Stanmore Coal is targeting high quality underground 
coking/PCI coal at the Kerlong Coking Coal Project 
which is 8 km north of the rail line to Dalrymple Bay Coal 
Terminal. Target seams are mined extensively at deposits 
such as Burton (Peabody), South Walker Creek (BHP 
Mitsubishi), Carborough Downs (Vale) and Coppabella 
(Macarthur Coal).

The New Cambria Project is targeting the up-thrust 
Rangal Coal Measures which contain low-volatile, low  
to medium ash PCI coal with open cut mining potential. 
High energy coal has been mined historically at the 
adjoining Excel Colliery and the project is located adjacent 
to the rail line to Gladstone. Coal Seam Gas (CSG)  
co-development discussions have commenced.

24 km of 2D seismic survey lines were completed in 
early December 2011 and enabled the development of a 
targeted drilling program. The first hole of that drilling 
program commenced at the beginning of May. Some 
delays were incurred due to wet weather and problems 
with drilling but the total depth of 951.5 m was reached on 
25th June. Three target horizons were intersected across 
both holes and have been tentatively assigned as the 
Burton Rider (1.7m @ 836 m), Leichhardt (2.6 m @ 871 m) 
and Vermont seams (3.6 m @ 916 m). 

The Company is in receipt of initial seismic data from the 
holder of the overlapping coal seam gas tenure. Three 
of the five lines that were planned by the gas company 
across the tenement have been completed and the raw 
data for these has been passed on to Stanmore Coal. 
Initial interpretation of the first line has been completed 
and shows that, while the geological structure across 
the tenement is complex, there is some potential 
for shallower resources in the eastern portion of the 
tenement.

Interim Coal quality results received to date confirm 
sample recovery was satisfactory for inclusion in 
future JORC compliant reporting. Raw, quick coke and 
washability results have been received and clean coal 
composite analysis is ongoing. Based on washability 
analysis received to date, achievable products include a 
primary coking and secondary export thermal coal.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012NORTH SURAT
BASIN

pORT 
AND RAIL

EPC’s 1274, 1276

Stanmore Coal 100% ownership  
(pending formal transfer)

Stanmore Coal entered into an agreement with 
Queensland Coal Corporation (QCC) to exchange the 
Altamondt tenement (EPC 2177) for QCC’s EPCs 1274 
and 1276 located near Brookfield and Eurombah in the 
highly prospective Surat Basin. The tenements cover a 
combined area of 1,371 km2, which is more than Stanmore 
Coal’s entire pre-existing tenement area of 1,286 km2. The 
transaction involved only the exchange of tenements with 
no additional cash or equity consideration and completion 
of the swap remains conditional upon Ministerial approval 
under the Mineral Resources Act 1989.

The tenements that Stanmore Coal has agreed to acquire 
are located 15 km from the proposed SBR line and 
approximately 35 km from Stanmore Coal’s The Range 
project. 

Stanmore Coal believes these tenements to be prospective 
for potential open pit coal deposits with over 5,600 Mt of 
JORC resources defined by others in adjacent areas. A total 
of 1,242 boreholes have been drilled within a 10 km radius 
of the tenements which has allowed the identification of a 
number of priority target areas within the tenements.

wIGGINS ISLAND COAL EXPORT TERMINAL  
(EXPANSION STAGE 1)

Stanmore Coal executed a Capacity Commitment Deed 
(CCD) for WEXP1 which will provide Stanmore Coal with  
5 Mtpa of port capacity for The Range Project. The 
planned capacity for the WEXP1 terminal is 32.2 Mtpa 
which has been allocated to four coal producers/
developers from the Surat and Bowen basins. 

Stanmore Coal is one of four proponents who have 
executed CCDs supported by a bid bond which sets out 
their intention to meet their proportionate share of WEXP1’s 
early works costs up to financial close, and upon financial 
close execute binding take or pay agreements. Stanmore 
Coal’s share of these costs is $44 million. $26 million 
has been provided at the time of CCD execution while the 
remaining $18 million is payable in the lead up to financial 
close in accordance with the WEXP1 financing plan. The 
$44 million bid bond will be converted to an equity interest 
in the WEXP1 port expansion at financial close. 

Stanmore Coal retains an additional 2 Mtpa of FFFA 
priority rights which will remain valid for use in the 
planned WEXP2 expansion which is currently scheduled 
for completion in late 2018. 

OTHER PORTS

Stanmore Coal entered into conditional agreements to 
ship up to 12 Mtpa of coal through the proposed Dudgeon 
Point Coal Terminal (DPCT) from 2016. The DPCT proposal 
is being developed by The Adani Group (Adani) in an area 
adjacent to the existing Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal 
near Mackay, with a proposed capacity of 90 Mtpa. Adani 
has been granted preferred proponent status for the 
development of the DPCT by the Queensland Government.

RAIL

Stanmore Coal received confirmation from the SBR 
Joint Venture (SBRJV) that it had satisfied due diligence 
requirements and anticipates that it will be offered 
capacity on the SBR subject to continuing to satisfy due 
diligence requirements and the terms and conditions of 
access to the railway. The Company anticipates executing 
a capacity commitment deed for 5 million tonnes per 
annum of rail capacity in FY13. QR National (QRN) has 
completed its due diligence process and The Range is one 
of three projects that has been invited to participate in 
the final feasibility phase of the Gladstone Rail Capacity 
Expansion process. This will involve funding a detailed 
Feasibility Study into the upgrade of the capacity of the 
existing QRN Moura line linking the SBR line with the 
WICET port.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CApITAL 
MANAGEMENT

Stanmore Coal successfully raised $14.1 million via 
a placement of approximately 19.1 million ordinary 
shares to institutional and sophisticated investors at 
$0.74 per share in December 2011. The Placement was 
oversubscribed and received strong support from existing 
institutional shareholders as well as a number of new 
investors. Stanmore Coal raised a further $10 million by 
way of a partially underwritten Share Purchase Plan.

Net proceeds from these transactions were applied to fund 
the BFS at The Range, continuing exploration at other key 
projects, initial stage funding of port and rail infrastructure 
commitments and general working capital requirements.

SPRINT CAPITAL PLACEMENT

In June 2012, the Company executed a subscription and 
cooperation agreement with Greatgroup Investments 
Limited, an investment vehicle managed by Sprint  
Capital to provide additional capital of $36 million. 
 The fund raising consists of a $27 million placement  
of 40.02 million shares at $0.675 per share and a  
$9 million placement of zero-coupon notes convertible 
into 13.37 million shares at $0.675 per share. 

The combined funds from Sprint Capital and the Credit 
Suisse debt facility (discussed below) will be applied in 
funding the Company’s bid bond and equity contributions 
associated with WICET and SBR Capacity Commitment 
Deeds as well as providing additional working capital. 

Sprint Capital is a Hong Kong based private equity 
investment manager, focused on undertaking investments 
in the mining and natural resources sector. Sprint Capital 
seeks to invest in resources which are in high demand 
across China and the wider Asian region (including high 
grade thermal and metallurgical coal, oil and gas, iron ore, 
potash and copper). Sprint Capital’s investment approach 

is to partner with strong management teams with a proven 
track record in bringing prospective exploration and 
development-stage projects through to production. 

Following completion of the transaction, Sprint Capital will 
hold shares amounting to 19.99% of the Company’s issued 
share capital, and Notes which upon conversion after two 
years could increase Sprint Capital’s shareholding in the 
Company by up to 5.01%, to an aggregate shareholding of 
up to 25% based on issued share capital after the current 
raising. Shareholder approval will be sought in advance 
for the conversion features of the notes.

Subject to shareholder approval, Sprint Capital will also 
receive anti-dilution options to subscribe for new shares 
and notes on a fixed number of Board and management 
options, which were outstanding and in-the-money as of 
the date of capital raising transaction, and on the exercise 
(at any time) of the warrants granted pursuant to the  
$25 million executed Credit Suisse debt facility. 

Mr Chris McAuliffe was appointed to the Board of the 
Company as Sprint Capital representative on 17 July 2012. 

DEBT FACILITY

In conjunction with the $36 million share and convertible 
note placement to Sprint Capital, the Company entered 
into a $25 million bank guarantee and senior debt facility 
with Credit Suisse AG (CS Debt Facility). The CS Debt 
Facility is secured against all of Stanmore Coal’s assets 
and matures in two years. Stanmore Coal has the option 
to extend for a further year. As part of the total cost of the 
facility, the Company is required to issue Credit Suisse 
(CS) 11.7 million options at an exercise price of $0.52. 
The issue of these securities is subject to shareholder 
approval. Should shareholder approval not be obtained, 
the options will be cash settled.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012DIRECTORS’ 
REPORT

Your Directors present their report for the year ended  
30 June 2012.

The following persons were Directors of Stanmore Coal 
Limited during the financial year and up to the date of this 
report, unless otherwise stated: 

Nicholas Jorss 

BE (HONS) CIvIL, MBA, GDIP APP FIN (SEC INST) 
MANAGING DIRECTOR 

Nick is a founding Director and shareholder of Stanmore 
Coal and has over 20 years’ experience in investment 
banking, civil engineering, corporate finance and project 
management. In his roles in investment banking he has 
been involved in leading advisory mandates with corporate, 
government and private equity clients across industry 
sectors ranging from resources to infrastructure. Mr Jorss 
was previously a Director of Pacific Road Corporate Finance 
and was an engineer with Baulderstone Hornibrook prior 
to that where he delivered infrastructure and resource 
projects over a period of approximately eight years. 

Mr Jorss is a founding shareholder and Director of St. Lucia 
Resources International, Stanmore Coal, Kurilpa Uranium 
and Wingate Capital. He was previously a Director of Vantage 
Private Equity Growth and Vantage Asset Management. 

Mr Jorss holds a Bachelor with Honours in Civil 
Engineering, a Masters of Business Administration and a 
Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment.

Neville Sneddon 

B. ENG (MINING) (HONS), M. ENG, MAUSIMM,  
GRAD AICD NON-EXECUTIvE CHAIRMAN 

A mining engineer with over 38 years’ experience in most 
facets of the Queensland and NSW resource sectors, 
Neville Sneddon brings substantial Board and industry 
knowledge to Stanmore Coal. He has developed and 
operated both underground and open cut mines working 
for Coal & Allied in the Hunter Valley and from 1997 
worked in a senior role in the NSW Mines Inspectorate, 
covering operations in all forms of mining in the state. 

Moving to Queensland in 1999, Neville accepted the position 
of Chief Operating Officer with Shell Coal which was 
acquired by Anglo American’s Australian coal operations 
the following year. Leaving as CEO in 2007, he held several 
Board positions with mining and infrastructure companies 
including Chairman of the operating company at Dalrymple 
Bay Coal Terminal near Mackay and Director of Port Waratah 
Coal Services, a major coal export facility at Newcastle. 

Neville has also been a member of the Boards of the 
Queensland, NSW and National Mining Councils. His expertise 
has been sought by several government committees such as 
the NSW Mine Subsidence Board, the NSW Mines Rescue 
Board, Queensland Ministerial Coal Mine Safety Advisory 
Committee and the joint federal/state advisory committee 
which is developing nationally consistent mining safety 
legislation. Neville is presently on the Board of Envirogen, is 
the Chairman of CSM Energy and has recently stepped down 
from the Board of Centennial Coal. Neville joined the Board of 
Cobbora Coal Limited during the financial year.

Neville is Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

During the past three years Neville has also served as a 
Director of the following ASX listed companies:

•	 Centennial	Coal	Company	Limited	(from	19	February	

2008 to 17 February 2010)

•	 Cobbora	Coal	Limited.

Andrew Martin

B.EC (HONS) 
NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR

An investment banker with Deutsche Bank, Andrew 
Martin offers more than 15 years financial, advisory and 
corporate experience within the infrastructure, utilities 
and natural resources industries. In recent years, Andrew 
has advised on transactions within the power generation, 
utilities, gas, water, road, rail and ports sectors. 

Holding a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the 
University of Sydney, Andrew is a founding Director 
and shareholder in St Lucia Resources International, 
Stanmore Coal and Kurilpa Uranium, which was acquired 
by Renaissance Uranium Ltd before its listing. 

Andrew is a member of the Audit and Risk Management 
and Remuneration Committees.

During the past three years Andrew has also served as a 
Director of the following ASX listed companies:

•	 Renaissance	Uranium	Ltd*	(since	1	September	2010)	

(company listed on ASX on 15 December 2010).

Stephen Bizzell

BCOM MAICD 
NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR 

Stephen is Chairman of boutique corporate advisory and 
funds management group Bizzell Capital Partners and 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012an Executive Director of Dart Energy Ltd. Stephen spent 
his early career in the corporate finance division of Ernst 
& Young and the corporate tax division of Coopers & 
Lybrand and qualified as a chartered accountant. He is 
highly experienced in the fields of corporate restructuring, 
debt and equity financing, and mergers and acquisitions 
and has 20 years corporate finance and public company 
management experience in the resources sector in 
Australia and Canada.

Stephen was previously an Executive Director of Arrow 
Energy Ltd from 1999 until its acquisition in 2010 by Royal 
Dutch Shell and PetroChina for $3.5 billion. Stephen 
was instrumental in Arrow’s corporate and commercial 
success and its growth from a junior explorer to a large 
integrated energy company.

Stephen is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk 
Management Committee and a member of the 
Remuneration Committee.

During the past three years Stephen has also served as a 
Director of the following ASX listed companies:

•	 Apollo	Gas	Ltd
•	 Armour	Energy	Limited*
•	 Arrow	Energy	Ltd
•	 Bow	Energy	Ltd
•	 Dart	Energy	Ltd*
•	 Diversa	Ltd*
•	 Hot	Rock	Ltd*
•	 Renaissance	Uranium	Ltd	*
•	 Renison	Consolidated	Mines	NL*
•	 Titan	Energy	Services	Limited*.

viv Forbes

BSCAPP (GEOL), FAUSIMM, FSIA 
NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR 

Viv Forbes is a Bowen Basin pioneer with more than 40 
years coal-industry experience including government 
service, field exploration, mine valuation and acquisition, 
financing, development, operations and successful 
asset sales. Viv has been involved in various capacities 
at Burton Coal, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, South 
Blackwater Coal Mine, Tahmoor Coal Mine, Newlands/
Collinsville Coal Mines, MIM, Utah Goonyella/Saraji and 
Gold Fields. He has a degree in Applied Science Geology 
and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and 
Metallurgy.

Viv is a member of the Remuneration and Audit and Risk 
Management Committees.

Chris McAuliffe 

LLB (HONS), MBA 
NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR (COMMENCED 17 JULY 2012) 

Mr Chris McAuliffe is co-founder and Managing Director 
of Sprint Capital, the Hong Kong based private equity 
investment management group with whom Stanmore 
recently signed a funding agreement.

Mr McAuliffe has more than 20 years’ experience in 
private equity and investment banking with significant 
relationships across Asia. Prior to co-founding Sprint 

Capital in 2008, Mr McAuliffe was a Managing Director 
and co-head of Asia Pacific Industrials Group at Citigroup 
in Hong Kong, prior to which he was a Managing Director 
and head of Asia Industrials and Services Group at Credit 
Suisse in Singapore.

During the past three years Chris has also served as a 
Director of the following listed companies:

•	 Asian	Bamboo	AG	(Germany)
•	 Xplorer	PLC	(London)
•	 Chaswood	Resources	Holdings	limited	(SGX).

Duncan Cornish 

B.BUS (ACC), CA 
JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY 

Mr Duncan Cornish was the company secretary of 
Stanmore Coal Limited from 17 September 2009 to  
19 December 2011 and joint company secretary from  
19 December 2011 up to the date of this report. Mr 
Cornish was the CFO of the Company from 17 September 
2009 until 19 September 2011.

Duncan is an accomplished and highly regarded 
corporate administrator and manager. He has many 
years experience in pivotal management roles in capital 
raisings and stock exchange listings for numerous 
companies on the ASX, AIM Market of the London Stock 
Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Highly skilled 
in the areas of company financial reporting, company 
regulatory, secretarial and governance areas, business 
acquisition and disposal due diligence, he has worked 
with Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers both in 
Australia and the UK. 

Duncan is currently Company Secretary and CFO of 
other listed companies on the ASX and TSX-V where he 
has assisted in their listing and capital raising. He is 
supported by a small experienced team of accountants 
and administrators.

Doug McAlpine

B.COMM, CA 
CFO, JOINT COMPANY SECRETARY

Mr Doug McAlpine joined the Company as Chief Financial 
Officer on 19 September 2012. On 19 December 2012 Mr 
McAlpine was appointed joint company secretary and 
holds both positions up to the date of this report.

Mr McAlpine has had significant exposure to the coal 
industry in Queensland having previously provided 
external audit and consulting services to BHP Billiton 
and Rio Tinto during his time in the professional 
services sector. In his previous role as Chief Financial 
Officer of Watpac Limited, he played a key role in the 
establishment and growth of the company’s contact 
mining services business. Doug previously held the 
roles of Chief Financial Officer, General Manager of 
Investments and Company Secretary of Ariadne Limited 
a listed property and investment company. Doug is 
an accountant who commenced his career providing 
external audit and consulting services with Arthur 
Anderson and Ernst & Young.

*denotes	current	ASX	listed	directorship.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Interests in shares and options

As at the date of this report, the interests of the Directors in the shares and options of Stanmore Coal Limited are shown 
in the table below:

Neville Sneddon 

Nicholas Jorss

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes

Chris McAuliffe

Ordinary 
Shares

-

31,762,540*

31,700,270*

7,372,514

2,088,270

-

Unlisted Options 
$0.19 @ 9/12/12

Unlisted Options 
$0.19 @ 31/12/13

Unlisted Options 
$0.15 @ 16/1/14

1,350,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

2,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

525,000

-

*	31,700,270	shares	are	held	by	St	Lucia	Resources	International	Pty	Ltd	of	which	both	Nicholas	Jorss	and	Andrew	Martin	have	interests	in	trusts	
which each own > 20% and are both Directors.

Principal activities

On 30 September 2011, the following options expiring on  
31 March 2016 were issued to an employee of the Company:

The principal activities of the consolidated entity during 
the financial year were the identification and development 
of export quality thermal, coking and PCI coal deposits 
within the prime coal bearing regions of Eastern Australia.

Operating results

For the year ended 30 June 2012, the loss for the 
consolidated entity after providing for income tax was  
$7.7 million (2011: $2.1 million).

Dividends paid or recommended

There were no dividends paid or recommended during the 
financial year.

Review of operations

Detailed comments on operations and exploration programs 
up to the date of this report are included separately in the 
Annual Report under Review of Operations.

Review of financial condition

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

On 20 July 2011, 25,000 ordinary shares and 1,200,000 
unlisted options were issued to an employee of the 
Company. The options expire on 31 December 2015 and  
are exercisable as follows:

•	 400,000	at	$1.75	(vesting	4	July	2012)

•	 400,000	at	$2.00	(vesting	4	July	2013)

•	 400,000	at	$2.25	(vesting	4	July	2014).

On 11 August 2011, 1,495,664 ordinary shares were issued at 
a price of $1.0029 per share, to the vendors of Comet Coal 
& Coke Pty Ltd in satisfaction of the third and final payment 
pursuant to the Share Sale and Purchase Agreement 
regarding Comet Coal & Coke Pty Ltd, as disclosed in the 
Company’s prospectus dated 30 October 2009.

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.75,	 

vesting on 30 September 2012

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.00,	 

vesting on 30 September 2013

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.25,	 

vesting on 30 September 2014

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.50,	 

vesting on 30 September 2015.

On 14 December 2011, 19,079,526 ordinary shares 
were issued through a placement to institutional and 
sophisticated investors at an issue price of $0.74.

On 19 December 2011, 97,606 ordinary shares were issued 
to an employee of the Company for nil consideration as 
part of a salary sacrifice arrangement in respect of that 
employee’s base remuneration.

On 18 January 2012, 9,756,553 ordinary shares were 
issued through a Share Purchase Plan at an issue price  
of $0.74. The Share Purchase Plan was announced on  
8 December 2011.

On 27 January 2012, 3,736,486 ordinary shares were 
issued through a placement to institutional and 
sophisticated investors at an issue price of $0.74.

On 7 February 2012, 106,406 ordinary shares were issued 
to employees of the Company for nil consideration as 
part of a salary sacrifice arrangement in respect of that 
employee’s base remuneration.

On 23 March 2012, 206,803 ordinary shares were issued 
to employees of the Company for nil consideration as a 
Board approved discretionary bonus in respect of calendar 
year ended 31 December 2011.

On 24 April 2012, 300,000 unlisted options were cancelled 
in accordance with the terms of those instruments 
following the resignation of an employee of the Company.

On 29 June 2012, 19,288,887 ordinary shares were issued 
through a placement to Greatgroup Investments Limited, 
a vehicle managed by Sprint Capital.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012At the date of this report, the consolidated entity had 
179,409,108 ordinary shares and 15,900,000 unlisted 
options on issue.

in conjunction with the State to ensure Tennyson’s 
underground resources are not permanently alienated as 
a result of SCL above ground trigger mapping. 

FINANCIAL POSITION

The net assets of the consolidated entity have increased 
by $31 million from $32 million at 30 June 2011 to  
$63 million at 30 June 2012. This increase reflects capital 
raised during the year net of transaction costs and 
accounting losses. 

During the period, the consolidated entity has invested 
in the identification and development of export thermal, 
coking and PCI coal deposits within the prime coal 
bearing regions of Eastern Australia.

TREASURY POLICY

The consolidated entity does not have a formally 
established treasury function. Senior management 
in consultation with the Board is responsible for 
implementing appropriate capital management policies 
and procedures. The consolidated entity does not 
currently undertake hedging of any kind and is not directly 
exposed to currency risks.

LIqUIDITY AND FUNDING

The consolidated entity has sufficient funds to finance 
its operations and exploration activities, and to allow 
the consolidated entity to take advantage of favourable 
business opportunities, not specifically budgeted for, or to 
fund unforeseen expenditures.

Significant changes in the  
state of affairs

In addition to the changes in capital structure described 
above, the following significant changes in the state 
of affairs of the consolidated entity occurred in the 
financial year:

During the year, the Federal Government enacted 
legislation which may see additional levels of taxation 
applied to the Company’s projects should they 
ultimately be developed. MRRT and Carbon Tax may 
be payable by the Company in the future based on a 
variety of factors (including commodity prices) which 
cannot be accurately determined at this time. However, 
on the basis of preliminary analysis undertaken by 
management, MRRT and Carbon Tax are not expected 
to have a material impact in respect of the Company’s 
most advanced project, The Range.

During the year, the Queensland State Government 
released an SCL policy document which described a 
framework for permanently restricting mining in certain 
locations to assist in maintaining the long-term viability 
of the State’s food and fibre industries, and support 
economic growth for regional communities. Five of the 
Company’s seven main projects (including The Range 
and Belview) fall outside the nominated protection areas. 
Whilst the Mackenzie Project is an impacted area, 90% 
of the tenement’s inferred resource is outside the trigger 
mapped area. Management is developing strategies 

After balance date events

On 7 June 2012 the consolidated entity announced it 
has agreed to acquire two large and prospective EPCs 
within the Surat Basin through a tenement exchange with 
Queensland Coal Corporation. The transaction settled after 
30 June 2012. The transaction increases the Company’s 
landholdings significantly and involves only the exchange 
of tenements with no further cash or equity consideration 
and completion of the swap is conditional on Ministerial 
Approval under the Mineral Resource Act 1989. 

On 11 July 2012 a CMS was completed by MineCraft 
Consulting Pty Ltd for the Belview Coking Coal Project 
based on 3.4 Mtpa ROM coal produced from a multi-shaft, 
single longwall operation. The Belview coal resource 
occurs within the Rangal Coal Measures and contains 
two seams for potential underground extraction, the Aries 
seam (2–3 m thick) and the Gemini seam (5–6 m thick). 
Belview has a JORC-compliant Inferred Resource of  
95 Mt and an additional Exploration Target2 of 205–345 Mt 
for primary coking coal and secondary PCI product.

On 11 September 2012, the Queensland State Government 
announced an increase to the royalty rates payable for 
coal mining activities in Queensland which are effective 
from October 2012. The Company continues to assess 
the potential impact of the increase in State royalties on 
development and exploration projects.

There have been no other events since 30 June 2012 that 
impact upon the financial report as at 30 June 2012.

Future developments, prospects 
and business strategies

Likely developments in the operations of the consolidated 
entity and the expected results of those operations in 
subsequent financial years have been discussed where 
appropriate in the Annual Report under Review of 
Operations.

There are no further developments of which the Directors 
are aware which could be expected to affect the results 
of the consolidated entity’s operations in subsequent 
financial years other than information which the Directors 
believe comment on or disclosure of, would prejudice the 
interests of the consolidated entity. 

Environmental issues

The consolidated entity is subject to environmental 
regulation in relation to its exploration activities. There are 
no matters that have arisen in relation to environmental 
issues up to the date of this report. 

Remuneration report (audited)

This report details the nature and amount of 
remuneration for each Director of Stanmore Coal Limited, 
and for the Company’s key management personnel (KMP).

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012REMUNERATION POLICY OvERvIEw

Stanmore Coal’s asset development strategy and its 
need to secure key supply chain infrastructure (both 
port and rail) can only be achieved by identifying and 
retaining high calibre employees with appropriate 
experience and capability. Developing an appropriate 
compensation strategy for the Company’s employees 
is a key factor in ensuring they are engaged and 
motivated to improve the Company’s performance  
over the long term.

The Board (through the Remuneration Committee) 
assess the composition and amount of remuneration on 
a periodic basis with reference to relevant employment 
market conditions and with recognition of the Company’s 
stage of development. The Board’s intention is to 
maximise stakeholder benefit from the retention of a 
high quality Board and Executive Team without creating 
an undue cost burden for the consolidated entity. The 
Board has historically implemented a discretionary 
approach to remunerating employees for individual 
and organisational performance which they believe 
to be superior. Long dated, out of the money options 
have been issued as a mechanism to attract and retain 
key employees. The Board acknowledges that as the 
Company develops and moves into the development 
and operating phases for its key assets, a more 
comprehensive, structured and transparent approach  
to remunerating its employees is required.

During the financial year the Company has taken 
independent advice from a remuneration consultant 
regarding the structure of remuneration plans and 
the terms on which incentives are offered to improve 
the alignment between company performance and 
executive remuneration outcomes. This advice has 
assisted the Board in developing a remuneration 
framework which satisfies market practice around 
remuneration governance for public companies and 
strikes an appropriate balance between fixed and at-risk 
compensation for its employees. The Board believes that 
the new scheme is important for the long-term success  
of the Company.

During the year, the Board developed a new remuneration 
plan for the Company which, subject to shareholder 
approval, will have effect from 1 January 2012. This 
strategy will see the Company implement a consistent, 
transparent compensation framework for all employees 
comprising a short term incentive plan (STI) for the  
issue of shares and a long term incentive plan (LTI) for 
the issue of options, which are both subject to fulfilment 
of specified performance criteria. Further detail on 
the proposed incentive plan is included within this 
Remuneration Report. The financial impact of the new 
scheme is not reflected in the financial results of the 
Company for the year ended 30 June 2012 as it has not  
yet been approved by shareholders. 

NEw SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM INCENTIvE PLAN 
STRUCTURES

The Board considers the use of STI and LTI is a 
reasonable means of remunerating employees, on the 
basis that they:

•	 encourage	share	ownership	and	align,	in	part,	

remuneration with the future growth and prospects 

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of the Company, and in turn, encourage employees to 
drive toward the realisation of shareholder value;

•	 provide	flexibility	to	the	Company	to	actively	manage	the	
way in which it remunerates and incentivises employees;

•	 preserve	the	Company’s	cash	resources;	and

•	 contribute	toward	the	attraction	and	retention	of	skilled	

talent in a competitive employment market.

The Board acknowledges that it is the expectation of 
stakeholders and industry participants that the Company’s 
remuneration framework should provide competitive 
and appropriate remuneration so that the Company can 
attract and retain skilled employees and motivate them to 
improve Company performance. The Board believes that 
the introduction of incentive plans under which employees 
may be eligible to receive securities in Stanmore Coal 
will align the interests of employees with those of the 
Company and its Shareholders.

The Board sought independent advice from a 
remuneration consultant regarding the structure of 
the plans and the terms on which the incentives are to 
be offered, as well as benchmarking against identified 
competitor companies in the mining sector. Having regard 
for their expertise in human capital matters, Ernst & 
Young were selected to assist the Board with this process.

REMUNERATION DETAILS 

Ernst & Young were engaged by and report directly to the 
Remuneration Committee. Potential conflicts of interest 
were taken into account when Ernst & Young was selected 
and their terms of engagement regulate their level of access 
to, and require their independence from, Management.

The Stanmore Coal Board’s Remuneration Committee 
approved the engagement of Ernst & Young to provide 
remuneration recommendations regarding the Chief 
Executive Officer and KMP remuneration benchmark 
review, and design of Stanmore Coal’s LTI. The Committee 
is satisfied with the advice received from Ernst & Young 
regarding the above services, and is free from undue 
influence from the KMP to whom the advice relates, as 
the relevant criteria, as established by the Board, have 
been satisfied. 

The remuneration recommendations were provided 
to Stanmore Coal as an input into decision making 
only. The Remuneration Committee considered the 
recommendations along with other factors in making its 
remuneration decisions. 

Following from this advice, the Board proposes to adopt 
a remuneration scheme which offers tiered participation 
in an STI scheme, the Stanmore Coal Director and 
Employee Share Plan (Share Plan) and LTI scheme, and 
the Stanmore Coal Director and Employee Incentive Plan 
(Incentive Plan).

The maximum entitlement that an employee can earn is 
determined by reference to their seniority and strategic 
contribution to the business.

The Share Plan offers eligible employees, including 
executive Directors, the opportunity to participate in the 
Company’s STI scheme to allow them to earn additional 
remuneration up to 30% of their base remuneration 

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012each year and issued annually. Earning this incentive is 
conditional upon the fulfilment of specified performance 
criteria, which include contribution to total shareholder 
return, individual performance criteria tailored for the 
employee, safety and discretionary criteria determined by a 
direct supervisor. 60% of the STI to which an employee may 
be entitled will be satisfied by the issue of Shares (based on 
the VWAP for Shares for the five days prior to issue), with 
the balance (40%) being satisfied by cash payment.

The Incentive Plan offers long term incentives to 
employees, including executive Directors, in the form of 
Options over Shares and Performance Rights over Shares, 
representing up to 20% of their base remuneration each 
year and issued annually. The Board’s current intention is to 
issue Options that are exercisable at a 34% premium to the 
VWAP for Stanmore Shares for the five days immediately 
prior to the issue and can be exercised one year from issue. 
Employees who make significant strategic contributions to 
the achievement of key organisational objectives will also 
have the opportunity to receive awards of Performance 
Rights. The Performance Rights are to be issued for nil 
consideration and will vest upon the achievement of key 
strategic milestones by Stanmore Coal.

The Company does not intend to issue more than an 
aggregate of 5% of its share capital, from time to time, 
under the plans. The Share Plan and Incentive Plan each 
aim to more closely align rewards for performance with 
the achievement of the Company’s growth and strategic 
objectives for financial year 2013 and beyond.

The fees paid to Ernst & Young for the remuneration 
recommendations were $44,670 (exclusive of GST). 
Ernst & Young also provided other consulting services 
during the 2012 financial year and the fee for these other 
services was $33,850 (excluding GST).

NON-EXECUTIvE DIRECTOR REMUNERATION

The Board seeks to set aggregate remuneration at a level 
which provides the consolidated entity with the ability to 
attract and retain Directors of the highest calibre, whilst 
incurring a cost which is acceptable to shareholders.

The Constitution of Stanmore Coal Limited and the ASX 
Listing Rules specify that the non-executive Directors 
are entitled to remuneration as determined by the 
consolidated entity in a general meeting to be apportioned 
among them in such manner as the Directors agree and, 
in default of agreement, equally. The maximum aggregate 
remuneration currently determined by Stanmore Coal 
Limited is $350,000 per annum. Additionally, non-
executive Directors will be entitled to be reimbursed for 
properly incurred expenses.

If a non-executive Director performs extra services, which 
in the opinion of the Directors are outside the scope 
of the ordinary duties of the Director, the consolidated 
entity may remunerate that Director by payment of a 
fixed sum determined by the Directors in addition to or 
instead of the remuneration referred to above. However, 
no payment can be made if the effect would be to exceed 
the maximum aggregate amount payable to non-executive 
Directors. A non-executive Director is entitled to be paid 
travel and other expenses properly incurred by them in 
attending Directors’ or general meetings of Stanmore 
Coal Limited or otherwise in connection with the business 
of the consolidated entity.

The remuneration of non-executive Directors for the  
year ending 30 June 2012 is detailed in this Remuneration 
Report.

MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT 
REMUNERATION

The consolidated entity aims to reward the Managing 
Director and senior management with compensation 
commensurate with their position and responsibilities 
within the consolidated entity and so as to:

•	 reward	for	company	and	individual	performance	
against targets set with reference to appropriate 
benchmarks;

•	 align	the	interests	of	executives	with	those	of	

shareholders;

•	 link	reward	with	the	strategic	goals	and	performance	

of the consolidated entity; and

•	 ensure	total	remuneration	is	competitive	by	market	

standards.

The level of fixed remuneration is set so as to provide 
a base level of remuneration which is both appropriate 
to the position and competitive in the market. Fixed 
remuneration is reviewed annually by the Remuneration 
Committee and the Board. The Managing Director reviews 
all senior management and employee performance and 
remuneration and then makes recommendations to the 
Remuneration Committee. The Remuneration Committee 
reviews the Managing Director’s performance and 
remuneration.

The process consists of a review of Company-wide 
and individual performance, relevant comparative 
remuneration in the market and internal, and where 
appropriate, external advice on policies and practices. 

Long-term incentives are provided in the form of options 
and/or the issue of shares that typically vest following 
the completion of satisfactory time periods of service. 
The consolidated entity uses employee continuity of 
service and the future share price to align comparative 
shareholder return and reward for executives.

The remuneration of the Managing Director and senior 
management for the year ended 30 June 2012 is detailed 
in this Remuneration Report.

RELATIONSHIP BETwEEN REMUNERATION AND 
CONSOLIDATED ENTITY PERFORMANCE

During the financial year, the consolidated entity has 
generated accounting losses as its principal activity 
was the exploration and development of prospective 
coal assets within Queensland’s Bowen and Surat 
Basins.

On 9 December 2009, official quotation of the Stanmore 
Coal Limited’s shares on the ASX commenced at a price 
of $0.20. The share price at the end of the financial year 
ended 30 June 2012 was $0.36 (2011: $1.01).

There were no dividends paid during the year ended  
30 June 2012.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012As the consolidated entity is still in the exploration 
and early development stage, there is not necessarily 
a direct relationship between the consolidated entity’s 
financial performance, improvement to shareholder 
wealth and changes to the Group’s remuneration 
arrangement. Share prices are subject to the 
influence of coal prices and market sentiment toward 
the sector, and as such increases or decreases may 
occur quite independent of executive performance or 
remuneration. For the current year, the quantum of 
employee remuneration has been determined with 
reference to market practice and the achievement of 
individual performance criteria established between 
the Board, the Managing Director and the individual 
employee. 

Subject to shareholder approval, the Company’s 
proposed STI and LTI arrangements will provide a 
greater link between an employee’s at-risk remuneration 
and shareholder value, and will also provide external 
stakeholders with a greater level of transparency in 
respect of individual performance criteria against which 
superior performance is assessed.

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND CONSULTANCY 
AGREEMENTS

It is the Board’s policy that employment contracts 
or consultancy agreements are entered into with all 
Executive Directors, Executives and employees. 

Contracts do not provide for pre-determining 
compensation values or method of payment. Rather 
the amount of compensation is determined by the 
Remuneration Committee and the Board in accordance 
with the Company’s remuneration policies.

The current consultancy agreements the Joint Company 
Secretary has a three month notice period. All other 
employment contracts or consultancy agreements 
have one month (or less) notice periods. No current 
employment contracts contain early termination clauses. 
All Non-Executive Directors have received letters outlining 
the key terms of their appointment. The contracts have no 
specified duration.

Key management personnel are entitled to their statutory 
entitlements of accrued annual leave and long service 
leave together with any superannuation on termination. 
No other termination payments are payable.

Managing Director

Prior to 1 January 2012 Stanmore Coal Limited had 
a consulting agreement with Wingate Capital Pty Ltd 
(Wingate) and Mr Nick Jorss, the Managing Director. 
Under the terms and conditions of the Wingate Agreement 
Wingate agreed to provide certain corporate management 
and other services to the consolidated entity. Additionally, 
Nicholas Jorss agreed to act as the Managing Director of 
Stanmore Coal Limited.

During the financial year the base fee received by Wingate 
for provision of the services was $260,000 per annum 
(exclusive of GST), on the basis of performance of not less 
than four days per week. The remuneration for additional 
services, if requested by the consolidated entity, was 
$1,250 per day. 

On 1 January 2012 Mr Jorss accepted a full-time 
employment position with the Company for the role of 
Managing Director. Nick’s base remuneration is $380,000 
per annum. It is proposed that Mr Jorss will be eligible 
to participate in the new STI/LTI scheme subject to 
shareholder approval. 

Mr Jorss holds 2,000,000 unlisted options exercisable 
at 24 cents (repriced to 19 cents on 20 December 2010, 
following the renounceable entitlement offer), expiring on 
9 December 2012. These securities were granted to Mr 
Jorss on 5 October 2009.

Senior Management

Chief Financial Officer 

Stanmore Coal Limited has an Employment Contract with 
Mr Douglass McAlpine for the position of Chief Financial 
Officer which commenced on 19 September 2012. Mr 
McAlpine receives a salary of $320,000 per annum.

The employment contract may be terminated by either 
party by providing three months’ written notice, or 
immediately in the case of gross negligence or serious 
misconduct.

Under the terms of the contract, on 19 December 2011, 
Mr McAlpine was issued 30,000 ordinary shares as a 
sign-on bonus and on 30 September 2011 was granted 
1,800,000 unlisted options, expiring 31 March 2016, 
exercisable as follows:

•	 450,000	at	$1.75	(vesting	30	September	2012)

•	 450,000	at	$2.00	(vesting	30	September	2013)

•	 450,000	at	$2.25	(vesting	30	September	2014)

•	 450,000	at	$2.50	(vesting	30	September	2015).

Project Development Manager 

Stanmore Coal Limited has a consulting agreement with 
West End Consulting Pty Ltd (West End) and Vaughan 
Wishart, the Project Development Manager (previously 
Operations Manager). The Agreement commenced on 
15 October 2009 and was reviewed during the period 
for an additional two years, unless terminated earlier in 
accordance with the provisions of the agreement. Under 
the terms and conditions of the agreement, West End has 
agreed to provide certain general management services to 
Stanmore Coal Limited.

West End receives a base fee for provision of the services 
of $103,550 per annum (exclusive of GST) on the basis of 
performance of an average of two and one half days per 
week. If at the request of the consolidated entity, West 
End provides additional services to the consolidated entity, 
West End shall be paid additional remuneration calculated 
at the rate of $1,000 per day for those additional services. 
The consolidated entity is also obliged to reimburse West 
End for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred 
by West End in providing services pursuant to the West 
End Agreement.

Both Stanmore Coal Limited and West End are entitled 
to terminate the agreement upon giving not less than 
two months’ written notice. In the event that West End is 
in breach of the agreement, Stanmore Coal Limited may 
terminate the agreement immediately on written notice. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012In addition, Stanmore Coal Limited is entitled to terminate 
the agreement upon the happening of various events in 
respect of West End’s solvency or other conduct of West 
End or Vaughan Wishart.

On 5 October 2009, Mr Wishart was granted 1,000,000 
unlisted options exercisable at 24 cents (repriced  
to 19 cents on 20 December 2010, following the 
renounceable entitlement offer), expiring on  
9 December 2012, which vested immediately.

Operations Manager

Stanmore Coal Limited has an Employment Contract with 
Mr Michael McKee for the position of Operations Manager 
which commenced on 1 February 2011. Mr McKee 
receives a salary of $353,200 per annum. Mr McKee’s 
contract allows him to elect each six months to salary 
sacrifice $81,600 of his salary for 63,000 shares in the 
Company. 

The employment contract may be terminated by either party 
by providing two months’ written notice, or immediately in 
the case of gross negligence or serious misconduct.

Under the terms of the contract, on 16 March 2011,  
Mr McKee was issued 20,000 ordinary shares and on  
27 April 2011 granted 2,000,000 unlisted options, expiring 
31 December 2015, exercisable as follows:

•	 500,000	at	$1.75	(vesting	27	April	2012)

•	 500,000	at	$2.00	(vesting	27	April	2013)

•	 500,000	at	$2.25	(vesting	27	April	2014)

upon giving not less than three months’ written notice. 
Under the terms and conditions of the agreement, CAS 
has agreed to provide certain corporate secretarial, 
administration and other services to Stanmore Coal 
Limited. Mr Cornish continues to act as Joint Company 
Secretary.

At the commencement of the financial year the base fee 
received by CAS for provision of the services was $120,000 
(exclusive of GST) per annum. On the appointment of Mr 
McAlpine as Chief Financial Officer in September 2011, it 
was agreed that the base fee be adjusted to $40,000 per 
annum with effect form 1 December 2011. All other terms 
and conditions within the services agreement remain 
unchanged.

If at the request of the consolidated entity, CAS or Mr 
Cornish provide additional services to the consolidated 
entity, CAS shall be paid additional remuneration at an 
hourly rate. The consolidated entity is also obliged to 
reimburse CAS for all reasonable and necessary expenses 
incurred by CAS in providing services pursuant to the 
Agreement.

DETAILS OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

Directors

Neville Sneddon 

Non-Executive Chairman 

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin 

Managing Director 

Non-Executive Director 

•	 500,000	at	$2.50	(vesting	27	April	2015).

Stephen Bizzell 

Non-Executive Director 

General Manager Exploration 

Viv Forbes 

Non-Executive Director

Stanmore Coal Limited has an Employment Contract with 
Mr Wesley Nichols for the position of General Manager 
Exploration which commenced on 23 June 2011. Mr 
Nichols receives a salary of $250,000 per annum.

The employment contract may be terminated by either 
party by providing one month’s written notice, or 
immediately in the case of gross negligence or serious 
misconduct.

Under the terms of the contract, on 20 July 2011, Mr 
Nichols was issued 25,000 ordinary shares and granted 
1,200,000 unlisted options, expiring 31 December 2015, 
exercisable as follows:

•	 400,000	at	$1.75	(vesting	4	July	2012)

•	 400,000	at	$2.00	(vesting	4	July	2013)

•	 400,000	at	$2.25	(vesting	4	July	2014).

Joint Company Secretarial

Stanmore Coal Limited has a services agreement with 
Corporate Administration Services Pty Ltd (CAS) and 
Duncan Cornish, the Joint Company Secretary. The 
agreement commenced on 17 September 2009 and 
initially had a term of one year, unless terminated earlier 
in accordance with the provisions of the agreement. The 
services agreement continues in place without a defined 
term, however as noted below, both Stanmore Coal 
Limited and CAS are entitled to terminate the agreement 

Chris McAuliffe 

Non-Executive Director  
(appointed 17 July 2012)

Senior Management

Doug McAlpine 

Vaughan Wishart 

Michael McKee 

Wesley Nichols 

Chief Financial Officer 
(commenced 19 September 2011)  
and Joint Company Secretary  
(commenced 23 December 2011)

Project Development Manager 
(Operations Manager 
until 1 February 2011)

Operations Manager 
(commenced 1 February 2011)

General Manager Exploration 
(commenced 23 June 2011)

Duncan Cornish 

Joint Company Secretary and  
Chief Financial Officer 
(resigned as CFO on 19 September 2011)

REMUNERATION DETAILS 

The following tables detail, in respect to the financial 
years ended 30 June 2012 and 2011, the components of 
remuneration for each key management person of the 
consolidated entity. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012

Directors

Neville Sneddon 

Nicholas Jorss   

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell  

VivForbes

Total 

Senior Management

Doug McAlpine^

Vaughan Wishart

Michael McKee

Wesley Nichols

Duncan	Cornish*

Total 

Salary  
and fees 
$

60,000

390,447

35,046

40,000

40,000

565,493

251,077

292,369

271,600

250,000

73,333

1,138,379

Short term benefits

Cash  
bonus 
$

Other short-term 
benefits  
$

Post-employment

Superannuation 
$

Share-based payments

Termination  

benefits 

$

Equity-settled 

Equity-settled 

% Remuneration 

(options)  

$

(shares)  

$

as share-based 

Performance-related 

payments

remuneration

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,888

4,954

-

-

12,842

12,467

-

15,531

15,531

-

43,529

^ Doug McAlpine commenced employment on 19 September 2011
*	Duncan	Cornish	stepped	down	as	Chief	Financial	Officer	on	19	September	2011	and	is	not	considered	to	be	key	management	personnel	following	that	date

Short term benefits

Cash  
bonus 
$

Other short-term 
benefits  
$

Post-employment

Superannuation 
$

Share-based payments

Termination  

benefits 

$

Equity-settled 

Equity-settled 

% Remuneration 

(options)  

$

(shares)  

$

as share-based 

Performance-related 

payments

remuneration

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,372

519

11,335

-

18,226

2011

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell 

Viv Forbes

Total 

Senior Management

Vaughan Wishart

Michael	McKee*

Wesley Nichols#

Tim Jones^

Duncan Cornish 

Total 

Salary  
and fees 
$

52,500

277,437

32,500

32,500

32,500

427,437

213,548

113,923

5,769

114,367

106,667

554,274

^ Tim Jones resigned on 1 March 2011.
*	Michael	McKee	commenced	employment	on	1	February	2011
# Wesley Nichols commenced employment on 23 June 2011

28

136,629

529,996

324,402

35,277

45,000

129,916

48,315

991,027

258,508

2,431,443

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

105,200

88,143

11,615

99,758

105,200

53,333

53,333

Total 

$

60,000

398,335

40,000

40,000

40,000

578,335

435,450

337,369

947,043

638,248

73,333

Total 

$

52,500

277,437

32,500

32,500

32,500

427,437

213,548

313,638

6,288

190,650

106,667

833,791

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

%  

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

3.1%

13.3%

5.1%

3.0%

0%

%  

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

39.5%

13.3%

69.7%

58.2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

48.2%

0%

6.1%

0%

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 20122012

Directors

Neville Sneddon 

Nicholas Jorss   

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell  

VivForbes

Total 

Doug McAlpine^

Vaughan Wishart

Michael McKee

Wesley Nichols

Duncan	Cornish*

Total 

Senior Management

2011

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell 

Viv Forbes

Total 

Vaughan Wishart

Michael	McKee*

Wesley Nichols#

Tim Jones^

Duncan Cornish 

Total 

Senior Management

Salary  

and fees 

$

60,000

390,447

35,046

40,000

40,000

565,493

251,077

292,369

271,600

250,000

73,333

1,138,379

Salary  

and fees 

$

52,500

277,437

32,500

32,500

32,500

427,437

213,548

113,923

5,769

114,367

106,667

554,274

^ Tim Jones resigned on 1 March 2011.

*	Michael	McKee	commenced	employment	on	1	February	2011

# Wesley Nichols commenced employment on 23 June 2011

$

7,888

4,954

12,842

12,467

15,531

15,531

43,529

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$

6,372

519

11,335

18,226

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Short term benefits

Post-employment

Share-based payments

Other short-term 

Superannuation 

Cash  

bonus 

$

benefits  

$

Termination  
benefits 
$

Equity-settled 
(options)  
$

Equity-settled 
(shares)  
$

Total 
$

% Remuneration 
as share-based 
payments

%  
Performance-related 
remuneration

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

136,629

-

529,996

324,402

-

991,027

-

-

-

-

-

-

35,277

45,000

129,916

48,315

-

258,508

60,000

398,335

40,000

40,000

40,000

578,335

435,450

337,369

947,043

638,248

73,333

2,431,443

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

39.5%

13.3%

69.7%

58.2%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

3.1%

13.3%

5.1%

3.0%

0%

^ Doug McAlpine commenced employment on 19 September 2011

*	Duncan	Cornish	stepped	down	as	Chief	Financial	Officer	on	19	September	2011	and	is	not	considered	to	be	key	management	personnel	following	that	date

Short term benefits

Post-employment

Share-based payments

Other short-term 

Superannuation 

Cash  

bonus 

$

benefits  

$

Termination  
benefits 
$

Equity-settled 
(options)  
$

Equity-settled 
(shares)  
$

Total 
$

% Remuneration 
as share-based 
payments

%  
Performance-related 
remuneration

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

53,333

-

53,333

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

88,143

-

11,615

-

99,758

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

105,200

-

-

-

105,200

52,500

277,437

32,500

32,500

32,500

427,437

213,548

313,638

6,288

190,650

106,667

833,791

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

48.2%

0%

6.1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

29

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Cash	bonuses,	performance-related	bonuses	and	 
share-based	payments

Key management personnel and other executives were 
not paid performance-related bonuses in cash during the 
years ended 30 June 2012 and 2011. 

Details of share-based payments to key management 
personnel and other executives during the year ended  
30 June 2012 are detailed in the first table below. A 
modest amount of shares were awarded to key employees 
on 23 March 2012 as a discretionary bonus in recognition 
for superior performance during the calendar year ended 
31 December 2011.

Details of share-based payments to key management 
personnel and other executives during the year ended  
30 June 2011 are detailed in the second table below. 

The options were issued to the Directors and senior 
management of Stanmore Coal Limited to align 
comparative shareholder return and reward for Directors 
and senior management. 

During the year two new members of senior management 
of Stanmore Coal Limited were granted tranches of 
long dated options and an employment commencement 
bonus of ordinary shares. Mr Douglas McAlpine, Chief 
Financial Officer, was provided with 1,800,000 options 
(with varying exercise prices and vesting dates, all options 
expiring 31 March 2016) and 30,000 ordinary shares for 
nil consideration. Mr Wes Nichols, General Manager 
Exploration, was provided with 1,200,000 options (with 
varying exercise prices and vesting dates, all expiring 
31 December 2015) and 25,000 ordinary shares for nil 
consideration.

YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012

Remuneration 
type

Number

Grant  
date

vesting  
date

Exercise  
price

Grant value  

(per instrument) $#

% vested/paid 

during year

% Expired  

during year

% Forfeited  

during year

% Remaining  

as unvested

Expiry  

date

Consolidated entity key management personnel

W Nichols

W Nichols

W Nichols

W Nichols

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

M McKee

M McKee

D McAlpine

W Nichols

M McKee

V Wishart

Options

Options

Options

Shares

Options

Options

Options

Options

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

400,000

400,000

400,000

25,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

30,000

67,606

106,406

17,534

24,763

61,943

57,692

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

19/12/2011

19/12/2011

07/02/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

04/07/2012

04/07/2013

04/07/2014

n/a

30/09/2012

30/09/2013

30/09/2014

30/09/2015

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

n/a

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

# Calculation of value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which takes into account factors such as the option exercise price, the  
market price at the date of issue and volatility of the underlying share price and the time to maturity of the option. 

YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2011

Remuneration 
type

Number

Grant  
date

vesting  
date

Exercise  
price

Grant value  

(per instrument) $ #

% vested/paid 

during year

% Expired  

during year

% Forfeited  

during year

% Remaining  

as unvested

Expiry  

date

Consolidated entity key management personnel

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

Shares

Options

Options

Options

Options

20,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

10/03/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

n/a

27/04/2012

27/04/2013

27/04/2014

27/04/2015

n/a

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

# Calculation of value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which takes into account factors such as the option exercise price, the  
market price at the date of issue and volatility of the underlying share price and the time to maturity of the option. 

30

$0.477

$0.436

$0.401

$1.160

$0.214

$0.191

$0.171

$0.155

$0.720

$0.720

$0.930

$0.800

$0.800

$0.800

$0.800

$1.180

$0.522

$0.477

$0.438

$0.404

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

n/a

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012All options were issued by Stanmore Coal Limited and 
entitle the holder to one ordinary share in Stanmore Coal 
Limited for each option exercised. 

All options granted as part of remuneration for the 
years ended 30 June 2012 and 2011 were granted for nil 
consideration. Once vested, options can be exercised at 
any time up to the expiry date. There are no market or 
performance based vesting criteria in respect of these 
options.

Financial impact of short term and long term incentive 
plan structures

Should shareholders approve the proposed STI plan, 
eligible employees will be entitled to receive shares and 
cash under that plan in January/February each year 
once performance for the preceding calendar year has 

been assessed. The first potential grant of securities 
under this scheme would therefore be in January/
February 2013. The number of securities which may be 
issued under that plan cannot yet be determined, as it 
is dependent on achievement of group and individual 
performance criteria and the Company’s share price at 
the time of grant.

Should shareholders approve the proposed LTI plan, 
eligible employees would be granted an annual award 
of out of the money options each year. The first grant 
would be effective immediately and would see the 
Company issue approximately 1.5 million options which 
would be first exercisable on 1 July 2013.

YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2012

Consolidated entity key management personnel

Remuneration 

Number

Grant  

date

vesting  

date

Exercise  

price

Grant value  
(per instrument) $#

% vested/paid 
during year

% Expired  
during year

% Forfeited  
during year

% Remaining  
as unvested

Expiry  
date

400,000

400,000

400,000

25,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

30,000

67,606

106,406

17,534

24,763

61,943

57,692

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

20/07/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

30/09/2011

19/12/2011

19/12/2011

07/02/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

04/07/2012

04/07/2013

04/07/2014

n/a

30/09/2012

30/09/2013

30/09/2014

30/09/2015

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$0.477

$0.436

$0.401

$1.160

$0.214

$0.191

$0.171

$0.155

$0.720

$0.720

$0.930

$0.800

$0.800

$0.800

$0.800

0%

0%

0%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

n/a

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

31/03/2016

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

# Calculation of value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which takes into account factors such as the option exercise price, the  

market price at the date of issue and volatility of the underlying share price and the time to maturity of the option. 

YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2011

Consolidated entity key management personnel

Remuneration 

Number

Grant  

date

vesting  

date

Exercise  

price

Grant value  
(per instrument) $ #

% vested/paid 
during year

% Expired  
during year

% Forfeited  
during year

% Remaining  
as unvested

Expiry  
date

20,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

10/03/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

27/04/2011

n/a

27/04/2012

27/04/2013

27/04/2014

27/04/2015

$1.180

$0.522

$0.477

$0.438

$0.404

100%

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

n/a

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

31/12/2015

# Calculation of value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which takes into account factors such as the option exercise price, the  

market price at the date of issue and volatility of the underlying share price and the time to maturity of the option. 

W Nichols

W Nichols

W Nichols

W Nichols

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

D McAlpine

M McKee

M McKee

D McAlpine

W Nichols

M McKee

V Wishart

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

M McKee

type

Options

Options

Options

Shares

Options

Options

Options

Options

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

Shares

type

Shares

Options

Options

Options

Options

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

n/a

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

31

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Directors’ meetings

The number of meetings of Directors (including meetings of committees of Directors) held during the year and the 
number of meetings attended by each Director was as follows:

Board

Audit & Risk Management 
Committee

Remuneration Committee

Number of 
meetings held 
while in office

Meetings 
attended

Number of 
meetings held 
while in office

Meetings 
attended

Number of 
meetings held 
while in office

Meetings 
attended

Neville Sneddon 

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell 

Viv Forbes

Chris	McAuliffe*

11

11

11

11

11

-

11

11

10

10

11

-

2

n/a

2

2

2

-

2

n/a

2

2

2

-

1

n/a

1

1

1

-

1

n/a

1

1

1

-

*	Chris	McAuliffe	was	appointed	to	the	Board	on	17	July	2012,	after	the	end	of	the	2012	financial	year.

Indemnification and insurance of 
Directors, officers and auditor

Each of the Directors and the Secretary of Stanmore 
Coal Limited have entered into a Deed with Stanmore 
Coal Limited whereby Stanmore Coal Limited has 
provided certain contractual rights of access to books and 
records of Stanmore Coal Limited to those Directors and 
Secretary.

Stanmore Coal Limited has insured all of the Directors 
of the consolidated entity. The contract of insurance 
prohibits the disclosure of the nature of the liabilities 
covered and amount of the premium paid. The 
Corporations Act does not require disclosure of the 
information in these circumstances.

Stanmore Coal Limited has not indemnified or insured  
its auditor.

Options

At the date of this report, there were 15,900,000 unissued 
ordinary shares under options as follows:

•	 75,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.68,	 

on or before 30 March 2015

•	 75,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.80,	 

on or before 30 March 2015

•	 900,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.75,	 

on or before 31 December 2015

•	 900,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.00,	 

on or before 31 December 2015

•	 900,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.25,	 

on or before 31 December 2015

•	 500,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.50,	 

on or before 31 December 2015

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.75,	 

on or before 31 March 2016

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.00,	 

on or before 31 March 2016

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.25,	 

on or before 31 March 2016

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.50,	 

•	 6,350,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$0.19,	 

on or before 31 March 2016.

on or before 9 December 2012

•	 3,500,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$0.19,	 

on or before 31 December 2013

•	 525,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$0.15,	 

on or before 16 January 2014

•	 100,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$0.73,	 

on or before 31 December 2013

•	 100,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$0.87,	 

on or before 31 December 2013

•	 100,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.09,	 

on or before 31 December 2013

•	 75,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.44,	 

on or before 30 March 2015

No option holder has any right under the options to 
participate in any other share issue of Stanmore Coal 
Limited or any other entity.

During the year ended 30 June 2012 there were no fully 
paid ordinary shares in Stanmore Coal Limited issued as a 
result of the exercise of options.

Proceedings on behalf of  
the consolidated entity

No person has applied for leave of Court to bring 
proceedings on behalf of the consolidated entity or intervene 
in any proceedings to which the consolidated entity is a party 
for the purposes of taking responsibility on behalf of the 
consolidated entity for all or any part of those proceedings. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012The consolidated entity was not a party to any such 
proceedings during the year.

Corporate governance

Non-audit services

The following non-audit services were provided by the 
entity’s auditor BDO Audit Pty Ltd. The Directors are 
satisfied that the provision of non-audit services is 
compatible with the general standard of independence for 
auditors imposed by the Corporations Act. The nature and 
scope of each type of non-audit service provided means 
that auditor independence was not compromised.

BDO Audit Pty Ltd received the following amounts for the 
provision of non-audit services:

Tax services 

$20,892

Auditor’s independence 
declaration

The Auditor’s Independence Declaration forms part of the 
Directors’ Report and can be found on page 36.

In recognising the need for the highest standards of 
corporate behaviour and accountability, the Directors 
of Stanmore Coal Limited support and have adhered to 
the principles of corporate governance. Stanmore Coal 
Limited’s Corporate Governance Statement can be found 
on page 41.

This report is signed in accordance with a resolution of 
the Directors.

Nicholas Jorss 
Managing Director

Brisbane 
Date: 27 September 2012

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012 
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Stanmore Coal
Annual Report 2012

FINANCIAL 
REPORTS  2011/12

Stanmore Coal
Annual Report 2012

35

AUDITOR’S INDEpENDENCE  
DECLARATION

Tel: +61 7 3237 5999 
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227 
www.bdo.com.au 

Level 18, 300 Queen St  
Brisbane QLD 4000, 
GPO Box 457 Brisbane QLD 4001 
Australia 

DECLARATION	
  OF	
  INDEPENDENCE	
  BY	
  DAMIAN	
  WRIGHT	
  TO	
  THE	
  DIRECTORS	
  OF	
  STANMORE	
  COAL	
  LIMITED	
  

As	
  lead	
  auditor	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  30	
  June	
  2012,	
  I	
  declare	
  that,	
  to	
  the	
  best	
  of	
  my	
  knowledge	
  
and	
  belief,	
  there	
  have	
  been	
  no	
  contraventions	
  of:	
  

the	
  auditor	
  independence	
  requirements	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit;	
  and	
  
any	
  applicable	
  code	
  of	
  professional	
  conduct	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit.	
  

This	
  declaration	
  is	
  in	
  respect	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  and	
  the	
  entities	
  it	
  controlled	
  during	
  the	
  period.	
  

Tel: +61 7 3237 5999 
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227 
www.bdo.com.au 

Level 18, 300 Queen St  
Brisbane QLD 4000, 
GPO Box 457 Brisbane QLD 4001 
Australia 

DECLARATION	
  OF	
  INDEPENDENCE	
  BY	
  DAMIAN	
  WRIGHT	
  TO	
  THE	
  DIRECTORS	
  OF	
  STANMORE	
  COAL	
  LIMITED	
  

D	
  P	
  WRIGHT	
  
Director	
  

As	
  lead	
  auditor	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  30	
  June	
  2012,	
  I	
  declare	
  that,	
  to	
  the	
  best	
  of	
  my	
  knowledge	
  
and	
  belief,	
  there	
  have	
  been	
  no	
  contraventions	
  of:	
  

the	
  auditor	
  independence	
  requirements	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit;	
  and	
  
any	
  applicable	
  code	
  of	
  professional	
  conduct	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit.	
  

BDO	
  Audit	
  Pty	
  Ltd	
  

This	
  declaration	
  is	
  in	
  respect	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  and	
  the	
  entities	
  it	
  controlled	
  during	
  the	
  period.	
  

Brisbane,	
  27	
  September	
  2012	
  

D	
  P	
  WRIGHT	
  
Director	
  

BDO	
  Audit	
  Pty	
  Ltd	
  

Brisbane,	
  27	
  September	
  2012	
  

BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 
110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited 
by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional 
Standards Legislation (other than for the acts or omissions of financial services licensees) in each State or Territory other than Tasmania. 

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BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 

110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited 

by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional 

Standards Legislation (other than for the acts or omissions of financial services licensees) in each State or Territory other than Tasmania. 

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SHAREHOLDER 
INFORMATION

Additional information required by the Australian Securities Exchange Ltd and not shown elsewhere in this report is as 
follows. The information is current as at 31 August 2012.

(a) Distribution of equity securities

The number of holders, by size of holding, in each class of security is:

Ordinary shares

Unlisted options 
($0.19 @ 9/12/12)

Unlisted options 
($0.19 @ 31/12/13)

Unlisted options 
($0.15 @ 16/1/14)

Number of 
holders

Number of 
shares

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

171

431

337

67,815

1,328,607

2,685,818

10,001–100,000

1,052

33,585,826

100,001 and over

130 141,741,042

Total

2,121 179,409,108

-

-

-

-

5

5

-

-

-

-

6,350,000

6,350,000

-

-

-

-

3

3

-

-

-

-

3,500,000

3,500,000

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

525,000

525,000

Unlisted options 
($0.73 @ 31/12/13)

Unlisted options 
($0.87 @ 31/12/13)

Unlisted options 
($1.09 @ 31/12/13)

Unlisted options 
($1.44 @ 30/03/15)

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

10,001–100,000

100,001 and over

Total

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

100,000

-

100,000

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

100,000

-

100,000

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

100,000

-

100,000

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

75,000

-

75,000

Unlisted options  
($1.68 @ 30/03/15)

Unlisted options  
($1.80 @ 30/3/15)

Unlisted options 
 ($1.75 @ 31/12/15)

Unlisted options  
($2.00 @ 31/12/15)

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

10,001–100,000

100,001 and over

Total

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

75,000

-

75,000

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

75,000

-

75,000

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

900,000

900,000

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

900,000

900,000

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Unlisted options 
($2.25 @ 31/12/15)

Unlisted options 
($2.50 @ 31/12/15)

Unlisted options 
($1.75 @ 31/03/16)

Unlisted options 
($2.00 @ 31/03/16)

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

Number of 
holders

Number of 
options

-

-

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

900,000

900,000

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

500,000

500,000

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

450,000

450,000

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

450,000

450,000

Unlisted options ($2.25 @ 31/03/16)

Unlisted options ($2.50 @ 31/03/16)

Number of holders

Number of options

Number of holders

Number of options

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

450,000

450,000

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

450,000

450,000

1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

10,001–100,000

100,001 and over

Total

1–1,000

1,001–5,000

5,001–10,000

10,001–100,000

100,001 and over

Total

The number of shareholders holding less than a marketable parcel (1,370 ordinary shares) is 212 (117,227 ordinary shares).

(b) 20 largest holders

The names of the 20 largest holders as at 31 August 2012, in each class of quoted security are:

ORDINARY SHARES

Number of shares

% of total shares

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd

Greatgroup Investments Ltd

National Nominees Limited

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited

3rd Wave Investors Ltd

Hsbc Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

Macquarie Bank Limited 

Suncorp Custodian Services Pty Limited 

Third Wave Investors Ltd

Mr Vivian Forbes

Ubs Wealth Management Australia Nominees Pty Ltd

Cps International Holdings Pty Ltd

Kabila Investments Pty Ltd

Mr Peter Lachlan Lamond 

Caythorpe Pty Ltd 

Cps International Holdings Pty

Graham Alexander Mackenzie

Chengdu Di'ao International Investment Pty Ltd

Taiheiyo Kouhatsu Incorporated

Macquarie Bank Limited 

31,700,270

19,228,887

15,655,286

10,336,142

6,021,939

4,480,976

2,702,703

2,160,000

2,128,061

2,088,270

2,002,331

1,871,207

1,693,313

1,400,000

1,300,000

1,262,020

1,249,133

1,233,000

1,200,000

1,162,675

17.67

10.72

8.73

5.76

3.36

2.50

1.51

1.20

1.19

1.16

1.12

1.04

0.94

0.78

0.72

0.70

0.70

0.69

0.67

0.65

Total Of 20 Largest Holders

Total Ordinary Shares

110,876,213

179,408,108

61.80

100.00

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS

Substantial shareholders as shown in substantial shareholder notices received by Stanmore Coal Limited at 31 August 2012 are:

Name of Shareholder

St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd

Olross	Investments	Pty	Ltd*

Raplon	Pty	Ltd*

VW	&	AC	Pty	Ltd*

Greatgroup Investments Limited

Ordinary Shares:

31,700,270

31,700,270

31,700,270

31,700,270

19,228,887

*	Relevant	interest	under	s.608(3)(a)	Corporations	Act	2001	(Cth)	by	having	voting	power	of	above	20%	in	St	Lucia	Resources	International	Pty	Ltd,	
which holds 31,700,270 shares in Stanmore Coal Limited.

(c) voting rights

All ordinary shares carry one vote per share without restriction.

Options do not carry voting rights.

(d) Restricted securities

There are no restricted securities on issue at 27 September 2012.

(e) Business objectives

The consolidated entity has used its cash and assets that are readily convertible to cash in a way consistent with its 
business objectives.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012INTERESTS 
IN TENEMENTS

Stanmore Coal held the following interests in tenements as at 27 September 2012:

% Interest

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Grant Date

23/03/2012

23/03/2012

28/02/2008

24/10/2007

10/09/2008

10/09/2008

20/05/2009

20/05/2009

27/06/2011

12/08/2011

28/07/2011

31/05/2011

27/06/2011

12/10/2010

12/10/2010

09/02/2012

15/10/2010

22/11/2011

28/07/2011

Not yet awarded

Not yet awarded

Not yet awarded

Under application

Under application

Under application

Expiry Date

22/03/2017

22/03/2017

27/02/2013

23/10/2015

09/09/2013

09/09/2013

19/05/2014

19/05/2012

26/06/2016

11/08/2016

27/07/2016

30/05/2016

26/06/2016

11/10/2015

11/10/2015

08/02/2017

14/10/2015

21/11/2017

27/07/2016

-

-

-

-

-

-

Tenement

EPC 1112

EPC 1113

EPC 1114

EPC 1168

EPC 1274

EPC 1276

EPC 1545

EPC 1552

EPC 1567

EPC 1627

EPC 1687

EPC 1769

EPC 1804

EPC 2030

EPC 2039

EPC 2062

EPC 2081

EPC 2176

EPC 2371

EPCA 1546

EPCA 1630

EPCA 2520

MLA 55001

MLA 55009

MLA 55010

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CORpORATE GOVERNANCE 
STATEMENT

The Board of Directors of Stanmore Coal Limited is responsible for the corporate governance of the consolidated entity. 
The Board guides and monitors the business and affairs of Stanmore Coal Limited on behalf of the shareholders by whom 
they are elected and to whom they are accountable. 

Stanmore Coal Limited’s Corporate Governance Statement is structured with reference to the Australian Securities 
Exchange (ASX) Corporate Governance Council’s (the Council) “Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, 
2nd Edition”, which are as follows:

Principle 1 
Principle 2 
Principle 3 
Principle 4 
Principle 5 
Principle 6  
Principle 7 
Principle 8 

Lay solid foundations for management and oversight
Structure the Board to add value
Promote ethical and responsible decision making
Safeguard integrity in financial reporting
Make timely and balanced disclosure
Respect the rights of shareholders
Recognise and manage risk
Remunerate fairly and responsibly

A copy of the eight Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations can be found on the ASX’s website.

The Board is of the view that with the exception of the departures from the ASX Guidelines as set out below, it otherwise 
complies with all of the ASX Guidelines.

ASX Principles and recommendations

Summary of the consolidated entity’s position

Principle 2 – Structure the Board to add value

Recommendation 2.1 –  
A majority of the Board 
should be independent 
Directors

Recommendation 2.4 –  
The Board should 
establish a nomination 
committee

While the consolidated entity does not presently comply with this recommendation, the 
consolidated entity may consider appointing further independent Directors in the future.  
The consolidated entity believes that given the size and scale of its operations, non-compliance by 
the consolidated entity with this recommendation will not be detrimental to the consolidated entity.

The Board’s view is that the consolidated entity is not currently of the size to justify the 
formation of a separate nomination committee. The Board currently performs the functions 
of a nomination committee and where necessary will seek advice of external advisors in 
relation to this role. The Board shall, upon the consolidated entity reaching the requisite 
corporate and commercial maturity, approve the constitution of a nomination committee to 
assist the Board in relation to the appointment of Directors and senior management.

Principle 4 – Safeguard integrity in financial reporting

Recommendation 4.2 
– The audit committee 
should be structured so 
that it:

•	 Consists	only	of	non-
executive Directors

•	 Consists	of	a	majority	

of independent 
Directors

•	 Is	chaired	by	an	

independent chair, who 
is not chair of the Board

•	 Has	at	least	three	

members

Mr Stephen Bizzell is a non-executive Director and the current Chairman of the Audit and 
Risk Management Committee. The consolidated entity does not consider Mr Bizzell to be an 
independent Director as defined in the ASX Guidelines on the basis that he is a Director of 
Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd, an entity that partially underwrote a Share Purchase Plan 
announced in December 2011.

Mr Andrew Martin is a non-executive Director. The consolidated entity does not consider Mr Martin 
to be an independent Director as defined in the ASX Guidelines on the basis that he is a Director of 
St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd, a substantial shareholder in the consolidated entity.

Mr Viv Forbes is a non-executive Director. The consolidated entity considers Mr Forbes to be 
an independent Director as defined in the ASX Guidelines.

On the basis of above information, the consolidated entity is of the view that there is a possibility 
that the Committee does not consist of a majority of independent Directors. While it is possible that 
the consolidated entity does not presently comply with this Recommendation 4.2, the consolidated 
entity may consider appointing further independent Directors in the future. The consolidated entity 
believes that given the size and scale of its operations, non-compliance by the consolidated entity 
with this Recommendation 4.2 will not be detrimental to the consolidated entity.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Board

The Board has adopted a formal Board Charter that outlines the roles and responsibilities of Directors and senior 
executives. The Board Charter has been made publicly available on Stanmore Coal Limited’s website.

The skills, experience and expertise relevant to the position of Director held by each Director in office at the date of 
the Annual Report is included in the Directors’ Report. Corporate Governance Council Recommendation 2.1 requires 
a majority of the Board should be independent Directors. The Corporate Governance Council defines an independent 
Director as a non-executive Director who is not a member of management and who is free of any business or other 
relationship that could materially interfere with – or could reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with – the 
independent exercise of their judgement.

In the context of Director independence, “materiality” is considered from both the Company and the individual 
Director perspective. The determination of materiality requires consideration of both quantitative and qualitative 
elements. An item is presumed to be quantitatively immaterial if it is equal to or less than 10% of the appropriate 
base amount. It is presumed to be material (unless there is qualitative evidence to the contrary) if it is equal to or 
greater than 10% of the appropriate base amount. Qualitative factors considered include whether a relationship 
is strategically important, the competitive landscape, the nature of the relationship and the contractual or other 
arrangements governing it and other factors which point to the actual ability of the Director in question to shape the 
direction of the Company’s loyalty.

Factors that may impact on a Director’s independence are considered each time the Board meets.

 At the date of this report: In accordance with the Council’s definition of independence above, and the materiality 
thresholds set, the following Directors are considered to be independent:

Name

Neville Sneddon

Viv Forbes

 Position

Non-Executive Chairman

Non-Executive Director

In accordance with the Council’s definition of independence above, and the materiality thresholds set, the following 
Directors are not considered to be independent:

Name

Position

Reason for non-compliance

Nicholas Jorss

Managing Director

Mr Jorss is employed by the consolidated entity in an executive capacity 
and is a Director of St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd, a substantial 
(greater than 5%) shareholder in the consolidated entity.

Andrew Martin

Non-Executive Director Mr Martin is a Director of St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd, a 

substantial (greater than 5%) shareholder in the consolidated entity.

Stephen Bizzell

Non-Executive Director Mr Bizzell is a Director of Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd, an entity that 

partially underwrote a Share Purchase Plan announced in December 2011. 

Chris McAuliffe

Non-Executive Director Mr McAuliffe is a Managing Director of Sprint Capital, the investment 

management group responsible for Greatgroup Investments Limited, who 
is a substantial (greater than 5%) shareholder in the consolidated entity.

Stanmore Coal Limited considers industry experience and specific expertise, as well as general corporate experience, to 
be important attributes of its Board members. The Directors noted above have been appointed to the Board of Stanmore 
Coal Limited due to their considerable industry and corporate experience. 

There are procedures in place, agreed by the Board, to enable Directors, in furtherance of their duties, to seek 
independent professional advice at the consolidated entity’s expense.

 The term in office held by each Director in office at the date of this report is as follows:

Name

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas Jorss

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes

Chris McAuliffe

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Term in office

2 years 11 months

4 years 3 months

4 years 3 months

2 years 11 months

2 years 11 months

0 years 2 months

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Trading Policy

The Board has adopted a policy and procedure on dealing in the Company’s securities by Directors, officers and 
employees which prohibits dealing in the Company’s securities when those persons possess inside information until it 
has been released to the market and adequate time has passed for this to be reflected in the security’s prices, and during 
certain pre-determined windows.

The Company’s policy regarding dealings by Directors in the Company’s shares is that Directors should never engage 
in short term trading and should not enter into transactions when they are in possession of price sensitive information 
not yet released by the Company to the market; or for a period of 14 days prior to the scheduled (per ASX Listing Rules) 
release by the Company of (ASX) Quarterly Operations and Cash Flow Reports or such shorter period as may be approved 
of by the Board of Directors after receipt of notice of intention to buy or sell by a Director to other members of the Board.

Directors will generally be permitted to engage in trading (subject to due notification being given to the Chairperson and 
Secretary) for a period commencing one business day after the release of (ASX) Quarterly Operations and Cash Flow Reports 
to the market and for a period commencing one business day following the release of price sensitive information to the 
market which allows a reasonable period of time for the information to be disseminated among members of the public.

Remuneration Committee

During the 2011 financial year the Board established a Remuneration Committee, which operates under a charter 
approved by the Board. The Committee is responsible for reviewing the remuneration policies and practices of the 
consolidated entity and making recommendations to the Board in relation to:

•	 executive	remuneration	and	incentive	plans;

•	 the	remuneration	packages	for	Management,	Directors	and	the	Managing	Director;

•	 non-executive	Director	remuneration;

•	 the	consolidated	entity’s	recruitment,	retention	and	termination	policies	and	procedures	for	senior	management;

•	

incentive	plans	and	share	allocation	schemes;

•	 superannuation	arrangements;	and

•	 remuneration	of	members	of	other	committees	of	the	Board.

In performing its role, the committee is required to ensure that the remuneration offered is in accordance with prevailing 
market conditions, contract provisions reflect market practice and   targets and incentives are based on realistic 
performance criteria. The committee will also overview the application of sound remuneration and employment practices 
across the consolidated entity and ensure the consolidated entity complies with legislative requirements related to 
employment practices. All members of the Remuneration Committee are Non-Executive Directors. 

The members of the Remuneration Committee at the date of this report are:

•	 Viv	Forbes

•	 Neville	Sneddon	(Chairman)

•	 Andrew	Martin

•	 Stephen	Bizzell.

For additional details of Directors’ attendance at Remuneration Committee meetings and to review the qualifications of 
the members of the Remuneration Committee, please refer to the Directors’ Report.

Nomination Committee

Due to the size and scale of operations, Stanmore Coal Limited does not have a separately established Nomination Committee. 
The full Board carries out the functions of the Nomination Committee, operating under a charter approved by the Board. 

Audit and Risk Management Committee

The Board has established an Audit and Risk Management Committee, which operates under a charter approved by the 
Board. It is the Board’s responsibility to ensure that an effective internal control framework exists within the Company. 
This includes internal controls to deal with both the effectiveness and efficiency of significant business processes, the 
safeguarding of assets, the maintenance of proper accounting records, and the reliability of financial information as 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012well as non-financial considerations such as the benchmarking of operational key performance indicators. The Board 
has delegated the responsibility for the establishment and maintenance of a framework of internal control and ethical 
standards for the management of the Company to the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

The Committee also provides the Board with additional assurance regarding the reliability of financial information 
for inclusion in the financial reports. All members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee are Non-Executive 
Directors. 

The members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee at the date of this report are:

•	 Stephen	Bizzell	(Chairman)

•	 Andrew	Martin

•	 Viv	Forbes.

For additional details of Directors’ attendance at Audit and Risk Management Committee meetings and to review the 
qualifications of the members of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, please refer to the Directors’ Report.

The Audit and Risk Management Charter has been made publicly available on the Company’s website.

Risk Management

The Company has developed a basic framework for risk management and internal compliance and control systems which 
cover organisational, financial and operational aspects of the Company’s affairs. Further detail of the Company’s Risk 
Management Policies can be found within the Audit and Risk Management Committee Charter available on the Company 
website (www.stanmorecoal.com.au).

Recommendation 7.2 requires that the Board disclose that management has reported to it as to the effectiveness of 
the Company’s management of its material business risks. Business risks are considered regularly by the Board and 
management. A formal report to the Board as to the effectiveness of the management of the Company’s material 
business risks is currently being undertaken.

As required by Recommendation 7.3, the Board has received written assurances from the Managing Director and Chief 
Financial Officer that to the best of their knowledge and belief, the declaration provided by them in accordance with 
section 295A of the Corporations Act is founded on a sound system of risk management and internal control and that the 
system is operating effectively in all material respects in relation to financial reporting risks. 

Performance Evaluation

The Remuneration Committee and the Board (in carrying out the functions of the Nomination Committee) considers 
remuneration and nomination issues annually and otherwise as required in conjunction with the regular meetings of the Board.

No formal performance evaluation of the Directors was undertaken during the year ended 30 June 2012. 

Remuneration

It is the Company’s objective to provide maximum stakeholder benefit from the retention of a high quality Board 
and Executive team by remunerating Directors and key executives fairly and appropriately with reference to relevant 
employment market conditions. To assist in achieving this objective, the Remuneration Committee and the Board link the 
nature and amount of Executive Directors’ and Officers’ remuneration to the consolidated entity’s financial and operations 
performance. The expected outcomes of the remuneration structure are:

•	 retention	and	motivation	of	key	Executives

•	 attraction	of	quality	management	to	the	consolidated	entity

•	 performance	incentives	which	allow	Executives	to	share	the	rewards	of	the	success	of	Stanmore	Coal	Limited.

For details on the amount of remuneration and all monetary and non-monetary components for each of the five highest 
paid (Non-Director) Executives during the period, and for all Directors, please refer to the Remuneration Report within 
the Directors’ Report. In relation to the payment of bonuses, options and other incentive payments, discretion is exercised 
by the Remuneration Committee and the Board, having regard to the overall performance of Stanmore Coal Limited and 
the performance of the individual during the period. The proposed new Share Plan and Incentive Plan outlined in the 
Remuneration Report adopts a structured and tiered approach to remuneration by rewarding executives and employees 
based on a range of factors. The Board believes the proposed new remuneration structure will deliver optimal company 
performance for shareholders as employee engagement is strengthened.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012There is no scheme to provide retirement benefits, other than statutory superannuation, to Non-Executive Directors.

The Remuneration Committee is responsible for determining and reviewing compensation arrangements for the Directors 
themselves, subject to Stanmore Coal Limited’s constitution and prior shareholder approvals, and the Executive team. 

Continuous Disclosure Policy

Detailed compliance procedures for ASX Listing Rule disclosure requirements have been adopted by the consolidated 
entity. Stanmore Coal Limited’s Obligation of Disclosure Policy can be found within Stanmore Coal Limited’s Corporate 
Governance Charter on the Stanmore Coal Limited website (www.stanmorecoal.com.au) in the Corporate Governance 
section.

Communications 

The consolidated entity has designed a disclosure system to ensure it complies with the ASX’s continuous disclosure rules 
and that information is made available to all investors equally, promoting effective communications with shareholders 
and encouraging shareholder participation at general shareholder meetings. A copy of the Information Disclosure 
Program Procedures can be found within Stanmore Coal Limited’s Corporate Governance Charter on Stanmore Coal 
Limited’s website (www.stanmorecoal.com.au) in the Corporate Governance section. In addition to corporate and project 
information generally available on the Company’s website, in the Investors section of the Company’s website the following 
information is made available:

•	 ASX	Releases

•	 Annual	Reports

•	 Quarterly	Reports

•	 Presentations

•	 Media	Coverage

•	 Flyers.

Other Information

Further information relating to the Company’s corporate governance practices and policies has been made publicly 
available on the Company’s web site at: http://www.stanmorecoal.com.au/corporate_governance.aspx

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the year ended 30 June 2012

Revenue and other income

Employee benefits expenses

Depreciation and amortisation expenses

Finance costs

Legal expenses

Administration and consulting expenses

Other expenses 

Profit/(loss) before income tax expense

Income tax expense 

Net profit/(loss) for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income for the year

Profit/(loss) for the year is attributable to:

Owners of Stanmore Coal Ltd

Total comprehensive income for the year is attributable to:

Owners of Stanmore Coal Ltd

Earnings/(loss) per share attributable  
to owners of Stanmore Coal Ltd:

Basic earnings/(loss) per share (cents per share)

Diluted earnings/(loss) per share (cents per share)

Note

2

3

4

8

8

2012 
$’000

899

(3,072)

(36)

(1,432)

(607)

(1,462)

(1,972)

(7,682)

-

(7,682)

-

(7,682)

(7,682)

(7,682)

Cents

(5.3)

(5.3)

2011 
$’000

799

(927)

(14)

(140)

(189)

(790)

(825)

(2,087)

-

(2,087)

-

(2,087)

(2,087)

(2,087)

Cents

(1.8)

(1.8)

The above Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As at 30 June 2012

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Other current assets

Total current assets

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Exploration and evaluation assets

Capitalised development costs

Other non-current assets

Total non-current assets

TOTAL ASSETS

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Other current financial liabilities

Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Interest bearing loans and borrowings

Total non-current liabilities

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

Equity

Issued capital

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Total equity attributable to owners of  
Stanmore Coal Limited

Note

9

10

14

12

13a

13b

14

15

15

16

17

18

19

2012 
$’000

23,957

1,700

750

26,407

2,116

28,659

5,827

8,785

45,387

71,794

3,324

1,400

4,724

4,040

4,040

8,764

63,030

72,398

2,331

(11,699)

63,030

2011 
$’000

18,182

722

21

18,925

2,039

14,698

-

82

16,819

35,744

2,243

1,500

3,743

-

-

3,743

32,001

34,770

1,248

(4,017)

32,001

The above Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the year ended 30 June 2012

Balance at 1 July 2010

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Profit/(loss) for the year

Other comprehensive income

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners

Issue of share capital

Costs associated with issue of share capital

Share based payments

At 30 June 2011

Total comprehensive income for the financial year

Profit/(loss) for the year

Other comprehensive income

Transactions with owners in their capacity as owners

Issue of share capital

Costs associated with issue of share capital

Share based payments

At 30 June 2012

Issued 
Capital 
$ ‘000

8,954

Accumulated 
Losses 
$ ‘000

Option 
Reserve 
$ ‘000

Total 
$ ‘000

(1,930)

940

7,964

-

-

-

(2,087)

-

(2,087)

27,394

(1,578)

-

25,816

34,770

-

-

-

38,964

(1,336)

-

37,628

72,398

-

-

-

-

(4,017)

(7,682)

-

(7,682)

-

-

-

-

(11,699)

-

-

-

-

-

308

308

1,248

-

-

-

-

-

1,083

1,083

2,331

(2,087)

-

(2,087)

27,394

(1,578)

308

26,124

32,001

(7,682)

-

(7,682)

38,964

(1,336)

1,083

38,711

63,030

The above Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT 
OF CASH FLOWS

For the year ended 30 June 2012

Note

Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest received

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities

24

Cash flows from investing activities

Payments for property, plant and equipment

Payments for exploration, evaluation and development assets

Loans for finance port infrastructure

Security deposit (payments)/refunds

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of shares

Capital raising and IPO expenses

Net proceeds from borrowings

Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash held

Net cash at beginning of year

Net cash at end of year

9

2012 
$’000

317

(5,385)

886

(4,182)

(113)

(20,295)

(6,213)

(1,743)

(28,364)

37,084

(1,336)

2,573

38,321

5,775

18,182

23,957

The above Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 

2011 
$’000

-

(1,800)

649

(1,151)

(698)

(7,395)

-

(46)

(8,139)

26,039

(1,577)

-

24,462

15,171

3,011

18,182

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012NOTES TO THE 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 30 June 2012

Note 1: Summary of significant accounting policies

The financial statements of Stanmore Coal Limited for the year ended 30 June 2012 were authorised for issue in 
accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 27 September 2012 and cover the consolidated entity consisting of 
Stanmore Coal Limited and its subsidiaries (the Company or the Group) as required by the Corporations Act 2001. 

The financial statements are presented in the Australian currency. 

Stanmore Coal Limited is a company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in Australia, whose shares are publicly 
traded on the Australian Securities Exchange.

BASIS OF PREPARATION

The financial statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with 
Australian Accounting Standards, Australian Accounting Interpretations, other authoritative pronouncements of the 
Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001.

The financial statements also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the 
International Accounting Standards Board.

The Company is of a kind referred to in ASIC Class Order 98/100 dated 10 July 1988 and in accordance with that Class 
Order, amounts in the financial report and Directors’ Report have been rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars, 
unless otherwise stated.

The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for derivatives, available-for-sale financial 
assets and held-for-trading investments that have been measured at fair value. The entity is a for-profit entity for the 
purposes of Australian Accounting Standards.

Going	concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the continuity of normal business 
activities and the realisation of assets and discharge of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The ability of the consolidated 
entity to continue to adopt the going concern assumption will depend upon a number of matters including the successful raising in 
the future of necessary funding through debt, equity or farm-out, or the successful exploration and subsequent exploitation of the 
consolidated entity’s tenements. Should these avenues be delayed or fail to materialise, the Group has the ability to scale back its 
activities to allow the Group to continue as a going concern and meet its debts as and when they fall due.

(A) PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements of Stanmore Coal Limited and its subsidiaries 
at 30 June each year. Subsidiaries are entities (including special purpose entities) over which the Group has the power 
to govern the financial and operating policies generally accompanying a shareholding of more than one half of the 
voting rights. Potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when assessing control. 
Consolidated financial statements include all subsidiaries from the date that control commences until the date that 
control ceases. The financial statements of subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting period as the parent, using 
consistent accounting policies.

All intercompany balances and transactions, including unrealised profits arising from intragroup transactions have been 
eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of the impairment of the asset 
transferred.

Non-controlling interests in the results and equity of subsidiaries are shown separately in the consolidated statement 
of comprehensive income and statement of financial position respectively. Total comprehensive income is attributable to 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012owners of Stanmore Coal Limited and non-controlling interests even if this results in the non-controlling interests having 
a debit balance.

(B) BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for all business combinations. Consideration is measured 
at the fair value of the assets transferred, liabilities incurred and equity interests issued by the Group on acquisition 
date. Consideration also includes the acquisition date fair values of any contingent consideration arrangements, 
any pre-existing equity interests in the acquiree and share-based payment awards of the acquiree that are required 
to be replaced in a business combination. The acquisition date is the date on which the Group obtains control of the 
acquiree. Where equity instruments are issued as part of the consideration, the value of the equity instruments is 
their published market price at the acquisition date unless, in rare circumstances it can be demonstrated that the 
published price at acquisition date is not fair value and that other evidence and valuation methods provide a more 
reliable measure of fair value. 

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in business combinations are, with limited 
exceptions, initially measured at their fair values at acquisition date. Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration 
transferred and the amount of the non-controlling interest in the acquiree over fair value of the identifiable net assets 
acquired. If the consideration and non-controlling interest of the acquiree is less than the fair value of the net identifiable 
assets acquired, the difference is recognised in profit or loss as a bargain purchase price, but only after a reassessment of 
the identification and measurement of the net assets acquired.

For each business combination, the Group measures non-controlling interests at either fair value or at the non-controlling 
interest’s proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

Acquisition-related costs are expensed when incurred. Transaction costs arising on the issue of equity instruments are 
recognised directly in equity.

Where the Group obtains control of a subsidiary that was previously accounted for as an equity accounted investment in 
associate or jointly controlled entity, the Group remeasures its previously held equity interest in the acquiree at its acquisition 
date fair value and the resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss. Where the Group obtains control of a subsidiary 
that was previously accounted for as an available-for-sale investment, any balance on the available-for-sale reserve related 
to that investment is recognised in profit or loss as if the Group had disposed directly of the previously held interest. 

Where settlement of any part of the cash consideration is deferred, the amounts payable in future are discounted to 
present value at the date of exchange using the entity’s incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate.

Contingent consideration is classified as equity or financial liabilities. Amounts classified as financial liabilities are subsequently 
remeasured to fair value at the end of each reporting period, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss.

Assets and liabilities from business combinations involving entities or businesses under common control are accounted 
for at the carrying amounts recognised in the Group’s controlling shareholder’s consolidated financial statements.

(C) REvENUE RECOGNITION

Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable. Amounts disclosed as revenue are net of 
returns, trade allowances and duties and taxes paid. The following specific recognition criteria must also be met before 
revenue is recognised:

Interest

Revenue is recognised as interest accrues using the effective interest method.

(D) GRANTS RECEIvED

Government grant monies received directly or indirectly are brought to account when there is reasonable assurance that 
the grant monies will be received and that any attached conditions will be complied with. Grants received that relate to 
the creation of assets are recognised as a reduction to the carrying amount of the relevant asset. Such grants will be 
recognised as income through reduced depreciation or amortisation charges in respect of the relevant assets.

(E) INCOME TAX

The income tax expense for the period is the tax payable on the current period’s taxable income based on the national income 
tax rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences 
between the tax base of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements, and to unused tax losses.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for all temporary differences, between carrying amounts of assets and 
liabilities for financial reporting purposes and their respective tax bases, at the tax rates expected to apply when the 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012assets are recovered or liabilities settled, based on those tax rates which are enacted or substantively enacted for each 
jurisdiction. Exceptions are made for certain temporary differences arising on initial recognition of an asset or a liability 
if they arose in a transaction, other than a business combination, that at the time of the transaction did not affect either 
accounting profit or taxable profit.

Deferred tax assets are only recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses if it is probable that 
future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised for temporary differences between the carrying amount and tax bases 
of investments in subsidiaries, associates and interests in joint ventures where the parent entity is able to control the timing 
of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Current and deferred tax balances relating to amounts recognised directly in other comprehensive income and equity are 
also recognised directly in other comprehensive income and equity, respectively.

Stanmore Coal Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have implemented the tax consolidation legislation for the 
whole of the financial year. Stanmore Coal Limited is the head entity in the tax consolidated group. These entities are 
taxed as a single entity and deferred tax assets and liabilities have been offset in these consolidated financial statements.

Tax consolidation

Stanmore Coal Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have implemented the tax consolidation legislation for the 
whole of the financial year. Stanmore Coal Limited is the head entity in the tax consolidated group. These entities are 
taxed as a single entity. The stand-alone taxpayer/separate taxpayer within a group approach has been used to allocate 
current income tax expense and deferred tax expense to wholly-owned subsidiaries that form part of the tax consolidated 
group. Stanmore Coal Limited has assumed all the current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets arising from unused 
tax losses for the tax consolidated group via intercompany receivables and payables because a tax funding arrangement 
has been in place for the whole financial year. The amounts receivable/payable under tax funding arrangements are due 
upon notification by the head entity, which is issued soon after the end of each financial year. Interim funding notices 
may also be issued by the head entity to its wholly-owned subsidiaries in order for the head entity to be able to pay tax 
instalments. These amounts are recognised as current intercompany receivables or payables.

(F) IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS

At the end of each reporting period the consolidated entity assesses whether there is any indication that individual 
assets are impaired. Where impairment indicators exist, recoverable amount is determined and impairment losses are 
recognised in profit or loss where the asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the 
higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purpose of assessing value in use, the estimated 
future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market 
assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset.

Where it is not possible to estimate recoverable amount for an individual asset, the consolidated entity estimates the 
recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. 

(G) CASH AND CASH EqUIvALENTS

For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and at bank, deposits 
held at call with financial institutions, other short term, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, 
that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value 
and bank overdrafts.

(H) TRADE RECEIvABLES

Trade receivables are recognised at original invoice amounts less an allowance for uncollectible amounts and have 
repayment terms between 30 and 90 days. Collectability of trade receivables is assessed on an ongoing basis. Debts which 
are known to be uncollectible are written off. An allowance is made for doubtful debts where there is objective evidence 
that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms. Objective evidence of impairment 
includes financial difficulties of the debtor, default payments or debts more than 180 days overdue. On confirmation that the 
trade receivable will not be collectible the gross carrying value of the asset is written off against the associated provision.

From time to time, the Group elects to renegotiate the terms of trade receivables due from customers with which it has 
previously had a good trading history. Such renegotiations will lead to changes in the timing of payments rather than changes to 
the amounts owed and are not, in the view of the directors, sufficient to require the derecognition of the original instrument.

(I) NON-CURRENT ASSETS CLASSIFIED AS HELD FOR SALE

Non-current assets classified as held for sale are those assets whose carrying amounts will be recovered principally 
through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use and a sale is considered highly probable. These assets are 

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012stated at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell and are not depreciated or amortised. Interest 
expenses continues to be recognised on liabilities of a disposal group classified as held for sale.

An impairment loss is recognised for any initial or subsequent write-down of the asset to fair value less costs to sell. A 
gain is recognised for subsequent increases in fair value less costs to sell of an asset but not exceeding any cumulative 
impairment losses previously recognised.

 (J) INvESTMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

All investments and other financial assets are initially stated at cost, being the fair value of consideration given plus 
acquisition costs. Purchases and sales of investments are recognised on trade date which is the date on which the Group 
commits to purchase or sell the asset. Accounting policies for each category of investments and other financial assets 
subsequent to initial recognition are set out below. 

Held for Trading

Investments held for trading are measured at fair value with gains or losses recognised in profit or loss. A financial asset 
is classified as held-for-trading if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term or if it is a derivative that 
is not designated as a hedge. Assets in this category are classified as current assets in the statement of financial position 
if they are expected to be settled within 12 months, otherwise they are classified as non-current assets.

Held-to-maturity	investments

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed 
maturities that the Group has the positive intention and ability to hold-to-maturity and are measured at amortised cost 
subsequent to initial recognition using the effective interest method. If the Group were to sell other than an insignificant 
amount of held-to-maturity investments, the whole category is then reclassified as available-for-sale.

Available-for-sale	financial	assets

Available-for-sale financial assets comprise investments in listed and unlisted entities and any non-derivatives that are 
not classified as any other category of financial assets, and are classified as non-current assets (unless management 
intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the end of the reporting period). After initial recognition, these 
investments are measured at fair value with gains or losses recognised in other comprehensive income (available-for-
sale investments revaluation reserve). Where there is a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of an available-
for-sale financial asset (which constitutes objective evidence of impairment) the full amount including any amount 
previously charged to other comprehensive income is recognised in profit or loss. On sale, the amount held in available-
for-sale reserves associated with an available-for-sale financial asset is recognised in profit or loss as a reclassification 
adjustment. Interest on corporate bonds classified as available-for-sale is calculated using the effective interest rate 
method and is recognised in finance income in profit or loss.

Reversals of impairment losses on equity instruments classified as available-for-sale cannot be reversed through profit or 
loss. Reversals of impairment losses on debt instruments classified as available-for-sale can be reversed through profit 
or loss where the reversal relates to an increase in the fair value of the debt instrument occurring after the impairment 
loss was recognised in profit or loss.

The fair value of quoted investments is determined by reference to Securities Exchange quoted market bid prices at the 
close of business at the end of the reporting period. For investments where there is no quoted market price, fair value 
is determined by reference to the current market value of another instrument which is substantially the same or is 
calculated based on the expected cash flows of the underlying net asset base of the investment.

Loans Receivable

Loans receivable are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable repayment dates that are not traded in an 
active market. After initial recognition, such assets are subsequently recognised at amortised cost less impairment. 

Loans and Borrowings

After initial recognition, loans and borrowings are subsequently recognised at amortised cost. 

Fair Values

Fair values may be used for financial asset and liability measurement as well as for sundry disclosures.

Fair values for financial instruments traded in active markets are based on quoted market prices at the end of the 
reporting period. The quoted market price for financial assets is the current bid price.

The carrying value less impairment provision of current receivables and payables is assumed to approximate their fair 
values due to their short-term nature. The fair value of other financial liabilities for disclosure purposes is estimated by 
discounting the future contractual cash flows at the current market interest rate that is available to the Group for similar 
financial instruments.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012 (K) PLANT AND EqUIPMENT

Plant and equipment is measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses.

The cost of fixed assets constructed within the consolidated entity includes the cost of materials, direct labour, borrowing 
costs and an appropriate portion of fixed and variable costs.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only 
when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the consolidated entity and the cost 
of the item can be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the financial 
period in which they are incurred.

Depreciation

The depreciable amount of all fixed assets is depreciated over their useful life to the consolidated entity commencing from 
the time the asset is held ready for use. 

The depreciation rates used for each class of assets are:

Class of Fixed Asset

Plant and Equipment

Computer Equipment

Furniture and Office Equipment

Depreciation Rate

10–25% Straight Line

33.3% Straight Line

5–10% Straight Line

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period.

Gains and losses on disposal are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. The gains and losses are 
included in profit or loss.

(L) DERIvATIvE FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

Obligations to settle fees payable to financiers as either cash or shares are reflected as derivative financial liabilities with 
changes in fair value recognised directly through profit and loss.

(M) EXPLORATION AND EvALUATION EXPENDITURE

Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred is accumulated in respect of each identifiable area of interest. Such 
expenditures comprise net direct costs and an appropriate portion of related overhead expenditure but do not include 
overheads or administration expenditure not having a specific nexus with a particular area of interest. These costs are 
only carried forward to the extent that they are expected to be recouped through the successful development of the area 
or where activities in the area have not yet reached a stage which permits reasonable assessment of the existence of 
economically recoverable reserves and active or significant operations in relation to the area are continuing.

A regular review has been undertaken on each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of continuing to carry 
forward costs in relation to that area of interest. Accumulated costs in relation to an abandoned area are written off in full 
against profit in the year in which the decision to abandon the area is made.

When production commences, the accumulated costs for the relevant area of interest are amortised over the life of the 
area according to the rate of depletion of the economically recoverable reserves.

Costs of site restoration are provided over the life of the facility from when exploration commences and are included in the 
costs of that stage. Site restoration costs include the dismantling and removal of mining plant, equipment and building 
structure, waste removal, and rehabilitation of the site in accordance with clauses of mining permits. Such costs have 
been determined using estimates of future costs, current legal requirements and technology on an undiscounted basis.

Any changes in the estimates for the costs are accounted on a prospective basis. In determining the costs of site restoration, there 
is uncertainty regarding the nature and extent of the restoration due to community expectations and future legislation. Accordingly 
the costs have been determined on the basis that restoration will be completed within one year of abandoning the site.

(N) INTANGIBLE ASSETS/DEvELOPMENT COSTS

Development expenditures on an individual project are recognised as an intangible asset when the Group can demonstrate:

•	 the	technical	feasibility	of	completing	the	intangible	asset	so	that	it	will	be	available	for	use	or	sale;

•	

its	intention	to	complete	and	its	ability	to	use	or	sell	the	asset;

•	 how	the	asset	will	generate	future	economic	benefits;

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012•	 the	availability	of	resources	to	complete	the	asset;	and

•	 the	ability	to	measure	reliability	the	expenditure	during	development.	

Following initial recognition of the development expenditures an asset, the asset is carried at cost less any accumulated 
amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Amortisation of the asset begins when development is complete and 
the asset is available for use. During the period of development, the asset is tested for impairment annually.

(O) TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES

Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the year end and which 
are unpaid. These amounts are unsecured and have 7–60 day payment terms. They are recognised initially at fair value 
and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

(P) EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 

Wages and Salaries, Annual Leave and Sick Leave

Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and accumulating sick leave expected to 
be settled within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are recognised in respect of employees’ services rendered 
up to the end of the reporting period and are measured at amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. 
Liabilities for non-accumulating sick leave are recognised when leave is taken and measured at the actual rates paid 
or payable. In determining the liability, consideration is given to employee wage increases and the probability that the 
employee may satisfy vesting requirements.

(q) PROvISIONS

Provisions for legal claims, service warranties and make good obligations are recognised when the consolidated entity 
has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic 
resources will be required to settle the obligation and the amount can be reliably estimated.

(R) ISSUED CAPITAL

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown as a 
deduction from the equity proceeds, net of any income tax benefit. 

(S) SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

The consolidated entity provides benefits to employees and consultants in the form of share-based payment transactions, 
whereby they render services in exchange for shares or options over shares (equity-settled transactions). 

The fair value of share or options granted to employees and consultants is recognised as an expense with a corresponding 
increase in equity. The fair value is measured at grant date and recognised over the period during which the employees or 
consultants become unconditionally entitled to the instruments. For options, fair value is determined by an independent 
valuer using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. In determining fair value, no account is taken of any performance 
conditions other than those related to the share price of Stanmore Coal Limited (market conditions). The cumulative 
expense recognised between grant date and vesting date is adjusted to reflect the Directors’ best estimate of the number 
of instruments that will ultimately vest because of internal conditions of the instruments, such as the employees having to 
remain with the consolidated entity until vesting date, or such that employees are required to meet internal sales targets.  
No expense is recognised for instruments that do not ultimately vest because internal conditions were not met. An expense 
is still recognised for instruments that do not ultimately vest because a market condition was not met.

Where the terms of options are modified, the expense continues to be recognised from grant date to vesting date as if 
the terms had never been changed. In addition, at the date of the modification, a further expense is recognised for any 
increase in fair value of the transaction as a result of the change.

Where options are cancelled, they are treated as if vesting occurred on cancellation and any unrecognised expenses are taken 
immediately to profit or loss. However, if new options are substituted for the cancelled options and designated as a replacement 
on grant date, the combined impact of the cancellation and replacement options are treated as if they were a modification.

 (T) EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to owners of Stanmore Coal Limited by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in 
ordinary shares issued during the year. 

55

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Diluted earnings per share

Earnings used to calculate diluted earnings per share are calculated by adjusting the amount used in determining basic 
earnings per share by the after-tax effect of dividends and interest associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares. The 
weighted average number of shares used is adjusted for the weighted average number of shares assumed to have been 
issued for no consideration in relation to dilutive potential ordinary shares.

(U) GST

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST except where GST incurred on a purchase of goods and 
services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case the GST is recognised as part of the cost of 
acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item.

Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or 
payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in the statement of financial position.

Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis and the GST component of cash flows arising 
from investing and financing activities, which is recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority, are classified as 
operating cash flows.

Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority.

(v) OPERATING SEGMENTS

The consolidated entity applies AASB 8 Operating Segments which requires a management approach under which segment 
information is presented on the same basis as that used for internal reporting purposes. Operating segments are reported 
in a manner that is consistent with the internal reporting to the chief operating decision maker (CODM), which has been 
identified by the consolidated entity as the Managing Director and other members of the Board of Directors.

(w) NEw AND AMENDED STANDARDS AND INTERPRETATIONS NOT YET ADOPTED

A number of new standards, amendments and interpretations are effective for annual periods beginning after 1 July 2011, 
and have not been applied in preparing these financial statements. None of these is expected to have a significant effect 
on the financial statements, except for the following:

(i) AASB 9 Financial Instruments (effective from 1 January 2015)

AASB 9 Financial Instruments addresses the classification, measurement and de-recognition of financial assets and 
financial liabilities. It simplifies the approach for classification and measurement of financial assets compared with the 
requirements of AASB 139. Financial assets are to be classified based on (a) the objective of the entity’s business model 
for managing the financial assets; and (b) the characteristics of the contractual cash flows. This replaces the numerous 
categories of financial assets in AASB 139. The Economic Entity does not plan to adopt this standard early and the extent 
of the impact has not been determined.

In addition to the above, new and amended standards dealing with Consolidated Financial Statements, Separate Financial 
Statements, Joint Arrangements, Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities and Fair Value Measurement have recently 
been released. These standards are effective from 1 January 2013. The consolidated entity does not plan to adopt these 
standards early nor has the extent of their impact been determined.

(X) ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

Details of critical accounting estimates and judgements made by management at the end of the reporting period are set 
out below:

(i)  Key estimates – share-based payments

The consolidated entity uses estimates to determine the fair value of equity instruments issued to Directors, 
executives and employees. Further detail of estimates used in determining the value of share-based payments is 
included in Note 25.

(ii) Key estimates – impairment

The consolidated entity assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the 
consolidated entity that may lead to impairment of assets. Where an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable 
amount of the asset is determined. Value-in-use calculations performed in assessing recoverable amounts 
incorporate a number of key estimates. No assets are considered impaired at year end.

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(iii) Key judgements – exploration and evaluation assets

The consolidated entity performs regular reviews on each area of interest to determine the appropriateness of 
continuing to carry forward costs in relation to that area of interest. While there are certain areas of interest from 
which no reserves have been extracted, the Directors are of the continued belief that such expenditure should not be 
written off since feasibility studies in such areas have not yet concluded. Such capitalised expenditure is carried at the 
end of the reporting period at $28,659,306 (2011: $14,694,802).

(iv) Key judgements – fair value of development costs

Development costs are capitalised in accordance with the accounting policy in note 1(n). Initial capitalisation of costs is 
based on management’s judgement that technological and economic feasibility is confirmed, usually when a PFS has been 
completed. In determining the amounts to be capitalised, management makes assumptions regarding the expected future 
cash generating potential of the project, discount rates to be applied and the expected period of which cashflows are expected 
to be received. As at 30 June 2012, the carrying amount of capitalised developments costs was $5,827,179 (2011: nil)

(v)  Key judgements – financial instruments

  When the fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities cannot be derived from active markets, the fair value 
is determined using valuation techniques including the discounted cashflow model. The judgements applied in 
development of these models relate to inputs such as liquidity risk, credit risk and volatility. Changes in assumptions 
about these factors could affect the reported fair value of financial instruments.

(Y) PARENT ENTITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The financial information for the parent entity, Stanmore Coal Limited, included in note 19, has been prepared on the 
same basis as the consolidated financial statements, except as follows:

Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are accounted for at cost. 

Note 2: Revenue and other income

Revenue from continuing operations:

Interest received

– Other persons

Other income

Total revenue and other income

Note 3: Profit/(loss) before income tax expense

Profit(loss) before income tax includes the following specific expenses:

Depreciation

Plant and equipment

Finance costs

Interest paid

– external parties

Borrowing costs

Write-off of capitalised exploration expenditure

Costs of securing infrastructure capacity rights

Share-based payments (shares)

Share-based payments (options)

Superannuation expense

Minimum lease payments made under operating leases

Note

25

25

2012 
$’000

886

13

899

2012 
$’000

36

18

14

-

902

380

1,082

98

76

2011 
$’000

790

9

799

2011 
$’000

14

139

0

9

-

24

308

39

86

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Note 4: Income tax expense

Reconcilliation

Current income tax expense

Deferred income tax expense

Deferred income tax through equity

Under/over provision in prior year

2012 
$’000

(5,462)

5,647

(29)

(156)

The prima facie income tax on the loss is reconciled to the income tax expense as follows:

Prima facie tax benefit (30%) on loss before income tax

Add tax effect of:

– Permanent differences

– Deferred tax asset not recognised

– Prior year over/under provision

Income tax expense

Recognised deferred tax assets and liabilities

Deferred tax assets

Unused tax losses

Deductible	temporary	differences*

Deferred tax liabilities

Assessable temporary differences

Deferred tax

Unrecognised deferred tax assets

Unused tax losses

Deferred tax assets not taken up at 30% (2011: 30%)

(2,304)

392

2,068

(156)

-

9,458

728

10,186

(10,186)

-

11,220

3,366

2011 
$’000

(2,415)

2,400

-

14

(626)

103

507

14

-

3,811

597

4,409

(4,409)

-

5,464

1,639

*At	30	June	2012	there	are	$396	(2011:	$544)	of	deferred	tax	assets	relating	to	share	issue	costs	which	were	recognised	in	equity.

In order to recoup carried forward losses in future periods, either the Continuity of Ownership Test (COT) or Same 
Business Test must be passed. The majority of losses are carried forward at 30 June 2012 under COT.

Deferred tax assets which have not been recognised as an asset, will only be obtained if:

(i)  the consolidated entity derives future assessable income of a nature and of an amount sufficient to enable the losses 

to be realised;

(ii)  the consolidated entity continues to comply with the conditions for deductibility imposed by the law; and 

(iii)  no changes in tax legislation adversely affect the consolidated entity in realising the losses.

Note 5: Employee benefits expense

(A) TOTAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

Short-term employee benefits

Post-employment benefits

Termination benefits

Share-based payments

2012 
$’000

1,528

52

-

1,249

2,829

2011 
$’000

831

18

53

205

1,107

Further information regarding the identity of key management personnel and their compensation can be found in the 
Audited Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ report on pages 23 to 31 of this annual report.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012(B) EqUITY INSTRUMENTS

Shareholdings

Details of ordinary shares held directly, indirectly or beneficially by key management personnel and their related parties 
are as follows:

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas	Jorss*	

Andrew	Martin*

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes

Chris McAuliffe#

Senior Management

Doug McAlpine^

Vaughan	Wishart*

Michael McKee

Wesley Nichols

Duncan	Cornish**	

Balance  
1 July 2011

Granted as 
remuneration

On exercise 
of options or 
Rights

Net change 
other

Balance 
30 June 2012

-

31,710,000

31,680,000

7,138,347

2,068,000

-

-

31,680,000

44,143

-

1,115,771

-

-

-

-

-

-

47,534

57,692

235,955

49,763

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

52,540

20,270

234,167

20,270

-

-

-

31,762,540

31,700,270

7,372,514

2,088,270

-

47,534

20,270

31,769,962

-

-

(1,115,771)**

280,098

49,763

-

*	Shares	are	held	by	St	Lucia	Resources	International	Pty	Ltd	of	which	Nicholas	Jorss,	Andrew	Martin	and	Vaughan	Wishart	are	Directors,	and	each	
have interest in trusts which own >20%.

**	Duncan	Cornish	stepped	down	as	Chief	Financial	Officer	on	19	September	2011	and	is	not	considered	to	be	key	management	personnel	following	
that date, resulting in a nil balance key management personnel shareholding at 30 June 2012. The net reduction of 1,115,771 shares during the year 
is not a result of Mr Cornish selling his shares in the Company.

^ Opening balance on commencement of employment.

# Chris McAuliffe commenced as a Director on 17 July 2012.

There were no shares held nominally at 30 June 2012.

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas	Jorss*	

Andrew	Martin*

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes 

Senior Management

Vaughan	Wishart*

Tim Jones

Michael McKee

Wesley Nichols^

Duncan Cornish 

Balance  
1 July 2010

Granted as 
remuneration

On exercise 
of options or 
Rights

Net change 
other

Balance 
30 June 2012

-

31,200,000*

31,200,000*

6,186,564

2,036,595

31,200,000*

65,000

-

-

967,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20,000

-

-

-

480,000#

480,000#

-

-

480,000#

1,000,000

-

-

30,000

31,710,000

-

31,680,000

951,783

31,405

7,138,347

2,068,000

-

31,680,000

(1,065,000)

24,143

-

44,143

148,771

-

1,115,771

*Shares	are	held	by	St	Lucia	Resources	International	Pty	Ltd	of	which	Nicholas	Jorss,	Andrew	Martin	and	Vaughan	Wishart	are	Directors,	and	each	
have interest in trusts which own >20%.

^Opening balance on commencement of employment.

#Relates to ordinary shares acquired by St Lucia Resources International Pty Ltd through a renounceable rights issue in November 2010.

There were no shares held nominally at 30 June 2011.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Options holdings

Balance  
1 July 
2011

Granted as 
remuneration

Exercise 
of Options

Net 
Change 
Other

Balance 
30 June 
2012

Total 
vested at 
30 June 
2012

Total 
vested and 
exercisable 
at 30 June 
2012

Total 
vested 
and not 
exercisable 
at 30 June 
2012

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes

Chris	McAuliffe*

Senior Management

Doug McAlpine^

1,350,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

3,000,000

525,000

-

-

Vaughan Wishart

1,000,000

Michael McKee^

2,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,800,000

-

-

Wesley Nichols^

-

1,200,000

Duncan	Cornish**

1,000,000

-

^ Opening balance on commencement of employment

*	Chris	McAuliffe	commenced	as	a	Director	on	19	July	2012

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1,350,000

1,350,000

1,350,000

- 2,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

- 3,000,000

3,000,000

3,000,000

525,000

525,000

525,000

-

-

-

- 1,800,000

-

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

- 2,000,000

- 1,200,000

-

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

**	Duncan	Cornish	stepped	down	as	Chief	Financial	Officer	on	19	September	2011	and	is	not	considered	to	be	key	management	personnel	following	
that date.

Balance  
1 July 
2010

Granted as 
remuneration

Exercise 
of Options

Net 
Change 
Other

Balance 
30 June 
2011

Total 
vested at 
30 June 
2011

Total 
vested and 
exercisable 
at 30 June 
2011

Total 
vested 
and not 
exercisable 
at 30 June 
2011

Directors

Neville Sneddon

Nicholas Jorss 

Andrew Martin

Stephen Bizzell

Viv Forbes 

1,350,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

3,000,000

525,000

Senior Management

Vaughan Wishart

1,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1,350,000

1,350,000

1,350,000

- 2,000,000

2,000,000

2,000,000

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

- 3,000,000

3,000,000

3,000,000

-

525,000

525,000

525,000

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

Tim Jones

1,500,000

- (1,000,000)

(500,000)

-

Michael McKee^

Wes Nichols^

-

-

Duncan Cornish 

1,000,000

2,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

^ opening balance on commencement of employment

- 2,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

(C) LOANS TO KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

There were no loans to Key Management Personnel during the year (2011: none).

(D) OTHER TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

Other transactions with Key Management Personnel are set out in Note 27 (c). There were no other transactions or 
balances with Key Management Personnel during the year.

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Note 6: Dividends and franking credits

There were no dividends paid or recommended during the financial year.

There are no franking credits available to the shareholders of Stanmore Coal Limited.

Note 7: Auditors’ remuneration

Audit services

Amounts paid/payable to BDO Audit Pty Ltd for audit or review 
of the financial statements for the entity or any entity in the 
consolidated entity

Taxation services

Amounts paid/payable to BDO Audit Pty Ltd for non-audit 
taxation services performed for the entity or any entity in the 
consolidated entity:
– Preparation of income tax return

Note 8: Earnings per share

Earnings

Loss attributable to owners of Stanmore Coal Limited used to 
calculate basic and diluted earnings per share

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the 
denominator in calculating basic earnings per share

Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share: 
–	Options*

Weighted average number of ordinary shares and potential 
ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating diluted 
earnings per share

2012 
$

2011 
$

53,891

52,793

20,892

74,783

20,800

73,593

2012 
$’000

2011 
$’000

(7,682)

(2,087)

2012 
Number ‘000

143,658

2011 
Number ‘000

114,365

-

143,658

-

114,365

*	Options	are	considered	anti-dilutive	as	the	consolidated	entity	is	loss	making.	Options	could	potentially	dilute	earnings	per	share	in	the	future.	
Refer to Note 17 (b) for details of options granted as at 30 June 2012.

Note 9: Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand

2012 
$’000

23,957

2011 
$’000

18,182

Cash at bank attracts floating and fixed interest rates between 1% and 5.15% (2011: 1 and 6.15%) 

Reconciliation of cash

The above figures are reconciled to the cash at the end of the financial year  
as shown in the statement of cash flows as follows:

Balances as above

Balances per statement of cash flows

23,957

23,957

18,182

18,182

Cash and cash equivalents of $24 million held at 30 June 2012, includes a term deposit of nil (2011: $1.1 million) which 
relates to a bank guarantee lodged in support of Stanmore’s WICET feasibility funding obligations. Further information 
regarding the Company’s obligations in relation to WICET is disclosed in Note 21.

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Note 10: Trade and other receivables

Current

GST receivable

Sundry receivables

2012 
$’000

806

894

1,700

2011 
$’000

567

155

722

No receivables balances are past due or impaired at the end of the reporting period. Sundry receivables reflect grant 
proceeds receivable in respect of the Company’s exploration activities.

Note 11: Subsidiaries

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of the following subsidiaries in 
accordance with the accounting policy described in note 1(a).

Percentage Owned (%)*

Name of entity

Mackenzie Coal Pty Ltd

Comet Coal & Coke Pty Ltd

Belview Coal Pty Ltd

Brown River Project Pty Ltd

Emerald Coal Pty Ltd

New Cambria Pty Ltd

Kerlong Coking Coal Pty Ltd 

Stanmore Surat Coal Pty Ltd 

Country of 
Incorporation

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Class of  
Shares

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Note 12: Property, plant and equipment

Land Deposit

At cost

Plant and equipment

At cost

Accumulated depreciation

Computer equipment

At cost

Accumulated depreciation

Furniture and office equipment

At cost

Accumulated depreciation

2012

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

2012 
$’000

1,930

14

(2)

12

91

(34)

57

134

(17)

117

2011

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

0%

2011 
$’000

1,930

7

(1)

6

41

(12)

29

78

(4)

74

Total plant and equipment

2,116

2,039

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2012

Land Deposit 
$‘000

Plant and 
equipment 
$‘000

Computer 
equipment 
$‘000

Balance at the beginning of 
the year

Additions

Depreciation expense

Carrying amount at the end of 
the year

2011

Balance at the beginning of 
the year

Additions

Depreciation expense

Carrying amount at the end of 
the year

1,930

-

-

1,930

6

7

(1)

12

29

50

(22)

57

Land Deposit 
$‘000

Plant and 
equipment 
$‘000

Computer 
equipment 
$‘000

-

1,930

-

1,930

-

7

(1)

6

21

18

(10)

29

Furniture 
and office 
equipment 
$‘000

74

56

(13)

117

Furniture 
and office 
equipment 
$‘000

2

75

(3)

74

Note 13 (a): Exploration and evaluation expenditure

Total 
$‘000

2,039

113

(36)

2,116

Total 
$‘000

23

2,030

(14)

2,039

Non-current

Exploration and evaluation expenditure capitalised 
– Exploration and evaluation phases

2012 
$’000

2011 
$’000

28,659

14,697

Recoverability of the carrying amount of exploration and evaluation assets is dependent on the successful development 
and commercial exploitation of coal, or alternatively, sale of the respective areas of interest.

Movements in carrying amounts

Balance at the beginning of the year

Additions

Written-off

Carrying amount at the end of the year

Commitments for exploration and evaluation expenditure are disclosed in Note 21.

Note 13 (b): Capitalised development costs

Non-current

Capitalised development costs

14,697

13,962

-

28,659

2012 
$’000

5,827

7,187

7,519

(9)

14,697

2011 
$’000

-

Recoverability of the carrying amount of development assets is dependent on the successful completion of development 
activities, or alternatively, sale of the respective areas of interest.

Movements in carrying amounts

Balance at the beginning of the year

Additions

Written-off

Carrying amount at the end of the year

-

5,827

-

5,827

-

-

-

-

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Note 14: Other assets

Current

Prepaid insurance

Prepaid borrowing costs

Non-current

Loans receivable^

Debt service reserve account#

Security deposits

Prepaid borrowing costs

2012 
$’000

16

734

750

6,213

1,069

769

734

8,785

^Loans Receivable reflects amounts due from third parties in respect of funding provided for port infrastructure development.

#The Company is required to maintain a Debt Service Reserve Account in accordance with the requirements of a debt finance facility.

Note 15: Trade and other payables

Current

Trade payables

Sundry payables and accrued expenses

Employee benefits

Other current financial liabilities

Other payables

2012 
$’000

524

2,738

62

3,324

1,400

2011 
$’000

20

-

20

-

-

82

-

82

2011 
$’000

1,389

837

17

2,243

1,500

Current other payables at 30 June 2012 reflects the fair value of the Company’s obligation to cash settle options which are to 
be granted to a financier subject to shareholder approval. This has been expensed as a borrowing cost. 

Current other payables of $1,500,000 at 30 June 2011 represents the amount payable to the vendors of Comet Coal & 
Coke Pty Ltd.

Note 16: Interest bearing loans and liabilities

Non-current

Interest bearing loan

2012 
$’000

4,040

2011 
$’000

-

On 28 June 2012 the Company agreed a facility with Credit Suisse AG to provide funding support for infrastructure 
related financing commitments. The facility will assist the Company to finance its financial commitments to secure 
long term capacity at a coal export terminal which will allow the Company to export product once its projects are in 
the operating phase. As at 30 June 2012 the Company had drawn on $4.04 million of the available $25 million facility 
provided by Credit Suisse AG. The facility is priced with reference to a margin to the prevailing BBSY rate on a quarterly-
in-arrears basis.

The facility is repayable in two years from initial draw and the Company has the option to extend for an additional year.  
The facility is secured against the assets and undertakings of the Company and its subsidiaries.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Note 17: Issued capital

179,409,108 fully paid ordinary shares (2011: 125,676,177)

Share issue costs

(A) ORDINARY SHARES

At the beginning of the year

125,676,177

93,213,159

2012 
Number

2011 
Number

Shares issued during the year

14 September 20101

7 October 20102

9 November 20103

9 February 20114

16 March 20115

15 April 20116

20 July 20117

11 August 20118

14 December 20119

19 December 201110

18 January 201211

27 January 201212

7 February 201213

23 March 201214

29 June 201215

Share issue costs

At reporting date

-

-

-

-

-

-

25,000

1,495,664

19,079,526

97,606

9,756,553

3,736,486

106,406

206,803

19,228,887

-

500,000

13,888,889

16,554,129

500,000

20,000

1,000,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

179,409,108

125,676,177

2012 
$’000

76,243

(3,845)

72,398

2012 
$’000

34,770

-

-

-

-

-

-

29

1,500

14,119

104

7,220

2,765

82

165

12,980

(1,336)

72,398

2011 
$’000

37,279

(2,509)

34,770

2011 
$’000

8,954

120

12,500

13,243

177

24

1,330

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,578)

34,770

1  On 14 September 2010 500,000 unlisted $0.24 options were exercised into ordinary shares.

2 

 On 7 October 2010 13,888,889 ordinary shares were issued, pursuant to an institutional placement, raising $12,500,000 before issue costs.

3  On 9 November 2010 16,554,129 ordinary shares were issued, pursuant to a renounceable entitlement offer, raising $13,243,303 before issue costs.

4  On 9 February 2011 500,000 unlisted $0.353 options were exercised into ordinary shares.

5  On 16 March 2011 20,000 ordinary shares (value of $23,600) were issued to an employee of the consolidated entity.

6  On 15 April 2011 1,000,000 ordinary shares (value of $1,330,000) were issued as partial consideration for the purchase of property at The Range Project.

7  On 20 July 2011, 25,000 ordinary shares (value of $29,000) were issued to an employee of the consolidated entity.

8  On 11 August 2011, 1,495,664 ordinary shares were issued at an exercise price of $1.0029 (value of $1,500,000) to the vendors of Comet Coke & 

Coal Pty Ltd in satisfaction of the third and final payment of the purchase of Comet Coal & Coke Pty Ltd.

9  On 14 December 2011, 19,079,526 ordinary shares were issued pursuant to a placement to investors, raising $14,118,849 before issue costs

10  On 19 December 2011, 97,606 ordinary shares (value of $104,000) were issued to employees of the consolidated entity.

11  On 18 January 2012, 9,756,553 ordinary shares were issued pursuant to a placement to investors, raising $7,219,849 before issue costs.

12  On 27 January 2012, 3,736,486 ordinary shares were issued pursuant a placement to investors, raising $2,765,000 before issue costs.

13  On 7 February 2012, 106,406 ordinary shares were issued to an employee of the consolidated entity (value of $81,600).

14  On 23 March 2012, 206,806 ordinary shares (value of $165,442) were issued to employees of the consolidated entity.

15  On 29 June 2012, 19,228,887 ordinary shares were issued to Greatgroup Investments Limited, raising $12,979,498 before issue costs.

Ordinary shares participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding up of the consolidated entity in proportion to the 
number of shares held. At shareholders meetings each ordinary share is entitled to one vote when a poll is called, 
otherwise each shareholder has one vote on a show of hands.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Ordinary shares have no par value and Stanmore Coal Limited does not have a limited amount of authorised capital.

(B) OPTIONS

For information relating to the Stanmore Coal Limited employee option plan, including details of options issued, exercised 
and lapsed during the financial year and the options outstanding at year-end refer to Note 25.

All options on issue at 30 June 2012 were as follows:

Number of options

6,350,000

3,500,000

525,000

100,000

100,000

100,000

75,000

75,000

75,000

900,000

900,000

900,000

500,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

450,000

15,900,000

(C) CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Exercise price

$0.19

$0.19

$0.15

$0.73

$0.87

$1.09

$1.44

$1.68

$1.80

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

$1.75

$2.00

$2.25

$2.50

Expiry date

9 December 2012

31 December 2013

16 January 2014

31 December 2013

31 December 2013

31 December 2013

30 March 2015

30 March 2015

30 March 2015

31 December 2015

31 December 2015

31 December 2015

31 December 2015

31 March 2016

31 March 2016

31 March 2016

31 March 2016

Management controls the capital of the consolidated entity in order to provide capital growth to shareholders and ensure 
the consolidated entity can fund its operations and continue as a going concern.

The consolidated entity’s capital comprises equity as shown in the Statement of Financial Position. There are no externally 
imposed capital requirements.

Management effectively manages the consolidated entity’s capital by assessing the consolidated entity’s financial risks 
and adjusting its capital structure in response to changes in these risks and the market. These responses include the 
management of share issues and debt.

There have been no changes in the strategy adopted by management to control the capital of the consolidated entity since 
the prior year.

Note 18: Reserves

Option Reserve – capital raising

Option Reserve – Director, executive and employee options

2012 
$’000

286

2,045

2,331

2011 
$’000

286

962

1,248

The option reserve records the value of options issued as part of capital raisings, as well as expenses relating to Director, 

executive and employee share options.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Note 19: Accumulated losses

Accumulated losses attributable to members of Stanmore Coal Limited 
at beginning of the financial year

Losses after income tax

Accumulated losses attributable to members of Stanmore Coal Limited 
at the end of the financial year

Note 20: Parent entity information

2012 
$’000

(4,017)

(7,682)

(11,699)

2011 
$’000

(1,930)

(2,087)

(4,017)

The Corporations Act requirement to prepare parent entity financial statements where consolidated financial statements 
are prepared has been removed and replaced by the new regulation 2M.3.01 which requires the following limited 
disclosure in regards to the parent entity (Stanmore Coal Limited). The consolidated financial statements incorporate the 
assets, liabilities and results of the parent entity in accordance with the accounting policy described in Note 1(a).

Current assets

Non-current assets

Total assets

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

NET ASSETS

Issued capital

Reserves 

Accumulated losses

Total shareholder’s equity

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR

TOTAL COMPREHENSIvE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

2012 
$’000

58,431

13,437

71,868

4,724

4,040

8,764

63,104

72,316

2,328

(11,540)

63,104

(7,682)

(7,682)

2011 
$’000

18,867

16,947

35,814

3,742

-

3,742

32,072

34,770

1,248

(3,946)

32,072

(2,085)

(2,085)

Guarantees
No guarantees have been entered into by the parent entity in relation to debts of its subsidiaries (2011: $nil).

Contingent liabilities
The parent entity has no contingent liabilities.

Capital commitments
The parent entity has no capital commitments.

Note 21: Commitments

(A) FUTURE EXPLORATION 

The consolidated entity has certain obligations to expend minimum amounts on exploration in tenement areas. These obligations 
may be varied from time to time and are expected to be fulfilled in the normal course of operations of the consolidated entity.

The commitments to be undertaken are as follows:

Payable

- not later than 12 months

- between 12 months and 5 years

- greater than 5 years

2012 
$’000

936

9,377

-

16,313

2011 
$’000

674

6,682

-

7,356

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To keep tenements in good standing, work programs should meet certain minimum expenditure requirements. If the 
minimum expenditure requirements are not met, the consolidated entity has the option to negotiate new terms or 
relinquish the tenements. The consolidated entity also has the ability to meet expenditure requirements by joint venture or 
farm-in agreements.

(B) OPERATING LEASES

The commitments to be undertaken are as follows:

Payable

- not later than 12 months

- between 12 months and 5 years

- greater than 5 years

2012 
$’000

96

32

-

128

2011 
$’000

94

130

-

224

The consolidated entity has an operating lease commitment in relation to the lease of commercial office premises. The 
lease commenced on 1 November 2010 for a term of three years. The economic entity has provided a bank guarantee of 
$25,121 as a security bond on the premises.

(C) CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

The commitments to be undertaken are as follows:

Payable

- not later than 12 months

- between 12 months and 5 years

- greater than 5 years

Land Acquisitions

2012 
$’000

-

3,100

-

3,100

2011 
$’000

-

3,100

-

3,100

On 7 April 2011 the consolidated entity announced that it had completed an agreement for the right to purchase a key 
property at The Range thermal coal project in the Surat Basin. This agreement gives the Company access to undertake 
evaluation and development work as the project moves to first coal production in 2015. The terms of the acquisition are 
confidential but are within normal market expectations and involve a series of staged payments over a number of years. 

A completion payment of $3,100,000 in cash is due the earlier of: 30 days after the Mining Lease is granted by the 
Department of Mines and Energy; or 29 November 2013.

WICET Port Infrastructure

On 27 June 2012 the Company executed a Capacity Commitment Deed (CCD) for five million tonnes per annum of port 
capacity in WEXP1. The CCD commits the Company to provide $44 million of early works costs for the project prior to 
WEXP1 financial close. $4 million of the obligation was satisfied in cash as at 30 June 2012 with an additional $21 million 
supported by a bank guarantee. The remaining $18 million is payable prior to financial close in accordance with the 
WEXP1 financing plan. Post execution of binding take or pay contracts at WEXP1 financial close, the $44 million of early 
works funding will be converted to an equity interest in WICET.

Note 22: Contingent liabilities and contingent assets

The Directors are not aware of any other significant contingent liabilities or contingent assets at the date of this report. 

Note 23: Operating segments

The consolidated entity has identified its operating segments based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used 
by the Board of Directors (chief operating decision makers) in assessing performance and determining the allocation of 
resources. The consolidated entity is managed primarily on a geographic basis, that is, the location of the respective areas 
of interest (tenements) in Australia. Operating segments are determined on the basis of financial information reported 

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to the Board which is at the consolidated entity level. The consolidated entity does not have any products or services it 
derives revenue from. 

Accordingly, management currently identifies the consolidated entity as having only one reportable segment, being 
exploration for coal in Australia. There have been no changes in the operating segments during the year. Accordingly, all 
significant operating decisions are based upon analysis of the consolidated entity as one segment. The financial results 
from this segment are equivalent to the financial statements of the consolidated entity as a whole.

Note 24: Cash flow information

(A) RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT/(LOSS) AFTER INCOME TAX TO NET CASH FLOw FROM OPERATING ACTIvITIES

Loss for the year

Depreciation

Write back of capitalised expenditure

Borrowing costs

Share-based payments expense

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

- (Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables

- (Increase)/Decrease in other assets

- Increase/(Decrease) in trade and other payables 

Net cash flow from operating activities

(B) NON-CASH INvESTING ACTIvITIES 

2012 
$’000

(7,682)

36

-

1,400

1,462

(978)

4

1,576

(4,182)

2011 
$’000

(2,087)

14

9

-

332

126

(6)

461

(1,151)

On 15 April 2011 1,000,000 ordinary shares (value of $1,330,000) were issued as partial consideration for purchase of 
property at The Range Project. During the year ended 30 June 2012, 1,495,664 ordinary shares (value of $1,500,151) 
were issued as final consideration for the purchase of Comet Coke & Coal Pty Ltd. 152,027 ordinary shares (value of 
$112,500) were issued as final consideration in respect of the partial underwriting of the Company’s Share Purchase Plan 
announced in December 2011.

Note 25: Share-based payments

The following share-based payment arrangements existed at 30 June 2012.

(A) SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS TO DIRECTORS, EXECUTIvES AND EMPLOYEES 

During the year ended 30 June 2012 the following options were issued to employees and consultants of the consolidated entity:

•	 400,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.75,	on	or	before	31	December	2015	(vesting	4	July	2012)

•	 400,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.00,	on	or	before	31	December	2015	(vesting	4	July	2013)

•	 400,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.25,	on	or	before	31	December	2015	(vesting	4	July	2014)

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$1.75,	on	or	before	31	March	2016	(vesting	30	September	2012)

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.00,	on	or	before	31	March	2016	(vesting	30	September	2013)

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.25,	on	or	before	31	March	2016	(vesting	30	September	2014)

•	 450,000	unlisted	options	exercisable	at	$2.50,	on	or	before	31	March	2016	(vesting	30	September	2015).

All of these options were issued by Stanmore Coal Limited and entitle the holder to one ordinary share in Stanmore Coal 
Limited for each option exercised. The options were granted for nil consideration. Once vested, options can be exercised at 
any time up to the expiry date. There are no market or performance based vesting criteria in respect of these options.

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2012

No. of options

weighted average 
exercise price 
$

2011

No. of options

weighted average 
exercise price 
$

Outstanding at beginning of year

Granted

Forfeited

Exercised

Expired

Outstanding at year-end

Exercisable at year-end

10,700,000

3,000,000

(300,000)

-

-

13,400,000

8,750,000

0.63

2.08

1.19

-

-

0.94

0.31

9,675,000

2,525,000

-

(1,000,000)

(500,000)

10,700,000

8,075,000

0.28

1.98

-

0.30

0.50

0.63

0.20

The options outstanding at 30 June 2012 had a weighted average exercise price of $0.31 (2011: $0.20) and weighted 
average remaining contractual life of 1.8 years (2011: 2.2 years). Exercise prices range from $0.15 to $2.50 in respect of 
options outstanding at 30 June 2012 (2010: $0.15 to $2.50). 

No options were exercised during the year ended 30 June 2012 (2011: Exercise prices range from $0.24 to $0.353 in respect 
of options exercised during the year; weighted average exercise price of options exercised during the year of $0.30.) 

Pursuant to the consolidated entity’s Incentive Option Scheme, if an employee ceases to be employed by the consolidated 
entity then options will expire three months from the date employment ceases.

The weighted average fair value of the options granted during the year ended 30 June 2012 was $0.28 (2011: $0.47). This 
price was calculated by using a Black-Scholes options pricing model applying the following inputs:

Weighted average exercise price

Weighted average life of the option

Weighted average share price

Weighted average expected share price volatility

Weighted average risk free interest rate

2012

$2.08

2011

$1.98

4.48 years

4.45 years

$0.91

58.63%

4.11%

$1.21

60.62%

4.85%

Historical volatility has been the basis for determining expected share price volatility.

The expected life of the options has been taken to be the full period of time from grant date to expiry date. The options 
pricing model assumes that options will be exercised on or immediately before the expiry date. 

The settlement method for the above options is on a 1:1 basis. During the year ended 30 June 2012, no ordinary shares 
(2011: 1,000,000) in Stanmore Coal Limited were issued as a result of the exercise of options. The amount paid for the 
exercise of options into shares was therefore $nil (2011: $296,500). 

During the year ended 30 June 2012, the following shares were granted to key management personnel as share-based payments:

Grant date

20 July 2011

19 December 2012

7 February 2012

23 March 2012

Number

25,000

97,606

106,406

206,803

Fair value

29,000

70,276

98,958

165,442

The fair value of the shares, as determined by reference to the closing price on the date of grant, was $379,632.

These shares were issued as compensation to key management of the Group. Further details are provided in the Directors’ Report.

The amount included in the statement of Comprehensive Income is as follows:

Employee benefits expense

Administration and consulting expense

70

2012 
$’000

380

-

380

2011 
$’000

314

18

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012These amounts have been recognised in equity in the Balance Sheet as follows:

Share capital

Option reserve

(B) OTHER SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

2012 
$’000

380

1,082

1,462

2011 
$’000

24

308

332

During the year ended 30 June 2012, 1,495,664 ordinary shares were issued as final consideration for the purchase of 
Comet Coke & Coal Pty Ltd. 

The fair value of the shares, as determined by reference to the closing price on the date of completion of the agreement, 
was $1,500,151.

152,027 ordinary shares (value of $112,500) were issued as final consideration in respect of the partial underwriting of the 
Company’s Share Purchase Plan announced in December 2011.

Note 26: Events after balance date

On 7 June 2012 the consolidated entity announced it has agreed to acquire two large and prospective EPCs within the 
Surat Basin through a tenement exchange with Queensland Coal Corporation. The transaction settled after 30 June 2012. 
The transaction increases the Company’s landholdings significantly and involves only the exchange of tenements with no 
further cash or equity consideration and completion of the swap is conditional on Ministerial Approval under the Mineral 
Resource Act 1989.

On 11 July 2012 a CMS was completed by MineCraft Consulting Pty Ltd for the Belview Coking Coal Project based on 
3.4 Mtpa ROM coal produced from a multi-shaft, single longwall operation. The Belview coal resource occurs within the 
Rangal Coal Measures and contains two seams for potential underground extraction, the Aries seam (2–3 m thick) and 
the Gemini seam (5–6 m thick). Belview has a JORC-compliant Inferred Resource of 95 Mt and an additional exploration 
target2 of 205–345 Mt for primary coking coal and secondary PCI product.

On 11 September 2012, the Queensland State Government announced an increase to the royalty rates payable for coal 
mining activities in Queensland which are effective from October 2012. The Company continues to assess the potential 
impact of the increase in State royalties on development and exploration projects.

There have been no other events since 30 June 2012 that impact upon the financial report as at 30 June 2012.

Note 27: Related party transactions

Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those 
available to other parties unless otherwise stated.

(A) PARENT ENTITY

The parent entity and ultimate controlling entity is Stanmore Coal Limited, which is incorporated in Australia. 

(B) SUBSIDIARIES

Interests in subsidiaries are disclosed in Note 11.

(C) KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

Disclosures relating to key management personnel are set out in the Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ 
Report and in Note 5.

(D) TRANSACTIONS wITH DIRECTORS AND DIRECTOR-RELATED ENTITIES

During the financial year ended 30 June 2012, Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd (of which Stephen Bizzell is a Director) 
received an underwriting fee of $112,500, paid in shares, pursuant to the share placement plan announced in November 
2011. The terms of the Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd underwriting agreement were negotiated on an arm’s length basis. 
The underwriting agreement was on the same terms and conditions as the underwriting agreements with other (external) 
partial underwriter to the entitlement offer Wilson HTM Corporate Finance Limited.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012Also during the financial year ended 30 June 2012, Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd provided investor relations and 
general corporate advisory services to the consolidated entity. The services were based on normal commercial terms and 
conditions. Bizzell Capital Partners Pty Ltd received $179,102 (2011: $75,724) for these services during the financial year. 
As at 30 June 2012 the consolidated entity had an accounts payable amount of $1,141 (2011: $25,260) owing to Bizzell 
Capital Partners Pty Ltd.

Note 28: Financial risk management 

(A) GENERAL OBJECTIvES, POLICIES AND PROCESSES 

In common with all other businesses, the consolidated entity is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial 
instruments. This note describes the consolidated entity’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and 
the methods used to measure them. Further quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented throughout 
these financial statements.

There have been no substantive changes in the consolidated entity’s exposure to financial instrument risks, its objectives, 
policies and processes for managing those risks or the methods used to measure them from previous periods unless 
otherwise stated in this note.

The consolidated entity’s financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with banks, trade and other receivables, security 
deposits and trade and other payables.

The Board has overall responsibility for the determination of the consolidated entity’s risk management objectives and 
policies and, whilst retaining ultimate responsibility for them, it has delegated the authority for designing and operating 
processes that ensure the effective implementation of the objectives and policies to the consolidated entity’s finance 
function. The consolidated entity’s risk management policies and objectives are therefore designed to minimise the 
potential impacts of these risks on the results of the consolidated entity where such impacts may be material. 

The overall objective of the Board is to set polices that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the 
consolidated entity’s competitiveness and flexibility. Further details regarding these policies are set out below: 

(B) CREDIT RISK 

Credit risk is the risk that the other party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge their obligation resulting in the 
consolidated entity incurring a financial loss. This usually occurs when debtors fail to settle their obligations owing to the 
consolidated entity. The consolidated entity’s objective is to minimise the risk of loss from credit risk exposure.

The consolidated entity’s maximum exposure to credit risk at the end of the reporting period, without taking into account 
the value of any collateral or other security, in the event other parties fail to perform their obligations under financial 
instruments in relation to each class of recognised financial asset at reporting date, is as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents

Receivables

Security deposits and debt service reserve 

Loans receivable

2012 
$’000

23,957

1,700

1,838

6,213

33,708

2011 
$’000

18,182

722

82

-

18,986

Credit risk is reviewed regularly by the Board and the audit committee. 

The consolidated entity does not have any material credit risk exposure to any single debtor or group of debtors under 
financial instruments entered into by the consolidated entity. No receivables balances were past due or impaired at 
year end. The credit quality of receivables that are neither past due nor impaired is good. Bank deposits are held with 
Macquarie Bank Limited and Westpac Banking Corporation.

(C) LIqUIDITY RISK 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the consolidated entity may encounter difficulties raising funds to meet financial obligations 
as they fall due. The object of managing liquidity risk is to ensure, as far as possible, that the consolidated entity will 
always have sufficient liquidity to meets its liabilities when they fall due, under both normal and stressed conditions. 
Liquidity risk is reviewed regularly by the Board and the audit committee.

The consolidated entity manages liquidity risk by monitoring forecast cash flows and liquidity ratios such as working 
capital. The consolidated entity’s working capital, being current assets less current liabilities has increased from $15.182 

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million in 2011 to $27.896 million in 2012. As outlined in Note 1, the ability for the Company to deliver on its strategic 
objectives is dependent upon the ability to secure necessary funding through debt, equity or farm-out, or the successful 
exploration and subsequent exploitation of the consolidated entity’s tenements. Should these avenues be delayed or fail 
to materialise, the Group has the ability to scale back its activities to allow the Group to continue as a going concern and 
meet its debts as and when they fall due.

Maturity analysis – consolidated 2012

Financial Liabilities

– Trade payables

– Other payables

– Interest bearing loan

Carrying 
amount 
$‘000

Contractual 
cash flows 
$‘000

<6 months 
$ ‘000

6–12 months 
$‘000

1–3 years 
$‘000

>3 years 
$ ‘000

524

4,200

4,040

8,764

524

4,200

4,732

9,456

524

4,200

173

4,897

-

-

173

173

-

-

4,386

4,386

-

-

-

Maturity analysis – consolidated 2011

Financial Liabilities

– Trade payables

– Other payables

Carrying 
amount 
$‘000

Contractual 
cash flows 
$‘000

<6 months 
$ ‘000

6–12 months 
$‘000

1–3 years 
$‘000

>3 years 
$‘000

2,889

2,354

5,243

2,889

2,354

5,243

2,889

2,354

5,243

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Further information regarding commitments is included in Note 21.

(D) MARKET RISK    

Market risk arises from the use of interest bearing, tradable and foreign currency financial instruments. It is the risk that 
the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in interest rates (interest 
rate risk), foreign exchange rates (currency risk) or other market factors (other price risk). The entity does not have any 
material exposure to market risk other than as set out below.

Interest rate risk 

Interest rate risk arises principally from cash and cash equivalents. The objective of interest rate risk management is to 
manage and control interest rate risk exposures within acceptable parameters while optimising the return. 

Interest rate risk is managed with a mixture of fixed and floating rate debt. For further details on interest rate risk refer to 
the tables below:

Floating  
interest rate  
2012 
$‘000

Fixed  
interest rate 
2012 
$‘000

Non-interest 
bearing 
 2012 
$‘000

Total carrying amount 
as per the statements of 
financial position 2012 
$‘000

weighted average 
effective interest 
rate 2012 
%

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Receivables

Security deposits

Loans receivables

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

Trade payables

Other payables

Interest bearing loan

Total financial liabilities

-

-

1,742

6,213

7,955

-

-

4,040

4,040

23,957

-

-

-

-

1,700

96

-

23,957

1,796

-

-

-

-

524

4,200

-

4,724

23,957

1,700

1,838

6,213

33,708

524

4,200

4,040

8,764

4.99

-

4.99

4.99

-

-

-

8.58

-

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Floating  
interest rate  
2011 
$ ‘000

Fixed  
interest rate 
2011 
$‘000

Non-interest 
bearing 
 2011 
$‘000

Total carrying amount 
as per the statements of 
financial position 2011 
$‘000

weighted average 
effective interest 
rate 2011 
%

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

554

17,628

Receivables

Security deposits

-

-

-

-

Total financial assets

554

17,628

Financial liabilities

Trade payables

Other payables

Total financial liabilities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

722

82

804

2,889

2,384

5,273

18,182

722

82

18,986

2,889

2,384

5,273

4.72%

-

-

-

-

-

-

The consolidated entity has performed a sensitivity analysis relating to its exposure to interest rate risk. This 
sensitivity demonstrates the effect on the current year results and equity which could result from a change in  
these risks. 

At 30 June 2012 the effect on profit and equity as a result of changes in the interest rate would be as follows:

2012

Cash and cash equivalents

Security deposits

Loans receivable

Interest bearing loan

Tax charge of 30%

After tax increase/(decrease)

Carrying 
amount 
$‘000

23,957

1,742

6,213

(4,040)

-

-

Increase in interest 
rate by 1%

Profit 
$‘000

Other 
comprehensive 
income 
$‘000

Decrease in interest 
rate by 1%

Profit 
$‘000

Other 
comprehensive 
income 
$

240

17

62

(40)

-

279

-

-

-

(240)

(17)

(62)

40

-

(279)

-

-

-

The above analysis assumes all other variables remain constant.

2011

Carrying 
amount 
$‘000

Profit 
$‘000

Other 
comprehensive 
income 
$‘000

Profit 
$‘000

Other 
comprehensive 
income 
$

Cash and cash equivalents

18,182

Tax charge of 30%

After tax increase/(decrease)

-

-

181

-

181

-

-

-

(181)

-

(181)

-

-

-

The above analysis assumes all other variables remain constant.

(E) FAIR vALUES

The fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities must be estimated for recognition and measurement or for 
disclosure purposes. 

Stanmore Coal Limited has adopted the amendment to AASB 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures which requires 
disclosure of fair value measurements by level of the following fair value measurement hierarchy:

(a)  quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1);

(b)  inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (as 

prices) or indirectly (derived from prices) (level 2); and

(c)  inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs) (level 3). 

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30 June 2011 and 2012. 

2012

Financial liabilities

Other payables

Total financial liabilities

2011

Financial liabilities

Other payables

Total financial liabilities

Level 1 
$‘000

Level 2 
$‘000

-

-

-

-

Level 1 
$‘000

Level 2 
$‘000

-

-

-

-

Level 3 
$‘000

1,400

1,400

Level 3 
$‘000

1,500

1,500

Level 4 
$‘000

1,400

1,400

Level 4 
$‘000

1,500

1,500

The fair values disclosed in the above table have been determined using the probable future cash outflows payable, 
discounted to net present value. 

The fair values of all remaining financial assets and financial liabilities approximate their carrying value.

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Stanmore CoalAnnual Report 2012DECLARATION 
BY DIRECTORS

The Directors of the consolidated entity declare that:

1.  The financial statements, comprising the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position, 
statement of cash flows, statement of changes in equity and accompanying notes are in accordance with the 
Corporations Act 2001 and:

(a)  comply with Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and

(b)  give a true and fair view of the consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2011 and of its performance for 

the year ended on that date.

2.  The consolidated entity has included in the notes to the financial statements an explicit and unreserved statement of 

compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

3. 

In the Directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the consolidated entity will be able to pay its 
debts as and when they become due and payable. 

4.  The remuneration disclosures included in pages 23–31 of the Directors’ report (as part of audited Remuneration 

Report) for the year ended 30 June 2011, comply with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.

5.  The Directors have been given the declarations by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by 

section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

This declaration is signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Nicholas Jorss 
Managing Director

Brisbane 
Date: 27 September 2012

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INDEpENDENT AUDITOR’S  
REPORT

Tel: +61 7 3237 5999 
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227 
www.bdo.com.au 

Level 18, 300 Queen St  
Brisbane QLD 4000, 
GPO Box 457 Brisbane QLD 4001 
Australia 

DECLARATION	
  OF	
  INDEPENDENCE	
  BY	
  DAMIAN	
  WRIGHT	
  TO	
  THE	
  DIRECTORS	
  OF	
  STANMORE	
  COAL	
  LIMITED	
  

As	
  lead	
  auditor	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  30	
  June	
  2012,	
  I	
  declare	
  that,	
  to	
  the	
  best	
  of	
  my	
  knowledge	
  
and	
  belief,	
  there	
  have	
  been	
  no	
  contraventions	
  of:	
  

the	
  auditor	
  independence	
  requirements	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit;	
  and	
  
any	
  applicable	
  code	
  of	
  professional	
  conduct	
  in	
  relation	
  to	
  the	
  audit.	
  

This	
  declaration	
  is	
  in	
  respect	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  and	
  the	
  entities	
  it	
  controlled	
  during	
  the	
  period.	
  

Tel: +61 7 3237 5999 
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227 
www.bdo.com.au 

Level 18, 300 Queen St  
Brisbane QLD 4000, 
GPO Box 457 Brisbane QLD 4001 
Australia 

INDEPENDENT	
  AUDITOR’S	
  REPORT	
  	
  

To	
  the	
  members	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  

Report	
  on	
  the	
  Financial	
  Report	
  

D	
  P	
  WRIGHT	
  
Director	
  

We	
  have	
  audited	
  the	
  accompanying	
  financial	
  report	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited,	
  which	
  comprises	
  the	
  consolidated	
  
statement	
  of	
  financial	
  position	
  as	
  at	
  30	
  June	
  2012,	
  the	
  consolidated	
  statement	
  of	
  comprehensive	
  income,	
  the	
  
consolidated	
  statement	
  of	
  changes	
  in	
  equity	
  and	
  the	
  consolidated	
  statement	
  of	
  cash	
  flows	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  then	
  ended,	
  
notes	
  comprising	
  a	
  summary	
  of	
  significant	
  accounting	
  policies	
  and	
  other	
  explanatory	
  information,	
  and	
  the	
  directors’	
  
declaration	
  of	
  the	
  consolidated	
  entity	
  comprising	
  the	
  company	
  and	
  the	
  entities	
  it	
  controlled	
  at	
  the	
  year’s	
  end	
  or	
  from	
  
time	
  to	
  time	
  during	
  the	
  financial	
  year.	
  

BDO	
  Audit	
  Pty	
  Ltd	
  

Directors’	
  Responsibility	
  for	
  the	
  Financial	
  Report	
  	
  

Brisbane,	
  27	
  September	
  2012	
  

The	
  directors	
  of	
  the	
  company	
  are	
  responsible	
  for	
  the	
  preparation	
  of	
  the	
  financial	
  report	
  that	
  gives	
  a	
  true	
  and	
  fair	
  view	
  
in	
  accordance	
  with	
  Australian	
  Accounting	
  Standards	
  and	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001	
  and	
  for	
  such	
  internal	
  control	
  as	
  the	
  
directors	
  determine	
  is	
  necessary	
  to	
  enable	
  the	
  preparation	
  of	
  the	
  financial	
  report	
  that	
  gives	
  a	
  true	
  and	
  fair	
  view	
  and	
  is	
  
free	
  from	
  material	
  misstatement,	
  whether	
  due	
  to	
  fraud	
  or	
  error.	
  In	
  Note	
  1,	
  the	
  directors	
  also	
  state,	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  
Accounting	
  Standard	
  AASB	
  101	
  Presentation	
  of	
  Financial	
  Statements,	
  that	
  the	
  financial	
  statements	
  comply	
  with	
  
International	
  Financial	
  Reporting	
  Standards.	
  

Auditor’s	
  Responsibility	
  	
  

Our	
  responsibility	
  is	
  to	
  express	
  an	
  opinion	
  on	
  the	
  financial	
  report	
  based	
  on	
  our	
  audit.	
  We	
  conducted	
  our	
  audit	
  in	
  
accordance	
  with	
  Australian	
  Auditing	
  Standards.	
  Those	
  standards	
  require	
  that	
  we	
  comply	
  with	
  relevant	
  ethical	
  
requirements	
  relating	
  to	
  audit	
  engagements	
  and	
  plan	
  and	
  perform	
  the	
  audit	
  to	
  obtain	
  reasonable	
  assurance	
  about	
  
whether	
  the	
  financial	
  report	
  is	
  free	
  from	
  material	
  misstatement.	
  

An	
  audit	
  involves	
  performing	
  procedures	
  to	
  obtain	
  audit	
  evidence	
  about	
  the	
  amounts	
  and	
  disclosures	
  in	
  the	
  financial	
  
report.	
  The	
  procedures	
  selected	
  depend	
  on	
  the	
  auditor’s	
  judgement,	
  including	
  the	
  assessment	
  of	
  the	
  risks	
  of	
  material	
  
misstatement	
  of	
  the	
  financial	
  report,	
  whether	
  due	
  to	
  fraud	
  or	
  error.	
  In	
  making	
  those	
  risk	
  assessments,	
  the	
  auditor	
  
considers	
  internal	
  control	
  relevant	
  to	
  the	
  Company’s	
  preparation	
  of	
  the	
  financial	
  report	
  that	
  gives	
  a	
  true	
  and	
  fair	
  view	
  
in	
  order	
  to	
  design	
  audit	
  procedures	
  that	
  are	
  appropriate	
  in	
  the	
  circumstances,	
  but	
  not	
  for	
  the	
  purpose	
  of	
  expressing	
  
an	
  opinion	
  on	
  the	
  effectiveness	
  of	
  the	
  Company’s	
  internal	
  control.	
  An	
  audit	
  also	
  includes	
  evaluating	
  the	
  
appropriateness	
  of	
  accounting	
  policies	
  used	
  and	
  the	
  reasonableness	
  of	
  accounting	
  estimates	
  made	
  by	
  the	
  directors,	
  as	
  
well	
  as	
  evaluating	
  the	
  overall	
  presentation	
  of	
  the	
  financial	
  report.	
  

We	
  believe	
  that	
  the	
  audit	
  evidence	
  we	
  have	
  obtained	
  is	
  sufficient	
  and	
  appropriate	
  to	
  provide	
  a	
  basis	
  for	
  our	
  audit	
  
opinion.	
  

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by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional 
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BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 

110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited 

by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional 

Standards Legislation (other than for the acts or omissions of financial services licensees) in each State or Territory other than Tasmania. 

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Independence	
  

In	
  conducting	
  our	
  audit,	
  we	
  have	
  complied	
  with	
  the	
  independence	
  requirements	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001.	
  We	
  
confirm	
  that	
  the	
  independence	
  declaration	
  required	
  by	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001,	
  which	
  has	
  been	
  given	
  to	
  the	
  
directors	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited,	
  would	
  be	
  in	
  the	
  same	
  terms	
  if	
  given	
  to	
  the	
  directors	
  as	
  at	
  the	
  time	
  of	
  this	
  auditor’s	
  
report.	
  

Opinion	
  

In	
  our	
  opinion:	
  

(a) 

the	
  financial	
  report	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  is	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001,	
  including:	
  

(i) 

giving	
  a	
  true	
  and	
  fair	
  view	
  of	
  the	
  consolidated	
  entity’s	
  financial	
  position	
  as	
  at	
  30	
  June	
  2012	
  and	
  of	
  its	
  
performance	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  on	
  that	
  date;	
  and	
  

(ii) 

complying	
  with	
  Australian	
  Accounting	
  Standards	
  and	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Regulations	
  2001;	
  and	
  

(b) 

the	
  financial	
  report	
  also	
  complies	
  with	
  International	
  Financial	
  Reporting	
  Standards	
  as	
  disclosed	
  in	
  Note	
  1.	
  

Report	
  on	
  the	
  Remuneration	
  Report	
  

We	
  have	
  audited	
  the	
  Remuneration	
  Report	
  included	
  in	
  pages	
  20	
  to	
  27	
  of	
  the	
  directors’	
  report	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  30	
  
June	
  2012.	
  The	
  directors	
  of	
  the	
  company	
  are	
  responsible	
  for	
  the	
  preparation	
  and	
  presentation	
  of	
  the	
  Remuneration	
  
Report	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  section	
  300A	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001.	
  Our	
  responsibility	
  is	
  to	
  express	
  an	
  opinion	
  on	
  
the	
  Remuneration	
  Report,	
  based	
  on	
  our	
  audit	
  conducted	
  in	
  accordance	
  with	
  Australian	
  Auditing	
  Standards.	
  	
  

Opinion	
  	
  

In	
  our	
  opinion,	
  the	
  Remuneration	
  Report	
  of	
  Stanmore	
  Coal	
  Limited	
  for	
  the	
  year	
  ended	
  30	
  June	
  2012	
  complies	
  with	
  
section	
  300A	
  of	
  the	
  Corporations	
  Act	
  2001.	
  

BDO	
  Audit	
  Pty	
  Ltd	
  

D	
  P	
  WRIGHT	
  
Director	
  

Brisbane,	
  27	
  September	
  2012	
  

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BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050 
110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited 

by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional 

Standards Legislation (other than for the acts or omissions of financial services licensees) in each State or Territory other than Tasmania. 

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