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NZOG receives $5 million from Pike Rive Coal receivers

Friday 10th August 2012

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New Zealand Oil & Gas will receive a $5 million payment from the receivers of Pike Rive Coal after it was sold to Solid Energy in May.

A further payment of up to $2.5 million is expected before the end of the year.

Solid Energy will also pay a further $25 million by installments if and when extraction from the mine permit area reaches over 250,000 tonnes over a 12-month period or total extraction over any period reaches 1.25 million tonnes, whichever occurs first. Once the trigger date is reached, the state-owned mine company will pay $2.5 million annually until the amount has been paid in full.

Christchurch-based Solid Energy has entered into an agreement with the government outlining the role each will play in recovering the bodies of the 29 miners, which still remain trapped in the mine, following a series of explosions in 2010. The explosions forced the closure of the operation, leading to a Royal Commission of Inquiry and NZX-listed Pike River Coal was pushed into receivership.

BusinessDesk.co.nz

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