Kangaroo Resources Buys Indonesian Coal Company

A barge, transporting coal from Berau Coal, sails during an open-sea transhipment in Berau district in Indonesias East Kalimantan province August 17, 2010. The coal will be exported to Japan, China and other Asian countries, Berau Coals spokesman said on Tuesday. Indonesia is the worlds biggest thermal coal exporter. Picture taken August 17, 2010.

Canberra (News Today) - Australian-listed Kangaroo Resources Ltd. said Wednesday it will buy 99% of the Pakar thermal coal project in East Kalimantan, for A$277 million through the issue of new shares to Indonesian coal company PT Bayan Resources Tbk.

Bayan, which will emerge with a 57% stake in the Australian company as a result of the deal, also signed a memorandum of understanding to immediately start managing all of Kangaroo Resources' Indonesian coal operations. The arrangements are subject to due diligence, shareholder and regulatory approval, Kangaroo Resources said in a statement.

Together with Kangaroo Resources' other Indonesian coal assets, which include the 100%-owned Mamahak coking coal project now in production, the Tanur Jaya thermal coal project and the GPK thermal coal project, this latest purchase, “will reposition Kangaroo Resources as a world-scale Indonesian coal producer,“ it said.

Bayan has a market capitalisation of US$4.5 billion, total coal resources of more than 1 billion metric tons and reserves of 500 million tons in eight mining concessions in East and South Kalimantan, and is a major participant in the Indonesian coking and thermal coal markets, Kangaroo said.

Bayan is targeting 2010 coal sales of 12 million tons for nearly US$1 billion in revenues and US$150 million in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. The Pakar project has total coal resources of 3.8 billion tons and reserves of 116 million tons.

Kangaroo has been earning a 49% stake in the Tanur Jaya concession--one of the nine concessions within the Pakar Project--over the past 12 months and this position will now be incorporated into the overall 99% interest that Kangaroo is buying in the Pakar project. In addition to its mines, Bayan owns the Balikpapan Coal Terminal, one of the largest coal terminals in Indonesia with a handling capacity of 15 million tons a year.

Source : kompas

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