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Leinster Coalfield

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1:250,000 0 5 10km

1:250,000 0 5 10km

1:750,000

0 25 50 75 100km

**Unavailable ground may be available for application for certain minerals. Please see the Competition Booklet for further information.

Current Prospecting Licences 500Current State Mining Licences 6Current State Mining Leases 10

Available GroundCompetition AreaOpen Area - No IncentivesOpen Area - Incentives

Unavailable Ground**

National Parks and otherExcluded Areas

Prospecting Licence HeldState Mining FacilityLicence Offered / UnavailableCompetition Closed

Licence Holders# Adventus Exploration Ltd. (56)# Aurum Mineral Resources (1)# BHP Minerals International Exploration Inc (1)# Ballinalack Resources Ltd. (11)# Beal Na Blath Resources Ltd. (15)# Blackstairs Lithium Ltd. (8)# Boliden Tara Mines Ltd. (57)# Bowpark Exploration Ireland Ltd. (3)# Canada Resources Plc (4)# Canex JV (1)# Connemara Mining Co. Ltd. (24)# Conroy Gold Ltd. (1)# Conroy Gold and Natural Resources Plc. (18)# Dan Morrissey Ireland Ltd. (2)# Diversified Asset Holdings Pty. Ltd. (11)# Erris Resources Ltd. (16)# Eurostone Ltd. (1)# Glencore Zinc Ireland Ltd. (10)# Gold Note Minerals Ltd. (16)# Group Eleven Mining and Exploration Ltd. (17)# Hendrick Resources (Ireland) Ltd. (14)# IMC Exploration Ltd. (15)

# Irish Resource Exploration Ltd. (3)# Kenmare resources Plc. (1)# Lundin Mining Exploration Ltd. (7)# MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc (2)# Minco Ireland Ltd. (3)# Oldcastle Zinc Ltd. (5)# Omagh Minerals Ltd. (9)# Oriel Selection Trust Ltd. (14)# Raptor Resources Ltd. (6)# Rennicks and Bennett Ltd. (1)# Roadstone (1)# Sunrise Diamonds Plc (1)# TILZ Minerals Ltd. (6)# Teck Ireland Ltd. (72)# The Lisheen Mining Partnership (1)# Unicorn Mineral Resources Ltd. (28)# Vedanta Exploration Ireland Ltd. (24)# Vedanta Lisheen Mining Ltd. (1)# Viridian Metals Ireland Ltd. (2)# Westland Exploration Ltd. (1)# Zetland Resources Ltd. (12)

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