November 9, 2022

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JOGMEC co-hosts webinar with Queensland Government, Australia on
resource and energy policies and some coking coal projects

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation （JOGMEC） co-hosted an online seminar with theQueensland Government on November 2, 2022 on the theme “Update on the Queensland
Government’s Resource and Energy Policies and Introduction to Two Coking Coal Projects.”

Queensland, Australia （ “QLD” ） is one of the world’s leading coal-producing regions, and theresources sector is its main industry. For this reason, the QLD Government and JOGMEC signed aMemorandum of Understanding （ MOU ） for a comprehensive and strategic partnership in
September 2013. Since then, JOGMEC has held regular investment seminars for Japanesecompanies with the aim of promoting investment in QLD’s resources sector.
This online seminar gave general information about the policies related to resources （includingcoal） published by the QLD Government this year. Officials from the QLD Government spoke
about the Resources Industry Development Plan, the Energy and Job Plan, and the Coal Plan,
providing an important opportunity to share the details of QLD’s comprehensive resource strategy
with Japanese companies.
Due to soaring market prices, many coking coal projects in QLD are now preparing to produce, andthe seminar introduced two such projects and requested investment. The seminar also introduced
projects involving critical minerals.
The seminar was attended by 80 participants from Japanese trading companies, steel companies,and resource companies in Japan and Australia. It provided a valuable forum for exchange ofviews, with many questions being asked in the Q&A session, such as how coking coal importing
countries should cooperate with QLD on CO2 reduction, and the QLD Government’s policy inresponse to the coal embargo against Russia.
JOGMEC will continue to host seminars to provide useful information about ensuring the stability ofcoal resources. For the latest information on coal resource development, please visit the JOGMEC
Coal Development Department website or register for the email magazine “JOGMEC CoalCommunications.”■ Provision of latest information on coal resource development
Coal resource information website （in Japanese）（URL） https://coal.jogmec.go.jp/
Email distribution service （coal resource information website） （in Japanese）（URL） https://coal.jogmec.go.jp/mailmagazine/index.html

1Hon Cameron Dick, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment,

Mr. Yoshiaki Igarashi, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board

Queensland Government
Metals Environment, Seafloor Mineral Resources & Coal

Mr. Darren Moor, Department of Resources, Queensland Government （Left）

Mr. Barry Tudor, Pembroke Resources

Ms. Carlye Sycz, Department of Resources, Queensland Government （Right）

Mr. Nick Jorss, Bowen Coking Coal

Mr. David Shankey, Energy Division, QueenslandGovernment

Mr. Tony Knight, Department of Resources
Queensland Government2