Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL)

Incorporation: Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) a company of Petrobangla under the Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, and Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh was incorporated on August 04, 1998 with a paid up Capital of Taka 350 Crore under Company Act. Of 1994. Objectives: The main objective of the Project is to set up an underground hardrock mine at Maddhapara Dinajpur. The mine is designed to produce 1.65 million M. tons of hardrock per annum to meet the requirement of flood control, construction of coastal and town protection embankment, construction and maintenance of bridges, roads & highways, embankment, river training, railway ballast, high rise buildings decorated tiles and other heavy construction works. Salient Features of Maddhapara Hardrock Mine: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Location of the Project Depth of rock Reserve & mine area Point load strength Annual Production Life of the mine : Vill: Maddhapara, P.S.: Parbatipur, Dist : Dinajpur. : 124 meter from the surface. : Reserve in the mine area of 1.0 km 1.2 km =1.2 km2 is 174 million tons : 24,000 PSI : 1.65 million tons. : Project analysis based on 41 years (including development period) but mine operation life may be extended for more than 70 years. : Direct -766, Indirect 10,000. : Room & Pillar/ Sub-Level Drift Stoping Method. : Two Vertical shafts (The length of the skip shaft is 380m & cage shaft 330 m. Inner dia of both shafts is 5.0 m. and distance between two shafts is 85 m). : Total 1024998.31 ($ 197.889 m.) : Product Boulder (>250mm) Crushed (5-20mm) Crushed (20-40mm, 4060mm) Crushed (60-80mm) Dust (0-5mm) + VAT (Fixed per M. Ton) L.C. 33110.06 ($ 57.086 m.) Price US$ 16.00 / M. Ton US$ 23.00 / M. Ton US$ 20.00 / M. Ton US$ 18.00 / M. Ton US$ 05.00 / M. Ton US$ 0.90 F.C 69388.25 ($ 140.803 m.)

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Employment opportunity Method of mine Mode of Entry (Length & dia. Of shafts) Investment cost (TK. In lakh)

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11. Present sale price (Commercial Product)

Environment Preservation: The company is making a significant contribution to improve environment and ecological balance by replacing clay-burnt bricks in construction works. Present brick manufacturing not only causes damage to agricultural land but also causes deforestation due to indiscriminate use of fire-wood in brick-field and other purposes. This will significantly reduce production of bricks for construction purposes and thus held to check deforestation. The company has taken up necessary steps to preserve environment at the project site during its implementation project. The mine water are being examine regularly in order to prevent pollution of surrounding areas. Besides various gases which evolved due to blasting are measured by gas analyzer regularly. With the help of spraying and water using local fan, gases are diluted and eliminated as such miners are saved from any hazards. In line of the Government policy, 2818 nos. of different varieties saplings were planted in the mine area in order to keep ecological balance. Socio Economic Development of the Project Area: The following Socio Economic Development had been established because of the company: Up-gradation & completion of existing Phulbari - Maddhapara Road (13 km) by Roads and High ways Department. The work has already been completed. Bhabanipur Maddhapara Railway line (14.5 km) construction by Bangladesh Railway. The Railway line has already been completed. Rangpur Maddhapara Barapukuria Syedpur (about 70 km) 33KV Power Transmission line by Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB). The transmission line has already been completed. Maddhapara Mithapukur and Maddhapara Badargonj Road upgrading and completion by Roads & High Ways. Roads are being implemented by Roads & High ways. The mining company will also contribute in creation of linkage industries, infrastructural facilities, direct and indirect job opportunities for overall socio-economic development of the mine area. Human Resources Development: At present total Manpower of the company stands at which included officer and 70 staffs. In local and abroad various type of training courses have been organized to develop the human resources of company. 20 nos. of officers have already been trained in different discipline of mining in DPR of Korea. 320 nos. of mine workers have been locally trained by Korean Mine experts. After completion of the project they would be employed in place of Agreement with Supervisory. 23 nos. of officers Have already been trained in Poland under the Supplementary Agreement with Supervisory Consultancy. 57 nos officers had also been trained up locally in different courses from different training institute e.g. Academy for planning and Development, TICI, IEB, BPI, BIM, USAID etc.

Name & Position 1. Prof. Dr. Md. Hussain Monsur Chairman, MGMCL Board & Chairman, Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Minerals Corporation (Petrobangla), Dhaka.

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Mr. Abdullah Monwar Director, MGMCL Board & Ex-Director General, Bangladesh Geological Survey (GSB), Dhaka.

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Dr. Mollah Md. Mobirul Hossain Director, MGMCL Board & Director (Planning), Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Minerals Corporation (Petrobangla), Dhaka.

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Mr. Muhammad Imaduddin Director, MGMCL Board & Director (PSC), Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Minerals Corporation (Petrobangla), Dhaka.

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Mr. A K Mohiuddin Ahmad Director, MGMCL Board & Deputy Secretary, Energy and Mineral Resources Division Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the Peoples Republic Bangladesh

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Md. Qamruzzaman Director, MGMCL Board & Managing Director, Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited, Dinajpur

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Md. Sanowar Hossain Chowdhury Director, MGMCL Board & Managing Director, Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited, Dinajpur

Contact Information
Mailing Address Head Office Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd. Maddhapara, Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Phone : +88 - 05222 - 56401, +88 - 05222 - 56409, +88 - 05222 56432 Email Fax : info@mgmcl.org.bd : +88 - 05222 - 56400

Dhaka Office Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd. 36/2 Mirpur Road Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh. Phone : +88 - 02 - 8619667 Email Fax 1 : info@mgmcl.org.bd , dlo@mgmcl.org.bd : +88 - 02 - 8617157

Md. Sanowar Hossain Chowdhury Phone : +88 - 02 - 8619667, +88-05222-56401 Mobile : +88 - 01711563237 Fax Chief Executive / Managing Director : +88-02-8617157, +88 - 05222 - 56400 E-mail : md@mgmcl.org.bd

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL)

BACKGROUND: The Barapukuria coal deposit was discovered in 1985 when the geological Survey of Bangladesh drilled a wild-cat borehole to investigate a negative gravity anomaly in the area. Since that time, a total of 35 deep boreholes have been drilled, delimiting the area of coal resources and determining the structure, and the coal seam characteristics in terms of thickness and quality. The surface geology over the entire project area comprises the Tertiary Dupi Tila formation, which unconformably overlays the Gondwana (Permian) coal-bearing sediments. These are folded into an asymmetric syncline or basin, whose axis strikes approximately north-south. A major fault forms the eastern limit of the deposit, beyond which, Archaean basement rocks (Pre-Cambrian) are present immediately below the Dupi Tila. Several lesser faults have been identified within the coal basin by geophysical seismic surveying. The Gondwana sequence comprises predominantly sandstones, with subordinate siltstones and mudstones, which contain up to six coal seams in the centre of the basin. The lowest of these, Seam VI is the principal target seam of the mine project, and has an average thickness of 36m. It consists of a weakly-caking bituminous coal with average sulphur content of about 0.53% making it an ideal fuel for power generation, which is the primary identified market for the coal. In-seam inclusions of dirt (non-coal material) are variable, but mainly restricted to the uppermost and lowermost sections of the seam. The western, northern and southern limits of the deposit are formed by the subcrop of seam VI beneath the basal Dupi Tila unconformity. An in-situ reserve base of more than 200 Mt of coal has been calculated for the entire area. Recovery will be constrained by mine layout, method of extraction, and the number of slices to be mined, all of which will be dependent on experience gained during the initial production phases. SALIENT FEATURES:

Location of Barpukuria Coal Mine: Extent of Coal Deposit: Depth of Coal Deposit : Total Estimated Deposit of Coal: Number of Coal Seams: Production Seam: Thickness of 6th Seam: Estimated Deposit in 6th Seam: Project based on: Composition of coal: Calorific value: Rank of coal:

Village-Chowhati, Police Station- Parbatiur, District-Dinajpur. 6.68 Square kilometres. 118 m-509m. 390 Million Metric Tonne. 7. 6th Seam. 36 Metre. 285 Million Metric Tonne. 30 Million Metric Tonne. Moisture-10%, Ash-12.4%, Volatile Matter-29.2%, Fixed Carbon-48.4% and Sulphur-0.53%. 25.68 MJ/kg or 11040 Btu/lb. High volatile bituminous.

Uses of coal: Expected completion of the project: Manpower Coal extraction method: Estimated cost of production per Tonne: Present Selling Price of Coal per Tonne:

100% of the production will be used in a 375 MW coal fired power station. June, 2005. 2674. Multi-slice Longwall. US$36.62 (Tk.2087.34). US $60 (including all VAT and Taxes).

DISCOVERED COAL DEPOSIT IN BANGLADESH: Location/ Area/ District Number Depth of Number of Cumulative Area of Deposit Year of of Drilled Coal Coal Seams Thickness Coal Field (million metric Discovery Boreholes Seams of Coal (square tonne) (metre) Seams kilometre) (metre) 31 4 10 1 3 118-509 257-483 640-1158 328-407 7 8 7 7 51 50 64 61 6.68 12.56 11.66 300 685 1053 1985-87 1989-90 1962 1997 1994-95

BarapukuriaDinajpur KhalashpirRangpur Jamalganj Joypurhat Phulbari Dinajpur DighiparaDinajpur

Contact Information
A. K. M. Serajul Islam General Manager (Admin & Personel) Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited Chowhati Parbatipur, Dinajpur +8801729099168 seraj_petro@yahoo.com Engr. S.M.Nurul Aurangajeb, (Peng) General Manager (Technical) Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited Chowhati, Parbatipur, Dinajpur +8801714066611 engrajeb@yahoo.com

Engr. Md.Quamruzzaman Managing Director Barapukuri Coal Mining Company Limited Chowhati, Parbatipur, Dinajpur qzaman02@gmail.com Engr. Md. Mizanur Rahman General Manager (Mining) Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited Chowhati, Parbatipur, Dinajpur. +8801729098292 mftechnic@rocketmail.com

Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla)

Bangladesh Mineral Oil & Gas Corporation (BMOGC) was created through the Presidential order #27 on March 26, 1972. The minerals operation of the corporation was segregated and vested with a new organization, Bangladesh Mineral Development Corporation (BMEDC), on 27 September 1972, through the PO # 120. The reconstituted Bangladesh Oil & Gas Corporation (BOGC) was short named Petrobangla through the ordinance # 15 of 22 August, 1974. On 13 November 1976, through the ordinance #88, the importation, refining and marketing of crude and petroleum products and vested with newly formed Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). BOGC and BMEDC were merged into a single entity, Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Minerals Corporation (BOGMC), by the Ordinance # 21 of 11 April 1985. In a partial modification of the Ordinance by the Law 11 of February 1989, the corporation was short named Petrobangla and given the authority to hold the shares of the companies dealing in oil, gas & minerals exploration and development.

Name PROF.DR MD.HOSSAIN MONSUR MOHAMMAD RAFIQUL ISLAM KHAN MD.RAFIQUL ISLAM MOLLA MD MOBIRUL HOSSAIN MUHAMMAD IMADUDDIN ENGR.SAIFUL ALAM CHOWDHURY MD. IMAM HOSSAIN MIR ABDUL MATIN

Designation Chairman Director (Finance) Director (Administration) Director (Operations & Mines) Director (PSC) Director (Planning) Secretary General Manager (Mine Operation)

Phone 880 2 8156655 880 2 8114937 880 2 8114971 880 2 8114951 880 2 8114953 880 2 8114952 880 2 8117116 880 2 8117112

E-mail petchair@petrobangla.org.bd petrofin@petrobangla.org.bd dadmin@petrobangla.org.bd doperation@petrobangla.org.bd dpscpb@petrobangla.org.bd dplanpb@petrobangla.org.bd secretary@petrobangla.org.bd mining@petrobangla.org.bd

Mining became part of Petrobangla operation in 1985, when the erstwhile Bangladesh Mineral Exploration & Development Corporation was merged with Petrobangla. Till date, major mineable deposits of coal, limestone and granite has been discovered in Bangladesh. These are often at a deeper depth than conventionally exploited elsewhere. However, lack of surface or shallower deposits and overall competitiveness against import has encouraged development of underground mines to exploit such resources. At present two major mines are operated to extract about 1 million tons of coal and 1.65 million tons of granite respectively from the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited and Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd.

A) THE SALIENT FEATURES OF BARAPUKURIA COAL MINE : Location Extent of Coal Depost Depth Of Coal Deposit Estimated Deposit(Coal) Number of Coal Seams Production Seam Thickness of 6th Seam Estimated Deposit in 6th Seam Composition of coal Calorific value Rank of coal Uses of coal Village_Chowhati, Police Station Parbatipur, District-Dinajpur. 6.68 Square kilometres. 118 m-509m. 390 Million Metric Tonne. 6 6th Seam. 36 Meter. 290 Million Metric Ton. Moisture-10%, Ash-12.4%, Volatile Matter-29.2%, Fixed Carbon-48.4% and Sulphur-0.52%. 25.68 MJ/kg or 11040 Btu/lb. High volatile bituminous. 65% of the production will be used in a 250MW coal fired power station and rest 35% to other domestic consumers. Multi-slice Long wall. US$ 84.00 to PDB 37,61,538.019 MT

Coal extraction method Selling Price of Coal per Ton. Total Coal Production up to June 2011

Total Coal Sale to other than PDB up to June 89,150.372 MT 2011 Total Coal Sale/Delivery to PDB up to June 2011 26,58,362.785 MT

Source: Annual Report 2007-08 of BCMCL and Mineral Exploration Division,Petrobangla.

B) THE SALIENT FEATURES OF MADDHAPARA GRANITE MINE : Location Discovery Mode of Mine entry Mining Method Depth of Mine Total Reserve of Mine Type of Deposit Point Load Strength Village: Maddhapara, PS: Parbatipur, District-Dinajpur. 1974 By Two vertical shafts(dia-5m) Room and Piller Sub-level stoping method 240-300 Meter 174 million metric tons in the mine area of 1.20 km Granite,Granodiorite,Gniess,Pegmatite etc. 24,000.00PSI

Total Extractable Hard Rock Life of the Mine Annual Production

More than 100 million metric tons. 70 Years. 1.65Million Metric Tons(5500 metric tons daily). -(US$15.00+VAT) (For Boulder) -(US$17.00+VAT) (For Crushed Stone) -(US$5.0+VAT) (Stone dust)

Proposed sale price per ton

Project cost Employment opportunity Implementing Contractor Contract Price Type of the Contract Supervisory Consultant Handover/Take over of the Mine Start of the Commercial Production Production (Commercial) up to April 2011 Sales of Granite in 2010-11 up to April 2011

Tk.102498.31 Lakh(US$ 197.889 million) L.C Tk.33110.06(US$57.086 million) Directly 766 persons,Indirectly 10,000 persons M/S.Korea South-South Co-operation Corporation (NAMNAM), DPR of Korea Total US$ 158.48 m. F.C US$134.004 million L.C US$24.844 million Turn-Key, Fixed price basis M/S.Kopex S.A.Poland May 25, 2007 May 25, 2007 15,12,183.290 MT 1,27,456.00 MT

NEWS

Urge Bangladesh to Ban Open-pit Coal Mining in Phulbari

By Ahni Feb 8, 2011
The London-based mining company Global Coal Management Resources (GCM) has managed with the government of Bangladesh over their proposed Phulbari open-pit coal mine, a project that would negatively impact, according to some estimates, up to 470,000 people. GCM fled from the Phulbari region in 2006, after the Bangladesh government promised to ban openpit coal mining and expel the mining company, which was then known as Asia Energy Corporation. Just prior to the agreement, in August 2006, tens of thousands of people issued a resounding "NO" to the project, which would have been the largest open pit coal mine in the world. As reported at the time, "Hundreds of paramilitary forcesBDR, police and other security agenciesheavily guarded the offices of Asia Energy." BDR then opened on the crowd, killing three people and injuring hundreds more. From that point on, the government had no choice but to concede to the villagers' demands. Unfortunately, after five years of waiting, the government still hasn't fulfilled those promises. And now, Cultural Survival (CS) reports, they're planning to introduce a new coal policy by June 2011. "Global Coal expects to be in business soon thereafter," says CS. According to GCM's own estimates, 40,000 people would be displaced by the mine, including 2,200 Indigenous people. However, "A government-sponsored study estimates that 130,000 people in over 100 villages would be immediately displaced and another 100,000 would gradually be forced to leave as their wells and irrigation canals run dry from the mining," explains CS. Other groups say that anywhere up to 470,000 people would be directly and indirectly effected, including 50,000 Indigenous people from 23 different tribal groups. According to Bank Track, the project would also lay waste to "1,577 ponds (used to earn income through sale of fish); 80,000 fruit and timber trees (plus many thousands of bamboo sticks); 928 businesses; 36,052 homes, barns, boundary walls and toilets; 106 schools; 48 health facilities; 138 mosques, temples and churches; 692 graveyards; and 2 ancient archaeological sites." In light of these obviously-unacceptable risks; and the fact that GCM has managed to re-open talks with the government (not to mention recent revelations concerning US diplomats putting pressure on the government) we can be sure that local opposition to open pit coal mining is going to grow once more.