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Riversdale Mining [ASX: RIV] - Environmental Impact Study approval for the Benga Power Plant



18 January 2010
Company Announcements Office
Australian Stock Exchange
Level 4, Exchange Centre
20 Bridge Street.

Sydney NSW 2000
Dear Sir / Madam
Riversdale Receives EIS Approval for Benga Power Plant
Riversdale is pleased to announce that following completion of an Environmental Impact Study (EIS), the Ministério para a Coordenação da Acção Ambiental (MICOA) has approved the Benga Power Plant (BPP) EIS.

MICOA is the regulatory authority for environment within the Government of Mozambique.
Under the plan the BPP will be developed in 2 stages, a 500MW coal-fired, mine-mouth power station (Stage 1) expected to be completed during 2013 using existing transmission assets and an upgrade to a capacity of 2,000MW (Stage 2) depending upon the proposed transmission backbone and other transmission capacity.
The proposed Benga Power Plant will be located in the Tete province of Mozambique in close proximity to Riversdale Mining"s world-class Benga Coal Project which will supply thermal coal to the plant.
Riversdale has also been granted access to the existing Mozambique power transmission network.

As previously disclosed, a key precondition that remains to be satisfied involves concluding satisfactory power purchase agreements with various off-take parties.

These discussions are progressing.
The Benga Power Project will help meet increasing regional demand in Mozambique and in South Africa as well as supplying a cost effective source of energy for our own mine at Benga.
Steve Mallyon
Managing Director
For further information:
Steve Mallyon
Managing Director
Ph: +612 8299 7900
Niall Lenahan
CFO
Ph: +612 8299 7900
or
Media: Fortbridge
Bill Kemmery
Ph: +612 9331 0655
Mob: +61 400 122 449
Website
www.riversdalemining.com.au
ASX Symbol
RIV




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