8000-tonne contract with Singaporean buyer signed for March delivery
50% down payment due in five working days
Production continues at both Jongkang I and Jongkang II mines

Energy company Jatenergy Ltd (ASX code JAT) announced today that it had secured its first coal sales contract from its two Jongkang mines in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Jatenergy’s Chief Executive Officer Phil Hodgson said: “Securing this first coal sale underscores buyer confidence in our ability to deliver reliable, good quality thermal coal from our operations,” CEO Phil Hodgson said on a press statement posted on company's web site.

The company’s Indonesian Chief Operating Officer Chris Flanagan further said that production was progressing well at both mines. “We are currently producing from both our Jongkang I and Jongkang II operations. Our on-site stockpile and readily accessible capped coal now totals about 15,000 tonnes.’The sales contract, for an 8000-tonne barge, had been reached with a Singaporean buyer. The key terms are a 50% total purchase price down-payment due in five working days, a market-based FOB price (based upon 6500 kCal/kg specification), 40% payment on barge loading in March and a 10% adjustment subject to cargo survey.

Jongkang I and Jongkang II have been developed in a JV arrangement with a local Indonesian partner. Jatenergy contributed the majority of the working capital costs of both projects (around US$1m) in return for 30% of the mining margin and the marketing rights to 100% of the production. The project is sited 5km from a stockpile, crushing and conveyor loading facility on the Mahakam River, about 25km from the coal shipping hub of Samarinda.

Jatenergy’s new Chairman Alan Broome said: “We have now proved that we can operate in Indonesia – an area with huge growth potential for our company. The revenue will be applied to our significant Katingan project in Central Kalimantan, as well as to secure and develop larger short-to-production projects now under review in Indonesia.”

About Jatenergy:
Jatenergy is a diversified energy company operating in Australia and Asia. It owns the rights to four coal projects in Indonesia’s Kalimantan coal region, as well as eight coal exploration permits and permit applications in Queensland’s Bowen and Galilee basins.

It also produces high quality crude jatropha oil from plantation operations in Central Java, Indonesia, for power production and the airline industry.