The company has reported a total JORC compliant resource of 78.4 million tons of hard quality coking coal, with 71.6Mt of the resource defined as measured and 4.8Mt indicated.

A further 2Mt of the resource remains classified as inferred.

Attila the resource was solely contained within the confines of the 7770 acre Gurnee property, 3.5km northeast of its less advanced Seymour property.

Attila executive director Evan Cranston said the company was extremely happy that the majority of its coal was now classified in the highest level JORC category.

“Attila is very pleased with the high level of conversion of its maiden inferred resource on the Gurnee property to the measured and indicated categories after only eight months from acquiring its interest in the Kodiak project,’ said

Cranston said that the conversion of the resource paved the way for Attila to transition into a hard coking coal producer, with long-life mines.

“We look forward to further upgrading the resource for the Kodiak project with the addition of a maiden resource at our newly acquired Seymour property, within the next six months,” he added.

The company also announced that a maiden drilling program was underway at the Seymour property. Logging of the first hole has confirmed a thickness of three to four feet for the initial three beds explored.

The Seymour property has a current exploration target of 87-93Mt of coal across four seams.