Bowen Coking Coal Ltd. announced the commencement of the Hillalong North exploration program at its 100% owned Hillalong Coking Coal Project located in close proximity to the Glencore, Marubeni and Sumitomo owned Hail Creek mine in the Northern Bowen Basin, Queensland. The 99 km2 Project comprises EPC 1824 and EPC 2141 which is currently the subject of a farm in agreement with Sumitomo Corporation. Exploration expenditure for Hillalong is overed under the Sumitomo FarmIn Agreement wherein Sumitomo will spend up to $7.5 million to earn up to 20% of the Project. Hillalong North is the primary open pit target of the Hillalong Project, which targets sub cropping Elphinstone and Hynds seams from the Rangal Coal Measures in the Northern part of EPC 2141. The Program is based on the extremely positive exploration results historically obtained by Rio Tinto Exploration ("RTX") for core drill holes HILL005 and HILL008 where the targeted coking coal seams were intersected from as shallow as 21.5 metres.