NSW Government Bulletin - 6 November 2013

This fortnight mining company, NuCoal Resources Limited (NuCoal) has announced in a statement to the ASX that it is preparing to initiate legal proceedings seeking damages against former NSW Mineral Resources Minister Ian Macdonald based on the tort of misfeasance in public office. The elements of that tort are that the holder of a public office unlawfully and in bad faith exercised a power that was an incident of that public office, producing a loss. The announcement follows findings by the ICAC in Operation Acacia, handed down in August, that Mr Macdonald acted corruptly in relation to the December 2008 allocation of an exploration licence to Doyles Creek Mining Pty Limited (DCM). Shares in DCM were acquired by NuCoal in February 2010.  NuCoal was not investigated during Operation Acacia.