The area which makes up the Hodgson Vale Project being acquired by Orpheus from Coalworks Limited and is presently held under Exploration Permit 1145. The area is approximately 10 km south of Toowoomba in South East Queensland. The former tenement holder of the application area, Millmerran Coal Pty Ltd intersected a coal seam of about 20 metres at a depth of 40 metreswhich appears to be part of the Walloon Coal Measures.