Churchill?s partner appeals Samarinda Administrative Court ruling

London-listed Churchill Mining Plc reported Tuesday that its Indonesian partner, Ridlatama Group has filed Memoranda of Appeal with the Administrative Court in Samarinda, East Kalimantan.

The appeal will be heard by the Administrative High Court in Jakarta.

Under Indonesian law, the Administrative Court in Samarinda is required to transmit the Memoranda of Appeal, and other documents submitted or produced in the administrative proceedings, to the Administrative High Court in Jakarta.

The Administrative High Court in Jakarta will notify the party of its receipt of the transmitted documents. The court in Samarinda is also required to forward the Memoranda of Appeal to the counterparties in the appeal (being the Regent in East Kalimantan and the various interveners) who are entitled to file their Counter Memoranda of Appeal. If any such filing is done, the Company's partner in Indonesia, as well as the Administrative High Court in Jakarta, would receive the Counter Memoranda of Appeal. There is no hearing at the appeal stage unless the panel of appeal judges considers it is necessary.

The Administrative High Court will advise the parties in due course of its decision in the appeal, it said.

In March 2011, Churchill announced that the State Administrative Tribunal in Samarinda, East Kalimantan has ruled against the company and its Indonesian partners, the Ridlatama Group.

Churchill and Ridlatama initiated the Administrative Tribunal in September 2010 in order to have the original cancellations officially expunged from the record, as they considered that the East Kutai regent had violated a number of administrative protocols as in 2010, the regent have cancelled the four mining licenses that comprise the East Kutai Coal Project (EKCP). (romel)