Thin-seam coal mining requires the use of specialised mining equipment that can work with seams of less than 2 metres in height. The machines fragment the coal from the face of the seam and loading the coal on to haulage equipment for transfer to the main coal transportation system.

By taking the best of US equipment, systems and processes, and modifying them for Australian coalmines, Bounty is able to deliver contract-mining services that allow mine-owners to now mine these seams.

To provide thin-seam contract mining Bounty has imported the specialist equipment that up until now has not been available in Australia. This equipment - low profile mobile underground mining and continuous haulage systems (sometimes called chain conveyors) - means Bounty can turn what has been typically regarded as uneconomic reserves, because of seam height, into a valuable resource.

A thin-seam mining plant consists of a continuous miner, a haulage unit (either shuttle cars, una-haulers or a bridge conveyor), a roof bolter and sometimes a feeder breaker.

This equipment while developed for thin seams, can operate in coal seams up to 3 metres.