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COLONIAL COAL INTERNATIONAL CORP. Suite 200 -595 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 2T5 Telephone: 
---> (604) 568-4962              
NEWS RELEASE
COLONIAL COAL ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW CFO
Vancouver, B.C., Canada - July 14, 2017 - Colonial Coal International Corp. (TSX-V: CAD) (the "Corporation" or "Coloni
--->al Coal") is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew James Anderson as the Company's Secretary and Chief Financ
--->ial Officer.
Mr. Anderson's appointment follows from the recent retirement of William Filtness as an Executive Officer of the Compa
--->ny.
David Austin, President and CEO, stated, "On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are extremely appreciative for the v
--->ast experience and knowledge that Bill brought to his worklife at Colonial Coal.  Bill will be very much missed by all
--->."
Mr. Anderson has significant experience in financial and accounting related functions for natural resource issuers.  H
--->e serves as a Senior Consultant with Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company that provides accounting and admini
--->strative infrastructure to junior public companies. He also serves as the CFO of several other junior public companies
---> including I-Minerals Inc. and Callinex Mines Inc.  Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill Unive
--->rsity and he is a Chartered Professional Accountant.
About Colonial Coal International Corp.
Colonial Coal is a publicly traded coal corporation in British Columbia that focuses primarily on coking coal projects
--->.  The northeast Coal Block of British Columbia, within which our Corporation's projects are located, hosts a number o
--->f proven deposits and has been the subject of M&A activities by Xstrata, Walter Energy, Anglo-American and others.
Additional information can be found on the Corporation's website www.ccoal.ca or by viewing the Corporation's filings 
--->at www.sedar.com.
For further information please contact:
 
Colonial Coal International Corp. David Austin, President and CEO 604.568.4962 daustin@ccoal.ca www.ccoal.ca
Forward-Looking Information
Information set forth in this news release involves forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the C
--->orporation's potential sale of an interest in its Flatbed Property.  Forward-looking statements are statements that re
--->late to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address a Corporation's expected f
--->uture business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate",
---> "expect", and "intend", statements that an action or event "may", "might", "could", "should", or "will" be taken or o
--->ccur, or other similar expressions.  By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, unce
--->rtainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, t
--->o be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-lo
--->oking statements.  Such factors include, among others, the following risks: risks associated with marketing and sale o
--->f securities; the need for additional financing; reliance on key personnel; the potential for conflicts of interest am
--->ong certain officers or directors with certain other projects; and the volatility of common share price and volume.  F
--->orward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements a
--->re made and except as required by law, the Corporation undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements i
--->f these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change.  Investors are cautioned against attribu
--->ting undue certainty to forward-looking statements.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CORPORATION AS OF TH
--->E DATE OF THIS NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE.  READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IM
--->PORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE CORP
--->ORATION MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED IN AC
--->CORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the 
--->TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
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