Mr. David Austin reports

COLONIAL COAL APPOINTS CHRISTY CLARK TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Colonial Coal International Corp. has appointed Christina Joan Clark (Christy Clark) to its board of directors.

Christy Clark appointment

Ms. Clark is currently a senior adviser with the law firm Bennett Jones LLP. Ms. Clark led Canada's third-largest province, British Columbia, for over six years -- managing a government with $52-billion in revenues, 18 ministries, 27 Crown corporations and over 125,000 employees. Throughout her tenure, Ms. Clark demonstrated the strongest performance of any Canadian Premier for economic growth, fiscal management and job creation. Ms. Clark retired from political life in 2017 as the longest-serving female Premier in Canadian history and the only woman Premier in Canada ever to be re-elected. Ms. Clark brings to the board extensive leadership experience, as well as valuable insights into Canadian and international markets, fiscal management, and government relations.

David Austin, Colonial Coal's chief executive officer, stated: "We are extremely excited and honoured to have Christy Clark join our board. Christy's vast experience and exceptional Canadian and international reputation in all manner of financial markets and government relationships will vastly assist our company in moving forward with potential strategic partnership and/or acquisitions or dispositions in order to enhance our shareholder value."

Ms. Clark stated, "Having watched Colonial Coal's development and successes over the years, I am hopeful that I may be able to assist the company greatly in its future endeavours."

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 the company's projects are located, hosts a number of proven deposits and has been the subject of M&A (merger and acquisition) activities by Anglo-American and others.

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