Atlantic Coal plc/Index: AIM/Epic: ATC/Sector: Mining

Atlantic Coal plc ("Atlantic Coal" or the "Company") Entry into an option to lease a 410 acre Pennsylvanian anthracite mining property and conditional coal purchase agreement

Atlantic Coal plc, the AIM listed open cast coal production and processing company with activities in Pennsylvania, USA, is delighted to announce that it has entered into a lease option agreement (the "Lease Option") with Reading Anthracite Company ("RAC"), an established operator in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry, over the fully permitted 410 acre Pott & Bannon anthracite mining property in New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (the "Property").

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