Company Atlantic Coal PLC TIDM ATC Headline Update on option to lease an anthracite property Released 07:00 09-Jan-2012 Number 1779V07

RNS Number : 1779V Atlantic Coal PLC
09 January 2012
Atlantic Coal plc/Index: AIM/Epic: ATC/Sector: Mining
US Index: OTCQX/ Symbol: ATCLY
9 January 2012

Atlantic Coal plc ("Atlantic Coal" or the "Company") Update on option to lease a 410 acre Pennsylvanian anthracite mining property

Atlantic Coal plc, the AIM listed open cast coal production and processing company with activities in Pennsylvania, USA, is pleased to announce that the Board of Reading Anthracite Company ("RAC") has approved the lease option agreement (the "Lease Option") over the fully permitted 410 acre Pott
& Bannon anthracite mining property in New Castle Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (the "Property"). As a result the US$250,000 payment made to RAC in order to secure its entry into the Lease Option has been released to RAC unconditionally.
Additionally Atlantic Coal announces that as part of the due diligence process it has appointed John T. Boyd & Company, a qualified person within the meaning of the AIM Rules for Companies, to confirm the resource information provided to the Company, further details of which are contained in the Company's announcement made on 3 January 2012. The Company intends to submit the permit transfer application shortly and further updates regarding the Lease Option will be made at the appropriate time.

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For further information on the Company, visit: www.atlanticcoal.comor contact:
Steve Best Atlantic Coal plc Tel: 020 3328 5670

Nick Naylor

Allenby Capital Limited

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020 3328 5656

Alex Price

Allenby Capital Limited

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020 3328 5656

Peter Rose

Fox-Davies Capital Limited

Tel:

020 3463 5030

Simon Leathers

Fox-Davies Capital Limited

Tel:

020 3463 5010

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