Colonial Coal Commences Field Program at Its Flatbed Coal Property
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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 COMMENCES FIELD PROGRAM AT ITS FLATBED COAL PROPERTY
Vancouver, B.C., Canada – July 18, 2017 – Coloni al Coal International Corp. (TSX-V: CAD)
(the “ Corporation” or “ Colonial Coal ”) is pleased to announce the start of its 2017 field
program on its Flatbed Coal Prope rty located in north-eastern British Columbia. Crews are
currently on site for the construction and preparati on of drill sites, with the first of two drill rigs
currently planned to mobilize shortly.
The field program is expected to comprise ap proximately 3600 meters of core drilling, with
associated down-hole geophysical logging, geologi cal core descriptions, coal sampling and
testing, plus geotechnical core logging and coal seam roof-and-floor sampling and testing.
The drilling will test for the pres ence of potentially underground mineable coal seams within the
Gates Formation. This formation is known to ho st surface mineable coking coal seams at the
nearby Trend Mine (Peace River Coal) and prop osed Window open pit (Teck Corp.), which are
located immediately south-west a nd north-west of the Flatbed proj ect, respectively. Geological
mapping will also be undertaken within portions of the project area.
About Colonial Coal International Corp.
Colonial Coal is a publicly traded coal corporati on in British Columbia that focuses primarily on
coking coal projects. The nor theast Coal Block of British Columbia, within which our
Corporation’s projects are located, hosts a number of proven deposits and has been the subject of
M&A activities by Xstrata, Walter Energy, Anglo-American and others.
Additional information can be f ound 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
www.ccoal.ca
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