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Colonial Coal Announces the Appointment of David Fawcett as an Advisory Member to Its Board of Directors

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Colonial Coal was recognized as a Venture 50 company in 2019.

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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

DAVID FAWCETT AS AN ADVISORY MEMBER TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Vancouver, B.C., Canada – August 14, 2019 – Colonial Coal Inter national Corp. (TSX-V: CAD)

(the “Company” or “ Colonial Coal”). David Austin, Colonial Coal’s Chairman, is pleased to

announce that David Fawcett has kindly agreed to be appointed a s an advisory member to the

Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Fawcett is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experien ce in the coal industry, primarily

in the western Canadian coal industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science Engineering Degree from

the University of Alberta and is a registered Professional Engineer.

During his career Mr. Fawcett ha s had a broad range of responsi bilities from early stage geology

and exploration, through feasib ility and regulatory processes, to operations, management and

executive positions for major, intermediate and start-up companies.

During the first half of his career, Mr. Fawcett held positions with established mining and

development companies such as Consolidation Coal Company, BC Hy dro, Dentherm Resources

(Denison Mines) and Smoky River Coal. Through the second half of his ca ree r, Mr. F aw cet t

was more entrepreneurial with par ticipation in start-up and dev elopment companies such as Pine

Valley Coal, Western Canadian Coal, NEMI Northern Energy & Mini ng, Hillsborough

Resources, Jameson Resources and Allegiance Coal.

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Mr. Fawcett has been the recipient of several coal industry awa rds including the Canadian

Institute of Mining Coal Award in 2011, the British Columbia As sociation of Mineral

Exploration E.A. Scholz Award in 2012 and the Coal Association of Canada’s Award of

Distinction in 2015.

Mr. Austin stated: “We are extremely excited to have David join our Advisory Board. I am very

proud to have worked with David on many projects over the years and I know that David will

provide Colonial Coal with very sound and practical advice as the Company considers its various

business development options going forward. We are very excite d by what the future holds for

our company and its shareholders and having David work with us is a great asset indeed.”

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regu lation Services Provider (as that term is

defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exch ange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy

or accuracy of this news release.

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 Colu mbia, within which our

Corporation’s projects are located, hosts a number of proven deposits and has been the subject of

M&A activities by Anglo-American and others. Additional inform ation can be found on the

Company's website www.ccoal.ca or by viewing the Company's filings at www.sedar.com.

Forward-Looking Information

Information set forth in this news release may involve forward- looking statements. Forward-

looking statements are statements that relate to future, not pa st, events. In this context, forward-

looking statements often address a company's expected future bu siness and financial

performance, and often contain wo rds such as "anticipate", "bel ieve", "plan", "estimate",

"expect", and "intend", statements that an action or event "may ", "might", "could", "should", or

"will" be taken or occur, or other similar expressions. By thei r nature, forward-looking

statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and o ther factors which may cause

our actual results, performance or achievements, or other futur e events, to be materially different

from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-

looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following risks: risks associated with

marketing and sale of securities; the need for additional finan cing; reliance on key personnel; the

potential for conflicts of interest among certain officers or d irectors with certain other projects;

and the volatility of common share price and volume. Forward-lo oking statements are made

based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the da te that statements are made and

except as required by law, the C ompany undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking

statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other ci rcumstances should change.

Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.

THE FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE

REPRESENTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY AS OF THE DATE OF TH IS

NEWS RELEASE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH

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DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-

LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS INFORMATION A S

OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT

UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXC EPT

AS REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION.

For further information please contact:

Colonial Coal International Corp.

Shane Austin

604.568.4962

[email protected]

www.ccoal.ca