Colonial Coal Announces the Appointment of David Fawcett as an Advisory Member to Its Board of Directors
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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.”
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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.
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For further information please contact:
Colonial Coal International Corp.
Shane Austin
604.568.4962
www.ccoal.ca