Colonial Coal International Corp. Completes Final Closing of Non-Brokered Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 6, 2017) -

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Colonial Coal International Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CAD) (the "Corporation" or "Colonial Coal") is pleased to confirm, further to its news release of February 6, 2017, that the Corporation has now completed the balance of its non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") pursuant to which the Corporation has now issued an aggregate of 51,952,661 units (each, a "Unit") of the Corporation, at a subscription price of $0.15 per Unit, raising aggregate gross proceeds to the Corporation of $7,792,900.

Additional information respecting the Private Placement is provided in the Corporation's most news release of February 6, 2017.

Colonial Coal also announces that it is not proceeding with at this time its previously announced (May 2, 2016) sale of a 10% interest in the Corporation's Flatbed Property and related unit private placement.

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 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 found on the Corporation's website www.ccoal.ca or by viewing the Corporation's filings at www.sedar.com.

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