CBM Asia Development Corp. Announces Granting of Stock Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 6, 2011) - CBM Asia Development Corp. ("CBM Asia" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TCF)(US:CBMDF)(FRANKFURT:IY2) announces today that it has granted stock options to certain directors and consultants to purchase up to an aggregate of 600,000 common shares. The options have an exercise price of $0.20 per share and are exercisable for a period of five years from the date of granting.

About CBM Asia

CBM Asia Development Corp. is a Canadian-based unconventional gas company with significant coalbed methane ("CBM") exploration and development opportunities in Indonesia. The Company has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire a participating interest in a production sharing contract ("PSC") for CBM on a 58,349-hectare block located in the South Sumatra Basin where initial exploration drilling of a production test well commenced in the second half of 2009. The Company has committed to fund an initial US$3.25 million in exploration expenditures on the Sekayu PSC to prove reserves and submit a Plan of Development to the Government of Indonesia. Sekayu Block Interests of the Company, Ephindo and Batavia Energy are held in South Sumatra Energy, Inc. The Company also has an 18% net working interest in a PSC for CBM on a 76,000-hectare block located in the Kutai Basin of East Kalimantan. Indonesia has one of the largest CBM resources in the world with a potential 453 trillion cubic feet in-place, more than double the country's natural gas reserves (Stevens and Hadiyanto, 2004). Since May 2008 more than 20 CBM PSCs have been granted by the Government of Indonesia, representing exploration commitments in excess of US$100 million over the next 3 years. The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TCF". http://www.cbmasia.ca.

on Behalf of CBM Asia Development Corp.

Alan T. Charuk, President & CEO