Colonial Coal International Corp. Reports on Huguenot Exploration Program

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 30, 2011) - Colonial Coal International Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CAD) (the "Company" or "Colonial") is pleased to report on the completion of fieldwork carried out on its Huguenot metallurgical coal project located in northeast British Columbia.

The Company confirms that fieldwork commenced in early July and continued until the end of October. Exploration activities included diamond drilling, rotary drilling, down-hole geophysical logging, geological mapping, hand trenching, core description and sampling and access trail construction. The work focused mainly on those areas not drilled by the Company in 2008; namely, the southeastern half of the North Block and along the projected trend of Gates Formation coal seams within the Middle and South Blocks. Most of the work was helicopter-supported although some of the northern drill sites were accessed by trails.

Over the course of the 2011 field program, 33 holes were drilled for a total of 6,871 metres (22,536 feet), comprising:

• 13 diamond drill holes for 3,401 metres (11,156 feet) of HQ-size core;
• 16 rotary drill holes for 3,019 metres (9,902 feet); and
• 4 "large"-diameter holes (for PQ and 6" core) totaling 48 metres (157 feet) of core and 403 metres (1,322 feet) of rotary drilling.

During the summer the Company increased the field budget to $4.1 million in order to complete additional drilling designed to enhance coal seam definition that was originally planned for 2012. An additional $550,000 was budgeted for baseline environmental studies that were initiated in late-Spring and environmental data collection is ongoing.

Preliminary results from the fieldwork indicate that the 2011 exploration program was successful in confirming the presence of coal seams of potentially economic thickness across the length of the main target areas, as indicated by historical exploration results contained in Coal Assessment Reports filed with the BC Ministry of Mines by previous operators, Denison Mines Ltd. and Gulf Canada Resources Inc. (particularly for the period 1976 to 1979 during which most of the substantive work was carried out).

The Company is proceeding with coal seam data analysis and coal quality testing is on-going. Once all data has been received, reviewed and evaluated, work will commence on geological interpretation and modeling, coal resource estimation and evaluation of coal quality in advance of the Company commissioning an independent report in compliance with NI 43-101 requirements.

The Huguenot coal project is located approximately 70 km. south-southeast of the town of Tumbler Ridge and 115 km. southwest of the City of Grande Prairie, Alberta. Current access into the project area is provided by a network of Provincial paved highways and un-paved, all-weather roads built for forestry and oil and gas exploration and development. Apart from these access routes, there is no major infrastructure in the vicinity of the project area. The project is located approximately 65 km. southeast of a rail line (operated by CN Rail) that terminates at the Quintette Coal Mine load-out facility approximately 17 km. south of Tumbler Ridge.

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