CAD Colonial Coal International Corp

Colonial Coal International Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CAD) (the "Company" or "Colonial
Coal").


David Austin, Colonial Coal's President and CEO, is pleased to report that The
Honourable John D. Reynolds, P.C., has been appointed as a member of the
Company's Advisory Board effective immediately:


"We are extremely pleased that Mr. Reynolds has agreed to work with us as an
invaluable member of the Company's Advisory Board team. John will be of great
assistance to all of the Company's various governmental relations and
financing-related activities and initiatives going forward," stated Mr. Austin.


About Honourable John D. Reynolds, P.C.

Mr. Reynolds' career includes substantial experience in venture capital
development, consumer products marketing, resource sector development and
elected political office, both federal and provincial. Mr. Reynolds began his
career in the sales and marketing field; was western sales manager for Rust
Craft Greeting Cards; joined Ethicon Sutures Ltd. (a subsidiary of Johnson &
Johnson) and at that time was the youngest manager ever appointed by that
company. Mr. Reynolds political career began in 1972, when he was elected to the
House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the
British Columbia riding of Burnaby-Richmond-Delta. He was re-elected in the 1974
general election. During his time as an MP (1972-1977), he served on numerous
standing committees, health and welfare, sport and fitness, transportation, and
justice and legal affairs. He chaired the Progressive Conservative Caucus
Committee responsible for the Department of Supply and Services. Following his
tenure as an elected official, Mr. Reynolds pursued work in the private sector,
which included directorships on the boards of numerous public companies,
including International Corona Resources; one of the largest gold discoveries in
North America.


Mr. Reynolds began his provincial government political career in 1983, elected
as Member of the Legislative Assembly for British Columbia for the riding of
West Vancouver-Howe Sound. Re-elected in 1986 and elected Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly on March 9, 1987, a post he served with distinction until
his appointment to Cabinet on November 1, 1989, as Minister of Environment.
During Mr. Reynolds term as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and as a
consequence of his particular interest in the Commonwealth, he held the position
of President of the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association. In September 1989, he was elected Vice-Chairman of
the executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, for a
three-year term. Mr. Reynolds is the first British Columbian politician elected
to the executive of this association, which is composed of representatives from
112 Commonwealth nations, states and provinces.


As Minister of Environment in British Columbia, Mr. Reynolds chaired the Cabinet
Committee on Environment and Land Use, was a member of the Planning and
Priorities Committee of Cabinet, Regional and Economic Development Committee of
Cabinet, Native Affairs Committee of Cabinet, Cultural Heritage Committee of
Cabinet, and the Vancouver International Airport Cabinet Committee. He was also
a member of the BC/Alberta Boundary Commission, the BC/Yukon/NWT Boundary
Commission, and the Environmental Appeal Board. Following the 1991 provincial
election, Mr. Reynolds moved to Scottsdale, Arizona where he resided from 1992
to 1996. During that four-year period he was President of a Venture Capital
Company, involved in numerous projects.


In 1997, Mr. Reynolds returned to British Columbia and on June 2, 1997, he was
again elected to the House of Commons as a Reform Party Member of Parliament for
the riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. He was appointed on June 20, 1997,
to the 'shadow cabinet' of the Official Opposition as Critic for Citizenship and
Immigration. One year later, in June 1998, he took over as Chief Opposition
Critic for Fisheries and Oceans and on August 31, 1998, Mr. Reynolds was asked
to take over the Justice portfolio as Chief Opposition Critic. On August 1,
2000, the new leader of the Canadian Alliance, Stockwell Day, appointed Mr.
Reynolds Chief Opposition Whip. In this capacity, Mr. Reynolds was a member of
the Procedure and House Affairs Committee, and a member of the Board of Internal
Economy, which manages the budget of the House of Commons. On November 27, 2000,
Mr. Reynolds was re-elected by the electorate of West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast
for a second term and was re-appointed as Chief Opposition Whip. In January
2001, Mr. Reynolds was appointed as the Official Opposition House Leader. In
December 2001, Mr. Reynolds was elected Leader of the Opposition in the House of
Commons by the Canadian Alliance Caucus, and Leader of the Canadian Alliance by
the national council of the Canadian Alliance Party.


On May 13, 2002, after Stephen Harper's election as Member of Parliament in
Calgary Southwest, Mr. Harper became the Leader of the Opposition and appointed
Mr. Reynolds as the Official Opposition House Leader. In January 2004, he
resigned that position to become Co-chair of the Stephen Harper Leadership
Campaign. Following Mr. Harper's successful bid to become Leader of the
Conservative Party of Canada, Mr. Reynolds was again appointed Official
Opposition House Leader on March 22, 2004. Mr. Reynolds was vice-chair of the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and vice-chair of the Canada/UK
Parliamentary Association.


Mr. Reynolds' community activities have included being a founding member and
chairman of the Gordie Howe Foundation for Disabled Athletes, member of the
International Churchill Society, and he served as a member of the Board of
Governors for the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games Society. He was awarded the
Queens Medal in 1978 and 2002. He was re-elected in the June 28, 2004 general
election. Shortly after the election Stephen Harper appointed Mr. Reynolds as
the Official Opposition House Leader and Critic for Sports. On January 24, 2005,
Mr. Reynolds stepped aside as Official Opposition House Leader after deciding
not to seek re-election. John Reynolds served as co-chair of the successful
national Conservative Party campaign for the January 23, 2006 federal election,
in which Stephen Harper was elected the Prime Minister of Canada. Mr. Reynolds
was appointed as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on February 6,
2006.


About Colonial Coal International Corp.

Colonial is a publicly traded pure-play coking coal company in British Columbia.
The northeast Coal Block of British Columbia, within which our Company'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 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
past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address a
company's expected future business and financial performance, and often contain
words such as "anticipate", "believe", "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 their nature,
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements,
or other future 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
financing; reliance on key personnel; the potential for conflicts of interest
among certain officers or directors with certain other projects; and the
volatility of common share price and volume. Forward-looking statements are made
based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that
statements are made and except as required by law, the Company undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and
opinions or other circumstances 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 THIS NEWS RELEASE AND,
ACCORDINGLY, IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER SUCH DATE. READERS SHOULD NOT PLACE
UNDUE IMPORTANCE ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT RELY UPON THIS
INFORMATION AS OF ANY OTHER DATE. WHILE THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO, IT DOES NOT
UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME EXCEPT AS REQUIRED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION.


Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Colonial Coal International Corp.
Perry Braun
604.568.4962
pbraun@ccoal.ca


Colonial Coal International Corp.
Shane Austin
604.568.4962
saustin@ccoal.ca
www.ccoal.ca

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