Canam Coal Corp (fka COECF)

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CanAm Coal Corp. (TSX VENTURE:COE) (OTCQX:COECF) ("CanAm" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 960,000 units at a price of $0.13 per unit for gross proceeds of $124,800. Each unit will consist of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant. Each warrant is exercisable at $0.17 per common share for a period of two years from closing. This private placement has been fully subscribed for by Mr. Steve Somerville, who has been appointed a Director of the Company.

Proceeds of the private placement will be used for general operating purposes. The completion of the private placement is subject to regulatory approval. CanAm has determined that there are exemptions available from the various requirements of TSX Venture Policy 5.9 and Multilateral Instrument 61-101 for the issuance of the units to Mr. Steve Somerville (Formal Valuation - Issuer Not Listed on Specified Markets; Minority Approval - Fair Market Value Not More Than $2,500,000).

About CanAm Coal Corp.

CanAm is a coal producer and development company focused on growth through the acquisition, exploration and development of coal resources and resource-related technologies. CanAm's main activities and assets include its four operating coal mines in Alabama and the Buick Coal Project which holds significant coal resources, 188 million indicated and 103 million inferred resources, in Colorado, USA (see the technical report entitled "Limon Lignite Project, Elbert County, Colorado, USA," dated October 26, 2007 and filed on SEDAR on November 2, 2007). Other coal and related opportunities continue to be evaluated on an ongoing basis.

This news release may contain certain forward-looking information. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, is forward-looking information and such information involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. A description of assumptions used to develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking information can be found in the Company's disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

SOURCE: CanAm Coal Corp.

CanAm Corporate Office:
Tim Bergen
CEO
403.262.3797 or Toll Free: 1.877.262.5888
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Brisco Capital Partners:
Scott Koyich
Partner
403.262.9888
[e-mail]
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