Atlantic Coal – Production Update – On track to reach 2011 production target

Atlantic Coal plc, the AIM listed open cast coal production and processing company with activities in Pennsylvania, USA, is pleased to announce a production update for the three months ended 31 March 2011 from the Stockton Colliery (‘Stockton’), its opencast anthracite operation in Pennsylvania.

During the quarter, Atlantic mined 120,850 tons of run-of-mine coal (‘ROM’) and removed 658,785 bank cubic yards (BCYs) of overburden. 62,000 tons of ROM coal was washed which produced 28,376 tons of clean coal.