Director dealing

Atlantic Coal plc ("Atlantic" or the "Company")

Director dealing

Atlantic Coal, the AIM listed opencast anthracite coal production and processing company with primary activities in Pennsylvania, USA, announces that on 9 April 2015 the board approved the dematerialisation by Peter Chinneck, a non-executive Director of the Company, of 25,000,000 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") from a share certificate in his name to his nominee account at Brewin 1762 Nominees Ltd.

Peter Chinneck's beneficial interest in the Shares has not changed as a result of this dematerialisation and remains 250,051,282 ordinary shares, representing 5.34% of the Company's issued share capital.

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