Director/PDMR Shareholding

Atlantic Coal plc / Index: AIM / Epic: ATC / Sector: Mining

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

Board appointment & resignation

Atlantic Coal Plc, the AIM listed open cast coal production and processing company with activities in Pennsylvania, USA, announces that it received notification on 1 November 2010 that Adam Wilson, Non-Executive Chairman, sold 30,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.07p each (the "Ordinary Shares") at 0.5p per share (in aggregate £150,000). Following the sale of these Ordinary Shares, Adam Wilson holds now hold 118,733,000 ordinary shares, representing 6.16 % of the Company's current issued share capital.

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