on sens: RESPONSE TO MEDIA ARTICLE REGARDING MOOIPLAATS COAL the coal mining and development company operating in South Africa (ticker: CZA) and listed on the AIM, ASX Limited and JSE Limited, notes recent press articles published by media in South Africa on 3 November 2010 regarding the Company's activities at the Mooiplaats Colliery in Mpumalanga. The Company acknowledges that it has received a notice from the Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Mpumalanga ("Department"), noting its intention to issue a Compliance Notice in terms of section 31L of the National Environmental Management Act in relation to activities undertaken by the Company on portions 1 and 9 Farm Mooiplaats 219 IT in Ermelo ("Notice"). However CoAL would like to take this opportunity to state that, contrary to the media reports, it has not been asked to stop activities at the mine. Pursuant to the terms of the Letter, CoAL may make an application for rectification within 10 days of receipt of the Letter, being 11 November 2010, following which the Department has stated that it may decide not to issue the Company with a Compliance notice A detailed response will be issued in due course AUTHORISED BY:JOHN WALLINGTON Chief Executive Officer