28th Sep 2009 07:00
COAL OF AFRICA Limited
STATEMENT REGARDNG MEDIA SPECULATION
Coal of Africa Limited ("CoAL" or "the Company"), the AIM/ASX/JSE listed coal mining and development company operating in South Africa (ticker: CZA), notes the recent media speculation regarding an offer for the entire issued share capital of the Company and would like to confirm that it has not received any takeover approaches from any third party.
28 September 2009
AUTHORISED BY:
Simon Farrell
Managing Director
For more information contact:
Simon Farrell, Managing Director CZA +61 417 985 383 or +61(8) 9322 6776
Peter Bacchus/ Alastair Cochran Morgan Stanley +44(0) 20 7425 8000
Simon Edwards/ Chris Sim Evolution Securities +44(0) 20 7071 4300
Jos Simson/ Leesa Peters Conduit PR +44(0) 20 7429 6603
Melanie de Nysschen Macquarie First South Advisers +27(11) 583 2000
About CoAL:
Coal of Africa Limited ("CoAL") is an AIM/ASX/JSE listed coal mining and development company operating in South Africa. CoAL has three key projects including the 113 million tonne ('mt') Mooiplaats thermal coal mine, the 656 mt Vele coking coal project and the 1 bn tonne Makhado coking coal project.
The Mooiplaats coal mine commenced production in 2008 and is currently ramping up to produce 2 mtpa. CoAL's Vele and Makhado coking coal projects are expected to start production in H1 2010 and Q4 2011 respectively producing an initial 2 mtpa rising to a combined annual output of 10 mtpa of coking coal.
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