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Western Coal Corporation 
19 July 2010 
 

              Western Coal Announces Energybuild Acquisition Update 
 
Vancouver, B.C. July 19, 2010 - Western Coal Corp (TSX: WTN, WTN.WT and AIM: 
WTN) (the "Company" or "Western") is pleased to announce the shareholders of 
Energybuild Group Plc ("Energybuild") have approved today Western's 100% 
acquisition of Energybuild. Upon receipt of approval from regulatory 
authorities, the Company expects the transaction to close on August 6, 2010. 
 
Keith Calder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Coal states, "We 
are very pleased the Energybuild shareholders have approved the transaction. 
Having the Energybuild team join Western reinforces and enhances our platform 
for growth. Rhidian Davies, Managing Director of Energybuild, and his team have 
done a tremendous job with the operations and building a well regarded company 
with high value growth potential. It is now our job to work with Rhidian and the 
team to leverage Western's technical expertise and financial strength to create 
additional value at Energybuild." 
 
Rhidian Davies, Managing Director of Energybuild comments, "I am looking forward 
to working with Keith and the rest of the Western team on taking Energybuild to 
reach its full potential. I would like to thank our employees and various 
community partners for helping us build the company and look forward to further 
continued success." 
 
 
About Western Coal 
Western Coal is a producer of high quality metallurgical coal from mines in 
northeast British Columbia (Canada) and high quality metallurgical coal and 
compliant thermal coal from mines located in West Virginia (USA). Western Coal 
also owns approximately 55% of Energybuild Group Plc (EBG: AIM) which produces 
high quality anthracite and metallurgical coal in South Wales (UK). Other 
interests owned include a 48% interest in Mandalay Resources Corporation (TSX.V: 
MND), 40% interest in Xtract Energy (XTR: AIM), 20% interest in NEMI Northern 
Energy & Mining (NNE.A: TSX). The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, 
Canada, and trades on the AIM and TSX stock exchanges under the symbol "WTN". 
More information can be found at www.westerncoal.com 
 
For further information: 
David Jan 
Director, Investor Relations 
Phone: 604-694-2891 
Email: david.jan@westerncoal.com 
 
Bobby Morse/Katharine Sutton 
Buchanan Communications 
Phone: 020 7466 5000 
 
Ivonne Cantu/Joe Nally 
Cenkos Securities plc 
Phone: 020 7397 8900 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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