Notice of General Meetings

 

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RNS Number : 0899R 
Western Coal Corporation 
16 August 2010 
 

 
            Western Coal To Hold Special and Annual General Meeting 
 
Vancouver, B.C. August 16, 2010 - Western Coal Corp (TSX: WTN, WTN.WT and AIM: 
WTN) (the "Company" or "Western") will be holding its 2010 Special and Annual 
General Meeting ("Meeting") at 2:00 pm (Toronto) on September 9, 2010 at the 
Design Exchange at 234 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
 
In support of the Meeting, the Company has mailed to shareholders its fiscal 
2010 Annual Report and Management Information Circular (Circular). Copies of 
these documents can be found on the Company's website (www.westerncoal.com) or 
by contacting Western. 
 
Further to the announcement on August 4, 2010 regarding the Company's intention 
to move to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange from the Alternative 
Investment Market (AIM), the Company is proposing to amend its articles of 
association to incorporate pre-emption rights to comply with the UK Listing 
Authority (UKLA). These, if ratified by shareholders, will be effective once the 
Company is admitted to the Official List. Following admittance to the Official 
List, the Company's primary listing will continue to be the Toronto Stock 
Exchange (TSX). Shareholders will also be asked to approve amendments to the 
Company's stock option plan as well as implementation of a preferred share unit 
plan and restricted share plan, all of which is detailed in the Circular. 
 
The Meeting will be webcasted and available on the Company's website. 
 
 
About Western Coal 
Western Coal is a producer of high quality metallurgical coal from mines in 
northeast British Columbia (Canada), high quality metallurgical coal and 
compliant thermal coal from mines located in West Virginia (USA, and 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: 
 
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| Western Coal Corp.        | Buchanan             | Cenkos Securities    | 
| David Jan                 | Communications       | Ivonne Cantu /       | 
| Head of Investor          | Bobby Morse /        | Adrian Hargrave      | 
| Relations                 | Katharine Sutton     | [phone]     | 
| [phone]           | [phone]     |                      | 
| [e-mail] |                      |                      | 
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            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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