Directorate Change

UK Coal PLC
20 April 2006


                                       


                                  UK COAL PLC


                               BOARD APPOINTMENTS


The Board of UK COAL announces the following appointments:


Jon Lloyd, 49, will join the Board as Property Director with effect from 3rd
July 2006. Jon, a Chartered Surveyor, is currently Head of Property at HBOS Plc.
He was formerly Regional Managing Director for the North Region at DTZ Debenham
Thorpe, and held senior roles at Yorkshire Water Plc, where he was Managing
Director of Yorkshire Water Estates Limited and Rosehaugh Heritage plc.

UK COAL'S Chief Executive, Gerry Spindler, said: 'we are very pleased to have
someone of Jon's calibre joining the Board and look forward to the benefit a
focused and professional view will give to the value of our property business'.


Mike Toms, 52, will join the Board as a non-executive Director and Chairman of
the Remuneration Committee with effect from 3rd May 2006. Mike, a Town Planner
and Economist by background, is currently Group Director, Planning and
Regulatory Affairs and sits on the Board at BAA plc where he has held a number
of senior roles over the last 25 years. He is a Director of the Airport Property
Partnership and a non-executive Director at Viridian Group plc.


David Jones, Chairman of UK COAL, commented: 'we are delighted that Mike is
joining the Board and look forward to the strategic contribution he will make to
the business at this key point in its development'.


The Company confirms that there is no further information to disclose under
paragraphs 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority in
relation to these appointments



For further information, please contact:



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