Aquarian Coal Corp. PINKSHEETS: AQGC

Aquarian Gold Corp. (PINKSHEETS: AQGC) ("Aquarian") is commencing an extensive program of detailed geological mapping on their recently acquired 52,000 hectare (approximately 200 square mile) Indonesian coal property. The Company will be sampling coal seam outcrops, pitting, and mapping selected areas to 1:25,000 with detailed mapping in certain areas on a scale of 1:5,000.

Andrew Bell, Chairman of Aquarian, stated, "This mapping process will concentrate on the outcrops and on areas of known coal mineralization in order to produce an initial 43-101 compliant report on this one area of our property. Earlier exploration has indicated the presence of more than 2.5 million tonnes of medium calorific, low ash/sulfur content bituminous coal in one section of the northern license. However, this resource figure is not 43-101 compliant, and should not be relied upon."

Bell further commented, "I am very pleased with the rapid progress we have made since closing the acquisition of this property in January. We have changed our focus from gold mining/exploration and are fast-tracking our plans to supply coal to fuel Asia's growing economy. China is building a new coal-fired power generation plant every week, with plans to open more than 500 over the next eight years."

For More Information Contact:
Mr. Ian D. Lambert, President Tel. 416 840 9843
Mr. Andrew Bell, Chairman Tel: +44 207 402 4580

The company's large land position is located in the Riau coal basin, one of three coal rich areas within Sumatra that together account for seventy percent of Indonesia's annual coal production. They contain established coal mineralization. The licenses neighbor two significant finds, and are largely unexplored. Indonesia has become the world's largest thermal coal exporter, and among the characteristics of this coal are that it contains low pollutants such as ash and sulfur and so is used to mix with higher calorific value coals as far away as the U.S. and Europe. Chinese demand is increasing as China is not building new oil-fired plants and is adding each year generating capacity equal to the total power output of the U.K. The license is located in the east of Sumatra with good shipping links with South East Asia.

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Aquarian Gold Commences Exploration Program on Coal Properties in Indonesia