Colonial Coal International Corp. announced that David Fawcett has kindly agreed to be appointed as an advisory member to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Fawcett is a mining engineer with over 40 years of experience in the coal industry, primarily in the western Canadian coal industry. During his career Mr. Fawcett has had a broad range of responsibilities from early stage geology and exploration, through feasibility and regulatory processes, to operations, management and executive positions for major, intermediate and start-up companies.