Pacific American Coal announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Lochtenberg as Managing Director to push forward development of the company's hard coking coal project, Elko, in British Columbia, Canada. He will commence on February 1, 2017. Mr. Lochtenberg has substantial global and Australian coal industry experience, including as former co-head of Glencore International AG's coal division overseeing its trading division and identifying and negotiating the acquisition and aggregation of a project portfolio that became Xstrata Coal. He was also Executive Chairman and founding Managing Director of Cockatoo Coal Limited, taking that company from grass roots explorer to mainstream metallurgical coal producer.