CanAm Coal Corp. announced the appointment of Steve Somerville to its board of directors. Mr. Somerville will commence duties immediately. Mr. Somerville is a highly experienced corporate finance executive with key strengths in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity strategies, structured finance, corporate restructuring, risk management and investment strategies. Mr. Somerville is currently President of CCM Capital Corporation. Additionally, Mr. Somerville was responsible for the leadership of Bank of Montreal's Canadian Mid-Market Mergers and Acquisitions business and the Bank's Limited Partner investments in third party Canadian Private Equity Funds. Mr. Somerville was also a member of the Bank's Corporate Finance Leadership from 2001 to 2012.