County Coal Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Roger Knight as general manager marketing. Mr. Knight was previously with Centennial Coal for 14 years as General Manager Marketing, being responsible for both export & domestic coal sales of Centennial's thermal, soft coking and coking coal sales into Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In particular Mr. Knight was responsible for the company's annual thermal price negotiations with Asian customers. Mr. Knight's employment with the County Coal has now commenced to spearhead the Company's export coal sales development program. Mr. Knight brings to County a wealth of knowledge gained from a career spanning 30 years as a coal trading executive in the global coal industry. As head of the Company's export coal sales division, Mr. Knight's immediate focus will be the development of the Company's export coal business in Asia, and to expedite early off take agreements for US coal sourced by the Company prior to supply from its own projects currently under development in the Powder River Basin.