Puda Coal Signs Letter of Intent to Restructure Six Coal Mines and Construct a Coal Gangue Power Plant in Shanxi Province

TAIYUAN, China, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Puda Coal, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: PUDC) (”Puda Coal” or the ”Company”), a supplier of
China’s high grade metallurgical coking coal used to make coke for the
purposes of steel manufacturing, today announced that the Company signed a
letter of intent with a local county government located in Shanxi Province
(”the County”) to consolidate the County’s six coal mines (”the coal mines”)
and construct a coal gangue power plant.

According to the letter of intent, the County will apply for project
approval from the Shanxi provincial government for consolidation of the coal
mines. Upon receiving provincial approval, Puda Coal will work with the County
to consolidate and restructure the six coal mines. Pursuant to the letter of
intent, after the County has obtained all supporting documents related to the
gangue power plant, Puda Coal will work with the County to construct a 2×135
MW coal gangue power plant. Both the consolidation of the coal mines and
construction of the power plant will comply with the Shanxi provincial
government’s mandate to accelerate the pace of consolidation and restructuring
of coal mining enterprises.

Following approval of the project from the provincial government, the
Company will invest the funds required to increase production capacity of the
mines after consolidation and will also provide the funds necessary to
construct the coal gangue power plant. Details related to timeframe to obtain
the provincial government approval and the requirements and conditions for any
binding agreement for detailed coal mine consolidation to be executed are not
yet available.

”We are excited about this opportunity and view this letter of intent
with the County government as a step forward in our efforts to enter into the
coal mining industry and extend our reach along the coal value chain,” said
Mr. Liping Zhu, CEO and President of Puda Coal. ”We look forward to the
opportunity to leverage our experience in the coal industry to consolidate and
fully utilize the mines and to construct a coal gangue power plant to help
serve China’s increasing demand for energy.”

About Puda Coal, Inc.

Puda Coal, through its subsidiaries, supplies premium grade coking coal to
the steel making industry in China for use in making coke. The Company
currently possesses 3.5 million metric tons of annual coking coal cleaning
capacity. Shanxi Province provides 20 – 25% of China’s coal output and
supplies nearly 50% of China’s coke.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The information contained herein includes forward-looking statements.
These statements relate to future events or to our future financial
performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or
achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
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and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of
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our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and
other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results
of operations, growth strategy and liquidity as well as local and global
economic and financial conditions. For example, the entry into of a binding
agreement is subject to various conditions and requirements of the County
government, which we may not be able to satisfy, and our management’s ability
to successfully consolidate and increase output at the mines and construct a
coal gangue power plant, are subject to, among other things, the risks and
uncertainties relating to the market condition beyond our control. We will not,
and we assume no obligation to, publicly update or revise these
forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual
results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the
future.

    For more information, please contact:

    Investor Relations Contact:
     Crocker Coulson, President
     CCG Investor Relations
     Tel:   +1-646-213-1915
     Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com
     Web:   http://www.ccgirasia.com

    Company Contact:
     Wenwei Tian, Chief Operating Officer,
     Director of Investors Relations
     Puda Coal, Inc.
     Tel:   +86-351-228-1302
     Email: awtian@yahoo.com
     Web:   http://www.pudacoalinc.com

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