Puda Coal Acquires Four Coal Mines

Puda Coal, Inc. PUDA today announced that on December 23 and 24, 2010, Shanxi Puda Coal Group Co. Ltd, a 90% subsidiary of Puda Coal, completed acquisition of coal mining rights and assets of four coal mines under Phase II of the Pinglu Project: Pinglu County Sanmenzhen Xuhutuo Coal, Pinglu County Daqi Coal, Shanxi Pinglu Renling Coal and Pinglu County Donggou Coal. As previously announced by the Company, pursuant to the acquisition agreements, the purchase price is RMB 125,000,000 (approximately $18.77 million) for Xuhutuo Coal, RMB 66,200,000 (approximately $9.94 million) for Daqi Coal, RMB 205,000,000 (approximately $30.65 million) for Renling Coal and RMB 77,500,000 (approximately $11.59 million) for Donggou Coal.