Western Canadian Coal Wins John T. Ryan Safety Award
VANCOUVER, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Canadian Coal Corp (TSX: WTN, WTN.WT and WTN.DB and AIM: WTN) (the "Company" or "Western") is pleased to announce that its Brule mine was recently awarded the 2007 John T. Ryan safety award with zero lost time accidents in the year by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. The John T. Ryan award has been awarded since 1941 to the Canadian mine with the lowest injury rate per 200,000 hours worked. Separate awards are made for coal mines, metalliferous mines and select mines. This year, the award for coal mines was shared with two Alberta strip mines.
The Brule Mine (then "Dillon Mine") is a previous winner of a John T. Ryan award as well as the provincial Stewart O'Brien and Edward Prior safety awards. This is the fourth consecutive year the mine has earned a safety award. "We are extremely proud of the safety record at our Brule mine," said John Hogg, President and CEO of Western Canadian Coal Corp. "We have increased production at the mine each year since the Dillon mine started in 2004 thereby indicating that a safe work place is also a productive work place."
"It also recognizes the focus our employees and those of our mining contractor, Pelly Construction, have on safe work practices," Mr. Hogg added.
About Western Canadian Coal Western Canadian Coal Corp. produces 3.7 million tonnes of high quality metallurgical coal from three mines located in the northeast of British Columbia. The Company also has interests in various coal properties in northern and southern British Columbia and a 50% interest in the Belcourt Saxon Limited Partnership, which was formed to explore and develop the Belcourt and Saxon group of properties in northern BC. Currently, these properties provide the Company with an estimated 15 years of coal reserves at current production levels. CONTACT: David Jan, Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Development, Phone: (604) 608-2692, Email: djan@westerncoal.com
CONTACT: David Jan, Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Development,
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