Coalspur Mines Limited - Further Resource Upgrade on Vista Coal Project

Highlights:

-- Measured and Indicated Coal Resources on the Vista Coal Project ('Vista') increased by 64.9Mt and Inferred Coal Resources increased by 22.3Mt

-- Total Measured and Indicated Resources of Coalspur increased to 1,078.7Mt of which 710.2Mt is in the Measured Coal Resource category

-- New drill hole information will be incorporated into the current Bankable Feasibility Study ('BFS') and revised Coal Reserve estimates

-- Future drilling on Vista to focus on further definition of the McPherson, Val d'Or and McLeod seams and the delineation of the Silkstone seam on the north eastern section of the deposit


PERTH, Western Australia, June 14, 2011 /CNW/ - Coalspur Mines Limited ('Coalspur' or 'Company') (ASX: CPL, TSX: CPT) is pleased to announce a Measured and Indicated Coal Resource upgrade of 64.9 million tonnes ('Mt') and an Inferred Coal Resource upgrade of 22.3Mt on Vista. This increases the Company's total Measured and Indicated Coal Resources to 1.08 billion tonnes ('Bt').

Commenting on the Coal Resource upgrade on Vista, Managing Director and CEO, Gene Wusaty said 'The update provides further confirmation that the resource base at Vista can support the development of one of the largest export coal projects in North America. As the Bankable Feasibility Study progresses we will reassess the reserve potential of each of the coal seams in the Coalspur formation and optimize the productive capacity of Vista.'

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|Table 1: JORC / NI 43-101 Coal Resources                           |
|___________________________________________________________________|
|                  |Measured|Indicated|Measured & Indicated|Inferred|
|                  |    (Mt)|     (Mt)|                (Mt)|    (Mt)|
|__________________|________|_________|____________________|________|
|Vista Coal Project|   658.7|    326.7|               985.4|   304.6|
|__________________|________|_________|____________________|________|
|Vista South Coal  |    51.5|     41.9|                93.3|    75.0|
|Project           |        |         |                    |        |
|__________________|________|_________|____________________|________|
|Coalspur Total    |   710.2|    368.6|             1,078.7|   379.6|
|Resource          |        |         |                    |        |
|__________________|________|_________|____________________|________|

The current Coal Reserve estimate for Vista is 260.1Mt and includes mineable coal from the McPherson, Val d'Or and McLeod seams. The Coal Reserve estimate will be reassessed when a revised mine plan is completed as part of the current BFS.

The Coal Resource estimate upgrade on Vista was based on the following factors:

-- inclusion of an additional 49 drill holes in the geological model which includes 29 locations drilled by Coalspur (totalling 1,857m) and 20 locations previously drilled by other operators (totalling 1,583m);

-- addition of the Silkstone seam in the south eastern portion of Vista, which underlies the McPherson seam. In the previous Coal Resource estimate the inclusion of the Silkstone seam was limited to the central portion of Vista; and

-- increase in the geological boundary area to include the 1,200 hectares of coal leases recently acquired from the Alberta Government.


Vista Coal Resource Upgrade

The preparation of the Coal Resource estimate was undertaken by Moose Mountain Technical Services, ('MMTS') in accordance with the JORC Code (2004) and National Instrument 43-101 ('NI 43-101'). MMTS has had a long association with coal properties in the Hinton region and are considered to be amongst the most respected coal experts in Western Canada. MMTS has an extensive client base of major coal companies including Teck Cominco, Mitsui, Western Canadian and Anglo Pacific.

Since early 2009, MMTS has prepared numerous independent technical reports for Coalspur in relation to the Vista Coal Project and has been retained to assist in the BFS and the determination of the revised Coal Resource estimate.

The key parameters that MMTS used to conduct the Vista Coal Resource upgrade are as follows:

-- The Coal Resource is defined from four coal seams (Val D'or, McLeod, McPherson and Silkstone) that have a cumulative coal thickness of approximately 30m;

-- The four coal seams which comprise the Coal Resource have a dip to the northeast ranging from 4° - 15°, which has resulted in the Coal Resource being defined within a 10.28:1 strip ratio pit (modelled using a 20:1 incremental cut-off strip ratio);

-- A modelled pit using 45° walls and set up such that only coal within the Company's Leases is mined; and

-- A minimum mineable seam thickness of 0.5m and a minimum removable parting thickness of 0.3m (partings less than 0.3m are included with the coal seam).


The Measured and Indicated Coal Resources of the Company now total approximately 1.08Bt of low sulphur, high volatile bituminous, export quality thermal coal with resources on Vista accounting for 985.4Mt and the Vista South Coal Project ('Vista South') accounting for 93.3Mt. Further drilling is planned in the coming months to further delineate the geology of Vista South and to test for extensions to the South East of the deposit.

The full version of this news release is available on the Company's website at www.coalspur.com and SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Regulatory Disclosures

For further information regarding the Vista Coal Project and Vista South
Project, including a description of Coalspur's quality assurance
program, quality control measures, the geology, samples collected and
testing procedures in respect of the projects, please refer to the
technical report on the Vista Coal Project titled 'Vista Coal Project
Prefeasibility Study' dated January 25, 2011 and the technical report
on the Vista South Project titled 'Resource Estimate for the Vista
South Coal Property' dated December 15, 2010 , which are compliant with
National Instrument 43-101 - 'Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects' ('NI 43-101') and are available for review on SEDAR at sedar.com.

Competent Person / Qualified Person Statements

The information in this news release that relates to Coal Resources is
based on information compiled by Mr. Robert J. Morris, who is a Member
of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and
Geophysicists of Alberta.  Mr. Morris is a full-time employee of Moose
Mountain Technical Services, who are consultants to Coalspur. Mr.
Morris has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of
mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the
activity he is undertaking to qualify as a 'Competent Person' as
defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of
Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves' ('JORC Code'), and a 'Qualified Person' under NI 43-101. Mr. Morris consents to the
inclusion of such information in this news release in the form and
context in which it appears.

The information in this news release that relates to Coal Reserves is
based on information compiled by Mr. Robert Fong, who is a Member of
the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists
of Alberta. Mr. Fong is an associate of Moose Mountain Technical
Services, who are consultants to Coalspur. Mr. Fong has sufficient
experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of
deposit under consideration and to the activity he is undertaking to
qualify as a 'Competent Person' as defined in the 2004 Edition of the
JORC Code, and a 'Qualified Person' under NI 43-101. Mr. Fong consents
to the inclusion of such information in this news release in the form
and context in which it appears.

All other scientific and technical information in this news release is
based on information compiled by Mr. Eugene Wusaty, who is a Member of
the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Mr. Wusaty is a full-time employee of Coalspur.  Mr. Wusaty has
sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation
and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is
undertaking to qualify as a 'Competent Person' as defined in the JORC
Code, and a 'Qualified Person' under NI 43-101. Mr. Wusaty consents to
the inclusion of such information in this news release in the form and
context in which it appears.

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