Sinocoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. Obtains New Business Licenses For Three Coal Mine Companies in Baofeng County

PINGDINGSHAN, China, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCOK) (the "Company" or "SinoCoking"), a vertically-integrated coal and coke processor, today announced that it has received new business licenses for three coal mine companies in Baofeng County: Baofeng Shuangrui Coal Mining Company Limited ("Shuangrui"), Baofeng Xingsheng Coal Mining Company Limited ("Xingsheng") and Baofeng Shunli Coal Mining Company Limited ("Shunli").

In August 2010, the Company announced that Henan Pingdingshan Hongli Coal & Coking Co., Ltd. ("Hongli"), which the Company controls through contractual arrangements, entered into agreements to acquire 60% of Shuangrui and Xingsheng. The issuance of the new business licenses on May 20, 2011, signifies the registration with the local State Administration of Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") of the transfer of 60% of the equity interests of these two companies to Hongli. Also on May 20, 2011, the local SAIC issued a new business license for Shunli in connection with the registration of the transfer of 100% of the equity interest of Shunli to Baofeng Hongchang Coal, Ltd. ("Hongchang"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hongli.

The issuance of these new business licenses is a step toward completing these acquisitions. The Company will next transfer the equity interests that it controls in these three companies to Henan Hongyuan Coal Seam Gas Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. ("Hongyuan CSG"), SinoCoking's joint-venture with the state-owned conglomerate Henan Province Coal Seam Gas Development and Utilization Co., Ltd ("Henan Coal Seam Gas"). Currently, all three companies are subject to the provincial-wide mining moratorium in effect since late 2009. However, once transfers of equity interests to Hongyuan CSG are completed, these companies will obtain new mining licenses and be able to resume operations.

Going forward, mining safety, production, and technology of the three mines will be handled by Henan Coal Seam Gas.  In anticipation of the transfer of equity interests to Hongyuan CSG, Henan Coal Seam Gas deployed its mining engineers, safety experts and other professionals to the coal mines of Shungrui, Xingsheng and Shunli on May 19, 2011, to begin preparation work for the resumption of production, including safety upgrades.

Management currently expects that the three mines can officially resume production at full capacity before the end of the 2011 calendar year. Once the construction of the new coking facility is completed, coal extracted from these mines will largely be used to produce coke and other coke by-products.

About SinoCoking

SinoCoking and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation, is a vertically-integrated coal and coke processor that uses coal from both its own mines and that of third-party mines to produce basic and value-added coal products for steel manufacturers, power generators, and various industrial users. SinoCoking currently has mining rights and capacity to extract 300,000 metric tons of coal per year from its own mines located in the Henan Province in central China. SinoCoking has been producing metallurgical coke since 2002, and acts as a key supplier to regional steel producers in central China. SinoCoking also produces and supplies thermal coal to its customers in central China. SinoCoking currently owns its assets and conducts its operations through its subsidiaries, Top Favour Limited and Pingdingshan Hongyuan Energy Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., and its affiliated companies, Henan Province Pingdingshan Hongli Coal & Coke Co., Ltd., Baofeng Coking Factory, Baofeng Hongchang Coal Co., Ltd., Baofeng Hongguang Environment Protection Electricity Generating Co., Ltd., Zhonghong Energy Investment Company and Henan Hongyuan Coal Seam Gas Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.

For further information about SinoCoking, please refer to our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SOURCE SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc.

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