CanAm Coal Corp. announced the realignment of executive roles at its corporate office. After serving six years as the company's Chief Executive Officer, Tim Bergen has made a personal decision to step away from day to day company operations in order to focus solely on business development activities.

As a result, Tim will step down as company CEO and assume the title of Vice Chairman of the board responsible for business development. Tim's mandate will be to develop the company's 1 to 3 year expansion plan including identifying and evaluating high value development projects and opportunities to develop a seaborne market for the company's coal reserves. Jos De Smedt, CanAm's President and Chief Operating Officer will assume Tim's day to day management responsibilities.

The company also announced that, effective from October 22, 2012, Jos De Smedt has been appointed to the Board of Directors.