WTN 08-15
TSX: WTN and WTN.DB and AIM: WTN

Western Canadian Coal Announces Update on 2008 Coal Year Prices

Vancouver, B.C. May 7, 2008 – Western Canadian Coal Corp (TSX: WTN, WTN.WT and WTN.DB and AIM: WTN) (the “Company” or “Western”) announces that is has negotiated a majority of its 2008 coal year contracts for its hard coking coal (“HCC”) at an average above US$300 per tonne, which is approximately 365% higher than prior year contract prices. The Company has also negotiated a majority of its 2008 coal year contracts for its low-volatile PCI (“ULV-PCI”) coal at approximately US$248 per tonne, which is 350% higher than prior year contracts.

“The record prices we are selling our coal for this year represents the high quality coal the Company produces,” states John Hogg, President and CEO of Western Canadian Coal Corp. “With completion of our 2007 coal year carry-over tonnage in early May to be sold in this current coal year, the Company should be producing significant cash flows shortly. And considering the under utilized capacity of the rail lines and port that the Company uses, we are in a good position to sell all the metallurgical coal we can produce this coal year at these record prices.”

John Hogg continues, “Given these prices, the Board has substantially increased its expectations for long term coal pricing and has begun the exercise of reevaluating the long term resources and reserves which are economic given the much higher price regime. A further update will be provided in due course.”

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.

Forward-Looking Information
This release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements relate to the Company’s expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs. As a result, actual future events or results could differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by the Company on SEDAR. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to changes in commodity prices; strengths of various economies; the effects of competition and pricing pressures; the oversupply of, or lack of demand for, the Company’s products; currency and interest rate fluctuations; various events which could disrupt the Company’s construction schedule or operations; the Company’s ability to obtain additional funding on favourable terms, if at all; and the Company’s ability to anticipate and manage the foregoing factors and risks. Additionally, statements related to the quantity or magnitude of coal deposits are deemed to be forward-looking statements. The reliability of such information is affected by, among other things, uncertainties involving geology of coal deposits; uncertainties of estimates of their size or composition; uncertainties of projections related to costs of production; the possibilities in delays in mining activities; changes in plans with respect to exploration, development projects or capital expenditures; and various other risks including those related to health, safety and environmental matters.

For further information contact:
David Jan, Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Phone: (604) 608-2692
Email: djan@westerncoal.com