SEATTLE, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- L & L Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LLEN) ("L&L") (formerly L & L International Holdings, Inc.), a U.S.-based coal operator announced today that it acquired 100% of SeZone County Hong Xing Coal Washing Factory ("Hong Xing") located in Yunnan, China through its subsidiary L&L Yunnan Tianneng Industry Co. Ltd ("TNI") of which L&L owns 70% equity controlling interest. The agreement was executed on January 1, 2010 with an effective date of November 30, 2009. L&L paid $1,000,000 USD for the acquisition, thus Hong Xing now becomes a second tier subsidiary of L&L. The TNI joint venture was approved by the Chinese government on December 24, 2009.

Dickson Lee, L&L Chairman & CEO, commented: "This acquisition demonstrates our commitment to expand L&L coal operations in China. This acquisition will add 150,000 tons valued at approximately $19,000,000 (based on $130 per ton) to our existing coal washing capacity in China. We also plan to increase the existing Hong Xing washing operation to 600,000 tons."

For more information on the transaction, see Form 8-K to be filed on January 8, 2010, available at www.sec.gov.

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Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, our Company's website is at http://www.llenergyinc.com.

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