CBM Asia Announces Coalbed Methane Joint Operating Agreement in Kutai Basin

CBM Asia Development Corp. , announces that through Kutai West Inc. it has entered into a Joint Operating Agreement with Newton Energy CBM Limited on the Kutai West PSC in the Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Kutai West Inc. is jointly owned by Ephindo IIthabi CMB Holding Inc. and CBM Asia on a 60/40 basis. Newton Energy will act as the operator on the block.

The Kutai West JOA establishes the rights and obligations of participating interest owners in conducting exploratory and development programs on the block. The work program for 2010 consisting of a minimum of four (4) wells has been submitted and accepted by Indonesian Executive Agency for Oil and Gas Upstream Business Activities .

ABOUT CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.

CBM Asia Development Corp. is a Canadian-based unconventional gas company with significant coalbed methane exploration and development opportunities in Indonesia. The Company has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire a participating interest in a production sharing contract for CBM on a 58,349 hectare block located in the South Sumatra Basin where initial exploration drilling of a production test well commenced in the second half of 2009. The Company has committed to fund an initial US$3.25 million in exploration expenditures on the Sekayu PSC to prove reserves and submit a Plan of Development to the Government of Indonesia. Sekayu Block Interests of the Company, Ephindo and Batavia Energy are held in South Sumatra Energy, Inc. The Company also has an 18% net working interest in a PSC for CBM on a 76,000 hectare block located in the Kutai Basin of East Kalimantan. Indonesia has one of the largest CBM resources in the world with a potential 453 trillion cubic feet in-place, more than double the country's natural gas reserves (Stevens and Hadiyanto, 2004). Between May 2008 and August 2009, 15 CBM PSCs were granted by the Government of Indonesia, representing exploration commitments of US$95.68 million over the next 3 years. The Company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol 'TCF'. http://www.cbmasia.ca

ON BEHALF OF CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.

'Alan T. Charuk'

President & CEO

Gas-in-place resource estimates make no allowance for recovery of the gas. The volumes of gas which may be recoverable will depend on the reservoir characteristics encountered and future economic conditions. These gas in place estimates are not compliant with volumes of oil and gas resources classified as 'discovered petroleum initially-in-place' within the meaning of the Canadian Oil & Gas Evaluation Handbook (COGE Handbook). The term 'discovered petroleum initially-in-place' is equivalent to discovered resources, and is defined in the COGE Handbook to mean that quantity of petroleum that is estimated, as of a given date, to be contained in known accumulations prior to production.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management's current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances.

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