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8-K - CURRENT REPORT DATED 7-12-11 - Liberty Coal Energy Corp.g5299.txt

                                                                      Exhibit 17

                    WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                       OF

                            LIBERTY COAL ENERGY CORP.

                                  JULY 12, 2011

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     The undersigned,  constituting all of the members of the Board of Directors
(the  "Board")  of  Liberty  Coal  Energy  Corp.,  a  Nevada   corporation  (the
"Company"),  by unanimous written consent pursuant to the authority contained in
Section 78.315 of the General  Corporation  Law of the state of Nevada,  without
the  formality  of  convening  a  meeting,  hereby  adopts and  approves  of the
following resolutions:

RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR

     WHEREAS,  Mauricio  Beltran has resigned as a director of the  Corporation,
     effective July 12, 2011; and

     WHEREAS,  the  Board  believes  that  it is in the  best  interests  of the
     Corporation and its stockholders to accept Mauricio Beltran's resignation.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE  IT  RESOLVED,  Mauricio  Beltran's  resignation  as a
     director of the Corporation is hereby accepted.

GENERAL

     RESOLVED,  that the officers of the Company, or any one or more of them, be
     and they hereby are,  authorized  and  empowered,  for and on behalf of the
     Company to (i) execute and  deliver any and all  applications,  agreements,
     documents,  instruments,  and  certificates;  (ii)  incur  such  costs  and
     expenses;  and (iii) do any and all acts and things that they deem,  in the
     exercise of their  discretion,  necessary,  desirable,  or  appropriate  in
     connection with these resolutions,  with the execution and delivery of such
     applications,  agreements,  documents,  instruments,  and  certificates  to
     constitute  conclusive proof of the  appropriateness  of such applications,
     agreements, documents, instruments, and certificates.

     RESOLVED,  that the Company  hereby  ratifies,  confirms,  and approves all
     actions taken on behalf of the Company by any officer, director,  employee,
     agent,  or  attorney  of the  Company  in  connection  with  the  foregoing
     resolutions.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Unanimous Consent may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. [Signature Page Follows.] 2
/s/ Edwin G. Morrow -------------------------------------- Edwin G. Morrow /s/ Robert T. Malasek -------------------------------------- Robert T. Malasek CONSTITUTING ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LIBERTY COAL ENERGY CORP. [Signature Page to Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Liberty Coal Energy Corp. Approving Director Resignation]