Advanced Emissions Solutions Appoints L. Heath Sampson As CFO

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. ADES (the "Company") today announced that the Company has appointed Heath Sampson as Chief Financial Officer, following the retirement of Mark McKinnies, who has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2000. Heath Sampson was previously CFO at Square Two Financial, a private equity owned financial services firm with more than $300 million in annual revenues and more than $250 million in SEC registered debt instruments. Previously he was the CFO of First Data Financial Services, Vice President of Risk, Control and Audit at First Data Corporation, and a Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen. Through his career he demonstrated leadership in building and improving SEC Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Analytics and regulatory compliance as the companies went through periods of rapid growth. He received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting and a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Denver, is a CPA and a member of the Colorado AICPA, and is Six Sigma Greenbelt-Black Belt Trained. Dr. Michael D. Durham, Company President and CEO, said, "We are excited to add Heath to our executive team. He brings extensive experience and a demonstrated track record in helping to build companies and we look forward to him playing a key role in the Company's future growth." Dr. Durham continued, "We would also like to acknowledge Mark McKinnies for all of his contributions to the Company. Mark has been an invaluable partner over the past 17 years, from spinning the Company out of Earth Sciences in 2003 - with an initial market valuation of less than $10 million - through the challenges of regulatory delays and other set-backs, to developing multiple business lines that built the Company to its current market valuation in excess of $400 million. We wish him well in his retirement."