Christopher N. Moravec

Rhino Resource Partners LP is a diversified coal producing limited partnership company, which focuses on coal and energy related assets and activities. It produces, processes and sells high quality coal of various steam and metallurgical grades from multiple coal producing basins in the U.S. It operates through the following four segments: Central Appalachia, Northern Appalachia, Rhino Western, and Illinois Basin. The Central Appalachia segment consists of Tug River and Rob Fork mining complexes. The Northern Appalachia segment comprises Hopedale mining complex, Sands Hill mining complex, and Leesville field. The Rhino Western segment includes the underground mine in the Western Bituminous region. The Illinois Basin segment covers the underground mine, preparation plant, and river loadout facility, a well as Taylorville field reserves. The company was founded on January 11, 2006 and is headquartered in Lexington, KY.

Foresight Energy LP engages in the production and marketing of thermal coal. It specializes in the operation and development of mining complexes with long wall mining systems. The firm has its operations in in the Illinois basin region. The company was founded by Chris Cline on January 26, 2006 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Part of New WEI, Inc., King-Coal Corp. Ltd. is a coal mining company based in Neath, UK. King-Coal Corp. was acquired by Cambrian Mining Ltd., part of New WEI, Inc. from July 13, 2009 on May 20, 2005.

National Mining Association operates as national trade organization of the U.S. mining industry. It represents the interests of mining before Congress, the administration, federal agencies, the judiciary and the media. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Rhino GP LLC owns and operates coal reserves. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Part of Rhino Resource Partners LP, Rhino Eastern LLC operates coal mines. The private company is based in Bolt, WV.

Part of Foresight Energy LP, Foresight Energy GP LLC is a leading producer of thermal coal with over 2 billion tons of coal reserves, sufficient to support over 75 years of production at their current level. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO, and Robert Dean Moore has been the CEO since 2015. The company operates three mining complexes in the United States and has invested heavily in logistics to provide multiple modes of transportation to the end-users of their coal, including rail, barge, and trucks. Foresight Energy GP aims to be low cost on a delivered basis and has the ability to access multiple rail carriers.