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Alpha Natural Resources Announces Safety Milestones

•Best Safety Performance on Record for Alpha Affiliates




•Pax Mine Wins West Virginias Foremost Safety Award

•Several Alpha Affiliates Earn Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards


ABINGDON, Va., Feb. 5, 2010—Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) today announced several 2009 safety milestones, including recently-received prestigious safety awards and an overall safety performance for all of its affiliated companies that was substantially (approximately 18 percent) better than the 2009 industry average for both surface and underground coal mining operations and the best year on record for Alpha Affiliates, as measured by total reportable incident rate (TRIR).

Alpha-affiliates receiving Mountaineer Guardian Awards were the following:

Kingston No. 1 Mine, Fayette County;
Paynter Branch Mine, Wyoming County;
Cucumber Mine, McDowell County;
Poplar Ridge Mine, Webster County;
White Flame Energy Mine No. 10, Mingo County; and
Litwar Plant, McDowell County.

The Mountaineer Guardian Awards were presented by the West Virginia Coal Association and the West Virginia Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training at the 37th West Virginia Coal Mining Annual Symposium on Feb. 4, 2008.

The annual award is offered only to select mines and mining-related entities that meet strict safety criteria. The award recognizes those organizations that manage fatality-free operations, superior internal safety programs, cooperative teaming with authorities and minimal safety violations.

The foremost safety award in West Virginia is the Barton B. Lay, Jr. Milestones of Safety Award, which was presented at the symposium luncheon to the Ewing Fork Mine No. 1, also known as the Pax Surface Mine, operated by Alpha affiliate Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. in Raleigh County.

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