On September 11, 2008 we announced the opening of a new mine for the immediate development of our Tunnel Ridge reserves. The Tunnel Ridge reserve area encompasses approximately 9,400 acres of land located in Ohio County, West Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania and includes approximately 70.5 million tons of high-sulfur coal. Plans are to develop Tunnel Ridge as an underground longwall mining complex.

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