Richard Whiting

PVR Partners LP engaged in the gathering and processing of natural gas and the management of coal and natural resource properties in the United States. It operates through three business segments: Eastern Midstream, Midcontinent Midstream and Coal & Natural Resource Management. The Eastern Midstream segment is engaged in providing natural gas gathering, and other related services in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Midcontinent Midstream segment is engaged in providing natural gas processing, gathering services, and other related services. These processing and gathering systems are located primarily in Oklahoma and Texas. The Coal & Natural Resource Management segment involves in the management and leasing of coal properties and the subsequent collection of royalties. It also involves in other land management activities, such as selling standing timber, leasing coal-related infrastructure facilities and collecting oil and gas royalties. The company was founded in July 2001 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Patriot Coal Corp. engages in the mining, preparation, and sale of thermal and metallurgical coal with coal reserves. The company was founded on September 25, 2006 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

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.

Part of Peabody Energy Corp., Peabody COALSALES Co. is a company that extracts and markets coal. The company is based in St. Louis, MO.

Society for Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration, Inc. operates as a professional society corporation representing all professionals serving the minerals industry in more than 85 countries. Its members are engineers, geologists, metallurgists, educators, students and researchers. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.