Alliance CFO to Present at 16th Annual Wachovia Securities Nantucket Equity Conference.TULSA, Okla. -- Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (Nasdaq:ARLP ARLP Acoustic Reference Level Plan ) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (Nasdaq:AHGP AHGP American History and Genealogy Project ) today announced that Brian L. Cantrell, their Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation at the 16th Annual Wachovia Securities Wachovia Securities, located in Richmond, Virginia (soon to be moved to St. Louis), is the third largest brokerage firm in the United States as of 2006 with $689 billion retail client assets under management. It is a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation. Nantucket Equity Conference in Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket is an island 30 miles (48.3 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget, it constitutes the town of Nantucket, Massachusetts and the coterminous Nantucket County at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, June 22, 2006. In his presentation, Mr. Cantrell intends to discuss the operations, financial performance, growth prospects and business outlook for both Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. The audio portion of Mr. Cantrell's presentation will be available via live webcast and for replay for 90 days at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa36/arlp. The related presentation materials will be available June 22, 2006 on both Alliance Resource Partners' website (http://www.arlp.com) and Alliance Holdings GP's website (http://www.ahgp.com) under "Investor Information" and "Investor Presentations." The statements and projections used throughout this release, and the materials referenced herein, are based on current expectations. These statements and projections are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. These projections do not include the potential impact of any mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations that may occur after the date of this release. At the end of this release, we have included more information regarding business risks that could affect our results. About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. is a diversified producer and marketer of steam coal to major United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. utilities and industrial users. Alliance Resource Partners, the nation's only publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal, is currently the fifth largest coal producer in the eastern United States with operations in all major eastern coalfields. Alliance Resource Partners currently operates underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. . Partnership news, unit prices and additional information about Alliance Resource Partners, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at http://www.arlp.com. For more information, contact Alliance Resource Partners' investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. department at 918-295-7674 or via e-mail at investorrelations@arlp.com. About Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. is a limited partnership formed to own and control Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the managing general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., through which it holds a 1.98% general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights in Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. In addition, Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. owns 15,550,628 common units of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Partnership news, unit prices and additional information about Alliance Holdings GP, L.P., including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at http://www.ahgp.com. For more information, contact Alliance Holdings GP's investor relations department at 918-295-1415 or via e-mail at investorrelations@ahgp.com. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. : With the exception of historical matters, any matters discussed in this press release and the materials referenced herein are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ("ARLP") and, in turn, Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. to differ materially from projected results. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, the following: increased competition in coal markets and ARLP's ability to respond to the competition; fluctuation in coal prices, which could adversely affect ARLP's operating results and cash flows; risks associated with the expansion of ARLP's operations and properties; deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. of the electric utility industry or the effects of any adverse change in the domestic coal industry, electric utility industry, or general economic conditions; dependence on significant customer contracts, including renewing customer contracts upon expiration of existing contracts; customer bankruptcies and/or cancellations or breaches of existing contracts; customer delays or defaults in making payments; fluctuations in coal demand, prices and availability due to labor and transportation costs and disruptions, equipment availability, governmental regulations and other factors; ARLP's productivity levels and margins that ARLP earns on its coal sales; greater than expected increases in raw material costs; greater than expected shortage of skilled labor; any unanticipated increases in labor costs, adverse changes in work rules, or unexpected cash payments associated with post-mine reclamation and workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. claims; any unanticipated increases in transportation costs and risk of transportation delays or interruptions; greater than expected environmental regulation, costs and liabilities; a variety of operational, geologic, permitting, labor and weather-related factors; risks associated with major mine-related accidents, such as mine fires or other interruptions; results of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ; difficulty maintaining ARLP's surety bonds for mine reclamation Mine reclamation is the process of creating useful landscapes that meet a variety of goals, typically creating productive ecosystems (or sometimes industrial or municipal land) from mined land. as well as workers' compensation and black lung black lung: see pneumoconiosis. benefits; difficulty obtaining commercial property insurance, and risks associated with ARLP's participation (excluding any applicable deductible) in the commercial insurance property program; and, a loss or reduction of the direct or indirect benefit from certain state and federal tax credits, including non-conventional source fuel tax credits. Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.'s public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed on March 16, 2006 with the SEC, and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.'s Prospectus on Form 424B4 filed May 10, 2006. Except as required by applicable securities laws, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. do not intend to update their forward-looking statements. |
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