Webster County Coal LLC

Webster County Coal, a subsidiary of Alliance Resource Partners, operates Dotiki, an underground mining complex located in Webster County in Kentucky. The Dotiki complex utilizes continuous mining units that emply room-and-pillar mining techniques. Production of high-sulfur coal from the complex is shipped via the CSX and PAL railroads and by truck on United States and state highways. Webster s primary customers for coal produced at Dotiki are Louisville Gas & Electric, Seminole Electric Cooperative and Tennessee Valley Authority. Webster s parent company, Alliance Resource Partners, is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States utilities and industrial users. Alliance Resource Partners is among the largest coal producers in the Eastern United States.