Alliance to Present at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships 2014 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference

TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ARLP and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. AHGP today announced that Joseph W. Craft III, President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships 2014 Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida at approximately 1:15 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, May 22, 2014.

The audio portion of Mr. Craft's presentation will be available via webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/naptp7/arlp and for replay for 7 days following the conference. The related presentation will also be available May 22, 2014 on both ARLP's website (http://www.arlp.com) and AHGP's website (http://www.ahgp.com) under “Investor Information” and “Investor Presentations.”

About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.

ARLP is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States utilities and industrial users. ARLP, the nation's first publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal, is currently the third largest coal producer in the eastern United States with mining operations in the Illinois Basin and Appalachian coal producing regions. ARLP operates ten mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia. ARLP is also constructing a new mine in southern Indiana and is purchasing and funding development of reserves, operating surface facilities and making equity investments in a new mining complex under development in southern Illinois. In addition, ARLP operates a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mount Vernon, Indiana.

News, unit prices and additional information about ARLP, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at http://www.arlp.com. For more information, contact the investor relations department of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. at (918) 295-7674 or via e-mail at investorrelations@arlp.com.

About Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.

AHGP is a limited partnership formed to own and control Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC, the managing general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ARLP, through which it holds a 1.98% general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights in ARLP. In addition, AHGP owns 15,544,169 common units of ARLP.

News, unit prices and additional information about AHGP including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at http://www.ahgp.com. For more information, contact the investor relations department of Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. at (918) 295-1415 or via e-mail at investorrelations@ahgp.com.