Peabody Energy Announces International Projects, Business Development and Operations Appointments

Peabody Energy announced today it has named Gerry Brophy Chief Project Officer – Australia and Keith Downham Vice President of Resource Development – Indonesia to advance the company's growth and business goals. Ian Livingstone-Blevins also was named General Manager at the Wilpinjong Mine in New South Wales, Australia. Gerry Brophy will direct and manage Peabody's Australian project management teams with responsibility for the engineering and construction of new mining operations. Peabody is advancing multiple organic growth projects across Queensland and New South Wales, and continues to target 35 million to 40 million tons per year of sales by 2014 to 2015. He will report to Group Executive – Project Development Kemal Williamson. Brophy brings more than 35 years of experience across project, operations and engineering management in mining and heavy industry. Most recently, Brophy served as General Manager – Project Development for the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal project at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland, a $2 billion project to expand long-term export capacity. Prior to this, he held roles of Group Head of Projects and Engineering, and Head of Growth and Strategy for global miner Anglo Coal Australia as well as Engineering Manager for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance. His previous experience includes project management and engineering roles with Hatch Associates, Fluor Daniel and Swan Wooster Fawbert. He earned his Management of Business Diploma from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and a Bachelor of Science honors degree in mechanical engineering from Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Keith Downham will have responsibility for identifying and evaluating acquisitions, joint ventures and additional development opportunities in Indonesia, reporting to President – Asia Zhenchun Shi. With more than 25 years of experience in operations management and strategic planning, Downham most recently served as General Manager of Peabody's Wilpinjong Mine in New South Wales, Australia. Prior to Peabody, Downham was Mining Manager at the Blackwater Mine, a BHP Billiton operation; the Moura Mine, an Anglo Coal Australia mine; and the Bulga open-cut Mine of Glencore Coal. He also worked for BHP in Australia and Indonesia for a decade across management, continuous improvement and engineering roles. Downham earned a Diploma of Business from the Australian Institute of Management and his undergraduate degree in mining engineering from the Curtin University of Technology in Perth. Ian Livingstone-Blevins replaces Downham as General Manager at the Wilpinjong Mine. He has more than 30 years of mining and operations experience. Most recently, he was General Manager of Yancoal's Moolarben Coal Operations, a complex of underground and open-cut mines under development in New South Wales near Wilpinjong. He also served as Head of Operations Services for Anglo Coal Australia and oversaw underground and open-cut technical services, asset planning, business improvement and geology. Prior to this, he held management roles of increasing responsibility at a number of Anglo operations. Livingstone-Blevins earned a Higher National Diploma in coal mining from Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a Bachelor's of Technology degree in mining engineering from the University of Johannesburg. Livingstone-Blevins will report to Rob Hammond, Senior Vice President – Operations Open Cut, Australia.