Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. Announce First Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) will report their first quarter 2015 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Alliance management will discuss quarterly results during a conference call on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.

To participate in the conference call, dial [phone] and provide conference number 19590246. International callers should dial [phone] and provide the same conference number. Investors may also listen to the call via the “investor information” section of ARLP’s website at http://www.arlp.com or AHGP’s website at http://www.ahgp.com.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available for approximately one week. To access the audio replay, dial [phone] and provide conference number 19590246. International callers should dial [phone] and provide the same conference number.

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 purchasing reserves, operating surface facilities and making equity investments in a new mining complex 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 [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail].

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 ARLP, through which it holds a 1.98% general partner interest and the incentive distribution rights in ARLP. In addition, AHGP owns 31,088,338 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 [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail].

Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.Brian L. Cantrell, 918-295-7673