Alpha Natural Resources to Speak at Upcoming Investor Conferences

ABINGDON, Va., Nov. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that members of Senior Management will participate in three upcoming investor events:

  --  On November 30, 2009, Kevin S. Crutchfield, Chief Executive Officer,
      will deliver a presentation and meet with investors at the Macquarie
      Global Metals & Mining Conference in New York.  The presentation is
      scheduled to begin at 12:15 p.m. EST and will be available via webcast
      on the company's Web site at http://www.alphanr.com/.  A replay of the webcast
      will be available for 180 days following the event.
  --  On December 1, 2009, Senior Management is scheduled to meet with
      investors at the UBS Coal Conference Series in Boston.

  --  On December 2, 2009, Frank J. Wood, Chief Financial Officer, will
      deliver a presentation and meet with investors at the FBR Capital
      Markets 2009 Fall Investor Conference in New York.  The presentation
      is scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m. EST and will be available via
      webcast on the company's Web site at http://www.alphanr.com/.  A replay of the
      webcast will be available for 90 days following the event.


  About Alpha Natural Resources


Alpha Natural Resources is one of America's premier coal suppliers with coal production capacity of more than 90 million tons a year.  Alpha is the nation's leading supplier and exporter of metallurgical coal used in the steel-making process and is a major supplier of thermal coal to electric utilities and manufacturing industries across the country.  The company, through its affiliates, employs approximately 6,200 people and operates more than 60 mines and 14 coal preparation facilities in the regions of Northern and Central Appalachia and the Powder River Basin.  More information about Alpha can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.alphanr.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.



CONTACT:  Todd Allen, Vice President, Investor Relations of Alpha Natural

Resources, Inc., [phone], 



Web Site:  http://www.alphanr.com/ 

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