ABINGDON, Va., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, announced that Allen Scott Pack, Jr. has been named executive vice president-sales and president of Alpha Coal Sales Co., LLC. Pack, 50, succeeds Joachim Porco, who has accepted another career opportunity in the coal industry.

Following Alpha Natural Resources' recent merger with Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc., Pack was named executive vice-president of sales, with responsibility for managing the sales and marketing organization of the combined companies. Prior to the merger, he had served as president of Foundation Energy Sales, Inc. and senior vice president of sales and marketing for Foundation Coal Holdings, responsible for the overall sales and logistics of Foundation's 70-million-plus tons of thermal and met coal production.

Pack's 26 years of experience in the coal mining industry includes various engineering, sales, transportation and management positions at Enron Global Markets, LLC, Consol Energy Inc., Cannelton Industries, Inc., Maple Meadow Mining Co. and the New River Co. Pack is a member and past president of the Coal Club of Philadelphia and a member of the New York Coal Trade Association, The Traffic Club of Pittsburgh, and the North Carolina Coal Institute, and has a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from West Virginia University.

"Over the course of his career, Scott Pack has established a level of credibility and experience within the coal industry that makes him the natural choice to lead our entire sales, marketing and distribution organization, including Alpha Coal Sales Co.'s international sales portfolio," said Kurt Kost, Alpha's president. "I've the utmost confidence in Scott's ability to capitalize on the talents of our newly combined sales team for the joint benefit of our customers and our company."

"I wish to thank Jack Porco for the integrity, professionalism and knowledge he brought to his position," said Kevin Crutchfield, Alpha's chief executive officer. "Jack built a sales team that is admired throughout the industry and one that is has remained intensely focused on servicing our customers. I wish Jack the very best in his new pursuit."

About Alpha Natural Resources

The merger with Foundation Coal positions Alpha Natural Resources as one of America's premier coal suppliers, ranked third-largest as measured by combined 2008 coal sales. 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 and its subsidiaries operate 61 mines and 14 coal preparation facilities in the regions of Northern and Central Appalachia and the Powder River Basin, with approximately 6,200 employees and 2008 combined revenues of more than $4 billion.

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