Tulsa, OK, July 19 – Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary White County Coal, LLC ("White County Coal") has resumed limited production at the Pattiki mine located near the city of Carmi in White County, Illinois. On May 13, 2010, White County Coal temporarily suspended coal production at Pattiki following the failure of the vertical belt system used in conveying raw coal out of the mine.

The Pattiki mine resumed production with three continuous mining shifts. White County Coal continues to assess the effectiveness and reliability of repairs to the vertical conveyer belt system and is not yet certain when it will be able to operate at full capacity. Although coal production operations at the Pattiki mine were completely suspended for approximately eight weeks and has resumed at restricted levels, ARLP currently anticipates that the vertical belt failure will not have a material adverse impact on the Partnership's results.

The Pattiki mine produces high-sulfur coal from the Illinois No. 6 coal seam utilizing continuous mining units and room-and-pillar techniques. Prior to the vertical belt failure, Pattiki operated eight continuous mining shifts producing approximately 210,000 tons of coal per month during 2010. With three continuous mining shifts in operation, White County Coal currently anticipates coal production from the Pattiki mine of approximately 83,000 tons per month.