Alpha Natural Resources Announces Availability of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial Results

BRISTOL, Va., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Natural Resources

, one of the nation's leading coal suppliers, plans to report its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results before the market opens on Friday, February 24, 2012. A conference call to review the results and current business conditions is scheduled to follow at 10:00 a.m. EST that morning.

The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet, and the webcast will be available for replay following the event. The live webcast and the replay will be available on the company's investor relations Web site at http://alnr.client.shareholder.com/. In addition, a telephonic replay will be available through March 9, 2012 by calling 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415 and entering account number 328, then replay ID 387123. Also, a podcast of the call will be available for downloading on the company's Web site following the call.

About Alpha Natural Resources

Alpha Natural Resources

is a 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 14,000 people and operates approximately 150 mines and 35 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 website www.alphanr.com.

Alpha Natural Resources

CONTACT: Investor Contact, Todd Allen, CFA, Vice President, Investor

Relations, +1-276-739-5328, tallen@alphanr.com, or Media Contact, Ted Pile,

Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-276-623-2920,

tpile@alphanr.com, both of Alpha Natural Resources