HOUSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P.
(NYSE: NRP) announced today that Kevin J. Craig has been named Vice President
of Business Development effective April 1. He will be responsible for
developing and implementing acquisitions for the partnership and will be
located in the Huntington office.
Craig has been serving as Terminal Manager, West Virginia Coalfields for
CSX Transportation since 2003 and has extensive marketing and finance
experience with CSX since 1996. He also serves as a Delegate to the West
Virginia House of Delegates having been elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2002
and 2004. Prior to joining CSX he served as a Captain in the United States
Army.
Corbin J. Robertson III, Vice President Acquisitions, has resigned
effective today. While he will still be involved with the partnership through
his ownership interests in the sponsoring companies, he is stepping down from
his officer position to devote more time to his other business interests.
The partnership is pleased to add Kevin Craig to the management team and
appreciates the many contributions of Corbin J. Robertson, III.
Natural Resource Partners L.P. is headquartered in Houston, TX, with its
operations headquarters in Huntington, WV. NRP is a master limited
partnership that is principally engaged in the business of owning and managing
coal properties in the three major coal producing regions of the United
States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin.
For additional information, please contact Kathy Hager at 713-751-7555 or
khager@nrplp.com . Further information about NRP is available on the
partnership's website at http://www.nrplp.com .
SOURCE Natural Resource Partners L.P.
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CONTACT: Kathy Hager of Natural Resource Partners L.P., +1-713-751-7555,
or khager@nrplp.com
Web site: http://www.nrplp.com
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