HOUSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P.
(NYSE: NRP) announced today that Dennis F. Coker has joined the partnership as
Vice President - Aggregates, a new officer position. He will be responsible
for developing and implementing acquisitions in the aggregate industry. Mr.
Coker will be based in the Houston office.
Prior to joining Natural Resource Partners, Mr. Coker most recently served
as Director, Corporate Development for Hanson Building Materials America,
where he had been employed since 2002. Mr. Coker has 13 years of experience
in the aggregate industry, with the last eight years focused on business
development activity.
"We are very happy to have Dennis join NRP. With his extensive experience
in acquisitions in the aggregate industry, we look forward to significantly
increasing and expanding that portion of our business," said Corbin J.
Robertson, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Natural Resource Partners.
NRP currently has aggregate reserves in Washington State and West
Virginia. Its aggregate reserves generate royalty income very similar to its
coal reserves.
Company Profile
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, and coal handling and transportation infrastructure in the
three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the
Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin. In addition, the partnership also
manages aggregate reserves, oil and gas properties and timber assets across
the United States.
For additional information, please contact Kathy H. Roberts at
713-751-7555 or kroberts@nrplp.com. Further information about NRP is
available on the partnership's website at http://www.nrplp.com.
SOURCE
Natural Resource Partners L.P.
CONTACT:
Kathy H. Roberts of Natural Resource Partners L.P.,
+1-713-751-7555, kroberts@nrplp.com