Natural Resource Partners L.P. Announces Nick Carter to Speak at New York Coal Trade Association

HOUSTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) today announced that Nick Carter, President and Chief Operating Officer of Natural Resource Partners, will be the keynote speaker at the New York Coal Trade Association meeting in New York on Friday, March 26, 2010.  A copy of Mr. Carter's presentation is available on NRP's website at www.nrplp.com in the investors section.

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 mineral reserve properties.  NRP owns coal reserves 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 owns and manages aggregate reserves being mined in Arizona, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

For additional information, please contact Kathy H. Roberts at 713-751-7555 or [email protected]. Further information about NRP is available on the partnership's website at www.nrplp.com.

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