Alliance Resource Partners — Feb 3, 2025 release

The announced distribution is consistent with the cash distributions for the 2023 Quarter and Sequential Quarter. ​ Outlook "For 2025, we expect improved coal production costs to counterbalance lower market prices, keeping Coal segment margins near 2024 Full Year levels," commented Mr. Craft. "In the Oil & Gas Royalty business, we achieved record production volumes for the 2024 Full Year despite only making modest additions to our overall acreage position. We continue to favor the cash flow generation profile and ability to self-fund growth in the Oil & Gas Royalties segment, and therefore, will actively pursue growth in this segment in 2025." Mr. Craft concluded, "Looking forward, we anticipate a more supportive regulatory environment from the new administration that will help address the growing need for affordable, reliable baseload power without prematurely retiring critical generation sources. As the realities of physics meet the needs of the grid, we believe previously announced retirements will be delayed and our products will remain a cornerstone of energy security in some of the strongest industrial growth areas of the country for years to come." ​ ​ Page 5 ​ ARLP is providing the following guidance for the full year ending December 31, 2025 (the "2025 Full Year"): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2025 Full Year Guidance ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Coal Operations ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Volumes (Million Short Tons) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Illinois Basin Sales Tons ​ ​ ​ ​ 23.5 — 25.0 Appa