Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.

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ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES, INC.340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.Bristol, Tennessee 37620

April 4, 2025

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. The annual meeting will be held via interactive webcast on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. To join the meeting webcast, go towww.VirtualShareholderMeeting.com/AMR2025 shortly before the meeting time and follow the instructions. Your board of directors and management team look forward to hearing from you at the meeting.

During the meeting, you will be asked to elect the board of directors, to participate in an advisory vote to approve our executive compensation as disclosed in the proxy statement for the meeting (“Say on Pay”), to participate in an advisory vote regarding the interval between Say on Pay votes and to ratify the selection of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. These matters are important, and we urge you to vote in favor of each of these proposals. To familiarize yourself with these matters, please review the proxy statement, proxy card and 2024 Annual Report that accompany this letter.

Regardless of the number of Alpha shares that you own, it is important that you vote your shares during the meeting or by proxy. You will find the instructions for voting in the accompanying proxy materials.

We appreciate your prompt attention, and we thank you for your ongoing support.

ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES, INC. 340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Bristol, Tennessee 37620

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To the Stockholders of Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.’s (“Alpha” or the “Company”) 2025 annual meeting of stockholders will be held via an interactive webcast at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”).

Note that the terms “Alpha,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and similar terms refer to Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. and its board of directors and management, as appropriate.

At the Annual Meeting, we will ask stockholders to consider and vote upon the following matters:

The board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” proposals 1, 2 and 4 and that for proposal 3 you vote for advisory votes regarding executive compensation with a frequency of “1 Year”. The proposals are further described in the proxy statement that accompanies this notice.

We will also address any other proper business that may arise and we will offer reasonable time for your comments and questions.

Only Alpha common stockholders of record at the close of business on March 10, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of that day, there were 13,052,684 common shares outstanding. For ten days prior to the Annual Meeting, a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for inspection at Alpha’s corporate offices located at 340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Bristol, Tennessee 37620.

Your vote is very important. If you are unable to attend the meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy by following the instructions in the accompanying proxy statement and proxy card.