Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc

Our Properties

Refer to “Item 1. Business” for information on our active mining properties.

Our corporate headquarters consists of approximately 50,000 square feet of leased office space at 340 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Bristol, Tennessee.

Coal Reserves and Resources

As of December 31, 2024, we estimate that we owned or controlled approximately 298.6 million tons of marketable proven and probable bituminous coal reserves and approximately 517.8 million tons of in situ bituminous coal resources. Our coal reserve and resource estimates were prepared by Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc. (“Marshall Miller”), an independent professional mine engineering and geological consulting firm. Technical Summary Reports prepared by Marshall Miller, as a qualified person, for each of our material mining properties are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Coal reserve and resource estimates are based on data obtained from drilling activities and other available geologic data. Estimating reserves and resources requires the use of geologic, engineering, and economic assumptions. Our engineering and land personnel work closely with Marshall Miller to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data used to calculate the estimates as well as to ensure the assumptions used are reasonable based on our historical results as well as current and future anticipated mine plans. We provide Marshall Miller with historical property information including property maps, deed, lease, and permit information, drilling and lab results, mine plans, production quantities, development, capital, and operating costs as well as market information. For our active and certain idled Met mining properties, Marshall Miller performs an initial assessment and based on the level of geological evidence estimates our coal resources and classifies such resources as either inferred, indicated or measured. When considered cost beneficial by the Company, Marshall Miller further conducts a pre-feasibility study to estimate our coal reserves and classify such reserves as either proven or probable. The estimates and reports prepared by Marshall Miller are reviewed by our personnel to ensure such reports have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations and that estimates are based on reasonable assumptions and reflect known facts and circumstances updated through year-end.

Economic analysis is a required part of the process of estimating coal reserves and resources. For a coal reserve or resource to be considered economic, generally revenue generated from its sale must exceed its total cost of production (including consideration of development, capital, and operating costs).

In determining coal reserves as of December 31, 2024, the following estimated market pricing was utilized:

(1) Market pricing shown on U.S. East Coast basis.

(2)Met and thermal pricing based on 10-year and 3-year average, respectively of forecasted pricing from pricing services.

The following is a summary of our estimated marketable proven and probable coal reserves as of December 31, 2024 as determined by Marshall Miller:

(1) Minimum seam height generally 30 inches for underground mines.

(1) Kingston thermal reserves primarily proven and >1% sulfur; Marfork and McClure/Toms Creek thermal reserves primarily probable and <1% sulfur.

(2) Recovery percentage defined as estimated coal reserves divided by related estimated in situ measured and indicated coal resources.

In performing an initial assessment for purposes of determining coal resources as of December 31, 2024, the following estimated market pricing was utilized:

(1) Market pricing shown on U.S. East Coast basis.

(2)Pricing shown for primary product judgmentally selected by qualified person based on review of historical average pricing for each complexes coal products over the past 5 years.

The following is a summary of the Company’s estimated in situ inferred, indicated, and measured coal resources (exclusive of coal reserves) as of December 31, 2024 as determined by Marshall Miller:

(1) Amounts shown exclusive of coal reserves.

(2) Inferred resources were not considered material and have not been presented.

(1) Amounts shown exclusive of coal reserves.

(2) Expected recovery percentage defined as potential estimated recoverable tons divided by estimated in situ measured and indicated coal resources.

Our coal reserves and resources are owned or are controlled through leases with third parties, which have varied expiration dates and either have options to renew or are expected to be renewed until all mineable and merchantable coal is exhausted. Leases require the payment of production royalties to lessors based on a stated percentage of sales revenue less freight cost and may contain annual minimum payment requirements. We permit coal reserves and resources in advance of mining. Currently, there are no known permitting issues that would impact the reporting of our coal reserves or resources. However, also refer to “Item 1. Business—Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters” and “Item 1A. Risks Factors—Risks relating to regulatory and legal developments.”

Our coal reserve and resource estimates are updated periodically to reflect coal production, acquisitions and dispositions of mineral interests, new drilling, mine or geological data, and changes in regulations, market conditions or other economic factors. As coal seams in the United States have been mined for many years and are well established, we do not conduct material exploration activity. However, we periodically conduct drilling of additional core holes to provide additional geological evidence as part of our routine mine permitting and planning processes. The following is a summary of the changes in our coal reserves and resources for the year-ended December 31, 2024:

(1) Mineral areas subjected to initial assessment in current year.

Internal Controls Disclosure

The preparation of coal reserve and resource estimates is conducted in accordance with the Company’s prescribed internal control procedures, which are designed to ensure the reliability of such estimates. On an annual basis, Company personnel meet with the independent qualified person to provide updates to the data and assumptions to be used in performing the reserve and resource estimates. Company personnel review the work of the qualified person to ensure such work is prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations and that the data and assumptions used are supportable based on historical results and current and future mine plans and reflect known facts and circumstances through the reporting date. For example, the Company’s land personnel verify the property maps and control areas used by the qualified person based on review of underlying deed and lease records. The Company’s engineering personnel ensure estimates are based on current mine plans, incorporate the most recent drilling and lab data, properly reflect changes in permitting status, consider known encumbrances, and are consistent with operating knowledge and expectations in terms of mining methods, recovery rates, minimum seam heights or maximum strip ratios, and saleable qualities. The Company’s land and accounting personnel endeavor to ensure that estimates are prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations, that rationale for changes in estimates from prior years are reasonable and supportable, and that cash flow projections are based on reasonable and supportable assumptions with respect to forecasted production rates, coal pricing, and operating and capital costs.

The Company’s drilling, sample preparation and laboratory analysis are conducted in accordance with internal policies and procedures. For example, core drilling is conducted by reputable third-party drillers and core samples are tagged. Laboratory testing is performed by American National Standards Institute (“ANSI”) certified laboratories and samples are analyzed in accordance with procedures defined under American Society for Testing and Materials (“ASTM”) standards. Core drilling and laboratory testing results are logged into a database with restricted access. In addition, the Company’s qualified person performs independent data verification procedures to ensure data is of sufficient quantity and reliability to reasonably support the coal reserve and resource estimates.

Coal reserve and resource amounts are estimates and as estimates have inherent risks due to data accuracy, uncertainty from geologic interpretation, mine plan assumptions, uncontrolled property rights and permit availability, uncertainty with respect to future market supply and demand, and changes in laws and regulations. The Company’s current coal reserves and resource estimates are based on the best information available and are subject to re-assessment when conditions change. Also refer to Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of risks associated with the estimates of the Company’s reserves and resources.

The following map shows the locations of our material mining properties and corporate headquarters: