Natural Resource Partners L.P. Declares Quarterly Distribution

HOUSTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) announced today that the Board of Directors of its general partner has declared a third quarter 2009 distribution of $0.54 per unit for NRP. The distribution will be paid on November 13, 2009 to unitholders of record on November 5, 2009. The distribution represents a 2.9% increase over the third quarter 2008 distribution and is unchanged from the second quarter 2009 distribution.

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 in Texas, West Virginia and Washington.

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.

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