Natural Resource Partners L.P. to Present at 2009 Publicly Traded Partnerships Investor Conference

HOUSTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: NRP) today announced that Nick Carter, President and Chief Operating Officer will present at the National Association of Publicly Traded Partnerships' 2009 Investor Conference to be held in Greenwich, Connecticut on September 16-17, 2009. Mr. Carter will discuss the current coal markets and Natural Resource Partners. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 16 at 10:15 AM EDT and will be webcast live and archived for 30 days on the partnership's website in the Investors section at www.nrplp.com or at http://wsw.com/webcast/naptp2/nrp/. A copy of the slide presentation may be accessed on NRP's website under the Investor Section (www.nrplp.com).

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 West Virginia, Texas 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 www.nrplp.com.

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