Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC since 2002.  Mr. Robertson has vast business experience having founded and served as a director and as an officer of multiple companies, both private and public, and has served on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations.  He has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the general partners of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership since 1986, Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership since 1992, Quintana Minerals Corporation since 1978, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of New Gauley Coal Corporation since 1986.  He also serves as a Principal with Quintana Capital Group, Chairman of the Board of the Cullen Trust for Higher Education and on the boards of the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Council, the Baylor College of Medicine and the World Health and Golf Association.  In 2006, Mr. Robertson was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame.

Robert T. Blakely
Director

Robert T. Blakely joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in January 2003.  Mr. Blakely has extensive public company experience having served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for several companies. From January 2006 until August 2007, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fannie Mae, and from August 2007 to January 2008 as an Executive Vice President at Fannie Mae.  From mid-2003 through January 2006, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI, Inc.  He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lyondell Chemical from 1999 through 2002, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tenneco, Inc. from 1981 until 1999 as well as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Financial Accounting Federation and is a trustee emeritus of Cornell University.  He has served on the Board of Westlake Chemical Corporation since August 2004.  In 2009, Mr. Blakely joined the Boards of Directors of Ally Financial (formerly GMAC, Inc.), where he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Greenhill & Co.

David M. Carmichael
Director

David M. Carmichael joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2002.  While Mr. Carmichael has been a private investor since June 1996, he has formerly served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at several public companies and currently serves on the board of directors of two public companies.   Between 1994 and 1996, he served as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Management Committee of KN Energy, Inc., a predecessor to Kinder Morgan, Inc.  From 1985 until its merger with KN Energy, Inc. in 1994, Mr. Carmichael served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Oil and Gas Corporation.  He formed CARCON Corporation in 1984, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer until its merger into American Oil and Gas Corporation in 1986.  From 1976 to 1984, Mr. Carmichael was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WellTech, Inc.  He served in various senior management positions with Reading and Bates Corporation between 1965 and 1976.  He served on the Board of Directors of ENSCO International from 2001 to 2010, Cabot Oil and Gas since 2006, and Tom Brown, Inc. from 1997 until 2004.  Mr. Carmichael serves on the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee for Cabot and on the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committees for ENSCO.  He also currently serves as a trustee of the Texas Heart Institute.

J. Matthew Fifield
Director

J. Matthew Fifield is a member of the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC. Mr. Fifield brings coal mining and financial experience to NRP's board of directors. Mr. Fifield joined NRP's Board of Directors in January 2007. He currently serves as a Managing Director of AMCI Capital, a mining private equity fund, and AMCI Holdings, a sponsor of AMCI Capital.  Previously, Mr. Fifield was a Managing Director at Foresight Management, LLC, a Cline Group affiliate. From 2005 to 2012, he also served as a Managing Director of both Adena Minerals, LLC and Cline Resource & Development Company, both Cline Group affiliates. Prior to joining the Cline Group, Mr. Fifield worked at Resource Capital Funds, a private equity firm focused on metals and mining, in 2004 and 2005. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Fifield worked in various positions with UBS Warburg, focusing on metals and minerals.

Robert B. Karn III
Director

Robert B. Karn III joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2002.  Mr. Karn brings extensive financial and coal industry experience to the board of directors. He currently is a consultant and serves on the Board of Directors of various entities.  He was the partner in charge of the coal mining practice worldwide for Arthur Andersen from 1981 until his retirement in 1998.  He retired as Managing Partner of the St. Louis office's Financial and Economic Consulting Practice.  Mr. Karn is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and has served as president of numerous organizations.  He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Peabody Energy Corporation, Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. and the Board of Trustees of numerous publicly listed closed-end, exchange traded funds of the Guggenheim family of funds.

S. Reed Morian
Director

S. Reed Morian joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2002.  Mr. Morian has vast executive business experience having served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of several companies since the early 1980s and serving on the board of other companies. Mr. Morian has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership since 1986, New Gauley Coal Corporation since 1992 and the general partner of Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership since 1992.  Mr. Morian worked for Dixie Chemical Company from 1971 to 2006 and served as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1981 to 2006.  He has also served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of DX Holding Company since 1989.  He formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas-Houston Branch from April 2003 until December 2008 and as a Director of Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. from March 2005 until April 2009.

Corbin J. Roberton III
Director

Stephen P. Smith
Director

Stephen P. Smith joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in 2004.  Mr. Smith brings extensive public company financial experience in the power and energy industries to the board of directors.  Mr. Smith has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for NiSource, Inc. since June 2008.  Prior to joining NiSource, he held several positions with American Electric Power Company, Inc, including Senior Vice President - Shared Services from January 2008 to June 2008, Senior Vice President and Treasurer from January 2004 to December 2007, and Senior Vice President - Finance from April 2003 to December 2003.  From November 2000 to January 2003, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Operating Officer - Corporate Services for NiSource Inc.  Prior to joining NiSource, Mr. Smith served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Energy Group from November 1999 to November 2000 and Chief Financial Officer for Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation and Columbia Gulf Transmission Company from 1996 to 1999.

Leo A. Vecellio, Jr.
Director

Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. joined the Board of Directors of GP Natural Resource Partners LLC in May 2007.  Mr. Vecellio brings extensive experience in the aggregates and coal mine development industry to the board of directors.  Mr. Vecellio and his family have been in the aggregates materials and construction business since the late 1930s. Since November 2002, Mr. Vecellio has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vecellio Group, Inc, a major aggregates producer, contractor and oil terminal developer/operator in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states.  For nearly 30 years prior to that time Mr. Vecellio served in various capacities with Vecellio & Grogan, Inc., having most recently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 1996 to November 2002.  Mr. Vecellio is the former Chairman of the American Road and Transportation Builders and is a longtime member of the Florida Council of 100, as well as many other civic and charitable organizations.

DIRECTORS OF GP NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LLC

NAME		POSITION
Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Robert T. Blakely (1) (2) (3) (4)		Conflicts Committee Chairman
David M. Carmichael (1) (2) (3) (4)		Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chairman
J. Matthew Fifield		Director
Robert B. Karn III (1) (2) (3) (4)		Audit Committee Chairman
S. Reed Morian		Director
Corbin J. Roberton III		Director
Stephen P. Smith (1) (4)		Director
Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. (2) (4)		Director

(1) Audit Committee
(2) Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
(3) Conflicts Committee
(4) Independent Director