Mettiki Coal

Mettiki (MD) previously operated an underground longwall mine located near the city of Oakland in Garrett County, Maryland. Underground longwall mining operations ceased at this mine in October of 2006 upon the exhaustion of the economically mineable reserves, and the longwall mining equipment and manpower were transitioned from the Mettiki (MD) operation to the Mettiki Coal (WV), LLC (Mettiki (WV)) operation. Medium-sulfur coal produced from two small-scale third-party mining operations (a surface strip mine and an underground mine) on properties controlled by Mettiki (MD) and another of our subsidiaries, Backbone Mountain, LLC, supplements the Mettiki Coal (WV) production, providing blending optimization and allowing the operation to take advantage of market opportunities as they arise.

The preparation plant has a throughput capacity of 1,350 tons of raw coal an hour. A portion of the Mettiki (WV) production will be transported to this preparation plant for processing, and then trucked to a blending facility at the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) Mt. Storm Power Station. The preparation plant also is served by the CSX railroad, providing the opportunity to capitalize on the metallurgical coal market.

In July 2005, Mettiki (WV) began continuous miner development in the Mountain View mine located near the city of Thomas in Tucker County, West Virginia. Upon completion of mining at the Mettiki (MD) longwall operation, the longwall equipment was relocated to the Mountain View mine and put into operation in November 2006. Production from the Mountain View Mine produces medium-sulfur coal which is transported by truck either to the Mettiki (MD) preparation plant (which is served by CSX) or to the coal blending facility at the VEPCO Mr. Storm Power Station.

Mettiki Coal
293 Table Rock Road
Oakland, MD 21550
Phone: (301) 334-3952
Fax: (301) 334-1602