Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. [ARLP] President & CEO to Open The NASDAQ Stock Market

Market Wire, October, 2004

What:

Joseph W. Craft III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) will preside over The NASDAQ Market Open.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite -- 4 Times Square -- 43rd & Broadway -- Broadcast Studio

When:

Friday, October 22, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. EST

Why:

The NASDAQ Stock Market proudly welcomes Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. [ARLP] and its CEO Joseph W. Craft III to the Market Open in celebration of the company's five-year listing anniversary. Alliance Resource Partners is the nation's only publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal.

Fast Facts:

Founded: 1971 as MAPCO Coal Inc.
Headquarters: Tulsa, Oklahoma
NASDAQ Listed since: August 1999
Ticker: ARLP

Feed Information:

The market open ceremony is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA-5 C-band/transponder 14. The downlink frequency is 3980 horizontal; audio: 6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623; Ascent 545. If you have any questions, please contact the NASDAQ Traffic Department at (646) 441-5220.

About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. [ARLP]:

Alliance Resource Partners is the nation's only publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal. Alliance Resource Partners currently operates mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland.

Media Contacts: Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. [ARLP]: Brian Cantrell 918.295.7673 Brian.Cantrell@arlp.com NASDAQ MarketSite: Traffic Department 646.441.5220