2026-01-27_PERMIT FILE - C1980007 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/27/2026
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.03 Legal, Financial, Compliance, and Related Information
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

West Elk Mine
Employer Identification Number - 95-3046274
(b)The resident agent for service of process:
Isaac Nolte, General Manager
Mountain Coal Company, LLC
5174 Highway 133
Somerset, Colorado 81434
Phone: [phone]
(c)Person who will pay the abandoned mine land reclamation fee:
John Rothka, Chief Accounting Officer
Core Natural Resources, Inc.
275 Technology Drive
Cannonsburg, PA 15317
[phone]
(3)Corporate Directors and Officers of Mountain Coal Company, LLC, Arch Western
Bituminous Group, LLC, Arch Western Resources, LLC, Arch Western Acquisition, LLC,
Arch Western Acquisition Corporation, Arch Resources, Inc., Core Natural Resources, Inc.,
and Ark Land LLC are identified in Exhibit 1.
(4)Current and previous coal mining permits and pending permit applications are included as
Exhibit 2. Other permits and licenses for the West Elk Mine are listed in Table 1.
(5)All information contained in Sections 2.03.4(1) through (4) is up-to-date and correct as of
the date this permit application was submitted.
(6)(a) The distributions of surface ownership and coal ownership are shown on Map 2, and
Map 4. A list of owners of record is included as Exhibit 3.
(b)Information on other leasehold interests is included on Exhibit 3.
(c)The Mountain Coal Company, LLC is not aware of any purchasers of record under a
real estate contract for property overlying areas of West Elk Mine that may be affected
by mining activities during the next five years.
(7)Owners of record of surface and subsurface areas contiguous with the permit area are
identified in Exhibit 3.
(8)The name of the mine is West Elk Mine. The MSHA Identification Number is 05-03672.
(9)Mountain Coal Company, LLC is presently operating West Elk Mine under Permit Number
C-1980-007. Mountain Coal Company, LLC does not control any lands, interests in lands,
options, or pending bids on interests held or made for lands that are contiguous to the area
covered by the permit.
(10)
2.03.5 Compliance Information
(1) (a-b) Neither Mountain Coal Company, LLC nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or persons
2.03-5 Rev. 11/04- PR10; 03/06- PR10; 09/07- PR12; 10/08- PR14; 01/16- MR415; 03/17- MR421; 01/22- MR459; 1/26-MR492