Efforts to Recover Miners from Upper Big Branch Mine Concluded

JULIAN, W.Va., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) released the following statement regarding the successful recovery efforts at the Upper Big Branch Mine.

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Efforts to recover 29 miners from the Upper Big Branch mine concluded early Tuesday morning.

"I want to thank the rescue teams from Massey Energy, teams from other coal companies and all others who worked tirelessly and selflessly for more than a week to recover the miners at the Upper Big Branch mine," said Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship. "Coal miners are an extended family, and the dedication of our miners and miners from competitor companies who put their own lives at risk in the search and recovery effort is commendable."

Massey continues to focus at this time on attending to the families to ensure they have the support they need.

Our focus will now turn to the investigation and we continue to work diligently with state and federal authorities to try to determine the cause of this tragic explosion as quickly as possible.

Massey Energy encourages families to utilize our toll free hotline (1-877-534-5152) for counseling or other services and assistance.  Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center is coordinating counseling services.

Massey Energy Company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, with operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia, is the largest coal producer in Central Appalachia and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

SOURCE Massey Energy Company

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