Exhibit 12.1

Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P.

Statement of Computation of Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges Calculation

(in thousands, except ratios)



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|---------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------ |  | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------- |  |  | ---- | ------ |  |  | - | ------- | 
|                                   |  | Year Ended December 31, |       
|                                   |  | 2006                    |        |  | 2007 |   |        | 2008 |  |   | 2009    |  |  | 2010 |       
|Earnings                           |  |                         |        |  |      |   |        |      |  |   |         |  |  |      |        |  |  |   |         | 
|Pre-tax income *                   |  | $                       | 74,910 |  |      | $ | 55,552 |      |  | $ | 103,603 |  |  | $    | 62,452 |  |  | $ | 71,341  | 
|Fixed charges                      |  |                         | 19,783 |  |      |   | 19,766 |      |  |   | 26,850  |  |  |      | 27,368 |  |  |   | 39,164  | 
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|Total earnings                     |  | $                       | 94,693 |  |      | $ | 75,318 |      |  | $ | 130,453 |  |  | $    | 89,820 |  |  | $ | 110,505 | 
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|Fixed Charges                      |  |                         |        |  |      |   |        |      |  |   |         |  |  |      |        |  |  |   |         | 
|Interest expense                   |  | $                       | 19,151 |  |      | $ | 18,896 |      |  | $ | 25,346  |  |  | $    | 24,878 |  |  | $ | 35,982  | 
|Rental interest factor             |  |                         | 632    |  |      |   | 870    |      |  |   | 1,504   |  |  |      | 2,490  |  |  |   | 3,182   | 
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|Total fixed charges                |  | $                       | 19,783 |  |      | $ | 19,766 |      |  | $ | 26,850  |  |  | $    | 27,368 |  |  | $ | 39,164  | 
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |  |                         | 4.8x   |  |      |   | 3.8x   |      |  |   | 4.9x    |  |  |      | 3.3x   |  |  |   | 2.8x    | 







|* | Includes cash distributions from equity affiliates and excludes equity earnings from affiliates. Also excludes capitalized interest.
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