| 1.   | As                of May 27, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), your employment with Alpha will                voluntarily end. |
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| 2.   | Alpha                will pay you for all wages due for services rendered through the                Effective                Date as an Alpha employee, in accordance with normal pay practices,                less                all federal and state tax or other required withholdings.  Per                Alpha's policy and practice, your final paycheck as an Alpha employee                will                include payment for all accrued, unused vacation time, if                any. |
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| 3.   | You                have the opportunity to purchase (at your expense) continued health                benefits coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation                Act                of 1985 (COBRA), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1161 *et seq.* beginning                on the Effective Date. |
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| 4.   | As                of the Effective Date, all health and benefit programs in which you                participate as an employee of Alpha will                cease. |
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| 5.   | As                of the Effective Date, your participation in the Alpha Natural Resources,                Inc. (“ANR”) Annual Incentive Bonus Plan for calendar year 2007 and in the                ANR Key Employee Separation Plan shall be terminated and, you shall                not be                entitled to any payments and benefits under those                plans. |
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| 6.   | Pursuant                to the terms and conditions of ANR's Deferred Compensation Plan,                any                contributions made by Alpha or its affiliates into your Supplemental                Retirement Plan account under the plan are                forfeited. |
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| 7.   | Pursuant                to the terms of the restricted stock and performance share award                agreements under the ANR 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the performance                share awards and any unvested portions of the restricted stock awards                granted thereunder shall be automatically cancelled and forfeited                as of                the Effective Date.  However, any stock that vested under any                restricted stock awards prior to the Effective Date shall remain                outstanding and owned by you. |
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| 8.   | Pursuant                to the Alpha Coal Management, LLC Grantee Unit Option Agreement and                the                ANR Grantee Stock Option Agreement, vesting of the options to purchase                ANR's common stock granted thereunder shall cease on the Effective                Date                and the unvested portion of such options shall be cancelled and forfeited                by you as of the Effective Date.  From the Effective Date until                December 31, 2008, you may exercise the vested portion of such options                (subject to compliance with law and the policies of ANR, Alpha and                their                respective affiliates), and thereafter the vested portion of such                options                shall expire and your ability to exercise them shall                terminate. |
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| 9.   | As                a consultant, you will be paid $1,200.00 for each day worked for                Alpha and                we will mutually agree on a schedule that will work around your                availability. |
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| 10.   | As                you did while an employee of Alpha, you will continue to treat all                information obtained during and through your consultancy with Alpha                in the                same confidential manner. |
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| 11.   | During                the term of your consultancy with Alpha, you agree to release, indemnify,                defend, and hold Alpha, its employees, officers, directors, and agents                harmless from and against any and all suits, claims, demands, costs,                loss                and expense, including attorneys’ fees and other legal expenses, by reason                of liability imposed or claimed to be imposed by law, or otherwise,                upon                Alpha for: (i) damages due to bodily injuries, death, or damage to                property (including such damages suffered by you) arising out of                or in                consequence of the performance of services hereunder, unless such                bodily                injuries, death, or damage to property arise, or are claimed to arise,                out                of the negligence or tortious act or omission of                Alpha. |
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***Alpha      Natural Resources Services,      LLC***

***Acknowledged      and Agreed***

**Michael      D. Brown**

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