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EXHIBIT 10.1

WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT

This WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT (this "Waiver and Amendment") is dated as of May 15, 2018 and is entered into by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Parent"), Oxford Mining Company, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Oxford Mining"), each subsidiary of the Parent listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto (together with the Parent, each an "Existing Guarantor" and collectively, the "Existing Guarantors"), the Lenders referred to below, U.S. Bank National Association, a California corporation ("U.S. Bank"), as collateral agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and U.S. Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent," and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and collectively, the "Agents").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Oxford Mining, each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Borrower" thereunder (each a "Borrower" and collectively the "Borrowers"), the Existing Guarantors (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Guarantor" thereunder or otherwise guarantees all or any part of the Obligations, each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors" and collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”), the Agents and the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") have entered into that certain Financing Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement dated March 13, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement dated July 31, 2015 and as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement dated March 1, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3") (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to waive any actual or potential Default or Event of Default that arose or may have arisen, in each case, solely as a result of or in connection with the Loan Parties’ failure under Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Financing Agreement to deliver to each Agent and each Lender an unqualified audit opinion in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending December 31, 2017 (the “Subject Defaults”); 
WHEREAS, the Borrowers requested, and the Agents and the Required Lenders agreed, to waive the Subject Defaults and amend the Financing Agreement in certain respects as set forth in Amendment No. 3;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers now request that the Agents and the Required Lenders extend the waiver of the Subject Defaults set forth in Amendment No. 3 and further amend the Financing Agreement as set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Financing Agreement and this Waiver and Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Amendments to Financing Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 below, and in reliance on the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 below, the Financing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the below definitions in the correct alphanumeric order as set forth below: 

"Amendment No. 4 Effective Date" means May 15, 2018.

(b)    Section 7.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (x) immediately after clause (w) thereof as set forth below:

"(x)    Marketing Process. 

(A)     By no later than May 21, 2018, the Loan Parties, Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC (the "GP") and Westmoreland Coal Company ("WCC") shall authorize Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (“Lazard”) to conduct a sale and marketing process with respect to all or substantially all of the Loan Parties' assets (the "Sale") and Lazard's existing engagement letter shall be amended to reflect the change in the scope of its services thereunder.

(B)     WCC and the Loan Parties will develop, based on good-faith consultations with the Lenders, as promptly as possible, a sale protocol (the “Sale Protocol”) establishing procedures for Lazard's administration of the Sale, and appropriate oversight of the same, which Sale Protocol shall also include, among other things, deadlines for completion of a business plan, completion of a confidential offering memorandum, bid deadlines, populating and maintaining a data room for potentially interested buyers and other related information (the "Sale Information").

(C)      By no later than close of business on May 21, 2018, WCC shall assign a representative from Alvarez & Marsal (acceptable to the conflicts committee of the board of directors of the GP (the “Conflicts Committee”)) to assist Lazard in facilitating the flow of information from WCC and the Loan Parties to enable Lazard to implement the Sale Protocol and compile the Sale Information. 

(D)     WCC, the Loan Parties, and their professionals shall reasonably cooperate with the Conflicts Committee and/or its professionals in providing the information and access reasonably necessary to implement the Sale Protocol. 

(E)    WCC, the Loan Parties, and their representatives will consult with the Lenders and their representatives regarding the development and implementation of the Sale Protocol and Sale Information.   

(F)     The Loan Parties shall implement the Sale Protocol as promptly as possible.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article IX of this Agreement, it will constitute an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement if the conditions in Sections 7.01(x)(A), (x)(C), (x)(E) or (x)(F) are not timely satisfied in accordance with the provisions thereof, and it will constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement if the Loan Parties breach any of the covenants contained in Sections 7.01(x)(B) or (x)(D) and such breach, if capable of being remedied, shall remain unremedied for two (2) Business Days after the earlier of the date an Authorized Officer of any Loan Party becomes aware of such breach 

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and the date written notice of such default shall have been given by any Agent or any Lender to such Loan Party."

2.Extension of Waiver. On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Agents and the Required Lenders hereby extend the waiver set forth in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 until the earliest of (i) 11:59 pm New York time on June 15, 2018, (ii) the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults or an Event of Default solely arising from the Subject Defaults) or (iii) the commencement of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against WCC.  

3.Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Waiver and Amendment is subject to the concurrent satisfaction of each of the following conditions (the “Amendment No. 4 Effective Date”):

(a)the Agents shall have received a fully executed copy of this Waiver and Amendment executed by each of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and the Required Lenders; and

(b)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date) shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.Representations and Warranties. To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Waiver and Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

(a)the execution, delivery and performance of this Waiver and Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, on the part of such Loan Party and that this Waiver and Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;

(b)this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;

(c)the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Financing Agreement (other than clauses (i), (z) and (bb) thereof) and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document on or prior to the date hereof are true and correct in all material respects after giving effect hereto (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or  modified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date); and

(d)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date) has occurred and is continuing.

5.Release.  In consideration of the agreements of the Agents and the Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby releases and forever discharges each Agent and the Lenders and their respective 

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directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and permitted assigns from any and all liabilities, obligations, actions, contracts, claims, causes of action, damages, demands, costs and expenses whatsoever (collectively "Claims"), of every kind and nature, however evidenced or created, whether known or unknown, arising prior to or on the date of this Waiver and Amendment including, but not limited to, any Claims involving the extension of credit under or administration of this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, as each may be amended, or the Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers thereunder or any other transactions evidenced by this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.Severability. Any provision of this Waiver and Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Waiver and Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

7.References. Any reference to the Financing Agreement contained in any document, instrument or Loan Document executed in connection with the Financing Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Financing Agreement as modified by this Waiver and Amendment.

8.Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall be one and the same instrument. Receipt by telecopy or electronic mail of any executed signature page to this Waiver and Amendment shall constitute effective delivery of such signature page.

9.Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Waiver and Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Financing Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

10.Governing Law. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11.Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers will pay, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto, all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Waiver and Amendment or otherwise payable under the Financing Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and counsel the Lenders.

12.Loan Document. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under the Financing Agreement. Accordingly, it shall be an Event of Default under the Financing Agreement if (a) any representation or warranty made by a Loan Party under or in connection with this Waiver and Amendment shall have been untrue, false or misleading in any material respect when made or (b) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Waiver and Amendment.

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13.Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WAIVER OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.

14.Limited Effect of Waiver and Amendment.  This Waiver and Amendment shall not be deemed (a) other than as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document or (b) to prejudice any other right or remedies which the Agents or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Financing Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein , as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

15.    Required Lender Authorization and Direction.  By their execution of this Waiver and Amendment, each of the Lenders party hereto: (i) hereby authorizes and directs each Agent to execute this Waiver and Amendment, and (ii) agrees that each Agent shall incur no liability for executing this Waiver and Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.    

	
	
	BORROWER:

	OXFORD MINING COMPANY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen 
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	GUARANTORS:

	WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP 
 
By Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, its general partner
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

	
	
	OXFORD MINING COMPANY-KENTUCKY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	DARON COAL COMPANY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

	
	
	OXFORD CONESVILLE, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen     
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

	
	
	HARRISON RESOURCES, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	WESTMORELAND KEMMERER FEE COAL HOLDINGS, LLC 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen      
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

	
	
	WESTMORELAND KEMMERER, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen      
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent 
 
By: /s/ Lisa Dowd   
Name:  Lisa Dowd   
Title:  Vice President 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDERS:

	TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS V, LP
TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC, each as Lenders  
By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager
 
By: /s/ Howard Levkowitz   
Name:  Howard Levkowitz  
Title:  Managing Partner

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDERS:

	BF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person     

GCF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person   

TOF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: MCC Advisors LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
its investment manager  

By:  /s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.   
Name:   Richard T. Allorto, Jr.    
Title:  Chief Financial Officer 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION

By: SIC Advisors LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
its investment manager

By:  /s/ Christopher M. Mathieu  
Name: Christopher M. Mathieu 
Title:  Treasurer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION
 
By:  /s/ Marshall Merriman  
Name:  Marshall Merriman 
Title:  Managing Director

        

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED (INCLUDING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 7.01(X) OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENT):
	
	
	WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
 
By:  /s/ Michael G. Hutchinson  
Name: Michael G. Hutchinson 
Title:  Interim Chief Executive Officer 

        

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing AgreementExhibit

EXHIBIT 10.2

WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT

This WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT (this "Waiver and Amendment" and "Amendment No. 5") is dated as of June 15, 2018 and is entered into by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Parent"), Oxford Mining Company, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Oxford Mining"), each subsidiary of the Parent listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto (together with the Parent, each an "Existing Guarantor" and collectively, the "Existing Guarantors"), the Lenders referred to below, U.S. Bank National Association, a California corporation ("U.S. Bank"), as collateral agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and U.S. Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent," and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and collectively, the "Agents").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Oxford Mining, each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Borrower" thereunder (each a "Borrower" and collectively the "Borrowers"), the Existing Guarantors (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Guarantor" thereunder or otherwise guarantees all or any part of the Obligations, each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors" and collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”), the Agents and the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") have entered into that certain Financing Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement dated March 13, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement dated July 31, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement dated March 1, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3") and as amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement dated May 15, 2018 ("Amendment No. 4")  (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to waive any actual or potential Default or Event of Default that arose or may have arisen, in each case, solely as a result of or in connection with the Loan Parties’ failure under Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Financing Agreement to deliver to each Agent and each Lender an unqualified audit opinion in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending December 31, 2017 (the “Subject Defaults”); 
WHEREAS, the Borrowers requested, and the Agents and the Required Lenders agreed, to waive the Subject Defaults and amend the Financing Agreement in certain respects as set forth in Amendment No. 4;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers now request that the Agents and the Required Lenders extend the waiver  of the Subject Defaults set forth in Amendment No. 4 and further amend the Financing Agreement as set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Financing Agreement and this Waiver and Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Amendments to Financing Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 below, and in reliance on the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 below, the Financing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the below definitions in the correct alphanumeric order as set forth below: 

"Amendment No. 5 Effective Date" means June 15, 2018.

(b)    Section 7.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (y) immediately after clause (x) thereof as set forth below:

"(y)    Sale Protocol.  The Loan Parties and WCC shall implement the Sale Protocol in accordance with the covenants and deadlines set forth in Exhibit A attached to Amendment No. 5.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article IX of this Agreement, it will constitute an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement if the covenants in this Section 7.01(y) are not timely complied with in accordance with the provisions thereof."

2.Extension of Waiver. On the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Agents and the Required Lenders hereby extend the waiver set forth in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 until the earliest of (i) 11:59 pm New York time on July 31, 2018, (ii) the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults or an Event of Default solely arising from the Subject Defaults) or (iii) the commencement of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against WCC.  

3.Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Waiver and Amendment is subject to the concurrent satisfaction of each of the following conditions (the “Amendment No. 5 Effective Date”):

(a)the Agents shall have received a fully executed copy of this Waiver and Amendment executed by each of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and the Required Lenders; and

(b)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date) shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.Representations and Warranties. To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Waiver and Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

(a)the execution, delivery and performance of this Waiver and Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, on the part of such Loan Party and that this Waiver and Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;

(b)this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be 

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limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;

(c)the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Financing Agreement (other than clauses (i), (z) and (bb) thereof) and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document on or prior to the date hereof are true and correct in all material respects after giving effect hereto (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or  modified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date); and

(d)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date) has occurred and is continuing.

5.Release.  In consideration of the agreements of the Agents and the Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby releases and forever discharges each Agent and the Lenders and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and permitted assigns from any and all liabilities, obligations, actions, contracts, claims, causes of action, damages, demands, costs and expenses whatsoever (collectively "Claims"), of every kind and nature, however evidenced or created, whether known or unknown, arising prior to or on the date of this Waiver and Amendment including, but not limited to, any Claims involving the extension of credit under or administration of this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, as each may be amended, or the Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers thereunder or any other transactions evidenced by this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.Severability. Any provision of this Waiver and Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Waiver and Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

7.References. Any reference to the Financing Agreement contained in any document, instrument or Loan Document executed in connection with the Financing Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Financing Agreement as modified by this Waiver and Amendment.

8.Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall be one and the same instrument. Receipt by telecopy or electronic mail of any executed signature page to this Waiver and Amendment shall constitute effective delivery of such signature page.

9.Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Waiver and Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Financing Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

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10.Governing Law. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11.Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers will pay, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto, all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Waiver and Amendment or otherwise payable under the Financing Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and counsel the Lenders.

12.Loan Document. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under the Financing Agreement. Accordingly, it shall be an Event of Default under the Financing Agreement if (a) any representation or warranty made by a Loan Party under or in connection with this Waiver and Amendment shall have been untrue, false or misleading in any material respect when made or (b) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Waiver and Amendment.

13.Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WAIVER OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.

14.Limited Effect of Waiver and Amendment.  This Waiver and Amendment shall not be deemed (a) other than as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document or (b) to prejudice any other right or remedies which the Agents or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Financing Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein , as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

15.    Required Lender Authorization and Direction.  By their execution of this Waiver and Amendment, each of the Lenders party hereto: (i) hereby authorizes and directs each Agent to execute this Waiver and Amendment, and (ii) agrees that each Agent shall incur no liability for executing this Waiver and Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.    

	
	
	BORROWER:

	OXFORD MINING COMPANY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen 
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	GUARANTORS:

	WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP 
 
By Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, its general partner
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	OXFORD MINING COMPANY-KENTUCKY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	DARON COAL COMPANY, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	OXFORD CONESVILLE, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	HARRISON RESOURCES, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
			
	DOC ID - 28287574.4
	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	WESTMORELAND KEMMERER FEE COAL HOLDINGS, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and Associate General Counsel 

	
	
	WESTMORELAND KEMMERER, LLC 
 
 
By:  /s/ Samuel N. Hagreen    
Name:  Samuel N. Hagreen
Title:  Secretary and General Counsel 

	
			
	DOC ID - 28287574.4
	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent 

By: /s/ Lisa Dowd   
Name:  Lisa Dowd   
Title:  Vice President 

	
			
	DOC ID - 28287574.4
	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDERS:

	TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS V, LP
TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC, each as Lenders  
By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager

By: /s/ Howard Levkowitz   
Name:  Howard Levkowitz  
Title:  Managing Partner

	
			
	DOC ID - 28287574.4
	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDERS:

	BF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person     

GCF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person   

TOF OXFORD SPE LLC
 
By:  /s/ Adam L. Gubner  
Name:  Adam L. Gubner
Title:  Authorized Person 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: MCC Advisors LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
its investment manager  

By:  /s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.   
Name:   Richard T. Allorto, Jr.    
Title:  Chief Financial Officer 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION

By: SIC Advisors LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
its investment manager

By:  /s/ Christopher M. Mathieu  
Name: Christopher M. Mathieu 
Title:  Treasurer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

	
	
	LENDER:

	BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION
 
By:  /s/ Marshall Merriman  
Name:  Marshall Merriman 
Title:  Managing Director

        

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED (INCLUDING FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALE PROTOCOL:
	
	
	WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
 
By:  /s/ Michael G. Hutchinson  
Name: Michael G. Hutchinson 
Title:  Interim Chief Executive Officer 

        

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

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