Exhibit 99.1

PRESS RELEASE

|  | CONTACT: Brian L. Cantrell Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. 1717 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 600 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 (918) 295-7673

ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

Alliance CEO to Present at Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference

Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 25, 2005 – Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) today announced that Joseph W. Craft III, its President and Chief Executive Officer, will make a presentation at the Fourth Annual Master Limited Partnership Investor Conference in New York at 2:40 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. In his presentation, Mr. Craft intends to discuss the Partnership’s operations, financial performance, growth prospects and business outlook.

The audio portion of Mr. Craft’s presentation will be available via live webcast and for replay for 90 days at www.wsw.com/webcast/agedwards3/arlp. The related presentation materials will be available March 1, 2005 on the Partnership’s website at www.arlp.com under “Investor Information” and “Analyst Presentations.”

The statements and projections used throughout this release are based on current expectations. These statements and projections are forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially. These projections do not include the potential impact of any mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations that may occur after the date of this release. At the end of this release, we have included more information regarding the business risks that could affect our results.

Alliance Resource Partners is the nation’s only publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal. Alliance Resource Partners currently operates mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: With the exception of historical matters, any matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, the following: competition in coal markets and our ability to respond to the competition; fluctuation in coal prices, which could adversely affect our operating results and cash flows; deregulation of the electric utility industry or the effects of any adverse change in the domestic coal industry, electric utility industry, or general economic conditions; dependence on significant customer contracts, including renewing customer contracts upon expiration of existing contracts; customer bankruptcies and/or cancellations of, or breaches to, existing contracts; customer delays or defaults in making payments; fluctuations in coal demand, prices and availability due to labor and transportation costs and disruptions, equipment availability, governmental regulations and other factors; our productivity levels and margins that we earn on our coal sales; any unanticipated increases in labor costs, adverse changes in work rules, or unexpected cash payments associated with post-mine reclamation and workers’ compensation claims; any unanticipated increases in transportation costs and risk of transportation delays or interruptions; greater than expected environmental

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regulation, costs and liabilities; a variety of operational, geologic, permitting, labor and weather-related factors; risk of major mine-related accidents or interruptions; results of litigation; difficulty maintaining our surety bonds for mine reclamation as well as workers’ compensation and black lung benefits; difficulty obtaining commercial property insurance; and risks associated with our 10.0% participation (excluding any applicable deductible) in the commercial property program.

Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in the Partnership’s public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on March 12, 2004 with the SEC. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Partnership does not intend to update its forward-looking statements.

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