EX-99.2 10 ex_638843.htm EXHIBIT 99.2

Exhibit 99.2

ESTIMATION OF SUNRISE COAL, LLC

2023 YEAR-END COAL RESERVES

OAKTOWN MINING COMPLEX

Indiana and Illinois

Prepared For

SUNRISE COAL, LLC

Terre Haute, Indiana

By

John T. Boyd Company

Mining and Geological Consultants

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Report No. 3467.007

JANUARY 2024

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|  | John T. Boyd Company Mining and Geological Consultants

Chairman James W. Boyd President and CEO John T. Boyd II Managing Director and COO Ronald L. Lewis Vice Presidents Robert J. Farmer Jisheng (Jason) Han John L. Weiss Michael F. Wick William P. Wolf Managing Director - Australia Jacques G. Steenekamp Managing Director - China Rongjie (Jeff) Li Managing Director – South America Carlos F. Barrera Pittsburgh 4000 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 300 Canonsburg, PA 15317 (724) 873-4400 (724) 873-4401 Fax jtboydp@jtboyd.com Denver (303) 293-8988 jtboydd@jtboyd.com Brisbane 61 7 3232-5000 jtboydau@jtboyd.com Beijing 86 10 6500-5854 jtboydcn@jtboyd.com Bogota +57-3115382113 jtboydcol@jtboyd.com www.jtboyd.com | January 29, 2024 File: 3467.007 Sunrise Coal, LLC 1183 E. Canvasback Drive Terre Haute, IN 47802 Attention: Mr. Scott McGuire Senior Corporate Engineer Subject: Estimation of Sunrise Coal, LLC 2023 Year-End Coal Reserves Oaktown Mining Complex Indiana and Illinois Ladies and Gentlemen: This letter provides John T. Boyd Company’s (BOYD) update of estimated coal reserves remaining as of December 31, 2023, at the Oaktown Mining Complex. BOYD is familiar with the Sunrise Coal, LLC (Sunrise) reserve holdings, having completed an amended Technical Report Summary (TRS) for the property (BOYD Report No. 3467.002) and reviewed the property’s reserves as of the year-end 2022 (BOYD Report No. 3467.006). Please refer to the aforementioned BOYD reports for previous estimates of coal resources and reserves, as well as additional technical and geoscientific information for the Oaktown Mining Complex. Sunrise believes, and BOYD concurs, that there are no material adjustments to the coal resources and reserves of the Oaktown Mining Complex necessitating the filing of an amended or revised TRS. This resource/reserve summary update was prepared for Sunrise in support of their disclosure of coal resources and reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex in accordance with

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Subpart 1300 of the SEC's Regulation S-K (S-K 1300) and is intended to satisfy the requirements of §229.1304(e), Individual Property Disclosure:

Compare the property’s mineral resources and mineral reserves as of the end of the last fiscal year with the mineral resources and mineral reserves as of the end of the preceding fiscal year and explain any material change between the two.

Unless otherwise stated, coal resource and reserve estimates disclosed herein are completed in accordance with the standards and definitions provided by S‑K 1300. It should be noted that BOYD considers the terms “mineral” and “coal” to be generally interchangeable within the relevant sections of S-K 1300.

1.0 Coal Resources and Reserves

It is our professional opinion that as of December 31, 2023, Sunrise controlled approximately 60.7 million saleable product tons of underground mineable coal reserves at the Oaktown Mining Complex, located in Knox and Sullivan counties, Indiana, and Crawford and Lawrence counties, Illinois.

There are no reportable coal resources excluding those converted to coal reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex, as of December 31, 2023.

Based upon our review and analysis, it is BOYD’s opinion that the resource and reserve statements provided herein are reasonable estimates of those controlled by Sunrise at the Oaktown Mining Complex, as of December 31, 2023. Our assessment concludes that extraction of the reported coal reserves remains technically, legally, and economically achievable after consideration of potentially material modifying factors. The statements of coal resources and coal reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex (as of December 31, 2023) are therefore considered suitable and appropriate for public reporting.

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1.1 Year-Over-Year Changes to Estimated Reserves

As shown on the following page, Sunrise’s estimated underground mineable coal reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex totaled approximately 66.4 million product tons as of December 31, 2022 (per BOYD Report No. 3467.006).

Oaktown Mining Complex - Summary of Coal Reserves as of December 31, 2022 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Average Product Quality (As Received Basis) |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mine |  | Classification |  | Product Tons (millions) |  |  | Total Moisture |  |  | Sulfur |  |  | Ash |  |  | SO2 (lbs/MMBtu) |  |  | Heating Value (Btu/lb) |
Oaktown No. 1 |  | Proven |  |  | 36.2 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | 11,522 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.5 |  |  |  | 5.9 |  |  |  | 11,521 |
|  | Total |  |  | 36.7 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | 11,522 |
Oaktown No. 2 |  | Proven |  |  | 28.5 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,535 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 11,520 |
|  | Total |  |  | 29.6 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,534 |
Total - All Mines |  | Proven |  |  | 64.7 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.6 |  |  |  | 5.9 |  |  |  | 11,528 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.8 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,520 |
|  | Total |  |  | 66.4 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.6 |  |  |  | 5.9 |  |  |  | 11,527 |

Sunrise’s estimated surface mineable coal reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex totaled approximately 60.7 million product tons remaining as of December 31, 2023, as summarized in the following table.

Oaktown Mining Complex - Summary of Coal Reserves as of December 31, 2023 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Average Product Quality (As Received Basis) |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mine |  | Classification |  | Product Tons (millions) |  |  | Total Moisture |  |  | Sulfur |  |  | Ash |  |  | SO2 (lbs/MMBtu) |  |  | Heating Value (Btu/lb) |
Oaktown No. 1 |  | Proven |  |  | 29.9 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 6.0 |  |  |  | 11,526 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 5.8 |  |  |  | 11,535 |
|  | Total |  |  | 34.1 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 7.4 |  |  |  | 6.0 |  |  |  | 11,527 |
Oaktown No. 2 |  | Proven |  | 20.4 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  | 5.4 |  |  |  | 11,523 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 6.2 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.2 |  |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  | 5.5 |  |  |  | 11,501 |
|  | Total |  |  | 26.6 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.1 |  |  |  | 7.9 |  |  |  | 5.4 |  |  |  | 11,518 |
Total - All Mines |  | Proven |  |  | 50.3 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.6 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,525 |
|  | Probable |  |  | 10.4 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.8 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,515 |
|  | Total |  |  | 60.7 |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 7.8 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 11,523 |

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The coal reserves of the Oaktown Mining Complex decreased by approximately 5.7 million product tons, or almost 9%, in 2023. As summarized in the table on the following page, the year-over-year change is the result of: (1) ordinary mining production (depletion), (2) mining lease acquisitions, and (3) revisions to mining plans.

Oaktown Mining Complex - Year-Over-Year Changes in Coal Reserves |
|  | Product Tons (millions) |
Mine |  | Production |  |  | Lease Acquisitions |  |  | Mine Plan Revisions |  |  | Total |
Oaktown No. 1 |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | (2.6 | )
Oaktown No. 2 |  |  | (2.5 | ) |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | (3.1 | )
Total |  |  | (6.5 | ) |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (5.7 | )

2.0 Disclaimers and Qualifications

This report provides BOYD’s assessment of Sunrise’s coal resources and coal reserves for the Oaktown Mining Complex. Our assessment was performed to obtain reasonable assurance that Sunrise’s estimates of coal resources and coal reserves are free from material misstatement. BOYD did not independently estimate coal resources or coal reserves as it was not required for the purposes of the assessment. We have relied on information provided by Sunrise regarding the Oaktown Mining Complex, as well as existing BOYD work files and reports. BOYD notes that nothing has come to our attention while preparing this resource/reserve estimate letter that would indicate the information provided to us is false or misleading, or that any material information has been withheld.

BOYD’s assessment methods are considered consistent with accepted and prudent mining geology and engineering practices. We believe our assessment provides a reasonable and objective basis for our opinions. The individuals primarily responsible for this resource/reserve update letter are by virtue of their education, experience, and professional association considered Qualified Persons as defined in Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K.

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Estimates of any mineral resources and mineral reserves are always subject to a degree of uncertainty. The level of confidence that can be applied to a particular estimate is a function of, among other things: the amount, quality, and completeness of exploration data; the geological complexity of the deposit; and economic, legal, social, and environmental factors associated with mining the resource/reserve. By assignment, BOYD used the definitions provided in S-K 1300 to describe the degree of uncertainty associated with the estimates reported herein.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN T. BOYD COMPANY

By:

John T. Boyd II

President and CEO

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