JOINT FILING AGREEMENTJoint Filing Agreement • April 18th, 2011 • Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with all other Reporting Persons (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13D referred to below) on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Units of beneficial interest of Alliance Holdings GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and that this Joint Filing Agreement may be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
