NSP Insperity Inc

HOUSTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE:NRP) and (NYSE:NSP) today announced that it has closed the D.D. Shepard acquisition announced last week. The acquisition, effective December 1, 2006, is immediately accretive and is expected to generate revenues to NRP of approximately $2.0 million in December. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060109/NRPLOGO ) Natural Resource Partners L.P. is headquartered in Houston, TX, with its operations headquarters in Huntington, WV. NRP is a master limited partnership that is principally engaged in the business of owning and managing coal properties in the three major coal producing regions of the United States: Appalachia, the Illinois Basin and the Powder River Basin. The common units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol NRP and the subordinated units are traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSP. For additional information, please contact Kathy Hager at 713-751-7555 or . Further information about NRP is available on the partnership's website at http://www.nrplp.com/. This press release may include "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such statements include the estimated revenues and the accretive nature of the transaction. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the partnership expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the partnership based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the partnership. These risks include, but are not limited to, decreases in demand for coal; changes in operating conditions and costs; production cuts by our lessees; commodity prices; unanticipated geologic problems; changes in the legislative or regulatory environment and other factors detailed in Natural Resource Partners' Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Natural Resource Partners L.P. has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060109/NRPLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Natural Resource Partners L.P. CONTACT: Kathy Hager, +1-713-751-7555, Web site: http://www.nrplp.com/

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