RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE: PVR) today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 on February 20, 2012 and hold a conference call to discuss those results on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will also be available via webcast on a live and replay basis. The text of the press release and links to the webcast will be available at PVR's website, http://www.pvrpartners.com, as well as through other electronic business news services. The webcast may be accessed directly at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=84641.

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Interested parties are invited to listen to the conference call, during which prepared remarks by William H. Shea, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, and other members of management will be followed by a question and answer session. You may participate in the conference call by phone or listen via the Internet.


    Event:    Conference call to discuss fourth quarter 2011 results.
    Timing:   February 21, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
    Internet:  Log on at PVR's website, http://www.pvrpartners.com 15 minutes
               prior to the scheduled start of the call to download and install
               any necessary audio software.
    Phone:     Dial 800-860-2442 (international 412-858-4600) five to ten
               minutes before the scheduled start of the conference call and
               reference the Penn Virginia Resources Partners call.
    Replay:    A telephonic replay will be available for one week beginning
               approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call.  The
               replay can be accessed by dialing toll free 877-344-7529
               (international: 412-317-0088) and using the replay code
               10008957.  An on-demand replay of the webcast will also be
               available at PVR's website shortly after the webcast.

Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE: PVR) is a publicly traded limited partnership which owns and manages coal and natural resource properties and related assets, and owns and operates midstream natural gas gathering and processing businesses. We own approximately 900 million tons of proven coal reserves in Northern and Central Appalachia, and the Illinois and San Juan Basins; our midstream natural gas assets are located principally in Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania and include more than 4,200 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines and 7 processing systems with approximately 420 million cubic feet per day of capacity. For more information about PVR, visit our website at www.pvrpartners.com.


    Contact:                   Stephen R. Milbourne
                               Director - Investor Relations
                               Phone: 610-975-8204
                               E-Mail: invest@pvrpartners.com

SOURCE Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P.