Departure of Chief Financial Officer and Director

Today Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) announced that on November 15, 2016, Jason Veenstra provided notice of his resignation from his positions as Director on the board of Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “GP”), and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer of the Partnership to be effective December 15, 2016. Mr. Veenstra’s notice of resignation from the Board of Directors (“Board”) was due to personal reasons and not as a result of any disagreement with the Board, the Partnership or the GP, regarding any of the Partnership’s operations, policies or practices.

Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer

The Partnership has named Nathan Troup as CFO and Treasurer on an interim basis, effective immediately. Mr. Troup, 39, is currently the Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Westmoreland Coal Company and will continue to serve Westmoreland Coal Company in that role while taking over the Partnership’s principal financial officer responsibilities.

Mr. Troup has 15 years of experience in public company accounting and auditing. Since June of 2015, Mr. Troup has served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Westmoreland Coal Company. From July 2011 to June 2015, Mr. Troup served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, as well as various other positions, with DigitalGlobe, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial information products and services sourced from its own advanced satellite constellation. From August 2010 to June 2011, Mr. Troup was a Senior Manager with The Siegfried Group, LLP, which is a professional services firm that provides outsourced accounting and finance support to Fortune 1000 clients. From 2001 to July 2010, Mr. Troup worked as an auditor for Ernst and Young, LLP. Mr. Troup is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Missouri, Columbia. There are no agreements, arrangements, relationships or transactions between the Partnership and Mr. Troup required to be disclosed under Items 401 or 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

About WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:WMLP)

Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP, formerly Oxford Resource Partners, LP, is a producer and marketer of thermal coal to the United States utilities and industrial users, and a producer of surface mined coal in Ohio. The Company markets coal to electric utilities with coal-fired, base-load scrubbed power plants under long-term coal sales contracts. Its reserves and operations serve its market area of the Midwest, Northeast and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. The Company operates approximately 20 active surface mines and manages these mines as mining complexes located in eastern Ohio and Wyoming. The Company’s Ohio mining facilities include approximately two preparation plants, both of which receive, wash, blend, process and ship coal produced from its mines. The Company’s operating subsidiaries include Oxford Mining Company, LLC, Oxford Mining Company-Kentucky, LLC, Westmoreland Kemmerer, LLC, Westmoreland Kemmerer Fee Coal Holdings, LLC and Harrison Resources, LLC.

WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:WMLP) Recent Trading Information

WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:WMLP) closed its last trading session down -0.13 at 5.90 with 3,110 shares trading hands.