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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;30, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0695453</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>41 South High Street, Suite&nbsp;3450<BR>
Columbus, OH 43215</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jeffrey M. Gutman<BR>
Senior Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
41 South High Street, Suite&nbsp;3450<BR>
Columbus, OH 43215<BR>
Phone: (614)&nbsp;643-0314</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">copies to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>William N. Finnegan IV<BR>
Brett E. Braden</B><BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
717 Texas Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1600<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;546-5400</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).
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<TR><TD><b>Large accelerated filer</b>&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center"><b>Accelerated filer</b>&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><br><b>Non-accelerated filer</b>&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR><b>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</b></TD>
<TD align="right"><b>Smaller Reporting Company</b>&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum offering</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Units, representing
limited partner interests</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,929,509 units</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18.27 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">35,252,130 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,514</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), there are also being registered such additional Common Units as may become issuable
pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated
Long-Term Incentive Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price for the 1,929,509 Common Units being
registered hereby is based on a price of $18.27, which is the average of the high and low
trading prices per Common Unit of Oxford Resource Partners, LP as reported by the New York
Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;29, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h74899exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oxford Resources GP, LLC (the &#147;Company&#148;) will send or give to all participants in the Oxford
Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) the document(s)
containing information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Oxford Resource Partners, LP (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) has not filed such
document(s) with the Commission, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) pursuant to Item
3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities
laws and regulations, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (File
No.&nbsp;333-165662) relating to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;15, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed with the Commission
on July&nbsp;19, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Units, representing limited partner interests,
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed with
the Commission on July&nbsp;12, 2010, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities
laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements of the Registrant and subsidiaries for the years ended
December&nbsp;31, 2009 and 2008, the period from August&nbsp;24, 2007 to December&nbsp;31, 2007 and of Oxford
Mining Company and subsidiaries (the predecessor) for the period from January&nbsp;1, 2007 to August&nbsp;23,
2007 have been included in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-1 (the &#147;S-1&#148;), and
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8, in reliance upon the report
of Grant Thornton LLP an independent registered public accounting firm, appearing in the S-1 and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The combined financial statements for the carved-out surface mining operations of Phoenix Coal
Inc. for the nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2009 and the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2007
included in the S-1 and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 have
been audited by Ernst &#038; Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth
in their report thereon appearing in the S-1, and are included in reliance upon such report given
on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information included in the S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to the estimates of our proven and probable reserves associated with
our surface mining operations in Ohio is derived from our internal estimates, which estimates were
audited by John T. Boyd Company, an independent mining and geological consulting firm. The
information included in the S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 relating to the estimates of our proven and probable reserves associated with our surface
mining operations in the Illinois Basin and our proven and probable underground coal reserves is
derived from reserve reports prepared by John T. Boyd Company. This information is included in the
S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 upon the authority
of said firm as an expert.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7.7 of the Registrant&#146;s Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(the &#147;Partnership Agreement&#148;) provides that the Registrant will indemnify and hold harmless (1)&nbsp;the
Company, as its general partner, (2)&nbsp;any departing general partner of the Registrant (a &#147;Departing
GP&#148;), (3)&nbsp;any person who is or was an affiliate of the Company or a Departing GP, (4)&nbsp;any person
who is or was a director, officer, partner, member, manager, fiduciary or trustee of the Registrant
or a subsidiary (other than any person who is or was a limited partner of the Registrant in such
person&#146;s capacity as such), the Company, any Departing GP or any of their affiliates, (5)&nbsp;any
person who is or was serving at the request of the Company or a Departing GP or any affiliate of
the Company or a Departing GP as an officer, director, member, manager, partner, fiduciary, or
trustee of another person; provided that a person is not an indemnitee by reason of providing, on a
fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, and (6)&nbsp;any person the Company
designates as an indemnitee for purposes of the Partnership Agreement to the fullest extent
permitted by law (subject to any limitations expressed in the Partnership Agreement) (each an
&#147;Indemnitee&#148;) from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses
(including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other
amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is
threatened to be involved. Any indemnification described above will only be made out of the assets
of the Registrant. Unless the Company otherwise agrees, in its sole discretion, the Company will
not be personally liable for or have any obligation to contribute or lend funds or assets to the
Registrant to enable the Registrant to effectuate indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred
by an Indemnitee in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding will, from time to
time, be advanced by the Registrant, subject to certain conditions. Section&nbsp;7.7 of the Partnership
Agreement also permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Company,
its affiliates and any other person as the Company may determine in its discretion, against any
liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such person in
connection with the Registrant&#146;s activities or such person&#146;s activities on behalf of the
Registrant, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person
against such liabilities under the Partnership Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Section 8(b) of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement) provides for the indemnification of the Registrant, the Company and Oxford Mining
Company, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant) (the &#147;Operating Company&#148;), the Company&#146;s
officers and directors, and any person who controls the Registrant, the Company, or the Operating
Company, including indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to any terms, conditions, or restrictions set forth in the Partnership Agreement,
Section&nbsp;17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited
partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other persons from and against all claims
and demands whatsoever. As of the date of the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering pursuant to its
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-165662), the Company will maintain directors and
officers liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the
Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="82%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource Partners, LP (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-165662)
initially filed on March&nbsp;24, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource
Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed on July&nbsp;19, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of John T. Boyd Company</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1#
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed on July&nbsp;19, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">#</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Compensatory plan, contract or arrangement</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on July&nbsp;30, 2010.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP</B> <BR>
<BR>
By:&nbsp;&nbsp;Oxford Resources GP, LLC, its general partner<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeffrey M. Gutman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeffrey M. Gutman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President,<br>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below authorizes and
appoints each of Michael B. Gardner and Jeffrey M. Gutman, and each of them, severally, acting
alone and without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in their indicated capacities, which are with the Company, on July
30, 2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ George E. McCown<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George E. McCown
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Charles C. Ungurean<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles C. Ungurean
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(principal executive officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jeffrey M. Gutman<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey M. Gutman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Denise M. Maksimoski<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Denise M. Maksimoski
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Director of Accounting<BR>
(principal accounting officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Brian D. Barlow<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian D. Barlow
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Matthew P. Carbone<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Matthew P. Carbone
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Peter B. Lilly<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter B. Lilly
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gerald A. Tywoniuk<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerald A. Tywoniuk
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource Partners, LP (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-165662)
initially filed on March&nbsp;24, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource
Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed on July&nbsp;19, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-34815) filed on July&nbsp;19, 2010)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0695453
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
41 South High Street, Suite 3450
Columbus, OH 43215
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jeffrey M. Gutman
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
41 South High Street, Suite 3450
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 643-0314
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
copies to:
William N. Finnegan IV
Brett E. Braden
Latham & Watkins LLP
717 Texas Avenue, Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 546-5400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
price per unit
offering price
registration fee
Common Units, representing
limited partner interests
1,929,509 units
$
18.27
(2)
$
35,252,130
(2)
$
2,514
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), there are also being registered such additional Common Units as may become issuable
pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated
Long-Term Incentive Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act. The price for the 1,929,509 Common Units being
registered hereby is based on a price of $18.27, which is the average of the high and low
trading prices per Common Unit of Oxford Resource Partners, LP as reported by the New York
Stock Exchange on July 29, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
E-23.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Oxford Resources GP, LLC (the "Company") will send or give to all participants in the Oxford
Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") the document(s)
containing information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). Oxford Resource Partners, LP (the "Registrant") has not filed such
document(s) with the Commission, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to Item
3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities
laws and regulations, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents:
(a) The Registrant's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (File
No. 333-165662) relating to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the
Commission on July 15, 2010.
(b) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34815) filed with the Commission
on July 19, 2010.
(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Units, representing limited partner interests,
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-34815) filed with
the Commission on July 12, 2010, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities
laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The consolidated financial statements of the Registrant and subsidiaries for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the period from August 24, 2007 to December 31, 2007 and of Oxford
Mining Company and subsidiaries (the predecessor) for the period from January 1, 2007 to August 23,
2007 have been included in the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 (the "S-1"), and
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8, in reliance upon the report
of Grant Thornton LLP an independent registered public accounting firm, appearing in the S-1 and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
The combined financial statements for the carved-out surface mining operations of Phoenix Coal
Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
included in the S-1 and
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incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 have
been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth
in their report thereon appearing in the S-1, and are included in reliance upon such report given
on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The information included in the S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to the estimates of our proven and probable reserves associated with
our surface mining operations in Ohio is derived from our internal estimates, which estimates were
audited by John T. Boyd Company, an independent mining and geological consulting firm. The
information included in the S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 relating to the estimates of our proven and probable reserves associated with our surface
mining operations in the Illinois Basin and our proven and probable underground coal reserves is
derived from reserve reports prepared by John T. Boyd Company. This information is included in the
S-1 and incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 upon the authority
of said firm as an expert.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 7.7 of the Registrant's Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
(the "Partnership Agreement") provides that the Registrant will indemnify and hold harmless (1) the
Company, as its general partner, (2) any departing general partner of the Registrant (a "Departing
GP"), (3) any person who is or was an affiliate of the Company or a Departing GP, (4) any person
who is or was a director, officer, partner, member, manager, fiduciary or trustee of the Registrant
or a subsidiary (other than any person who is or was a limited partner of the Registrant in such
person's capacity as such), the Company, any Departing GP or any of their affiliates, (5) any
person who is or was serving at the request of the Company or a Departing GP or any affiliate of
the Company or a Departing GP as an officer, director, member, manager, partner, fiduciary, or
trustee of another person; provided that a person is not an indemnitee by reason of providing, on a
fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, and (6) any person the Company
designates as an indemnitee for purposes of the Partnership Agreement to the fullest extent
permitted by law (subject to any limitations expressed in the Partnership Agreement) (each an
"Indemnitee") from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses
(including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other
amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is
threatened to be involved. Any indemnification described above will only be made out of the assets
of the Registrant. Unless the Company otherwise agrees, in its sole discretion, the Company will
not be personally liable for or have any obligation to contribute or lend funds or assets to the
Registrant to enable the Registrant to effectuate indemnification.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred
by an Indemnitee in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding will, from time to
time, be advanced by the Registrant, subject to certain conditions. Section 7.7 of the Partnership
Agreement also permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Company,
its affiliates and any other person as the Company may determine in its discretion, against any
liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such person in
connection with the Registrant's activities or such person's activities on behalf of the
Registrant, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person
against such liabilities under the Partnership Agreement.
In addition, Section 8(b) of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement) provides for the indemnification of the Registrant, the Company and Oxford Mining
Company, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant) (the "Operating Company"), the Company's
officers and directors, and any person who controls the Registrant, the Company, or the Operating
Company, including indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act.
Subject to any terms, conditions, or restrictions set forth in the Partnership Agreement,
Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware limited
partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other persons from and against all claims
and demands whatsoever. As of the date of the Registrant's initial public offering pursuant to its
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-165662), the Company will maintain directors and
officers liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the
Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource Partners, LP (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1 (File No. 333-165662)
initially filed on March 24, 2010)
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource
Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34815) filed on July 19, 2010)
5.1*
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
Consent of John T. Boyd Company
23.4*
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1#
Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 001-34815) filed on July 19, 2010)
*
Filed herewith
#
Compensatory plan, contract or arrangement
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on July 30, 2010.
OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
By:  Oxford Resources GP, LLC, its general partner
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Gutman
Jeffrey M. Gutman
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below authorizes and
appoints each of Michael B. Gardner and Jeffrey M. Gutman, and each of them, severally, acting
alone and without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities
to sign any and all amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in their indicated capacities, which are with the Company, on July
30, 2010.
Signature
Title
/s/ George E. McCown
George E. McCown
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Charles C. Ungurean
Charles C. Ungurean
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Jeffrey M. Gutman
Jeffrey M. Gutman
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Denise M. Maksimoski
Denise M. Maksimoski
Senior Director of Accounting
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Brian D. Barlow
Brian D. Barlow
Director
/s/ Matthew P. Carbone
Matthew P. Carbone
Director
/s/ Peter B. Lilly
Peter B. Lilly
Director
/s/ Gerald A. Tywoniuk
Gerald A. Tywoniuk
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource Partners, LP (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1 (File No. 333-165662)
initially filed on March 24, 2010)
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource
Partners, LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34815) filed on July 19, 2010)
5.1*
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
Consent of John T. Boyd Company
23.4*
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1#
Oxford Resource Partners, LP Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K (File No. 001-34815) filed on July 19, 2010)
*
Filed herewith
#
Compensatory plan, contract or arrangement