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Commission on November 9, 2018</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 85pt 0pt 84.95pt; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 20pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Contura Energy, Inc.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>81-3015061</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Contura Energy, Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">340 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.7pt; text-align: center"><B>Bristol, Tennessee 37620</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt; text-align: center"><B>(423) 573-0300</B>&nbsp;</P>

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Offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Contura Energy, Inc.
Management Incentive Plan</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Contura Energy, Inc.
2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity
Incentive Plan</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 84.95pt; text-align: center">(Full Title of the Plans)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Kevin S. Crutchfield&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Contura Energy, Inc.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">340 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.7pt; text-align: center"><B>Bristol, Tennessee 37620</B>&nbsp;</P>

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Area Code, of Agents for Service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.05pt; text-align: center"><I>With a copy to:</I>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">Jeffrey P. Crandall<BR>
Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 231.15pt; text-align: center"><B>450 Lexington Avenue</B></P>

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NY 10017</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 9.95pt 0pt 5.9pt"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting
company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 71%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large&nbsp;accelerated filer</B> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated filer</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT>&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller reporting company</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&#9744;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging growth company</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&#9744;</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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FEE</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount to Be Registered(1)</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount of Registration Fee(3)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 56%; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">750,000</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">73.60</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">38,419,522.25</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 8%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">4,656.45</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">1,100,000</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">73.60</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">80,960,000.00</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">9,812.35</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">120,000</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">73.60</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">8,832,000.00</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">1,070.44</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 2.5pt">Total&#9;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">1,970,000</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">73.60</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">128,211,522.25</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">15,539.24</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 5.9pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 21.85pt">(1)</TD><TD>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;<B>Registration Statement</B>&rdquo;) covers 1,970,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&ldquo;<B>Common Stock</B>&rdquo;), of Contura Energy, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;
or the &ldquo;<B>Registrant</B>&rdquo;) (i) 750,000 of which are issuable pursuant to the Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive
Plan, 1,100,000 of which are issuable pursuant to the Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 120,000 of which are
issuable pursuant to the ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan ( collectively, the &ldquo;<B>Plans</B>&rdquo;), (ii) to be issued
in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Securities
Act</B>&rdquo;), any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, or other similar transaction.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 21.10pt">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="padding-right: 14.9pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
                                                               457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based on the price per share of
                                                               Common Stock on November 2, 2018 and, in the case of outstanding warrants and stock options to purchase Common Stock, the
                                                               exercise price on the date of grant of such stock options.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 5.9pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 21.85pt">(3)</TD><TD>Rounded up to the nearest penny.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">PART I</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act
and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The document containing the information specified in Part I will
be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.45pt 0pt 122.25pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.45pt 0pt 122.25pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.45pt 0pt 122.25pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The following documents are incorporated
herein by reference:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 28.5pt 0pt 5.9pt; text-indent: 21.85pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-226953), as originally filed on August 21, 2018, including any
amendments or supplements thereto; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 28.5pt 0pt 5.9pt; text-indent: 21.85pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 28.5pt 0pt 5.9pt; text-indent: 21.85pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Company&rsquo;s capital stock which is contained in the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
dated November 7, 2018 (File No. 001-38735), including any amendments or supplements thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 28.5pt 0pt 5.9pt; text-indent: 21.85pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">In addition, all documents subsequently
filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B>Exchange
Act</B>&rdquo;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Any statement contained herein and 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 incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 4. Description of Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except as required by applicable law, as in effect from time to time. Currently,
Delaware law requires that liability be imposed for the following:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 39.6pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to  the company or  its stockholders;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 39.6pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Any act or omission not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 39.6pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the &ldquo;<B>DGCL</B>&rdquo;); and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 39.6pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 20.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">As a result, neither the Company nor its
stockholders have the right, through stockholders&rsquo; derivative suits on our behalf, to recover monetary damages against a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from grossly negligent behavior, except in the
situations described above.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved
in any threatened, pending or completed proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another enterprise, will be indemnified
and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. This right to indemnification includes the right
to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the
fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. Amending this provision will not reduce the Company&rsquo;s indemnification obligations
relating to actions taken before an amendment.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened,
pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having
been a director, officer, employee or agent to the Company. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights
to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
or otherwise. Section 8(a) of the Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification
by the Company of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to provide these directors and executive officers
additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections.
There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officer of the Company for which indemnification
is sought.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. The Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of
liability.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The Company maintains standard policies
of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason
of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (b) to the Company with respect to payments which may be made by the Company to such
officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The Company has entered into an Indemnification
Agreement with each of its current directors and executive officers. Under the terms of that agreement, when the director or officer
is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the
Company to procure a judgment in its favor, the director or officer shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law against all expenses, judgments fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer
or on the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s behalf in connection with such proceeding or any claim, issue, or matter therein,
if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or
her conduct was unlawful. &nbsp;If the director or officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any
proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, the director or officer shall be indemnified to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer
or on the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s behalf in connection with such proceeding or claim, issue, or matter therein, if
the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company. However, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the director or
officer has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that
the court in which the proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in">the
circumstances of the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled for such expenses as the court shall deem
proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">To the extent that the director or officer
is a party to or a participant in and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify the director or officer against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
the director or officer or on the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s behalf in connection therewith. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, if the director or officer is not wholly successful in such proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in defense of one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the director
or officer to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director
or officer or on the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter.&nbsp;
The termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, is deemed to be a successful
result as to such claim, issue or matter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">The Company is not obligated to indemnify
the director or officer under the Indemnification Agreement in connection with any proceeding for any reimbursement of the Company
by the director or officer of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the
director or officer from the sale of securities of the Company, as required under the Exchange Act (including any reimbursements
that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the payment
to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by the director or officer of securities in violation of Section 306
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).&nbsp; Further, the Company is not obligated to indemnify the director or officer if the director
or officer is held liable for a disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale by the director or officer pursuant to
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The Company is not obligated to indemnify against a proceeding initiated by the director or
officer, including any proceeding initiated by the director or officer against the Company or its directors, officers, employees
agents or other indemnitees, unless the proceeding is (i) authorized by the board of directors, (ii) otherwise authorized by the
Indemnification Agreement, or (iii) otherwise required by applicable law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Under the Indemnification Agreement, the
Company agrees to advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection
with any proceeding.&nbsp; Advances are unsecured and interest free and made without regard to the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s
ability to repay the advances. The situations outlined in the preceding paragraph in which the Company is not obligated to indemnify
the director or officer are also situations in which the Company is not obligated to advance the expenses of the director. The
director or officer agrees to repay any advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that the director or officer is
not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Form of Indemnification Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.28 to the Company&rsquo;s
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit
Number&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704715/000162828018011255/exhibit31s-4.htm">4.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704715/000162828018011255/exhibit31s-4.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704715/000162828018011255/exhibit32s-4.htm">4.2</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704715/000162828018011255/exhibit32s-4.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex05.htm">5</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex05.htm">Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex2301.htm">23.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex2301.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex05.htm">23.2</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex05.htm">Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9901.htm">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9901.htm">Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, effective as of July 26, 2016 </A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9902.htm">99.2</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9902.htm">Amendment No.1 to Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, dated as of January 18, 2017</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9903.htm">99.3</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9903.htm">Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9904.htm">99.4</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp98047_ex9904.htm">ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on May 3, 2017 and amended February 15, 2018 and April 6, 2018</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.75pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">(1) To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">(i) To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">(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 &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in this Registration Statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">(iii) To include any material
information with respect to the Plans not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in this Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 27.35pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27pt"><I>provided</I>, <I>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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">(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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 27.35pt; text-indent: 26.65pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">(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 Securities and Exchange 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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Contura Energy, Inc., 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 Bristol, Tennessee, on the 9th day of November, 2018.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Contura Energy, Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Kevin S. Crutchfield</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; font-size: 10pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Kevin S. Crutchfield</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Charles Andrew Eidson and Mark M. Manno, and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his
or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.3in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed this 9th day of November, 2018 by the following persons in
the following capacities.</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Signature&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-left: 0.25in; text-align: center; padding-right: 6pt">
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Title</B></P>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%; padding-right: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Date&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Kevin S. Crutchfield</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018 </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Kevin S. Crutchfield</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Charles Andrew Eidson</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018 </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Charles Andrew Eidson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Neale X. Trangucci</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Chairman</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018 </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Neale X. Trangucci</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Albert E. Ferrara, Jr.</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Albert E. Ferrara, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Daniel Geiger</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>John E. Lushefski</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Anthony Orlando</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Anthony Orlando </TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>David Stetson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">Director</TD>
    <TD>November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Harvey L. Tepner</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Michael Ward</P>
</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in; width: 50%">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">November 9, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>Michael Ward</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 120.25pt 0pt 1.7in; text-align: center">EXHIBIT INDEX</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit
Number&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">4.1</TD>
    <TD>Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">4.2</TD>
    <TD>Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">5</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">23.1</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">23.2</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">99.1</TD>
    <TD>Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, effective as of July 26, 2016</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">99.2</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No. 1 to Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, dated as of January 18, 2017 </TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">99.3</TD>
    <TD>Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">99.4</TD>
    <TD>ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on May 3, 2017 and amended February 15, 2018 and April 6, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.3in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 9, 2018
Registration No. 333-
__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Contura Energy, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
81-3015061
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
Contura Energy, Inc.
340 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd.
Bristol, Tennessee 37620
(423) 573-0300
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)
Contura Energy, Inc.
Management Incentive Plan
Contura Energy, Inc.
2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan
ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity
Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Kevin S. Crutchfield
Chief Executive Officer
Contura Energy, Inc.
340 Martin Luther
King Jr. Blvd.
Bristol, Tennessee 37620
(423) 573-0300
(Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agents for Service)
With a copy to:
Jeffrey P. Crandall
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York,
NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting
company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount to Be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan
750,000
$
73.60
$
38,419,522.25
$
4,656.45
Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan
1,100,000
$
73.60
$
80,960,000.00
$
9,812.35
Common Stock, par value $0.01, to be issued under the ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
120,000
$
73.60
$
8,832,000.00
$
1,070.44
Total
1,970,000
$
73.60
$
128,211,522.25
$
15,539.24
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "
Registration Statement
") covers 1,970,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("
Common Stock
"), of Contura Energy, Inc. (the "
Company
"
or the "
Registrant
") (i) 750,000 of which are issuable pursuant to the Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive
Plan, 1,100,000 of which are issuable pursuant to the Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 120,000 of which are
issuable pursuant to the ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan ( collectively, the "
Plans
"), (ii) to be issued
in the future under the Plans and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
"), any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
                                                               457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based on the price per share of
                                                               Common Stock on November 2, 2018 and, in the case of outstanding warrants and stock options to purchase Common Stock, the
                                                               exercise price on the date of grant of such stock options.
(3)
Rounded up to the nearest penny.
PART I
The information specified in Item 1 and
Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act
and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The document containing the information specified in Part I will
be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated
herein by reference:
(a)       The
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-226953), as originally filed on August 21, 2018, including any
amendments or supplements thereto; and
(b)       The
description of the Company's capital stock which is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
dated November 7, 2018 (File No. 001-38735), including any amendments or supplements thereto.
In addition, all documents subsequently
filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange
Act
"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein and 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 incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such 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.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except as required by applicable law, as in effect from time to time. Currently,
Delaware law requires that liability be imposed for the following:
·
Any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to  the company or  its stockholders;
·
Any act or omission not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
·
Unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "
DGCL
"); and
·
Any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
As a result, neither the Company nor its
stockholders have the right, through stockholders' derivative suits on our behalf, to recover monetary damages against a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from grossly negligent behavior, except in the
situations described above.
The Company's Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved
in any threatened, pending or completed proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another enterprise, will be indemnified
and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. This right to indemnification includes the right
to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the
fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. Amending this provision will not reduce the Company's indemnification obligations
relating to actions taken before an amendment.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened,
pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having
been a director, officer, employee or agent to the Company. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights
to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
or otherwise. Section 8(a) of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification
by the Company of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to provide these directors and executive officers
additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Company's Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections.
There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officer of the Company for which indemnification
is sought.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. The Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of
liability.
The Company maintains standard policies
of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason
of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (b) to the Company with respect to payments which may be made by the Company to such
officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
The Company has entered into an Indemnification
Agreement with each of its current directors and executive officers. Under the terms of that agreement, when the director or officer
is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the
Company to procure a judgment in its favor, the director or officer shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law against all expenses, judgments fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer
or on the director's or officer's behalf in connection with such proceeding or any claim, issue, or matter therein,
if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or
her conduct was unlawful.  If the director or officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any
proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, the director or officer shall be indemnified to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer
or on the director's or officer's behalf in connection with such proceeding or claim, issue, or matter therein, if
the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company. However, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the director or
officer has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that
the court in which the proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all
the
circumstances of the case, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled for such expenses as the court shall deem
proper.
To the extent that the director or officer
is a party to or a participant in and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify the director or officer against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
the director or officer or on the director's or officer's behalf in connection therewith. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, if the director or officer is not wholly successful in such proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in defense of one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such proceeding, the Company shall indemnify the director
or officer to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director
or officer or on the director's or officer's behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. 
The termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, is deemed to be a successful
result as to such claim, issue or matter.
The Company is not obligated to indemnify
the director or officer under the Indemnification Agreement in connection with any proceeding for any reimbursement of the Company
by the director or officer of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the
director or officer from the sale of securities of the Company, as required under the Exchange Act (including any reimbursements
that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the payment
to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by the director or officer of securities in violation of Section 306
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).  Further, the Company is not obligated to indemnify the director or officer if the director
or officer is held liable for a disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale by the director or officer pursuant to
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The Company is not obligated to indemnify against a proceeding initiated by the director or
officer, including any proceeding initiated by the director or officer against the Company or its directors, officers, employees
agents or other indemnitees, unless the proceeding is (i) authorized by the board of directors, (ii) otherwise authorized by the
Indemnification Agreement, or (iii) otherwise required by applicable law.
Under the Indemnification Agreement, the
Company agrees to advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection
with any proceeding.  Advances are unsecured and interest free and made without regard to the director's or officer's
ability to repay the advances. The situations outlined in the preceding paragraph in which the Company is not obligated to indemnify
the director or officer are also situations in which the Company is not obligated to advance the expenses of the director. The
director or officer agrees to repay any advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that the director or officer is
not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Form of Indemnification Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953).
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))
5
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
99.1
Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, effective as of July 26, 2016
99.2
Amendment No.1 to Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, dated as of January 18, 2017
99.3
Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan
99.4
ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on May 3, 2017 and amended February 15, 2018 and April 6, 2018
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 this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material
information with respect to the Plans 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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 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.
(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 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 this 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 Securities and Exchange 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Contura Energy, Inc., 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 Bristol, Tennessee, on the 9th day of November, 2018.
Contura Energy, Inc.
By:
/s/ Kevin S. Crutchfield
Name:
Kevin S. Crutchfield
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Director
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Charles Andrew Eidson and Mark M. Manno, and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his
or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed this 9th day of November, 2018 by the following persons in
the following capacities.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin S. Crutchfield
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 9, 2018
Kevin S. Crutchfield
/s/ Charles Andrew Eidson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
November 9, 2018
Charles Andrew Eidson
/s/ Neale X. Trangucci
Chairman
November 9, 2018
Neale X. Trangucci
/s/ Albert E. Ferrara, Jr.
Director
November 9, 2018
Albert E. Ferrara, Jr.
Director
November 9, 2018
Daniel Geiger
Director
November 9, 2018
John E. Lushefski
/s/ Anthony Orlando
Director
November 9, 2018
Anthony Orlando
Director
November 9, 2018
David Stetson
Director
November 9, 2018
Harvey L. Tepner
/s/ Michael Ward
Director
November 9, 2018
Michael Ward
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Contura Energy, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2018 (File No. 333-226953))
5
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
99.1
Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, effective as of July 26, 2016
99.2
Amendment No. 1 to Contura Energy, Inc. Management Incentive Plan, dated as of January 18, 2017
99.3
Contura Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan
99.4
ANR, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on May 3, 2017 and amended February 15, 2018 and April 6, 2018