The Board of Directors of Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, the general partner of PVR, today declared a quarterly distribution of $0.47 per unit or $1.88 per unit on an annualized basis. This quarterly distribution remains unchanged from the distribution paid in the prior quarter and represents a 6.8 percent increase over the $1.76 annualized distribution paid in the same quarter of 2008. The quarterly distribution covers the period October 1 through December 31, 2008, and is payable on February 13, 2009 to unitholders of record on February 2, 2009.

Headquartered in Radnor, PA, Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (NYSE:PVR) is a publicly traded limited partnership formed by Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA). PVR manages coal and natural resource properties and related assets and operates a midstream natural gas gathering and processing business.

For more information, please visit PVR’s website at www.pvresource.com.

Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P.
James W. Dean
Vice President, Investor Relations
610-687-8900
Fax: 610-687-3688
invest@pennvirginia.com