PATERSON, N.J., Oct. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quest Minerals & Mining Corp. (Pink Sheets:QMIN) (Frankfurt:QMN9), a Kentucky-based operator of energy and mineral related properties, today announced that it has once again put an additional set of employees to work on a second maintenance shift at their current mine location.
Eugene Chiaramonte, Jr., President of Quest, noted, "This new technically trained crew will focus on all minor and/or major repair issues between the day shifts. If there are no repairs needed, then this team has the expertise to mine coal as well, which allows for more fluid production with more output results. If all goes well, we anticipate initiating a third shift scenario, entailing two day shifts with the maintenance support at night."
About Quest Minerals & Mining
Quest Minerals & Mining Corp., or Quest, acquires and operates energy and mineral related properties in the southeastern part of the United States. Quest focuses its efforts on properties that produce quality compliance blend coal. For more information on Quest Minerals & Mining Corp., please visit our website at www.questmining.net.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains discussion of items that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Quest believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurances that its expectations will be achieved. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to, lack of revenue producing operations, lack of working capital, debt obligations, judgments and lien claims against Quest and certain of its assets, difficulties in refinancing short term debt, difficulties identifying and acquiring complementary businesses, fluctuations in coal, oil & gas, and other energy prices, general economic conditions in markets in which Quest does business, extensive environmental and workplace regulation by federal and state agencies, other general risks related to its common stock, and other uncertainties and business issues that are detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.