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EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-32_2.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-31_1.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-31_2.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-23_2.htm
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-32_1.htm
EX-10.40 - EX-10.40 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_40.htm
EX-10.42 - EX-10.42 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_42.htm
EX-10.46 - EX-10.46 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_46.htm
EX-10.44 - EX-10.44 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_44.htm
EX-10.45 - EX-10.45 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_45.htm
EX-10.43 - EX-10.43 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_43.htm
EX-10.41 - EX-10.41 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-10_41.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.a2197249zex-23_1.htm

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Exhibit 21.1

List of Subsidiaries

        The following is a complete list of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation, including their respective states of incorporation, as of March 9, 2010:

Name
  Jurisdiction   Ownership  

Antelope Coal LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Caballo Rojo Holdings LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Caballo Rojo LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

 

Delaware

   
51.7

%

Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp. 

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Cloud Peak Energy Services Company

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Cordero Mining Holdings LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Cordero Mining LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Decker Coal Company

 

Montana

   
50

%

Kennecott Coal Sales LLC

 

Oregon

   
100

%

Montana Royalty Company Ltd. 

 

Unincorporated

   
50

%

NERCO Coal LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

NERCO Coal Sales LLC

 

Tennessee

   
100

%

NERCO LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Northern Coal Transportation LLC

 

Oregon

   
100

%

Prospect Land and Development LLC

 

Oregon

   
100

%

Resource Development LLC

 

Washington

   
100

%

Sequatchie Valley Coal Corporation

 

Tennessee

   
100

%

Spring Creek Coal LLC

 

Delaware

   
100

%

Venture Fuels Partnership

 

Colorado

   
50

%

Western Minerals LLC

 

Oregon

   
100

%

Wyoming Quality Healthcare Coalition, LLC

 

Delaware

   
33.3

%



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