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Exhibit 95.1

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Our VantaCore mining operations are subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). MSHA inspects our mines on a regular basis and issues various citations and orders to our operators when its inspectors believe that a violation has occurred under the Mine Act. We have disclosed below information regarding certain citations and orders issued by MSHA and related assessments and legal actions with respect to these mining operations. In evaluating the below information regarding mine safety and health, investors should take into account factors such as: (i) the number of citations and orders will vary depending on the size of a mine, (ii) the number of citations issued will vary from inspector to inspector and mine to mine, and (iii) citations and orders can be contested and appealed, and in that process are often reduced in severity and amount, and are sometimes dismissed or vacated. The tables below do not include any orders or citations issued to independent contractors at our mines.

Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) requires issuers to include in periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) certain information relating to citations and orders for violations of standards under the Mine Act. The following tables disclose information required under the Dodd-Frank Act for the three months ending September 30, 2014.

 

Mine Name / MSHA Identification Number

   Section 104
S&S
Citations(1)
     Section
104(b)
Orders(2)
     Section
104(d)
Citations  and
Orders(3)
     Section
110(b)(2)
Violations(4)
     Section
107(a)
Orders(5)
     Total Dollar
Value of MSHA
Assessments
Proposed(6)
 

Laurel Aggregates/36-08891

     1         —           —           —           —         $ 490.00   

Southern Aggregates/16-01519

     2         —           —           —           —           (7

Southern Aggregates/16-01388

     1         —           —           —           —         $ 290.00   

Southern Aggregates/16-00336

     1         —           —           —           —         $ 224.00   

Southern Aggregates/16-01536

     —           —           —           —           —         $ 100.00   

Southern Aggregates/16-01537

     1         —           —           —           —         $ 150.00   

Southern Aggregates/16-01408

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Winn Materials/40-03094

     2         —           —           —           —         $ 3,307.00   

 

(1) Mine Act section 104 S&S citations shown above are for alleged violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to a mine health and safety hazard. It should be noted that, for purposes of this table, S&S citations that are included in another column, such as Section 104(d) citations, are not also included as Section 104 S&S citations in this column.
(2) Mine Act section 104(b) orders are for alleged failures to totally abate a citation within the time period specified in the citation.
(3) Mine Act section 104(d) citations and orders are for an alleged unwarrantable failure (i.e., aggravated conduct constituting more than ordinary negligence) to comply with mandatory health or safety standards.
(4) Mine Act section 110(b)(2) violations are for an alleged “flagrant” failure (i.e., reckless or repeated) to make reasonable efforts to eliminate a known violation of a mandatory safety or health standard that substantially and proximately caused, or reasonably could have been expected to cause, death or serious bodily injury.
(5) Mine Act section 107(a) orders are for alleged conditions or practices which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before such condition or practice can be abated and result in orders of immediate withdrawal from the area of the mine affected by the condition.
(6) Amounts shown include assessments proposed by MSHA during the three months ended September 30, 2014 on all citations and orders, including those citations and orders that are not required to be included within the above chart.
(7) Penalties have not yet been assessed.


Mine Name / MSHA Identification Number

   Total
Number
of
Mining
Related
Fatalities
     Received
Notice of
Pattern of
Violations
Under
Section
104(e)
(yes/no)(8)
     Legal
Actions
Pending
as of
Last
Day of
Period
     Legal
Actions
Initiated
During
Period
     Legal
Actions
Resolved
During
Period
 

Laurel Aggregates/36-08891

     —           no         —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01519

     —           no         —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01388

     —           no         1         —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-00336

     —           no         —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01536

     —           no         —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01537

     —           no         —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01408

     —           no         —           —           —     

Winn Materials/40-03094

     —           no         4         3         4   

 

(8)  Mine Act section 104(e) written notices are for an alleged pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to a mine safety or health hazard.

The number of legal actions pending before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission as of November 7, 2014 that fall into each of the following categories is as follows:

 

Mine Name / MSHA Identification Number

   Contests
of
Citations
and
Orders
     Contests
of
Proposed
Penalties
     Complaints
for
Compensation
     Complaints of
Discharge/
Discrimination/
Interference
     Applications
for
Temporary
Relief
     Appeals
of
Judges
Rulings
 

Laurel Aggregates/36-08891

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01519

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01388

     —           1         —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-00336

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01536

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01537

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Southern Aggregates/16-01408

     —           —           —           —           —           —     

Winn Materials/40-03094

     2         8         —           —           —           —