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Exhibit 95.1

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Our 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”). 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-month period ending on March 31, 2015.

 

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)
 

Winn Materials, LLC/40-03094

     0         0         0         0         0       $ 0   

Laurel Aggregates of Delaware, LLC/36-08891

     1         0         0         0         0       $ 961   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 11/16-01537

     1         0         0         0         0       $ 216   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 1/16-01388

     0         0         0         0         0       $ 0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 7/16-01519

     0         0         0         0         0       $ 100   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 6/16-00336

     2         0         0         0         0       $ 598   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 9/16-01536

     0         0         0         0         0       $ 0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 12/16-01546

     0         0         0         0         0       $ 0   

 

(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 March 31, 2015 on all citations and orders, including those citations and orders that are not required to be included within the above chart.


Mine Name / MSHA

Identification Number

   Total Number of
Mining Related
Fatalities
     Received Notice
of Pattern of
Violations Under
Section 104(e)
(yes/no) (9)
     Legal Actions
Pending as of
Last Day of
Period
     Legal Actions
Initiated During
Period
     Legal Actions
Resolved During
Period
 

Winn Materials, LLC/40-03094

     0         0         6         1         1   

Laurel Aggregates of Delaware, LLC/36-08891

     0         0         4         3         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 11/16-01537

     0         0         2         2         1   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 1/16-01388

     0         0         1         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 7/16-01519

     0         0         1         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 6/16-00336

     0         0         2         2         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 9/16-01536

     0         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 12/16-01546

     0         0         0         0         0   

 

(9) 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 March 31, 2015 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
 

Winn Materials, LLC/40-03094

     4         2         0         0         0         0   

Laurel Aggregates of Delaware, LLC/36-08891

     2         2         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 11/16-01537

     2         0         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 1/16-01388

     0         1         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 7/16-01519

     0         1         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 6/16-00336

     2         0         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 9/16-01536

     0         0         0         0         0         0   

Southern Aggregates, LLC-Plant 12/16-01546

     0         0         0         0         0         0