SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300 (Street) MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/09/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Contura Energy, Inc. [ CTRA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	2,309,725(3)	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Warrants	(4)	(4)	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	1,917	(4)	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300 (Street) MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WHITEBOX GENERAL PARTNER LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300 (Street) MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These securities are directly beneficially owned by certain private investment funds (together, the "Private Funds") and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by (a) Whitebox Advisors LLC by virtue of its role as the investment manager of the Private Funds and (b) Whitebox General Partner LLC by virtue of its role as the general partner of the Private Funds.

2. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

3. The reported securities include shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc. and shares of Class C-1 common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ANR, Inc. held by the Private Funds that will automatically be converted into the right to receive 0.4417 shares of common stock , par value $0.01 of Contura Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer") in connection with the mergers described in the Issuer's S-4/A filed on October 5, 2018, which is incorporated by reference (the "Mergers"). No fraction of a share of common stock, par value $0.01 of the Issuer will be issued in the Mergers.

4. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, each Series A Warrant gives the holder thereof the right to purchase one share of common stock, subject to certain exceptions. The Series A Warrants have an initial exercise price of $55.93 per share of Common Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution provisions. Reference is made to the Issuer's S-4 and Exhibit 10.29 attached thereto filed on August 21, 2018, which is incorporated by reference.

	/s/ Mark Strefling, Chief Executive Officer	11/09/2018
	/s/ Mark Strefling, Chief Executive Officer	11/09/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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