Note 15 - Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes To Financial Statements
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	NOTE 15—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On February 18, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors ("Board") approved a 100% increase in its initial regular quarterly dividend to $5.0 million from the formerly approved $2.5 million quarterly dividend that was announced in December 2021. This will involve a commensurate increase in its annual base dividend to $20 million from $10 million. Specifically, the first quarter dividend will be paid on March 15, 2022, to shareholders of record on March 1, 2022 in the amount of approximately $0.11 per share, which annualizes to approximately $0.45 per share. On February 23, 2022, Ramaco Development, LLC (“Development”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a unit purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Company, Ramaco Coal Holdings, LLC (the “Seller”) and Ramaco Coal, LLC (“Target”), pursuant to which Development agreed to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target for cash consideration of $65 million (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchase Price consists of $5 million to be paid upon the closing of the transaction and $60 million in deferred cash payments, to be paid quarterly in such amounts, with interest thereon, as provided in the Agreement. Such deferred payments shall be completed no later than December 31, 2023. On February 28, 2022 the Company issued the following statement related to the death of Steven H. Hively of Philippi, West Virginia at the Berwind Mine Complex operated by Ramaco Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company. "We were saddened to learn early this morning that a contract employee working underground at our Berwind Mine Complex in McDowell County, West Virginia passed away. We extend our heartfelt thoughts, prayers, and condolences to Mr. Hively's family, friends and co-workers. Mr. Hively was an experienced miner employed by GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance, Inc. a longtime independent contractor for the Company. The accident was reported immediately to state and federal safety authorities who, along with the company and contractor, are now investigating. The Company is committed to find the cause of this accident." Regarding the November 5, 2018 Elk Creek raw coal silo failure litigation, on August 12, 2021, the defendants filed a post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law or in the alternative to alter or amend the judgment or for a new trial. The parties fully briefed the motion and it stood submitted on August 31, 2021. On March 4, 2022, the court entered its memorandum opinion and order on the motion reducing the jury award to a total of $1.8 million, including pre-judgment interest, based largely on the court’s decision to vacate and set aside, in its entirety, the jury award of damages for inconvenience and aggravation. The same day, the court entered the judgment in accordance with the memorandum opinion and order. We are considering our options related to this decision, including an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. * * * * *

Note 15 - Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

NOTE 15—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On February 18, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors ("Board") approved a 100% increase in its initial regular quarterly dividend to $5.0 million from the formerly approved $2.5 million quarterly dividend that was announced in December 2021. This will involve a commensurate increase in its annual base dividend to $20 million from $10 million. Specifically, the first quarter dividend will be paid on March 15, 2022, to shareholders of record on March 1, 2022 in the amount of approximately $0.11 per share, which annualizes to approximately $0.45 per share.

On February 23, 2022, Ramaco Development, LLC (“Development”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a unit purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Company, Ramaco Coal Holdings, LLC (the “Seller”) and Ramaco Coal, LLC (“Target”), pursuant to which Development agreed to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Target for cash consideration of $65 million (the “Purchase Price”). The Purchase Price consists of $5 million to be paid upon the closing of the transaction and $60 million in deferred cash payments, to be paid quarterly in such amounts, with interest thereon, as provided in the Agreement. Such deferred payments shall be completed no later than December 31, 2023.

On February 28, 2022 the Company issued the following statement related to the death of Steven H. Hively of Philippi, West Virginia at the Berwind Mine Complex operated by Ramaco Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company. "We were saddened to learn early this morning that a contract employee working underground at our Berwind Mine Complex in McDowell County, West Virginia passed away. We extend our heartfelt thoughts, prayers, and condolences to Mr. Hively's family, friends and co-workers. Mr. Hively was an experienced miner employed by GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance, Inc. a longtime independent contractor for the Company. The accident was reported immediately to state and federal safety authorities who, along with the company and contractor, are now investigating. The Company is committed to find the cause of this accident."

Regarding the November 5, 2018 Elk Creek raw coal silo failure litigation, on August 12, 2021, the defendants filed a post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law or in the alternative to alter or amend the judgment or for a new trial. The parties fully briefed the motion and it stood submitted on August 31, 2021. On March 4, 2022, the court entered its memorandum opinion and order on the motion reducing the jury award to a total of $1.8 million, including pre-judgment interest, based largely on the court’s decision to vacate and set aside, in its entirety, the jury award of

damages for inconvenience and aggravation. The same day, the court entered the judgment in accordance with the memorandum opinion and order. We are considering our options related to this decision, including an appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

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