Chief Executive Officer and Chair · Core Natural Resources, Inc. (CNR)

James Brock

A named executive officer of Core Natural Resources in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$19,445,313

FY2024: $13,091,307

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Core Natural Resources by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for Core Natural Resources, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 16, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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James Brock compensation by year

Core Natural Resources Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Core Natural Resources reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$409,654$419,855$641,163$803,231$841,154$997,077$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000
Bonus$0$0$0$1,199,813$0$1,000,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$0$0
Stock awards$2,368,779$2,138,000$2,438,915$3,773,887$3,483,000$1,750,000$2,000,000$3,000,000$3,000,000$15,922,176
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$533,000$540,042$1,430,000$0$1,704,007$3,287,298$5,898,172$8,012,309$8,845,066$2,128,750
Pension and deferred compensation$301,970$417,165$0$733,841$674,326$26,152$0$147,121$68,804$121,035
All other$45,606$891,572$46,000$39,500$37,736$54,986$64,931$35,235$177,437$273,352
Total$3,659,009$4,406,634$4,556,078$6,550,272$6,740,223$7,115,513$9,963,103$13,194,665$13,091,307$19,445,313

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Core Natural Resources, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 16, 2026, accession 0001710366-26-000017, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Core Natural Resources, Inc. filed document, accession 0001710366-26-000017. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 16, 2026.

$3.7M
$4.4M
$4.6M
$6.6M
$6.7M
$7.1M
$10.0M
$13.2M
$13.1M
$19.4M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU49,140$4,349,381—
RSU40,200$3,558,102—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Core Natural Resources, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Core Natural Resources’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Paul LangFormer Chief Executive Officer$27,246,982
James Brock · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chair$19,445,313
Mitesh ThakkarPresident and Chief Financial Officer$7,678,624
George Schuller Jr.Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$5,072,258
Rosemary KleinSenior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary$4,749,539
Deck SloneSenior Vice President, Chief External and Government Affairs Officer$4,665,266

Board service

Core Natural Resources board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Core Natural Resources pays directors a $140,000 cash retainer and $150,000 in RSUs. As stated in Core Natural Resources's FY2025 proxy.

Committees

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