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Quest Minerals and Mining Corporation and JJ Resources Appolo # 1 Project Readied for Operations

Posted on: Monday, 17 October 2005, 12:00 CDT

Quest Minerals and Mining Corporation (OTCBB: QMMG), a company that acquires and operates energy and mineral related properties in the southeastern part of the United States, and JJ Resources, ready the Appolo # 1 project for operations.

Quest Minerals and Mining Corporation is please to announce that the Department of Surface Mining and Reclamation (DSMRE) has approved the revised permit on the Appolo # 1 permit, comprising 3,500,000 tons of Hazard Rider coal. Subject to bonding, the infrastructure work shall be completed in two weeks and coal production within six weeks. The projected production rate is 40,000 tones per month from this project.

Quest Minerals and Mining and JJ Resources are also currently negotiating for a full load-out facility and additional Big Sandy Dock space to expand its marketing division.

About Quest Minerals and Mining

Quest acquires and operates energy and mineral-related properties in the southeastern part of the United States. Quest focuses on properties that produce high quality compliance coal. Quest's owned, operated, and joint ventured coal holdings are in excess of 13 million tons of engineered coal and Quest expects those reserves to increase with the commencement of Quest's recently announced joint venture with JJ Resources. Quest's steam coal is currently sold on the spot market to certain brokers who in turn sell to utilities and industrial clients as fuel for power plants. For more information on Quest Minerals and Mining Corporation, please visit its website at www.questminerals.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as Quest Minerals and Mining "expects,""should,""believes,""anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe Quest Minerals and Mining's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of Quest Minerals and Mining, as appropriate, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Although Quest Minerals and Mining believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they cannot give any assurance that their expectations will be attained. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating any forward-looking statements. Certain factors could cause results and conditions to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, and some of these factors are discussed below. These factors are not exhaustive. New factors, risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time that may affect the forward-looking statements made herein. These forward-looking statements are only made as of the date of this press release and Quest Minerals and Mining does not undertake any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

As a result of these and other factors, current results may not be indicative of Quest Minerals and Mining's future performance. For more information on Quest Minerals and Mining and for a more complete discussion of the risks pertaining to an investment in Quest Minerals and Mining, please refer to Quest Minerals and Mining's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: Business Wire

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