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Prospect Energy Corporation Provides Senior Secured Debt Financing to Genesis Coal Corporation

February 9, 2006

NEW YORK, NY – (MARKET WIRE) – 02/09/06 – Prospect Energy Corporation
(NASDAQ: PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that it has provided
$6,925,000 of senior secured debt financing to Genesis Coal
Corporation (“Genesis”), a coal pro…