Intrepid Potash, Inc. Schedules First Quarter 2009 Conference Call

DENVER--(Business Wire)--
Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI), is scheduled to release first quarter 2009
financial results after the market close on May 7, 2009. The teleconference call
to discuss first quarter 2009 results is scheduled for May 8, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.
(Mountain Time). The call participation number is (877) 419-5396. A recording of
the conference call will be available two hours after the completion of the
call, at (800) 642-1687. International participants can dial (706) 902-2295 to
take part in the conference call and can access a replay of the call at (706)
645-9291. All of the above calls will require the input of the conference
identification number 93312934. The call will also be streamed on Intrepid
Potash, Inc.`s website, www.intrepidpotash.com. In addition, the press release
announcing first quarter 2009 results will be available on the Intrepid Potash,
Inc. website before the call under "Investor Relations - Press Releases." An
audio recording of the conference call will be available at
www.intrepidpotash.com through June 8, 2009.

Intrepid Potash, Inc. is the largest producer of potash in the U.S. and is
dedicated to the production and marketing of potash and Trio, a product produced
from langbeinite ore. Intrepid owns five active potash production facilities --
three in New Mexico and two in Utah.

The Company routinely posts important information about the Company on its
website under the Investor Relations tab. The Company`s website address is
www.intrepidpotash.com.

Certain statements in this press release, and other written or oral statements
made by or on behalf of us, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and
developments and our future performance, as well as management`s expectations,
beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, including
statements regarding guidance, are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of these laws. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be
no assurance that our expectations will be realized. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
many of which are beyond our control that could cause actual results to differ
materially and adversely from such statements. These risks and uncertainties
include: changes in the price of potash or langbeinite; operational difficulties
at our facilities; changes in demand and/or supply for potash or langbeinite;
changes in our reserve estimates; our ability to achieve the initiatives of our
business strategy, including but not limited to the development of the HB Mine
as a solution mine; changes in the prices of our raw materials, including but
not limited to the price of natural gas; fluctuations in the costs of
transporting our products to customers; changes in labor costs and availability
of labor with mining expertise; the impact of federal, state or local government
regulations, including but not limited to environmental and mining regulations;
competition in the fertilizer industry; declines in U.S. or world agricultural
production; declines in oil and gas drilling; changes in economic conditions;
adverse weather events at our facilities; our ability to comply with covenants
inherent in our current and future debt obligations to avoid defaulting under
those agreements; continued disruption in credit markets; governmental policy
changes that may adversely affect our business and the risk factors detailed in
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Please refer to those
filings for more information on these risk factors. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and we undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether
as the result of future events, new information or otherwise.

Intrepid Potash, Inc.
William I. Kent, 303-296-3006

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