Intrepid Potash, Inc. Schedules First Quarter 2011 Conference Call

Intrepid Potash, Inc. ('Intrepid?) (NYSE:IPI) is scheduled to release
first quarter 2011 financial results after market close on Wednesday,
May 4, 2011. The teleconference call to discuss first quarter 2011
results is scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. MDT (10:00
a.m. EDT). The call participation number is (800) 319-4610. A recording
of the conference call will be available two hours after the completion
of the call at (800) 319-6413. International participants can dial (412)
858-4600 to take part in the conference call and can access a replay of
the call at (412) 317-0088. The replay of the call will require the
input of the conference identification number 763324. The call will also
be streamed on the Intrepid website, www.intrepidpotash.com.
In addition, the press release announcing first quarter 2011 results
will be available on the Intrepid 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 5, 2011.

Intrepid 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.

Intrepid routinely posts important information about its business on its
website under the Investor Relations tab. The website address for
Intrepid 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 the 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
Trio ^®; operational difficulties at our facilities; the
ability to hire and retain qualified employees; changes in demand and/or
production of potash or Trio ^®/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 Solar Solution Mine as a solution mine and the further development of
our langbeinite recovery assets; weather risks affecting net evaporation
rates at our solar solution mining operations; availability of water to
our operations; changes in the prices of our raw materials, including
but not limited to the price of chemicals, natural gas and power;
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, and the
enforcement of such regulations; obtaining permitting from applicable
Federal and state agencies related to the construction and operation of
assets; 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; disruptions in
credit markets; our ability to secure additional federal and state
potash leases to expand our existing mining operations; governmental
policy changes that may adversely affect our business and the risk
factors detailed in our filings with the U.S. 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