Compass Minerals to Increase Sulfate of Potash Specialty Fertilizer Prices

Business Wire,  May 21, 2008  

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp., a subsidiary of Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), will increase the price of its sulfate of potash (SOP) specialty fertilizer products by $75 per short ton effective with June 16, 2008, shipments. The new list price for standard, non-granulated SOP will be $733 per short ton and granular SOP will be $745 per short ton at the company's Ogden, Utah, solar evaporation plant. A price list for Great Salt Lakes Minerals' SOP products is posted on its website at www.gslminerals.com.

About Compass Minerals

Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass Minerals is a leading producer of inorganic minerals, including salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride. The company provides highway deicing salt to customers in North America and the United Kingdom, and produces and distributes consumer deicing and water conditioning products, ingredients used in consumer and commercial foods, specialty fertilizers, and products used in agriculture and other consumer and industrial applications. Compass Minerals also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the Company's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially. The differences could be caused by a number of factors including those factors identified in Compass Minerals International's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2008. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect future events or developments.

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