Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI), today announced that it has appointed John Mansanti, Vice President of Operations of Intrepid Potash, Inc.

Mr. Mansanti will report to Bob Jornayvaz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intrepid and will oversee operations at Intrepid’s New Mexico and Utah facilities and be tasked with driving an optimal operations strategy for Intrepid. Mr. Mansanti will be based at Intrepid’s corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado and will join Intrepid in mid-October.

“John is a world-class mining and process industry operations leader with demonstrated success in expanding operations and driving results,” said Bob Jornayvaz. “We are extremely pleased that we have been able to bring someone with John’s vast experience on board to help continue to move our operations forward and to achieve our goals of increasing productivity, recoveries and improving costs per ton.”

Mr. Mansanti, 54, joins Intrepid from Barrick Gold Corporation, where most recently he served as General Manager at the Goldstrike Mine in Carlin, Nevada. Mr. Mansanti has held various engineering and management positions in the mining industry for the last 30 years of his career.

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

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