Compass Minerals to Present at the 2011 Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference

May 17, 2011

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 17, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) announced today that the company's chief financial officer, Rodney Underdown, will present at the Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference on Wednesday, May 25, at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the accompanying slide presentation will be available by 8 a.m. that morning on the Compass Minerals website at www.compassminerals.com. The live audio webcast also can be accessed at the company's website and will be archived for 30 days following the presentation.

About Compass Minerals

Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass Minerals is a leading producer of 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 specialty fertilizer to growers worldwide. Compass Minerals also produces consumer deicing and water conditioning products, ingredients used in consumer and commercial foods, and other mineral-based products for consumer, agricultural and industrial applications. Compass Minerals also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.

SOURCE: Compass Minerals

Compass Minerals
Peggy Landon, 913-344-9315
Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications