July 30, 2009

DALLAS, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (Nasdaq: ARSD - News) today announced that it will be reporting 2009 second quarter financial results on August 6, 2009 after market close.

A conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on Thursday, August 6, 2009. Anyone interested in participating should call 877-941-1848 if calling within the United States or 480-629-9722 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until August 13, 2009. To listen to the playback, please call 800-406-7325 if calling within the United States or 303-590-3030 if calling internationally. Please use pin number 4131340 for the replay.

A link to a simultaneous webcast of the teleconference will be available at www.arabianamericandev.com through Windows Media Player or RealPlayer. A replay of the call will also be available through the same link.

About Arabian American Development Company (ARSD)
Arabian American owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas just north of Beaumont, specializing in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The Company is also the original developer and is now a 50% owner of a joint venture in a mining project in the Al-Masane area of Saudi Arabia which is under construction and is scheduled to be in production in late 2010. The mine will produce economic quantities of zinc, copper, gold, and silver.

Safe Harbor
Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are based upon management's belief as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Because such statements are based upon expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ from those projected. These risks, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in Arabian American's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Arabian American's annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the Company's subsequent Quarterly Report Forms 10-Q.

Company Contact:

Nick Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer

Cameron Donahue, Partner
Hayden IR
(651) 653-1854
(651) 707-3532 (cell)
Cameron@haydenir.com
www.haydenir.com
 
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