DALLAS, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (Nasdaq: ARSD) today announced that it will be hosting a conference call to discuss first quarter 2010 financial results on May 20, 2010. 

A conference call and live webcast will take place at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, on Thursday, May 20, 2010. Anyone interested in participating should call 877-941-4775 if calling within the United States or 480-629-9762 if calling internationally. There will be a playback available until May 27, 2010. 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 4305372 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)

ARSD owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas just north of Beaumont which specializes in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The Company is also the original developer and now a 41% investor in a Saudi Arabian joint stock company involving a mining project in the Al-Masane area of Saudi Arabia which is currently under construction. The mine is scheduled to be in production in late 2010 or early 2011 and will produce economic quantities of zinc, copper, gold, and silver.

Company Contact:  Nick Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer

                  (409) 385-8300

                  ncarter@southhamptonr.com



Investor Contact: Cameron Donahue

                  Hayden IR

                  (651) 653-1854

                  Cameron@haydenir.com

SOURCE Arabian American Development