News Release
FOR RELEASE: May 8, 2007
CONTACT:
John T. Day, President/CEO
Dennis P. Gauger, CFO
Nevada Chemicals, Inc.
801-984-0228
Nevada Chemicals,
Inc. Announces 1st Quarter 2007 Earnings
John T. Day, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Chemicals,
Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: NCEM), today announced earnings for the first
quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company had net income of $777,000
or $0.11 a share compared to $1,078,000 or $0.15 per share in the
first quarter of 2006.
The decrease in earnings over the first quarter of 2006 is due
primarily to decreased earnings from our joint venture Cyanco, partially
offset by decreased legal and professional fees at Nevada Chemicals
and the reduction of our reserve for tax contingencies. During the
first quarter of 2007, Cyanco had decreased revenues as compared
to the first quarter of the prior year, due primarily to a decrease
in product sales to customers and the cyclical “lag effect”
in its historical cost plus pricing agreements that benefited the
prior year quarter. The Company anticipates continued volatility
in the cost of raw materials. According to Day, there continues
to be interest on the part of the gold mines to review strategies
to exploit the highest gold price in 25 years and he stated that
mining operations continue to be bullish on the future of gold.
Cyanco is a 50/50 joint venture company of Nevada Chemicals, Inc.
and Degussa Corporation. Cyanco has produced and marketed liquid
sodium cyanide to the western United States gold mining region for
the past 17 years.
Note: The foregoing contains “forward-looking” statements
that are pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Reform Act of 1995. Editors and investors are cautioned that forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s
business prospects and performance. These include, but are not limited
to, economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other
factors discussed in the Company’s reports to shareholders
and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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