News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 14, 2005, 9:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

CONTACT:
John T. Day, President/CEO
Dennis P. Gauger, CFO
Nevada Chemicals, Inc.
801-984-0228

Nevada Chemicals, Inc. Returns to Compliance with Continued Listing Requirements

SALT LAKE CITY—(BUSINESS WIRE)—December 14, 2005 – John T. Day, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Chemicals, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:NCEME), today announced that as a result of the filing of the company’s report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2005, the company had returned to compliance with the continued listing requirements of The Nasdaq National Market. Accordingly, the Nasdaq hearing previously requested by the company with respect to the potential delisting of its common stock has been cancelled. As of the opening of trading on Thursday, December 15, the letter “E” will be removed from the trading symbol for the company’s common stock, so that trading will resume under the company’s historical symbol of “NCEM.”

Nevada Chemicals, Inc., through its 50% stake in Cyanco, a chemical producer of sodium cyanide located in Winnemucca, Nevada, is the premier producer of strategic chemicals for the gold mining industry of the United States.

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.