Athabasca Potash Inc. Announces Annual Meeting Date of September 3, 2009

Athabasca Potash Inc. ("API" or the "Company") (TSX:API) announces that its annual meeting of shareholders will be held at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at 2:00pm on Thursday, September 3, 2009.

About Athabasca Potash Inc.

API is a Canadian based corporation and was founded with a goal of establishing itself as a pre-eminent Canadian public company engaged solely in potash exploration and development with focus on the Company's wholly owned Burr Project in Saskatchewan, and to provide its shareholders with a unique investment opportunity focused entirely on potash.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of API, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others, exploration risks, lack of historic drill hole documentation, challenges or impairments to title, the negotiation of access to certain potash mineralization, permit requirements, governmental regulations, aboriginal land use, environmental risks and competition in attracting and retaining personnel. In addition, the forward-looking information contained in this press release is based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, including, but not limited to, assumptions regarding the proposed date for API's annual meeting of shareholders and any adjournment or adjournments thereof. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in the forward-looking information contained herein. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, API undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: Athabasca Potash Inc.

Athabasca Potash Inc.
Leo Bingleman, CA
Member of Special Executive Committee
(306) 933-4298
Email: info@athabascapotash.ca

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