Select Sands Appoints Mr. Daniel Gillett and Mr. Steven Goldman to the Board of Directors

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Select Sands Corp. ("Select Sands" or the "Company") (TSX-V:SNS) (OTCQX:SLSDF) is pleased to announce it has appointed Mr. Daniel Gillett and Mr. Steven Goldman to the board of directors.

Mr. Gillett joins the board with over 30 years experience serving as a director, investment banker, consultant and senior executive, including serving as chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Throughout his career he has completed over $15 billion in financing, restructuring and merger and acquisition transactions, with the majority of those efforts being across all sectors of the oil and gas industry. Mr. Gillett currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Speyside Partners where he focuses on providing board and executive leadership to companies in transition. He joins the board fully committed to work with the Select Sands management team to maximize the value of the Company’s assets. Mr. Gillett received his MBA from Harvard Business School in finance and a BBA in Accounting from Harding University.

Mr. Goldman, a previous director of Select Sands, is a senior partner in the Toronto law firm of Goldman Hine LLP. Before joining that firm, he successfully led the restructuring and turnaround of the Speedy Auto Service and Minute Muffler franchise systems as their President and CEO from December 2007 until December 2009. He is a member of the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association, Franchise Section, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, and the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Goldman is currently a director, and member of the audit committee of Comstock Metals Inc. (TSX-V:CSL.V). He is a former director of Tribute Pharmaceuticals Inc., which merged with Pozen Corp. on February 5, 2016, now Aralez Pharmaceutical, (NASDAQ:ARLZ). Steven H. Goldman received his B.A. (President’s Medal) from Carleton University and his J.D. from Queen’s University, Canada.

The director appointments are effective on March 6, 2018 and remain subject to approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Zig Vitols, President and CEO of Select Sands states, “We are extremely pleased that Messrs. Gillett and Goldman have committed their time to the success of Select Sands. We remain committed to realizing the full value of our assets and believe their diverse experience in both the energy sector and capital markets will be invaluable moving forward.”

About Select Sands Corp.

Select Sands Corp. is an industrial Silica Product company developing its 100% owned, 520-acre Northern White, Tier-1, silica sands project located in Arkansas, U.S.A . Select Sands’ goal is to become a key supplier of premium industrial silica sand and frac sand to the North American markets. Select Sands’ Arkansas property has a significant logistical advantage of being significantly closer to oil and gas markets located in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana than sources of similar sands from the Wisconsin area.

For more information about Select Sands Corp., please visit www.selectsandscorp.com or contact:


Zigurds Vitols
President & CEO
Phone: (604) 639-4533

Investor Relations
Arlen Hansen
SNS@kincommunications.com
Phone: (604) 684-6730

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