Select Sands Announces Approval CAPEX Loan for Arkansas Expansion Project $3.89 Million USD
VANCOUVER, British Columbia , May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Select Sands Corp. ("Select Sands" or the "Company") (TSXV:SNS) (OTCQX:SLSDF) is pleased to announce that it has secured a US$3.89 million capital expenditure line of credit (“CapEx Loan”) subject to a 5.25% annual interest rate to fund the Company’s previously announced expansion project to increase production capacity of its high quality silica sands to 1 million tons per annum to meet the growing demand of its existing client base.
Zig Vitols, President and CEO of Select Sands states, “We are very excited to secure financing for our latest expansion project. We are continuously striving to meet the growing demand from our expanding customer base and this project will be a significant step in meeting that demand while also increasing profitability of the Company.”
Based on the balance outstanding of the CapEx Loan, interest-only payments will payable during the first 6 months, after which the balance outstanding will be converted into a loan which will be repaid by way of 60 monthly payments of principal and interest payments of $74,450.00 per month.
About Select Sands Corp.
Select Sands Corp. is an industrial silica product company which owns a number of properties in Arkansas and is currently in production at its 100% owned, 520-acre Northern White, Tier-1, silica sands property located near Sandtown, Arkansas, U.S.A . Select Sands’ goal is to become a key supplier of premium industrial silica sand and frac sand to North American markets. Select Sands’ Arkansas properties have 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
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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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