Select Sands Halting Independence Expansion Project Due to Softer Demand for Northern White Silica Fracking Sand
VANCOUVER, Sept. 28, 2018 - Select Sands Corp. ("Select Sands" or the "Company") (TSXV: SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) has announced that it will be halting its previously announced Independence expansion project due to a period of softer demand for Northern White silica/fracking sand.
The expansion project will be under regular review and progress will resume once demand reaches appropriate levels. The Company will remain fully operational during the interim period, with a nameplate capacity of 600,000 tons per year of premium Northern White silica.
Zig Vitols, President and CEO, commented: “We feel it is prudent to coincide the timing of the expansion project and its completion with increased basin activity and proppant demand. Select Sands is committed to adding new business and pursuing opportunities to generate value for shareholders.”
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.
For more information about Select Sands Corp., please visit www.selectsands.com or contact:
Zigurds Vitols
President & CEO
Phone: (844) 806-7313
Investor Relations
Arlen Hansen
SNS@kincommunications.com
Phone: (604) 684-6730
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