Silica
With 540,000,000 million tonnes recoverable from a reserve of over 13 billion tonnes in place, Sio’s resource provides a multi generational consistent and scalable SiO₂ resource.
About our Silica
Our silica is a unique natural resource that replaces manufactured silica. It is the primary invisible ingredient that keeps our society running. Sio Silica is unique and known for it’s green extraction and processing activities, making it the greenest sand mine in the world.
Our Extraction of silica is an innovative patent pending method that does not require truck traffic, no surface mining, no tunnelling, or dust generation. Combined with our state of the art facility using renewable electricity, natural gas, and efficient processing, Sio Silica is making great inroads contributing to a low carbon future.
Low iron silica
Few resource deposits in the world can produce a low iron, high purity silica.
< 100 ppm iron content
With simple wash and beneficiation, Sio can achieve silica below 100 ppm iron content.
Why low iron?
Low Iron Silica is the key requirement for manufacturing photovoltaic cells (solar panels) and smart glass, opening up a whole world of opportunities for touch screen display technology. Low iron increases transmissivity of light wavelengths for electronics and display screens.
Unique uses
Low Iron silica is utilized in specialty glass for research industrial and aerospace.
Our resources
Sio is the largest high purity sand resource located in Canada, the company has secured a total of 459 mining claims, which covers over 100,000 hectares of land.
Our raw silica exceeds 99.85% purity prior to processing and is an irreplaceable ingredient for high purity silica applications. More than 98% of the sand is within the +40/-140 mesh distribution. We are strongly positioned as our facility is close to an inland port in Winnipeg, this provides us easy access to the three class 1 rail line companies CN, CP, and BNSF.
Applications
Industrial silica has a significant role in how we live and is the primary invisible ingredient that keeps our society running.
Lithium Ion Batteries
Special Alloys
Aluminum Alloys
Silica Metals
Solar Cells
Electronics
Fiber Optics
Semiconductors
Optical Glass
Specialty Glass
Crucibles
Medical & Industrial Research
Aerospace
Porcelain
Cosmetics
Rubber
Coatings, Adhesive, Sealants
Micro-porous Battery
Synthetic Paper
Silica Desiccant
Foundation Sand
Investment Casting
Glass
Recreational
Water Filters
Energy
Our process
01.
Proprietary borehole extraction
Safe and proven method of extracting sand from below surface.
02.
Sand separation and return of water to aquifer
Reducing impact on local aquifer to almost net zero.
03.
Truckless wet sand transport to facility
Eliminating dust and truck traffic while transporting Silica.
04.
State of the art processing facility
Using renewable electricity and natural gas.
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