Select Sands Announces Issue of Mining Quarry Permit, Arkansas, USA

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – May 6, 2015 – Select Sands Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SNS) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce receipt of an unconditional Authorization to Quarry in respect to its quarry site (referred to as the Sandtown property) located in Independence County, Arkansas. The Authorization to Quarry, which is dated May 1, 2015, was issued by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) pursuant to the Arkansas Quarry Operation, Reclamation and Safe Closure Act for a 5 year period ending April 30, 2020.

Preliminary Economic Assessment by Tetra Tech Inc.:

The Company has engaged Tetra Tech Inc. to complete a mineral resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment (PEA) prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and based on the recently completed drill program (See March 10, 2015 Press Release). The PEA will be based on the initial resource estimate and provide a conceptual development plan and economic analysis from which the necessary parameters will be derived to complete a full Feasibility Study. The PEA will include a projected Net Present Value (“NPV”), Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”), taking into account current pricing and marketing options related to the silica sand industrial and specialty products markets (glass, construction, and sports/recreation) as well as the frac sand market for use in oil and gas extraction. The Company expects the report to be completed and released in the month of May 2015. The Company has completed a drill program on 200 acres of its 520-acre property. The St. Peter Sandstone formation intersected in the drilling to date remains open to the north and south. Tetra Tech Inc. is an industry leader in the evaluation of mineral deposits and has recently completed similar studies on industrial sand projects located in northern B.C. and Nevada, USA.

Cameron Bartsch, M.Sc., P.Geo., of Tetra Tech, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the scientific and technical information disclosed in this News Release.

About Select Sands Corp.

Select Sands Sandtown property, located in Northeast Arkansas, USA, is underlain by the Ordovician St. Peter sandstone formation, the source of ‘Ottawa White’ Tier-1 frac sand/industrial silica sand selling into major US oil and gas basins as well as industrial and speciality end markets. The Sandtown property is located 3.1 miles from Highway 167, near a natural gas pipeline, has an active power line on the property, and is about 14.7 miles away from the nearest rail system (See December 4, 2014 News Release). Sandtown has a competitive location advantage of 650 rail miles closer to Texas/Louisiana oil/gas plays and Houston port and industrial hub over Wisconsin sand mines.

The Company also owns high-grade gold deposits in the La Ronge Gold Belt, northern Saskatchewan, and holds other gold projects located in Ontario and Saskatchewan. The Company’s Preview SW Gold Deposit in Saskatchewan, Canada has 158,300 Oz gold and 270,800 Oz gold in Indicated and Inferred Categories, 2.6 million tonnes grading 1.89 g/t gold and 5.7 million tonnes grading1.48 g/t gold respectively. The gold deposit remains open to expansion in all directions.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

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