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They came to Manitoba looking for frac sand. What they found was much more valuable … some of the purest silica sand on Earth. Now they want to take millions of tonnes of it out of an aquifer
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An Alberta mining company wants to drill seven thousand wells east of Winnipeg. What they want is sand … from an aquifer that serves as a drinking water source for thousands of rural Manitobans. CBC's Bartley Kives has drilled down into Sio Silica's plans for Manitoba and joins us in the studio.