Alberta mining company Sio Silica held an open house in Winnipeg on Monday night as part of its second effort to obtain a licence to bore for sand below the surface of southeastern Manitoba.

Several dozen people filed into a Club Regent Casino Hotel conference room where Sio Silica placed informational boards and had their consultants present to answer questions.

Sio Silica staff asked people entering the conference room to state whether they support or oppose the mining proposal, which faced vocal opposition in the R.M. of Springfield when the mining company initially pursued an environmental license.

In 2024, the NDP government rejected Sio Silica's request for a licence to extract sand from the sandstone aquifer that sits below the R.M. of Springfield, citing concerns about the poten

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