Energy Point Silica Project – Project Overview

High-Purity Silica Mine near Jean, Nevada

Energy Point Minerals has advanced a high-purity silica project near Jean, Nevada, now structured as a federally administered locatable-mineral Mine Plan of Operations project under BLM MLRS Plan No. NVNV106799591. The core project area covers approximately 800 acres of high-purity silica sandstone supported by ten bonded SI claims, a 2025 federal bond, independent technical work, laboratory validation, Burgex volumetric modeling, environmental planning, and mine-planning materials.

The Project is supported by independent technical oversight under NI 43-101 and SEC-recognized S-K 1300 reporting frameworks, together with Burgex volumetric studies, historical industrial-minerals work, laboratory purity validations, environmental studies, and an engineered Mine Plan of Operations. Current mine-planning concepts support potential production throughput in excess of 800,000 tons per year, subject to final operational, regulatory, customer, and market requirements.

Phase 1 is intentionally limited to an initial disturbance footprint of less than 80 acres, approximately 79 acres, including PITP1, near-pit facilities, access roads, and associated support areas. This staged approach is designed to support responsible open-pit, quarry-style silica development while preserving flexibility for environmental review, micro-siting, monitoring, reclamation, and future expansion.

Aligned with Pax Silica, selected SiO₂ grades exceeding 99% to 99.5% and up to 99.999% in processed fractions and a beneficiation concept designed to replace conventional reagents with a vinegar-based solution, the Project is positioned to supply environmentally conscious, high-purity silica feedstock for semiconductor, silicon-wafer, quartz processware, AI infrastructure, premium glass, foundry, cosmetics, battery-material, and broader industrial markets.

Resource Footprint and Geologic Setting

The Energy Point Silica Project covers a laterally continuous silica sandstone unit near Interstate 15 and the Las Vegas logistics corridor, approximately 20 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Core drilling, surface mapping, and independent geological interpretation confirm a thick, laterally continuous silica sandstone package across the bonded SI locatable mineral project block, suitable for conventional open-pit, quarry-style development scenarios.

Independent volumetric modeling for the initial SI locatable mineral block estimated an in-place high-purity silica resource on the order of 95 million cubic yards, providing volumetric context for mine planning, production-rate modeling, and future formal resource classification under applicable reporting frameworks. The project upside has additional 1,060 acres that can be stratigic stock pile under Pax Silica and Critical Minerals.

Independent Technical Work and Reporting Frameworks

NI 43-101 and S-K 1300 Oversight
  • NI 43-101 Technical Report dated March 23, 2026 prepared by Steven L. McMillin, M.Sc., CPG (AIPG-11031) of Range Front Mining Services.
  • April S-K 1300 Technical Report adopting current Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Energy Point Silica Project and supporting ongoing CAPEX and EBITDA analysis.
  • BLM notice-level approvals, bonding decision NVB106381362, and active claim maintenance supporting the Mine Plan of Operations and permitting pathway.
Supporting Studies and Testing
  • Burgex volumetric modeling and 3D geology for the Energy Point Silica Sand Deposit in Clark County, Nevada.
  • Historical industrial-minerals work providing deposit-scale context and early volumetric interpretation.
  • Independent laboratory analysis including American Assay Laboratories, Landmark Testing Engineering, StimLabs API/ISO frac-sand testing, and Hazen Research XRF confirmation of high-purity silica fractions.

Processing Flowsheet and Environmental Profile

The Project’s processing concept is designed to deliver industrial- and specialty-grade silica while minimizing reliance on aggressive chemical reagents, using a vinegar-based solution in place of certain conventional processing chemistries.

The flowsheet builds on conventional silica processing including crushing, grinding, washing, classification, and physical separation, followed by targeted chemical cleaning steps, with contamination control strategies implemented across water management, liners, and materials handling.

This approach is intended to support ESG-focused investors and downstream customers seeking cleaner silica inputs into semiconductors, AI-related data center materials, premium glass, and specialty industrial applications.

Pathways into Computer Processors, AI, and Advanced Industries

Rather than positioning Energy Point as a bulk sand-only operation, the Project targets higher-value silica pathways where purity, particle-size control, and downstream processing support materially stronger pricing and relevance to advanced technology supply chains.

Positioned near Nevada’s Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center and Arizona’s TSMC semiconductor corridor via regional logistics, the Project aims to participate in domestic silicon and silica supply chains feeding semiconductors, AI infrastructure, optical fiber, and premium glass manufacturing.

In parallel, the Project maintains relevance to foundry, industrial sand, and cosmetic-grade micronized silica markets where high-purity silica chemistry and morphology can support differentiated product offerings.

Strategic Critical Mineral Positioning

With silicon formally recognized as a U.S. critical mineral, domestic high-purity silica feedstock has increasing importance to semiconductor, solar, advanced glass, and digital infrastructure supply chains.

Energy Point’s expanded acreage underpins a critical mineral stockpiling and resilience strategy aligned with emerging Project Vault and AI-era supply security initiatives focused on securing upstream mineral inputs for semiconductor, computing, and energy-transition ecosystems.

By pairing independently validated technical work with visible mine planning, volumetric context, and environmentally conscious processing, the Energy Point Silica Project is being advanced as a strategic U.S. critical mineral asset designed to be transparent and verifiable to lenders, institutional investors, and policy stakeholders.