Performance Proppants, LLC Announces its Hat Creek Facility has Reached Its Full Name Plate Capacity and the Commencement of Construction on Its River Ridge Facility

SHREVEPORT, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Performance Proppants, LLC today announced that it has reached its name
plate capacity of 4,000 tons per day at its Hat Creek facility. At this
rate, the company will produce approximately 1.5 million tons per year
from the Hat Creek facility. In addition, the company announced that it
has begun construction of a 3.2 million ton per year facility at River
Ridge. Once River Ridge is operational in the first quarter of 2019,
Performance Proppants will be able to produce a total of approximately
4.7 million tons per year of frac sand across multiple grades.

Performance Proppants' President, Bill Bowdon, said: “Our team has
worked very hard to get the Hat Creek facility to full capacity. We are
very pleased with the outcome at Hat Creek and with the addition of
River Ridge, are looking forward to becoming the leading provider of
regional sand in the Ark-La-Tex.”

Permitting and engineering has been taking place at the River Ridge
deposit for the last 4 months. The River Ridge deposit consists of 40-70
and 100 Mesh fine grade sand which are in high demand in the Haynesville
and Cotton Valley trends. The Haynesville Shale has seen an abrupt
change in completion design where regional sands have replaced northern
white sands in recent months in turn lowering well costs for drillers in
the play.

“The River Ridge deposit allows our company the operational flexibility
to produce our products from two locations while also doubling
production capacity. It also gives us a strong presence in the 40-70 and
30-70 market. There is approximately 70 million tons of 30-70 and 40-70
material at River Ridge,” Bowdon said.

Performance Proppants, LLC is a privately-owned sand mining company that
was formed in 2016 and is headquartered in Shreveport, LA. The company
is currently capable of producing 1.5 million tons of sand per year with
105 million tons of estimated reserves.

Contacts

Performance Proppants, LLC
Ryan McMaster, 318-584-7327
www.perfproppants.com