Clare – Dinar Guru Article: “Iraq discovers huge reserves of silica sand with a purity of up to 98%” Quote: “The Eco Iraq Observatory announced on Saturday the quantities of silica sand discovered in the governorates of Anbar and Najaf, describing it as ‘white gold’…There are quantities estimated at about 330 million tons of sand suitable for glassmaking, and about 577.5 million tons for colored glassmaking, bringing the total to about 907.5 million tons of silica sand explored with a purity of nearly 95%, noting that the price of one ton of silica sand ranges between 100 and 150 dollars…“