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METALLICA Minerals (ASX: MLM) has confirmed the presence of high-purity silica sands at its 100pc-owned Cape Flattery silica sands project in Northern Queensland after the completion of an auger sampling program. The exploration program consisted eight hand-augured holes to an average depth of 4.75m on the eastern target area of the tenement, and the majority of the samples returned intervals of 99pc silica oxide, while drill intercepts averaged between 96.1pc and 99.1pc. Sampling was completed at about 400m spacing along existing tracks, and the company said that priority drill sites targeted sand dunes “near established and or potential export infrastructure areas”. Silica sands are used in a range of industries such as glassmaking, foundry casting, water filtration, chemicals and metals,…