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liability or operational disruptions due to pit-wall or pond failure, environmental hazards, fires, explosions, chemical mishandling or other industrial accidents;
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unanticipated ground, grade or water conditions;
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inability to obtain government approvals or acquire or maintain necessary permits or mining, access or water rights;
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changes in the price and availability of transportation services;
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inability of our customers to take delivery;
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difficulty collecting on accounts receivable;
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the level of completion activity in the oil and natural gas industry;
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inability to obtain necessary production equipment or replacement parts;
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the amount of water available for processing;
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any planned or future expansion projects or capital expenditures;
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our ability to finance equipment, working capital and capital expenditures;
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inability to successfully grow organically, including through future land acquisitions;
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inaccuracies in estimates of volumes and qualities of our frac sand reserves;
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failure to meet our minimum delivery requirements under our supply agreements;
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material nonpayment or nonperformance by any of our significant customers;
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development of either effective alternative proppants or new processes that replace hydraulic fracturing;
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our ability to borrow funds and access the capital markets;
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our ability to comply with covenants contained in our debt instruments;
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the potential deterioration of our customers’ financial condition, including defaults resulting from actual or potential insolvencies;
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changes in global political or economic conditions, including sustained inflation as well as financial market instability or disruptions to the banking system due to bank failures, both generally and in the markets we serve;
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the impact of geopolitical developments and tensions, war and uncertainty in oil-producing countries (including the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Israel-Hamas war, continued instability in the Middle East, including from the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and any related political or economic responses and counter-responses or otherwise by various global actors or the general effect on the global economy);
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health epidemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters or inclement or hazardous weather conditions, including but not limited to cold weather, droughts, flooding, tornadoes and the physical impacts of climate change;
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physical, electronic and cybersecurity breaches;
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the effects of litigation;
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plans, objectives, expectations and intentions described in this prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference herein that are not historical; and
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other factors discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, including under the heading “Risk Factors.”
We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors.”