MAX Power Uncovers Canada’s Largest Natural Hydrogen Target Area, Stakes 1,244 Sq Km Historical Hydrogen Grades Up To 96.4%.
MAX Power Mining Corp. (CSE: MAXX; OTC: MAXXF; FRANKFURT: 89N) (“MAX Power” or the “Company”), utilizing proprietary methods and data modelling, has identified a prospective naturally occurring hydrogen resource play in southeast Saskatchewan featuring dozens of historical hydrogen showings, including grades up to 96.4%, within a compelling geological context.
As a result, through a series of permit applications, MAX Power has assembled a 1,244 sq. km land package, which shall now be referred to as the “Rider Natural Hydrogen Project”, situated within the ~200-km-long NE-SW striking Torquay-Rocanville Corridor (see attached map).
Multiple high-priority target areas exist across five separate large claim blocks and include evidence of potential upward migration of hydrogen to surface, possibly through serpentinization or fracture zones, making the Rider Project the largest known area in Canada for the potential discovery of naturally occurring accumulations of hydrogen gas. MAX Power’s staking covers almost all of the available Crown land as well as the premier Natural Hydrogen targets within the Torquay-Rocanville Corridor.
Highlights
- Two blocks at the Rider Natural Hydrogen Project include very high concentrations of hydrogen (96.4% at Weyburn and 87.4% at Stoughton) from the wellhead, supported by historical drill stem tests from old wells, indicating that Natural Hydrogen may have migrated to surface;
- Two additional high-grade showings (88.3% and 75.6%) from the wellhead also occur within 800 meters and 200 meters, respectively, of MAX Power land claims;
- Given the limited number of wells (45) in the data set covering the Rider Natural Hydrogen Project, vs. the number of total wells believed to have been drilled in the region for which data is not available, the fact that seven of these wells showed hydrogen grades >10% at varying depths takes on added significance (the other 38 showed hydrogen grades between 1% and 10%).
Mr. Denis Brière, MAX Power Special Advisor, VP-Engineering for Chapman Hydrogen and Petroleum Engineering Ltd., and regarded as one of the world’s leading petrophysicists, commented:
My involvement in the world’s first discovery of a naturally occurring hydrogen gas accumulation in Mali, West Africa, over a decade ago was tremendously gratifying, especially since it quickly powered an entire village with low-cost, emissions-free electricity.
“This news from Saskatchewan – the scale of the opportunity and the very high historical grades – represents a watershed development for the world in the rapidly emerging Natural Hydrogen sector. Chapman is looking forward to working with MAX Power to take the Rider Natural Hydrogen Project to the next level.”
Moving Forward
- Geologists are designing a near-term program to verify and validate the existence of a naturally occurring hydrogen trend at Rider;
- MAX Power continues to review an extensive array of datasets in Saskatchewan and elsewhere with an aggressive plan to further build on its first mover advantage in the Natural Hydrogen sector in Canada and the United States;
- Pro-energy and pro-business Saskatchewan is exceptionally positioned to become the first jurisdiction in North America to produce Natural Hydrogen given a combination of highly favorable geology and a clearly defined policy framework for exploration and development of this important new alternate energy source.
Rav Mlait, MAX Power CEO, added:
The acquisition of key permits to form the Rider Natural Hydrogen Project in SE Saskatchewan is a major development for MAX Power as we hit the ground running with the largest target area in the country for Natural Hydrogen in one of the best jurisdictions globally for exploration and resource development.
“The efforts of the MAX Power team are to be commended as we have used proprietary methods and state-of-the-art data modelling to uncover best-in-class targets. I recently met with top government officials in Saskatchewan and we are very enthused to be working in this forward-looking province. Natural Hydrogen is the cleanest form of hydrogen and can be developed at the lowest cost relative to other hydrogen (manufactured) variations. MAX Power has the potential to ignite a whole new energy boom in Canada and North America.”
Proposed Model for the Source of Natural Hydrogen and its Concentration in Saskatchewan
- Southern Saskatchewan is entirely covered by the pervasive and thick Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (“WCSB”);
- The WCSB directly overlies the crystalline Pre-Cambrian basement;
- This basement is the perceived source rock for naturally occurring hydrogen, especially where the basement rock has an ultramafic composition;
- There are a series of deep structures, including faults, allowing movement of gasses from the basement upwards into the WCSB. In addition to structures, a series of domes and arches add to the structural complexity of the WCSB;
- Natural Hydrogen migrates upward into certain geological formations where it can accumulate.
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MAX Power Uncovers Canada’s Largest Natural Hydrogen Target Area, Stakes 1,244 Sq Km Historical Hydrogen Grades Up To 96.4%. source