Max Power identifies rare basement source rocks as potential natural hydrogen source

This assemblage of Precambrian rocks, including a package of granite, gneiss, metasediments, and other intrusive rocks, is part of what is called the Swift Current Anorogenic Province, and it forms a key part of a five-element model (source rock, migration, trap, reservoir, seal) that supports the potential for accumulations of naturally occurring hydrogen.

Neil McMillan, MAX Power Director, commented: “What lead technical advisor Steve Halabura and the MAX Power team have uncovered and modelled represents an important advancement in the understanding of how natural hydrogen may have accumulated in the basement complex of Southern Saskatchewan. It explains our increase in acreage (1.3 million acres permitted, 5.7 million acres now under application) and how we have now arrived at specific target areas to soon commence a multi-well drill programme aimed at making the first commercial discovery of natural hydrogen.”

McMillan added: “Steve’s video presentation is a must-see for investors and everyone in the growing natural hydrogen sector as it shines new light on how geologists are approaching exploration for this potential new energy source.”

Click on the link here to view presentation by Steve Halabura.

Highlights:

• MAX Power now has 3 million acres (521 000 hectares or 5200 km²) under permit with an additional 5.7 million acres (2.3 million hectares) under application, acquired directly from the government of Saskatchewan and through a definitive agreement with REV Exploration.
• MAX Power’s permits cover district-scale areas including a newly-identified 200 km-long belt (the ‘Genesis Trend’) bordering an industrial corridor and proposed hydrogen hub. Genesis features an interpreted structurally closing drill target (Lawson) based on seismic data acquired by the company, and over 40 prospect leads for follow-up analysis;
• At Grasslands in the southwest part of the province, MAX Power now holds highly strategic ground including an apparent up-dip structure offsetting what the MAX Power geological team believes to be Western Canada’s best documented occurrence of Natural Hydrogen associated with basement source rock, identified by the MAX Power team through publicly available well data.
• This apparent up-dip structure, considered by the geological team as being a high priority exploration and compelling potential drill target area, is associated with a major anomaly within a broader package of large anomalies outlined in a 75 km long, 10 km wide fully permitted corridor.
• Framework for discovery: detailed geological model and a prospect ranking tool (PRT) have been completed by the company after months of exhaustive research and are guiding the targeting strategy for MAX Power’s first-ever drilling for natural hydrogen.

Mansoor Jan, MAX Power CEO, said: “The scale of the opportunity for the discovery of natural hydrogen in Saskatchewan has vastly exceeded what was originally conceived. The permitted acreage that MAX Power has assembled, the geological model as presented by Steve, the targeted commodity (natural hydrogen), and the pro-resource jurisdiction (Saskatchewan) where we are exploring, makes this a unique project for the company and its shareholders.”

MAX Power’s land package formation and initial target delineation is backed by integrated geological and prospect ranking tool models developed by a multidisciplinary team highly motivated to make Canada’s first commercial discoveries of natural hydrogen. Key to the exploration thesis is that in terms of potential volume and flow of natural hydrogen, prospective areas must exhibit clear opportunity for size, scalability, and sustainability.

Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/19062025/max-power-identifies-rare-basement-source-rocks-as-potential-natural-hydrogen-source/