Primary Hydrogen Corp. (Primary) has announced the commencement of a geophysical survey at its Wicheeda North Rare Earth Element (REE) project in British Columbia, Canada.
The company has engaged Geotech Ltd to conduct an infill airborne versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEM) and magnetic survey, totalling approximately 401 line-km, completing coverage of the property and covering 25 km2. The survey data will be integrated with historical geophysical information to generate a comprehensive property-wide interpretation. The focus of the program is to refine previously defined targets and soil anomalies, and to identify additional targets to guide future trenching and drill planning. A notice of work for a multi-year exploration trenching and drilling program has been submitted and is anticipated later in 2025.
“This property-wide geophysical survey will allow us to evaluate previously unexplored areas and generate a refined set of exploration targets,” stated Benjamin Asuncion, CEO of Primary Hydrogen. “The results will help prioritise areas for future trenching and drilling, supporting our broader objective of delineating REE mineralisation at Wicheeda North.”
2025 Summer Exploration Programme
The 2025 exploration programme is designed to assess both the natural hydrogen potential and REE prospectivity of the Wicheeda North Project. Phase one includes:
- Soil and soil-gas sampling.
- Property-wide airborne geophysical surveying.
- Follow-up geochemical analysis of key zones.
Soil sampling will be expanded across high-priority target areas defined by historical magnetic anomalies and geochemical trends. The airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey will cover the southern portion of the property, which has not been previously surveyed and overlaps with historical prospecting targets – potentially offering expansion opportunities.
Wicheeda North is located within a geological belt prospective for carbonatite-related REE mineralisation, similar to the adjacent Wicheeda Rare Earths Project, owned by Defense Metals Corp., approximately 5 km to the southeast. That project hosts a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 29.3 million t grading 2.27% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) (measured and indicated), and an inferred resource of 5.7 million t grading 1.4% TREO.