SASKATOON — The Max Power Mining Corp. has announced the development of its Large Earth Model Integration (Maxx LEMI) for natural hydrogen, soon to be assisted by artificial intelligence, as another step in the pursuit of the world’s first commercial natural hydrogen discovery.
On or about Nov. 7, Canada’s first-ever deep drilling specifically targeting natural hydrogen will commence on Max Power’s 200-kilometre Genesis trend in southern Saskatchewan, with multiple additional wells planned at Genesis and elsewhere on the company’s 1.3-million-acre land package, with another 5.7 million acres under application.
The Lawson, Lucky Lake and Bracken target areas are the product of successful early-most integration of large regional datasets and have helped give birth to Maxx LEMI, now ready to scale up to the advantage of MAX Power with potential global ramifications for the natural hydrogen movement.
“Maxx LEMI is developing into a blueprint for natural hydrogen exploration and potential commercialization across not only Saskatchewan but other parts of North America and the world, and therefore could help fuel the growing momentum of the natural hydrogen sector,” states a press release for Max Power.
The model will be discussed as part of Max Power’s presentation at the world’s largest natural hydrogen summit in Paris on Nov. 13 and 14.
Maxx LEMI version 1.0 consists of three primary databases and a series of secondary databases integrating an overall large set of data collected from government and commercial sources in Saskatchewan, known for its rich collection of geological and geophysical legacy data.
“While operator-driven at this point, this early-stage integration has allowed Max Power to produce, for example, an abundance of regional PBE [play-based exploration] maps to assist the Max Power team in evaluating overall prospectivity, prioritizing initial drill targets, and de-risking Canada’s largest permitted natural hydrogen land package,” the news release stated.
“The data we will soon be acquiring from the first-ever natural hydrogen well in Canada, on top of what we have already learned in Saskatchewan and combined with subsequent drilling, will be of immense value when one considers how this unique data can be applied elsewhere in the world,” said Max Power chief geoscientist Steve Halabura. “Maxx LEMI has the potential to drive natural hydrogen exploration on a global scale and dramatically shorten timelines to discovery and commercialization, putting Max Power on a runway to become a global leader in this exciting emerging new industry.”
“Maxx LEMI embraces technology in a way that will help fast track our exploration success in Saskatchewan, while also creating new opportunities and avenues to build shareholder value,” added Max Power CEO Jan Mansoor. “This is cutting edge, a whole new way of understanding Natural Hydrogen exploration with global ramifications.”
