Rift Minerals Inc.

Natural hydrogen exploration at the Seagull Property involves deep drilling into a mafic–ultramafic intrusive complex and Archean basement rocks to intersect gas-bearing fractures and collect pressurized gas samples for laboratory analysis.[1][6][7] The objective is to identify and characterize naturally occurring hydrogen, helium, and associated gases within structural and lithological traps linked to the Midcontinent Rift system.[1][7]

The Seagull gas samples are analyzed at AGAT Laboratories using standard hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gas analysis methods, including GPA 2261, GPA 2286, GPA 2145, AGA #5 and TP‑17, to quantify concentrations of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulphide.[1][2] These methods provide reliable compositional data needed to assess the presence and relative abundance of natural hydrogen within mixed gas streams.[1][2]

The Big Blue target at the Seagull Property is a large deep-seated low acoustic velocity geophysical anomaly interpreted from seismic and other geophysical data as a structurally altered or fractured zone, potentially related to mafic–ultramafic intrusion and associated gas-bearing structures.[6][9] It serves as the primary subsurface target guiding the placement and depth of Phase 2 drill holes designed to intersect potential natural hydrogen, helium, and magmatic sulphide mineralization.[6][7]

Northwestern Ontario

An early-stage exploration project in northwestern Ontario targeting natural hydrogen, helium, and platinum group element mineralization within a large mafic–ultramafic intrusive complex associated with the Midcontinent Rift, focused on the deep Big Blue geophysical anomaly and structurally controlled gas occurrences.