Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (QIMC) is adding a 26.8 km vibroseismic line in Ontario to its natural hydrogen and helium exploration programme. The new line will connect with the company’s 36 km Québec programme, creating about 63 km of cross-border coverage across the Témiscamingue Graben. QIMC says its completed and planned seismic coverage across Québec, Ontario and Nova Scotia totals approximately 126.5 line-kilometres.
The Ontario line was selected to investigate an area where QIMC reports its highest soil-gas hydrogen readings in the Ontario part of the graben. The company’s interpretation also points to magnetic anomalies associated with Nipissing mafic dykes, the Rivière-Blanche fault system and overlying sedimentary rocks that may provide seals. The seismic survey is intended to test and refine this geological model; these features are exploration targets, not confirmation of a hydrogen resource.
The announcement connects with a wider geoscience question: how can geochemical, potential-field and seismic data be integrated to investigate natural hydrogen systems? In The Geoscience Channel, Jürgen Grötsch of Tellus Energy Solutions discusses hydrogen generation, migration and trapping, as well as the potential links with geothermal heat and helium. firstbreak.org
