- Lawson 4 returned the highest natural hydrogen readings recorded to date and identified a highly prospective 20.5-metre sandstone reservoir zone
- Drilling confirmed multiple hydrogen and helium targets, including favourable basement source rocks and a major crustal fault that may act as a migration conduit
- Max Power (CSE:MAXX) is advancing toward completions testing while preparing the Lawson 5 step-out well to evaluate the system’s potential scale and commercial viability
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Max Power (CSE:MAXX) has reported encouraging exploration results from its Lawson Natural Hydrogen Discovery in south-central Saskatchewan, with the latest drilling campaign intersecting what the company believes is one of its most prospective zones to date.
The update outlines findings from the Lawson 4 well, which has now been drilled to a total measured depth of 2,400 metres. According to Max Power, the well has strengthened its geological model for what it interprets as Canada’s first subsurface natural hydrogen system.
At the centre of the announcement is a 20.5-metre interval encountered between 2,290 metres and 2,310.5 metres within the basal Cambrian Sandstone unit. The zone, located immediately above the Precambrian basement complex and a deep crustal fault, exhibited strong indications of permeability and porosity, characteristics considered critical for potential reservoir development.
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The company said the interval was cored with 96.6% recovery and produced progressively higher natural hydrogen readings, including the strongest measurements recorded at the Lawson project to date using drill rig gas detection equipment.
Below that zone, Max Power continued coring through an additional 30.9 metres, from 2,310.5 metres to 2,341.4 metres, bringing the total cored interval to 51.4 metres with 98% recovery. The section contained highly elevated natural hydrogen readings and favourable mafic-ultramafic source rocks, which are believed to play an important role in hydrogen generation.
A key focus for geologists is a deep crustal fault intersected at approximately 2,310.5 metres. While the structure’s full extent, orientation and geometry remain unknown, management believes it may represent part of a larger network of crustal conduits and associated splay faults capable of transporting hydrogen from depth.
The company said upcoming core analysis, combined with ongoing geophysical interpretation by independent evaluator GLJ, will help determine the significance of the structure and its potential role in hydrogen migration and accumulation.
Beyond the deep target zones, Lawson 4 also delivered promising results in the helium-bearing Interlake Formation. The company recovered its first core samples from this interval between 2,001 metres and 2,031.6 metres, achieving 97% core recovery. Multiple zones of interest for both natural hydrogen and helium were identified throughout the well.
Management believes the relationship between the basal Cambrian Sandstone and the Precambrian basement complex may prove particularly important. According to the company’s evolving geological model, the combination could provide a favourable setting for gas migration pathways, reservoir development, structural trapping and seal integrity, all key ingredients required for a commercial natural hydrogen system.
For investors, the findings mark another step in Lawson’s transition from geological discovery toward reservoir evaluation and commercial validation. Earlier drilling campaigns confirmed the presence of natural hydrogen in successive wells, while Lawson 4 has added evidence of a potentially significant conduit system that may connect hydrogen generation zones with potential accumulation areas.
The next phase of work will focus on answering the project’s most important commercial questions, including gas composition, flow rates, reservoir connectivity, resource volume and economic deliverability. Those questions are expected to be addressed through an upcoming completions and testing program.
Meanwhile, preparations are underway for Lawson 5, which will represent the company’s most significant step-out well to date. The well is planned approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Lawson 4 and will target the potential up-dip extension of the hydrogen system toward the so-called “Salt Wall”, a structure the company describes as an ideal trap and seal adjacent to the Prairie Evaporite formation.
In addition to its exploration progress, Max Power provided an update on MAXX LEMI (Large Earth Model Integration), its developing artificial intelligence-driven exploration platform. The system integrates proprietary drilling, geological, seismic and geophysical data with extensive historical datasets to identify and rank prospective natural hydrogen targets.
The company believes the successful drilling results at Lawson serve as an important real-world validation of the exploration framework behind MAXX LEMI. As the proprietary dataset expands through continued exploration along the Genesis Trend, management is evaluating opportunities to commercialize the technology beyond its own portfolio.
Potential business models under consideration include technology licensing, subscription-based platform access, technical consulting services, strategic partnerships, and participation in third-party discoveries through joint ventures or carried interests. No commercialization model has been finalized.
“Lawson 4 is a discovery within a discovery, and we eagerly anticipate perforations and comprehensive completions testing at this well and the others to determine potential commerciality of the Lawson Complex,” Max Power’s Chief Geoscientist, Steve Halabura said in a news release. “As our understanding of this system accelerates, we are confidently stepping out 30 km to the “Salt Wall” flanking the Prairie Evaporite where our robust geological model gives us plenty of encouragement.”
Max Power said the opportunity extends beyond developing natural hydrogen resources themselves. By building a growing database and exploration intelligence platform, the company aims to position MAXX LEMI as a scalable tool that could help identify future natural hydrogen discoveries across the industry, potentially allowing Max Power to benefit both from its own projects and from broader growth in the emerging natural hydrogen sector.
About Max Power Mining Corp.
With headquarters in Vancouver, Max Power Mining Corp. is an exploration-stage resource company targeting domestic lithium resources.
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