Vortex Energy Announces Commencement of Drilling at the Robinsons River Salt Project
The Company has initiated drilling of the third core well location at the Robinsons River Salt Project, Newfoundland & Labrador.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vortex Energy Corp. (CSE: VRTX | OTC: VTECF | FRA: AA3) ("Vortex” or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling on the third core well located at its Robinsons River Salt Project (the “Project”), located near Stephenville, Newfoundland & Labrador. The drilling is being conducted by Forage FTE Drilling (“FTE”) and Major Drilling International Inc, (“Major Drilling”) under the support and oversight of the Company’s consultant partner, RESPEC Consulting Inc. (“RESPEC”), a leader in the design, development, and operations of underground cavern storage.
The Company worked extensively with RESPEC and the drilling contractors to design a more comprehensive and robust well design and drilling program for the drilling of the third core well. While the Company had anticipated commencing drilling in May, 2024, the more comprehensive drilling planned for the third core well required the submission of an additional “Application for Exploration Approval” , which was submitted by the Company on April 19th, 2024 and was subsequently approved by the Department of Industry, Energy, and Technology, Newfoundland and Labrador, on May 31st, 2024.
The Company plans to drill one drill hole to a total depth of 1,000 meters, using a combination of reverse circulation and diamond drilling. The objective of the drilling is to confirm the depth of the salt structures and attain the geological and geochemical properties of the salt and non-salt rocks. In addition to the testing and data collection that RESPEC will complete on any core samples generated from drilling, the Company will also provide any such core samples to the University of Alberta for hydrogen testing and sampling. On April 29, 2024, Vortex’s collaboration with the University of Alberta received Alberta Innovates Funding totaling $1.2 million for the project titled “Field Trial of Hydrogen Storage in Canadian Domal and Bedded Salts.”
Paul Sparkes, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are pleased to announce the commencement of drilling on the third core well at the Project. We believe that our team and contractors have created a plan that will address the geological challenges encountered in the drilling of hole one and hole two. We are optimistic that this third well will be successful and that it will allow us to proceed with testing the salt mineralization encountered during drilling for energy storage applications, including hydrogen or compressed air energy storage.”
About Vortex Energy Corp.
Vortex Energy Corp. is an exploration stage company engaged principally in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in North America. The company is currently advancing its Robinson River Salt Project comprised of a total of 942 claims covering 23,500 hectares located approximately 35 linear kms south of the town of Stephenville in the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador. The Robinson River Salt Project is prospective for both salt and hydrogen salt cavern storage. The company is actively evaluating technologies to efficiently store hydrogen or energy in salt caverns. Vortex Energy Corp. also holds the Fire Eye Project, which is located in the Wollaston Domain of northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words “could”, “intend”, “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “projected”, “estimated” and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Company’s current beliefs or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. In particular, this press release contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, the Company’s exploration plans at the Project, including the planned drilling at the Project, the aim and objectives of the drilling and the generation of drill core from drilling that may be analyzed by the Company, RESPEC and the University of Alberta; and the Company’s belief that the design of the current drill program being undertaken at the Project will address the geological challenges encountered during the drilling of hole one and two.
Various assumptions or factors are typically applied in drawing conclusions or making the forecasts or projections set out in forward-looking information, including, in respect of the forward-looking information included in this press release, assumptions regarding the Company’s ability to execute on its drilling program, including that it will be successful in carrying out such drilling and that such drilling will yield the expected information and the desired outcomes.
Although forward-looking information is based on the reasonable assumptions of the Company’s management, there can be no assurance that any forward-looking information will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include, among other things, the risk that exploration at the Project does not proceed in the manner and on the timeline currently contemplated, or at all; risks inherent in the exploration and development of mineral deposits, including risks relating to receiving requisite permits and approvals, changes in project parameters or delays as plans continue to be redefined, that mineral exploration is inherently uncertain and that the results of mineral exploration may not be indicative of the actual geology or mineralization of a project; and that mineral exploration may be unsuccessful or fail to achieve the results anticipated by the Company, including as a result of factors beyond the Company’s control, such as geological conditions. The forward-looking information contained in this release is made as of the date hereof, and the Company not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking information contained herein.
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