Toronto-listed REV Exploration Corp’s 22-square-kilometre 3D seismic survey of a “geologically continuous helium system” at its West Butte project in Montana has moved the company closer to a maiden drilling campaign at the target.
The junior recently secured C$4 million of equity funding from Canadian billionaire resources investor Eric Sprott to advance helium and natural hydrogen drilling on America’s Northern Great Plains and in southern Alberta along the Montana border. REV CEO Jordan Potts said the helium zone sat in a regional structural corridor that had produced notable recent discoveries but had not previously been explored for naturally occurring hydrogen.
“The completion of the West Butte 3D seismic program is a major step forward for REV’s Montana exploration strategy,” Pott said.
“Executing a mixed-source survey across the challenging terrain of West Butte required careful planning by our technical team and a skilled field team. We are very pleased with the quality of the data collected and look forward to advancing interpretation to identify our first drilling targets at this very promising project in a known helium district.”
REV used Tetra Tech to do the seismic survey after the US firm completed similar work earlier this year at MAX Power’s Lawson hydrogen project. REV is a MAX shareholder and technical collaborator.
“The 3D seismic survey from West Butte is expected to provide REV’s technical team with greatly enhanced subsurface imaging of the structural and stratigraphic targets underlying the Montana acreage, supporting the delineation of upcoming drilling locations,” REV said.
“The program was designed as a mixed-source wireless node survey, reflecting the diverse topography of the project area.
“The program recorded 1524 Vibroseis source points on accessible, gently sloping ground and 269 dynamite shot points in the steeper terrain of the coulees and foothills where Vibroseis access was not feasible. This mixed-source approach was designed to provide full and optimal subsurface illumination across the entire survey area without compromising data quality.”
