On proactive today7 Mar 2024 16:15
Helium One Global Ltd (AIM:HE1, OTCQB:HLOGF) has provided a hotly anticipated update on its operations in Tanzania, where it says that the drill stem test (DST) of the Itumbula West-1 well has measured a minimum flow rate of 0.5 million cubic feet per day, with a helium concentration of 4.7%.
The company now intends to carry out a more extensive and detailed extended well test (EWT) on the same well in the third quarter of 2024.
It is now also advancing desktop work, to compile resource estimates and subsurface modelling.
Helium One also revealed it’s starting talks with potential vendors for production facility engineering.
It represents the first steps towards establishing a pathway to production for the helium project.
"The company's focus is now on appraising and evaluating the resource potential at Itumbula West-1," chief executive Lorna Blaisse said in a statement.
“Whilst progressing the subsurface work, to better understand the resource estimates in a fractured Basement and fault play, we are planning the next phase of operations.
“An extended well test at site will enable us to confirm commercial flow rates and fluid composition, whilst continuing to plan for development and production scenarios in parallel.”
Blaisse added: “This is a highly exciting time for the company as we transition beyond exploration.
“I look forward to providing further updates as we progress our plans in due course."
At the same time, the company revealed it is primed for the next round of drilling – as it highlighted that its owned drill rig is “currently hot stacked and remains in a state of operational readiness”