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Airborne Gravity Gradiometry (aim for helium bullseye)

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Published 09-AUG-2022 14:27 P.M.

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Our helium Investment, Noble Helium (ASX:NHE) just began its Airborne Gravity Gradiometry and Magnetics program today, one of the one of the key milestones in Objective #1 of our NHE Investment Memo:

🔄 Airborne gravity gradiometry (Q2-Q3 2022)

Gravity gradiometry is used in gas exploration to identify targets below the earth’s surface by measuring minute differences in the earth's density to gather information on underground structures.

We think these surveys are somewhat analogous to EM surveys for mining companies and they produce the colourful patterns we’ve become so familiar with in our time Investing in exploration companies:

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It’s an important part of NHE’s target generation works and the data from this program will then be correlated with upcoming geochemistry results and the capstone exploration method - the pivotal 3D seismic survey slated for Q3/Q4.

NHE is working with a high end gradiometry instrument from Lockheed Martin which is significantly more precise than the predecessor instrument.

The way we understand NHE’s helium exploration program, there are three layers involved, each increasing the likelihood of a helium discovery:

NHE Helium Exploration Program SD (2)

We emphasise that we are not experts in gas exploration, but we hope this visualisation explains NHE’s exploration methodology.

What’s next for NHE? We’re eager to see the results of the recent geochemistry survey and how this combines with the program announced today.