Canadian mining company looks at hydrogen potential of Southeast prospects

A belt of rocks spanning Southeast Alaska hosts at least a dozen prospects and deposits enriched with nickel, copper and platinum group metals (PGM) needed for the energy transition. Granite Creek Copper, a small mining company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, believes a couple of prospects also host hidden stores of geological hydrogen that could offer a clean-burning fuel for the 21st century.

The company has acquired two Southeast Alaska PGM projects with “white hydrogen” potential.

An element that only emits water vapor when burned, hydrogen is seen by many as a game-changing clean en...