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MAX Power Mining Reports Highest Natural Hydrogen Readings at Lawson Complex, Plans Expanded Exploration
On September 8 2026, MAX Power Mining Corp. announced that the fourth well drilled at its Lawson Complex in southern Saskatchewan produced the company’s highest natural hydrogen readings to date. The well cut through a major fault zone at 2,310.5 m, where hydrogen concentrations stayed high while the geologist noted a heavily fractured intrusive rock body.
The Lawson Complex sits within the 475‑kilometre Genesis Trend, a geological corridor that MAX Power has mapped across roughly 1 million hectares of permitted ground. The company’s first confirmation of Canada’s first subsurface natural hydrogen discovery came in January 2026 when the Lawson 1 well encountered hydrogen concentrations of up to 286,000 ppm (28.6 %) and helium above the main hydrogen zone.
Natural hydrogen—sometimes called white, geologic, or gold hydrogen—is produced by natural processes and stored underground. While most of the world’s natural hydrogen is considered geologically unlikely to accumulate in commercially recoverable volumes, recent finds in Mali, France, and elsewhere have shown that specific settings can trap the gas. MAX Power’s results at Lawson add to that growing evidence.
High‑resolution 3D seismic imaging of the complex revealed a 14.2‑square‑kilometre raised underground structure, Lawson Central, nested within a broader 28‑square‑kilometre complex. The imaging produced a series of targets for a multi‑well commercial validation program aimed at defining the extent of the hydrogen system and assessing its commercial viability.
Lawson 3, completed earlier in the year, and the new Lawson 4 well have now expanded the spatial view beneath the complex. Both wells intersected basement rocks that the company’s technical team identifies as favorable for natural hydrogen generation. According to MAX Power Chief Geoscientist Steve Halabura, “This is getting even better with each well as we cut through the Alkaline Complex, and the major fracture zone encountered in Lawson 4 is another milestone in our understanding of what is clearly a large Natural Hydrogen system.”
The next major step‑out, Lawson 5, will drill 27 to 31 km northeast of the current drilling area. The well is intended to test the edge of the Salt Wall and extend the commercial validation program beyond the closely spaced wells. Following Lawson 5, the company will launch a completions program to evaluate gas composition, deliverability, and the potential for commercial production.
MAX Power is also developing an AI‑assisted exploration platform, MAXX LEMI, designed to integrate geological, geophysical, and drilling data to improve target ranking and support scalable natural hydrogen discovery.
The company’s broader plan includes additional exploration across the 1,224‑square‑kilometre Lawson Project area and other segments of the Genesis Trend.
At present, MAX Power has confirmed the presence of a large natural hydrogen system beneath Lawson, but the commercial potential remains under investigation. The company’s next steps—Lawson 5 drilling, completions testing, and AI‑driven target refinement—will determine whether the system can support economically viable hydrogen production.
The findings underscore the growing interest in natural hydrogen as a low‑carbon energy source and highlight the importance of detailed geological assessment in identifying viable reservoirs.
The Lawson Complex sits within the 475‑kilometre Genesis Trend, a geological corridor that MAX Power has mapped across roughly 1 million hectares of permitted ground. The company’s first confirmation of Canada’s first subsurface natural hydrogen discovery came in January 2026 when the Lawson 1 well encountered hydrogen concentrations of up to 286,000 ppm (28.6 %) and helium above the main hydrogen zone.
Natural hydrogen—sometimes called white, geologic, or gold hydrogen—is produced by natural processes and stored underground. While most of the world’s natural hydrogen is considered geologically unlikely to accumulate in commercially recoverable volumes, recent finds in Mali, France, and elsewhere have shown that specific settings can trap the gas. MAX Power’s results at Lawson add to that growing evidence.
High‑resolution 3D seismic imaging of the complex revealed a 14.2‑square‑kilometre raised underground structure, Lawson Central, nested within a broader 28‑square‑kilometre complex. The imaging produced a series of targets for a multi‑well commercial validation program aimed at defining the extent of the hydrogen system and assessing its commercial viability.
Lawson 3, completed earlier in the year, and the new Lawson 4 well have now expanded the spatial view beneath the complex. Both wells intersected basement rocks that the company’s technical team identifies as favorable for natural hydrogen generation. According to MAX Power Chief Geoscientist Steve Halabura, “This is getting even better with each well as we cut through the Alkaline Complex, and the major fracture zone encountered in Lawson 4 is another milestone in our understanding of what is clearly a large Natural Hydrogen system.”
The next major step‑out, Lawson 5, will drill 27 to 31 km northeast of the current drilling area. The well is intended to test the edge of the Salt Wall and extend the commercial validation program beyond the closely spaced wells. Following Lawson 5, the company will launch a completions program to evaluate gas composition, deliverability, and the potential for commercial production.
MAX Power is also developing an AI‑assisted exploration platform, MAXX LEMI, designed to integrate geological, geophysical, and drilling data to improve target ranking and support scalable natural hydrogen discovery.
The company’s broader plan includes additional exploration across the 1,224‑square‑kilometre Lawson Project area and other segments of the Genesis Trend.
At present, MAX Power has confirmed the presence of a large natural hydrogen system beneath Lawson, but the commercial potential remains under investigation. The company’s next steps—Lawson 5 drilling, completions testing, and AI‑driven target refinement—will determine whether the system can support economically viable hydrogen production.
The findings underscore the growing interest in natural hydrogen as a low‑carbon energy source and highlight the importance of detailed geological assessment in identifying viable reservoirs.
