24.01.25 – Itumbula West-1 well has successfully reached TD
– Elevated helium shows have been consistently measured.
– Helium shows Increased.
– The HE1 well has also encountered elevated hydrogen shows.
24.01.25 – “…The initial results from the Itumbula West-1 well are very positive. We have encountered elevated
#helium shows, as the team had anticipated pre-drill, all the way to Basement…”
HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse
24.01.24 – Our HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse and Community Engagement Officer are seen here meeting with teachers and community members at Mkonko Village Primary School for community project.
10.01.24 – Member of Parliament, Ms Condester Sichalwe, and the Songwe Regional Mines Officer, Mr Chone, and team from Momba District Council visit the HE1 Itumbula West-1 well for a site visit and update on exploration activities
10.01.24 – Member of Parliament, Ms Condester Sichalwe, and the Songwe Regional Mines Officer, Mr Chone, and team from Momba District Council being shown around #HE1’s Itumbula site
08.01.24 – Itumbula West-1 Commencement of Drilling.
We are pleased to announce that
drilling at the HE1 Itumbula West-1 well commenced on 06 January 2024.
21.12.23 – We are currently rigging up at Itumbula West-A and performing pre-spud maintenance checks ahead of commencing drilling in early January.
Below, rigging up underway at Itumbula West-A well site
15.11.23 – “…The team have done an outstanding job working proactively to ensure we were able to safely pull the drill string out of the hole. This surpassed all expectations and we’re delighted to now be in the position of having commenced wireline operations…”
HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse
07.11.23 – “…We are delighted with the initial results at Tai-3 and it was extremely encouraging to see the helium shows increase with depth, as we had anticipated…”
HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse
30.10.23 – “…We are pleased with the current results of Tai-3 with encouraging #helium shows encountered in the Lake Beds and the Karoo…”
HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse
30.10.23 – We are pleased to provide the following update on the drilling of the HE1 Tai-3 well.
The Tai-3 well has successfully encountered helium shows whilst drilling in the Lake Bed Formation and the Karoo Group.
16.10.23 – Civils work ongoing at Itumbula-C well pad
We are also pleased to have announced that drilling on the #HE1 Tai-3 well has successfully recommenced and Itumbula-C civils work and well pad preparation is on track.
16.10.23 – “…We very much look forward to drilling ahead into our target reservoirs at Tai-3 over the coming days and to evaluate the well, prior to rigging down and moving the rig to our next location at Itumbula…”
HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse
16.10.23 – We are pleased to announce that drilling on the HE1 Tai-3 well has successfully recommenced.
Replacement rig component sourced and installed with drilling activities successfully restarted on Tai-3.
06.10.23 – Earlier this week we successfully carried out a medevac drill from the Tai-3 wellsite with our onsite medical trauma team, and fully equipped medevac helicopter on standby for the duration of the project.
06.10.23 – Earlier this week we successfully carried out a medevac drill from the Tai-3 wellsite with our onsite medical trauma team, and fully equipped medevac helicopter on standby for the duration of the project.
03.10.23 – Continued community engagement work in the region we operate is critical to building strong relationships with the local community.
Below, our HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse is meeting with Deputy Headteacher and children of Mkonko village Primary School.
03.10.23 – Continued community engagement work in the region we operate is critical to building strong relationships with the local community…
HE1 CEO (L) and HE1 CLO (R) meet with 400 children at Mkonko village Primary School.
28.09.23 – Tai-3 is over 1,000 km from Dar es Salaam.
It has been a huge undertaking to successfully mobilise equipment to this remote part of Tanzania.
25.09.23 – Our team stands united with local Chief, John Augustino Kasonso, alongside community leaders from Kamsamba, Muungano, and Mkonko during an inauguration ceremony at the Tai-3 well site in Muungano Village.
Together, we embark on a new journey…
25.09.23 – Local village Chief of Kamsamba ward, John Augustino Kasonso, along with other Kamsamba local leaders and PAPs Muungano village join inauguration of HE1 drilling operations.
25.09.23 – Our CEO Lorna Blaisse, and Director of Operations Mike Williams, on the drill floor of the Epiroc Predator 220 for the spud of the Tai-3 well.
25.09.23 – “…This is a huge and very exciting milestone for the Company. The operations that we are undertaking are a significant shift in both scale and approach from what we undertook in Phase 1…”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
14.09.23 – Civils work underway at the HE1 Itumbula-C SE wellsite and access road…
The Itumbula Prospect has always ranked highly in our portfolio. To drill a second prospect ahead of the wet season, has enabled us to save over $4 million without remobilising equipment and personnel.
14.09.23 – Civils work underway at the HE1 Itumbula-C SE wellsite and access road…
The Itumbula Prospect has always ranked highly in our portfolio. To drill a second prospect ahead of the wet season, has enabled us to save over $4 million without remobilising equipment and personnel.
14.09.23 – It is a 24hr Operation with back to back crews covering day/night shifts.
The HE1 Rukwa Project has been derisked by the 2021 drilling campaign, which identified helium shows across multiple prospective intervals proving and established working helium system.
08.09.23 – Civils work underway at Itumbula-C SE wellsite.
"…The next few months promise to be an incredibly exciting time for the Company as we commence spud this month and complete these two wells…”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
08.09.23 – Here, our #HE1 Community Liaison Officer is pictured with children close to the Itumbula-C SE wellsite, keeping the community well informed of the ongoing project.
07.09.23 – “…The funds raised now enable us to drill a further prospect immediately after the planned drill at Tai-C. The next few months promise to be an incredibly exciting time for the Company…”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
07.09.23 – “…The funds raised now enable us to drill a further prospect immediately after the planned drill at Tai-C. The next few months promise to be an incredibly exciting time for the Company…”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
14.08.23 – "The team has been working incredibly hard and we will now commence the mobilisation of equipment onto the well pad and finalise the drill crew as we gather momentum ahead of the September spud”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
12.07.23 – The civils work is being carried out by TNR Ltd, a Tanzanian company, and is expected to be completed by mid-August 2023…
We have of course acquired the Epiroc Predator 220 drilling rig for use at our #HE1 Rukwa project in Tanzania.
12.07.23 – Here, HE1 Country Manager, Fidelis Lekule and CFO, Chris Eyre join Vice Chancellor, Prof. William-Andey Lazaro Anangisye of the University of Dar es Salaam who were invited to take part in a strategic partnership to attract graduates to the private sector in Tanzania…
10.07.23 – TNR machines working the access road to the Tai-C well pad…
The Company has already commenced the ground works for the construction of the Tai-C well pad, camp and access roads at our HE1 Rukwa site
11.07.23 – Here, HE1 and TNR have their daily pre-start Toolbox meeting at the TNR camp ahead of civils work at the Tai-C well-site…
The civils work is being carried out by TNR Ltd, a Tanzanian company, and is expected to be completed by mid-August 2023.
10.07.23 – “Having acquired a rig which is now in country, as well as civils and well pad preparations underway, we are on track for a Q3 spud date and we can now move forward and focus on executing a safe and successful drilling programme”
CEO Lorna Blaisse
10.07.23 – “…This is indeed a milestone event and opens up a range of ancillary options as well as, most importantly, securing the control of our own drilling programme and any future appraisal and further exploration activities…”
Chairman Ian Stalker
10.07.23 – Operational Update…
…Drilling of Tai Prospect in Rukwa Basin, Tanzania on track for 3Q 2023 following the acquisition of Epiroc Predator 220 drilling rig and completed mobilisation to Tanzania.
02.03.23 – Here, our CEO Lorna Blaisse is meeting with Professor William-Andey Lazaro Anangisye, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam and Dr Emmanuel O. Kazimoto, Head of Geosciences.
01.03.23 – Our CEO Lorna Blaisse is in Dodoma today to meet with Government officials at the Mining Commission, Ministry of Minerals and the Geological Survey of #Tanzania.
Here, pictured with I.A. Nchasi, Acting Permanent Secretary and colleagues at Ministry of Minerals .
12.01.23 – LIDAR drone survey commenced yesterday over Tai at the Rukwa project.
Detailed topography assists in design of drill pad and access road while aerial imagery provides ESIA baseline to better calculate compensation to local farmers.
12.01.23 – LIDAR drone survey commenced yesterday over Tai at the Rukwa project.
Detailed topography assists in design of drill pad and access road while aerial imagery provides ESIA baseline to better calculate compensation to local farmers.
12.01.23 – LIDAR drone survey commenced yesterday over Tai at the Rukwa project.
Detailed topography assists in design of drill pad and access road while aerial imagery provides ESIA baseline to better calculate compensation to local farmers.
12.01.23 – LIDAR drone survey commenced yesterday over Tai at the Rukwa project.
Detailed topography assists in design of drill pad and access road while aerial imagery provides ESIA baseline to better calculate compensation to local farmers.
13.12.22 – Here, our COO Colin Ivory is surveying the Tai-C collar location ahead of drill pad construction.
Successful drilling at Tai will accelerate exploration across both basins towards drill-ready status, expanding our portfolio of world-class, primary helium exploration assets.
28.03.23 – The Team are meeting with local villagers during Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) studies in the Eyasi region ahead of further exploration activity later this year.
The project is located within the Eyasi rift basin on the margin of the Tanzanian Craton.
29.03.23 – Community engagement in Matala Village, close to Lake Eyasi…
The Team have met with local villagers during Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) studies in the Eyasi region ahead of further exploration activity later this year.
05.12.22 – “...Furthermore, the Balangida Rift Basin offers potential for other high-value noble gasses with recent seep analysis assays showing 2% argon...”
CEO David Minchin
05.12.22 – We are pleased to announce the completion of analysis of our proprietary high resolution Falcon Airborne Gravity Gradiometry and aero-magnetic data over the Balangida Rift Basin
24.01.24 – Our HE1 CEO Lorna Blaisse and Community Engagement Officer are seen here meeting with teachers and community members at Mkonko Village Primary School for community project.
25.09.23 – Our team stands united with local Chief, John Augustino Kasonso, alongside community leaders from Kamsamba, Muungano, and Mkonko during an inauguration ceremony at the Tai-3 well site in Muungano Village.
Together, we embark on a new journey…
25.09.23 – Local village Chief of Kamsamba ward, John Augustino Kasonso, along with other Kamsamba local leaders and PAPs Muungano village join inauguration of HE1 drilling operations.
08.09.23 – Here, our #HE1 Community Liaison Officer is pictured with children close to the Itumbula-C SE wellsite, keeping the community well informed of the ongoing project.
