Name: Gold Hydrogen: The promise and potential of natural hydrogen energy
Uploaded: 2023-09-14T04:19:18.081Z
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Description: Dive into the future of sustainable energy with Neil McDonald as he unveils the game changing potential of gold hydrogen. Discover how this remarkable innovation is poised to revolutionize clean energy solutions and pave the way for a greener, more sustainable world.

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Yeah, now there's a
rainbow of hydrogen colors.

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And natural hydrogen, which is gold
hydrogen, which is our company, is what

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is naturally formed hydrogen in the ground
because of geological circumstances where

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you have the right geological settings and
water and its natural hydrolysis, which

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then creates the hydrogen to be created
and migrate its way to the surface.

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Yeah well it's interesting.

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So the footprint of natural
hydrogen of a drilling a well,

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which is existing technology,
is only a very small footprint.

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When that well is completed, it leaves
an area of about four by four meters.

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We don't need to mine, we don't need to
build solar panels, we don't need to build

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hydrolysis machines, and we don't need to
cover the land, nor do we need to frack.

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Look, all of them.

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Anywhere they want to use hydrogen,
natural hydrogen is able to be used.

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Our point of difference I should probably
highlight commercially is that natural

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hydrogen in Mali in Africa, and our
assumptions here on South Australia

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is that it can be produced at $1 a
kilogram or less before transportation.

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So imagine producing hydrogen at a dollar
a kilogram or less before transporting

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it like all other parties have to.

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Well, the fact that it's already stored
naturally in the ground and we just

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have to basically put a straw into the
ground and suck it up out of the ground.

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Whereas green hydrogen that you
need to use heavy machinery and

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equipment to mine the materials,
you know, very capital intensive.

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Then the solar panels need to be made.

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And then you need to construct and develop
all those solar panels and hydrolysis.

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And you know labour costs aren't
getting any cheaper to do those things.

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But for us it's a simple gas well that's
drilled into the ground at very low cost.

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So we're working at the moment.

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We've got a big, huge, well.

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There's enormous position in South
Australia, the York Peninsula,

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Kangaroo Island, north of the
York Peninsula and across.

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We've got 74,000 square kilometers
of exploration ground that is

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prospective for naturally formed
hydrogen that we'll be working on.

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Were drilling in October.

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We'll be doing two wells, to go back
in and confirm that the hydrogen

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is there and what purity it is.

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A hundred years ago it was
discovered at up to 90% purity.

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And that's the aim of the next drilling
program is to retest it and then to

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also do flow rates and move forward.

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Look the same technologies are needed for
our natural hydrogen as they are for green

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hydrogen, which is, you know, wind and
solar as blue hydrogen and gray hydrogen.

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It's the same as everybody else
and they're already existing.

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And the governments around the world are
changing legislation to allow hydrogen

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to be used and to be transported and
to be already in gas pipeline systems.

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So it's the same for everybody else, and
we're just happy to be part of the mix.

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I think it will form a big part of
the energy mix and a clean energy

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mix on the path to decarbonization.

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And due to the low cost production
of natural hydrogen, it will have a

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fairly big importance to the domestic.

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And it'll be a wonderful thing
for South Australia, for this to

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happen, and for Australia, and
for them to be an export market.

Yeah, now there's a
rainbow of hydrogen colors.

And natural hydrogen, which is gold
hydrogen, which is our company, is what

is naturally formed hydrogen in the ground
because of geological circumstances where

you have the right geological settings and
water and its natural hydrolysis, which

then creates the hydrogen to be created
and migrate its way to the surface.

So the footprint of natural
hydrogen of a drilling a well,

which is existing technology,
is only a very small footprint.

When that well is completed, it leaves
an area of about four by four meters.

We don't need to mine, we don't need to
build solar panels, we don't need to build

hydrolysis machines, and we don't need to
cover the land, nor do we need to frack.

Anywhere they want to use hydrogen,
natural hydrogen is able to be used.

Our point of difference I should probably
highlight commercially is that natural

hydrogen in Mali in Africa, and our
assumptions here on South Australia

is that it can be produced at $1 a
kilogram or less before transportation.

So imagine producing hydrogen at a dollar
a kilogram or less before transporting

Well, the fact that it's already stored
naturally in the ground and we just

have to basically put a straw into the
ground and suck it up out of the ground.

Whereas green hydrogen that you
need to use heavy machinery and

equipment to mine the materials,
you know, very capital intensive.

And then you need to construct and develop
all those solar panels and hydrolysis.

And you know labour costs aren't
getting any cheaper to do those things.

But for us it's a simple gas well that's
drilled into the ground at very low cost.

There's enormous position in South
Australia, the York Peninsula,

Kangaroo Island, north of the
York Peninsula and across.

We've got 74,000 square kilometers
of exploration ground that is

prospective for naturally formed
hydrogen that we'll be working on.

We'll be doing two wells, to go back
in and confirm that the hydrogen

A hundred years ago it was
discovered at up to 90% purity.

And that's the aim of the next drilling
program is to retest it and then to

Look the same technologies are needed for
our natural hydrogen as they are for green

hydrogen, which is, you know, wind and
solar as blue hydrogen and gray hydrogen.

It's the same as everybody else
and they're already existing.

And the governments around the world are
changing legislation to allow hydrogen

to be used and to be transported and
to be already in gas pipeline systems.

So it's the same for everybody else, and
we're just happy to be part of the mix.

I think it will form a big part of
the energy mix and a clean energy

And due to the low cost production
of natural hydrogen, it will have a

And it'll be a wonderful thing
for South Australia, for this to

happen, and for Australia, and
for them to be an export market.

Expert Insight

Dive into the future of sustainable energy with Neil McDonald as he unveils the game changing potential of gold hydrogen. Discover how this remarkable innovation is poised to revolutionize clean energy solutions and pave the way for a greener, more sustainable world.