About 400 km² across two provinces. One thesis, three independent geological mechanisms.
Luma holds about 400 km² of claims across Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, spanning 40 licences across three distinct geological hydrogen (natural hydrogen) play types. The ground was staked early in the district’s emergence. Existing ground cannot be re-staked by others, and Luma continues to build its footprint.
The same ground carries dual potential. Alongside geological hydrogen, Luma’s claims host early-stage exploration targets for copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromite. See Critical Minerals.
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A fault-zone play on the same structure as a neighbouring operator’s reported discovery, its nearest hole within about 1 km of Luma’s claims. Existing onshore seismic data is available for reprocessing.
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An ophiolite is a slice of the Earth’s oceanic crust and upper mantle that has been uplifted onto land; its iron-rich rock can generate hydrogen by serpentinization. This is the same belt as a listed explorer’s project (see attribution below).
Stimulated hydrogen is an emerging concept in which water is injected into iron-rich rock to accelerate the same hydrogen-generating reaction. Eden GeoPower, supported by a US$1.4M ARPA-E grant, is piloting the approach in Oman’s Samail Ophiolite. That is a third-party project not connected to Luma; Luma’s Newfoundland ground is a similar rock type, which makes this an optionality to explore, not a current activity.
The same iron-rich serpentinite rocks that can produce hydrogen are also among the most reactive natural carbon-dioxide sinks known. Published research (Leila et al., 2025) indicates roughly 2.5 tonnes of this rock can mineralize about 1 tonne of CO₂. This is an emerging-science characteristic, not a current or assured Luma revenue stream.
Helium optionality exists across the portfolio, and Luma intends to test for it alongside hydrogen.
Nova Scotia, within Atlantic Canada, has rapidly become the most active region for geological hydrogen exploration in North America. Three things converged in a short window.
A neighbouring operator, QIMC, reported a hydrogen discovery on the same fault structure as Luma’s flagship, with a peak reading of 10.77% hydrogen from drill hole DDH-26-03 at 848 m depth (QIMC news release, 20 May 2026), a step-out about 2.5 km along the corridor. QIMC’s nearest discovery hole (DDH-26-02) lies within about 1 km of Luma’s claims.
Nova Scotia passed the first Canadian legislative framework to recognise and regulate natural hydrogen as a subsurface resource, giving early regulatory clarity in the flagship jurisdiction. How existing claims convert to hydrogen-specific rights under the forthcoming combined framework is not yet settled and is not assured.
Well-funded operators have been active in the same sector and district, a validation signal attributed to those parties’ own public disclosure. More than US$500M of strategic capital has moved into geological hydrogen worldwide in under five years.
QIMC’s drilling and soil-gas results have helped define a new high-priority corridor in the district. That corridor is defined by QIMC’s work, attributed to its public disclosure, not independently verified by Luma, and not indicative of results on Luma’s properties. Luma’s claims lie along this corridor, and Luma plans surface exploration on its own claims in summer 2026.
This website is for general information only. It is not, and nothing on it should be taken as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, and it should not be relied on in connection with any investment decision. Luma Hydrogen Corp. is a private company and is not a reporting issuer.
This website contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements about Luma’s exploration plans, work programs, intended activities, and a possible future public listing. Forward-looking statements reflect current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the speculative nature of mineral and energy exploration, the absence of commercial geological hydrogen production outside of Mali, regulatory and permitting risk, the availability of capital, and the work and results of third-party operators referenced. Actual outcomes may differ materially. Luma undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by law.
References to soil-gas readings, drill results, market capitalizations, or transactions of other companies (including QIMC, QMET, First Atlantic Nickel, Gold Hydrogen, HyTerra, Koloma, and Primary Hydrogen) are based on those companies’ own public disclosure, have not been independently verified by Luma, and are not indicative of results that may be achieved on Luma’s properties.
Luma is exploring for both geological hydrogen and critical minerals (including copper, nickel, cobalt, and chromite). Luma is pre-discovery and has not defined any mineral resource or reserve on any of its properties. Exploration targets and geophysical anomalies are not mineral resources. Historical exploration results referenced are third-party information, have not been independently verified by Luma, and are not indicative of results that may be achieved on Luma’s properties.
Scientific and technical information on this website has been prepared and approved by Paul Ténière, P.Geo., CEO and a Director of Luma Hydrogen Corp. and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Ténière is not independent of the Company. Nothing on this website is investment advice.