The Carbon Mineralization Lab at UBC assessed the mineral content of select Inomin’s samples for the potential for carbon storage and capture. A total of 28 samples were analyzed from drill core from Inomin’s inaugural drilling program in 2021. The samples were selected to be representative of samples across the entire spectrum of the company’s drilling program.
In general, the drill holes targeted magnetite associated with serpentinization over a strike length of approximately 5 km. None of the samples are contiguous and essentially reflect the ultramafic body the drilling intersected. In most cases, nickel-magnesium mineralization and serpentinite occurrences are open at depth.
Analysis by the lab found that Beaver samples contain key magnesium-rich minerals that are known to react quickly with CO2 in air such as brucite and hydrotalcite group minerals. Notably, 19 of the samples contained moderate to high (up to 11% wt)…
