December 2023

Major helium deposit discovered

A new mining project is rising south of Birch Lake that could put the area on the map, this time for helium mining.Pulsar Helium plans on drilling in February off the Dunka River Road in the hopes of discovering a helium honey hole.The story begins in 2011, when Phil Larson, now project advisor for Pulsar Helium, was working with a copper-nickel exploration program doing test drills near Babbitt.“One day, we hit a gas pocket, a pressurized gas pocket.

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