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Primary Hydrogen Corp. reports exploration and corporate developments tied to natural hydrogen resources and related critical-mineral targets. The company's news centers on soil-gas sampling, geophysical work, hydrogen anomaly results, and follow-up exploration across projects including Blakelock, Hopkins, Mary's Harbour, Point Rosie, Crooked Amphibolite, Coquihalla, and Cogburn in the United States and Canada.
Updates also cover the Wicheeda North hydrogen-REE project in British Columbia, including rare earth exploration work, permitting steps under British Columbia rules, and the company's option to acquire a majority interest in the project. Corporate news includes annual meeting voting results, board matters, auditor appointments, and equity incentive plan approvals.
Primary Hydrogen (HNATF) has completed Phase 1 soil sampling, contracted all major contractors and set October 1, 2026 as the start date for its approximately 1,500-metre maiden drill program at the Wicheeda North rare earth element project in British Columbia.
Phase 1 soil samples have been submitted for analysis, with assays to be reported once received and interpreted. Phase 2 soil sampling across three additional grids is under way, with completion expected by September 23. Precision GeoSurveys has been engaged to fly a 738 line-kilometre airborne radiometric survey at 50-metre spacing, targeted for completion by September 20 and preliminary results in late September. Radius Drilling has been contracted to complete all drill holes by November 1. The 2026 program is fully funded, operates under an active Mines Act permit allowing up to 70 drill sites through 2031, and follows 2025 work that outlined two high-priority rare earth soil anomaly clusters.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB: HNATF) has staked the Wallace Natural Hydrogen Project in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, securing four exploration licences (58171, 58172, 58176, 58177) totalling 68 claims over approximately 1,101 hectares along Wallace Bay and the Northumberland Strait.
Wallace is the company’s second project in the Cumberland Basin after Northumberland and lifts its basin position to six licences covering 140 claims (about 2,267 hectares). The licences, acquired at staking cost via Nova Scotia’s NovaROC system, will be integrated into a Nova Scotia work program including data compilation, structural interpretation and soil-gas orientation surveys along the basin margin.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB: HNATF) has staked the Seagull North Project, a new block of 313 contiguous single-cell mining claims covering about 65 km² in the Thunder Bay Mining District, adjoining the northern boundary of the Seagull property, roughly 80 km northeast of Thunder Bay.
The adjoining Seagull joint venture between Rift Minerals and Anteros Metals has reported pressurized, hydrogen-bearing gas in recent deep drill holes, including a rush sample assaying 0.65% hydrogen, though Primary notes these results are company-reported, unverified and not necessarily indicative of its ground. Initial work at Seagull North will focus on compiling historical drilling, geophysical and government geoscience data to define structural targets for potential gas migration. Separately, Primary has unwound $10,000 of subscriptions from its July 8, 2026 non-brokered private placement, cancelling 16,666 units and revising the offering to 2,442,904 units for gross proceeds of $1,465,742.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB: HNATF) has staked the Northumberland Natural Hydrogen Project in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, securing two exploration licences (58173 and 58174) covering 72 claims over approximately 1,166 hectares along the northern margin of the Cumberland Basin between Northport and Pugwash.
The licences, acquired by map staking via NovaROC, adjoin the licence block associated with Kavenex Energy’s partnership with Denver-based Koloma, placing Primary beside an area of active natural hydrogen exploration. The Cumberland Basin has seen strong company-reported hydrogen readings elsewhere in 2026 and a sharp increase in provincial exploration licences.
Primary plans an initial work program focused on data compilation, structural interpretation and a soil-gas orientation survey this field season. The company notes that no drilling or documented hydrogen occurrences exist on Northumberland yet and that future hydrogen rights will fall under Nova Scotia’s new Subsurface Energy Resource Extraction Act once proclaimed.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB: HNATF) announced a fully funded and permitted 2026 exploration and maiden drill program at its Wicheeda North rare earth element project in British Columbia. The work includes soil geochemical infill and extensional sampling, an airborne gamma-ray radiometric survey, and about 1,500 metres of first-ever drilling on the property targeted for fall 2026.
The company’s five-year Mines Act permit, expiring in 2031, authorizes up to 70 drill sites, trenching and 8 kilometres of exploration access, allowing programs through 2030 without new Notices of Work. The 2026 program funding comes from prior critical mineral flow-through financings, with no additional financing required. Primary Hydrogen holds an option to acquire a 75% interest in the 2,138-hectare Wicheeda North property, which hosts two untested high-priority rare earth anomaly clusters identified in 2025.
Primary Hydrogen (TSXV: HDRO, OTCQB: HNATF) appointed Christopher Longton, CPG, as Vice President, Exploration effective July 24, 2026. Longton, Principal Geologist at Rangefront Mining Services, assumes responsibility for exploration programs across the Company’s natural hydrogen and rare earth element portfolio in Canada and the U.S. He will also serve as Primary Hydrogen’s Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 and, as an officer, is not independent for NI 43-101 purposes.
In connection with his appointment, Primary Hydrogen granted Longton stock options for 10,000 common shares at an exercise price of $1.19 per share, exercisable for five years. The options vest 100% on the date that is four months and one day after grant, and the underlying shares are subject to a four-month hold period, in line with the Company’s stock option plan and TSX Venture Exchange policies.
Primary Hydrogen (TSXV: HDRO, OTCQB: HNATF, FSE: 83W) has entered into a marketing services agreement dated July 22, 2026 with Nordcore Media LLC, a digital marketing firm. Nordcore will provide online marketing services for an expected six-month term, or until a US$300,000 budget is fully used, whichever occurs first.
Services include preparing written and advertising materials on the Company and its sector, and managing digital campaigns such as keyword research, remarketing, bid management, display advertising, third‑party distribution and landing pages. According to Primary Hydrogen, Nordcore is an arm’s length party, holds no known Company securities, receives no securities under the agreement, and its compensation is not tied to the Company’s share price or trading performance.
Primary Hydrogen Corp (TSXV: HDRO, OTCQB: HNATF, FSE: 83W) appointed David Jackson as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 20, 2026, succeeding Benjamin Asuncion, who will remain as a director.
According to Primary Hydrogen, Jackson is a serial entrepreneur with experience in property development and healthcare technology, most recently leading a veterinary technology manufacturing firm with sales in 56 countries and overseeing its acquisition by a global healthcare technology company in 2024. In connection with his appointment, the Company granted him 235,000 stock options at an exercise price of $1.16 per share, exercisable for five years and vesting in full four months and one day after the grant date, subject to TSX Venture Exchange policies and a four‑month hold period on the underlying shares.
Primary Hydrogen focuses on exploration and development of natural hydrogen resources across over 740 acres in the U.S. and 230 square kilometers in Canada, including multiple named projects and an option to acquire a 75% interest in the Wicheeda North hydrogen-REE project in British Columbia.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB:HNATF, TSXV:HDRO) granted an aggregate of 360,000 incentive stock options to certain directors and officers under its equity incentive compensation plan. Each option allows purchase of one common share at $0.76, vests immediately on the grant date, and is exercisable for five years. The options and underlying shares are subject to a four-month and one day hold period under TSX Venture Exchange policies and applicable securities laws.
Primary Hydrogen (OTCQB: HNATF) provided a permitting update for its Wicheeda North REE project and announced a corporate change on December 18, 2025.
The company submitted a Notice of Work on August 1, 2025; consultation with First Nations is ongoing and, given ministry timelines and backlogs, Primary Hydrogen anticipates permitting completion in early Q1 2026. Once approvals are received, the company intends to engage drilling contractors to carry out a maiden drill program at Wicheeda North. The release also notes the departure of Peter Lauder, VP Exploration, and that planning and execution of the upcoming drill program will use internal staff and qualified third-party contractors.