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Gold Hydrogen Secures A$14.5 Million to Accelerate South Australia Drilling

Arnes BiogradlijaBy Arnes Biogradlija03/07/20252 Mins Read
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Gold Hydrogen’s shares rallied 22 percent after announcing a A$14.5 million investment package led by Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, and Eneos Holdings. The three Japanese conglomerates will acquire 20.7 million new shares at A$0.70 each—pricing that represents a 22 percent premium over the stock’s closing price on July 2, 2025—underscoring their confidence in the company’s flagship South Australian project.

The funds will underwrite Gold Hydrogen’s next drilling campaign later this year on the Yorke Peninsula, targeting natural hydrogen and helium gas deposits in the Ramsay permit area. As a junior explorer with a focus on naturally occurring hydrogen—an energy vector that bypasses electrolysis inputs—Gold Hydrogen aims to demonstrate that subsurface H₂ can be produced at lower levelized costs than conventional grey or even green hydrogen pathways.

Despite natural hydrogen’s theoretical cost advantages, on‑ground extraction remains unproven at scale. Gold Hydrogen’s Managing Director, Neil McDonald, notes that converting geological H₂ occurrences into continuous production will require validating permeability, reservoir pressure, and gas composition metrics—data that the upcoming wells are designed to deliver. Success could pave the way for downstream products, including green methanol, by leveraging local renewables and existing gas‑handling infrastructure.

But challenges abound: subsurface heterogeneity in South Australia’s sedimentary basins can complicate target identification, and the lack of established off‑take agreements leaves project economics contingent on project scale and purity of extracted gases. Investor uptake by three major energy and automotive groups partially mitigates commercial risk; their strategic backing brings both capital and potential routes to market, from fuel‑cell deployment (Toyota) to chemical feedstocks (Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Eneos).

Gold Hydrogen’s chair, former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, frames this collaboration as a pivotal inflection point. With the backing of corporations experienced in hydrogen R&D and downstream distribution, the company is better positioned to move beyond proof‑of‑concept into pilot‑scale production. The drilling data will inform not only resource estimates but also offtake discussions—critical steps if A$0.70‑backed capital is to translate into an economically viable, continuous hydrogen supply.

A successful drilling outcome could reshape Australia’s hydrogen landscape: natural H₂ events have been intermittently documented since the 1960s, but systematic, resource‑focused exploration remains nascent. Should Gold Hydrogen confirm multi‑million‑cubic‑metre recoverable volumes, the company could secure first‑mover advantage in an emerging sector, catalyzing further investment in infrastructure and offtake facilities across South Australia and beyond.

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