Unlocking a new energy commodity, right beneath
our feet
Hydrogen from within the earth
Low cost clean energy for 1000’s of years
What is natural hydrogen?
Natural hydrogen is a primary energy source like oil or gas …
…as opposed to ‘colour wheel’ hydrogen (grey, blue, green, etc) which is man-made using water and natural gas or low carbon electricity.
What will it be used for?
Substitute man-made hydrogen used in fertiliser and petrochemicals manufacture
Penetrate energy markets (heat, electricity and transport)
Open new markets such as the direct reduction of iron
Stage of development
Demonstrated that natural hydrogen exists
Technology and engineering to produce commercial quantities of natural hydrogen are well established
What remains is to prove commercial deposits and bring them to market – H2Au is leading the way by identifying these deposits
Low Cost, Low Carbon, Sustainable
Over 7Gt / year carbon savings
In 2023, 95% of hydrogen production used carbon emitting technologies, such as Steam Methane Reforming (SMR)
Natural Hydrogen production could achieve as much as 98% CO2 emissions reduction vs traditional hydrogen manufacturing*
Natural hydrogen is also energy efficient with almost 11x energy gain vs 40% loss when manufacturing hydrogen through electrolysis
*IEA 2025 estimate of 97Mtpa H2 at 13.4kgCO2/kg H2 from SMR (MJ Hudson)
$1.5 trillion per year opportunity
Total addressable market (TAM)
>$6tr / year
2023 global primary energy market
Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)
>$0.250 - 1.5tr / year
Current / 2050 forecast hydrogen market
Low price natural hydrogen will drive rapid increase in SAM.