Vortex Energy Corp. announced that the diamond core drilling has now commenced at its Robinsons River Salt Project ("The Project") located near Stephenville, Newfoundland & Labrador. The drilling program is being conducted by Major Drilling Group International Inc. ("Major Drilling") under the support of the Company's consultant partner, RESPEC Consulting Inc. ("RESPEC").

The Company is fully permitted to drill two core wells at the Project. The two core wells that will be drilled are located at the East and West salt structures of the Project, which were identified during the hydrogen storage capacity assessment. The objective of the drill program is to drill at the two confirmed core wells to confirm the depth of the salt structures and attain the geological properties of the salt and non-salt rocks at the Project.

Project Highlights: Based on available geological information, the East Salt Structure can potentially hold an estimated amount of (1) 550,000 tonnes of hydrogen in more than 35 caverns, based on conservative estimates and up to (2) 900,000 tonnes of hydrogen in More than 53 caverns, using optimistic estimates. Based on the available geological information, the West Salt Structure can potentially hold a estimated amount of (1) 250,000 tonnes of hydrogen In more than 25 caverns, based on conservative estimate and up to (2) 350,000 tonnes of hydrogen inmore than 43 caverns, using optimistic estimates; Using conservative estimates, the hydrogen storage capacity assessment for the East Salt Structure estimates that the total volume of the East Structure salt cavern field is more than 70 million m3; Using conservative estimates, the Hyd storage capacity assessment for the West Salt Structure estimates that the total volumes of the West Salt Structure salt cavern field is More than 50 million m3; The Property is adjacent to Atlas Salt's Great Atlantic Salt Deposit.