Thu, May 26th, 2022 - 12:45pm
March 04, 2024 - 5:52am | By Ty Schonert
(Babbit, MN) -- A Canadian company is celebrating after discovering a high concentration of helium underground in Minnesota.
Pulsar Helium announced last week that it found the highly desirable gas underground at a drilling site near Babbitt in St. Louis County. The highest concentration of helium was reportedly just over 12%, which was labeled an outstanding result by company officials. The amount of helium and the feasibility of extracting it from underground are still being studied.
Liquid helium is used in the production of semiconductors and as a coolant for magnets used in MRI machines.
