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Progress Continues for DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp.
DEEP continues to advance the Company’s first ~35 Megawatt (MW) geothermal power facility in southeastern Saskatchewan; as a Canadian first, the facility is planned to produce emission-free baseload power.
DEEP and Prairie Lithium Sign Mineral Permit Agreement, Advance Lithium Extraction Potential
SASKATOON and REGINA – DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (“DEEP”) and Prairie Lithium Corporation (“Prairie Lithium”) announce today an agreement to exchange subsurface mineral permits and to establish an Area of Mutual Interest (AMI) in the Williston Sedimentary...
DEEP CEO Kirsten Marcia Named Canada’s Clean50 Honouree in 2022
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp., (or “DEEP”), is pleased to announce that Kirsten Marcia, DEEP President & CEO, has earned the 2022 Canada’s Clean50 award for her inspiring, tireless leadership in the category of Renewable Energy. Canada’s Clean50 Awards are...
DEEP Geothermal Delineation Drilling in Progress; Releases New Project Video
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that drilling is currently underway on the Border-6 stratigraphic test well. The contract for the drilling of this well has been awarded to Saskatchewan based Panther Drilling...
DEEP Closes Private Placement of $4,515,885, Including a Strategic Investment by PHX Energy Services Corp. of $3M
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce the closing on a $4.5 million private placement offering. The company received subscriptions for 4,948,100 units of the Company (each a “Unit”) at CAD$0.85 per Unit, for gross...
DEEP Completes Successful FEED and Feasibility Engineering for a 32 MW Geothermal Power Facility
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) has successfully completed the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) with a corresponding Feasibility study and report on its first geothermal power facility in southeast Saskatchewan. A Canadian...
Saskatchewan is Ready for Final Geothermal Power Feasibility Engineering – 53 Day Large Volume Production and Injection Test Successful – First in Canada
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed Canada’s first large volume production and injection test on its 100% owned geothermal power project. This test was required to acquire the...
DEEP Closes Oversubscribed Private Placement of $5,576.450
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce the closing and oversubscription of its $5 million private placement offering launched on November 25th, 2020. On January 25th, 2021, DEEP closed this private placement with an...
DEEP APPOINTS GEORGE E. LAFOND AND ROB NORRIS AS SPECIAL ADVISORS
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce the appointment of George E. Lafond and Rob Norris as Special Advisors. George E. Lafond’s professional life has been shaped by four decades of a successful public service career,...
DEEP ANNOUNCES NEW PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce a private placement for subscription by qualified investors of up to a maximum of CAD$5,000,000 consisting of a concurrent unit offering and flow-through share offering. DEEP is...
DEEP ACHIEVES OUTSTANDING FLOW RESULTS IN HORIZONTAL WELL TEST & TOM KISHCHUK APPOINTED COO
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce the results of the Border-5HZ horizontal well. This is the deepest horizontal well in Saskatchewan’s history and the first 90° horizontal fluid production well in the world to be...
CANADA’S FIRST GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION AND INJECTION WELL TEST EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS – FIRST 20 MW FACILITY IN DESIGN PHASE
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that the spring/summer flow testing program indicates the temperature and flow rates from the geothermal reservoir in the Deadwood Formation are sufficient to support multiple...
DEEP DRILLS 4 NEW GEOTHERMAL WELLS AND INCREASES SUBSURFACE RIGHTS BY 700%
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that the 2019-2020 winter drilling and testing program is complete. DEEP drilled four new wells to further define the geothermal field reservoir parameters and test 3D seismic and...
DEEP GEOTHERMAL DELINATION DRILLING IN PROGRESS
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that the 2019-2020 winter drilling and testing program is underway. DEEP intends to drill up to 5 stratigraphic wells by the end of March 31, 2020, to further define...
DEEP TESTING AND DRILLING PROGRAM UNDERWAY, PRIVATE PLACEMENT OVERSUBSCRIBED
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that the 2019 field testing and drilling program is now underway. DEEP will be conducting an initial flow and build test into a tank farm comprised of 27 tanks for 3...
DEEP ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce a private placement for subscription up to a maximum of $5,000,000 or 10,000,000 share units. Each unit is comprised of one (1) Class “A” common voting share of the...
DEEP SUCCESSFULLY SECURES MINERAL RIGHTS FOR BRINES & IS COMMENCING WITH SPRING/SUMMER TESTING AND DRILLING PROGRAM
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce that it has successfully acquired mineral rights in a Saskatchewan Subsurface Mineral Crown Disposition Public Offering. DEEP posted and acquired a single subsurface...
Prime Minister announces support for Canada’s first geothermal power facility
The Government of Canada is taking strong steps to protect the environment and grow the economy, while creating good, middle class jobs and more opportunities for Canadians. The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced support for a new geothermal...
DEEP SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FIRST GEOTHERMAL TEST WELL
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (the “Corporation” or “DEEP”) is pleased to announce the successful drilling of its first geothermal test well. The vertical well, managed by Frontier Project Solutions and drilled by Horizon Drilling, reached its target...
DEEP Commences Geothermal Power Drilling & Strategic Alliance with Epoch Energy.
DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (“DEEP”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling on the first well for its geothermal power facility, located in Southeast Saskatchewan. This drilling is required as part of the final construction...
Geothermal agreement signed SaskPower, DEEP Geothermal to explore project in southeast Saskatchewan
Geothermal agreement signed SaskPower, DEEP Geothermal to explore project in southeast Saskatchewan SaskPower and DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) have signed a power purchase agreement that will allow further research into the...
In the Media
Pipelineonline.ca – April, 25 – DEEP is taking its last steps towards a final investment decision and major financing
SASKATOON – After several years of drilling and testing, Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) thinks they have figured out how they are going to make their geothermal power production facilities work.
DEEP | ThinkSask 2022 – YouTube
SaskOilReport – Jan, 19 – DEEP CEO Kirsten Marcia pilots Canada’s first ever geothermal power project in southeast Saskatchewan
In September 2021, Globe and Mail reporter Emma Graney shared an insight from University of Calgary professor Sara Hastings-Simon: “there’s a bit of a geothermal renaissance” underway. On the prairies, this fresh focus on geothermal energy is turning toward a specific...
The Globe and Mail – Oct 18 – A new energy economy offers a chance to bridge gender gaps
About 20 years ago, geoscientist Kirsten Marcia spent two days underground mapping a Northern Saskatchewan gold mine. Then she was turfed, superstitious male miners telling her she’d bring bad luck to the project. Now the chief executive of DEEP Earth Energy...
The Globe and Mail –Sep 29- From black gold to hot water: Inside Western Canada’s geothermal push
On a late-summer day in southern Saskatchewan oil country, a mud-splattered crew on a drilling rig gets ready to pump cement down a hole that plunges three kilometres into the Earth. As they yell to each other over jackhammering and the thuds of equipment, a combine...
PHX Press Release – July 20 – “PHX ENERGY SERVICES CORP. ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN GEOTHERMAL POWER DEVELOPER DEEP EARTH ENERGY PRODUCTION CORP.”
Calgary, Alberta - PHX Energy Services Corp. ("PHX Energy" or the "Corporation") (TSX: PHX) is pleased to announce it has made a strategic investment in geothermal power developer, DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (“DEEP”). DEEP is currently developing a geothermal...
CTV News – June 29 – “Breakthrough in geothermal energy”
SaskOilReport – May 19 – “The Power of Geothermal power generation”
Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. is developing Canada’s first geothermal power facility with a con- tract to sell power to SaskPower. According to the DEEP website (deepcorp.ca), this project will establish the first geothermal power facility in Canada. DEEP will...
CBC NEWS – Dec 25 – “Geothermal discovery could launch green revolution for energy industry”
A small company in Saskatchewan is building what could become Canada’s first geothermal power plant, which could launch a green revolution for the energy industry and the people who work in it.
REGINA LEADER POST – Mar 24 – “Sask. geothermal power plant to expand; completion date pushed back”
Kirsten Marcia, President and CEO of Deep Earth Energy Production Corp., speaks at an announcement at the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina on Nov. 22, 2018. TROY FLEECE files PHOTO BY TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post New test results from a local geothermal company mean it...
BBC NEWS – Feb 19 – “The search widens for hot rocks that provide power”
Drilling holes into an extinct volcano might sound like an unusual start to an energy project. But that's what J Michael Palin, a senior lecturer at the University of Otago in New Zealand, is planning to do. His project involves drilling two boreholes to a depth of...
BNN NEWS – Dec 10 – “We learned how to develop sedimentary geothermal resources in Canada: Deep Earth Energy CEO”
Kirsten Marcia, CEO of Deep Earth Energy Production, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk about the future of geothermal power in Western Canada, and the company's horizontal geothermal well – the first in the world.
CKOM NEWS – Dec 6 – “Saskatoon company makes breakthrough in sustainable power project”
A major breakthrough in Saskatchewan’s energy sector has one company excited to be in hot water. Deep Earth Energy Production has announced completion of the world’s first 90-degree horizontal well aimed at producing geothermal energy. Located near the U.S. border,...
FINANCIAL POST – Nov 27 – “Saskatchewan driller hits ‘gusher’ with ground-breaking geothermal well that offers hope for oil workers”
CALGARY — A small, Saskatoon-based company has drilled and fracked the world’s first 90-degree horizontal well for geothermal power in a potentially landmark move that signals the arrival of a new energy source in Canada and provides fresh opportunities for oil and...
TORONTO STAR – Nov 24 – “Horizontal, hydraulicly-stimulated geothermal well is “remarkable,” says DEEP CEO”
Torquay, Saskatoon – Saskatchewan geothermal power pioneer Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has recently hydraulicly stimulated a horizontal geothermal well south of Torquay, something president and CEO Kirsten Marcia says is a global first. “It’s a...
CSB LISTEN – Nov 29 – “Mining for heat – can geothermal be part of Canada’s energy future?”
There is huge potential in Canada to harness heat from deep below the ground for electricity. So why are there only a handful of projects breaking ground? We take a look at the promise of renewable geothermal power and the barriers to getting there. Click here to Play
RADIO CANADA – Nov 8 – “DE L’OR NOIR À L’OR BLEU”
Avec le projet DEEP, le Canada pourrait bientôt avoir sa toute première centrale électrique alimentée par la géothermie.
ESTEVAN MERCURY – Sep 10 – “Canada’s first geothermal production and injection well test exceeds expectations”
Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) is pleased to announce that the spring/summer flow testing program indicates the temperature and flow rates from the geothermal reservoir in the Deadwood Formation are sufficient to support multiple geothermal power...
ESTEVAN MERCURY – May 2 – “DEEP geothermal company welcomes support from energy companies”
Deep Earth Energy Corp. (DEEP) says it welcomes the announcement from the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) and its clean energy partners to move forward with a plan to expand geothermal energy in Canada. DEEP made the statement Friday...
620 CKRM NEWS – Feb 3 – “Canada’s first geothermal power plant to be built near Torquay in the spring”
The engineering phase or the “full build out” part will begin on Canada’s first geothermal power plant in the spring. That’s from the President and CEO of DEEP Earth Energy, a Saskatchewan-based company. Kirsten Marcia says they’re currently in the midst of their...
Resource World Magazine: DEEP Earth Energy advancing towards geothermal energy production
In September, 2018, Resource World Magazine reported on the DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) team's geothermal energy project where significant progress has been made since that time. DEEP, headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is building the country's...
Pipeline News: DEEP geothermal project completes two more wells, plans three more by breakup
Torquay – Saskatchewan’s geothermal electricity power generation project is heavy into its winter drilling program, with two wells done and three more planned before breakup. One of those well broke their own record for the deepest well in Saskatchewan, at 3,632...
PipelineNews: DEEP begins flow testing geothermal electrical power generation well
Torquay – With a recent $5 million private placement of funding in place in addition to previously announced federal and provincial government money, Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has begun flow testing of its first well for a geothermal electrical power...
CTV Regina: Sask.’s first geothermal power facility | CTV News
CBC: Drilling underway at $50M geothermal power plant near Estevan, Sask.
A major geothermal power plant has broken ground in Saskatchewan. The company leading the project, Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP), announced drilling has started at the site's location near Estevan. Sask. injects $175K into geothermal power project Markham...
GlobalNews: Historic renewable energy project underway in southern Saskatchewan
For the first time in Canada, drills are delving 3,500 metres beneath the earth’s surface in hopes of hitting an aquifer hot enough to produce geothermal energy. The test well near Torquay, Sask. is the deepest well ever dug in the province. “Heat is the resource....
LeaderPost: Saskatchewan firm aims to build Canada’s first geothermal facility
A Saskatchewan company hopes to have Canada's first geothermal facility operational in two and a half years. A Saskatchewan company hopes to have Canada’s first geothermal facility operational in two and a half years. The drilling of a preliminary well for the planned...
Estevan Mercury: Deep Earth Energy Production commences drilling on geothermal power project
After nearly a decade working on developing the concept of geothermal-sourced electrical power, Saskatchewan’s Deep Earth Energy Production (DEEP) Corp. is finally drilling its first hole south of Torquay, within sight of the American border. A successful project will...
Pipelinenews: Deep Earth Energy Production commences drilling on geothermal power project
Estevan – After nearly a decade working on developing the concept of geothermal-sourced electrical power, Saskatchewan’s Deep Earth Energy Production (DEEP) Corp. is finally drilling its first hole south of Torquay, within sight of the American border. A successful...
Mining for heat: Saskatchewan’s geothermal project
Kirsten Marcia is an outdoor advocate and resource entrepreneur who has recently transitioned to lead Saskatchewan’s first geothermal project of its kind. The co-founding of DEEP Geothermal came at the perfect time in Marcia’s career. As the president and CEO of the...
Resource World Magazine Developments in Green Technology
GEOTHERMAL DRILLING PROGRAM SCHEDULED FOR FALL As noted on the DEEP Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) website, geothermal energy is the only renewable power that is independent of wind and sunshine and produces continuous power made available by an energy producer...
