- CEO
- Chris Bakker
- Full Time Employees
- 19
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
- Address
- 400-750 11 ST, SW Calgary AB Canada T29 3N7
- IPO Date
- Jun 3, 2015
- Business
- Avanti Helium Corp. is a Canada-based pure-play helium exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of helium resources across western Canada and the United States. The company targets helium trapped in structures within key projects including the Greater Knappen Project, covering approximately 81,054 acres in southern Alberta and northwestern Montana with multiple helium-bearing intervals in Devonian and Cambrian formations across areas such as Aden, Sweetgrass, Keith, Kicking Horse, and Police Coulee; and the Leader Project, spanning about 91,000 acres in southwestern Saskatchewan encompassing permit areas like Maple Ridge, Fox Valley, Burstall, Abbey, and Kyle. It serves customers in sectors requiring helium for advanced technology, medical applications, and space exploration, with operations centered in North America.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, at 1810, 840 - 7th Avenue SW, the company, formerly known as Avanti Energy Inc., rebranded to Avanti Helium Corp. in August 2022 to reflect its helium focus. Avanti employs a proprietary exploration model to identify and develop helium deposits, prioritizing capital-efficient advancement toward production.
In recent developments, Avanti signed a strategic non-binding term sheet in September 2025 with a publicly listed U.S.-based partner for the financing, construction, ownership, and management of its Sweetgrass Helium Recovery Plant in Montana, designed with an initial capacity of 10 MMcf/d expandable to 15 MMcf/d; this capital-light arrangement includes a monthly fee structure, an option for the partner to acquire existing pipeline infrastructure, and a five-year offtake agreement for helium production, positioning the company for revenue generation in 2026 while replacing a prior midstream collaboration. The company has also conducted multiple private placement financings in the past year, including an upsized offering closed in October 2025, a December 2024 raise of $500,000 with subsequent increases involving CEO participation, and earlier tranches raising up to C$1.9 million to support exploration and development activities. These initiatives underscore Avanti's strategic shift toward accelerated production and commercialization amid rising global helium demand.