- Business
- Borealis Exploration Limited is a Gibraltar-based technology development and holding company that invents, patents, develops, and acquires advanced technologies in power generation, electric motors, cooling systems, and related materials; its principal products and services include Chorus Meshcon electric motor/drive systems for high torque applications, WheelTug aircraft electric drive systems for ground taxiing without engines or tugs, Cool Chips quantum thermotunnelling devices for silent non-polluting cooling and refrigeration in electronics, vehicles, and buildings, Power Chips thermionic devices for direct heat-to-electricity conversion in laptops, vehicles, and power systems, and Avto Metals custom materials for microelectronics; the company also maintains interests in undeveloped mining properties such as iron ore deposits at Roche Bay and Fraser Bay and polymetallic deposits at Freuchen Bay on Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. Founded in 1968 in Canada and redomiciled to Gibraltar in 1998, Borealis Exploration operates primarily through subsidiaries like Borealis Technical Limited, with headquarters at 43 Main Street, Suite 1, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA, and targets industries including aviation, automotive, electronics, and mining exploration across global markets with research activities conducted outside Gibraltar. In September 2019, the company sold its share assets—including controlling interests in WheelTug plc and Chorus Motors plc—to Borealis Holdings Ltd, an Isle of Man entity, allowing BOREF shareholders a one-for-one exchange for shares in the buyer or redemption at US$10 per share plus 2% annual interest by September 2029, streamlining its structure to hold primarily a loan receivable from Borealis Holdings while retaining OTC quotation.