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title: "The helium crisis that’s disrupting space exploration"
publisher: "Share Talk"
author: "sharetalk"
published: "2026-04-25T09:04:13+00:00"
modified: "2026-04-25T09:09:07+00:00"
date: 2026-04-25
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# The helium crisis that’s disrupting space exploration

**Published:** April 25, 2026
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Energy, Exclusive Interviews
**Tags:** AIM Market, canada, Cliff Cain, Helium, London Stock Exchange, Med Tech, Medical, Neil Herbert, OAK Securities, OTCQB Venture Market, Pulsar Helium, Thomas Abraham-James, TSX Venture Exchange, United States
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A third of the world’s helium supply just went offline. Qatar — responsible for roughly 30% of global helium production — has seen its Ras Laffan facility hit, with repairs expected to take 3 to 5 years. Helium is a critical component in semiconductor fabrication, quantum computing, space launches and fusion energy research.

Thomas Abraham-James, CEO of Pulsar Helium, joins the show to break down the scale of the shortage, what it means for AI and technology supply chains, and why his company’s primary helium discoveries in Minnesota and Greenland are attracting significant attention from end users looking for supply diversity.

Timestamps:

0:00 The Qatar helium crisis — what happened and why it matters

3:50 Helium in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing

8:00 Space launches and why helium is mission critical

11:40 Helium three, quantum computing and why governments are looking at the moon

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