Vortex Energy Corp. announced that it has submitted an "Application for Exploration Approval" to the Mineral Lands Division, Department of Industry, Energy, & Technology, Newfoundland and Labrador, for the 23,500 hectares Robinsons River Salt Project. The permit application was submitted on August 24th, 2023 by RESPEC Consulting Inc. ("RESPEC") who is commissioned to conduct the proposed work on behalf of Vortex.

RESPEC's subsurface experts have evaluated over 1,000 caverns in nearly every major cavern storage region in the world. RESPEC's over 50-year history underground has helped to pioneer in-house specialty software and rock lab testing that focuses on designing solution-mined and conventionally mined storage caverns. RESPEC also plays a similar role with the ACES Delta in Utah.