Mr. Richard Penn reports
EXPANDS MINERAL CLAIM HOLDINGS LORRAIN HYDROGEN PROJECT LORRAINVILLE, QUEBEC
Q Precious and Battery Metals Corp. has added 14 new claims to the Lorrain property. The claims are located within an area that has undergone a staking rush following the discovery of elevated hydrogen gas-in-soil by Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (QIMC) on its St-Bruno-de-Guigues hydrogen project. The Q Precious claims are located within 14 kilometres southeast of the QIMC gas-in-soil discovery grid area. Once the new staking is confirmed, the Lorrain property will comprise 25 claims covering 1,450 hectares.
Q Precious initially staked claims for the Lorrain project in 2020 to cover a diverse geologic setting with the potential for platinum group elements, nickel and gold. The claims cover Paleoproterozoic cobalt group sedimentary rocks in contact with Neoarchean mafic-to-intermediate volcanic rocks, and intrusions of Archean peridotite bodies with documented serpentinization. Regional-scale fault structures are mapped within one kilometre of the claims. These components are consistent with the geologic model used by QIMC to guide exploration for hydrogen on its St-Bruno-de-Guigues hydrogen project (QIMC news release dated Oct. 3, 2024).
In particular, hydrogen is produced during the high-temperature hydration of mafic and ultramafic rocks, specifically peridotite with pyroxene, olivine and magnetite, owing to the oxidation of reduced iron present in the minerals. Several sources of natural hydrogen are known or postulated, but the process of serpentinization is shown to be the most effective. The model generally includes hydrogen gas production from serpentinization of ultramafic rock, migration of gas through a porous medium (sedimentary rocks), and entrapment of gas through sealing by lesser-permeable rock (volcanic rocks).
Q Precious has also recently acquired the Matane hydrogen property located in the Appalachian region of Quebec, approximately 400 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Q Precious has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with QIMC to accelerate the discovery and development of clean natural hydrogen resources in Quebec (see Q Precious news release dated Jan. 30, 2025).
The Q Precious geologic team is in the process of assessing the Lorrain and Matane projects for potential exploration programs designed toward hydrogen discovery and processing.
Q Precious exploration programs undertaken in Quebec are supervised by Dr. Mathieu Piche, OGQ, with an office located north of Val d'Or. He is also a company director. The company has a 100-per-cent interest in mineral and gas claims within Quebec.
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