Q PRECIOUS & BATTERY TALKS STAKING BY KOLOMA

Mr. Richard Penn reports

QMET ADVANCES TOWARD WINTER DRILLING AS STRATEGIC GLOBAL PLAYER STAKES GROUND ADJACENT TO COMPANY HYDROGEN PROJECTS

Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp. has provided an update on exploration activities and recent regional developments related to the hydrogen-focused projects in Apple River and Springhill, Oxford, which are being led by Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (QIMC).

Q Precious & Battery Metals has been made aware of regional staking activity, as the All Nova Scotia website recently reported that a British Columbia-registered entity owned by global hydrogen player Koloma has acquired new mineral claims surrounding Q Precious & Battery Metals' properties. This activity represents a notable development in the emerging natural hydrogen landscape of Nova Scotia.

"The new staking activity by a major hydrogen-sector participant around our Apple River and Springhill claims provides additional external validation of the geological model we developed alongside QIMC," said Richard Penn, the chief executive officer of Q Precious & Battery Metals. "The alignment between their activity and our measured hydrogen anomalies, radon/thoron signatures and fault-related degassing strengthens both the scientific basis of our work and the investment case as we progress with QIMC toward drilling."

Consistent Hydrogen Degassing Confirmed

Q Precious & Battery Metals has continued its fieldwork this season, focusing on follow-up measurements in both Apple River and Springhill. The results further support the company's exploration thesis:

• Strong and persistent hydrogen (H2) anomalies, consistent with previous seasons;

• Elevated radon and thoron values tied to mapped and interpreted fault structures;

• Repeatability of H2 readings, confirming continuing advective gas flows and active degassing;

• In Springhill, new H2 results directly match the magnitudes recorded in earlier campaigns.

These correlations between fault-controlled structures, H2 anomalies and radon/thoron signatures continue to indicate an active subsurface gas system with characteristics typically associated with natural hydrogen generation and migration.

"We continue to measure hydrogen degassing consistently across seasons and survey lines," Mr. Penn added. "This stability and persistence is exactly the type of signal that guides us toward effective drill targeting."

Quebec Innovative Materials finalizing drill targets for Q Precious & Battery Metals' winter drilling program.

Q Precious & Battery Metals is also pleased to report that Quebec Innovative Materials, the technical oversight firm supervising Q Precious & Battery Metals' exploration activities, is now finalizing the drill hole locations for the company's coming winter drilling program in the Springhill region.

The winter program is designed to test priority subsurface targets defined by:

• Advective hydrogen flow zones;

• Fault-linked gas anomalies;

• Integrated radon/thoron data sets;

• Structural interpretations from Quebec Innovative Materials' fieldwork and geophysical reviews.

Further details on planned collar locations and drill sequencing will be released upon completion of Quebec Innovative Materials' technical review.

About Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp.

Q Precious & Battery Metals is Canadian natural resource exploration company with 100-per-cent-owned mineral projects in Quebec and Nova Scotia targeting critical and precious metals as well as clean natural white hydrogen. Flagship projects include the LaCorne South critical minerals project, the newly acquired Matane natural hydrogen project in Quebec and the Colchester natural hydrogen project in Nova Scotia in a collaboration with Quebec Innovative Materials.

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