Q PRECIOUS TO BEGIN PHASE 2 DRILLING AT LA CORNE SOUTH

Mr. Richard Penn reports

Q PRECIOUS AND BATTERY METALS MOBILIZING DIAMOND DRILL LA CORNE SOUTH PROJECT, VAL D'OR QUEBEC

Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp.'s mobilization of a diamond drill is under way on the La Corne South project located north of Val d'Or, Que. The company recently completed new access routes and drill pads for coring and sampling of two priority geophysical targets as determined by the company's exploration team.

First Class Diamond Drilling Inc. has been contracted to undertake diamond drilling on La Corne South project. First Class Drilling completed the first three drill holes on the project in 2024, and Q Precious is delighted to have it continue with the 2025 drilling.

Diamond drilling of TDEM and magnetic anomalies in 2024 was successful at intercepting significant massive and disseminated sulphides containing copper, silver, zinc and gold. This next phase of drilling on La Cone South is designed to test similar geophysical anomalies approximately two kilometres south of the 2024 drilling. A permit amendment has been approved to allow access to these new target areas. In particular, TDEM anomalies EMG-1 and EMG-2 have been targeted for diamond drill testing. Maxwell plate modelling of these anomalies using Mircomine software indicates that EMG-1 and EMG-2 may be located within the same volcanic horizon that strikes generally north to northwest and dips to the east, with EMG-1 being at depth beneath EMG-2.

Diamond drilling of TDEM and magnetic anomalies in 2024 was successful at intercepting significant massive and disseminated sulphides, including the following (previously released Jan. 20, 2025, and Sept. 9, 2024):

Hole 24LCS-01:

• 102.15-metre-to-127.6-metre downhole depth, 0.83 per cent copper equivalent over 25.45* metres, including:

  • 122.75 to 123.3: 4.2 per cent copper, 4 per cent zinc, 0.17 part per million gold and 30.3 ppm silver;

  • 123.3 to 123.85: 1.9 per cent copper, 3.17 per cent zinc and 14.7 ppm silver;

  • 123.85 to 124.4: 0.79 per cent copper, 1.3 per cent zinc and 7.33 ppm silver;

  • 125.5 to 126: 2.61 per cent copper.

Hole 24LCS-03:

• 104.85-meter-to-112.75-meter downhole depth, 7.9* metres of 1.17 per cent copper equivalent, including:

  • 108.75 to 109.75: 2.68 per cent copper and 23.45 ppm silver;

  • 110.2 to 111.4: 2.66 per cent copper and 24.05 ppm silver.

* True widths of mineralization have not yet been determined. Hole 24LCS-02 did not return significant results from core sampling.

The company's exploration team is very excited to begin drill testing of the two strong geophysical targets at EMG-1 and EMG-2. The successful interception of massive and semi-massive sulphide bodies with significant mineral content at holes 24LCS-01 and 24LCS-03 bodes well for these similar style targets at EMG-1 and EMG-2.

The existing drill permit also allows for road access and multiple pad construction to five other target areas that were delineated from the geophysical surveys, along a two-kilometre corridor extending northwest from EMG-1 to the area tested in 2024 at EMG-6. Drilling could proceed at these other geophysical targets following successful testing at EMG-1 and EMG-2.

Explo-Logik Inc., located in Val d'Or, is managing this phase of exploration, including core logging and sampling, at its facility. The first phase of drill testing the massive and semi-massive sulphide mineralization at holes one through three totalled 278 samples of core from three holes. Core was directly delivered by Explo-Logik staff to the laboratory in Val d'Or, Que. The samples underwent multielement analysis process that uses four-acid digestion of pulverized samples followed by mass spectrometer detection for 48 elements, and analysis for gold, platinum and palladium using fire assay. For quality assurance and control, Explo-Logik inserted blanks, standards or duplicates at one per every 10 samples. The phase 2 drill program is expected to commence next week.

About Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp.

Q Precious exploration programs undertaken in Quebec are supervised by Dr. Mathieu Piche, OGQ, with office located north of Val d'Or. He is also a Q Precious director. The company has a 100-per-cent interest in mineral claims within Quebec, targeting critical and precious metals, as well as natural hydrogen. Projects include La Corne South VMS project and the McKenzie East gold property, as well as the newly acquired Matane hydrogen project in a strategic collaboration with Quebec Innovative Materials Corp.

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