Mr. John Karagiannidis reports

QIMC EXTENDS NATURAL HYDROGEN AND HELIUM SEISMIC PROGRAM ACROSS THE TEMISCAMINGUE GRABEN INTO ONTARIO WITH 26.8 KM NEW SEISMIC LINE

Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. has expanded its vibroseismic program into Ontario with the addition of Line 5, a 26.8-kilometre east-west transect across the Ontario portion of the Lac Temiscamingue graben. Line 5 is being added to the company's 36-kilometre Quebec seismic program, bringing the integrated cross-border campaign to approximately 63 km. Seismic data for the Quebec and Ontario lines will be acquired by Echo Seismic Ltd., the contractor that completed the seismic acquisition for the company's Nova Scotia program, and processed by Earth Signal Processing Ltd. of Calgary.

The Ontario addition follows completion of the company's expanded 63.7-kilometre seismic acquisition in Nova Scotia. Quebec Innovative is applying the integrated geophysical and geochemical targeting approach used in Nova Scotia to its Ontario holdings, informed by regional geology and the Bouguer gravity and total magnetic field surveys recently completed with the Institut national de la recherche scientifique.

Line 5 was selected because its corridor contains the highest soil-gas hydrogen (H2) concentrations recorded by Quebec Innovative in the Ontario portion of the graben to date, intersects large magnetic anomalies interpreted to be related to Nipissing mafic dikes, and maximizes coverage of areas capped by Ordovician and Silurian sedimentary rocks (limestones, dolomites and shales), the sealing lithologies required for the migrating hydrogen and helium. The line's eastern end is located at the Quebec border, tying the Ontario lines directly into the company's Quebec program.

Program highlights:

• 26.8 kilometres of new 2-D vibroseismic coverage in Ontario across three contiguous segments -- Line 5a (12.9 km), Line 5b (0.58 km) and Line 5c (13.3 km) -- running east-west from the Quebec border through Hilliard, Armstrong and Brethour townships toward the Nipissing dike swarm;
• Richest hydrogen section of the Ontario graben: the Line 5 corridor returned the highest soil-gas H2 values recorded by Quebec Innovative in the Ontario portion of the Lac Temiscamingue graben;
• Direct link to basement hydrogen sources: Line 5 crosses large total-magnetic-field anomalies interpreted as Nipissing mafic dikes and sills, a potential source rock for serpentinization-driven hydrogen generation;
• Maximum cap rock coverage: the transect is positioned to maximize intersection of Ordovician and Silurian limestones, dolomites and shales that may act as seals for migrating hydrogen and helium;
• Cross-border continuity: Line 5a ties directly into the company's 36-kilometre Temiscamingue (Ville-Marie/St-Bruno-de-Guigues) program, giving a continuous seismic framework of approximately 63 km across the graben;
• Proven model, new jurisdiction: the same INRS-developed integration of soil-gas geochemistry, gravity, magnetics and 2-D seismic that defined the Apple River-Bennett Hill hot zones in Nova Scotia is being applied to Ontario;
• Completed and planned seismic coverage totals approximately 126.5 line kilometres: 36 km in Quebec, approximately 63.7 km in Nova Scotia and 26.8 km in Ontario, representing the largest combined seismic program in the company's history.

John Karagiannidis, president and chief executive officer of Quebec Innovative, commented: "Quebec is where our hydrogen story began, and the Line 5 corridor contains the highest soil-gas hydrogen concentrations recorded in our Ontario surveys to date. What we learned in Nova Scotia is that the hot zones sit where three things line up: a basement source, a conduit and a seal. The gravity and magnetic surveys we completed with INRS show all three along Line 5, with the Nipissing mafic dikes as the source, the Riviere-Blanche fault system as the conduit, and Ordovician and Silurian cover rocks as the seal. Seismic is the tool that converts that interpretation into a potential pilot production pathway.

"Line 5 was chosen because it satisfies every criterion in our targeting model at once. It intersects large magnetic anomalies that we associate with the Nipissing mafic dikes, and it maximizes coverage of ground capped by Ordovician and Silurian limestones, dolomites and shales. Starting the line at the Quebec border means we can trace the same reflectors from the Ville-Marie program straight into Ontario, and the seismic data will tell us the depth and geometry of the intrusions and the faults.

"By starting Line 5 at the Quebec border, we are building one continuous structural framework across the Temiscamingue graben rather than two isolated data sets. With Nova Scotia now at approximately 63.7 kilometres and the Quebec and Ontario lines combined at approximately 63 kilometres, QIMC is running the largest geophysical campaign in its history, with the same team and the same model that delivered our Nova Scotia results. Our objective is simple: move each district from anomaly to defined target to pilot production pathway."

Why Line 5: integration of the recent geophysical surveys

Line 5 was positioned using four co-registered data sets compiled by INRS over the Ontario portion of the graben. Each data set independently supports the transect:

• Regional geology -- Line 5c crosses Archean volcanics, the Nipissing mafic dike swarm and the early Proterozoic cobalt group before entering Silurian cover; lines 5b and 5a cross Silurian and Ordovician sedimentary rocks to the Quebec border; this maximizes coverage of sealed, cover rock terrain over a basement capable of generating H2;
• Total magnetic field -- large, high-amplitude magnetic anomalies beneath Armstrong, Hilliard and Brethour, interpreted as Nipissing mafic dikes and sills; mafic and ultramafic rocks are the source lithology in the radiolytic and serpentinization hydrogen models;
• Bouguer gravity -- a pronounced gravity high centred on the Armstrong-Thornloe-Harley corridor, with a gradient coincident with the Riviere-Blanche fault, indicating dense mafic bodies at depth and a basement-penetrating structure that can act as a vertical migration pathway;
• Soil-gas H2 -- the Line 5 section carries the highest H2 concentrations recorded in the Ontario graben region: the surface expression of active degasing and the primary targeting criterion.

The survey will image the geometry of the Nipissing intrusions, the depth and offset of the Riviere-Blanche fault, the thickness of the Paleozoic cover, and any structural traps at the basement cover contact -- the same subsurface elements that defined the company's Nova Scotia hot zones.

Applying the Nova Scotia model to Ontario

The Ontario program replicates the staged workflow that moved the company's Nova Scotia district from surface anomaly to pilot production planning in under two years. In Nova Scotia, Quebec Innovative and INRS first mapped hydrogen degasing along the Cobequid-Chedabucto fault zone with soil-gas surveys, then used magnetics to identify dense, magnetic basement bodies and the structures connecting them to surface, and finally positioned 2-D vibroseismic lines to image those structures at depth.

That sequence produced the Apple River-Bennett Hill hot zones, two drilling centres with hydrogen observations, and a seismic program expanded from 50 km to approximately 63.7 km, acquired by Echo Seismic and being processed by ESP. Quebec Innovative has drilled five exploration holes in Nova Scotia and previously reported qualitative free gas observations during drilling of DDH-26-05 at Bennett Hill.

In Ontario, the same three layers are in place: a soil-gas H2 survey that identifies the Line 5 section as the richest in the graben, gravity and magnetic surveys that resolve the Nipissing mafic bodies and the Riviere-Blanche fault, and now a seismic transect designed to tie them together. Seismic data for the Ontario and Quebec programs will be acquired by Echo Seismic with the same vibroseismic methodology and processed by ESP to a common datum, allowing a single structural interpretation across the Temiscamingue graben in both provinces.

The program is non-invasive. Vibroseis acquisition is conducted along existing roads and rights-of-way, requires no drilling or explosives, and is carried out in consultation with municipalities and first nations in the survey area, including Timiskaming First Nation. The seismic program involves no hydraulic fracturing or reservoir stimulation.

Next steps:

• Mobilization of the Echo Seismic crew from Nova Scotia to the company's Quebec properties, followed by acquisition along Ontario Line 5, using the same vibroseismic limits to ensure data continuity across the border;
• Integration of the combined Temiscamingue seismic data set with the existing soil-gas, gravity and magnetic survey data and data from the company's monitoring wells in Quebec;
• Processing by ESP alongside the Nova Scotia data set.

About Quebec Innovative Materials Corp.

Quebec Innovative is a North American exploration and development company advancing a portfolio of natural hydrogen and critical mineral projects. The company is advancing its district-scale hydrogen exploration model across Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Minnesota, leveraging its proprietary R2G2 framework.

Quebec Innovative is committed to responsible exploration, technical innovation and sustainable development, with the objective of supporting clean energy and decarbonization initiatives.

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