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Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp. (OTC Pink: BTKRF; CSE: QMET; FSE: 0NB) generates frequent news related to its exploration activities in Quebec and Nova Scotia. The company’s updates focus on critical and precious metals projects and on Clean Natural White Hydrogen targets, reflecting its role as a natural resource exploration issuer.
Recent news releases highlight natural hydrogen exploration across the Cumberland Basin region of Nova Scotia, including areas such as Apple River, Springhill, Oxford and Salt Spring. The company reports soil gas surveys, radon–thoron measurements and structural interpretations conducted with Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (QIMC) and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS). These updates describe hydrogen-anomalous zones, fault-controlled degassing corridors and verification surveys that confirm persistent hydrogen readings and associated radon–thoron activity.
Investors following BTKRF news will also see announcements about property acquisitions and land position growth, such as the closing of the Dansof natural hydrogen exploration asset acquisition and the addition of new licenses adjacent to QIMC’s Southampton and the company’s Springhill areas. Financing developments are another recurring theme, with multiple press releases detailing private placement offerings of flow-through units and flow-through shares intended to fund mineral exploration programs.
This news feed provides a centralized view of Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp.’s exploration milestones, financing activities and technical collaborations. Readers can use it to track the progression from surface geochemical work toward drilling preparation, as well as to monitor how the company describes evolving hydrogen and mineral exploration opportunities in its project areas.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) applauds Quebec Innovative Materials' hydrogen discovery at West Advocate and says the result strengthens QMET's geological case for its upcoming Nova Scotia drill campaign. QIMC's first hole intersected an ~40-metre fault corridor (142–191 m) with hydrogen readings exceeding 1,000 ppm and pressurized formation water. QMET's lands lie immediately east and are operated by QIMC under a working relationship, supporting QMET's plan to test interpreted structural extensions and coincident surface anomalies.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (CSE: QMET) plans to change its name to First Atlas Resources Corp and expects its trading symbol to change from QMET to HHE.
The name and ticker change are subject to acceptance by the Canadian Securities Exchange and were announced February 18, 2026. Contact: Richard Penn, CEO, (778) 384-8923.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) acknowledged that Québec Innovative Materials Corp. received Nova Scotia regulatory approval to drill in the West Advocate area of Cumberland County on February 5, 2026. QMET said this milestone supports regional natural hydrogen exploration and informs QMET's own Cumberland Basin program.
QMET reiterated its disciplined, collaborative exploration approach focused on geological interpretation, data integration, stakeholder engagement and noted activities remain subject to further regulatory approvals and technical validation.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (OTC: BTKRF) closed the fourth and final tranche of an oversubscribed private placement on December 9, 2025. The company issued 2,947,000 FT Units at $0.09 for $265,230 and 2,222,222 FT Shares at $0.09 for $199,999.98, raising total gross proceeds of $465,229.98.
Finder's fees included $42,293 cash, 234,961 finder’s warrants exercisable at $0.09 for two years, and 187,969 compensation shares. Proceeds will fund mineral exploration. Securities are subject to CSE approval and a statutory hold period of four months and one day.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (CSE: QMET / OTC Pink: BTKRF) announced on December 4, 2025 an expansion of its Nova Scotia drill program to 2,500 metres following integrated geophysical surveys and fieldwork by Quebec Innovative Materials Corp (QIMC), the project's technical lead.
QIMC's geophysical interpretation plus on-site mapping and sampling refined and expanded several hydrogen-anomalous zones, and updated modelling improved understanding of zone scale, structure, and continuity. QMET says the refined dataset supports prioritizing high-potential targets and increasing drilling capacity to validate its geological model. Preparations for the expanded drilling phase with QIMC are in progress and the company will provide updates as milestones are reached.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) reported continued field confirmation of natural hydrogen signals at its Apple River and Springhill projects and disclosed nearby staking by a global hydrogen player. QMET said season-over-season measurements show persistent H2 anomalies, elevated radon/thoron tied to mapped faults, and repeatable advective gas flows.
QIMC is finalizing drill hole locations for a planned Winter Drilling Program in Springhill to test priority advective hydrogen flow zones and fault-linked gas anomalies; collar locations and sequencing will be released after QIMC's technical review.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC: BTKRF) confirmed multiple fault-controlled degassing corridors in Nova Scotia following radon-thoron verification and hydrogen soil-gas testing on October 29, 2025. Priority targets include Salt Spring-Oxford 2, Apple River-Sand River-Shulie Lines D & E, and the Oxford-Springhill sectors. Measured hydrogen ranged from 178 ppm to >1,662 ppm H2 and radon reached up to 85,000 Bq/m3, supporting vectors for subsurface hydrogen migration. A funded drilling program with QIMC is being prepared, with initial holes targeting Salt Spring and Apple River corridors.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (OTC Pink: BTKRF) closed the first tranche of a private placement on October 24, 2025, raising gross proceeds of $886,000. The Company issued 5,400,000 flow-through units at $0.09 each (each unit includes one flow-through share plus one-half warrant exercisable at $0.012 for two years) for $486,000, and 4,444,444 flow-through shares at $0.09 each for $399,999.96.
The Company may pay up to 10% in cash finder's fees, issue finder's warrants up to 5% and compensation shares up to 4% of securities sold. Proceeds are earmarked for mineral exploration. Securities are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day and the Offering remains subject to Canadian Securities Exchange approval.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC: BTKRF) reported follow-up gas survey results from Salt Spring, Nova Scotia on October 17, 2025, confirming persistent, high natural hydrogen (H2) degassing along a mapped fault.
Key metrics: H2 readings of 800, 913, 793, 872 ppm (reproducible vs. 778 ppm on Aug 9, 2025), and elevated radon-thoron counts up to 71,000/34,000. No CO2, methane, or sulfur were detected. Company says results identify a prime development and drilling zone and will guide next-phase geophysics and drill targeting.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (OTC Pink: BTKRF) announced a proposed private placement on October 16, 2025 to raise up to $1,500,000 by issuing up to 16,666,667 flow-through units at $0.09 per unit.
Each FT Unit includes one flow-through share and one-half warrant; each full warrant allows purchase of one common share at $0.12 for two years. Subscribers may instead buy FT shares without warrants at $0.09.
The company may pay finder's fees up to 10% cash, issue finder's warrants equal to 5% of units sold (exercisable at $0.09 for two years) and bonus shares equal to 4% of units sold. The Offering is subject to Canadian Securities Exchange approval and issued securities carry a statutory hold period of four months and one day. Proceeds will fund mineral exploration activities.