QIMC Demonstrates Multi-Season Consistency of Hydrogen Anomalies Across Three Expanded Drill-Ready Target Zones at West Advocate, Nova Scotia

Executive Summary

• QIMC reports multi‑season soil‑gas sampling results that confirm persistent hydrogen (H₂) anomalies across three expanded, drill‑ready target zones in the West Advocate project, Nova Scotia.
• The data, collected over summer and fall 2025 and normalized using Z‑score methodology, materially de‑risks the geological model and supports prioritization of drilling.
• The company now views West Advocate as a scalable natural hydrogen platform that can be replicated across its broader land package (≈3,773 claims in Nova Scotia plus holdings in Minnesota and Quebec‑Ontario).

Key Details

• Sampling effort: 452 soil‑gas samples collected during summer (July) and fall/early winter (October) 2025.
• Seasonal conditions: Summer median 26 °C, 1021.6 hPa, 57.3 % RH; Fall median 14.2 °C, 1025.4 hPa, 53.2 % RH.
• Raw hydrogen concentrations: Median 265 ppm(v) (summer) vs. 135 ppm(v) (fall). Upper background limits set at <318 ppm(v) (summer) and <160 ppm(v) (fall).
• Normalization method: Z‑score normalization applied separately to each dataset to remove temperature/pressure bias, enabling cross‑season comparison.
• Resulting target zones: Three spatially coherent, highly anomalous hydrogen sectors identified as Zones I, II, and III along the West Advocate Structural Corridor, including near Eatonville Road.
• De‑risking impact: Multi‑season persistence demonstrates that anomalies are structurally controlled rather than transient environmental effects, substantially reducing geological risk for drilling.
• Strategic implication: Positions West Advocate as a “cornerstone asset” within QIMC’s natural hydrogen portfolio and provides a repeatable framework for other claims (3,773 in Nova Scotia; additional holdings in Minnesota and Quebec‑Ontario).
• Collaboration: Work performed with Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS); scientific oversight by Prof. Marc Richer‑LaFlèche.

Notable Quotes

“These results represent a meaningful inflection point for the West Advocate project… This work materially de‑risks the project and positions West Advocate as a cornerstone asset within QIMC's natural hydrogen portfolio.” – John Karagiannidis, President & CEO, QIMC

“The persistence and spatial coherence of these anomalies strongly support a structurally controlled geological hydrogen system.” – Prof. Marc Richer‑LaFlèche, INRS

Materiality Assessment: Non‑Material – Positive (the announcement de‑risks exploration but does not yet constitute a financial transaction or earnings impact).