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QMET Amends Agreement to Acquire Colchester Natural Hydrogen Exploration Assets Adjacent to QIMC’s Nova Scotia Hydrogen District

Mergers & Acquisitions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

QMET Amends Agreement to Acquire Colchester Natural Hydrogen Explora$on Assets Adjacent to

QIMC’s Nova Sco$a Hydrogen District

Vancouver, Bri$sh Columbia – May 6, 2025 – Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp. (the “ Company ” or

“QMET ”) (CSE: QMET) (Frankfurt: 0NB) (OTCPK: BTKRF) is pleased to announce that it has entered

into an amended and restated acquision agreement (as amended the “Revised Agreement”) amending

and restang its acquision agreement (the “Original Agreement”) with the beneficial owners of the

with the beneficial owners of the Colchester project. The Colchester project comprises 8 licenses

totaling 559 claims, strategically posioned adjacent to Quebec Innovave Materials Corp. (QIMC)'s

Nova Scoa hydrogen district. The Original Agreement referenced the wrong claims and the Revised

Agreement reflects the intended claims to be sold to the Company. Investors should disregard the maps

in the Company’s press release dated April 7, 2025 and instead reference the below maps.

Figure 1 QMET Mineral Licenses Map

Figure 2 QMET Claims Geology Map

Under the terms of the Revised Agreement the Company is required to pay a non-refundable $25,000

payment (which has already been paid) and issue 8,000,000 common shares to the Sellers in exchange

for the Colchester project. In addion, QMET has granted certain Sellers a 2.0% royalty on revenues from

the sale of any hydrogen or other minerals on the property (the “Sellers’ Royalty”). 50% of the Sellers’

Royalty may be purchased for $2,000,000.

The transacon is subject to approval of the CSE. The Sellers are arms-length to the Company. The

securies issued will be subject to a four month and one day hold from the date of issuance.

About QMET

Q Precious & Ba>ery Metals exploraon programs in Quebec are supervised by Dr. Mathieu Piche, OGQ,

with office located in Val-d’Or. He is also a company Director. QMET has 100% interest in mineral claims

with Quebec, targeng crical and precious metals as well as natural hydrogen. Projects include the

McKenzie East Gold Project, LaCorne South Crical Minerals Project and the Matane Natural Hydrogen

Project in a strategic collaboraon with Quebec Innovave Materials Corp.

Investor & Media Contact:

Richard Penn, CEO

778-384-8923

[email protected]

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian

securies legislaon, including but not limited to statements regarding: the compleon of the acquision

of the Colchester project, issuance of common shares, approval by the Canadian Securies Exchange

(CSE), exploraon potenal, geological characteriscs, potenal hydrogen discoveries, leveraging known

geological condions, replicang successful exploraon models, expanding strategic collaboraons, and

ancipated exploraon plans, milestones, melines, and benefits arising from the collaboraon

agreement with Quebec Innovave Materials Corp. (QIMC). Such forward-looking statements are subject

to numerous risks, uncertaines, and assumpons, including but not limited to: failure to obtain

necessary regulatory approvals, including the approval of the CSE; risks associated with the closing of the

transacon and potenal delays; geological uncertaines and the speculave nature of mineral and

hydrogen exploraon; actual exploraon results differing materially from expectaons; inability to

replicate prior exploraon successes or geological condions of other projects; availability of financing;

volality of commodity prices; compeon and market condions affecng hydrogen and mineral

exploraon; operaonal and technological risks; unforeseen environmental and permiOng challenges;

legal and contractual uncertaines; general business, economic, compeve, polical, and social

uncertaines; and the risk that ancipated benefits of the collaboraon with QIMC will not be realized.

Although QMET believes these statements and expectaons reflected therein are based upon

reasonable assumpons as of the date hereof, there can be no assurance that these assumpons will

prove accurate, and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected. Readers

are cauoned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no

obligaon to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of

new informaon, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.