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Canadian Securities Exchange: QIMC Frankfurt Exchange: 7FJ Qi Materials Appoints Patrick Levasseur as Interim Chief Executive Officer

Management Changes

QUÉBEC INNOVATIVE MATERIALS CORP.

CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE: QIMC

FRANKFURT EXCHANGE: 7FJ

QI MATERIALS APPOINTS PATRICK LEVASSEUR AS INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Lachute, Québec, March 01, 2024 – Québec Innovative Materials Corp. (“QI Materials”, “QIMC”,

or the “ Company”) (CSE: QIMC; FSE: 7FJ) announces that Patrick Levasseur, a director of the

Company, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer. This appointment follows the

decision from Raymond Wladichuk to resign his position as Chief Executive Officer, effective

March 1, 2024.

“I am honoured to be appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of QIMC and am looking

forward to contributing to the next chapter of QIMC’s story.” said Mr. Levasseur.

The Company would like to extend its gratitude to Mr. Wladichuk for his guidance and

leadership. Raymond is the geologist credited for identifying, staking, and making the 2023

quartzite discoveries on the Charlevoix silica project.

About Patrick Levasseur

Mr. Levasseur has served as a director of the Company since March 2022. He is currently an

independent board member of HPQ Silicon Resource Corp. (TSX -V: HPQ) as well as President &

CEO of Beauce Gold Fields (TSX -V: BGF). Additionally, Patrick has ten years of capital markets

experience with various Canadian Securities firms.

About Québec Innovative Materials Corp.

Québec Innovative Materia ls Corp. (CSE: QIMC; FSE: 7FJ) (formerly Québec Silica Resources

Corp.) is a mineral exploration, and development company with a portfolio of natural resource

assets including high -grade silica, hydrogen, and helium properties. QIMC is working toward

becoming a sustainable supplier of resources which are essential in advanced batteries and the

electrification of the green economy. The Company has a 100% interest in the Charlevoix Silica

Project, near Clermont, Québec, Canada, the River Valley Silica Project near Sudbury, Canada, as

well as other mineral properties in Qu ébec. The Company also performs pilot processing on

industrial minerals, refining processes to create custom products.

Additional information on Québec Innovative Materials Corp.is available at

www.qimaterials.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

QUÉBEC INNOVATIVE MATERIALS CORP.

Patrick Levasseur

Interim Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +1 514-262-9239

For further information, please contact:

Email: [email protected]

Neither the Cana dian Securities Exchange nor it s Regulation Services Provider (as that term is

defined in the CSE policies) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news

release and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements". Such forward-

looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause

Québec Innovative Materials’ actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the

industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or

implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not

historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates,"

"believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or

conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur.

Although Québec Innovative Materials believes the forward-looking information contained in this news

release is reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature, forward-looking

statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may

cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different

from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking

statements.

Examples of such assumptions, risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, assumptions, risks and

uncertainties associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and

regulatory developments in the mining sector; the Company's ability to access sufficient capital from

internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favorable terms; mining

industry and markets in Canada and generally; the ability of Québec Innovative Materials Corp. to

implement its business strategies; competition; and other assumptions, risks and uncertainties.

The forward -looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the

Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers

should not place undue importance on forward- looking information and should not rely upon this

information as of any other date. While the Company may elect to, it does not undertake to update this

information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.