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Successful First Stage of Pilot Plant Testing, Name Change, and Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

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Successful First Stage of Pilot Plant Testing,

Name Change, and Appointment of Chief

Operating Officer

Lachute, Québec--(Newsfile Corp. - November 22, 2022) -

Québec Silica Resources Corp. (

CSE:

QTZ

) ("QTZ" or the "Company")

is pleased to announce that pilot plant testing has been successful in

producing the required size and geometry specifications required for

HPQ Silicon Inc.'s ("HPQ")

PUREVAP technology

. The Company plans on delivering a representative sample to HPQ in the coming

weeks to ensure compatibility with the PUREVAP technology. If testing with the PUREVAP technology is

successful, QTZ will process and deliver the remaining tonnage to HPQ as per the memorandum of

understanding (MOU) described in the Company's

September 14

th

news release.

"Our vision of being part of a local supply chain for the battery technology industry is one step closer

to a reality."

Stated Raymond Wladichuk, CEO of QTZ.

The Company also announces the appointment of Luticia Miller as the Company's Chief Operating

Officer. Ms. Miller is the Founder & Principal of NineIrons Solutions, an energy project strategy &

development firm. Her background is primarily in the Energy Construction industry, where she was a

leading analyst and Project Management Office (PMO) specialist.

Ms. Miller is an Executive Board Member for CFAR, the Circle for Aboriginal Relations, advocating for

authentic, relationship-based co-creation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous industry players,

prioritizing equity-based partnerships. She also serves on the steering committee of the Alberta IoT Fast

Track Program's Angel Investment Group, facilitating investor access to scale-ready, advanced

technology innovations from the Alberta ecosystem.

She holds an Executive MBA from the Queen's University, Smith School of Business and was the

recipient of the Sandler Foundations Scholarship-in-Kind for Indigenous Business.

The Company will change its name from "Québec Silica Resources Corp." to "Québec Innovative

Materials Corp." to better reflect the Company's diversified portfolio of natural resource assets

consisting of silica, hydrogen, and helium properties. The name change is subject to the Canadian

Securities Exchange ("CSE") acceptance.

The Company will provide further confirmation regarding the

effective date for the name change as well as the new CUSIP number and trading symbol once it

completes the review procedures with the CSE

About Québec Silica Resources Corp.

Québec Silica Resources Corp. is a mineral exploration and development company focused on

exploring, developing, and acquiring industrial mineral resources in Québec, Canada. The Company is

currently focused on its wholly-owned Charlevoix Silica Project near St. Urbane, Québec, Canada, and

has a portfolio of multiple silica properties in Québec.

Additional information on Québec Silica. is available at

www.QuébecSilica.com

.

Raymond Wladichuk, P.Geo. (OGQ permit no. 02287), is a qualified person, as defined by NI 43-101,

and takes responsibility for the technical information contained in this new release.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

QUÉBEC SILICA RESOURCES CORP.

"Raymond Wladichuk, P.Geo."

Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact:

Elyssia Patterson - CFO

Tel: +1 (833) 4 SILICA

(474-5422)

Email:

[email protected]

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its 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

Quebec Silica's 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 Quebec Silica 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; the Covid-19 pandemic; 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 Quebec Silica 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.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit

https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/145227