Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp. announced that the company has contracted First Class Drilling based in Senneterre, Quebec, to undertake diamond drilling on the company's 100% owned McKenzie East Gold and the La Corne South VMS project located immediately north of Val d'Or, Quebec. QMET geological team have determined a number of high priority drill targets on the McKenzie East Gold Property that will be the focus of initial drilling, including following up gold intercepts from the 2021 drill program.

On the La Corne South property, historic diamond drilling and recent exploration work including rock sampling, magnetometer surveying, magnetometer surveying, has outlined a number of high priority volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) targets with multi-element potential. The contract is for an initial 1,000 metres of diamond drilling, scheduled to commence in mid-June, 2024.