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First Atlas Resources Corp. reports developments tied to its resource exploration portfolio, with recent updates centered on the Nova Scotia Project and natural hydrogen targets along a regional structural corridor. Company news has covered the use of Québec Innovative Materials Corp.'s R2G2™ exploration model, geophysical interpretation, field work, and drill planning used to refine hydrogen-anomalous zones.
Recurring disclosures also include corporate identity updates, mineral-claim portfolio management, and financing activity such as private placements and flow-through securities used to fund exploration programs. The company trades on the OTC Pink market under BTKRF and has also referenced Canadian and Frankfurt listings in its public releases.
First Atlas Resources (OTC:BTKRF) is expanding QIMC's play-based natural hydrogen targeting framework across its Springhill and Southampton-adjacent licences in Nova Scotia's Cumberland Basin. The approach uses areal footprint, net structural thickness and stacked-domain density, leveraging 2025 soil-gas peaks of 1,652 ppm H₂ and radon up to 85,000 Bq/m³, alongside QIMC's West-Advocate mud-gas peak of 10.77% H₂. A funded drilling programme is being prepared with QIMC, initially targeting the Salt Spring and Apple River corridors.
First Atlas Resources (OTC: BTKRF) agreed to sell a 100% interest in its MacKenzie East Claims in the Val-d'Or gold camp, Québec, to LaFleur Minerals (CSE: LFLR). Consideration is CAD $30,000 cash payable within 48 hours and 175,000 LaFleur shares subject to exchange acceptance and hold periods.
The Property comprises 46 mineral claims covering ~1,781 hectares, located immediately east of Fresnillo's McKenzie Break Gold Deposit. Closing is subject to CSE approval and customary conditions.
First Atlas (OTC Pink: BTKRF) launched a redesigned corporate website on April 7, 2026 to present strategy, projects and investor materials. The site emphasizes enhanced navigation, updated corporate materials, and expanded project-level detail with a focus on the Nova Scotia Project.
The platform and marketing content are built and managed by First Focus; the company said the site will improve communications with shareholders and prospective investors.
First Atlas Resources (OTC: BTKRF) is adopting QIMC's R2G2™ exploration model after successive QIMC drill holes (DDH-26-01, DDH-26-02) in the Cobequid-Chedabucto corridor showed hydrogen presence and increasing concentrations with depth. The company plans R2G2-guided targeting across its Nova Scotia claims and disclosed a proposed $225,500 debt settlement for up to 1,503,334 shares and a grant of 2,600,000 options (1,300,000 to insiders).
Results remain preliminary and geological continuity to First Atlas property is not guaranteed.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) applauds Quebec Innovative Materials' hydrogen discovery at West Advocate and says the result strengthens QMET's geological case for its upcoming Nova Scotia drill campaign. QIMC's first hole intersected an ~40-metre fault corridor (142–191 m) with hydrogen readings exceeding 1,000 ppm and pressurized formation water. QMET's lands lie immediately east and are operated by QIMC under a working relationship, supporting QMET's plan to test interpreted structural extensions and coincident surface anomalies.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (CSE: QMET) plans to change its name to First Atlas Resources Corp and expects its trading symbol to change from QMET to HHE.
The name and ticker change are subject to acceptance by the Canadian Securities Exchange and were announced February 18, 2026. Contact: Richard Penn, CEO, (778) 384-8923.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) acknowledged that Québec Innovative Materials Corp. received Nova Scotia regulatory approval to drill in the West Advocate area of Cumberland County on February 5, 2026. QMET said this milestone supports regional natural hydrogen exploration and informs QMET's own Cumberland Basin program.
QMET reiterated its disciplined, collaborative exploration approach focused on geological interpretation, data integration, stakeholder engagement and noted activities remain subject to further regulatory approvals and technical validation.
Q Precious & Battery Metals Corp (OTC: BTKRF) closed the fourth and final tranche of an oversubscribed private placement on December 9, 2025. The company issued 2,947,000 FT Units at $0.09 for $265,230 and 2,222,222 FT Shares at $0.09 for $199,999.98, raising total gross proceeds of $465,229.98.
Finder's fees included $42,293 cash, 234,961 finder’s warrants exercisable at $0.09 for two years, and 187,969 compensation shares. Proceeds will fund mineral exploration. Securities are subject to CSE approval and a statutory hold period of four months and one day.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (CSE: QMET / OTC Pink: BTKRF) announced on December 4, 2025 an expansion of its Nova Scotia drill program to 2,500 metres following integrated geophysical surveys and fieldwork by Quebec Innovative Materials Corp (QIMC), the project's technical lead.
QIMC's geophysical interpretation plus on-site mapping and sampling refined and expanded several hydrogen-anomalous zones, and updated modelling improved understanding of zone scale, structure, and continuity. QMET says the refined dataset supports prioritizing high-potential targets and increasing drilling capacity to validate its geological model. Preparations for the expanded drilling phase with QIMC are in progress and the company will provide updates as milestones are reached.
Q Precious & Battery Metals (OTC Pink: BTKRF) reported continued field confirmation of natural hydrogen signals at its Apple River and Springhill projects and disclosed nearby staking by a global hydrogen player. QMET said season-over-season measurements show persistent H2 anomalies, elevated radon/thoron tied to mapped faults, and repeatable advective gas flows.
QIMC is finalizing drill hole locations for a planned Winter Drilling Program in Springhill to test priority advective hydrogen flow zones and fault-linked gas anomalies; collar locations and sequencing will be released after QIMC's technical review.