Q2 Metals Corp. announced it has commenced the first phase of the 2023 exploration campaign at its Mia Lithium Property, located in James Bay, Quebec. The Phase 1 work program consists of ground induced polarity, resistivity (IP-Resistivity), and detailed airborne magnetic surveying which will support the exploration campaign on the Mia Property.

The Company has begun an IP-Resistivity geophysical survey across the western section of the greenstone belt within the Mia Property. IP-Resistivity is a geophysical tool that has traditionally been used in gold and base metals exploration. IP-Resistivity surveys conducted in 2008 over Allkem Limited's James Bay deposit1 have shown the method as a promising exploration method for the definition of pegmatite dykes and bodies at depth.

The survey will span four kilometres with 10 lines at 100-metre line spacing and is intended to highlight additional prospecting or drilling targets. The Company has engaged TMC Géophysique out of Val d'Or Quebec to carry out the fieldwork. The Company has also retained Prospectair Geosurveys Inc., a leading geophysical surveying group, based in Gatineau, Quebec to complete a 2,078 line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey.

The survey will have line-spacing of 50 metres with a low ground-clearance of approximately 25 metres above the surface. The high-resolution survey is intended to guide the exploration team to define potential pegmatite bodies at depth by outlining regional geological corridors and magnetic susceptibility variations that may directly be caused by pegmatite intrusions.