Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (CSE: QIMC) (OTCQB: QIMCF) (FSE: 7FJ) has announced the addition of a 26.8 km east-west vibroseismic line across the Ontario portion of the Lac Témiscamingue Graben, extending its cross-border natural hydrogen and helium exploration campaign. The new Ontario Line 5 brings the combined Québec-Ontario seismic program to approximately 63 kilometres. Combined with the company's completed Nova Scotia acquisition, total completed and planned seismic coverage now reaches approximately 126.5 line-kilometres, representing what the company describes as the largest geophysical campaign in its history.

Key Points

  • Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (CSE: QIMC) is a Montreal-based natural hydrogen and critical minerals explorer
  • New Ontario Line 5 adds 26.8 km of 2D vibroseismic coverage across Hilliard, Armstrong, and Brethour townships toward the Nipissing dyke swarm
  • Total completed and planned seismic coverage across three provinces reaches approximately 126.5 km: 36 km in Québec, approximately 63.7 km in Nova Scotia, and 26.8 km in Ontario
  • Investors may be watching how seismic data integrates with existing soil-gas, gravity, and magnetic datasets to identify drill targets

Why Line 5 Targets Ontario's Richest Hydrogen Corridor

Line 5 was selected because its corridor contains the highest soil-gas hydrogen concentrations recorded by QIMC in the Ontario portion of the graben to date. The transect intersects large magnetic anomalies interpreted as Nipissing mafic dykes — a potential source rock for serpentinization-driven hydrogen generation — and is positioned to maximise coverage of Ordovician and Silurian limestones, dolomites, and shales that may act as seals for migrating hydrogen and helium. Line 5 runs east-west from the Québec border through Hilliard, Armstrong, and Brethour townships, comprising three contiguous segments: Line 5a (12.9 km), Line 5b (0.58 km), and Line 5c (13.3 km).

Echo Seismic and ESP to Acquire and Process Cross-Border Dataset

Seismic acquisition for both the Québec and Ontario lines will be carried out by Echo Seismic Ltd., the same contractor that completed the Nova Scotia program. Data processing will be handled by Earth Signal Processing Ltd. of Calgary, using a common datum to enable a single structural interpretation across the graben in both provinces. The Ontario Line 5a ties directly into the company's 36 km Québec Témiscamingue program, creating what QIMC describes as a continuous seismic framework of approximately 63 km. The program uses vibroseis methodology along existing roads and rights-of-way, requiring no drilling or explosives.

Nova Scotia Model Applied to Ontario After Five Exploration Holes

QIMC's Ontario program replicates the staged workflow applied in Nova Scotia, where soil-gas surveys, magnetics, and 2D seismic were used sequentially to advance the Apple River – Bennett Hill hot zones toward pilot-production planning. The company has drilled five exploration holes in Nova Scotia and previously reported qualitative free-gas observations during drilling of DDH-26-05 at Bennett Hill. INRS-compiled gravity and magnetic surveys have identified the Rivière-Blanche fault as a potential vertical migration pathway, and the Nipissing mafic bodies as a basement hydrogen source, with the seismic program designed to image their depth and geometry.

R2G2™ Framework Guides Multi-Province Exploration Strategy

QIMC's exploration across Québec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Minnesota is guided by its proprietary R2G2™ framework, which integrates regional geochemistry, geophysics, and structural geology to advance district-scale hydrogen targets. The company states that its objective is to move each district from anomaly to defined target to pilot production pathway. The Ontario program was developed in consultation with municipalities and First Nations in the survey area, including Timiskaming First Nation. The immediate share price impact was not clear from available public information.