Lithium Re-Levitation
Advancing the District-Scale
Cisco Lithium Project
Via the Drill-Bit in Canada’s
Prolific James Bay Region
TSX-V: QTWO | OTCQB: QUEXF
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Q2 Metals Corp. (TSX-V: QTWO)(OTCQB: QUEXF) is advancing what may soon prove to be the NEXT — and quite possibly the largest — world-class, high-grade, district-scale lithium discovery to emerge from the Tier-1 mining jurisdiction of James Bay, Quebec, Canada, one of the safest, mineral-rich places on Earth for lithium exploration and development.
Led by a highly-adept geologic team, “QTWO” continues to point the drills in all the right directions at its flagship Cisco Lithium Project with spectacular high-grade results to-date and with a positive early market response.
Best of all for speculators who understand the nuances of the small-cap resource space, it is still very early-innings in the exploration process at Cisco with Phase-1 drilling just now completed and with Phase-2 drilling right around the corner (slated for Q1 2025).
In terms of the Cisco property itself, Q2 Metals acquired what it now considers the crown jewel of its portfolio in Q1 2024 wherein it holds an exclusive right and option to acquire a 100% interest.
Following the release of high-grade lithium assays from its maiden Phase-1 drill program in 2024, the Q2 Metals team immediately went out and expanded the Cisco property by an additional 545 mineral claims (100% interest; primarily to the south of the original high-grade discovery zone), effectively tripling the size of the land package and bringing the property to a total of 767 contiguous mineral claims spanning nearly 40,000 hectares.
Q2 Metals president & CEO Alicia Milne had this to say about the project expansion via press release:
“We couldn't be more pleased to have acquired these additional claims. Since acquiring Cisco, we have been able to clearly demonstrate its world-class potential for grade and scale, while also focusing on key future development pathways. These additional claims provide us with a major footprint in an emerging, top lithium jurisdiction and provide us exceptional optionality for future development.”
And speaking of the portfolio… and to use a hockey analogy… Q2 Metals offers speculators multiple shots-on-goal via the advancement of its equally high-potential, 100%-owned Mia Lithium Project located due north of the flagship Cisco project — also with impressive, high-grade drilling results to-date.
Think of it as a powerful “one-two-lithium-punch” with the very real potential to place Q2 Metals Corp. atop the North American lithium exploration sector… and in record time.
Highly Favorable Mining Jurisdiction
In mining — and particularly in today’s climate of heightened geopolitical instability — jurisdiction simply cannot be overstated.
To that end, not only is Quebec, Canada, one of the most safe and mining-friendly jurisdictions on Earth — currently ranked #5 globally by The Fraser Institute — it’s also home to the fast-emerging James Bay Lithium District where world-class discoveries are presently being unearthed at a rapid clip.
In fact, the unprecedented rate of discovery success unfolding in the James Bay Lithium District is driving $Billions in investment from some of mining’s biggest players, including industry leaders Rio Tinto and Albemarle, and, as well, from the likes of Volkswagen Group, Europe’s largest car manufacturer, who just inked a $69M offtake and strategic partnership in the region.
In other words, a world-class lithium area play — the likes of which has never before been seen in the district — is well underway with Q2 Metals right in the thick of all the James Bay action.
Additionally, and of enormous benefit to Q2 Metals and QTWO stakeholders, Quebec’s favorable mining tax laws mean that for every dollar the company spends on exploration and development in the province, it gets back fifty cents in tax benefit equating to around a 50% discount on exploration.
That’s something you simply do not see in the vast majority of mining jurisdictions around the world… and it’s a tangible advantage Q2 Metals can take directly to the bank for shareholders as it drives exploration forward via the drill-bit in this red-hot area play.
James Bay: World-Class Lithium Discovery Potential
One could say Patriot Battery Metals put James Bay, Quebec, on the map with its high-grade, district-scale Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium discovery (formerly known as “Corvette”) back in 2022.
That property is situated due east of Q2 Metals’ 100%-owned Mia Lithium Project and northeast of the flagship Cisco Lithium Project and ranks as the largest spodumene-pegmatite lithium resource in the Americas and 8th largest in the world: 80 million tonnes at 1.44% lithium oxide (“Li2O”) Indicated and 62.5 million tonnes at 1.31% Li2O Inferred.
We’ve aptly coined this the James Bay Lithium Triangle, and we’d be remiss not to mention that Q2 Metals’ VP of Exploration Mr. Neil McCallum was directly involved in the initial identification and staking of “Corvette” for then 92 Resources (predecessor to Patriot Battery Metals), which has since attracted the aforementioned investment from Volkswagen Group.
In mineral exploration, it’s often said that you’re only as good as the people running the show!
We believe Neil’s proven leadership and years of boots-on-the-ground expertise in the James Bay Lithium Triangle speaks volumes to the discovery prowess of the Q2 Metals team, of which we’re seeing the tangible proof of now in the early drill rounds.
Yet, despite Neil’s early involvement in that now world-famous discovery, you won’t be hearing us make any direct comparisons between Q2’s flagship Cisco project and Patriot’s Shaakichiuwaanaan/Corvette project in this Special Report.
Why?
The reason is simple: With the consistent, wide intervals of exceptionally high-grade lithium mineralization coming out of Cisco by way of the drill-bit, we firmly believe QTWO’s flagship asset stands very tall on its own merits.
We’re about to delve far deeper into the details… but for the moment, let’s just say that QTWO’s inaugural drill program at Cisco has been a resounding success.
At the expert direction of Neil McCallum, the recently-wrapped Phase-1 program has consistently delivered a series of wide intervals of lithium-bearing spodumene-pegmatite — the preferred host-rock type for world-class lithium discovery in the James Bay region.
In addition to the spectacular widths encountered to-date, lithium oxide grades have been practically off-the-charts — in some cases well above 2.0% Li2O.
The market response, as noted, has been very favorable thus far.
The numbers simply don’t lie. Nor do the drills, or “truth machines” as those of us in the mining world like to call them.
Further to that point, anyone worth their salt in mineral exploration will tell you: It’s ALL about grade and scale.
To that end, the Q2 Metals team has already proven that Cisco can indeed deliver grade. It’s now simultaneously and systematically proving up scale via a series of wide spodumene-pegmatite intervals with Phase-2 drilling just around the corner.
Most importantly — and this is absolutely critical — the high-grade spodumene-pegmatite lithium discovery being mapped out at Cisco is still in the very early exploration phase with only about a quarter of the property explored thus far.
Translation: The speculative window below C$1 per share is wide open as the company progresses toward Phase-2 drilling in Q1 2025.
Coming up next…
In this Special Report, we’ll get you up to speed on the highly successful, recently wrapped Phase-1 drill program at the flagship Cisco project as the company moves toward a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE).
We’ll also be bringing you as close to being onsite at Cisco as humanly possible (without actually going there!) via our exclusive interview with the aforementioned Mr. Neil McCallum, Q2’s VP of Exploration.
Buckle in folks… with Phase-2 drilling up next, Q2 Metals in James Bay, Quebec, is shaping up to be one of the fastest-emerging North American lithium discovery stories we’ve seen in years.
Q2 Metals: Flagship Cisco Lithium Project
Let’s start with the strategic acquisition.
Q2 Metals acquired the option to earn 100% of the flagship Cisco lithium property in Q1 2024.
And, once again, the drill results have been absolutely phenomenal out of the gate.
The district-scale-potential property lies within the greater Nemaska Community lands of the Eeyou Istchee Territory in James Bay, Quebec.
Situated along the Frotet-Evans Greenstone Belt, Cisco is comprised of a volcanic package dominated by mafic to felsic metavolcanic rocks of the southern James Bay Lithium District; the same belt that hosts the Sirmac and Moblan lithium deposits located 130 km and 180 km east of Q2’s flagship, respectively.
Total consideration for the Cisco acquisition was 60 million shares, C$2.4M in cash, and exploration expenditures of C$12M spread over four years. Upon satisfaction of those payments and expenditures, Q2 Metals will earn a 100% interest in the Cisco property.
And as mentioned earlier, Q2 Metals has since tripled the size of the property.
Regional infrastructure is robust and includes highway access and close proximity to a forest service camp (see below).
Now, here’s where things get really exciting.
In Q2 2024, the QTWO field team, led by Neil McCallum, hit the ground running, or shall we say “sprinting” at Cisco with a detailed mapping and sampling program.
By August — just three short months later — the team had announced the discovery of 8 new mineralized outcrops within the initial area-of-interest for a total of 23 spodumene-pegmatite zones now being mapped and drill-tested at the property.
That initial target zone has been systematically expanded to a 1.9 km by 1.5 km area-of-interest, which includes zones CO1 through CO23 (see below).
Phase-1 Drilling Highlights
Immediately following that highly successful mapping and sampling program, Q2 Metals revved up the drills on a spring 2024 program of 3,750 meters across 12 holes.
Highlights from that program came fast and furious (see below):
We’re talking wide intervals of high-grade lithium mineralization being delivered on a consistent basis with Phase-2 drilling up next.
Keep in mind that, in terms of James Bay hosted spodumene-pegmatite, lithium oxide (Li2O) grades within the 1.0% to 1.5% range are considered highly favorable (Corvette, for example, averages right around 1.4% Li2O).
As clearly indicated by the above results, Cisco, right out of the gate, has been able to produce Li2O grades well within that favorable range — and, in some cases, far above it.
Q2 Metals president & CEO Alicia Milne chimed in on the Phase-1 results via press release:
“We are extremely pleased with these assay results, which continue to demonstrate the world-class nature of the Cisco Project. It is difficult to ignore the significance of what we've discovered at Cisco and our team is committed to continuing to unlock Cisco’s full potential.”
Neil McCallum added:
“These assays continue to validate the potential and scale of the Cisco Property as that of a larger mineralized system. One important observation of these results is the higher-grade nature of the larger mineralized system as we test and track the system progressing to the south.”
As mentioned, the market has responded very favorably to the results from Phase-1 with Phase-2 next on tap.
Revving Up the Drills for Phase-2 at Cisco
From a speculator’s perspective, what you really want to see in the early exploration rounds in James Bay is consistent assays showing wide intervals of high-grade lithium oxide (Li2O) mineralization.
And that’s precisely what the QTWO team has been able to deliver from the very first batch of assays to the most recent.
It’s also the stage where the real market excitement is typically driven as the potential grade and scale of an emerging discovery begins to take form.
That’s where we sit now with Q2 Metals Corporation.
In terms of what’s next for Cisco, the Q2 Metals team is in the advanced planning stages of a winter 2025 exploration and drilling program — slated to commence in Q1 2025.
The program’s aim will be to further define and expand what’s shaping up to be a large, continuous zone of well-mineralized spodumene-pegmatite at Cisco.
In other words, a potential word-class lithium discovery-in-the-making.
Best of all, the company now has a detailed roadmap with which to follow the mineralization to new potential zones, which is something you’ll be hearing a lot more about in our exclusive interview with Neil McCallum coming right up.
Mia Lithium Project: Q2 Metals’ One-Two-Punch
Far from a one-trick pony, Q2 Metals is also advancing the aforementioned, 100%-owned Mia Lithium Project.
The 8,668-hectare Mia property comprises 171 mineral claims and is located 62 km east of Wemindji Community in the Eeyou Istchee Territory in James Bay, Quebec.
The geology at Mia is representative of the Yasinski Group of rocks, characterized by narrow greenstone volcanic and related sedimentary rocks situated within the western extremity of the geological trend and known for hosting spodumene-bearing pegmatites.
The ~10-km-long Mia Lithium Exploration Trend is situated 22 km from the Billy Diamond Highway and is proximal to a major hydro-powerline supported by all-season road infrastructure.
The trend comprises a ~10-km-long series of sub-parallel pegmatite intrusions, of which 11 show spodumene mineralization at surface.
The individual pegmatite bodies vary in thickness from a few meters to twenty-plus meters in some cases. Combined with the 2023 fall drill program, a total of 8,685 meters were completed over 50 drill holes along the Mia Trend.
In Q2 2024, Q2 Metals announced assay results from its inaugural drill program at Mia.
The program confirmed the presence of wide spodumene-mineralized pegmatites containing high-grade Li2O intervals at the Mia Zone:
- Hole MIA24-033: Widest interval of 13.7 meters at 1.28% Li2O including 9.1 meters of 1.79% Li2O.
- Hole MIA24-039: Widest interval of 8.8 meters at 1.33% Li2O including 5.8 meters of 1.71% Li2O.
The program also confirmed the continuity of mineralization at the Mia 1 through 3 zones (see below).
Neil McCallum commented on the winter 2024 results from Mia via press release:
“Our modest Winter Drill Program continued to successfully confirm the continuity of the mineralization encountered during our fall drill program at the Mia 1, 2 & 3 Zones. These results have provided us with information about what is happening across the broader Mia Trend and will be used to vector towards areas where we will test for thickening and higher-grade mineralization.”
Next steps at Mia for 2025 include a property-wide mapping and sampling program along with plans to follow up on several high-priority targets identified through a recently completed airborne LiDAR survey.
With discoveries of significance being quite rare in nature, we are impressed by the manner in which the Q2 Metals team has set itself up for potentially multiple district-scale lithium discoveries in Quebec’s James Bay region.
All indicators point to 2025 being a pivotal and transformative year for the company and for QTWO / QUEXF shareholders.
Lithium’s Powerful Resurgence
Lithium — the soft, silvery-white alkali metal — is highly reactive, making it essential in various industrial applications, most notably in lithium-ion batteries for powering virtually everything from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids.
The market is finally beginning to realize that any semblance of a true clean energy future will require vast amounts of the lightest metal on Earth — LITHIUM.
Demand for the aptly-named “White Petroleum” has grown exponentially over the last decade-plus with the rise of renewable energy technologies driving the narrative.
The metal’s unique properties make it irreplaceable in high-performance batteries, which are pivotal in energy storage solutions, transportation, and portable electronics.
Lithium is also represented on several countries’ Critical Minerals lists, including the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Lithium prices are influenced by a myriad of factors ranging from technological advancements and supply chain dynamics to geopolitical and environmental considerations.
After a record-breaking rally in 2022 to around $80K per tonne, lithium carbonate prices have come all the way back to pre-pandemic levels where prices have stabilized around $10K - $11K per tonne.
It’s all part of the growing pains that are typical of any new market… particularly a relatively new commodities market entrant such as lithium carbonate.
EV Market Cools
The global EV revolution, while still robust, has cooled a bit in recent quarters with a number of automakers, including GM and Ford, scaling back EV production — at least temporarily.
Overall, the future of lithium pricing looks promising with growing demand driven by the global shift towards electrification and renewable energy across a myriad of industries.
What we’re likely seeing at present is a bottoming of the lithium market, which, obviously, can take a bit of time to work through.
Yet, the fundamentals are clearly in play for higher lithium prices going forward.
For example:
- In China, the world’s largest EV market, electric vehicle sales are up around 18% with recent stimulus measures driving additional demand.
- EV sales are up across Scandinavia: In Denmark, EVs and hybrids now account for approximately half of all new car sales; in Sweden, EV market share is up to around 43%; and in Finland, more EVs are being registered than internal combustion engine automobiles.
- In Europe, EV registrations are up around 20% year-over-year.
In the United States, the Biden Administration continues to allocate $Billions upon $Billions for lithium-related projects.
The first round of US Department of Energy (DOE) funding derived from the $1T infrastructure bill (2021) included $1.8B for 14 battery projects.
More recently, in September 2024, the DOE announced a new round of funding totaling over $3B for 25 projects across 14 states designed to boost the domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials nationwide.
Then, in October, it was announced that EVgo had secured a $1B loan guarantee from the DOE to expand America's EV charging network.
The DOE also just shelled out $225M for the build-out of Standard Lithium’s South Arkansas lithium extraction project.
Clearly, the US government understands the urgency with which it needs to secure an ample and safe supply of lithium to serve the energy transition build-out.
And frankly, we can’t think of any safer supply than what’ll soon be coming out of Canada — particularly Quebec’s prolific James Bay region.
M&A On-the-Rise
It’s not just governments that are getting the lithium memo.
The surest sign of a positive shift in commodity sentiment is when the industry’s top players begin making big moves… and we’re beginning to see that as well.
Industry giant Rio Tinto recently announced its acquisition of Arcadium Lithium in an all-cash US$6.7B deal, to which it paid a 90% premium.
The landmark acquisition positions Rio Tinto to become one of the world’s largest lithium suppliers, behind Albemarle & SQM, and signals what could very well be a bottoming of the lithium market, sparking a new wave of opportunistic M&A.
On top of that, the deal can be seen as a major endorsement of the future of global lithium demand with Rio remaining steadfast in its long-term positive outlook for the metal with projections for a developing market deficit and a double-digit growth-rate to 2040.
Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm had this to say:
“... Lithium is one of the fastest growing markets today and is expected to reach an even greater scale in the coming decades… We have complementary geographic footprints and share rich experience operating in Argentina and Quebec, Canada, where we plan to establish world-class lithium hubs benefiting from economies of scale and deep local knowledge…”
Again, music to the proverbial ears of Q2 Metals, which finds itself advantageously positioned in Quebec’s James Bay region with not one but two potential world-class lithium discoveries being advanced with fervor via the drill-bit.
And earlier, we touched on Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, coming into James Bay with a major strategic investment and offtake agreement — a key endorsement for the region and likely just the start of things to come from the automotive side of the equation.
Supply Side Takes a Hit
On the supply side, we’ve been seeing a substantial amount of lithium production go offline in China of late, particularly in the Jiangxi province, which accounts for around 5% to 6% of global lithium supply.
That news came from China’s CATL — the world's largest battery producer.
Supply disruptions of such magnitude, no matter what the commodity, can have a major positive impact on pricing as demand begins to outstrip supply.
Suffice to say, there are tailwinds and headwinds alike in the current lithium market, which is all part of the bottoming process.
Taken as a whole, as the world continues to embrace green technologies, lithium is particularly well-positioned to play an ever-increasing role in the journey towards a cleaner and more sustainable future for our planet.
We’re beginning to see signs of that now.
Lithium carbonate prices have stabilized in recent trading and are, dare we say, finally beginning to tick higher.
Even Citi is calling for a 20% rise in lithium spot prices over the near-term.
Lithium Equities Getting a Boost
Some of the positive sentiment we’ve been talking about is beginning to show up in the equities.
Across-the-board, lithium explorers, developers, and producers have been bouncing significantly off of recent lows, which, to us, looks like a trend with legs as we kick off 2025.
The contrarian mindset means going against the grain: In terms of lithium speculation, it means having the foresight to recognize a positive shift in sentiment early on and then acting accordingly BEFORE the investing herd.
Q2 Metals fits that contrarian mindset to a “T.”
The company is systematically mapping out what could prove to be two district-scale spodumene-pegmatite discoveries in Quebec’s James Bay Lithium District in what has been, until very recently, a severe down market for the metal.
The market is just now beginning to take positive inventory of QTWO’s impressive drilling success in the region. Just imagine the level of upward momentum that could manifest once the rest of the market catches on to the ever-improving fundamentals we’ve been discussing herein.
Remember, as a relatively new market, the lithium cycle has shown a propensity for violent moves to both the upside and downside.
With sentiment finally shifting in our favor, well-timed contrarians could be looking at one of those highly-lucrative entry-points that arises only every so often.
For much more on the lithium market and Q2 Metals’ robust growth prospects in Quebec’s prolific James Bay Lithium District, here, as promised, is our exclusive, late-breaking interview with Q2 Metals VP of Exploration Mr. Neil McCallum.
Exclusive Interview with Q2 Metals Corp.
Vice President of Exploration Neil McCallum
Our own Gerardo Del Real of Resource Stock Digest and Junior Resource Monthly recently caught up with Q2 Metals VP of Exploration Mr. Neil McCallum to discuss the global lithium market and the yeoman’s work being done via the drill-bit in James Bay.
Neil is a professional geologist with nearly 20 years of experience in the North American mining industry having served as an independent director for several public companies where he has been involved in the identification and acquisition of early-stage lithium projects, including Corvette for 92 Resources, and, most recently, Cisco and Mia for Q2 Metals Corp.
We hope you’ll enjoy our exclusive conversation.
Gerardo Del Real: This is Gerardo Del Real with Resource Stock Digest. Joining me today is the VP of Exploration for Q2 Metals Corp. — Mr. Neil McCallum. Neil, a big day for Canadian lithium in James Bay.
I mentioned off-air that I feel like congratulations are in order to you as well because of the $69M offtake and strategic partnership Volkswagen just inked with Patriot Battery Metals; of course, a deposit you’re very familiar with. So congrats on that.
It has to be really gratifying from your perspective to think that, just under three years ago, you started putting a drill hole or two in. And here we are right around the three-year mark, and there’s an offtake agreement and strategic partnership with the largest European car manufacturer in the world.
Neil McCallum: Yes, it’s really cool to see something from a single discovery hole all the way to the point where they're now close to a Feasibility Study. That's very rare in such a short timeframe. Usually, projects are drilled for decades and reinterpreted and so on. But this is a really neat grassroots discovery story that has moved very quickly.
Gerardo Del Real: Yes, and a heck of an endorsement for the region and for the project. And that brings us to Q2 Metals. You have what I think is shaping up to be a world-class deposit of your own with phenomenal infrastructure in a region that Volkswagen definitely believes is going to become a North American hub for many lithium-related industries.
You just announced final analytical results from your 2024 drill campaign at the flagship Cisco property. You also announced proceeds of an additional C$1.9M from warrant exercises. And I should mention that those are the C$0.305 warrants.
Neil McCallum: Yes, those are the December 2024 warrants, and we have additional ones coming due in February 2025 at a higher level. Our current share price is well above that so I foresee additional funds coming in this winter.
We’re well-financed at present with approximately C$6.9M in the treasury with which to complete our upcoming winter program. We're more than funded for that runway and for whatever work we’ll be doing in summer 2025.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. You just announced some assays so I want to get into those results and what the 2024 Phase-1 program achieved. Again, I’m a biased shareholder; I’m excited for the upcoming Phase-2 winter program. I think it's going to be a transformational year for Q2 Metals.
Let's talk about those results and let's talk about — in the context of the entire drill program this past year — how it closes the 2024 field season for you.
Neil McCallum: Sure, I’d say Hole-20 was not very surprising. It was in between Hole-23, which had 186.6 meters at 1.56% lithium oxide, and Hole-19, which had several wide spodumene-pegmatite intervals. So it really wasn't all that surprising but it's really nice to just have all of that data in, and we've been interpreting the data as we've been drilling.
One thing to note on the long section that we produced in the latest news release is a little bit of a different way of looking at it in 3D. The major takeaway is that we've got a lot of runway to go in that main strike direction. We've defined 850 meters, yet we've got 1,050 meters of open ground where, on the surface, there are several different outcrops in that direction that have yet to be drilled-tested.
A big part of our campaign this winter is to simply keep going and see what's there. By way of the surface indications, we know that something is there. But you never really truly know because these mineralized pegmatites can start at fifty meters below surface and can go quite substantially. Some continuous intervals are 200 to 300 meters so you really only get a little bit of a sniff at surface. The drill holes really tell the story.
Gerardo Del Real: I imagine it must be a bit easier having outcrop as compared to drilling blindly, right?
Neil McCallum: Yes, but it is somewhat blind in the sense that there really are no good geophysical methods for pegmatites. It’s really based on classic geological observations at surface. And then you just drill. You can use whatever data you’ve collected, including downhole optical information. That sort of data gives us some information on the contact direction and confirms whether or not we’re drilling perpendicular to strike.
Again, we're not drilling down dip because, with the data we've collected, our drilling dip shows us very close to perpendicular to the dip of mineralization so we’re just going to continue in that direction toward the south and see how far this goes.
The other part of that story is that we have about double the runway towards the east of those surface showings. There could be a whole repeating pattern of pegmatites in that direction or they might be the same ones. In other words, we have a lot more work to do.
This winter is really going to be focused on understanding what we have and then figuring out what areas are best in terms of a combination of higher grades, thicker intervals, and proximity to surface. That’s the main criteria we’ll be using to define what we have with tighter drill spacing and a larger budget for 2025.
The one paradox in this type of deposit is that the larger the project, the more meters required to drill it out. So it’s really just a matter of how many drill rigs you want to put on the project, which will be one of the defining factors for us in 2025.
Gerardo Del Real: Neil, you're well capitalized as you prepare to hit the ground running in early 2025. I'm looking forward to details of that forthcoming winter 2025 drill program. I'm also looking forward to getting those mid-February warrants exercised to bolster up the treasury a bit more as you move into the next phase of drilling.
Neil McCallum: Absolutely. There’s a lot of work ahead of us but it’s also really exciting work. We’re primed for additional drill hits, and I couldn't be any more excited for the start of our Phase-2 winter program.
Gerardo Del Real: Neil, always a pleasure. Enjoy the break and we’ll see you in early 2025 as Phase-2 drilling nears.
Neil McCallum: Thanks, Gerardo. Talk soon.
Gerardo Del Real: Cheers.
The Q2 Metals Opportunity
Q2 Metals Corp. (TSX-V: QTWO)(OTC: QUEXF) is advancing the flagship Cisco Lithium Project and the Mia Lithium Project via the drill-bit in James Bay, Quebec, Canada — a rapidly emerging North American lithium district.
At Cisco, the QTWO team is in the advanced planning stages of a winter 2025 exploration and drilling program aimed at continuing to define and expand what’s shaping up to be a large, continuous zone of well-mineralized spodumene-pegmatite with excellent results to-date.
The market has thus far been reacting very favorably to those results. And a large part of that is the mining jurisdiction itself.
James Bay, Quebec, is quickly making a name for itself as North America’s newest lithium epicenter with a number of high-grade lithium discoveries of significance being unearthed as we speak.
Earlier, we mentioned the world-class Shaakichiuwaanaan / Corvette discovery from the James Bay region, of which QTWO’s VP of Exploration Neil McCallum was involved with early on.
Today, at the expert direction of Mr. McCallum, Q2 Metals appears to have a tiger by the tail of its own with the exceptionally high lithium grades being encountered at Cisco via the drill-bit.
QTWO just wrapped a very successful Phase-1 drill program at Cisco with Phase-2 just around the corner… keeping in mind also that only about 25% of the property has been explored thus far.
You just heard from Neil in our exclusive interview. In regard to the Cisco project, he says,
“This winter is really going to be focused on understanding what we have and then figuring out what areas are best in terms of a combination of higher grades, thicker intervals, and proximity to surface. That’s the main criteria we’ll be using to define what we have with tighter drill spacing and a larger budget for 2025.”
Additionally, at the company’s 100%-owned Mia Lithium Project, the QTWO team is moving forward with a property-wide mapping and sampling program along with plans to follow up on several high-priority targets identified through a recently completed airborne LiDAR survey.
In other words, plenty of fully-funded exploration initiatives on tap at the two properties for 2025, and over the next few years, as the company delineates what could prove to be not one but two district-scale lithium discoveries in Quebec’s James Bay region.
In terms of structure, Q2 Metals boasts a non-fully-diluted market capitalization of roughly C$110M: ~136 million shares outstanding; C$0.80 recent price per share.
Speculators can reasonably expect an uptick in news flow in the coming weeks and months as additional details emerge from the company’s upcoming Phase-2 winter 2025 drill program.
With lithium prices beginning to firm up following a multi-year retracement, now is an excellent time to begin conducting your own due diligence on Q2 Metals Corp. — symbol QTWO on the Toronto Venture Exchange and symbol QUEXF on the US-OTCQB Bulletin Board Exchange.
A great place to start is the Q2 Metals corporate website.
There, you can sign up to receive updates directly from the company, view the most recent Corporate Presentation and much more.
Be sure to also follow our exclusive interviews with upper management here.
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