Apex Critical Metals Corp. Increases Private Placement to $10 Million Due to Strong Investor Demand

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF) ("Apex" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, due to strong investor demand, it has increased the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") from gross proceeds of up to $5,000,000 to gross proceeds of up to $10,000,000.

The upsized Offering will now consist of up to 4,000,000 units (each, a "Unit") at a price of $2.50 per Unit. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company (each, a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one additional Common Share (each, a "Warrant Share") at a price of $3.00 per Warrant Share for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuance.

All other terms of the Offering remain unchanged from those previously disclosed in the Company's news release dated October 7, 2025. The securities issued in connection with the Offering will be subject to a hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance, in accordance with applicable securities laws.

The gross proceeds from the sale of the Units will be used by the Company for general working capital and exploration expenses.

None of the securities sold in connection with the Offering will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no such securities may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

The company may pay finder's fees in connection with the offering in accordance with the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange.

About Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(FWB:KL9)

Apex Critical Metals Corp. is a Canadian exploration company specializing in the acquisition and development of properties prospective for carbonatites and alkaline rocks with potential to host economic concentrations of rare earth elements (REE's), niobium, gold and copper mineralization. Apex's Cap Property located 85 kilometres northeast of Prince George, B.C., spans 25 square kilometres and hosts a recently identified promising 1.8-kilometre niobium in soil trend. The Company's Bianco carbonatite Project encompasses 3,735 hectares covering a large carbonatite complex within an area known for significant niobium mineralization in northwestern Ontario. The Lac Le Moyne Project covers approximately 4,025 ha and is situated several kilometers to the northwest of Commerce Resources Corp.'s Eldor Carbonatite Complex located in Quebec, Canada.