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

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Apex Critical Metals Corp. Increases Private Placement to $10

Million Due to Strong Investor Demand

News Release - Vancouver, BC, – 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 fro m 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 Projec t 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.

Carbonatites are extremely rare rock types, with around 600 known worldwide. They are host to

rare earth element (“REE”) minerals, niobium, tantalum and phosphate, as well as copper and gold.

Carbonatites are host to the world’s largest and most productive niobium deposits, including Araxa

and Catalão in Brazil, and Niobec in Quebec. In addition, they are the primary source of REEs,

including Mountain Pass in California, Mount Weld in Australia, and Bayan Obo in China. They

are also important sources of pho sphate (apatite), including Cargill, Ontario, while the Palabora

mine in South Africa has produced copper, nickel, gold, magnetite, and vermiculite. Other

carbonatites are known to have produced gold, iron, zirconium, fluorite, and other industrial

minerals.

By acquiring a multitude of carbonatite projects, Apex intends to investigate potential high -value

opportunities to meet the growing global demand of specialty metals across various industries.

Apex is publicly listed in Canada on the Canadian Securities E xchange (CSE) under the symbol

APXC and quoted on the OTCQX market in the United States under the symbol APXCF, and in

Germany on the Borse Frankfurt under the symbol KL9 and/or WKN: A40CCQ. Find out more

at www.apexcriticalmetals.com and to sign up for free news alerts please go

to https://apexcriticalmetals.com/news/news-alerts/, or follow us on X (formerly

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On Behalf of the Board of Directors

APEX CRITICAL METALS CORP.,

Sean Charland

Chief Executive Officer

Tel: 604.681.1568

Email: [email protected]

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is

defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:

This news release may contain “forward -looking statements” under applicable Canadian

securities legislation. Forward -looking statements consist of statements that are not purely

historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding

the future. Forward-looking statements in this news release include statements with respect to the

Offering including, the anticipated use of proceeds of th e Offering. Forward-looking statements

are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results,

performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including

risks related to factors beyond the control of the Company, including, but not limited to, the receipt

of regulatory approval for the Offering, if required. There can be no assurance that such

statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could diffe r materially

from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance

on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or

revise any forward -looking statements, whether as a r esult of new information, future events or

otherwise, except as required by law.