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C Ritical E Lements a Nnounces $ 5 .0 M Illion B Ought D Eal P Rivate P Lacement F Inancing

Financings

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PRESS RELEASE

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NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES .

C RITICAL E LEMENTS A NNOUNCES $ 5 .0 M ILLION

B OUGHT D EAL P RIVATE P LACEMENT F INANCING

April 10 , 2018 – Montreal, Quebec – Critical Elements Corporation (the “Company” or “Critical

Elements”)(TSX - V: CRE) (US OTCQX: CRECF) (FSE: F12) is pleased to announce it has entered into an

agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. (collectively, the

“Underwriters”) pursuant to which they have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal private placement

basis , 5,000,000 u nits (the “Units”) of the Company at a price of C $ 1.00 per Unit for gross proceeds of

C $ 5,000,000 (the “Offering”).

Each Unit consists of one common share (a “Unit Share ”) of Critical Elements and one - half of one

common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purcha se warrant , a “Warrant”) of Critical

Elements . Each full Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common s hare of the

Company (the “Common Share”) at a price of C $ 1.25 per Common Share, for a period of 24 mon ths

following the c losing d ate and include an acceleration provision if the closing price of the common shares

is greater than C$2.00 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days.

The Company has agreed to grant to the Underwriters an option to se ll up to an additional 2,000,000

Units of the Company on the same terms and conditions as the Offering, exercisable at any time up to 48

hours prior to the closing of the Underwritten Offering. The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to

advance the Rose Lithium - Tantalum project , as well as for working capital and general corporate

purposes.

“Despite more subdued overall battery materials equity market conditions, the Company is pleased to

have arranged this offering. These funds will allow us to advance development of the Rose Lithium -

Tantalum Project, including funding permitting activities. We anticipate that these funds should provide

Critical Elements with sufficient capital for 2018” stated Jean - Sébastien Lavallée, C hairman and Chief

Executive Offi cer.

The Units will be issued on a private placement basis in certain provinces of Canada, in each case,

pursuant to applicable exemptions from the prospectus requirements under applicable securities laws.

The Offering is scheduled to close on or about May 1 , 2018 and is subject to certain conditions including,

but not limited to, the receipt of all necessary regulatory and other approvals including the approval of the

TSX Venture Exchange and the securities regulatory authorities. The securities issued und er the Offering

will be subject to a hold period of four months from the applicable closing date.

The securities being offered will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as

amended and may not be offered or sold within the Unite d States absent registration or an exemption

from the registration requirements. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation

of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States.

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ABOUT CRITICAL ELEMENTS CORPORATION

The Company recently released a financial analysis for Critical Elements’ wholly - owned Rose Lithium -

Tantalum project (Rose Lithium - Tantalum project feasibility study, WSP, October 20, 2017), which is

based on price forecasts of US $750/tonne for chemical - grad e lithium concentrate (5% Li 2 O), US

$1,500/tonne for technical - grade lithium concentrate (6% Li 2 O) and US $130/kg for Ta 2 O 5 in tantalite

concentrate, and an exchange rate of US $0.75/CA $. The internal rate of return (“IRR”) for the Rose

Lithium - Tantalum p roject is estimated at 34.9% after tax, and net present value (“NPV”) is estimated at

CA $726 million at an 8% discount rate. The estimated payback period is 2.8 years. The pre - tax IRR for

the Rose Lithium - Tantalum Project is estimated at 48.2% and the pre - tax NPV at CA $1,257 million at an

8% discount rate ( see press release dated September 6, 2017 ). The financial analysis is based on the

Indicated mineral resource. An Indicated mineral resource is that part of a mineral resource for which

quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics can be estimated with a level of

confide nce sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to

support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit.

The life - of - mine (LOM) plan provides for the extraction of 26.8 million tonnes of or e, 182.4 million tonnes

of waste, and 11.0 million tonnes of overburden for a total of 220.2 million tonnes of material. The

average stripping ratio is 7.2 tonnes per tonne of ore. The nominal production rate is estimated at 4,600

tonnes per day, with 350 operating days per year. The open pit mining schedule allows for a 17 - year mine

life.

The mine will produce a total of 26.8 million tonnes of ore grading an average of 0.85% Li 2 O and 133 ppm

Ta 2 O 5 , including dilution. The mill will process 1.61 million ton nes of ore per year to produce an annual

average of 236,532 tonnes of technical - and chemical - grade spodumene concentrate and 429 tonnes of

tantalite concentrate.

INFORMATION

Jean - Sébastien Lavallée, P. Geo.

Chairman and CEO

819 - 354 - 5146

[email protected]

www.cecorp.ca

Paradox Public Relations

514 - 341 - 0408

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains “forward - looking information” within the meaning of Canadian Securities legislation.

Generally, forward - looking information can be identified by the use of forward - looking terminology such as

“scheduled”, “anticipates”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “scheduled”, “targeted”, or “believes”, or

variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or

“will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward - lo oking information contained herein include, without limitation,

statements relating to mineral reserve estimates, mineral resource estimates, realization of mineral reserve and

resource estimates, capital and operating costs estimates, the timing and amoun t of future production, costs of

production, success of mining operations, the ranking of the project in terms of cash cost and production, permitting,

economic return estimates, power and storage facilities, life of mine, social, community and environment al impacts,

lithium and tantalum markets and sales prices, off - take agreements and purchasers for the Company’s products,

environmental assessment and permitting, securing sufficient financing on acceptable terms, opportunities for short

and long term opti mization of the Project, and continued positive discussions and relationships with local communities

and stakeholders. Forward - looking information is based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable at

the time such statements are made. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as

actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,

readers should not place undue reliance on forward - looking information.

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Alt hough Critical Elements has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ

materially from those contained in forward - looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be

as anticipated, estimated or intended. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from expected results

described in forward - looking information include, but are not limited to: Critical Elements’ ability to secure sufficient

financing to advance and complete the Pr oject, uncertainties associated with the Company’s resource and reserve

estimates, uncertainties regarding global supply and demand for lithium and tantalum and market and sales prices,

uncertainties associated with securing off - take agreements and custome r contracts, uncertainties with respect to

social, community and environmental impacts, uncertainties with respect to optimization opportunities for the Project,

as well as those risk factors set out in the Company’s year - end Management Discussion and Anal ysis dated August

31, 201 7 and other disclosure documents available under the Company’s SEDAR profile. Forward - looking

information contained herein is made as of the date of this news release and Critical Elements disclaims any

obligation to update any for ward - looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results

or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is described in the policies of

the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.