Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE: APXC | OTCQX: APXCF | FWB: KL9 | Euronext Access Paris: MLAPX) has reported assay results from five drillholes at its Rift Rare Earth Project in Nebraska, extending the Trinity Zone approximately 200 metres down-dip to the west. Headline intercepts include 3.55% REO over 116.0 metres and 2.35% REO over 171.5 metres, with sub-intervals exceeding 4.00% REO — the longest such intervals recorded on the project to date. Investors may be watching these results closely given the company's stated target of completing an inaugural mineral resource estimate by the end of Q1/2027.

Key Points

  • Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE: APXC) is a Canadian exploration company advancing the 100%-controlled Rift Rare Earth Project in Nebraska, U.S.A.
  • Western step-out drillholes RIFT26-022 and RIFT26-024 extended the Trinity Zone approximately 200 metres down-dip, with RIFT26-024 returning 3.55% REO over 116.0 metres and RIFT26-022 returning 2.35% REO over 171.5 metres.
  • Approximately 37 holes totalling 24,000 metres have been completed to date; assay results for 13 holes (~8,000 metres) remain pending with drilling ongoing.
  • Investors will be watching for remaining assay results and progress toward the company's planned inaugural mineral resource estimate targeted before the end of Q1/2027.

Trinity Zone Western Extension Confirmed by Step-Out Drilling

Drillholes RIFT26-022 and RIFT26-024 are the primary western step-out holes reported in this announcement. RIFT26-024 returned a broad interval of 3.55% REO over 116.0 metres, including sub-intervals of 4.75% REO over 22.9 metres and 3.99% REO over 18.8 metres. RIFT26-022 intersected 2.35% REO over 171.5 metres, including 4.07% REO over 37.0 metres. The company states these are the longest intervals of greater than 4.00% REO recorded on the project to date, and the disclosure suggests a coherent higher-grade core is emerging within the broader Trinity Zone mineralised envelope.

Southern Drilling Tests North-South Strike Limits of the Trinity Zone

Three additional drillholes — RIFT26-020, RIFT26-021, and RIFT26-023 — targeted southern extensions of the Trinity Zone. RIFT26-023 returned 1.82% REO over 48.9 metres, including 2.66% REO over 8.5 metres, with grades increasing westward consistent with the company's interpreted westward plunge geometry. The southernmost holes, RIFT26-020 and RIFT26-021, intersected rock characteristics consistent with the Trinity Zone but showed reduced hematite alteration intensity relative to holes further north, the release states. Combined, the five holes have traced mineralisation across approximately 500 metres of north-south strike and more than 300 metres of western down-dip extension.

Drilling Program Progress and Resource Estimate Timeline

The company reports that 24 of 37 completed drillholes now have analytical results released, with assays for approximately 13 holes pending. A single drill rig remains active on site, with drilling planned to continue well into Q4/2026. Apex states it remains on track to deliver an inaugural mineral resource estimate at the Rift Project before the end of Q1/2027. The technical content of this announcement was reviewed and approved by Nathan Schmidt, P.Geo., a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, with Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. The immediate share price impact was not clear from available public information.