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Apex Secures Drill Contractor and Sets Planned Mobilization for Drilling at Rift
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 12, 2026 /Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(FWB:KL9) ("Apex" or the "Company"), a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the identification and development of critical and strategic ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 12, 2026 / Apex Critical Metals Corp. (CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(FWB:KL9) ("Apex" or the "Company"), a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the identification and development of critical and strategic metals, is pleased to announce that Boart Longyear has been secured as the drilling contractor at the Company's flagship Rift Rare Earth Project, located within the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex in southeastern Nebraska, U.S.A.","length":502,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Boart Longyear is a globally recognized drilling services provider with extensive mineral exploration experience and has recently completed drilling at NioCorp's adjacent and contiguous Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project using Boart's LF160 diamond drill rigs (1). Boart Longyear has been contracted to complete approximately 8,000 metres across 10-15 drillholes. With permitting now finalized, the Company is focused on the remaining operational preparations to support mobilization with drilling expected to commence before the end of the month.","length":556,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Apex CEO, Sean Charland, stated: "We are rapidly advancing towards our first phase of drilling at Rift with the support of Dahrouge Geological Consulting and Boart Longyear, both having extensive local knowledge and experience to ensure this program is executed successfully. We look forward to taking aim at verifying and expanding on the significant rare earth mineralization previously defined and will provide more updates as mobilization and drilling commences."","length":477,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The Rift Project now covers approximately 3,500 acres across the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex (Figure 1) - an area with extensive historical drilling by previous operators, including Molycorp (1973-1986) and Quantum Rare Earth Developments (2010-2011). Historical programs reported broad, high-grade REE mineralized intervals, including:","length":338,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"155.5 metres ("m") of 2.70% REO(a), including 54.9 m at 3.30% REO (EC-93).","length":84,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"236.2 m of 2.10% REO, including 68.2 m of 3.32% REO (NEC11-004).","length":64,"tagName":"p"}...