Mr. Sean Charland reports

APEX ANNOUNCES FILING OF FINAL BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

Apex Critical Metals Corp. has filed and obtained a receipt for its final short-form base shelf prospectus dated Aug. 10, 2026, with the securities commissions in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, except Quebec. A corresponding registration statement on Form F-10 has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the United States/Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system, which automatically became effective as of Aug. 13, 2026, under the United States/Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system.

The shelf prospectus and registration statement will allow the company to offer and issue up to $100-million of common shares, warrants, subscription receipts, units, debt securities, common shares represented by depositary shares and share purchase contracts, or any combination of such securities, during the 25-month period that the shelf prospectus remains effective.

Securities may be offered under the shelf prospectus (and corresponding registration statement) separately or together, offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined based on market conditions at the time of sale and, subject to applicable regulations, may include public offerings, strategic investments or at-the-market distributions (as defined in National Instrument 44-102, Shelf Distributions, and Rule 415 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended). The specific terms of any offering of securities, if any, including the use of proceeds from such offering, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement to the shelf prospectus pertaining to such offering to be filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities.

Copies of the shelf prospectus and registration statement may be obtained on request without charge from the company at Suite 400, 570 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3P1, Canada (telephone: 604-681-1568) (attention: Jody Bellefleur, corporate secretary), and can be found under the company's SEDAR+ profile and on EDGAR, respectively.

About Apex Critical Metals Corp.

Apex Critical Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing rare earth element (REE) and niobium projects that support the growing demand for critical and strategic metals across the United States and Canada. The company's flagship Rift rare earth project, located within the highly prospective Elk Creek carbonatite complex in Nebraska, United States, hosts extensive rare earth rights surrounding one of North America's most advanced niobium deposits.

In Canada, Apex continues to advance its 100-per-cent-owned Cap project, located 85 kilometres northeast of Prince George, B.C.

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