Apex Closes Offering and Completes NASDAQ Listing
The financing provides US$1.86 million in gross proceeds while issuing ADSs representing six common shares each.
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Rhea-AI Summary
Apex Critical Metals (APXC) closed its U.S. public offering and began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 23, 2026.
The offering comprised 400,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at US$4.65 each, with each ADS representing six common shares. Gross proceeds were US$1.86 million before underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses. Apex granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 60,000 additional ADSs at the offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The company intends to use net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes, including its ongoing drill program at the Rift Rare Earth Project.
How this balance works
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It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate pointUS$1.86 million in gross proceeds raised through the completed U.S. offering.
- Minor pointNasdaq Capital Market trading began under APXC on October 23, 2026.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Net proceeds are intended partly to advance the ongoing Rift Rare Earth Project drill program.
Negative
- Moderate point400,000 ADSs at US$4.65 each, representing six common shares per ADS, dilute existing holders.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.45-day underwriter option permits up to 60,000 additional ADSs at the offering price, less discounts and commissions.
- Minor pointUnderwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses reduce proceeds available to Apex below the gross amount.
News Explained
Apex’s U.S. offering is closed; its 400,000 ADSs each represent six common shares, increasing the share count and reducing existing holders’ percentage ownership absent offsetting changes.
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Market Reaction – APXC
On Oct 23, the day this news came out, the latest delayed price for APXC is 15.76% below the previous close. Argus tracked a trough of -18.4% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner has recorded 40 alerts for this stock so far that day. The latest delayed price is $5.56.
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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2026 / Apex Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ:APXC)(CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(FWB:KL9)(Euronext Access Paris:MLAPX) ("Apex" or the "Company"), a mineral exploration company focused on advancing its strategic
In addition, Apex has granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 60,000 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, and commissions.
Maxim Group LLC acted as sole book-running manager for the Offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for working capital and general corporate purposes, including advancing the Company's ongoing drill program at the Rift Rare Earth Project.
The Offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-298319) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and became effective on August 13, 2026. No securities were offered or sold to Canadian purchasers under the Offering. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering and describing the terms thereof was filed with the SEC and forms a part of the effective registration statement and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained by contacting Maxim Group LLC, at 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Syndicate Department, or by telephone at (212) 895-3745 or by email at syndicate@maximgrp.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Apex Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ:APXC)(CSE:APXC)(OTCQX:APXCF)(FWB:KL9)(Euronext Access Paris:MLAPX)
Apex Critical Metals Corp. is a Canadian 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.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
APEX CRITICAL METALS CORP.,
Sean Charland
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 604.681.1568
Email: info@apexcriticalmetals.com
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 information" or "forward-looking statements" under applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). 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 (without limitation) statements relating to: the expected use of proceeds of the 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. Risks that could change or prevent these events, activities or developments from coming to fruition include: the risk that the Company may be unable to satisfy applicable regulatory requirements; and the risk that the Company's planned use of proceeds may change due to operational requirements, business opportunities or other factors. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. 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 statements. The forward-looking statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
SOURCE: Apex Critical Metals Corp.
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