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Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (TSX-V: CRE, OTCQX: CRECF, FSE: F12) generates frequent news related to lithium and critical mineral exploration in Québec. Company releases focus on the advancement of its wholly owned, high-purity Rose Lithium-Tantalum project and on exploration across a large land portfolio that includes the Nemaska Belt and Bourier properties.
Investors following CRECF news will see updates on project development milestones, regulatory and permitting progress, and financing activities. Recent announcements describe bought deal private placements of common and flow-through shares, with stated use of proceeds for exploration programs at the Rose West block and Nemaska Belt properties, as well as for working capital and corporate purposes. The company also reports on shareholder meeting results, board elections, and key management appointments.
Operational news highlights technical work such as helicopter-borne VTEM electromagnetic surveys, surface prospecting, mapping, and sampling campaigns. Critical Elements regularly publishes detailed assay results from rock and till sampling on its Nemaska Belt properties, including multi-element grab sample data for copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium, gold, silver, and lithium oxide. These releases often include commentary from management on exploration priorities, drill targeting, and the long-term objective of developing the Rose Lithium-Tantalum project.
Additional items appearing in the news flow include transactions affecting property ownership, such as the buyback of a 49% interest in the Bourier property, and references to conditional infrastructure funding and potential project debt financing. Readers can use this page to review the sequence of corporate, technical, and financing developments that shape the company’s Québec-focused lithium and critical minerals strategy.
Critical Elements (OTC:CRECF) closed a bought-deal private placement on December 5, 2025 raising gross proceeds of C$7,000,000.20, including the full exercise of the underwriter's option. The offering comprised 7,500,000 common shares at C$0.40 (HD Shares) and 6,666,667 flow-through shares at C$0.60 (FT Shares).
The company intends to use net proceeds to fund exploration at its Rose West block and Nemaska Belt properties in Québec, plus general working capital. FT proceeds will fund qualifying Canadian exploration expenses to be incurred by December 31, 2026 and renounced effective December 31, 2025. Red Cloud acted as sole underwriter and received C$420,000.01 plus 850,000 broker warrants exercisable at C$0.40 until December 5, 2027.
Critical Elements (TSXV:CRECF) entered a bought deal private placement to raise approximately C$6.0 million via 5,000,000 common shares at C$0.40 and 6,666,667 flow-through common shares at C$0.60.
The underwriters have a C$1.0 million option exercisable up to 48 hours before closing; the company may include a President's List for up to C$500,000. Closing is scheduled for December 5, 2025, subject to TSXV approval. Net proceeds target exploration at the Rose West block of the Rose Lithium-Tantalum Property and Nemaska Belt properties in Québec, plus general working capital.
Flow-through proceeds must be spent on qualifying expenditures by December 31, 2026 with renunciation effective December 31, 2025. Offered Shares are being sold under Canadian prospectus exemptions and are not registered for general U.S. sale.
Critical Elements (US OTCQX:CRECF) appointed Kenneth Williamson as Director of Exploration on November 10, 2025.
Williamson is a geologist with 20+ years' experience and a M.Sc. in Structural Geology; his past work includes 3D litho-structural modelling at Red Lake, Matagami and other districts, and roles that contributed to the confirmation and expansion of the Nisk copper-nickel deposit and discovery of the polymetallic Lion zone (2019–2024).
The company said Williamson will lead 3D modelling and drill targeting across its 100 kilometer Nemaska belt land position, with a winter drill program on the Rose West lithium discovery expected to commence shortly after freeze-up.
Critical Elements (OTCQX:CRECF) reported 2025 summer exploration results on its 100%‑owned Nemaska Belt properties in Eeyou Istchee, Québec, with selective rock grab highs including 5.70% Cu, 0.82% Ni, 0.17% Co, 0.39 g/t Pt, 2.0 g/t Pd, 14.8 g/t Au, > 100 g/t Ag and up to 2.10% Li2O. The program collected 1,091 rock samples (452 assays pending) guided by VTEM conductors and high‑resolution magnetics; mineralization is sulfide‑dominated (pyrrhotite/pyrite with chalcopyrite/pentlandite). The company plans winter drilling to test targets and will continue expansion drilling near the Rose West lithium discovery within 10 km of the Rose project.
Critical Elements Lithium (OTCQX:CRECF) has announced significant findings from its 2025 summer exploration program at the Nemaska Belt properties in Québec. The program revealed notable mineralization with samples containing up to 2% copper, 0.76% nickel, 0.07% cobalt, 3.38 g/t platinum, and 0.62 g/t palladium.
The exploration campaign collected 1,091 rock samples and 73 till samples, with 452 rock sample assays still pending. Key findings include 25 grab samples above 0.1% nickel, 17 samples above 0.1% copper, and multiple samples with significant platinum, palladium, cobalt, and silver content.
The company's Nemaska Belt properties span 540 km² across 1,052 Exclusive Exploration Rights. Critical Elements plans to incorporate these results into its 2026 winter drill program, which will target high-grade nickel-copper-PGE and lithium-bearing spodumene deposits.
Critical Elements Lithium (OTCQX:CRECF) has announced the signing of an Asset Purchase Agreement to buyback 49% interest in the Bourier property from Lomiko Metals. The transaction involves a $30,000 cash payment to Lomiko, which will give Critical Elements complete ownership of 203 exclusive exploration rights. This buyback reverses the previous Option Agreement signed with Lomiko in April 2021.
Upon completion of the transaction, Critical Elements will regain 100% ownership of the Bourier property, consolidating its control over these lithium exploration assets.
Critical Elements Lithium Corporation (CRECF) has received an amended decision statement from Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change for its Rose Lithium-Tantalum project in Quebec. The key amendments to the original August 2021 decision statement include authorization for:
1. Construction and development of a permanent workers' camp 2. Use of two borrow pits
This amended statement complements previous authorizations including the October 2022 certificate from Quebec's Ministry of the Environment (amended in August 2024) and the October 2024 occupancy lease for the worker camp from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
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