Critical Metals Corp. Nasdaq-CRML Announces Multiple Extensions to Known Resources & Multiple New Ultra High-Grade Mineralization Results of 27.0% Heavy REE’s for the 2025 Drilling Campaign for Area B, Fjord & Others with Immediate Near-Term Growth Potential & 2026 Drilling Target Selection

Rhea-AI Summary

Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) reported final assay results from its 2025 drilling at Area B and the Fjord Deposit, Tanbreez Rare Earths Project, Greenland. TREO+Y grades from 2025 diamond drilling range ~0.40%–0.47% (Area B/Fjord) with HREO ~26–27%, and broader Area B results span ~0.35%–0.77% TREO+Y. The Fjord area remains open along strike, and results are expected to support a revised Mineral Resource Estimate and 2026 drilling and mine‑planning studies. Next steps include infill/extension drilling and optimization for 2026 field season.

Positive

• Drill results demonstrate laterally extensive mineralization across Area B over a ~1,750m corridor
• Heavy rare earth oxide (HREO) content approximately 26–27% of TREO+Y, indicating strategic metal richness
• Fjord deposit remains open along strike, supporting potential resource expansion and revised MRE work
• Assay suite shows consistent presence of strategic elements (Ga, Hf, Ce, Y, Nb) across holes

Negative

• Reported TREO+Y grades are modest, ranging ~0.35%–0.77%, which may limit near‑term economic cutoffs
• Current 2025 drilling is broadly spaced, leaving continuity and tonnage estimates uncertain without infill drilling
• No economic weighting applied and a 3,000ppm cutoff used, which leaves metal value and equivalence unquantified
• Results require a revised Mineral Resource Estimate and further mine planning before clear development metrics exist

News Market Reaction

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Key Figures

TREO+Y grade range: 0.40%–0.47% Heavy REE proportion: 26%–27% of TREO+Y Area B corridor length: 1,750 metres +5 more

8 metrics

TREO+Y grade range 0.40%–0.47% 2025 diamond drilling results at Tanbreez

Heavy REE proportion 26%–27% of TREO+Y 2025 diamond drilling HREO share of total rare earth oxides

Area B corridor length 1,750 metres Prospective geology strike length east-northeast of Hill Deposit

Area B TREO+Y range 0.35%–0.77% TREO+Y grades from all 2025 drilling in Area B

Average HREO content 25.7% Average heavy rare earth oxide proportion in Area B and broader programs

Strategic metals ppm Ga₂O₅ ~99 ppm, HfO₂ ~292 ppm Consistent presence in Area B grade summary

Yttrium and cerium Y₂O₃ ~690 ppm, CeO₂ ~1,646 ppm Strategic and associated elements in Area B

Hole depths total 790.7 m Sum of reported 2025 drill hole depths in Table 1

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CRML was up 3.42% pre-news, while peers like UAMY (+10.95%), USAS (+8.85%), and SLI (+4.29%) also gained, suggesting broader basic materials strength alongside company-specific drilling news.

Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Jan 30 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	Move	Catalyst
Jan 30	License extension	Positive	-6.0%	Austrian government renewed Wolfsberg mining license for two more years.
Jan 30	Project team update	Positive	-6.0%	Appointed project delivery team to fast-track Tanbreez pilot development.
Jan 27	Operations technology	Positive	-0.2%	Announced autonomous communications and drone system for Tanbreez.
Jan 16	Corporate webcast	Neutral	+2.3%	Scheduled business update call and webcast for January 22, 2026.
Jan 15	Saudi JV term sheet	Positive	-3.8%	Non-binding 50/50 JV for up to $1.5B Saudi rare earth processing facility.

Pattern Detected

Recent positive strategic and project updates often saw negative next-day price reactions, indicating a tendency toward sell-the-news behavior.

Recent Company History

Over the past month, CRML reported a Wolfsberg mining license extension, a Tanbreez project delivery team, and a large Saudi JV term sheet of up to $1,500,000,000, plus infrastructure and communications upgrades at Tanbreez. Despite largely constructive news, several items saw negative 24-hour moves between -3.77% and -6%. Today’s drilling update at Tanbreez, highlighting grade and resource extension potential, fits the pattern of operational progress across its rare earth and lithium assets.

Regulatory & Risk Context

Active S-3 Shelf

Shelf Active

Active S-3 Shelf Registration 2025-10-20

An active Form F-3 resale shelf filed on 2025-10-20 covers up to 18,030,303 existing and warrant-linked shares for a selling holder. The company would not receive proceeds from resales, only potential cash from any PIPE Warrant exercises at $7.00 or $0.0001 per share.

Market Pulse Summary

The stock moved +8.6% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with con...

Analysis

The stock moved +8.6% in the session following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with consistent project advancement at Tanbreez, where 2025 drilling delivered TREO+Y grades of 0.40%–0.47% and heavy rare earth proportions of 26%–27%. Historically, CRML often saw negative one-day moves on positive news, so any large gain could face profit-taking. An active resale shelf for 18,030,303 shares also adds overhang risk from selling securityholders, which may influence how long strength was sustained.

Key Terms

heavy rare earth oxide, ppm, peralkaline-hosted, wgs84 zone 23n

4 terms

heavy rare earth oxide technical

"Heavy Rare Earth Oxide (HREO) proportion: ranges between approximately 21–27% of TREO+Y"

Heavy rare earth oxide (HREO) is the processed, oxide form of certain dense rare earth elements used as critical ingredients in high‑performance magnets, electronics, batteries, catalysts and defense systems. Think of HREOs as concentrated specialty spices: small amounts change how a product performs. Investors watch HREO supply, demand and prices because production is limited, processing is complex and supply disruptions or policy shifts can sharply affect margins and valuations across tech, energy and mining sectors.

ppm technical

"including 98 ppm Ga₂O₅, 294 ppm HfO₂, 1,722 ppm CeO₂, and 1,260 ppm Nb₂O₅"

Parts per million (ppm) is a unit that expresses how many units of a substance exist in one million units of a mixture or material — imagine one drop of dye spread through an Olympic-sized pool to picture a very small concentration. Investors watch ppm readings because regulatory limits, product contamination, pollutant emissions or chemical residues often use this scale; small numeric changes can mean compliance problems, remediation costs, production shutdowns or reputational risk that affect a company’s value.

peralkaline-hosted technical

"reinforce Tanbreez’s status as a globally significant peralkaline-hosted rare earth system"

Peralkaline-hosted describes a mineral deposit that lies in volcanic or intrusive rocks unusually rich in sodium and potassium relative to aluminum. Like finding coins in a batch of dough with extra salt, these unique rock types tend to concentrate certain valuable metals (for example some rare earths, zirconium or uranium), so investors watch the term as a clue to the kinds of metals present, extraction methods needed, and potential costs or environmental issues.

wgs84 zone 23n technical

"Project Dilling historical 2007- 2014 and 2024 and 2025 Summary Plan (WGS84 zone 23N)"

WGS84 Zone 23N is a map coordinate system that pins a location to the Earth using the WGS84 global datum and the UTM grid for the northern hemisphere in longitudinal band 23. Think of it as a standardized street address on a globe that lets anyone convert and plot an exact spot on a map or satellite image. For investors, it matters because accurate, repeatable location data is essential for valuing land, infrastructure, mining or drilling sites, and for regulatory filings and due diligence.

AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.

NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Critical Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: CRML) (“Critical Metals Corp” or the “Company”), a leading critical minerals mining company, today announced that it has received the final assay results from the 2025 drilling program at Area B and the Fjord Deposit at the Tanbreez Rare Earths Project in Greenland.

Key Highlights

Area B – Extent of mineralization:

Broad-spaced drilling results successfully demonstrate significant and extensive mineralisation potential across Area B, located immediately adjacent to the eastern margin of the Hill Zone Deposit (refer to ASX announcements dated 16 December 2025 and 15 January 2026, Figure 2).

Fjord Deposit – Extent of mineralization:

The Fjord area remains open along strike, with mineralization consistently confirmed near surface and demonstrating strong lateral and vertical continuity (refer to ASX announcements dated 16 December 2025 and 15 January 2026, Figure 2).

Resource growth potential:

The 2025 Fjord and Upper Fjord drilling results provide a strong indication of potential for resource growth and extension drilling for 2026 currently being planned.

Grade profile:

Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO+Y) grades from the 2025 diamond drilling range from 0.40% to 0.47%, with heavy rare earth oxides (HREO) comprising approximately 26–27% of TREO+Y

Tony Sage, Chief Executive Officer of Critical Metals Corp., commented:

“I am very encouraged by the 2025 deep diamond drilling results, which continue to demonstrate meaningful extensions to our known Mineral Resource and confirm consistent rare earth mineralisation across the Fjord, Upper Fjord, Hill and now, Area B zone. These results enhance our confidence in the broader REE potential of the Tanbreez Deposit.

Importantly, the new assay data is expected to add further mineralised tonnage to the existing Hill and Fjord Deposits, supporting a potential uplift in scale and continuity across a significantly larger project footprint. This reinforces Tanbreez as a strategic, long‑life rare earth asset.

Our team is now progressing extension and infill drilling programs for the 2026 field season, focused on optimising future pit designs and advancing Mineral Resource studies. These next steps are aimed at de‑risking the project and positioning Tanbreez for future development milestones.”

New results are as follows.

AREA B -– Final 2025 drill results

Hole 25-D10
132.0m @ 0.46% TREOY (23.84% HREO), including 98 ppm Ga₂O₅, 294 ppm HfO₂, 1,722 ppm CeO₂, and 1,260 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 0.0m

Hole 25-D13
128.0m @ 0.43% TREOY (23.59% HREO), including 106 ppm Ga₂O₅, 270 ppm HfO₂, 1,620 ppm CeO₂, and 1,166 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 0.0m
13.5m @ 0.47% TREOY (26.06% HREO), 88 ppm 88 ppm Ga₂O₅, 373 ppm HfO₂, 1,701 ppm CeO₂, and 1,500 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 136m

Hole 25-D16
6.0m @ 0.50% TREOY (25.94% HREO), including 115 ppm Ga₂O₅, 352 ppm HfO₂, 1,857 ppm CeO₂, and 1,234 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 0.0m
37.0m @ 0.43% TREOY (23.51% HREO), including 103 ppm Ga₂O₅, 258 ppm HfO₂, 1,633 ppm CeO₂, and 1,062 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 27.0m
93.0m @ 0.42% TREOY (23.89% HREO), 95 ppm Ga2O5, 268ppm HfO2, 1587ppm CeO2, 1140ppm Nb2O5 from 68.0m

Hole 25-D17
82.0m @ 0.4386 TREOY (23.16% HREO), including 102 ppm Ga₂O₅, 245 ppm HfO₂, 1,700 ppm CeO₂, and 1,026 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 2.0m
2.0m @ 0.61% TREOY (26.46% HREO), including 75 ppm Ga₂O₅, 487 ppm HfO₂, 2,223 ppm CeO₂, and 1,873 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 97.0m
80.0m @ 0.44% TREOY (24.64% HREO), including 96 ppm Ga₂O₅, 297 ppm HfO₂, 1,605 ppm CeO₂, and 1,239 ppm Nb₂O₅ from 103.0m

Area B – Geological context and exploration results

Area B is located to the east-northeast of the Hill Deposit and spans an approximately 1,750 metre corridor of highly prospective geology. All drilling completed in 2025 within this area has returned broad intervals of rare earth mineralization, with TREO+Y grades typically ranging from ~0.35% to ~0.77%.

Drill holes 25-D17, 25-D13, 25-D10 and 25-D09 formed part of a reconnaissance drilling program designed to assess the prospectivity within this eastern extension of the Hill Deposit.

While the current drilling pattern remains widely spaced, results to date indicate strong geological and grade continuity across the corridor. This continuity highlights significant laterally extensive mineralization potential within Area B, which is positioned immediately adjacent to the eastern margin of the Hill Zone Deposit.

In addition, results have now been returned for the final 2025 drillhole at the Fjord deposit.

Fjord Deposit – Final 2025 drill results

Hole 25-D14
16.5m @ 0.4003 TREOY (25.02% HREO), 96 ppm Ga2O5, 274ppm HfO2, 1485ppm CeO2, 1125ppm Nb2O5 from 0.5m
38.0m @ 0.3801 TREOY (26.59% HREO), 84 ppm Ga2O5, 311ppm HfO2, 1381ppm CeO2, 1259ppm Nb2O5 from 21.0m

Hole 25-D15
55.5m @ 0.406 TREOY (26.02% HREO), 95 ppm Ga2O5, 325ppm HfO2, 1491ppm CeO2, 1307ppm Nb2O5 from 2.0m

Holes 25‑D14 and 25‑D15 are located at the northeastern end of the Fjord Deposit and confirm that mineralization remains open along strike. The assay results are consistent with previously reported drilling in this area and are expected to support preparation of a revised Mineral Resource Estimate, as well as the advancement of subsequent mine planning studies (refer to Table 1).

The assay results continue to demonstrate consistent rare earth grades and highlight the presence of strategic metals, including gallium, hafnium, cerium, and yttrium. These outcomes further reinforce Tanbreez’s status as a globally significant peralkaline-hosted rare earth system with scale potential and exposure to multiple strategic metals exposure.

Details of the 2025 drilling program are provided in Table 1 (collar information), with mineralized greater than >0.3% TREO+Y listed in Appendix 2, individual assay results provided in Appendix 3, and supporting geological interpretations presented in Figures 3, 4, and 5.

Figure 1. Diamond drill hole pad DDH25-5 drilled September 2025.

Figure 2. Area B ground proofing September 2025 for drill pad locations below 25-D09.

Figure 3 . Project Dilling historical 2007- 2014 and 2024 and 2025 Summary Plan (WGS84 zone 23N)

Figure 4. Area B - over 1,750m strike length of TREO mineralization

Figure 5. Project Drilling: historical (2007- 2014) and 2024 and 2025 Summary Plan (WGS84 zone 23N).

Figure 5. Area B - over 950m strike length of TREO mineralization

Area B and Hill Zone Deposit Tie-in Zone

Drill holes 25‑D17, 25‑D13, 25‑D10 and 25‑D09 formed part of a reconnaissance program designed to assess the prospectivity east‑northeast of the Hill Deposit. Although the drill spacing remains broad, results clearly indicate significant laterally extensive mineralization potential across Area B, whis is located immediately adjacent to the eastern margin of the Hill Zone Deposit.

Based on the results reported in this announcement, additional drilling across Area B and the Upper Fjord area is considered warranted to further define mineralized scale, continuity and potential resource growth.

Results from Area B, together with the broader 2024 and 2025 drilling programs, demonstrate TREO+Y grades ranging from approximately 0.35% to 0.77%, with an average heavy rare earth oxide (HREO) content of approximately 25.7%.

Grade Summary - Area B 2025 Drilling

• Total Rare Earth Oxide + Yttrium (TREO+Y): ranges between approximately 0.35%–0.61%.
• Heavy Rare Earth Oxide (HREO) proportion: ranges between approximately 21–27% of TREO+Y.
• Strategic and associated elements: Gallium oxide (~99 ppm), hafnium oxide (~292 ppm), yttrium oxide (~690 ppm), and cerium oxide (~1,646 ppm) are consistently present, together with zirconium oxide (0.9%–2.4%), niobium (~1,154ppm), and tantalum (~85ppm).

Reporting and Methodology Notes

• TREO+Y represents the sum of La₂O₃, CeO₂, Pr₂O₃, Nd₂O₃, Sm₂O₃, Eu₂O₃, Gd₂O₃, Tb₄O₇, Dy₂O₃, Ho₂O₃, Er₂O₃, Tm₂O₃, Yb₂O₃, Lu₂O₃, and Y₂O₃.
• A minimum downhole intercept width of 2m has been applied.
• No economic weighting has been applied to the reported results.
• A grade cut-off of 3,000ppm for TREO+Y has been applied with no metal equivalence calculation.
• All drilling and assay results, including both higher and lower grade intervals, are reported to ensure balanced and transparent disclosure.

Next Steps

The Company is undertaking a detailed review of several optimization strategies, which will be integrated with the advanced planning currently underway for the 2026 field season.

Hole ID	Easting	Northing	Elevation	Dip	Azimuth	Depth
25-D10	455727.9	6748831.9	313.8	-90	0	155.4
25-D13	455446.7	6748549.4	368.3	-90	0	155.9
25-D14	453114.7	6748379.0	83.0	-90	0	65.0
25-D15	453073.0	6748451.9	50.3	-90	0	65.4
25-D16	455543.4	6748348.19	373.3	-90	0	161.0
25-D17	455275.1	6748499.5	372.5	-90	0	188.0
Total						790.7

Table 1- 2025 reported Drilling Coordinates based on WGS1984 Zone 23 North grid system with results to date for 2025.

About Critical Metals Corp.

Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) is a leading mining development company focused on critical metals and minerals, and producing strategic products essential to electrification and next generation technologies for Europe and its western world partners. Its flagship Project, Tanbreez, is one of the world's largest, rare-earth deposits and is in Southern Greenland. The deposit is expected to have access to key transportation outlets as the area features year-round direct shipping access via deep water fjords that lead directly to the North Atlantic Ocean.

Another key asset is the Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Carinthia, 270 km south of Vienna, Austria. The Wolfsberg Lithium Project is the first fully permitted mine in Europe and is strategically located with access to established road and rail infrastructure and is expected to be the next major producer of key lithium products to support the European market. Wolfsberg is well positioned with offtake and downstream partners to become a unique and valuable asset in an expanding geostrategic critical metals portfolio.

With this strategic asset portfolio, Critical Metals Corp is positioned to become a reliable and sustainable supplier of critical minerals essential for defense applications, the clean energy transition, and next-generation technologies in the western world.

For more information, please visit https://www.criticalmetalscorp.com/.

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FAQ

What did Critical Metals (CRML) announce about the 2025 Area B drilling results?

Area B drilling returned broad TREO+Y mineralization, typically ~0.35%–0.77% with HREO ~21–27% of TREO+Y. According to Critical Metals, results show lateral continuity over a ~1,750m corridor and warrant further infill and extension drilling in 2026 to better define resources.

How do the 2025 Fjord Deposit assays affect CRML’s resource outlook?

The Fjord assays confirm near‑surface mineralization and that the deposit remains open along strike. According to Critical Metals, these consistent grades support preparation of a revised Mineral Resource Estimate and advancement of mine planning and pit optimization studies.

What grade and heavy‑rare‑earth proportions did CRML report for Tanbreez 2025 drilling?

2025 diamond drilling reported TREO+Y averaging roughly 0.40%–0.47% in sampled holes, with heavy rare earth oxides ~26–27% of TREO+Y. According to Critical Metals, these grades include consistent strategic element concentrations like Ga, Hf, Ce, Y and Nb.

What are CRML’s next steps and timing after the 2025 assay results?

Critical Metals plans infill and extension drilling for the 2026 field season and integration of optimization strategies. According to Critical Metals, work will focus on supporting a revised MRE, optimizing pit designs, and de‑risking the project ahead of development milestones.