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The company controls a big mountain in Texas -- Round Top -- that's full of rare-earth metals that can make powerful magnets used in electric vehicles (EVs), electronics, clean energy technology, and defense systems.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / January 5, 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 it has received approval from the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy and Environment ("NDEE") for its mineral exploration permit ("drill permit") at the Company's flagship Rift Rare Earth Project, located within the Elk Creek Carbonatite Complex in southeastern Nebraska, U.

(Ionic Mineral Technologies) An aerial view of the new Silicon Ridge mine in Utah County. A local company recently confirmed large, high-grade deposits of critical and rare earth minerals at the site which are crucial components in modern technologies but currently mostly supplied by foreign markets.