- Apex Critical Metals (OTCQB: APXCF) secures drill contract with Quesnel Bros. Diamond Drilling Ltd. for a 1,500-meter summer drill program at the Cap Project, British Columbia.
- Drill program targets niobium and rare earth element (REE) deposits, following promising 2024 exploration results.
- Scheduled to commence mid-July 2025, marking the first drilling since 2017 and supported by Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd.
Apex Critical Metals Corp. (OTCQB: APXCF) has announced the finalization of a drill contract with Quesnel Bros. Diamond Drilling Ltd. for its forthcoming summer 2025 drill program at the Cap Project. This operation, located approximately 85 kilometers northeast of Prince George, British Columbia, will be the first of its kind at the Cap Project since 2017.
The heli-supported diamond drill program is set to begin in mid-July 2025 and will include up to 1,500 meters of NQ core drilling. It aims to explore high-priority niobium and rare earth element (REE) targets identified during the company's 2024 surface exploration campaign. The exploration revealed significant findings, including outcrop samples grading up to 3.33% Nb?O? and soil anomalies with a 1.8 km trend, showcasing peak values of 1.21% total rare earth oxides (TREO).
The fully funded program will be executed with the assistance of Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd., Apex's long-standing technical partner. The focus is to confirm and extend historical drill intercepts, and to drill test the mineralized outcrop, which previously returned a 3.33% Nb?O? grab sample. The continuity of mineralization along the identified soil anomaly will also be tested.
CEO Sean Charland remarked on the advancement of the project, emphasizing the significant geochemical footprint for both niobium and REEs as revealed by the 2024 results. This drill program intends to further comprehend the depth continuity and geometry of these mineral anomalies.
As the program progresses, Apex Critical Metals has committed to providing regular updates on the drilling results.
