Apex Critical Metals Rebounds From Dilution Fears, Triples Nebraska Drilling to 25,000 Metres
15.06.2026 - 16:36:38 | boerse-global.de
Apex Critical Metals has emerged from a bruising financing round with renewed momentum, as the stock jumped 8% on Monday to €1.05 and investors refocused on an aggressive drilling campaign at the company's flagship rare earths project in Nebraska. The rally snapped a weeks-long slump triggered by a C$15 million private placement that had initially spooked the market.
The placement, completed in early June, saw Apex issue new shares at C$1.90 each alongside warrants exercisable at C$2.60 within two years. The move sent the stock tumbling 21% as dilution fears took hold, but the company now holds a fully funded war chest for the next phase of exploration.
Drilling at the Rift project in the Elk Creek carbonatite complex has been dramatically expanded. Apex originally planned 8,000 metres for the year but now targets 25,000 metres by September, with roughly 12,000 metres already completed. First assays from six holes have confirmed high-grade rare earth mineralisation, with the so-called Neo zone showing a neodymium-praseodymium ratio exceeding 30%. Results from a further 12 holes remain pending and are expected in the near term.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Apex Critical Metals?
On the market, the shares have been volatile. Despite Monday's bounce, the stock remains below its 50-day moving average of €1.21 and a long way from the October all-time high. Over the past 30 days the stock has lost 27%, but the longer-term picture is more encouraging: year-to-date the shares have climbed roughly 112%, and the 12-month return stands at 95%. The stock also continues to trade below its 200-day line, underscoring the risk present in this early-stage explorer.
Geopolitical tailwinds are adding to the story. Apex's membership in the US defense consortium DIBC positions it as a domestic supplier of strategic critical minerals, a factor that could accelerate permitting and offtake discussions. The company is racing to deliver its first official resource estimate in the first quarter of 2027.
Investors are now watching two key catalysts. The annual general meeting in July will provide a detailed budget for the second half of the year and possibly new metallurgical test results. Closer still, the dozen outstanding drill assays from Nebraska are likely to set the near-term direction for the stock, as the company pushes to prove up what it calls a high-grade, strategically important rare earths deposit on US soil.
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