Apex Critical Metals Corp. announced the appointment of Joness Lang as Executive Vice President of Growth Strategy, effective February 18, 2026. Mr. Joness Lang joined the Company as a director in May 2024 and has since been an active member of the Board, contributing to the Company?s strategic direction and growth initiatives.
He brings nearly two decades of executive leadership experience in the natural resource sector, with significant expertise in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, finance, corporate governance, and securing strategic partnerships. Mr. Lang graduated with honours from the Marketing Management Entrepreneurship Program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Roads University, graduating with Distinction. Throughout his 17-year career in the natural resource sector, he has led or co-led more than 50 joint ventures, asset sales, spin-outs, acquisitions, strategic alliances, or corporate M&A transactions, and has helped raise more than $120 million in equity financing.
Mr. Lang previously served as Vice President, Corporate Development for Riverside Resources during a period in which the Company operated as a cash-flow-positive prospect generator, spearheading numerous transactions with major metal producers. He later served as Executive Vice President of Maple Gold Mines, where the Company secured a transformational strategic partnership with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, and as President of American Pacific Mining, during which time the Company was nominated for Deal of the Year by S&P Global Platts. Mr. Lang has a demonstrated track record of helping secure the strategic partnerships and funding necessary to accelerate the advancement of large-scale critical mineral projects.
Apex Critical Metals Corp. also announces that Jody Bellefleur will continue to serve as Corporate Secretary and remain on the Company?s Board of Directors.
