Critical Metals Corp Advances to Final Round of Kenya Government Tender for the World-Class Mrima Hill Rare Earth and Niobium Project

NEW YORK, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Critical Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: CRML) (“Critical Metals Corp” or the “Company”), a leading critical minerals mining company, today announced the Mrima Earth Limited Consortium (the “Consortium”), in which Critical Metals is the lead party, has been shortlisted as one of only three American finalists, from an initial field of seven bidders, to proceed to the final stage of the Government of Kenya's competitive tender process for the right to develop the Mrima Hill rare earth and niobium project in Kwale County, Kenya, a powerful endorsement of the Consortium’s financial strength, world-class technical capability and vision of developing Mrima Hill and Kenya as a regional rare earth processing hub.