MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/30/11 -- Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CRE) (OTCQX: CRECF) (FRANKFURT: F12) is pleased to announce that it has closed of a non-brokered private placement for an additional $150,000, bringing the total financing to $1,624,200 (see press release dated March 4 and 18, 2011).