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April 22, 2021 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) (OTCQB: PEMSF) (“Pacific Empire”, “PEMC” or the “Company”), a British Columbia copper explorer, announces that it intends to issue, pursuant to a non-brokered private placement, up to 15,000,000 units at $0.06 per unit (the “Units”) for gross proceeds of $900,000 (the “Offering”). Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company ("Common Share") and one Common Share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one Common Share (each, a "Warrant Share") at an exercise price of $0.10 per Warrant Share until 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard time) on that date that is 24 months from the issuance closing date (the "Expiry Time").
The funds will be used for exploration on its flagship Jean Marie copper-gold project and for general working purposes.
Closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or around April 30, 2021 and is subject to all necessary approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has expanded the land position at its Jean Marie project to 10,787 hectares. An additional 2,620 hectares was staked to extend the northern portion of the property to cover a favorable structural architecture where the Company identified attractive geochemical signatures.
Qualified Person
Thomas Hawkins, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for the Company, serves as a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 and has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this news release, approving the disclosure herein.
About Pacific Empire
Pacific Empire is a copper exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PEMC. The Company’s strong portfolio of gold-enriched copper projects in British Columbia, is the culmination of perseverance through one of the longest bear markets in the resource industry.
British Columbia is a “Green” copper jurisdiction with abundant hydroelectric power, access and infrastructure in close proximity to the end market.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
“Brad Peters”
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.
Tel: +1-604-356-6246
brad@pemcorp.ca
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