Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 6, 2024) - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) ("Pacific Empire", "PEMC" or the "Company"), a British Columbia copper-gold explorer, is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced non-brokered, private placement financing 14,450,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit (the "Units") for gross proceeds of $722,500 (the "Offering"). Each Unit consists 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 at an exercise price of $0.08 per Common Share for a period of 36 months from the closing date of the Offering.

The funds will be used for exploration on its flagship Trident copper-gold-silver porphyry project and for general working purposes.

In connection with the Offering, an aggregate total of C$26,075 in cash finder's fees were paid and 521,500 finder's warrants (the "Finder's Warrants") were issued to qualified parties. The Finder's Warrants are subject to the same terms as the Warrants issued in the Offering.

Certain insiders of the Company acquired Units in the Offering, for an aggregate total of 1,200,000 Units and gross proceeds of $60,000. The participation by such insiders in the Offering constituted a "related party transaction" as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). Such participation was exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 based on the fact that neither the fair market value of the Units subscribed for by the insiders, nor the consideration for the Units paid by such insiders, exceeded 25% of the Company's market capitalization.

All securities issued in connection with the Offering (being the Common Shares, Warrants and Finder's Warrants), are subject to a statutory hold period expiring September 7, 2024.

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 has a district scale land position in north-central British Columbia totaling 22,541 hectares.

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

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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