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Pacific Empire Expands Land Position at Jean Marie and Provides Exploration Update and Plans for 2021

Mergers & Acquisitions Property Options & Staking Exploration Programs

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. | Suite 501 - 543 Granville Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 1X8

Telephone: 604-669-0660 Facsimile: 604-688-1157

Pacific Empire Expands Land Position at Jean Marie and Provides Exploration

Update and Plans for 2021

June 17, 2021 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) (OTCQB: PEMSF)

(“Pacific Empire”, “PEMC” or the “Company”), a British Columbia copper explorer, is pleased to announce that it

has staked an additional 5,253 hectares, significantly expanding its flagship Jean Marie Project (“Jean Marie” or

the “Project”). The additional ground covers prospective buried intrusions, contacts, and structures that were

identified in the regional magnetic survey data. Jean Marie is a copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry project

located 50 kilometres west of Centerra Gold Inc.’s Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine in central British Columbia. The

Jean Marie Project now covers a total area of approximately 12,610 hectares, with multiple unbounded mineralized

zones defined by drilling of up to 244 metres of 0.28% copper (J97-11), and 192 metres of 0.29% Copper (J95-2

see previous news release) as well as multiple recently identified targets across the entire project.

Recent Project Developments

• Land position increased to 12,610 hectares (+71%)

• Mobilization of field crew

• Re-logging of historical drill core is ongoing

• Surficial geology mapping is ongoing

• Airborne magnetic, radiometric and LIDAR surveys are scheduled for June & July

• Soil sampling is scheduled for July

• Detailed geological mapping is scheduled for July

PEMC has recovered over 300 boxes of historical drill core from the property. Drill core from diamond drill

programs in 1997, 1995 and some from the early 1970’s has been transported to the local community of Ft. Saint

James where it is being catalogued and re-logged.

The Company has retained Quaternary geology expert Derek Turner, to map the surficial geology of the Jean Marie

area using historical survey data, as well as modern topographical data and aerial imagery. The revised surface

geology map will be used to reinterpret near-surface geochemical and geophysical data.

This work are the first steps in forming an integrated exploration model for the Jean Ma rie project that will guide

future diamond drilling.

“Recovering and relogging the historical drill core is a critical first step for us this year ,” commented Thomas

Hawkins, Vice President of Exploration for Pacific Empire. “We were very fortunate to be able to recover a

significant amount of drill core from three previous drill campaigns and will use the information from re-logging

to develop a detailed geologic model that will be invaluable as we define drill targets at Jean Marie.”

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. | Suite 501 - 543 Granville Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 1X8

Telephone: 604-669-0660 Facsimile: 604-688-1157

Next Steps

The next phase of exploration at Jean Marie will be expanding the current historical soil sampling coverage,

completing detailed geologic mapping across the property, and airborne geophysical surveys.

Wide spaced soil sampling will be focused on areas where there has been no coverag e. These will include zones

that lie along strike with known copper and gold mineralization. Tighter spaced soil sampling will be focused on

the mineralized drilling areas and will augment the historical soil sampling with modern multielement data.

An airborne magnetic survey has been commissioned to cover the entirety of the property. In addition to magnetic

data, radiometric and VLF data will also be collected concurrently. The survey will be flown at 100 metre line

spacing.

“Our primary focus this year at Jean Marie , is target development ,” commented Brad Peters, President and

CEO of Pacific Empire. “This is a property with incredible potential, and it is important that we use all available

information and tools to develop an accurate geologic model . Once the re-logging and soil geochemical surveys

are complete, we will have a robust dataset both at surface and below the surface. Over the past several months

PEMC has transformed how it incorporates and organizes l arge amounts of data and I look forward to having a

detailed 3-dimensional perspective, at which point identification and selection of drill targets will begin.”

Figure 1 - Jean Marie Location Map

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. | Suite 501 - 543 Granville Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 1X8

Telephone: 604-669-0660 Facsimile: 604-688-1157

Figure 2 - New Staking at Jean Marie

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.

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. | Suite 501 - 543 Granville Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 1X8

Telephone: 604-669-0660 Facsimile: 604-688-1157

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

“Brad Peters”

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.

Tel: +1-604-356-6246

[email protected]

www.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 rele ase.

Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this news release may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Forward-

looking statements are statements that relate to future, not past, events. In this context, forward -looking statements often

address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan",

"estimate", "expect", and "intend", statements that an action or event "may", "might", "could", "should", or "will" be taken or

occur, or other similar expressions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, wit hout

limitation: closing of the Offering is expected to occur on or around April 30, 2021, the funds will be used for exploration on

its flagship Jean Marie copper-gold project and for general working purposes, are forward-looking statements. By their nature,

forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual

results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance

or achievements expressed or implied by such forward -looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following

risks: the need for additional financing; operational risks associated with mineral exploration; fluctuations in commodity

prices; title matters; environmental liability claims and insurance; reliance on key personnel; the potential for conf licts of

interest among certain officers, directors or promoters with certain other projects; the absence of dividends; competition;

dilution; the volatility of our common share price and volume and the additional risks identified the management discussion

and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statement or other reports and filings with the TSX Venture

Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. Forward -looking statements are made based on management's

beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update

forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required

by applicable securities laws. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward -looking statements.