Pacific Empire Reports RC Drilling Results from Pinnacle Project
Pacific Empire Reports RC Drilling Results from Pinnacle Project
February 4, 2020 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) (“Pacific
Empire”, “PEMC” or the “Company”), a hybrid generator focused in British Columbia reports on assays
received from its 100% owned 14,040 hectare Pinnacle Porphyry Project (“Pinnacle”) in North-Central
British Columbia.
Highlights:
• 77.7 m grading 0.18 g/t gold intersected 900 metres north of 2015 drill intercept 94 m @ 0.34 g/t gold
at Elbow Target.
• Alteration and mineralization at Elbow suggest potential for porphyry system with broad gol d halo
based on distribution of gold mineralization associated with chargeability anomaly.
• Multiple target areas defined at Pinnacle with road construction associated with logging activities
planned for 2020/2021.
Figure 1. 2014 Induced Polarization chargeability survey with all drilling at Elbow Target.
Pinnacle Porphyry Project Exploration
A Reverse Circulation (“RC”) drilling program was completed in November and December of 2019 by
PEMC at the Pinnacle Project, located approximately 50 km northwest of Centerra Gold’s Mt. Mi lligan
copper-gold mine. Drilling was primarily focused on the Elbow Target, roughly one kilometre north of
2015 diamond drilling where anomalous gold along with distal porphyry-type alteration assemblages and
sporadic copper values were encountered. A secondary target at the Later Target was tested with two short
holes. The two holes drilled at the Elbow Target were on swamps that are only accessible in the winter
months. Four short RC holes totaling 335 metres were drilled with PEMC’s in -house track-mounted RC
drill, with depths of the holes ranging from 36.6 to 112.8 metres. Samples from one hole from each of the
two targets were shipped for laboratory analysis.
Elbow Target
The Elbow Target, first identified in 2014, represents a copper-gold porphyry target characterized by
favourable magnetic and Induced Polarization (“IP”) chargeability signatures in an area with no bedrock
exposure and overlain by glacial overburden and swamps. The intent of 2019 drilling was to test magnetic
signatures on the northern flank of the chargeability anomaly, approximately 1 km to the north of the most
significant hole drilled to date, DD15ELB001, which intersected significant intervals of anomalous gold
and sporadic copper values.
PEMC drilled RC19ELB00 8 and 009 at the Elbow Target in 2019. RC19ELB008 was collared 835 m
northwest of the nearest historical drill hole, DD15ELB004, atop a circular magnetic a nomaly. The hole
encountered chlorite ± epidote altered andesitic volcanics with 1 -2% pyrite as disseminations and
localized quartz-calcite vein fill. RC19ELB009 was collared 1 kilometre to the east of RC19ELB008, and
1 kilometre to the north of DD15ELB001 which exhibited higher temperature alteration as the historical
hole progressed to the north. Chlorite ± epidote ± sericite altered andesitic volcanics with pyrite and
localized chalcopyrite mineralization was encountered, with anomalous gold concentratio ns associated
with increased pyrite content and localized quartz veins with sericite alteration as vein selvages. Samples
from RC19ELB009 were shipped for laboratory analysis.
Later Target
The Later Target is characterized as a “bull’s eye” magnetic anomaly roughly 1.5 kilometres in diameter
centered by an 800 metre by 400 metre magnetic high, a magnetic signature consistent with that of known
porphyry systems. Subtle yet anomalous copper -in-soil geochemistry and IP chargeability characterizes
the buried target, which is a target that was drilled tested for the first time in the 2019 exploration program
by PEMC.
RC19LAT001 was collared on the central magnetic high anomaly, with the intent of encountering the core
of a porphyry system concealed by 6 to 30 metres of glacial overburden. The hole encountered
equigranular granodiorite with hematite alteration and localized epidote veining. Primary disseminated
magnetite was likely the cause of the subtle magnetic and IP chargeability anomalies in this area.
RC19LAT002, drilled 640 metres to the east, was designed to step off the magnetic anomaly and into
higher IP chargeability values. Oxidized, eq uigranular granodior ite with anomalous copper and
molybdenum was encountered, however, due to challenging drilling conditions, the hole was not
completed to its target depth. PEMC considers this target to be a valid target for further drilling.
Brad Peters, Pacific Empire’s President and CEO, states, “2019 drilling at the Elbow Target at Pinnacle
continues to intersect anomalous gold. To step out over 1 kilometre north from a 2015 drill hole that was
interpreted to have drilled the margin of a porphyry system and, again, intersect anomalous gold and
porphyry-style alteration assemblages, is significant. These results at the Elbow target indicate potential
for mineralization to exist between the two sites. Construction of proposed logging roads in the near future
will provide further road access to the Sooner and Aplite Creek target areas and which will likely expose
some interesting rock in the process.”
Table 1. Drill hole information from 2019 Pinnacle RC drilling.
Hole ID
Easting Northing Azimuth Dip Depth
Remarks
(UTM NAD 83 zone 10) (degrees) (m)
RC19ELB008 380843 6130665 0 -90 94.5 Elbow Target – NW mag
anomaly
RC19ELB009 381865 6130605 0 -90 112.8
Elbow Target Area – 1000 m
step-out to north of
DD15ELB001
RC19LAT001 383490 6124510 0 -90 91.4 Later Target Area – Magnetic
bull’s eye
RC19LAT002 384129 6124490 0 -90 36.6 Later Target Area – Chargeability
anomaly.
Table 2. Significant intercepts from 2019 Pinnacle RC drilling.
Hole ID From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Copper (%) Gold (g/t) Silver (g/t)
RC19ELB008 No samples sent for laboratory analysis
RC19ELB009 28.96 106.68 77.7 0.014 0.18 0.93
RC19LAT001 No samples sent for laboratory analysis
RC19LAT002 No significant values
Figure 2. Target areas at Pinnacle and 2020 proposed logging road construction.
About the Pinnacle Property
The 14,040 ha Pinnacle Property, located in north -central is owned 100% by PEMC. The Property
straddles the contact between shoshonitic volcanic rocks of the Chuchi Lake Succession and intrusive
rocks of the Hogem Intrusive Suite. Several target areas exist on the Property and have been drilled to
varying extents. Ongoing logging operations are con tinually provided means to access the various target
areas, with the next phase of logging to take place at the Aplite Creek and Sooner Target Areas. Historical
drilling in 1990 at Aplite Creek intersected porphyry -related copper-gold mineralization, with historical
diamond drill hole AH90 -4 intersecting 6 metres grading 6.4 g/t Au and 0.1% Cu. PEMC work,
predominantly partner-funded, has shown the presence of hydrothermal systems to exist at the Elbow,
Sooner and Aplite Creek target areas that are obscured by glacial cover.
QA/QC Procedures
Chip samples collected from 1.5 metre drill runs are split using a 3 -tier splitter and subsequently placed
and sealed in “Hubco” sample bags before being shipped to MS Analytical (“MSA”) in Langley, BC .
Certified reference materials consisting of blanks and reference standards are each inserted into the sample
stream at a frequency of 1 -in-20. Company reference standards, as well as internal l aboratory standards,
are checked upon analysis as a means of quality assurance. Samples were analyzed using MSA’s IMS -
131 analytical package, whereby 20 g aliquots are subjected to an aqua-regia digest subsequently analyzed
with ICP-AES/MS. The larger aliq uots allow for more reliable gold analyses when compared to typical
multi-element analyses.
Qualified Person
Rory Ritchie, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for the Company, serves as a qualified person as
defined by National Instrument 43 -101 and has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this
news release, approving the disclosure herein.
About Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.
PEMC is an exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that employs a "hybrid prospect
generator" business model and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PEMC. The
Company’s strong portfolio of projects is a result of continuou s generative work conducted since the
Company’s inception in 2012.
By integrating the project generator business model with low -cost RC drilling, the company intends to
leverage its portfolio by identifying, and focusing on, the highest quality projects f or partnerships and
advancement.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,
“Brad Peters”
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.
Tel: +1-604-356-6246
www.pemcorp.ca
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