Southern Empire Appoints Ted Kavanagh to the Board of Directors

Southern Empire Appoints Ted Kavanagh to

the Board of Directors

VANCOUVER, BC

,

June 10, 2021

/CNW/ - Southern Empire Resources Corp. ("Southern Empire")

(TSXV: SMP) announces the appointment of P.E. (

Ted) Kavanagh

to the board of directors and the

resignation of

Latika Prasad

as a director.

"We would like to thank Latika for her help and guidance in the formative stages of Southern

Empire and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours"

stated Southern Empire's Chairman

Ron Netolitzky

.

Southern Empire's CEO,

Dale Wallster

stated: "

As Southern Empire continues to explore, develop

and expand its exposure in southern

North America

, the addition of global mine financing and

mergers and acquisitions experience has moved to the forefront of our governance needs. With

the appointment of

Ted Kavanagh

, Southern Empire adds over forty years of significant exploration

and mine finance experience. This is a meaningful step forward in our drive to be a leading

exploration and development company."

Mr. Kavanagh is an accomplished executive who most recently was Director of Metals & Mining

Finance, Americas for Société Générale where he originated and executed corporate and project

finance facilities, marketed metals and foreign exchange hedging and trading lines, and provided

related advisory services. From 1991 until joining Société Générale in 2013, he acted in a similar

capacity for a series of banks including Standard Americas, Inc. (Standard Bank), HSBC Securities

(

USA

) Inc., HSBC Securities (

Canada

) Inc., Republic National Bank of

New York

and Mase Westpac

Inc.

Prior to 1991, Ted held senior geological and business development positions with companies

including FMC Gold Company, Meridian Minerals Corporation and

Denison Mines

(US) Inc.

Ted holds a Master's degree in Geology from

Dartmouth

College where his thesis explored the

origin of copper mineralization at the Carr Fork deposit, last mined by Kennecott Copper

Corporation, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc, as part of their Bingham Canyon operations in

Utah

. He is

also a graduate of

Western University

where he completed his Honours Bachelor of Science thesis

on porphyry copper-type mineralization in the Chibougamau Complex,

Quebec

.

Southern Empire also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 400,000 incentive stock options

(the "Options"), having an exercise price of

$0.30

per share. The Options can be exercised for a

period of five years from the date of grant and are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture

Exchange.

About Southern Empire Resources Corp

.

Southern Empire is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of metals and minerals

deposits in

North America

.

In the Cargo Muchacho mountains of

Imperial County, California

, Southern Empire owns 100 per

cent of the historical gold-producing American Girl mine property and holds options to acquire a 100-

per-cent interest in the adjacent 2,160-hectare (5,338-acre) Oro Cruz property located

approximately 22.5 kilometres (14 miles) southeast of the operating Mesquite gold mine of Equinox

Gold Corp.

At Oro Cruz, extensive historical drilling and large-scale open-pit and underground mining of the

American Girl, Padre y Madre, Queen and Cross oxide gold deposits by the American Girl Mining

Joint Venture (AGMJV; ultimately owned 53 per cent by MK Gold Company and 47 per cent by

Hecla Mining Company) occurred between 1987 and 1996. During that time, gold was recovered by

either heap leaching of lower-grade, or milling of higher-grade ores until AGMJV operations ceased

in late 1996 because of declining gold prices leaving the Oro Cruz property with many gold

exploration targets in addition to the historical inferred resource estimate, reported In 2011 by

Lincoln Mining Corp., totalling 341,800 ounces gold based on 4,386,000 tonnes averaging 2.2 grams

gold per tonne at a cut-off grade of 0.68 g/t Au (4,835,000 tons at 0.07 ounce gold per ton; please

refer to the Cautionary Notice Regarding Historical Resource Estimate below).

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Southern Empire Resources Corp.,

Dale Wallster

, CEO and Director

Cautionary Notice on Forward-Looking Information

Information provided in this news release may contain forward-looking information or forward-looking

statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. Such information or

statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations and are not

guarantees of future performance. Southern Empire cautions that all forward-looking statements are

inherently uncertain and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors,

many of which are beyond its respective control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and

uncertainties relating to Southern Empire limited operating history, the need to comply with

environmental and governmental regulations, results of exploration programs on its projects and

those risks and uncertainties identified in its annual and interim financial statements and management

discussion and analysis. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ

materially from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the

forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Southern

Empire undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Historical Resource Estimate

The historical resource estimate outlined above is disclosed in a technical report dated

April 29,

2011

, prepared for Lincoln Mining Corp. by Tetra Tech, Inc. and filed on Canadian Securities

Administrators' System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR). It is termed an

inferred mineral resource, which is a category set out in NI 43-101. It was based on historical

reverse circulation and core drill hole sample, underground channel sample, and blasthole sample

assay results and calculated using ordinary kriging to estimate gold grades in 10-foot-by-10-foot-by-

five-foot blocks. Accordingly, Southern Empire considers this historical estimate reliable as well as

relevant as it represents key targets for future exploration work. However, a QP has not done

sufficient work to verify or classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource and Southern

Empire is not treating this historical estimate as current mineral resources.

Work Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Timing of Southern Empire's exploration programs will be contingent on governmental regulations

regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and also the availability of exploration-related personnel, drill

contractors, equipment, lodging, et cetera. Southern Empire will adhere to COVID-19 directives

regarding safe working practices putting worker, community and national safety first and will

proceed with exploration and development work programs only if potential COVID-19 risks can be

effectively managed.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is

defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy

of this release.

SOURCE

Southern Empire Resources Corp.

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contact: Lubica Keighery, (778) 889-5476, [email protected] .

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