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American Pacific Mining Appoints Joness Lang as President

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American Pacific Mining Appoints Joness Lang as President

Vancouver, British Columbia / July 31, 2023 – American Pacific Mining Corp (CSE: USGD / OTCQX: USGDF

/ FWB: 1QC) (“American Pacific” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Director,

Joness Lang as President of the Company, with Eric Saderholm transitioning to the role of Managing

Director of Exploration . This transition will free up time and allow Mr. Saderholm to focus on project

development and advancement as well as generating and evaluating new projects for the Company.

“We are delighted to have Mr. Lang take on a leadership role as President of American Pacific as we

continue to grow our portfolio of weste rn US precious and base metals exploration and development

projects,” commented CEO , Warwick Smith. “Joness has been an integral member of our Board of

Directors for several years, and with his robust experience in the mineral resources sector, we will benefit

immensely from his expertise as he takes on a more active leadership role on our team. Current President,

Eric Saderholm, who has done a phenomenal job of identifying and advancing the high-quality projects in

our portfolio, continues to be a key member of the team.”

Joness’ appointment comes at an exciting time for the Company as partner funded project expenditures

are expected to total approximately CAD $30 million for 2023, which includes a 9,000 metre drill program

at the Company’s Palmer Project, which commenced last month (see June 19, 2023 news release).

About Joness Lang

Mr. Lang is an experienced executive leader with nearly 15 years of corporate growth strategy and capital

markets experience within the natural resource sector. Mr. Lang has an established track record of securing

and managing joint-venture and strategic partnerships with major mining companies. Most recently, Mr.

Lang served as the Executive Vice President of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., where he played an important role

in bringing Agnico Eagle in as a strategic partner, increasing institutional ownership and research coverage

and leading or co-leading property acquisitions and equity financing transactions for the company. He was

previously Vice President, Corporate Development with Riverside Resources Inc. where he served as a key

member of the leadership group when the company generated income as a prospect generator

exploration company through all of the joint -venture and strategic alliance partnerships that Mr. Lang

helped secure. In addition to his Leadership: Inventing the Future (George Mason University) and Canadian

Securities Course certificates, Mr. Lang received h is Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Roads

University, graduating with distinction. Mr. Lang also graduated with honours from the British Columbia

Institute of Technology where he received his Marketing Management Entrepreneurship diploma.

About Eric Saderholm

Mr. Saderholm is a professional Senior Geologist and former Newmont Exploration Manager for the

Western US. He has work ed on numerous large mines and projects, including Bingham Canyon, Carlin,

Midas, Gold Quarry, Twin Creeks, Lonetree, Mule Canyon, Black Pine, Genesis and Yanacocha. He has over

four decades of experience in the minerals industry.

About American Pacific Mining Corp.

American Pacific Mining Corp. is a precious and base metals explorer and developer focused on

opportunities in the Western United States. The Company has two flagship assets: the Palmer Project, a

Volcanic Massive Sulfide (VMS) project in Alask a, under joint -venture partnership with Dowa Metals &

Mining, owner of Japan’s largest zinc smelter ; and the Madison Project, a past-producing copper-gold

project in Montana partnered with Kennecott Exploration, a division of the Rio Tinto Group. For the

Madison transaction, American Pacific was selected as a finalist in both 2021 and 2022 for ‘Deal of the

Year’ at the S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards, an annual program that recognizes exemplary

accomplishments in 16 performance categories. Also, in American Pacific’s asset portfolio are three high-

grade, precious metals projects located in key mining districts of Nevada, USA: the Ziggerat Gold project,

partnered with Centerra Gold; the Gooseberry Silver-Gold project; and the Tuscarora Gold-Silver project.

The Company’s mission is to grow by the drill bit and by acquisition.

On behalf of the American Pacific Mining Corp Board of Directors:

Warwick Smith, CEO & Director

Corporate Office: Suite 910 – 510 Burrard Street

Vancouver, BC, V6C 3A8 Canada

Investor relations contact:

Kristina Pillon, High Tide Consulting Corp.

604.908.1695 / [email protected]

Media relations contact:

Adam Bello, Primoris Group Inc.

416.489.0092 / [email protected]

¹Amended NI 43-101 Technical Report Palmer Project Alaska, USA, JDS Energy and Mining Inc. 2019

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