Pacific Empire looks back at 2025, ahead to 2026

Executive Summary

• Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. released a 2025 year-end corporate update and outlined its 2026 strategy, focusing on mineral systems-scale exploration at its Trident and Pinnacle projects.
• The company completed a six-hole diamond drilling program in 2025, which encountered copper-bearing geological features, supporting its system-scale exploration thesis.
• Management highlighted the full consolidation of the Trident-Pinnacle land position (100% ownership, no underlying obligations) and plans to advance parallel diamond drilling programs at both projects in 2026, while actively seeking strategic investment partners to fund sustained exploration through 2027.

Key Details

• 2025 Drilling Results: Completed a six-hole diamond drilling program at the Trident project; results included the presence of copper-bearing geological features.
• Land Position Status: Pacific Empire owns 100% of the Trident-Pinnacle land position with no underlying property obligations; all claims are in good standing through December 31, 2029.
• Historical Context: The company acquired the Col property (now Trident) outright in 2022 after years of negotiation, allowing for the reunification and full consolidation of the original system-scale land position.
• 2026 Strategic Plan:
  • Advance exploration activities across both Trident and Pinnacle projects.
  • View projects as components of a single, district-scale mineral system defined by shared geological architecture.
  • Apply a coordinated, system-focused exploration strategy to test priority areas.
• Capital Strategy: Actively evaluating strategic investment opportunities to support sustained exploration activity through 2026 and into 2027; seeking a long-term capital partner aligned with the mineral-system-based approach.
• Regional Evidence:
  • Documented presence of porphyry-style mineralization encountered during diamond drilling campaigns in 2007 and 2025.
  • Occurrence of significant placer gold within the Klawli River corridor separating the two project areas.
  • Regional geological mapping, airborne geophysical patterns, and landscape features indicate a pronounced change in structural orientation relevant to large mineral systems.
• Company Profile: Vancouver-based copper exploration company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under symbol PEMC; holds a district-scale land position in north-central British Columbia totaling 22,541 hectares.

Notable Quotes

• "Pacific Empire's history reflects both conviction and adaptability... The inflection point came in 2022, when Pacific Empire successfully acquired the Col property outright after years of effort and negotiation. That transaction allowed the company to reunify and fully consolidate the original system-scale land position that first motivated the company's formation." — Brad Peters, President and CEO
• "With the land position now fully consolidated, 2026 represents a fundamentally different chapter for Pacific Empire... For the first time, we are in a position to simultaneously advance both Trident and Pinnacle through diamond drilling, guided by the view that these projects represent expressions of a single, large-scale mineral system rather than stand-alone opportunities." — Brad Peters, President and CEO