Pacific Empire Closes Second Tranche of Private Placement and Announces Arrival of Omineca Drilling at Trident

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 15, 2025) - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) ("Pacific Empire", "PEMC" or the "Company"), a copper-gold explorer based in British Columbia, is pleased to announce the closing of the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") and the arrival of Omineca Drilling Ltd. to commence diamond drilling at the Company's flagship Trident Copper-Gold Project in north-central British Columbia.

Second Tranche Closing

Further to news releases dated September 17 and October 7, 2025, the Company has closed the second and final tranche of its Offering for gross proceeds of C$140,702, bringing the total raised to C$1,526,991.95.

Under this final tranche, PEMC issued:

• 22,999,770 Hard Dollar Units at C$0.035 per unit; and
• 18,050,000 Flow-Through Units at C$0.04 per unit.

Each Hard Dollar Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant exercisable at C$0.05 for two years. Each Flow-Through Unit consists of one flow-through common share and one warrant exercisable at C$0.06 for two years.

Finder's fees for both tranches totaling C$56,611.94 in cash and 1,539,984 finder warrants were paid to eligible parties including Haywood Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Capital Corp and Raymond James Ltd. All securities are subject to a four-month hold period under applicable laws.

Proceeds will be used to fund exploration activities at Trident and for general working capital.

Drilling To Commence at Trident

PEMC is pleased to report that Omineca Drilling Ltd. has arrived at the Trident camp, with diamond drilling set to commence today. The 2025 program is fully permitted and will include five holes totaling approximately 2,500 metres, designed to test both porphyry and breccia targets that have never before been drilled despite decades of historical exploration in the area.

The targets lie along the contact between the Hogem Plutonic Suite and the Chuchi Lake volcanic succession — a geological setting that hosts numerous copper-gold porphyry deposits across British Columbia.

Brad Peters, President & CEO of Pacific Empire, commented: "With Omineca Drilling on site and the final tranche now closed, we are thrilled to begin the first-ever diamond drill program on the current target area at Trident. This is a pivotal moment for Pacific Empire and our shareholders — the culmination of years of systematic work and the start of what we believe could be a transformational discovery program."