Pacific Empire Announces $4.5 Million Private Placement Financing with $2.7 Million in Lead Orders

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 17, 2026) - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) ("Pacific Empire", "PEMC" or the "Company"), a British Columbia copper-gold explorer, announces that it intends to issue, pursuant to a non-brokered private placement, up to 46,153,846 Flow-Through shares of the Company ("FT Shares") at a price of C$0.065 per FT Share for gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000 and up to 25,000,000 common shares of the Company ("Shares") at a price of C$0.06 per Share for gross proceeds of up to $1,500,000 for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $4,500,000 (collectively, the "Offering"). The Company is pleased to report that it has secured significant lead orders totaling $2,700,000 from resource-focused institutional investors and high net worth investors.