Pacific Empire Announces Completion of 2019 Drilling at Pinnacle

Vancouver, December 19, 2019 - Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) (OTCQB: PEMSF) ("Pacific Empire", "PEMC" or the "Company"), a hybrid prospect generator focused in British Columbia announces that its 2019 reverse circulation drill program at the Pinnacle Project has been completed. A total of four holes were drilled which tested four widely spaced target areas with distances between holes ranging from 600 m to 6 km at the Elbow and Later target areas. All samples were screened with the Company's portable XRF analyzer and two holes have been sent to the laboratory with analytical results expected in January of 2020.

"I would like to thank the crew for successfully completing a challenging winter drill program in previously inaccessible swampy target areas that could only be drilled during the winter months," added Pacific Empire's President, Brad Peters. "We look forward to more drilling in 2020 following our hybrid prospect generator approach as we work through our exploration pipeline towards discovery of a gold-rich copper porphyry hiding under cover near surface in British Columbia."

Qualified Person

Rory Ritchie, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for the Company, serves as a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this news release, approving the disclosure herein.

About Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.

PEMC is an exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that employs a "hybrid prospect generator" business model and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PEMC and on the OTCQB Markets under the symbol PEMSF.

By integrating the project generator business model with low-cost reverse circulation drilling, the company intends to leverage its portfolio by identifying, and focusing on, the highest quality projects for partnerships and advancement.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

"Brad Peters"
President and Chief Executive Officer

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.
Tel: +1-604-356-6246
brad@pemcorp.ca
www.pemcorp.ca

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