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Pacific Empire Receives Exploration Permit for Jean Marie Project and Mobilizes Field Crews for Drilling
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2020) -   Pacific Empire Miner...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pacific Empire Receives Exploration Permit for Jean Marie Project and Mobilizes Field Crews for DrillingVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2020) -  Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. (TSXV: PEMC) (\"Pacific Empire\", \"PEMC\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the receipt of its 2020 Notice of Work Mineral Exploration Permit from the BC Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources. The multi-year exploration permit encompasses 100 reverse circulation and 20 diamond drill hole sites at the Company's flagship, Jean Marie Cu-Au-Ag-Mo project in north-central British Columbia. 2020 Exploration DrillingDrilling at Jean Marie will initially focus on the A-Zone, proximal to numerous 1974 percussion drill holes which intersected attractive copper grades. Despite the presence of these mineralized intervals, no further drilling has taken place since the first drill program when the A-Zone was discovered. The drill target area is an extension of the A-Zone, which is characterized by a 900 metre by 300 metre disruptive magnetic low. This feature lies at the boundary of the previously drilled area and sits directly adjacent to the best drill hole from 1974 (P74-27), which graded 0.3% copper over the entire 76.2 metre length of bedrock drilled, including 27.4 metres grading 0.53% copper and ended in mineralization. PEMC geologists believe the magnetic low represents the highest probability for extension of the A-Zone and this target will be the location for the first exploration drill holes. Pad building and road completion has been completed with drilling set to begin in the coming days.A property wide airborne magnetic survey has also been commissioned. Results from this survey will be interpreted in combination with modern GPS-based rock geochemical sampling completed by PEMC during 2020. The geochemical sampling encountered gold, silver and copper mineralization at all three existing zones. Following the completion of the magnetic survey the targets will be prioritized for drill testing.Brad Peters, Pacific Empire's President and CEO, states, \"We are pleased to receive our exploration permit and look forward to initial drilling at the A-Zone. Results from drilling at the A-Zone and the property wide airborne geophysical survey will be incorporated into the existing dataset as we continue to evaluate and...