Empress Royalty Corp. announced the appointment of Michelle Borthwick to the position of Corporate Secretary. Ms. Borthwick is a corporate finance and governance professional with over 25 years' experience in senior corporate finance and governance roles providing advice and support to various publicly listed issuers on the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Canadian Securities Exchange and OTCMarkets.

She is the Founder and Principal of Peakshore Consulting Inc., a corporate development consulting firm and Vice President, Corporate Finance of Fiore Management & Advisory Corp. Prior to that, she was Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Endeavour Mining Corporation and VP Corporate Finance of its predecessor financial advisory company, Endeavour Financial Corporation. Ms. Borthwick will be replacing Ms. Christina Boddy who is departing Empress to pursue other endeavors.

The Company wishes to thank Ms. Boddy for her service and wishes her all the best in the future.