Southern Empire Resources Corp. presented an analysis of its first core drilling program, completed February 14, 2022, at the Pedro Gold Project, located in the Mapimí mineral district, northeastern Durango State, México. Dale Wallster, Southern Empire completed 6 core holes totaling 856.3 metres ("m"; 2,809 feet) targeting Induced Polarization ("IP") chargeability geophysical anomalies within a two-kilometre ("km") gap previously untested by Newmont Mining Corporation, which drilled 11 holes (2 core; 9 reverse circulation "RC") totaling 1,744 m on the Pedro property in 2014. Core from Southern Empire drill holes P22-01, -02, -03 and -06 intercepted thick zones (intervals of up to 19.2 m; 63 feet) of moderately silicified, brecciated, limestone-clast-dominated conglomerate of probable Oligocene age that is strongly anomalous in gold ("Au"; up to 1.18 grams Au per tonne; "g Au/t") as well as trace elements typical of Carlin- type mineralization such as arsenic ("As"; up to >10,000 parts per million "ppm"), antimony ("Sb"; up to 387 ppm), mercury ("Hg"; up to 23.4 ppm), thallium ("Tl"; up to 280.0 ppm) and tellurium ("Te"; up to 1.95 ppm). For drill assay results and dll hole details see the attachched Summary of 2022 Phase 1 Pedro Drilling Results. About the Pedro Gold Project: The Pedro Gold Project is located 80 Km from Torreon, México in the northeastern part of the State of Durango and approximately 30 km west of the town of Mapimí. At Pedro, a gold exploration target is outlined at surface by a gold in soil geochemical anomaly (>10 ppb) with dimensions of 4,000 m by 1,000 m where outcrop exposure comprises prominent hematite-stained, silica-rich ridges of angular chalcedony fragments and silicified sedimentary rocks within a coarse breccia. Historical sampling of these exposed zones returned gold values (in rock) ranging from background levels to a maximum of 2.3 ppm (58 samples greater than 0.25 ppm Au and 11 greater than 1 ppm Au). IP geophysics outlined the known zones as elevated chargeability and has identified discreet deep features. Southern Empire holds the Pedro Gold Project through an agreement with Commander Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: CMD) that allows Southern Empire to acquire a 100% beneficial interest. Quality Assurance/Quality Control After drilling, the core is logged for geology, structure and geotechnical characteristics, marked up for sampling, and photographed on site. Drill core recoveries were typically above 90 per cent. The cores for analyses were marked for sampling based on geological intervals with individual samples averaging 1.5 m in length. The core was cut in half lengthwise, with a rock saw on site with one half-core warehoused in lidded plastic core boxes in La Cadena for future reference. The other half-core was bagged in individual plastic bags along with ID tag and sealed. All samples were delivered by Southern Empire staff to the ALS Limited ("ALS") geochemistry preparation lab facility in Chihuahua, Chihuahua State, México on March 9, 2022 where they were crushed (>70% passing 6mm; "CRU-21"), re-crushed (>70% passing 2mm) from which a 250g rotary split was pulverized (>85% passing 75 microns; PREP-31). Sample pulps were thenshipped by ALS to its Langley, British Columbia facility for gold (50 g aliquot; Fire Assay with Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FA/AAS); Au-AA24) and multielement analysis (0.5 g aliquot digested in aqua regia with Induced-Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry analysis (ICP-MS); ME-MS41(TM)). A single lab check and sample duplicate was undertaken by Southern Empire. A quartered section of core from hole P2202 (sample S43351: 46.00-47.04m) was collected (duplicating sample S643068), couriered to the Saskatchewan Research Council ("SRC") Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for both Fire Assay with a Gravimetric ("FA-Grav") finish and an Atomic Absorption Spectrometry ("FA-AAS") finish, and multielement ICP-MS. The results from the two labs are considered comparable although adequate comparison is limited based on the number of sample checks completed. Southern Empire undertook a program of sample Quality Control and Quality Assurance ("QA/QC") during its 2022 Pedro Phase 1 drilling program that included the insertion of mineral assay reference material (standards and blanks) into the sample stream. A total of 188 samples were collected from core and 16 certified standards, 9 certified blanks and 7 field blanks were inserted into the stream at regular intervals with sequential sample numbers.
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