Empress Royalty Corp. provided an update on its investment portfolio and mining company partners. Sierra Sun Group reports that it is conducting on-going expansion of operations at the Sierra Antapite gold mine. Proceeds from the Empress Royalty stream have been used to continue expansion of the plant from 750 tonnes per day to 1,000 tonnes per day, to expand and enhance the tailings storage facility, to retire payments and to further develop the underground mine. A site visit by a third-party engineering firm was completed in March 2021 and Empress Royalty visited the site in September 2021. Empress Royalty receives weekly updates from Sierra Sun on the production expansion progress. Sierra Sun continues to deliver gold to Empress Royalty since commencement in August 2021. Please see Sierra Sun Group's website for further details. Since closing the Manica royalty at the end of April 2021, Mutupa Mining Processing has completed engineering and procurement and reports construction is well progressed. Specifically, the bulk of the earthworks is complete, concrete has been poured for the plant, the CIL tanks have been fabricated and the tailings dam construction is complete. Several items of the modular plant equipment have been fabricated and transported from South Africa to site and are currently undergoing installation. Further, the processing plant water storage tank and power is connected and available via a 40 mVA transformer. The mining contractor has been mobilized and preparations are underway for commencement of mining. MMP reports it expects to commence initial production in the first quarter of 2022. Empress has completed two site visits in 2021 through a third party engineering firm, and receive weekly updates from management on construction progress.