Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Thomas Hawkins, Ph.D., P.Geo as Vice President of Exploration, effective immediately. In addition, the Company announces that it has granted incentive stock options to employees, directors, officers and consultants of PEMC to acquire an aggregate of 2,150,000 common shares at $0.06 per share, for a period of three years. These incentive stock options have been granted in accordance with the Company's Stock Option Plan. Thomas Hawkins (PhD, P.Geo) has 18 years of international experience identifying, assessing, and advancing mineral exploration projects. In 2018, as President of Vanmin Development Corp., Thomas discovered the Vanadium Pass deposit, British Columbia. His PhD research furthered the understanding of the Central Asian deposit camps and IOCG type deposits.