# Pacific Empire Provides Updated Drill Targets at Trident and Pinnacle Projects Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1 Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/PEMC/news/4560840555711538/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2025-02-27T12:30:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. - Ticker: PEMC - Exchange: TSX - Region: British Columbia - Primary commodity: Copper - Secondary commodities: Gold, Zinc, Silver - Document categories: Drill results, Other - Extracted: 2026-08-21 08:39:43 UTC Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish ## Minestarters Atlas summary Pacific Empire has updated its exploration targets at the Trident and Pinnacle projects in British Columbia, highlighting a gold-enriched copper porphyry system at Trident. The company reports strong geochemical and geophysical anomalies and plans to launch a systematic drilling program at Trident in the coming months. Reasoning: The release updates exploration targets using geochemistry, geophysics, and historical data rather than reporting new drill assays, though it sets the stage for upcoming drilling. - Positive factor: Strong geochemical and geophysical support for porphyry targets - Positive factor: High-grade float and vein samples at breccia targets - Positive factor: Improved accessibility at Pinnacle due to logging roads - Negative factor: Most high-grade data is from historical drilling or surface samples \(float/soil\) - Negative factor: No new drill intercepts reported in this specific release Facts used in scoring: 8 ## Classification and evidence **Nearology Play** Polarity: neutral Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results. Why it applies: The company highlights proximity to Mt. Milligan and Kwanika deposits to support prospectivity. Evidence · text > These properties, located approximately 50 km west of the Mt. Milligan Mine... and 30 km southeast of the Kwanika deposit ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 8. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Drill Results (8) ### AH-90-01 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-0) Pinnacle · gold Historical result Needs review: historical\_restatement #### Identity - Hole ID: AH-90-01 - Project: Pinnacle - Commodity: gold - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 6.4 - Grade Unit: g/t - Intercept: 6 m #### Classification - Sample Type: drill #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: historical\_restatement - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: Yes #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Historical drill intercept at Aplite Creek. - Positive factor: Strong historical grade - Negative factor: Historical data Evidence · text > Historical drilling returned 6m grading 6.4 g/t Au at Aplite Creek \(AH-90-01\) ### Fact 2 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-1) Trident · copper #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: copper - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 3.3 - Grade Unit: % #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade copper from float rock at Eastern Breccia Target. - Positive factor: High grade float sample - Negative factor: Surface sample only Evidence · text > float rock samples grading up to 3.3% Cu ### Fact 3 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-2) Trident · gold #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: gold - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 3.6 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade gold from float rock at Eastern Breccia Target. - Positive factor: High grade float sample - Negative factor: Surface sample only Evidence · text > float rock samples grading up to 3.3% Cu, 3.6 g/t Au ### Fact 4 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-3) Trident · silver #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: silver - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 56.6 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade silver from float rock at Eastern Breccia Target. - Positive factor: High grade float sample - Negative factor: Surface sample only Evidence · text > float rock samples grading up to 3.3% Cu, 3.6 g/t Au, and 56.6 g/t Ag ### Fact 5 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-4) Trident · copper #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: copper - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 6 - Grade Unit: % #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade copper from barite vein sample. - Positive factor: High grade vein sample - Negative factor: Surface sample only Evidence · text > barite vein sample in this area returned 6.0% Cu ### Fact 6 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-5) Trident · zinc #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: zinc - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 6 - Grade Unit: % #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: High grade zinc from barite vein sample. - Positive factor: High grade vein sample - Negative factor: Surface sample only Evidence · text > barite vein sample in this area returned 6.0% Cu, 6.0% Zn ### Fact 7 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-6) Trident · gold #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: gold - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 1.5 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Gold grade from barite vein sample. - Negative factor: Low grade for vein Evidence · text > barite vein sample in this area returned 6.0% Cu, 6.0% Zn, 1.5 g/t Au ### Fact 8 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/pacific-empire-provides-updated-drill-targets-at-trident-and-pinnacle-projects--dd56d971-db0e-4d08-b0b7-9177e1b967c1#fact-drill-facts-7) Trident · silver #### Identity - Project: Trident - Commodity: silver - Region: canada\_bc - Reported Region: British Columbia - Ticker: PEMC #### Geometry - Grade: 5 - Grade Unit: g/t #### Classification - Sample Type: surface #### Review - Needs Review: No - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Silver grade from barite vein sample. - Negative factor: Low grade for vein Evidence · text > barite vein sample in this area returned 6.0% Cu, 6.0% Zn, 1.5 g/t Au, and 5.0 g/t Ag ## How Atlas produces this analysis Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.