Pacific Empire Minerals Corporation (TSX-V:PEMC, OTCQB:PEMSF) said it anticipates it will be able to recommence exploration activities soon at its Trident project in British Columbia which were put on hold during July and August to ensure the safety of employees and contractors amid the ongoing forest fires in the province.
The company said that rain over the past two weeks appears to have been successful in dampening fire activity in the area and it expects it will be safe to conduct exploration activities shortly at Trident.
"Several prospective target areas have been identified to the northeast of the A Zone and the next step for Pacific Empire is to complete an airborne Mobile Magneto Tellurics survey over this area,” Pacific Empire CEO Brad Peters said.
“The ability of a Magneto Telluric survey to outline resistive/conductive bodies at a depth up to 1 kilometre will assist greatly in focusing future diamond drilling."
Forest fire activity also impacted exploration activities at Pacific Empire’s Pinnacle copper-gold porphyry property in British Columbia.
As the situation improves, the company said it expects partner-funded exploration to continue at the property this year.
Proposed work by option partner Teako Minerals Corp includes a 3D IP survey over the Aplite Ridge target area, soil sampling, geological mapping and rock sampling to expand upon work completed in 2021 and 2022.
"I am very happy that Teako continues to advance the Pinnacle project," CEO Peters said in a statement.
"Recent logging activities on the Pinnacle project have dramatically improved access to the Aplite Ridge target area in addition to prospective areas to the north and east."
Pacific Empire is a copper exploration company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol 'PEMC'.
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