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PACIFIC RIDGE ANNOUNCES AGM RESULTS; WELCOMES NEW DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

Shareholders approved all motions put forth at Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.'s annual general meeting held on June 26, 2025, including the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, chartered accountants, as auditor of the company, and the rolling incentive stock option plan. In addition, shareholders elected Gerald Carlson (a non-independent director), Blaine Monaghan (a non-independent director), Bruce Youngman (an independent director), Stacie Jones (a new independent director) and Josh Kierce (a new independent director) to Pacific Ridge's board of directors. Also, following the AGM, Tally Barmash replaced Arie Page as Pacific Ridge's corporate secretary.

"On behalf of the entire team at Pacific Ridge, I would like to welcome Stacie, Josh and Tally to the company," said Blaine Monaghan, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Ridge. "Further, I would like to thank former director Gary Baschuk, who did not stand for re-election, and Arie Page for their service and wish them all the best in their future endeavours."

About Ms. Jones

Ms. Jones is a geologist by training and has more than 10 years of experience leading exploration programs across Canada's most remote and prospective mineral districts. With a technical background and a passion for building collaborative technical teams, Ms. Jones has played key roles in advancing gold and base metal projects from early-stage targeting through to development. During Ms. Jones's time at Sabina Gold & Silver, she was instrumental in expanding the five-plus-million-ounce gold resource at the Back River project. Ms. Jones is the founder of Stacked Geoscience Consulting and a director of Viridian Metals Inc. Ms. Jones is a professional geoscientist with EGBC (Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia) and holds an MSc from Queen's University and a BSc (honours) from the University of British Columbia.

About Mr. Kierce

Mr. Kierce is a chartered professional accountant with over seven years of experience in accounting and investment banking and holds a bachelor of technology in accounting from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Mr. Kierce is currently chief financial officer of Nations Royalty. Before Nations Royalty, Mr. Kierce was an associate in investment banking at Stifel Nicolaus Canada, focusing exclusively on the mineral exploration and mining sectors. Originally from Prince Rupert, B.C., Mr. Kierce is a proud Metis.

About Ms. Barmash

Ms. Barmash has been senior vice-president, corporate finance, of Fiore Management & Advisory Corp. since November, 2015, and has served as an officer and director of multiple public companies primarily focused on the resource sector. She has played a key role in managing numerous equity financings, private placements, debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Barmash holds a bachelor of arts from Concordia University.

Stock options

Pacific Ridge has granted incentive stock options to various directors and officers to purchase 650,000 common shares of the company at an exercise price of 19 cents per share, which are exercisable for a period of five years. The stock options are subject to the terms and conditions of Pacific Ridge's stock option plan and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd.

A Fiore Group company, Pacific Ridge's goal is to become British Columbia's leading copper exploration company. The Kliyul copper-gold project, located in the prolific Quesnel terrane close to existing infrastructure, is the company's flagship project. In addition to Kliyul, Pacific Ridge's project portfolio includes the RDP copper-gold project, the Chuchi copper-gold project, the Onjo copper-gold project and the Redton copper-gold project, all located in British Columbia. The company would like to acknowledge that its British Columbia projects are located in the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Gitxsan Nation, McLeod Lake Indian Band, Nak'azdli Whut'en, Takla Nation and Tsay Keh Dene Nation.

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