Pacific Ridge plans drilling at Kliyul and RDP copper-gold projects

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 16, 2026) - Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: PEX) (OTCQB: PEXZF) (FSE: PQW) ("Pacific Ridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce exploration plans for its 100% owned Kliyul copper-gold project ("Kliyul") and RDP copper-gold project ("RDP"). Kliyul is located in the prolific Quesnel terrane; RDP is located 40 km west of Kliyul at the southern end of the Toodoggone Mining District, one of Canada's hottest exploration districts (See Figure 1). Highlights Kliyul: The Kliyul Main Zone ("KMZ"), just one target area at Kliyul, hosts 2.42 billion pounds copper equivalent ("CuEq") (see Table 1) or 5.7 million ounces gold equivalent ("AuEq") (see Table 2) in the Inferred Mineral Resource category. 2025 drilling at KMZ intersected 289.0 m of 0.77% CuEq* (0.26% copper, 0.75 g/t gold, and 1.54 g/t silver) (see news release dated November 18, 2025).

Pacific Ridge plans on drilling 2,500 m at Kliyul this year with a focus on the M39 target. M39 is a high priority target that has never been drill tested. RDP: 2025 drilling at the Day target, just one target area at RDP, returned one of B.C.'s best porphyry copper-gold intervals that year.

Drill hole RDP-25-011 intersected 112.2m of 1.35% CuEq* (0.76% copper, 0.86 g/t gold, and 3.16 g/t silver) (see news release dated October 23, 2025). This year the Company will be targeting the interpreted porphyry centre at Day and further defining last year's western magnetic lobe discovery with a 3,000 m diamond drill program. "We are mobilizing to site right now and I expect that drilling will be underway by the end of the month," said Blaine Monaghan, President & CEO of Pacific Ridge.

"I'm very excited about this year's exploration programs at Kliyul and RDP as we are focused on high-impact discovery drilling." Figure 1 Location of Kliyul and RDP Copper-Gold Projects To view an enhanced version of th