Pershing Resources Company, Inc. announced that Neil D. Novak, P Geo. has been named "Director of Exploration" for the Company. Mr. Novak initially joined the Company' as an Advisor in 2016 and was invited to join the Board in March of 2018 as an Independent Director.

Mr. Novak will now serve as an Officer of the Company and will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors, but not as an independent director. As Director of Exploration, Mr. Novak will oversee and co-manage exploration for the Company's current portfolio of exploration projects in Arizona and Nevada. In the Director of Exploration role, Mr. Novak will be responsible for the design and advancement of exploration programs and will advise the Company on any new acquisitions.

Mr. Novak will report to the Board of Directors and will be working closely with Ed Walker Ph.D., P.Geo., the Company's independent geological consultant along with the rest of Pershing's Technical Team as Pershing advances their 100% owned New Enterprise Project near Kingman, Arizona. Mr. Novak is a senior executive and experienced Professional Geologist, with over four decades of international experience in the junior resource sector having worked on projects in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. He has provided exploration management expertise in the role of senior officer for numerous junior resource companies, mostly in Canada.

Mr. Novak is a professional geologist and is also President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of BWR Exploration Inc., (TSX.V: BWR), a Toronto based mineral exploration company with three projects in Canada. BWR's main exploration focus is a gold project in northeast Manitoba, along with two other base metal projects in Ontario and Quebec.