Roughrider Exploration Limited announced the results from its surface exploration program that was conducted in November 2020 at the Empire Mine Property located on northern Vancouver Island. Following the extensive historical data review the company has undertaken, an additional claim was staked contiguous to the Property in an area where historical assay results showed statistically anomalous copper ("Cu") values (> 100 ppm Cu) over a 500 meters ("m") strike length at the favourable contact between limestone and volcanic rocks. During the November 2020 field program, a total of 275 soil, 17 moss mat stream samples and 16 rock samples were collected Exploration focused on the Snowline and Southwest Areas where Roughrider noted a favourable geological setting identified by its compilation work. Soil and stream samples from the Snowline area have returned anomalous levels of copper (> 100 ppm Cu) and gold ("Au") stream sediment samples to 229 ppb Au from the area of company new discovery of Cu-Au-magnetite skarn style mineralization. In the Southwest Area, soils and stream samples have returned values up to 712 ppb Au. Additional assay results from rock samples taken have not yet been received. As announced in company December 8, 2020 news release, Roughrider is completing an extensive compilation of historical data concerning the Property. So far, in total, the company has compiled a total of 486 rock, 386 silt and 2,285 soil samples from the Property along with a total of 17,498 m of drilling in 214 drill holes. Previous geophysical surveys include a 36.9-kilometer ("km") IP survey, 3,277-line km airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys and 40.7 km of ground magnetic surveys.