POC Pacific Iron Ore Corporation

Pacific Iron Ore Corporation (TSX VENTURE:POC) announces that it has received
and filed a Technical Report dated June 29, 2009 on its Separation Property
located in Ontario. The Technical Report was prepared in contemplation of the
requirements of National Instrument 43-101, by independent geologists Mr. J.
Gary Clark P.Geo and Mr. Desmond Cullen, P.Geo. This document is now available
on SEDAR. The objective of completing this property evaluation was to assist
Pacific Iron Ore Corporation in vending or optioning this property to a company
interested in the lithium and rare metal potential as outlined in the work of
Messer's Clark and Cullen.


Separation Property:

The Separation Property ("the Property") consists of 21 contiguous, unpatented
mining claims and one contiguous mining lease, is situated 70 kilometres north
of Kenora, Ontario and is located within the traditional land use area of the
Wabaseemoong Independent Nations of Whitedog, Ontario, an aboriginal community
located approximately 35 kilometres southwest of the Property. This area has a
history of precious metals exploration with work focusing on uranium and iron
ore potential. The Property lies within the Separation Lake Greenstone belt
where extensive research and mapping by the Ontario government in 1993 increased
interest in the potential for lithium and rare metal bearing pegmatites. The
Property is comparable in size and potential to other major producing areas,
with two areas showing potential for economic deposits, Big Whopper and Big
Mack.


The Separation Lake Greenstone Belt (SLGB) has been the focus of extensive study
by the Ontario Geological Survey since the area was examined as part of
Operation Kenora-Sydney Lake (Breaks et al. 1975). The Property occurs within
the SLGB of the contact zone of the English River sub province and Winnipeg
River sub province of the Archean Superior Province. Extensive research and
mapping by the Ontario government from 1993 increased interest in the rare-metal
pegmatite potential of the area.


Pegmatites are host to many rare and exotic metals such as tantalum, niobium,
tin, lithium, rubidium and cesium. Tanco's Bernic Lake pegmatite in Manitoba,
Bikita in Zimbabwe and the Greenbushes in Australia are some of the better known
pegmatite deposits currently being mined for their lithium and/or tantalum
content.


The SLGB is comparable in size and potential to these major producing areas,
with Pacific Iron's Big Mack and Avalon Venture's Big Whopper petalite
pegmatites being examples of potentially economic deposits.


The exploration work to date has identified a series of pegmatite zones on the
Property with anomalous values for lithium and rare earth metals. The most
significant of these on the Property are the Big Mack, Eleven Zone, Glitter,
Wolf and Rattler pegmatites. These pegmatites and pegmatites on the adjacent
Avalon Ventures property have been determined to have economic potential by
previous work completed. The Big Mack pegmatite has been drill tested to a
limited depth and has had significant lithium values reported. Other pegmatites
on the Property have had limited to no diamond drilling.


The Technical Report recommends that the Corporation undertake an exploration
program costing approximately $371,000 on the Property. The exploration program
should be comprised of prospecting, additional sampling and diamond drilling to
further define the potential of the lithium and rare-metal pegmatites. The work
should also include diamond drilling of the Big Mack pegmatite to depth and
along the strike to prove continuity and the potential associations to other
pegmatites in the immediate area. Geochemistry of all pegmatites should also be
reviewed.


Mr. Jeffery Austin, President of Pacific Iron Ore Corporation stated that "this
is an exciting opportunity to establish a significant project in the Kenora,
Ontario region. Once our preliminary work on the Property is complete the
Corporation intends to seek appropriate joint venture partners to further
develop the opportunity."


Technical Report Assumptions

On June 29, 2009, Mr. Clark and Mr. Cullen issued their Technical Report titled
"Technical Report on Separation Property". Much of the data for this report is
sourced from 'historical NI 43-101 noncompliant' prospector, company and
government assessment reports and maps on file with the MNDM, Kenora District
Geologist's Office.


Disclosure in this press release is qualified by the more detailed discussion as
set forth in the Technical Report filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.


Corporate Direction and Strategy

Pacific Iron Ore Corporation is dedicated to the development of its iron ore
deposits, located in the Port Renfrew area of Vancouver Island, British
Columbia. With the success of the 2008 Exploration Program and the existence of
sufficient capital resources to undertake additional exploration activities in
2009 the Corporation is well positioned to manage these difficult times. In
order to maximize the returns on future exploration activity, the Corporation
has initiated a detailed review of its claims located on Vancouver Island and in
Ontario, with the intention of focusing its exploration efforts in the Pearson
Project and evaluating its St. Anthony's Property.


Quality Control of Reported Results

Mr. J. Gary Clark, P. Geo of Clark Exploration Consulting, an independent
geological consultant, is the Qualified Person on the Separation Project under
the guidelines of NI 43-101. Mr. Clark along with Mr. Desmond Cullen, P.Geo
prepared the Technical Report and Mr. Clark reviewed and approved the technical
disclosure contained in this press release. Mr. Clark holds a Bachelor of
Science honors degree in Geology from Lakehead University and is a Professional
Geologist. Over the past 26 years he has been involved in mineral exploration
throughout Canada and overseas, with a number of exploration companies including
Falconbridge, Falconbridge Copper, Noranda and Gulf Minerals. Mr. Clark also
serves on various committees and boards that support the mineral explorers of
Ontario including the Ontario Minister of Mines Mining Act advisory committee
and the Ontario Geological Survey Advisory Board.


For further information please refer to the Corporations profile on SEDAR which
can be accessed at www.sedar.com.


Forward Looking Statements:

The TSX.V Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release. This release includes certain statements
that may be deemed "forward looking statements". All statements in this release,
other than statements of historical facts, that address future production,
reserves potential, exploration drilling, exploration activities and events or
developments that the Corporation expects are forward looking statements.
Although the Corporation beliefs the expectations expressed in such forward
looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward looking statements. Factors that could
cause results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements
include, but are not limited to: market prices; exploitation and exploration
successes; continued availability of capital, financing and personnel;
government regulation and laws; the Corporations relationship with First
Nations; environmental developments; and general economic, market or business
conditions. Investors are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and those actual results or developments may differ
materially from those projected in the forward looking statements. For more
information on Pacific Iron Ore Corporation, Investors should review the
Corporation's registered filings which are available at www.sedar.com.

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