Southern Empire Resources Corp. (Southern Empire; TSX-V: SMP; Frankfurt: 5RE; OTC: SMPEF) is very pleased to announce that in an August 31, 2023 Press Release , the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) stated that Southern Empire's subsidiary, SMP Gold Corp., was approved to " move forward with mineral exploration on public lands" at its wholly owned Oro Cruz Project located in Imperial County, California. David Tupper, Southern Empire's VP of Exploration...