OTC Markets Group Welcomes CVW CleanTech Inc. to OTCQX

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced that CVW CleanTech Inc. (“CVW CleanTech” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: CVW; OTCQX: CVWFF) has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. CVW CleanTech upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market. CVW CleanTech is the owner of a ready-to-deploy technology able to recover valuable commodities, including critical minerals and hydrocarbons, from froth treatment tailings generated by oil sands mining operations while abating approximately 90% of the methane emitted from an oil sands mining site.

CVW CleanTech Inc. begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol “CVWFF.” U.S. investors can find current financial and other relevant disclosures, and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the Company, on www.otcmarkets.com.

“We are pleased to begin trading on the OTCQX Market in New York. U.S. based investors will now be able to access our shares and corporate information in a more seamless manner,” said Joshua Grant, CVW CleanTech’s Chief Financial Officer. “We intend to actively engage with U.S. investors to ensure that the Company’s value proposition is well understood in the U.S. Additionally, the Company is in the process of applying for DTC eligibility and we will update the market once DTC eligibility has been obtained.”

Upgrading to the OTCQX Market is an important step for companies seeking to provide transparent trading for their U.S. investors. For companies listed on a qualified international exchange, streamlined market standards enable them to utilize their home market reporting to make their information available in the U.S. To qualify for OTCQX, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. acted as the Company’s OTCQX sponsor.

About CVW CleanTech Inc.CVW CleanTech Inc. is a clean technology innovator working to develop sustainable technology solutions. The Company has developed a suite of proprietary technologies called Creating Value from Waste™ (CVW™) that recover bitumen, solvents, critical minerals, and water from oil sands froth treatment tailings while significantly reducing tailings pond emissions and enhancing tailings management.

On an annual basis, an industry wide implementation of CVW™'s EcoMax development option could be expected to:

• Recover 13.2 million barrels of hydrocarbons (11.4 million barrels of bitumen and 1.8 million barrels of solvent);
• Produce 1.5 million tonnes per year of critical mineral concentrates in the form of titanium and zircon;
• Abate up to 5,000,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalents, primarily methane;
• Eliminate up to 30,000 tonnes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs - considered toxic substances by Environment and Climate Change Canada);
• Potentially eliminate tailings pond growth due to froth treatment operations, and
• Generate annual revenues of $2.7 billion within the province of Alberta.

CVW CleanTech has invested over $100 million and over 15 years to advance the CVW™ technology to ready-to-deploy status. This technology has been supported by large-scale integrated piloting and progressive commercial engineering studies resulting in 20 active patents.

For learn more about CVW CleanTech, visit:www.cvwcleantech.comwww.cvwcleantech.com/technology/process-and-technology-overview/

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