Mr. Don Mosher reports

CHANGE IN OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Hempco Food and Fiber Inc. has changed its chief financial officer and accepted the resignation of director Praveen Varshney.

An amendment to the Feb. 23, 2017, annual general meeting circular has been sent out to show Praveen Varshney, current chief financial officer, removed as delegate for re-election as director.

"We wish to thank Praveen and the Varshney Capital team in leading us through our initial private round of funding, successful listing and financing on the TSX Venture Exchange and our oversubscribed follow-on financing postlisting," said Charles Holmes, chief executive officer. "His advice and guidance has been in valuable to get us to this point of growth."

Hempco welcomes John Charles Ross, MBA, CPA, CA, as the new chief financial officer. He is a financial management professional, who comes to Hempco from Bay Street in Toronto with 28 years of private and public company experience and 17-plus years working with high-growth and early-stage companies on worldwide projects. He has demonstrated an ability to streamline business operations that drive growth and increase efficiency, as well as bottom-line profit. He has strong qualifications in the implementation and development of financial controls and processes. He possesses solid leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, having worked most recently for nine-plus years as a self-employed consultant.

He is currently consulting to: U3O8 Corp., Xtra-Gold Resources Corp., South American Silica Corp., Vertichem Corp. and Niagara Ventures Corp.

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