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Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / April 21, 2017 - SOLARVEST BIOENERGY INC. (TSX-V:SVS) ("Solarvest" or the "Company") announces it has suspended its previously announced private placement financing with Drashta Ventures, a United Kingdom based impact investment fund ("Drashta"). Under TSX Venture Exchange Policy, the parties had a limited time to complete the financing, and the 30 day extension granted by the TSX Venture Exchange has now expired.

As previously announced Solarvest, has already closed a first tranche of Cdn$250,000 of the anticipated Cdn$1,000,000 placement of an aggregate 4,000,000 units at a price of $0.25 per unit. Each unit issued consists of one common share and one whole warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.35 per share for a period of two years following closing and includes an acceleration clause that is triggered by a 20 day volume weighted average price greater than $0.95 per share. All securities issued pursuant to this tranche are subject to resale restrictions for a period of four months and one day from closing under applicable securities legislation, and final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.

The balance of the financing had been anticipated to close in two or more tranches this month. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the parties, the remaining subscription proceeds could not be secured in a timely fashion. As a result, the parties have mutually agreed to terminate the current commitment. The parties will continue to work towards the funding and Drashta has confirmed that they remain committed and confident that the funds will be available, although the short-term timing is difficult to predict.

About Drashta:

Drashta Ventures' is an innovative impact investment fund sponsored by Drashta Capital whose mission is to harness the collective power of capital, technology and people to solve the most pressing challenges facing the world today. With the 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the UN as its initial guide, Drashta invests in early and mid stage companies that have a strong social or environmental impact, while protecting investors' interests under a unique, self-sustaining capital protection model.

About Solarvest:

Solarvest BioEnergy Inc. is an algae technology company whose algal-based production platform provides it with an extremely flexible system capable of being adapted to produce clean energy in the form of hydrogen and health products such as omega oils in an economic and environmentally sensitive manner .

For further information contact:

Gerri Greenham, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: 416 420 0947 Email: ggreenham@solarvest.ca

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

The statements made in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections.

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