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CSE: GHG     FF: GHG     OTC: GBHPF

For Immediate Release:

GLOBAL HEMP GROUP ANNOUNCES 
JEFFREY KILPATRICK JOINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Surrey, BC -- (January 19, 2015) -- GLOBAL HEMP GROUP INC. ("GHG" or the "Company") (CSE: GHG / FRANKFURT: GHG / OTCQB
--->: GBHPF) is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Kilpatrick has joined the Company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Kilpatrick is currently the Program Supervisor for the Division of Investigations and Community Supervision for th
--->e Alachua County Department of Court Services in Gainesville, Florida.  He has a B.Sc. in Criminal Justice Administrat
--->ion from CSU Long Beach, an MBA from California Coast University, is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has re
--->ceived his Certified Public Manager degree from FSU.  He is the current Executive Secretary, past President and chair 
--->of the Legislative Committee of the Association of Pretrial Professional of Florida.  He is also the current Secretary
---> for the National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies, the chair of the Legislative Committee and Membership Comm
--->ittee, and serves on the Accreditation Committee.  Prior to coming to Alachua County, Jeff spent 21 years in the U.S. 
--->Coast Guard, where he was the Coast Guard's lead criminal investigator in northern California, Nevada and Utah.  Mr. K
--->ilpatrick is a member of LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

"We are very pleased to have someone of Mr. Kilpatrick's caliber join the board. He has a stellar, long-term track rec
--->ord in law enforcement and is acutely aware of the damage that has been done over more than 75 years of prohibition.  
--->Jeff is committed to doing his part to usher in a new era of logical legislation for cannabis and hemp as we approach 
--->what could become the most significant tipping point in economic history", said Charles Larsen, CEO.

The Company also announces that Robert Hymers has resigned as CFO and will be replaced by Curt Huber, a current Direct
--->or.  Additionally, the Company has granted incentive stock options to its directors to purchase an aggregate total of 
--->1,300,000 shares in accordance with the Company's stock option plan. The options are exercisable at $0.10 per share an
--->d will expire January 15, 2019.  

About Global Hemp Group Inc.
Global Hemp Group, Inc. (CSE - GHG) is a publicly traded holding company founded in 2012. It is headquartered in Briti
--->sh Columbia, Canada with base operations in Southern California and South Africa. The Company is acquiring and/or join
--->t venturing with companies across all sectors of the hemp and cannabis industries in an effort to build a "soil-to-she
--->lf" portfolio of complimentary companies that will enable GHG to capture cash flow, revenues and value from its acquis
--->itions and establish a far greater collective valuation than GHG or the individual companies would have on their own. 
--->The Company performs comprehensive research and analysis on companies in these industries, both public and private, se
--->eking acquisition and joint venture opportunities with experienced experts in the industry. GHG portfolio companies op
--->erate synergistically, enabling greater efficiencies, profitability and value through the economies of scale created f
--->rom operating as a cohesive group. The Company also provides consulting services, from agronomics and technology to pr
--->oduct development and distribution. In addition, GHG provides brokerage services to hemp and cannabis producers, proce
--->ssors, manufacturers and distributors.

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On behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Charles Larsen"
Charles Larsen 
President & CEO 

www.globalhempgroup.com 


Forward Looking Statements - Certain information set forth in this news release may contain forward-looking statements
---> that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to n
--->umerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of Global Hemp Group Inc., including, but not
---> limited to the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, volatility of commodity prices, currency f
--->luctuations, dependence upon regulatory approvals, the availability of future financing and exploration risk. Readers 
--->are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the 
--->time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking st
--->atements.

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