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• Mr. Gary Sosenko to its Advisory Board. Mr. Gary Sosenko to its Advisory Board.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 4, 2019 / VERTICAL EXPLORATION INC. (TSX-V: VERT)
(“Vertical” or the Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gary Sosenko to its Advisory Board.

For the past 40 years Mr. Sosenko has been intimately involved with the industrial minerals industry, serving in a number of key senior management positions over that time. Gary first started out in sales with J.M. Huber Corporation’s Calcium Carbonate Division, before it became part of Huber Engineered Materials. While at Huber, Mr. Sosenko managed a $20 million territory that included Texas, Louisiana, and parts of the Midwest United States. In addition, Gary was also instrumental in finding and developing products for the plastics-polyester industries based on the unique properties of limestone sourced from Jamaica.

After leaving Huber, Gary then founded Advanced Minerals Technology (AMT) in 1993 and served as its President. AMT is focused on helping companies market their mineral-based and recycled by-products and works with all major industrial minerals including calcium carbonate, talc, mica, clay, silica, feldspar and wollastonite. Some of the more notable companies AMT has worked with over the past 25 years include large North American industrial minerals and construction materials firms such as Vulcan Materials, Powdermet, Protech Industries, Chemical Lime and Lafarge among others.

Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO of Vertical Exploration Inc., commented, “We are very happy to have Mr. Sosenko join our Vertical Exploration team. Gary’s extensive leadership experience in the non-metallic industrial minerals and construction materials sectors will be of significant benefit to Vertical. His senior management skills will also further complement our highly-qualified team of advisors, providing the Company with valuable advice in key areas such as strategic planning, operations, corporate governance, marketing and the raising of capital, as we move forward to unlock the potential of our St-Onge Wollastonite deposit.”

ABOUT VERTICAL EXPLORATION

Vertical Exploration’s mission is to identify, acquire, and advance high potential mining prospects located in North America for the benefit of its stakeholders. The Company’s flagship St-Onge Wollastonite property is located in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Telephone: 1-604-683-3995

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 4, 2019 / VERTICAL EXPLORATION INC. (TSX-V: VERT)
(“Vertical” or the Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gary Sosenko to its Advisory Board.

For the past 40 years Mr. Sosenko has been intimately involved with the industrial minerals industry, serving in a number of key senior management positions over that time. Gary first started out in sales with J.M. Huber Corporation’s Calcium Carbonate Division, before it became part of Huber Engineered Materials. While at Huber, Mr. Sosenko managed a $20 million territory that included Texas, Louisiana, and parts of the Midwest United States. In addition, Gary was also instrumental in finding and developing products for the plastics-polyester industries based on the unique properties of limestone sourced from Jamaica.

After leaving Huber, Gary then founded Advanced Minerals Technology (AMT) in 1993 and served as its President. AMT is focused on helping companies market their mineral-based and recycled by-products and works with all major industrial minerals including calcium carbonate, talc, mica, clay, silica, feldspar and wollastonite. Some of the more notable companies AMT has worked with over the past 25 years include large North American industrial minerals and construction materials firms such as Vulcan Materials, Powdermet, Protech Industries, Chemical Lime and Lafarge among others.

Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO of Vertical Exploration Inc., commented, “We are very happy to have Mr. Sosenko join our Vertical Exploration team. Gary’s extensive leadership experience in the non-metallic industrial minerals and construction materials sectors will be of significant benefit to Vertical. His senior management skills will also further complement our highly-qualified team of advisors, providing the Company with valuable advice in key areas such as strategic planning, operations, corporate governance, marketing and the raising of capital, as we move forward to unlock the potential of our St-Onge Wollastonite deposit.”

ABOUT VERTICAL EXPLORATION

Vertical Exploration’s mission is to identify, acquire, and advance high potential mining prospects located in North America for the benefit of its stakeholders. The Company’s flagship St-Onge Wollastonite property is located in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Telephone: 1-604-683-3995

Toll-Free: 1-888-945-4770 or visit our website www.vertexinc.com

Toll-Free: 1-888-945-4770 or visit our website www.vertexinc.com

• AGRINOVA research confirmed that Vertical’s wollastonite can meet regulatory requirements for agricultural applications in Quebec
• AGRINOVA investigated the potential markets for the St-Onge wollastonite resource
• The third key component of the Phase 1 program, which involves developing applied research programming in order to allow Vertical’s wollastonite to be upgraded according to regulatory requirements and markets, will be the subject of a further study to be undertaken by AGRINOVA in the upcoming months.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 14, 2019 / VERTICAL EXPLORATION INC. (TSX-V: VERT) (“Vertical” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated April 29, 2019, the Company has received positive results from its Phase 1 Research and Development program that was conducted by AGRINOVA using wollastonite from the Company’s St-Onge deposit. All of the research and testing in the Phase 1 program was managed and monitored by AGRINOVA, a highly-regarded Center for Research and Innovation in Agriculture in Quebec, in an effort to optimize the potential agricultural uses of wollastonite and help improve production methods for farmers and agricultural companies located in Quebec.

The Phase 1 program conducted by AGRINOVA over the past year focused on research and testing in two key component areas, including characterizing and confirming that Vertical’s wollastonite can meet regulatory requirements for agricultural applications in Quebec and investigating potential markets for the St-Onge wollastonite resource. The third key component of the Phase 1 program, which involves developing applied research programming in order to allow Vertical’s wollastonite to be upgraded according to regulatory requirements and markets, will be the subject of a further study to be undertaken by AGRINOVA in the upcoming months.

The first component results provided by AGRINOVA clearly indicate that Vertical’s St-Onge wollastonite could be Bureau de nomalisation du Quebec (“BNQ”) certified or registered under the Fertilizers Act in Quebec, and potentially be used in the manufacture of slow-mineralizing fertilizer. The safety profile of Vertical’s wollastonite was successfully demonstrated by a germination and elongation test with barley. AGRINOVA went on to report that the St-Onge wollastonite has a neutralizing power and efficiency which compares it favorably with current lime products, and that it has appreciable levels of major and minor elements (Silicon, Calcium, Magnesium and Manganese) that are essential for plant nutrition and growth. Another benefit of Vertical’s wollastonite that was identified by AGRINOVA is its high bio-availability of silicon that leads to both enhanced plant growth and resistance to abiotic and biotic stress in a range of agricultural crops, as studies have shown there is a significant need for this element that is not being filled by commercial fertilizers.

Results for the second market study component that was undertaken by AGRINOVA, indicate that wollastonite has a significant potential to be used for maple production (maple syrup production), organic agriculture, sod production, large-scale crops (cereals, corn and soybeans) and boreal forestry (spruce budworm control and post-fire regeneration). Based on these uses, the potential agricultural demand for wollastonite in the initial target market of Quebec could be in the order of 6,400 tonnes for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, and approximately 274,000 tonnes for the province of Quebec as a whole. AGRINOVA also estimates that there could be additional demand of approximately 59,000 tonnes from the Maritime Provinces of Canada, based on the increased potential for wollastonite to be used for regional blueberry and potato crops.

Peter P. Swistak, president and chief executive officer of Vertical Exploration, commented: “These initial results from AGRINOVA’s Phase 1 program are very encouraging and show that Vertical’s wollastonite can potentially become BNQ certified for agricultural use in Quebec, which again is an important and necessary step for Vertical to take before it can move forward with its marketing and sales efforts in Quebec. The AGRINOVA report also verifies that our St-Onge wollastonite has a number of valuable natural mineral properties that support overall soil health, help control pests and bolster yields for maple trees, barley and blueberries alike. I am also very pleased to find that Vertical’s wollastonite has the potential to be classified as an organic certified fertilizer and soil amendment. Given these very positive results, we are now moving forward to engage AGRINOVA to conduct additional work on the third component of the Phase 1 program over the coming months. This component will involve AGRINOVA designing and implementing an applied research program in order to allow Vertical’s wollastonite to be upgraded for other potential uses and then tested according to varying regulatory requirements and markets. We look forward to providing updates and results from this important third research component as they become available.”

The complete AGRINOVA Phase 1 program report will be uploaded and made available to shareholders and the public on the Company’s website (https://vertxinc.com).

ABOUT AGRINOVA

AGRINOVA (www.agrinova.qc.ca), the Center for Research and Innovation in Agriculture, is a Technology Access Centre located in Alma, Quebec that provides technical help and services to farmers and agricultural companies throughout the province in order to help them access new technologies and assist them with the adoption of innovative new technologies and practices. AGRINOVA’s technology support focuses primarily on consumer concerns (milk quality); reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; organic or natural products; comfort and well-being of animals; digital adoption; and the economic efficiency of companies.

ABOUT VERTICAL EXPLORATION

Vertical Exploration’s mission is to identify, acquire, and advance high potential mining prospects located in North America for the benefit of its stakeholders. The Company’s St-Onge Wollastonite property is located in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Telephone: 1-604-683-3995 Toll Free: 1-888-945-4770