CO2 GRO Inc. Announces Dr. Matt Julius Resignation as Chief Science Officer

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2022 / Toronto based CO2 GRO Inc. ("CO2 GRO") (TSXV:GROW)(OTCQB:BLONF)(Frankfurt:4021) announces the resignation of Dr. Matt Julius ("Matt") as Chief Science Officer. CO2 GRO's management and board would like to thank Matt for his exceptional expertise, advice and scientific research work. Under Matt's research guidance CO2 GRO advanced its CO2 Delivery Solutions™ technology through exhaustive scientific trials to commercialization.

GROW CEO, John Archibald commented, "We are very thankful for Matt's contributions to our commercial success. He has helped design and oversee scientific data gathering and analysis for our patent filings, and assisted us with customer projects. We wish him well in 2022 and beyond."

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CO2 GRO's proprietary CO2 Delivery Solutions™ technology is revolutionizing the global 600 billion square foot protected agriculture industry (Cuesta Roble 2019). We create a dissolved CO₂ solution that when misted onto plants provides growers that cannot gas with CO₂ the opportunity to increase plant yields by up to 30% and gross profits by up to 100%. Applying dissolved CO₂ also suppressed the development of pathogens such as E.coli and powdery mildew, helping to reduce crop losses. CO2 GRO's CO2 Delivery Solutions™ is protected by a suite of patents and patents pending.

The worldwide market for CO2 GRO's disruptive CO2 Delivery Solutions™ technology is the 50 billion square feet of greenhouses and 550 billion square feet of protected agriculture facilities (Cuesta Roble 2019). Growers can maximize revenue and profits with our systems' low fixed and variable costs and ease of systems installation.

CO2 GRO's management is rapidly expanding its international marketing partner relationships into Mexico, Spain, the EU, the UK, South Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and Latin America as well as in its North American base.

CO2 GRO is committed to good Environment, Social and Governance (ES&G) policy and practices. We are an equal opportunity employer of choice and opportunity.

Our mission is to accelerate the growth of all value plants safely, economically, naturally and sustainably using our patented advanced CO2 Delivery Solutions™ while accreting value to our customers, stakeholders and shareholders.

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For more information, please visit www.co2gro.ca or contact Michael O'Connor, Manager, and Investor Relations at 604-317-6197 or [email protected]

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