VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - December 14, 2017) -

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NexOptic Technology Corp. ("NexOptic") (OTCQX: NXOPF) (TSX VENTURE: NXO) (FRANKFURT: E301) (BERLIN: E301)is pleased to welcome Ms. Karen Fleming to NexOptic's Board of Directors.

"We are very fortunate to have Ms. Fleming join our team," stated John Daugela, CEO of NexOptic. "Karen's expertise in securities and corporate legal matters, corporate governance initiatives, capital market opportunities and committee procedures will support NexOptic's continued growth."

Karen Fleming is the former General Counsel Canada and Corporate Secretary at Canadian Pacific Railway ("CP"). As counsel and corporate secretary to CP, a TSX 60 company, Ms. Fleming regularly advised senior executives and its Board of Directors on corporate governance and legal issues including financial transaction, due diligence, and securities matters.

Ms. Fleming was in-house counsel to CP from 1998 to 2015, including Corporate Secretary from 2008 to 2012, and Canadian General Counsel from 2012 to 2015. She received her Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta.

"I am excited to join the Board of Directors of NexOptic," said Ms. Fleming. "This is an opportunity to add value to a developing technology company as we focus on executing NexOptic's business objectives."

About NexOptic Technology Corp.

NexOptic is a creative optical development company which aims to enhance the way we view the world around us. Currently focused on engineering its first consumer product for the growing outdoor recreation market, as well as a demonstration prototype for the mobile device space, NexOptic is aggressively pursuing a multi-pronged optical innovation strategy. Utilizing Blade Optics™, the Company's developing suite of innovative optical technologies, NexOptic aims to increase aperture sizes within given depth constraints of various imaging applications. Increasing the aperture size enables a lens system to have an improved diffraction limit, thus providing the potential for increased resolution capabilities.

Blade Optics™ refers to NexOptic's lens designs, algorithms and mechanics which vary from patented, patent-pending and includes all of the Company's intellectual property and know-how.

NexOptic trades on the OTCQX under the symbol "NXOPF," on the TSX Venture as "NXO," on Frankfurt as "E301" and Berlin as "E301." More information is available at www.nexoptic.com.

On behalf of the Boards of Directors

NexOptic Technology Corp.
John Daugela, CEO & Director

OTCQX: NXOPF
TSX-V: NXO
Frankfurt: E301
Berlin: E301

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements with respect to expectations concerning the development of its technology, new products and designs, the potential applications of the Company's technologies and its potential markets. The reader is cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which are difficult to predict and that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about the business and the industry and markets in which the Company operates and are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations, including, among others: risks commonly associated with the development of new technologies, including that the Company's technology is at an early stage and additional work will be required to confirm potential applications and feasibility of its technologies; the Company may not be able complete the prototypes and designs as currently expected; potential applications of the Company's technology are based on limited studies and may not be representative of the broader market; the risk that prototypes and designs may not achieve expected results; the Company may not be able to commercialize its technology; the Company may not have access to necessary financing on acceptable terms or at all; and other risks inherent with the patent process, transactions of this type and the business of the Company. Such forward-looking statements should therefore be construed in light of such factors. Other than in accordance with its legal or regulatory obligations, the Company is not under any obligation and it expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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