TORONTO, March 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Platinex Inc. (CSE:PTX) (the "Company" or “Platinex") announced today that it has changed its auditor from Mahendra CA Professional Corporation  ("Former Auditor") to UHY McGovern Hurley LLP ("Successor Auditor" or "UHY").

The Former Auditor resigned as auditor of the Company effective January 26, 2018 and the board of directors of the Company appointed the Successor Auditor as the Company’s auditor effective today, until the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Company is grateful to Mahendra CA Professional Corporation for its services during the past three years.

There were no reservations in the Former Auditor's reports on any of the Company's audited financial statements and no reportable events between the Company and the Former Auditor.  

In accordance with National Instrument 51-102 , the notice of change of auditor, together with the required letters from the former auditor and the successor auditor, have been reviewed by the audit committee and the board of directors and have been filed on SEDAR.

About Platinex Inc.
Platinex is currently focusing efforts on developing various strategies to capitalize on the lucrative growth of the cannabis sector in North America. At the same time Platinex has been focusing its mining business efforts in assembling a very large property in the Shining Tree gold camp, which has received little modern exploration compared to other gold camps in the Abitibi greenstone Belt.  Shares of Platinex are listed for trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol "PTX".

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Platinex Inc.                                                    
Lori Paradis, Corporate Secretary                
Tel: (416) 268-2682                                         
Email: [email protected]                                 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
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