Micromem Technologies Inc. Appoints New Independent Director

Toronto, Ontario & New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - February 24, 2014) - Micromem Technologies Inc. (CSE: MRM) (OTCQB: MMTIF) (the "Company") announces Brian Von Herzen, Ph.D. has been appointed by the Board of Directors as an Independent Director. Dr. Von Herzen is a graduate of Caltech, Princeton and a recipient of the Hertz Foundation Fellowship, with extensive experience in the design and development of electronic systems and integrated circuits as well as software systems and hardware/software co-design. He has developed software and hardware systems ranging from apps on smartphones to multi-GHz correlating spectrometers for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. He has extensive experience with electronic and optical system development for commercial electronic products.

Since 1993, Dr. Von Herzen has served as Chief Executive Officer at Rapid Prototypes, Inc. providing turnkey electronic product design services, including commercial product specifications and fully functional engineering product prototypes, frequently using programmable logic devices. Rapid Prototypes are experts in the electronic engineering technologies to minimize time to market for new electronic products in networking, consumer electronics and other commercial products. They also have developed some of the world's fastest commercial FPGA applications. Dr. Von Herzen also serves on the board of directors of the Climate Foundation and Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP.

About Micromem and MASTInc
MASTInc is a wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary of Micromem Technologies Inc., a publicly traded (CSE: MRM) (OTCQB: MMTIF) company. MASTInc analyzes the specific industry sectors to create intelligent game-changing applications that address unmet market needs. By leveraging its expertise and experience with sophisticated magnetic sensor applications, MASTInc successfully powers the development and implementation of innovative solutions for healthcare/biomedical, natural resource exploration, government, information technology, manufacturing, and other industries. Visit www.micromeminc.com www.mastinc.com.

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