Smartcool Announces Appointment of Malcolm Leggett to Board of Directors

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2018) - Ted Konyi, CEO, Smartcool Systems Inc. (TSXV: SSC) (OTC Pink: SSCFF) (FSE: R3W) is pleased to announce that Malcolm Leggett has joined the Board of Directors as an Independent Director.

Ted Konyi, CEO, said, " it has been a pleasure working with Malcolm on the Advisory Board and I welcome his addition to the Board of Directors. Malcolm brings tremendous business experience to the Board and we look forward to his advice and direction as we move ahead with the initiatives that the company currently has underway."

Malcolm Leggett commented " I have been excited about the potential of Smartcool in the 3 years that I have been a shareholder. I now see and expect that the company will start to realize on the initiatives that have been commenced over the last few years. I look forward to assisting the company, in this more formal role, in achieving the success that its' products can generate."

About Malcolm Leggett

Malcolm Bruce Leggett brings 40years of successful business management to the Smartcool Board. Malcolm was co-founder (1987) President & CEO of NSC Minerals Ltd (formerly NU SALT CORP) a salt company in Western Canada, and distributing to Western Canada and the Mid Western United States with its large fleet of rail cars. Malcolm has held extensive senior Management positions in the Heavy Construction industry prior to Nu Salt Corp.

For the past two years Malcolm has been on the Advisory Board of Smartcool.

About Smartcool

Smartcool Systems Inc. (TSXV: SSC) (OTC Pink: SSCFF) (FSE: R3W) provides cutting edge energy efficient and energy cost reduction solutions for businesses around the world.  The ECO3, ESM and ECOHome are Smartcool's unique retrofit technologies that reduce the energy consumption of compressors in air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump systems by up to 40%.

For further information
WEB www.smartcool.net and www.smartcooleco3.com
EMAIL info@smartcool.net

Investor inquiries
Mike Kordysz
Vice President, Investor Relations
TEL +1 604 904 8632
EMAIL mike.kordysz@smartcool.net

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