Composite Alliance Group Announces Delay in Filing Annual Financial Statements

Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - April 23, 2020) - Composite Alliance Group Inc. (formerly CanAsia Financial Inc.) (TSXV: CAG) (the "Company" or "CAG") announces that due to circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is relying on the exemption provided in Alberta Instrument 51-517 - Temporary Exemption from Certain Corporate Finance Requirements (the "Alberta Instrument") of the Alberta Securities Commission (and similar exemptions provided by the securities commissions in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario) to postpone the filing of the following continuous disclosure documents (collectively the "Documents"):

• the Company's Annual Audited Financial Statements for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019 as required by section 4.2 of National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations ("NI 51-102"); and

• the Company's Management Discussion & Analysis for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2019 as required by section 5.1(2) of NI 51-102.

In accordance with the Alberta Instrument, during the period from March 23, 2020 to June 1, 2020, a person or company required to make certain filings as described in the Alberta Instrument has an additional 45 days from the deadline otherwise applicable under Alberta securities laws to make the filing. Until the Company has filed the required financial statements and management's discussion and analysis, members of the Company's management and other insiders are subject to a trading blackout reflecting the principles contained in section 9 of National Policy 11-207 - Failure to File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions.

The Company expects to file the Documents on or prior to June 1, 2020.

Since the date the last interim financial statements and associated management's discussion and analysis were filed with respect to the interim period ending September 30, 2019, the Company has disclosed by way of news release the following significant business development, which is available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com:

• On March 19, 2020, the Company announced that its subsidiary, Techni Modul Engineering S.A., has suspended operations as a result of COVID-19 and the French government's responsive measures to the global pandemic.

For further information, please contact Dale Burstall, Corporate Secretary and Director, via email at dale@burstall.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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