Hemostemix Announces Private Placement and Debt Settlement Update

Calgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - April 29, 2020) - Hemostemix Inc. (TSXV: HEM) (OTC: HMTXF) ("Hemostemix" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, subject to TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") approval, its non-brokered private placement will be increased from $450,000 to $1,223,200 of units (the "Units") at $0.01 per Unit (the "Offering"), and the settlement ("Debt Settlement") of trade payables will amount up to $358,514 at $0.01 per common share.

Each Unit of the Offering is comprised of one common share of the Company (each a "Share") and one share purchase warrant (each a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one additional Share in the capital of the Company at a price of $0.05 per Warrant for a period of one year from the date the Units are issued. If, on any 10 consecutive trading days occurring after four months and one day following the Closing Date of the Offering, the closing sales price of the Shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported on a trading day) as quoted on the TSXV is greater than $0.07 per Share, the Company may provide notice in writing to the holders of the Warrants by issuance of a press release that the expiry date of the Warrants will be accelerated to the 30^th day following the date of such press release.

The pricing of the Offering and Debt Settlement are in reliance of the temporary relief measures established by the TSXV on April 8, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TSXV published the temporary relief measures to Policy 4.1 and Policy 4.3, lowering the minimum pricing from $0.05 to $0.01 per share for shares issued pursuant to a private placement or debt settlement, where the market price of an issuer's shares is not greater than $0.05.

Proceeds from the Offering are expected to be used to pay finder fees payable in connection with the closing ($30,216), for the build-out of the management team including the hiring of the Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer (up to $500,000), public company sustaining costs and general working capital ($288,000), ACP-01 technology transfer ($175,000), automation buildout ($150,000), and patent sustaining fees and expenses ($80,000). The Offering will be completed pursuant to certain exemptions from the prospectus requirements under applicable securities laws. The Offering may be closed in one or more tranches. There is no minimum subscription amount. The Company may pay finders fees to eligible finders of up to 8% cash and 8% Finder Warrants. Each Finder's Warrant may be exercised to acquire a Unit of the Offering.

Shareholders are encouraged to vote by proxy by May 4, 2020 for the resolutions outlined in the Company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders Management Information Circular, for the Meeting to be held on May 6, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Company requests shareholders to vote their shares by proxy and to not attend the meeting in person. The Company requests that Shareholders who insist on attending the Meeting in person carefully follow the instructions of the federal and provincial public health authorities, and any health authority holding jurisdiction over the areas traveled through, or situated in, to attend the Meeting.

ABOUT HEMOSTEMIX

Hemostemix is a publicly traded autologous stem cell therapy company. A winner of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award, the Company developed and is commercializing its lead product ACP-01 for the treatment of CLI, PAD, Angina, Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy and other conditions of ischemia. ACP-01 has been used to treat over 300 patients, and it is the subject of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial of its safety and efficacy in patients with advanced critical limb ischemia who have exhausted all other options to save their limb from amputation.

On October 21, 2019, the Company announced the results from its Phase II CLI trial abstract entitled "Autologous Stem Cell Treatment for CLI Patients with No Revascularization Options: An Update of the Hemostemix ACP-01 Trial With 4.5 Year Followup" which noted healing of ulcers and resolution of ischemic rest pain occurred in 83% of patients, with outcomes maintained for up to 4.5 years.

The Company owns 91 patents across five patent families titled: Regulating Stem Cells, In Vitro Techniques for use with Stem Cells, Production from Blood of Cells of Neural Lineage, and Automated Cell Therapy. For more information, please visit www.hemostemix.com.

Contact: Thomas Smeenk, President, CEO & Co-Founder
TSmeenk@Hemostemix.com 905-580-4170

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

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