Big Wind Capital and Hill Top Security Provide Update on LOI Agreement

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 7, 2017) - Big Wind Capital Inc., ("Big Wind" or the "Company") (CSE:BWC)(CSE:BWC.CN)(CNSX:BWC)(OTC PINK:BGGWF) and Hill Top Security Inc ("Hill Top") are pleased to announce that, further to the terms of the LOI agreement, through which Big Wind will acquire various interests in Hill Top and its assets (the "Transaction"), Big Wind has closed the 1^st tranche of its non-brokered private placement.

Dev Randhawa, CEO of Big Wind, commented, "Big Wind has been working closely with Hill Top in the run up to completing the deal. We are very excited to be entering such a fast-paced industry. Hill Top's patented, military-grade, cybersecurity platform, its high-profile team of former military security experts and its advanced-stage, crypto currency product give us a tremendous competitive edge."

Hill Top Security Highlights: Military-Grade, Holistic and Unique

• Military-grade cybersecurity platform, called Vauban, originally developed for government and big business, now being made available to the SMB sector.
• Hill Top recently partnered with GuardSight, a specialist in Managed Security Services and Tactical Cyber Security Operations, with a strong customer base of Fortune 1000 companies, which will act as a distributor and services partner for Hill Top's military-grade cyber security platform.
• One of the world's first and only solutions compliant with FIPS-FIAR - a rigorous financial transaction and compliance standard required by the Department of Defense.
• New product development incorporates blockchain technology to provide enhanced security for industry-specific crypto-currency applications.
• The platform has been developed by a team of security experts with substantial military and commercial experience, including the US Army, Marine Corps and Wall Street.
• The Hill Top team currently holds a Top-Secret clearance based on the work it currently carries out for the government.
• Hill Top is at an advanced stage of development in developing its first crypto currency product for the mining and metals industry. The product, called MineCoin, will enable Hill Top to expand its current protection of company networks and communications to include the protection of company transactions.

The $0.15 common share private placement was previously announced on July 4, 2017 for gross proceeds of not less than CAD$1,000,000 (the "Concurrent Financing"). The first tranche which has closed comprises 3,333,333 common shares for gross proceeds of CAD$500,000.

Forward-Looking Information

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All information in this news release concerning Hill Top has been provided for inclusion herein by Hill Top. Although the Company has no knowledge that would indicate that any information contained herein concerning Hill Top is untrue or incomplete, the Company assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any such information.

Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the listing statement to be prepared in connection with the Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon.

Statements about the closing of the Transaction, expected terms of the Transaction, and the parties' ability to satisfy any and all other closing conditions, and receive necessary regulatory and CSE approvals in connection therewith, are all forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, failure to obtain regulatory approval, the continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Although such statements are based on management's reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that the Transaction will occur or that, if the Transaction does occur, it will be completed on the terms described above. Big Wind assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances unless required by law. Readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements.

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