VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / February 22, 2024 / CoTec Holdings Corp. (TSXV:CTH) (OTCQB:CTHCF) ("CoTec" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has been included in the 2024 TSX Venture 50™ list. The TSX Venture 50™ is a ranking of the top fifty performing companies on the TSXV over the prior year. Ten companies from each of five industry sectors are selected based on three equally weighted criteria to qualify as a TSX Venture 50™ Company.

Julian Treger, CoTec CEO, commented, "We have delivered approximately 300% increase in our share price since embarking on the CoTec journey, and our inclusion in the TSX Venture 50™ for 2024 is a welcomed recognition of our efforts to-date. Continued delivery of attractive shareholder returns is key to the CoTec strategy as we pursue our goal of building a mid-tier mineral resource producer over the medium term."

About CoTec

CoTec is a publicly traded investment issuer listed on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange ("TSX- V") and the OTCQB and trades under the symbol CTH and CTHCF respectively. The Company is an environment, social, and governance ("ESG")-focused company investing in innovative technologies that have the potential to fundamentally change the way metals and minerals can be extracted and processed for the purpose of applying those technologies to undervalued operating assets and recycling opportunities, as the Company transitions into a mid- tier mineral resource producer.

CoTec is committed to supporting the transition to a lower carbon future for the extraction industry, a sector on the cusp of a green revolution as it embraces technology and innovation. The Company has made four investments to date and is actively pursuing operating opportunities where current technology investments could be deployed.

For further information, please contact:

Braam Jonker - (604) 992-5600

Forward-Looking Information Cautionary Statement

Statements in this press release regarding the Company and its investments which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to management's expectations with respect to its current and potential future investments and the benefits to the Company which may be implied from such statements. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. For further details regarding risks and uncertainties facing the Company please refer to "Risk Factors" in the Company's filing statement dated April 6, 2022, a copy of which may be found under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

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