Speakeasy Appoints Brian Peery of Hennessy Funds to Advisory Board

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VANCOUVER, May 25, 2018 /CNW/ - Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd. (CSE: EASY) (Frankfurt: 39H) (the "Company" or "Speakeasy") a late stage ACMPR applicant is pleased to announce it has appointed Mr. Brian Peery to its board of advisors.

Mr. Peery currently manages in excess of $3 Billion as a Portfolio Manager with Hennessy Funds.  Prior to his current role, Mr. Peery served a number of roles, including institutional sales, trading, research, and analysis before becoming a Portfolio Manager in 2011.  Prior to joining Hennessy Funds in 2002, Brian worked for a boutique investment firm as an equities analyst and went on to manage research and trading for a full-service brokerage firm. Mr. Peery holds a BA in Economics and English from the University of Richmond.

"I am very pleased with today's appointment of Brian to our Advisory Board. Mr. Peery's brings an in-depth knowledge of the capital markets and access to a world class financial network with the ability to put the Company in front of the highest level of investors and instiutions. Brian has been featured on CNBC, CNN and Reuters," stated Marc Geen, CEO.

About Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd. (CSE:EASY)

Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd. is a late stage ACMPR applicant that is leveraging three generations of farming experience and the largest land package of LP in Canada with 290 acres of the best agricultural land in British Columbia's Southern interior region; known as the Napa Valley of weed country. Speakeasy is disrupting the cultivation model by aggregating British Columbia's best craft growers under one umbrella to produce the highest quality cannabis targeted at the highly sought after millennial recreational market.

Speakeasy has submitted its extensive evidence package to Health Canada for its current 10,000 square feet facility and has commenced construction on its 80,000 square feet expansion facility. This 80,000 square foot facility will include growing, extraction and genetics labs.

ON BEHALF OF SPEAKEASY CANNABIS CLUB LTD.

(signed) "Marc Geen"

Chief Executive Officer 
 
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SOURCE Speakeasy Cannabis Club Ltd.