Nanotech Wins $6.7 Million Purchase Order

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanotech Security Corp. (TSXV: NTS) (OTCQX: NTSFF) ("Nanotech" or the "Company"), a leader in the development of secure and memorable nano-optic security features used in the government and banknote and brand protection markets, announces it has been awarded purchase orders to advance its confidential development contract to the next stage.

Over the past five years, Nanotech has generated revenue from a paid development contract to design a unique security feature for a potential future banknote based on the Company's next generation nano-optic technology. Nanotech's confidential customer has awarded confirmed purchase orders totaling $6.7 million for fiscal 2021, with an opportunity for an additional $1.5 million depending on the customer receiving additional budgetary approval for the project. With this award, Nanotech has secured its contract services revenue for fiscal 2021 at levels 10% higher than 2020 and with an opportunity to achieve growth of 34%. Due to the confidential nature of the project, no further details of the project status, timing, or financial terms can be disclosed at this time.

"The customer's decision to expand the scope of activities this year is validation of the project's success," said Troy Bullock, President and CEO. "This project continues to progress well overall and we appreciate the confidence this customer has shown in our technology."

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About Nanotech

With billions of security features in circulation, Nanotech's products include secure and memorable security labels, stripes, patches, and colour-shifting films for currency authentication and brand protection.

KolourOptik^® is a patented technology that is exclusive to the government and banknote market and combines sub-wavelength nanostructures and microstructures to create modern overt security features with a unique and customizable visual effect. KolourOptik pure plasmonic colour pixels produce full colour, 3D depth, and movement used in security stripes and threads that are nearly impossible to replicate.  At less than 5 microns thick, KolourOptik products seamlessly integrate into banknotes and other secure government documents.

LiveOptiktm is a patented technology that utilizes innovative nano-optics one tenth the size of traditional holographic structures to create next generation overt security features customized to our customers' unique requirements. LiveOptik delivers multi-colour, 3D depth, movement, and image switches for secure brand protection stripes, threads, and labels that are nearly impossible to replicate.

Additional information about Nanotech can be found at the Company's website www.nanosecurity.ca, the Canadian disclosure filings website www.sedar.com or the OTCMarkets disclosure filings website www.otcmarkets.com.

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