REPEAT -- PowerTap Subsidiary AES-100 Inc. Accelerates Development and Commercialization of Green Hydrogen Technology with Appointment of Channce Fuller as President & Chief Executive Officer

• Consistent with an accelerated operational and commercial timeline for AES-100 technology, the Board of Directors of AES-100 Inc. has appointed Channce Fuller to lead the company's expedited development agenda
  
  
• Mr. Fuller joins AES-100 Inc. with a background in commercial and operational leadership as an executive at one of North America's largest environmental companies
• Mr. Fuller's experience directly complements AES-100 Inc. with a more than decade of technical engineering, corporate development, and strategy experience at the world's largest fertilizer manufacturer and crop retailer
  
  

TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp (NEO: MOVE) (FWB: 2K6B) (OTC:MOTNF) ("PowerTap" or the "Company" or "MOVE") is pleased to announce the appointment of Channce Fuller as President and Chief Executive Officer of its 49 percent owned subsidiary AES-100 Inc.

Mr. Fuller brings diverse experience in executive leadership, operations, marketing/sales, and business development. Most recently, Mr. Fuller was Vice President, Western Canada for Terrapure Environmental (a subsidiary of GFL Environmental). He was directly accountable for the planning and performance of day-to-day operations with leadership accountability for developing multi-year strategies, business plans and the achievement of financial goals/objectives while driving improvements in EH&S and other supporting functional areas.

Prior to this, Mr. Fuller worked in the Agriculture and Chemicals industry at Nutrien (NYSE:NTR, TSX:NTR), the world's largest fertilizer producer and crop retailer. During his tenure at Nutrien, he worked in technical engineering, process safety, corporate development and global strategy development.

Mr. Fuller holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering (with Great Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan. He is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.

Channce joins AES-100 Inc. to lead the accelerated development of its transformational green hydrogen technology. Channce will bring a unique blend of technical and business development acumen that strengthens the company's ability to execute.

As the Company continues to shape a vision focused on clean energy, Mr. Fuller's appointment brings new executional operations and commercialization expertise, adding bench strength directly in the areas associated with the expedited development timelines needed to capitalize on the multi-billion dollar clean energy market.

ABOUT POWERTAP HYDROGEN CAPITAL CORP.

PowerTap Hydrogen Capital Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp. ("PowerTap"), is focused on installing hydrogen production and dispensing fueling infrastructure in the United States. PowerTap's patented solution has been developed over 20 years. PowerTap is now commercializing its third-generation blue hydrogen product that will focus on the refueling needs of the automotive and long-haul trucking markets that lack hydrogen fueling infrastructure. There are currently under 100 operational publicly available hydrogen stations in the United States with most of the existing stations purchasing industrial hydrogen from industrial manufacturers and shipping hydrogen to individual stations via tanker trucks.

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