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Syd Announces Achievement of 2nd Thc License FOR Santa Marta .

Corporate Updates

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SYD FINANCIAL INC.

303 – 570 Granville Street

Vancouver, BC V6C 3P1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2019

SYD FINANCIAL INC. ANNOUNCES MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT OF SECOND THC LICENSE

FOR SANTA MARTA LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

Vancouver, B.C. – Syd Financial Inc. (the “Company” or “Syd”) (CSE: SYDF) is pleased to announce that,

on September 9, 2019, Santa Marta Life Sciences Corp. (“ Santa Marta ”) received its License for the

Manufacture of THC Derivatives from the Colombian Ministry of Health. This is a major regulatory

achievement for Santa Marta and a clear indication of the trust established between Santa Marta and

the Colombian government. Santa Marta has now secured two cannabis licenses from the Colombian

government (the other being a License for Cultivation, Extraction, Sale and Export of Non -Psychoactive

Cannabis).

The Company is currently working on a subscription receipt financing for aggregate gross proceeds of no

less than $6,00 0,000 at a price of $0.125 per subscription receipt (each subscription receipt being

convertible into one Syd Share and one warrant to purchase one additional Syd Share exercisable at

$0.375 per Syd Share) (the “Syd Financing”).

As previously announced (Sept 10, 2019) , the Company entered into a definitive business combination

agreement dated effective September 6, 2019 (the “Agreement”) with Santa Marta and a wholly-owned

subsidiary of the Company, 1221439 B.C. Ltd. (“Newco”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has

agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of Santa Marta by way of a t hree-cornered

amalgamation between the Company, Santa Marta and Newco (the “Transaction”). The Transaction will

result in a reverse takeov er of the Company by the security holders of Santa Marta and constitute a

change of business for the Company from mineral exploration to the cannabis industry . As part of the

transaction Syd is in the process of disposing of its current mineral property.

About Santa Marta

Santa Marta specializes in creating high -quality CBD & THC oils for distribution in the global medical

marketplace. The Company has secured a 25 -year lease on 3 4.5 hectares of agricultural land in

Colombia, as well as two cannabis licenses from the Colombian government. The company has secured

agreements for distribution in the EU, Canada, Mexico, and Colombia, as legally permitted.

All of the information included in this news release with respect to Santa Marta has been provided by

management of Santa Marta.

SYD Financial Inc.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

“Keith Anderson”

Keith Anderson, CEO, Secretary and Director, Syd Financial Inc.

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For further information on the Company, please email [email protected]

Keith Anderson

Syd Financial Inc.

(604) 786-7774

The Canadian Securities Exchange (operated by CNSX Markets Inc.) has in no way passed upon the merits

of the proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press

release.

Disclaimer for Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements in this press release are forward -looking statements and are prospective in nature.

Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and

projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause

actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward -looking

statements, including: the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals , the ability to conclude the

Transaction, capital expenditures and other costs, and financing and additional capital requirements.

These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward -looking words such as “may”,

“should”, “will”, “could”, “intend”, “estimate”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “believe” or “continue”, or

the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward -looking statements in this news release include

statements regarding the terms of the proposed Transaction, completion of t he proposed Transaction,

the Syd Financing and the Santa Financing, if any, the consolidation of the shares of the Company and

intended name change of the Company, the listing of the shares of the R esulting Issuer on the CSE , and

the anticipated business p lan of the Resulting Issuer subsequent to completion of the Transaction,

including the obtaining of cannabis-related licences in Colombia. Although management of the Company

has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to dif fer materially from

those contained in forward -looking statements or forward -looking information, there may be other

factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance

that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially

from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on

forward-looking statements and forward looking information. The Company assumed no obl igation to

update any forward -looking statements or forward -looking information th at are incorporated by

reference herein, except as required by applicable securities laws.