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Btl Group Announces Grant of Stock Options

Share Capital & Compensation

BTL GROUP ANNOUNCES GRANT OF STOCK OPTIONS

For Immediate Release

Vancouver, Canada / London, UK October 12, 2017

BTL GROUP LTD. (TSX Venture: BTL) (“BTL” or the “Company”) announces the grant of

options to acquire a total of 200,000 common shares (“Common Shares”) of the Corporation at

an exercise price of CAD$3.25 per share, such options to vest as to one-half on October 12,

2018 and one-half on October 12, 2019. The options expire five years from the date of grant. Of

those options, 150,000 have been granted to Dominic McCann in connection with his recent

appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Company (see the Company’s press release of

October 2, 2017).

ABOUT BTL GROUP LTD. AND INTERBIT

Listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX Venture: BTL) and operating from both Canada and

the UK, BTL is an enterprise technology platform provider that is developing Interbit, a

proprietary private blockchain. Via the Interbit platform, BTL can help companies greatly reduce

risks and costs by securely streamlining existing IT infrastructures. To date, BTL has

successfully demonstrated how Interbit can innovate and transform existing business system

processes for leading companies in the finance, energy and gaming sectors.

Interbit is a fast, encrypted and scalable multi-chain technology platform. Via its suite of APIs

and smart contracts, Interbit allows businesses around the world to improve efficiency in trading

and operations, accelerate development of internal systems, and embrace new revenue

generating opportunities, while providing the high levels of security, resilience and auditability

required in regulated enterprise environments.

With offices in Vancouver and Calgary, Canada and London, UK, BTL is positioning itself as a

front-runner in the blockchain ecosystem, partnering with and enabling enterprises on Interbit in

order to improve their existing IT systems.

Website: www.btl.co

Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockchainltd

Videos: https://youtu.be/YFOH0YEHLak and https://youtu.be/V614_0UtHws

For further information about BTL and Interbit please contact:

Angus Campbell, Inquiries

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7100 0850

Email: [email protected]

Brian Hinchcliffe, Executive Chairman

Phone: +1 914 815 2773

Email: [email protected]

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Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which include further

development of BTL’s business relationships and business, the development and success of

BTL’s technologies and products, and other matters. Forward-looking statements consist of

statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans,

expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such information can generally be identified by

the use of forwarding-looking wording such as “may”, “expect”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “intend”,

“believe” and “continue” or the negative thereof or similar variations. Readers are cautioned not

to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the

plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. By their nature, forward-

looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties,

both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, estimates,

forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur. These assumptions,

risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the state of the economy in general and

capital markets in particular, the development of competitive technologies, the marketplace

acceptance of BTL’s technologies and products, as well as those risk factors discussed or

referred to in BTL's annual Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended

December 31, 2016 available at www.sedar.com, many of which are beyond the control of BTL.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this

cautionary statement.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this

press release. Except as required by law, BTL disclaims any intention and assumes no

obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new

information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, BTL undertakes no obligation to comment

on the expectations of, or statements made by, third parties in respect of the matters discussed

above.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is

defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the

adequacy or accuracy of this release.