Zecotek Increases Non-Brokered Private Placement to $4.9 Million due to Strong Demand

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 For immediate release: January 18, 2018

Zecotek Increases Non-Brokered Private Placement to $4.9 Million due to Strong Demand

 Vancouver, British Columbia / January 18, 2018 - Zecotek Photonics Inc. (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I), a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for medical, industrial and scientific markets, today announced that due to strong demand the Company has increased the non-brokered private placement previously announced on December 29, 2017, to 16,333,333 units of the Company to be sold at a price of $0.30 per unit for gross proceeds of $4,900,000.

Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at an exercise price of $0.43 per common share at any time on or before the 24-month anniversary of the closing of the offering.

Net proceeds from the funds raised will be used to complete the transfer of technology for the purpose of immediate commercialization, strengthen and maintain patents of the Company’s IP portfolio, and used for purchase order financings and general working capital purposes. Pursuant to the financing, the Company may pay a finder’s fee.

All shares and warrants are subject to a four-month hold period.

About Zecotek

Zecotek Photonics Inc (TSX-V: ZMS; Frankfurt: W1I) is a photonics technology company developing high-performance scintillation crystals, photo detectors, positron emission tomography scanning technologies, 3D auto-stereoscopic displays, 3D metal printing, and lasers for applications in medical, high-tech and industrial sectors.  Founded in 2004, Zecotek operates three divisions: Imaging Systems, Optronics Systems and 3D Display Systems with labs located in Canada, Korea, Russia, Singapore and U.S.A. The management team is focused on building shareholder value by commercializing over 50 patented and patent pending novel photonic technologies directly and through strategic alliances and joint ventures with leading industry partners including Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Switzerland ), Shanghai EBO Optoelectronics Technology Co. (China), Beijing Opto-Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (China), NuCare Medical Systems (South Korea), the University of Washington (United States), and National NanoFab Center (South Korea).  For more information visit www.zecotek.com, follow @zecotek on Twitter.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what may have been stated.

For Additional Information Please Contact:

Zecotek Photonics Inc.    

Michael Minder

T: (604) 783-8291

ir@zecotek.com

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