Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire - March 16, 2023 - Smartset Services Inc. (TSXV:SMAR.P) (the “Company”) Further to its news releases of February 6, 2023 announcing termination of its proposed acquisition of the Mt. Morgan mine from GBM Resources Ltd., the Company announces that it has, effective today’s date also terminated the previously proposed acquisition of all of the outstanding securities of Great Southern Gold Corp., which was to form a second half of the Company’s proposed Qualifying Transaction previously announced June 13, 2021, July 17, 2021 and April 19, 2022 (the “QT”).  Following this final termination of the QT, it is anticipated that the common shares of the Company will be reinstated for trading effective at the market opening on Tuesday March 21, 2023.

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Randy Clifford, CEO, CFO and Corporate Secretary

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Email: drcliff@telusplanet.net

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