CALIFORNIA NANOTECHNOLOGIES APPOINTS QIS CAPITAL AS INVESTOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT

May 7, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CNO-TSX VENTURE

CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA, May 7, 2014 - California Nanotechnologies Corp. (“Cal Nano”), one of the world’s leading developers of metallic nanotechnology based solutions for a broad cross section of Fortune 500 customers including the Oil and Gas and Sports and Recreation Industries, is pleased to announce the engagement of QIS Capital (547853 BC Ltd.) (“QIS Capital”) as a member of the Company’s Investor Relations team. 

QIS Capital will serve to increase awareness of the Company in the investment community and will help coordinate Cal Nano’s public and investor relations activities. QIS Capital will provide corporate information to its large following of investors and will also communicate the investment merits of the Company through its relationships with newsletter editors, brokers, analysts and the media. As part of this Investor Relations Agreement, Cal Nano has also been invited to present at The Small-Cap Conference Series held in Vancouver on May 7, 2014.  

QIS Capital, an investor relations and small-cap investor research source, is a limited company located in Kamloops, BC. The Company is owned and operated by Doren Quinton. California Nanotechnologies Corp. and QIS Capital operate at arms length and are independent of one another.  

Subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange, this Investor Relations Agreement covers a period of twelve months from May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015, at a cost of $5,000 per month. QIS Capital has also been granted a total of 200,000 options exercisable at $0.12 per share. These options will vest on a 25% basis every three months from the effective date of the agreement and are exercisable for a two year period. 

QIS Capital and its principal shareholders currently holds 200,000 shares of Cal Nano and may trade shares in the Company from time to time for investment purposes.  

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Bengis, Chief Financial Officer

T: (562) 991-5211

F: (562) 926-6913

E: investorinfo@calnanocorp.com

W: www.calnanocorp.com