TERMS OF USE & DISCLAIMER

Hillcrest Energy Technologies Ltd. (“Hillcrest” or the “Company”) is the owner of this website (this “Website”). As a condition of accessing and using this Website (which includes any materials, content or services made available through this Website), you agree to the terms set forth below (these “Terms”).

Unless Hillcrest expressly disclaim any of these Terms in writing, your use of this Website will always be subject to these Terms.

If you are not willing to comply with every provision of these Terms, you may not use this Website.

Intellectual Property

Hillcrest or its licensors own all right, title and interest in and to this Website, including all materials and content available on or through this Website (the “Content”), and you acquire no interest therein. All Content including, without limitation, all data, information, design, text, graphics, icons, photographs, and logos forming any part of this Website, and the selection and arrangement thereof, are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, and all rights are reserved. Any unauthorized use or any copying, reproduction, modification, uploading, posting, transmission or other distribution of any of the Content is strictly prohibited and may be a violation of intellectual property laws and is subject to legal enforcement.

Hillcrest’s name, domain name (hillcrestenergy.tech), and related words and logos are trademarks and/or trade names of Hillcrest. The names of other companies, products or services referred to on this Website may also be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, nothing in your access or use of this Website shall be construed as granting, either expressly or by implication, a license or other right to you to use any marks or names or other intellectual property of Hillcrest or any third party. Any unauthorized use of any trademarks or trade names of Hillcrest or of any third party is strictly prohibited.

Subject to these Terms, Hillcrest grant you permission to access this Website through a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use this Website for transitory, non-commercial purposes, provided that with respect to any Content, you may not do any of the following without Hillcrest’s prior written consent: (a) modify, copy, reproduce or create derivative works of any Content (except as explicitly provided in connection with the applicable Content); (b) use the Content for any commercial purpose; (c) distribute, sell or transmit the Content; (d) publicly display, publish or perform the Content (for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial); (e) attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software or database contained in or access through this Website; or (f) remove any copyright or other proprietary notations.

Your Content

If this Website contains interactive features that allow you to provide Content, Hillcrest does not claim any ownership over it. Your Content includes Content that you post, upload, input, provide, submit or otherwise transfer to Hillcrest or to any third party while using this Website (“Your Content”). If you make Your Content available in any way through this Website, Hillcrest deems that to mean that you: (a) give Hillcrest a royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, and perpetual license (a “Full License”) to use, copy, distribute, transmit, display, edit, modify, delete, publish and translate (“Use”) Your Content to the extent Hillcrest reasonably determines necessary for Hillcrest to provide this Website as it may exist in any medium from time to time; (b) give Hillcrest a Full License to Use Your Content in order to ensure adherence to, or enforce, these Terms, or to comply with any applicable law; (c) confirm, represent and warrant to Hillcrest that you have all right, title and interest, as well as the power and authority necessary, to grant a Full License for Hillcrest to Use Your Content as set out in the foregoing; and (d) agree to indemnify Hillcrest from any actions, proceedings, claims, liabilities, damages and reasonable expenses (including legal expenses) relating to, or arising from, Your Content, including instances where Your Content (i) infringes any intellectual property rights, or (ii) is deemed inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene or unlawful.

Any of Your Content that includes personal information is also subject to Hillcrest’s Privacy Policy, and in the event of any contradiction between these Terms and Hillcrest’s Privacy Policy [ link ] with respect to personal information, Hillcrest’s Privacy Policy will prevail.

If you provide to Hillcrest any comments, ideas, suggestions or impressions of this Website or Hillcrest’s products and services (collectively, the “Feedback”), you give Hillcrest a Full License to use the Feedback for any purpose, regardless of whether Hillcrest actively solicited the Feedback or not.

If you cannot provide Your Content in accordance with the Terms in this “Your Content” section, please do not provide any such Content to Hillcrest.

Acceptable Use and Prohibitions

Without limiting anything else contained in these Terms, you must ensure that (a) you only use this Website for lawful purposes, and (b) if at any time you become aware of any violation of these Terms, by any person or entity under your control, you will immediately notify Hillcrest and provide Hillcrest with assistance, as requested, to stop or remedy such violation.

You must not, in connection with this Website, directly or indirectly post, upload, reproduce, facilitate, distribute or otherwise transmit any Content or take any action that: (a) violates any applicable law, statute, order or regulation; (b) gives rise to civil liability; (c) is obscene, hateful, inappropriate or objectionable, even if the material or its dissemination is lawful; (d) constitutes defamation, harassment, stalking or abuse or abuse of any conduct that violates the legal rights of others; (e) advocates or encourages violence, abuse, hate or discrimination against a person or group based on age, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, family status, marital status, disability, race, ancestry, place or origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, colour, record of offence or association with a person identified by one of these grounds; (f) constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited communications or other “spam”; (g) infringes, violates, or misappropriates the personal rights or intellectual property rights of Hillcrest or any third party; (h) obtains unauthorized access to, or interferes by any means with, any user, system, network, service or account, including evasion of filters or violation of the security or integrity of any network or system; (i) harvests, scrapes, or uses any robot, spider, crawler, script or other automated means not provided by Hillcrest to access this Website or to extract data, collect information or otherwise interact with this Website; (j) distributes computer viruses, malware, cancelbots, Trojan horses, worms or other harmful or disruptive content of any kind to this Website, regardless of intent; or (k) harvests, scrapes, extracts, collects, or stores personal information about others without their express consent.

Cautionary Statement

Hillcrest is subject to the securities laws of various jurisdictions. Information disclosed or provided by Hillcrest pursuant to the securities laws of those jurisdictions is not intended to be in any way qualified, amended, modified, or supplemented by the information otherwise available in, through, or on this Website. No securities commission or other regulatory authority in Canada or any other country or jurisdiction has in any way passed upon this information and no representation or warranty is made by Hillcrest to that effect. Hillcrest’s Canadian public filings can be viewed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Any external information leading to a website or article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation to sell shares or securities in Hillcrest or any related or associated company. None of the information or analyses presented on or through this Website are intended to form the basis for any investment decision, and no specific recommendations are intended. Accordingly, this Website does not constitute investment advice or counsel or solicitation for investment in any security. This Website does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, any offer for sale or subscription of, or any invitation to offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities, nor should it or any part of it form the basis of, or be relied on in any connection with, any contract or commitment whatsoever. We strongly encourage you to seek independent professional advice before making any investment decisions.

Forward-Looking Information

Certain information regarding Hillcrest contained on this Website may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws.

Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The Company cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what the Company currently foresees.

Discussion of the various factors that may affect future results is contained in the Company’s Annual Report which is available at www.sedar.com. The Company’s forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement above.

The CSE (operated by CNSX Markets Inc.) has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this Website.

Timeliness and Accuracy of Information  

Hillcrest takes considerable care and effort to review and, where it deems appropriate and/or it is legally required, to update the information on this Website. However, such information is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all matters and developments concerning Hillcrest and Hillcrest cannot guarantee the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information and assumes no responsibility in this regard. Unless otherwise indicated, all information posted on this Website is current only as of the date of the document that contains the information, the date on which the document is posted (if indicated), or to the time period to which the document or material relates, whichever is earlier. Hillcrest may at any time make changes to the information on this Website without prior notice to you.

Disclaimer and Exclusion of Liability

This Website and the content are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”. Hillcrest expressly disclaim all conditions, warranties or representations, express, implied or statutory, including implied conditions or warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.

In no event shall Hillcrest be liable for any damages or losses whatsoever, including, without limitation, damages due to loss of profits, goodwill or opportunity or business interruption, arising from or related to these Terms, this Website, or any Content, regardless of the cause of action and even if Hillcrest has been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses, or if such damages or losses would be reasonably foreseeable. Any use of this Website and any Content shall be at your sole risk. It is impossible to fully list the extent of this limit of liability, but, to be clear, to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, Hillcrest have no liability whatsoever to you for any other expenses, damages or losses.

Some jurisdictions prohibit the disclaimer of certain warranties or conditions or the limitation of certain types of liability, such as those set out in this “Disclaimer and Exclusion of Liability” section. To the extent that any disclaimers, exclusions and limitations in these Terms are prohibited by law, such disclaimers, exclusions and limitations will only apply to the extent necessary to make these Terms consistent with such prohibitions.

Indemnity by you.  We provide this Website on the basis of these Terms. By using this Website, you agree to indemnify Hillcrest, and disclaim Hillcrest’s responsibility for, any actions, proceedings, claims, liabilities, damages and reasonable expenses (including legal expenses) relating to or arising from (a) access or use, by you or permitted by you, of the this Website, or (ii) any of your acts or omissions, including breach or non-performance of these Terms and any violation of any third party rights.

Linked Websites

As a convenience to visitors, this Website may contain links to third-party websites or services. Your linking to such websites or services is at your own risk. Hillcrest is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice, statements or other content on any linked websites or services. The inclusion of such links does not imply that Hillcrest endorses or monitors these linked websites or services. In addition, Hillcrest does not warrant or otherwise guarantee that materials on these websites or services are free of viruses or other harmful components.

HILLCREST DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF LINKED WEBSITES OR SERVICES, NOR FOR THEIR CONTENT OR USES.

Privacy Statement

Maintaining the privacy of your personal information is important to Hillcrest. The term “personal information” means information that is about an individual, which, whether independently or in combination with other available information can be used to identify that individual. This includes, without limitation, name, email address, photographs, videos, or sound recordings of individuals.

Hillcrest will only collect personal information about visitors to this Website in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Please review Hillcrest’s Privacy Policy [ link ] for information on how Hillcrest may collect, use and disclose your personal information. To the extent permitted by applicable law, by using this Website, you consent to the collection, use, disclosure and other handling of your Personal Information as set out in Hillcrest’s Privacy Policy. Hillcrest may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. If you have any privacy questions, you may contact Hillcrest as set out in the Privacy Policy.

Jurisdiction

Your use of this Website shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and any applicable federal laws of Canada. The courts of the Province of British Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of these Terms and your use of this Website.

Questions and Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about this Website or these Terms, please contact Hillcrest at info@hillcrestenergy.tech