ME2C Pleased with Market Reaction to Date to the Company's Environmental Focused Technologies

Corsicana, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - July 19, 2023) - Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (TSXV: MEEC) (OTCQB: MEEC) ("ME₂C Environmental" or the "Company"), a leading environmental technologies firm, announced today that it has signed an amendment to its contract with Independent Trading Group, Inc. ("ITG") for ITG's market making services. To further assist in facilitating liquidity and stability for the Company's listed shares on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V"), the Company has amended the monthly service fee for ITG's market making services from $5,000 to $15,000 CAD. Trading of the Company's shares on the TSX-V began on July 10, 2023. The original agreement with ITG was previously announced on July 11, 2023, and covers an initial three-month period with automatic monthly extensions thereafter.

"We are pleased with the early positive reaction that our new listing has attracted among Canadian investors, as well as U.S. and other foreign investors who may have had difficulty in trading our shares on the OTCQB Venture Market in the U.S.," stated Richard MacPherson, Chief Executive Officer of ME₂C Environmental. "The increase in our market maker services fees will promote ITG's ability to facilitate adequate liquidity of our TSX-V listed stock in support of investor trading interest, which are expected to continue as we work to execute strategic efforts in new environmental technologies and expanded markets moving into the last several months of 2023."

The Company's common stock also trades on the OTCQB Venture Market operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. in the United States. For U.S. shareholder interested in trading stocks on the TSX-V, the Company has posted a guide prepared by the TSX-V, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) by U.S. retail investors to Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange-listed issuers, found on the Company's website here: https://ir.me2cenvironmental.com/investor-update.

ITG will not receive shares or options as compensation for its services. ITG and ME₂C Environmental are unrelated and unaffiliated entities and, at the time of the agreement for ITG's services, to the knowledge of the Company, neither ITG nor its principals have an interest, directly or indirectly, in the securities of the Company

About ME2C® Environmental

ME₂C Environmental is a leading environmental technologies company developing and delivering patented and proprietary solutions to the global power industry. ME₂C's leading-edge mercury emissions technologies and services have been shown to achieve emissions removal at a significantly lower cost and with less operational impact than currently used methods, while maintaining and/or increasing power plant output and preserving the marketability of byproducts for beneficial use. ME₂C Environmental is a trade name of Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. For more information, please visit http://www.me2cenvironmental.com/.

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ME₂C Environmental Contact:
Stacey Hyatt
Corporate Communications
ME₂C Environmental
Main: 614-505-6115 x-1001
Direct: 404-226-4217
shyatt@me2cenvironmental.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Jessica Butt
IR Representative
Adelaide Capital
Direct: 416-844-6202
jessica@adcap.ca

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