Imperial Ginseng Announces Appointment of New Director

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 3, 2016) - Imperial Ginseng Products Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:IGP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Cam Hui to its Board of Directors. Mr. Hui will also serve on the Audit Committee of the Board.

Mr. Hui has been professionally involved in the financial markets since 1985 in a variety of roles, both as a quantitative equity portfolio manager and as a sell-side analyst. Over the course of his career, Mr. Hui has professionally covered US, Canadian, International and Emerging Markets and been a commentator on hedge funds and their returns patterns. Mr. Hui's extensive career and experience included working for Wood Gundy Inc. (now CIBC World Markets) as a quantitative and special situations analyst, Batterymarch Financial Management, as a quantitative global equity portfolio manager, Graham Capital Management, as a long/short equity hedge fund portfolio manager, and Merrill Lynch, as a technical research analyst on an Institutional Investor ranked team, which was the successor to legendary market analyst Bob Farrell. Mr. Hui currently consults to hedge funds and is the author of one of Canada's top rated economic and investment blogs, Humble Student of the Markets (https://humblestudentofthemarkets.com/).

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stephen McCoach, Chief Executive Officer and Director

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