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January 05, 2022

Conference Presentation to Include Updates onThree Ongoing Phase 2 Clinical Trials for COVID-19 and Cancer

Atlanta, GA, Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- viaNewMediaWire--GeoVax Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOVX), a biotechnology company developing immunotherapies and vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer, announced today that its Chairman and CEO, David Dodd, will present at the H.C. Wainwright Bioconnect 2022 Virtual Conference taking place January 10-13, 2022. The Company is also scheduling investor meetings with its senior management team during the Biotech Showcase virtual conference being held January 17-19, 2022.

At HCW Bioconnect, Mr. Dodd will be sharing the Companys vision, its platform and program areas, including updates on its three ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials for vaccines against COVID-19 and immunotherapy for head and neck cancer. Mr. Dodds presentation will be made available on the conference website beginning Monday, January 10 at 7:00am EST. The slide deck used during the presentation will be available on GeoVaxs website and as furnished (not filed) to the SEC as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K available atwww.sec.gov.

Interested parties may register for the HCW Bioconnect conference atwww.hcwevents.com/bioconnect. Parties interested in scheduling meetings with GeoVaxs management team during the Biotech Showcase conference may register for the conference atwww.informaconnect.com/biotech-showcase/.

About GeoVax

GeoVax Labs, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and cancer using novel proprietary platforms. GeoVaxs product pipeline includes two ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials of GEO-CM04S1 for COVID-19 as a universal booster vaccine to mRNA vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and as a primary vaccine for use in immunocompromised patients. In addition to GEO-CM04S1 for COVID-19, GeoVax is developing GEO-CM02 as a pan-coronavirus vaccine. The Company is also conducting a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of Gedeptin for treatment of head and neck cancer. Gedeptin has been granted orphan drug status by the FDA. Additional research and development programs include preventive vaccines against Zika Virus, hemorrhagic fever viruses (Ebola, Sudan, Marburg, and Lassa) and malaria, as well as immunotherapies for multiple solid tumors. The Companys portfolio of wholly owned, co-owned, and in-licensed intellectual property stands at over 70 granted or pending patent applications spread over 20 patent families.

For additional information about GeoVax, visit our website:www.geovax.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding GeoVaxs business plans. The words believe, look forward to, may, estimate, continue, anticipate, intend, should, plan, could, target, potential, is likely, will, expect and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including whether: GeoVax is able toobtain acceptable results from ongoing or future clinical trials of its investigational products, GeoVaxs immuno-oncology products and preventive vaccines can provoke the desired responses, and those products or vaccines can be used effectively, GeoVaxs viral vector technology adequately amplifies immune responses to cancer antigens, GeoVax can develop and manufacture its immuno-oncology products and preventive vaccines with the desired characteristics in a timely manner, GeoVaxs immuno-oncology products and preventive vaccines will be safe for human use, GeoVaxs vaccines will effectively prevent targeted infections in humans, GeoVaxs immuno-oncology products and preventive vaccines will receive regulatory approvals necessary to be licensed and marketed, GeoVax raises required capital to complete development, there is development of competitive products that may be more effective or easier to use than GeoVaxs products, GeoVax will be able to enter into favorable manufacturing and distribution agreements, and other factors, over which GeoVax has no control.

Further information on our risk factors is contained in our registration statement on Form S-3 and the periodic reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K that we have filed and will file with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement made by us herein speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by U.S. federal securities law.

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