VeriChip Corporation to Present its Glucose-Sensing RFID Microchip and Virus Triage Detection System for the H1N1 Virus at ID World International Congress, the World's Premier Event on Identification Technology

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
VeriChip Corporation (NASDAQ:CHIP) ("VeriChip" or the "Company") announced today
that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott R. Silverman, will present
at the ID World International Congress in Milan, Italy, which runs from November
3-5, 2009, and is the world's leading symposium on the future directions of
identification technology. Mr. Silverman will discuss, among other things, the
Company's in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip and virus triage detection
system for the H1N1 virus. There will be more than 150 speakers at ID WORLD
2009, including visionaries, CEOs, key end users and government representatives
from all continents, and thousands of attendees from across the globe.

The ID WORLD International Congress is the most comprehensive showcase on the
evolving world of RFID, biometrics and smart card technologies, and is the only
international forum that looks at the automatic identification industry as a
whole, rather than focusing on a specific technology or vertical sector. It
offers a full-scale and complete vision of social, technological and business
aspects related to the deployment of the automatic identification systems. The
ID WORLD International Congress has consolidated its position as the most
comprehensive and highly targeted global summit on automatic identification.

About VeriChip Corporation

VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, has developed the
VeriMed Health Link System for rapidly and accurately identifying people who
arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the
first human-implantable passive RFID microchip and corresponding personal health
record, cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and
Drug Administration.

On September 8, 2009, VeriChip Corporation announced it agreed to acquire Steel
Vault Corporation (OTCBB: SVUL) to form PositiveID Corporation. PositiveID will
provide identification technologies and tools to protect consumers and
businesses. The companies expect the merger to close in the fourth quarter of
2009.

For more information on VeriChip, please call 1-800-970-2447, or e-mail
info@verichipcorp.com. Additional information can be found online at
www.verichipcorp.com.

Statements about VeriChip`s future expectations, including its development of an
in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip and a virus triage detection system for
the H1N1 virus, the expectation that the merger will close in the fourth quarter
of 2009, and all other statements in this press release other than historical
facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and
as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to
change at any time, and VeriChip`s actual results could differ materially from
expected results. These risks and uncertainties include the Company`s ability to
successfully develop and commercialize the microchip, the market acceptance of
the microchip, the Company`s and RECEPTORS` ability to develop a microchip, the
validity, scope and enforceability of the Company`s patents and those related to
the microchip, the protection afforded by the Company`s patents and those
related to the microchip, the Company`s ability to complete the development
phases in certain time frames, government regulations relating to the microchip,
the Company`s ability to fund the continued development of the microchip, the
timing and success of submission, acceptance and approval of required regulatory
filings; as well as certain other risks. Additional information about these and
other factors that could affect the Company`s business is set forth in the
Company`s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
those set forth in the Company`s 10-K filed on February 12, 2009, under the
caption "Risk Factors." The Company undertakes no obligation to update or
release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this statement or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events, except as required by law.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

On September 8, 2009, VeriChip and Steel Vault issued a joint press release
announcing the signing of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, among
VeriChip, Steel Vault and VeriChip Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriChip (the "Acquisition Subsidiary"), pursuant to
which the Acquisition Subsidiary will be merged with and into Steel Vault, with
Steel Vault surviving and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriChip (the
"Merger"). Upon the consummation of the Merger, each outstanding share of Steel
Vault`s common stock will be converted into 0.5 shares of VeriChip common stock.

In connection with the Merger, VeriChip filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will contain a
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus of VeriChip and Steel Vault. Investors and
security holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus carefully because they contain important information
about VeriChip, Steel Vault and the proposed transaction. The Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and other relevant materials (when they become available),
and any other documents filed with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at
the SEC`s web site (www.sec.gov). In addition, investors and security holders
may obtain a free copy of other documents filed by VeriChip or Steel Vault by
directing a written request, as appropriate, to VeriChip at 1690 South Congress
Avenue, Suite 200 Delray Beach, Florida 33445, Attention: Investor Relations, or
to Steel Vault at 1690 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200 Delray Beach, Florida
33445, Attention: Investor Relations. Investors and security holders are urged
to read the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the other relevant materials
before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed
transaction.

VeriChip, Steel Vault and their respective directors and executive officers may
be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with
the proposed transaction.

Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in
the proposed transaction will be included in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus referred to above. Additional information regarding the
directors and executive officers of VeriChip is also included in VeriChip's Form
10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 12, 2009. Additional information
regarding the directors and executive officers of Steel Vault is also included
in Steel Vault's proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) for the 2009 annual meeting of
Steel Vault's stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on February 9, 2009, as
amended. These documents are available free of charge at the SEC`s website
(www.sec.gov) and by contacting Investor Relations at the addresses above.

VeriChip Corporation
Allison Tomek, 561-805-8008
atomek@verichipcorp.com

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