Still, they are in presale how can they can contact the exchange without knowing further details about how much they are going to raise. Everything they will announce after the ICO about the exchange, meanwhile we have to wait whether it will reach the hard cap or not.
Why shouldn't they be able to get in touch with exchanges upfront? They already collected enough to cover the soft cap so no issues with planning further ahead.
Maybe team are in touch with the exchanges but for now they can't disclosed this to us until the ico ended. Just keep our hopes to this and trust with the team.
That is a different story but of course they can reach out to exchanges. They will not be able to disclose anything as you say except for letting us know that they are in negotiations.