Aphria Obtains Approval on Expansion

Aphria (NYSE:APHA,TSX:APHA) announced Health Canada granted it a license amendment to allow production of an additional 800,000 square feet for facilities as part of its Aphria One location.

As quoted in the press release:

Industry-Leading Automation

The completed Part IV & Part V expansions at Aphria One bring industrial-scale horticulture production technology to cannabis cultivation. While critical phases such as initial cuttings, trimming and pruning mature plants will be performed by hand, the in-house designed technology will automate key steps, including:

• Transplanting cuttings
• Transporting plants through harvesting
• De-budding & rough trimming
• Drying & curing
• Waste disposal

Aphria One

The 700,000 square foot Part IV Expansion and the 100,000 square foot Part V expansion represent the completion of Aphria’s five-part expansion at Aphria. Once in full rotation, Part IV and Part V will produce on an incremental annualized basis 80,000 [kilograms] bringing the total annualize production capacity at Aphria One to 110,000 [kilograms].