Emerald Health Therapeutics JV Completes First Alberta Order

Emerald Health Therapeutics (TSXV:EMH,OTCQX:EMHTF) announced Pure Sunfarms, a 50/50 owned joint venture, completed its first official order to the Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) as part of a larger supply deal.

As quoted in the press release:

Pure Sunfarms’ recreational adult-use cannabis products will be available on Alberta’s only legal online store (AlbertaCannabis.org) in the first week of March and can be purchased by the province’s licensed private sector retailers. The AGLC is the wholesaler to private retailers and the only authorized online retailer in Alberta.

“We are pleased to see Pure Sunfarms’ advancement in one of the most important provincial cannabis markets in Canada and their brand appeal and success in Ontario,” said Riaz Bandali, President and CEO of Emerald. “PSF is well positioned in the three provinces representing more than half of Canadian cannabis sales, significant monthly sales growth in the past year, and almost two-thirds of the Canadian population.”

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Lexaria Appoints New Board Member

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW)(CSE:LXX) (the “Company” or “Lexaria”), a global innovator in drug delivery platforms, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Al Reese, Jr., to its Board of Directors

Mr. Reese has over 40 years experience in public and private businesses including as CFO of a formerly Nasdaq-listed energy company where he arranged finance transactions totaling over $10 billion dollars during his 20-year tenure. Mr. Reese was a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of a community bank in Texas for ten years until such time as it was acquired by a larger banking group in 2018.

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Cresco Labs Announces Pricing of Offering of Subordinate Voting Shares

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Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (“Cresco” or the “Company”), one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, announced today the pricing of its previously announced best efforts overnight marketed offering (the “Offering”) of subordinate voting shares (the “Offered Securities”) of the Company at a price of C$16.00 per share for a total gross proceeds of approximately US$125 Million. The issue price represents a 3.3% discount to the last close of the Company’s subordinate voting shares traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange as of January 14, 2021. 100% of the Offering is expected to be purchased by a total of seven new and existing institutional investors, including current shareholder, Wasatch Global Investors.

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Ready for New Cannabis and Psychedelics Boom Ahead: CEOs of Aphria, Icanic Brands, Red Light Holland, and Tilray Discuss New Global Market Opportunities

Wall Street Reporter, the trusted name in financial news since 1843, has published reports on the latest comments and insights from leaders at: Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY), Icanic Brands (OTC: ICNAF) (CSE: ICAN) Red Light Holland (OTC: TRUFF) (CSE: TRIP) and Aphria, Inc. (NASDAQ: APHA).

Investors are cheering new and expected legislation which is opening new market opportunities for both cannabis and psychedelics globally. Innovation in premium branding, growing technologies, manufacturing, with operational execution are key, in the drive towards profitability. Wall Street Reporter highlights the latest comments from industry thought leaders in cannabis and psychedelics:

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Lexaria Bioscience Corp. Announces Closing of $11 Million Public Offering with Full Exercise of Underwriter Option to Purchase Additional Shares and Warrants

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW)(CSE:LXX) (the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 1,828,571 units, each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a public offering price of $5.25 per unit (all prices in US$). The warrants have an exercise price of $6.58 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years following the date of issuance. In connection with the Offering, the underwriter exercised in full its option to purchase an additional 274,285 shares of common stock and additional warrants to purchase 274,285 shares of common stock. The gross proceeds from the Offering were approximately $11.04 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. No securities were offered or sold in Canada, including through the CSE or any other trading market in Canada

H.C. Wainwright & Co. (“Wainwright”) acted as the sole book-running manager for the Offering and is a non-related party to the Company.

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