"MedReleaf is advancing on all fronts through focused capacity expansion, innovative brand and product development, and significant supply agreements that reinforce our position as one of the leading producers of premium cannabis to the Canadian adult-use and global medical markets," said Neil Closner, CEO of MedReleaf. "The Exeter Facility expansion will add timely capacity to support market share leadership in our target segments while maximizing long-term return on invested capital."
Work to retrofit the Exeter Facility for cannabis production will begin in April with first harvest expected in the first quarter of 2019, subject to receipt of a licence from Health Canada. MedReleaf is fully funded to complete the project with cash on hand. The Exeter Facility, after full retrofit, will have annual production capacity of up to 105,000 kilograms, increasing MedReleaf's fully funded annual production capacity to 140,000 kilograms.
Highlights:
- Strategically positions MedReleaf with one of Canada's largest and most diverse cannabis cultivation portfolios
- Greenhouse cultivation is ideal for producing raw material inputs for extract production, complementing MedReleaf's award-winning portfolio of premium indoor grown cannabis products
- Greenhouse production at scale will lower overall unit production costs and provide added flexibility to enhance adjusted aggregate production contribution margin across product lines
- The Bradford expansion plan for 35,000 kilograms per year of premium indoor production remains on track for completion by the end of summer of 2018 and the first product is anticipated to come from the retrofitted Exeter Facility by the first quarter of 2019
- The Exeter location has adjacent land totaling 95 acres, which could accommodate a greenhouse approximately 1.5 times larger than the Exeter Facility, allowing for future capacity expansion that would leverage investment in shared infrastructure developed as part of the initial retrofit
About MedReleaf Corp.
Voted Top Licensed Producer at the 2017 Lift Canadian Cannabis Awards, MedReleaf is an R&D-driven company dedicated to innovation, operational excellence and the production of top-quality cannabis. Sourced from around the world and carefully cultivated in one of two state of the art ICH-GMP and ISO 9001 certified facilities in Ontario, the Company delivers a variety of premium products for the global medical market and is committed to serving the therapeutic needs of its medical patients and providing a compelling product assortment for the adult-use recreational consumer.
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