Medcolcanna Organics Inc. (TSX-V: MCCN)
(“
Medcolcanna” or the “
Company”),
a Canadian medical cannabis company with operations in Colombia, is
pleased to announce that it has signed two (2) separate letters of
intent (“
LOIs”) with Dona Blanca Limited
(“
Dona Blanca”), an Australian based cannabis
company with operations in Colombia.
Pursuant to the first LOI, Dona Blanca will
invest approximately $1,000,000 USD ($1,330,000 CAD), to build an
additional two (2) hectares of greenhouses on Medcolcanna’s fully
licensed cultivation property to earn a 70% working interest of
economic rights in the output from such greenhouses. Pursuant to
the second LOI, Dona Blanca will invest $1,500,000 USD ($2,000,000
CAD) for a 15% ownership stake in Extralia Labs S.A.S.
(“Extralia Labs”), Medcolcanna’s wholly-owned
subsidiary designed to have annualized extraction capacity of
300,000 kilograms of dried flower in Colombia and its operations
include providing services for MCCN, Dona Blanca and third
parties.
“The signing of this agreement is recognition of
MCCN’s operational effectiveness at our Cota, Colombia facility.
The experienced management team of a partner such as Dona Blanca,
entrusting MCCN to operate their facilities, confirms MCCN’s
ability to deliver low cost, high-quality cannabinoid oils and
extracts. Construction on the additional 2.0 hectares will begin
immediately, the licensing process has already been completed, we
expect to have our first revenues from the new facilities in the
fourth quarter of 2020,” commented Felipe de la Vega, CEO of
MCCN.
“We are pleased to execute these LOIs with Dona
Blanca and look forward to executing the definitive agreements.
These agreements are expected to provide Medcolcanna with a
non-dilutive source of financing, will boost our treasury and also
give us additional capital and assist Medcolcanna in getting to our
goal to become a self-sustaining leading cannabis company in 2020,”
commented Chris Reid, CFO of Medcolcanna. “The additional
greenhouse cultivation area that Medcolcanna operates under its
partnership with Dona Blanca, will reduce fixed costs per unit of
production over its entire cultivation area, as well as generate
additional revenue from the extended 2.0 hectares, of which a net
0.6 hectares benefit Medcolcanna based on the 30% interest pursuant
to the joint venture,” Mr. Reid continued.
“MCCN is pleased to have Dona Blanca as its
partner, we believe they will be valuable in assisting in sourcing
high impact sales channels, in the European and Asian emerging
markets,” added Medcolcanna Chief Corporate Development Officer,
Daniel Herrera.
“Dona Blanca is pleased to execute these LOIs
and move towards finalizing these agreements with Medcolcanna.
Following our visits to the Medcolcanna facilities and meeting its
professional team, Dona Blanca looks forward to partnering with
Medcolcanna and getting access to its world class cultivation
facilities in Cota, Colombia. Dona Blanca is also excited about the
potential to be involved with a third-party extraction facility
that is expected to be a leading facility in Colombia. The fact
that the facility will have four different state-of-the-art
extraction methods, plus the structure proposed by MCCN allowing
low cost service for the partnership and competitive pricing for
third parties, will be attractive to many Colombian cultivation
companies,” commented Rob Dzisiak Managing Director, Dona
Blanca.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
AGREEMENTS
JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT WITH DONA
BLANCA
- Medcolcanna is to construct an
additional 2.0 hectares (215,278 square feet) of greenhouse space
at its El Candil farm located in Cota, Colombia.
- Medcolcanna to provide 2.0 hectares
of fully licensed farmland, next to its current three (3) hectare
farm at its El Candil location, which will allow Medcolcanna the
ability to provide seamless operations and synergies with current
operations. This land space is already fully licensed for
cultivation and manufacturing streamlining the path to
commercialization.
- Dona Blanca will fund 100% of
capital expenditures, start-up operational costs and administration
costs, to earn a 70% working interest in the newly constructed 2.0
hectares of commercial greenhouse space. Medcolcanna will retain a
30% working interest in the associated economic rights.
- The first cultivation is expected
to begin in two months, with the first harvest in six months and
revenue on the additional 2.0 hectares beginning in approximately
seven months.
- These new facilities are
conservatively estimated to be capable of producing approximately
1,300,000 grams of CBD/THC oil per year.
- Dona Blanca has advanced to
Medcolcanna a $25,000 USD ($33,250 CAD) non-refundable deposit and
a $175,000 USD ($232,750 CAD) refundable deposit in order to begin
construction immediately.
INVESTMENT IN EXTRALIA LABS
MEDCOLCANNA’S 100% OWNED SUBSIDIARY
- Dona Blanca will invest $1,500,000
USD ($2,000,000 CAD) to purchase a fifteen percent (15%) ownership
in Medcolcanna’s wholly owned subsidiary Extralia Labs, a leading
extraction contract manufacturing organization in Colombia.
- Extralia Labs’ operations feature
four extraction methods; enzyme, ethanol, rosin and butane, and
have the capacity of extracting 300,000 kilograms of dried flower
per year.
- Medcolcanna and Dona Blanca’s
partnership in Extralia Labs is expected to position the Company to
become a large extraction provider for third party cannabis
cultivation companies to purchase extracted product for further
wholesale and/or value-added products.
- Dona Blanca will receive “at cost”
pricing for all of its extraction costs related to the joint
venture with Medcolcanna.
- This transaction is expected to
allow Extralia Labs to have extraction and value-added contract
manufacturing revenue as well as white label manufacturing of
finished products such as capsules, tinctures, topicals, edibles,
beverages, etc.
- Dona Blanca has paid an additional
$25,000 USD ($33,250 CAD) non-refundable deposit with the execution
of the letter of intent together with an additional $175,000 USD
($232,750 CAD) refundable deposit, which will be refunded if a
definitive agreement is not executed.
The consummation of the transactions noted above
are both conditional on the signing of definitive agreements by the
agreed upon period of six weeks from the signing of these LOIs, as
well as other customary conditions for such transactions, including
a due diligence review by each party of the other and the receipt
of any and all director, shareholder and/or regulatory approvals.
Further details of these transactions, including any commissions or
finders’ fees payable in connection with the execution of the
definitive agreements will be provided in future news releases.
ABOUT DONA BLANCA LIMITED
Dona Blanca is a private Australian company that
operates in Colombia through its wholly owned subsidiary Extractos
Don Blanca S.A.S. The Company has the cultivation licenses and
extraction licenses on 5.1 hectares of land near Santa Rosa de
Cabal. Dona Blanca completed its first capital raise in October of
2019.
ABOUT MEDCOLCANNA
Medcolcanna is a Canadian integrated medical
cannabis company, whose fully licensed operations are based in
Colombia. Led by a proven and successful management team,
Medcolcanna has facilities in optimal growing locations which
positions the Company to become a global leader in the medical
cannabis market.
Medcolcanna employs state of the art organic
agricultural technology and innovative pharmaceutical processes to
produce high-quality products. The Company’s scalable production
model and network of pharmaceutical partnerships globally ensures
that they remain at the forefront of the medical cannabis
industry.
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Investor Relations
Contact:Chris Reid, CFOCarrera 49b # 93-62Bogotá,
ColombiaEmail: info@medcolcanna.com
Felipe de la Vega, CEOCarrera 49b # 93-62Bogotá,
ColombiaEmail: info@medcolcanna.com
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