“This strategic investment in an emerging medical cannabis market marks Aleafia’s first step towards a broader global expansion,” said Aleafia Chairman Julian Fantino. “Much like Canada’s medical cannabis industry a decade ago, early movers like CannaPacific featuring strong management, financial backing and technical expertise will capture significant market share.”

“This transaction will place Aleafia at the epicentre of what we expect will be a major growth centre in the global medical cannabis market,” said Aleafia CEO Geoffrey Benic. “Aleafia will soon boast global distribution networks in Germany (upon completion of the Emblem acquisition) and Australia, complementing our cannabis cultivation, clinics and adult-use retail in Canada.”

“We are delighted to have Aleafia as a strategic investor,” said CannaPacific CEO Joshua Dennis. “With a major cannabis cultivation facility and strategic relationship with medical cannabis leader, we expect to accelerate our first to market strategy in Australia along with our objective of becoming a major exporter of medical cannabis products.”

About Aleafia:

Aleafia is a vertically integrated, national cannabis health and wellness company with major medical clinic, cannabis cultivation and R&D operations. The company is a federally licensed producer and vendor of cannabis and will reach an annual production capacity of 98,000 kg of dried cannabis in 2019.
Aleafia operates medical cannabis clinics staffed by physicians and nurse practitioners, with over 50,000 patients. The company is highly differentiated, maintaining the largest medical cannabis dataset in the world.  

About CannaPacific:

CannaPacific is a licensed Medical Cannabis Company based in Newcastle and the Macleay Valley on the mid-north coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. CannaPacific has been granted licenses to cultivate and research medical cannabis in Australia and is in the process of constructing a 53,000 sq. ft. greenhouse cultivation and research facility.  This project will position CannaPacific as a high-quality low-cost Australian producer.  The CannaPacific Team comprises experts in the medical, clinical trials, plant Science, technology and pharmaceutical industries with vast experience and world class capability.

For more information visit www.cannapacific.com.au.

For Investor & Media Relations, please contact:
Nicholas Bergamini, VP Public Affairs
416-860-5665
IR@AleafiaInc.com

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