$CANV Retains MZ Group as Its Investor Relations Advisor

MZ will assist CannaVest with communicating its corporate, financial and investor developments to shareholders and investors, while building a strong public brand and investor base. Ted Haberfield, President for MZ North America, and the MZ Group team will be advising the Company in all facets of corporate and financial communications.

“We are pleased to be partnering with MZ Group,” said Michael Mona, Jr., CannaVest’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are accelerating our core growth strategy to produce, develop, market and sell raw oil and end consumer products to the nutraceutical and other industry channels containing the non-psychoactive hemp plant extract, Cannabidiol (CBD), and believe that we are now the largest supplier of low-THC CBD oil in the world. MZ Group provides the reach and established track record we need to develop relationships with the retail and institutional investors who are now rapidly entering the cannabis sector. With MZ’s assistance, we will build our corporate brand and expand our shareholder base.”

“CannaVest is a unique company with an opportunity to capitalize on the rapid evolution of cannabis products marketed to consumers,” said Ted Haberfield, President of MZ Group North America. “This federally legal substance can be used in foods and nutritional supplements for consumer health and wellness benefits, and is also used by the pharmaceutical industry for a variety of therapeutic purposes. The Company’s bulk raw CBD oil, Tinctured CBD oil branded as PlusCBD™, PlusCBD™ drops and capsules, PlusCBD™ beauty products, Vape and other products are being aggressively targeted for adoption by national chain grocery, drug and vitamin stores. We look forward to helping them with all aspects of their corporate communications and investor relations needs.”

About CannaVest Corp.
CannaVest Corp. (CANV) (CANV), located in Las Vegas, Nevada, focuses on the procurement and wholesale of the hemp plant extract cannabidiol (CBD), and the development, marketing and sale of end consumer products containing CBD, which is refined into its own PlusCBD Oil™ brand. CannaVest resells raw industrial hemp product to third parties, acquired through supply relationships in Europe. Additional information is available from OTCMarkets.com or by visitinghttps://www.cannavest.com.

CannaVest Corp.’s subsidiaries include: US Hemp Oil, LLC (https://www.USHempOil.com) that provides seed procurement, cultivation, processing, and production consultation, and equipment to support U.S. farmers, researchers and businesses to cultivate and process industrial hemp in the US; and CannaVest Laboratories, LLC (https://www.CannaVestLabs.com), that facilitates cutting edge research and develops nutraceutical and food products, containing cannabidiol (CBD) oil, and is the developer and manufacturer of CannaVest’s own award winning CBD Simple™.

FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of CannaVest Corp. to be materially different from the statements made herein.

LEGAL DISCLOSURE
CannaVest Corp. does not sell or distribute any products that are in violation of the United States Controlled Substances Act (US.CSA). The company does grow, sell and distribute hemp-based products and are involved with the federally legal distribution of medical marijuana-based products within certain international markets.