Dynamic plant-based food and beverage company Canopy Rivers Inc. (TSX.V: RIV) (OTC: CNPOF) this morning announced that its portfolio company, James E. Wagner Cultivation Corporation (“JWC”) (TSX.V: JWCA) (OTCQX: JWCAF), has received a cultivation license from Health Canada for its Kitchener-based commercial-scale production facility (“JWC2”). Per the update, reception of this license will result in the launch of the initial phase of JWC2, a 345,000-square-foot production and distribution complex through which JWC intends to roll out more than 130 individual production rooms utilizing its proprietary GrowthSTORM Dual Droplet cultivation platform and methodologies. “While optimizing production methodologies at their already licenced pilot facility, JWC has concurrently built out and implemented refinements and learnings for production at commercial scale,” Daniel Pearlstein, Canopy Rivers’ executive vice president of strategy, stated in the news release. “We are pleased to see Health Canada reward JWC for the quality of their operations, and their disciplined approach to expansion with the issuance of this second site licence.”
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About Canopy Rivers
Canopy Rivers is a unique investment and operating platform structured to pursue investment opportunities in the emerging global cannabis sector. Canopy Rivers works collaboratively with Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED) (NYSE: CGC) to identify strategic counterparties seeking financial and/or operating support. Canopy Rivers has developed an investment ecosystem of complementary cannabis operating companies that represent various segments of the value chain across the emerging cannabis sector. As the portfolio continues to develop, constituents will be provided with opportunities to work with Canopy Growth and collaborate among themselves, which Canopy Rivers believes will maximize value for its shareholders and foster an environment of innovation, synergy and value creation for the entire ecosystem. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CanopyRivers.com
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