Rooted in the Netherlands and Grown in Northern Ontario, 48North Cannabis Corp. Announces its Top Six New Cultivars

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TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2018 /CNW/ - 48North Cannabis Corp. ("48North" or the "Company") (TSXV:NRTH) is announcing the completion of Phase I of its project to bring its top performing cannabis cultivars to the Canadian market. Following the importation of 6,650 cannabis seeds from Netherlands-based MariPharm B.V., the Company embarked on a project to select and cultivate its most promising phenotypes at the Company's wholly-owned licensed facility, DelShen Therapeutics Corp. ("DelShen") located in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Phase I cultivars:

• Girl Scout Cookies
• Granddaddy Purple
• Green Crack
• Kosher Kush
• Power Plant
• High CBD

"The DelShen production team has been working hard over the past year to cultivate top cannabis strains and we are happy with the results our first round of testing has shown," said Kevin Helfand, Chief Operating Officer at 48North. "We are seeing high yields for certain cultivars and we now have multiple high tetrahydrocannabinol ("THC") strains being grown. As the legalization of adult recreational cannabis approaches, we are fulfilling our commitment to grow unique genetics of the highest quality to suit our future customers' varying demands."

Completing this project has allowed the DelShen grow team to analyze its genetic library, use expert data analytics, and select phenotypes with a wide range of cannabinoids and terpenes that are underrepresented in the current Canadian market.

Phase II of the phenotype selection project will be to re-test the new cultivars after some additional flowering time to optimize both yields and resin profiles. "Our lab results indicate sufficient cannabigerolic acid to anticipate higher resin profiles," continued Mr. Helfand. "We believe the Green Crack, a sativa dominant hybrid, can consistently express over 25 percent THC content and the Kosher Kush can yield over 200 grams of dried cannabis per plant with some additional data analysis. Once this phase is completed, we will decide which cultivars to put into full-scale production, as well as commence Phase III, the phenotype selection of the other cultivars we have in our genetic library, including Amnesia, Gorilla Glue #4 and Super Silver Haze."

About 48North
48North Cannabis Corp. ("48North") is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company whose wholly owned subsidiary DelShen Therapeutics Corp. ("DelShen"), is a licensed producer of medical cannabis in Canada. 48North grows unique genetics sourced from MariPharm B.V., a Netherlands-based phytopharmaceutical company with over 25 years of experience in the research and cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes. Its genetics are grown to exacting standards, ensuring patients can count on receiving the highest-quality cannabis products.

DelShen is regulated by the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations and the facility is located on 800-acres of owned land near Kirkland Lake, Ontario.  DelShen's license to produce cannabis was granted on February 28, 2017, its cannabis sales license was granted on June 25, 2018, and its extraction license to produce cannabis oils was granted on September 13, 2018, and pertain to the facility, a state-of-the-art, closed-box, 40,000-square-foot building.

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SOURCE 48North Cannabis Corp.

Heidi Christensen Brown, 48North Investor Relations, [phone], [email protected]; David Hackett, Chief Financial Officer, 48North, [phone] ext 304, [email protected]