KELOWNA, British Columbia, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Marapharm Ventures Inc. (OTCQB: MRPHF) (CSE: MDM.CN) (FSE: 2M0) (“Marapharm” or the “Company”) (http://www.marapharm.com/) announces that the Department of Taxation, State of Nevada, has approved the application for marijuana for recreational use for 70,000 square feet in Las Vegas, Nevada. The actual license was received by email on June 28, 2017 at 7:39 pm.

“Marapharm has a recreation license for cultivation of marijuana. This is a big milestone for us. Recreational sales are legal in Nevada July 1, 2017. As far as we know, Marapharm is the first and only publicly listed company with this level of licensing. We will grow and sell cannabis from the existing modular buildings and will move into the starter buildings when the construction is completed.” Linda Sampson, CEO.

Marapharm currently holds 3 medical marijuana licenses and has made applications for the transition to recreational use for the 290,000 square feet of cultivation and production facility. Two applications remain in the system waiting approval.

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Marapharm has more than 300,000 square feet of medical marijuana licenses for its land and facilities in WA, CA and NV. In Nevada, the building footprint is 360,000 square feet. The Nevada Department of Agriculture report by Tessa Rognier states that the average size of a cultivation facility in Nevada is 26,000 square feet. About three years ago, Marapharm applied in Canada to Health Canada for a MMPR (production and sales) license and has passed the necessary security clearances. The application is currently in the in-depth screening process. In September 2016, Health Canada contacted Marapharm with a provision to amend its application to allow for the new regulations, ACMPR. Marapharm owns 15 million shares and warrants of Veritas Pharma Inc., a public company.

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