OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced the following companies are approved for trading on the OTCQB Venture Market:
Alliance Growers Corp. (CSE: ACG; OTCQB: ALGWF) Alliance Growers Corp. is a Diversified Global Medical Cannabis Company driven by the Company's 'Four Pillars' Organization Plan - Cannabis Biotech Complex, Strategic ACMPR Investments, CBD Oil Supply and Distribution, and Research and Technology. Alliance Growers and Pharmagreen Biotech Inc. are jointly developing a 62,000-square foot facility, the first of its kind in Western Canada to house a DNA Botany lab, extraction facility and Tissue Culture Plantlet Production facility to service the Cannabis market and agriculture market in general. The main facility is the Cannabis Biotech Centre which will grow Cannabis plantlets utilizing the proprietary "Chibafreen Invitro Plant Production System" for tissue culture propagation, allowing more tissue cultured plantlets to be produced in less space and less time. Additionally, Alliance Growers is constructing its medical cannabis facility, BiocannaTech, the Company’s wholly owned ACMPR applicant in Montreal, Quebec. As well, Alliance Growers has secured access to the proprietary CBD DANA hemp strain which has been tested for a content of at least 10% CBD and less than 0.3% THC allowing the strain to be classified as "industrial hemp" which makes it ideal for cultivation with less restrictive regulation.
Five Star Diamonds Ltd. (TSX-V: STAR; OTCQB: FVVSF) Five Star Diamonds controls a dominant and highly enviable position in the Brazilian kimberlite diamond sector. The Company is focused on acquiring and developing advanced staged diamond projects in Brazil. Since it was established, it has pursued an accelerated growth strategy and aims to be one of the first producers of diamonds from kimberlite deposits in Brazil. The Company is focused on the development of sustainable kimberlite pipes and is not involved in alluvial diamond mining with its associated environmental issues. The Company works closely with local, state and federal authorities in Brazil to foster an open, transparent and legal diamond industry in Brazil.
U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for these companies on www.otcmarkets.com.
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