- The
hemp-derived CBD market is projected to reach $22 billion by 2022
- The
company recently entered into a tolling agreement to process five million
kilograms of hemp biomass
- HTC
has entered into an agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp. for a C$15
million bought deal private placement
With the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
(commonly known as the 2018 farm bill), hemp production and distribution in the
United States became permissible under federal law. Freed from its legal
shackles, the industry is experiencing rapid growth. As production and
distribution of hemp increases, the business of extracting CBD from hemp
biomass, as opposed to extraction from marijuana, is looking more feasible, so
much so that industry analyst Brightfield Group projects that the hemp-derived
CBD (cannabidiol) market will grow to $22 billion by 2022 (http://ibn.fm/xD28h). This
market expansion is already increasing demand for extraction technology such as
the Delta Purification System provided by HTC Extraction Systems (TSX.V: HTC). The company has inked
one agreement and is in negotiations with other biomass providers in Canada and
the United States.
HTC’s proprietary biomass processing occurs in three phases:
pre-oil preparation, oil extraction and oil refinement. During the pre-oil
extraction stage, the hemp is pulverized and dried. The resulting biomass is
then immersed in ethanol, and the resulting mixture – containing cannabinoids,
oils, ethanol and plant liquids – is separated from the plant
fibers. During the last phase, the oil is collected, with 90 percent of
the ethanol being removed and recycled, resulting in an approximate 50 percent
CBD crude oil. The crude is then subjected to further distillation to achieve
full spectrum oil (FSO) and/or pure CBD isolate.
HTC recently announced its entry into a hemp biomass tolling
agreement, which will involve the processing of hemp biomass for the 2019 crop
year (http://ibn.fm/hjw4g).
The agreement covers 4,200-5,000 acres of hemp in Saskatchewan, utilizing
five varieties of Health Canada-approved cultivars as the genetic
foundation. HTC will process an estimated five million kilograms of hemp
biomass to extract CBD full-spectrum oil (FSO). The company will be paid a
“toll fee,” or a percentage of the extracted CBD FSO distillate, for its
processing, extraction, purification and distillation services. Toll fees are
payments made to companies that provide specialized manufacturing or processing
services.
Additionally, HTC is in negotiations with a large hemp
biomass producer that has some 60,000 acres of hemp under cultivation. The
company intends to enter into a tolling contract with this producer for
production crop years 2019, 2020, 2021 and beyond. Hemp biomass tolling
contracts with producers are also being negotiated in the United
States for the 2020 hemp-crop growing year, under which HTC will provide
local-to-grower, drying-to-biomass storage capability and transportation of
dried biomass to an HTC extraction facility.
HTC boosted its capital in 2019 by entering into a letter
agreement, with Canaccord Genuity Corp. acting as sole book runner and lead
underwriter on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters that have agreed to
purchase, subject to completion of due diligence, on a bought-deal,
private-placement basis, 15 million units of the company’s common shares, at a
price of C$1 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of C$15 million (http://ibn.fm/ZTiVq).
With such endorsements, HTC seems set to capitalize on the
mushrooming hemp biomass extraction business.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.HTCExtraction.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to HTC are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/HTC
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