Up Cannabis Joins Global Cannabis Partnership as Founding Member

TORONTO, June 12, 2018 - Newstrike Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:HIP) ("Newstrike" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary and licensed producer, Up Cannabis Inc. (“Up Cannabis”), has joined the newly formed Global Cannabis Partnership as a founding member, and will contribute to its mandate of creating a worldwide social responsibility standard for the safe and responsible production, distribution and consumption of legal adult-use cannabis.

The Partnership, announced earlier today at the World Cannabis Congress in Saint John, New Brunswick, includes a wide-range of stakeholders including government agencies, licensed producers and affiliate organizations that will focus on the legalized cannabis industry. Its mandate will also include a focus on social responsibility standards as they apply to environment, community relations, traceability and accountability, stakeholder engagement, ethics, labour relations, research and collaboration.

“We are extremely proud to be a founding member of the Global Cannabis Partnership,” said Jay Wilgar, CEO of Up Cannabis and Newstrike. "It is critical that we set the bar appropriately at this historic juncture. The formation of the GCP shows that we are collectively up to the task.”


About Newstrike and Up Cannabis

Newstrike is the parent company of Up Cannabis Inc., a licensed producer of cannabis that received its cultivation license on December 19, 2016, and was granted an amendment to begin sales on January 5, 2018. Newstrike, together with its strategic partners, including Canada’s iconic musicians The Tragically Hip, is developing a diverse network of high quality cannabis brands. For more information visit www.up.ca or www.newstrike.ca


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For further information, please contact:

PM Rendon, Director, Communications & Public Relations
Up Cannabis Inc.
Telephone: 365-773-5432
Email: pm@up.ca