TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – May 29, 2017) –
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Quinsam Capital Corporation (CSE:QCA)(CSE:QCA.CN)(CNSX:QCA) (“Quinsam” or the “Company“) today announced two new cannabis-related investments and released unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.
Investments in I-5 Cannabis Holdings and Lakeside
Quinsam has made two investments in US cannabis-related companies in the last two weeks.
We committed to purchase shares and warrants in the capital of I-5 Cannabis Holdings Limited, a company that is acquiring a number of companies active in California and Washington in growing, extraction and dispensing of cannabis products. We understand that I-5 is hoping to go public in the coming months. “Two of the directors at I-5 – John MacPhail and Brock Daem – have significant experience in Canadian small cap markets,” said Roger Dent, CEO of Quinsam. “I have confidence in their ability to create a successful public company. We think that our going-in valuation is compelling and we expect the company to move forward with a listing in 2017.”
Quinsam had previously announced its intention to acquire a stake in a US based company intending to enter the US cannabis cultivation business, tentatively named GroBright. GroBright has an agreement to utilize the licences currently held by Nutritional High, which does not use them for cultivation. This investment has now closed and has been implemented through a purchase of convertible debentures and warrants in the capital of Lakeside Minerals Inc., a company which was previously listed in the TSX-V. Quinsam expects that Lakeside will apply to list its shares on a Canadian exchange in 2017.
Q1/2017 Results
Quinsam reported a net loss of $34,538 in Q1/2017 ($0.00 per share) versus a loss of $25,863 in Q1/2016 ($0.00 per share). The quarterly loss was after the deduction of a non-cash expense of approximately $6,000 for share-based compensation.
“We incurred a small loss in the quarter,” said Roger Dent. “We wrote down in full our remaining $100,000 investment in convertible debentures of Axios Mobile Assets Corp. in the quarter, which more than accounted for the loss. We initially invested $150,000 in Axios and successfully exited $50,000 through conversion. Unfortunately, we did not sell the entire position.” Quinsam does not expect to recover any further funds from its Axios investment, although the potential for recovery exists.
As previously announced, Quinsam’s quarterly dividend was paid on May 19.
Quinsam’s financial results and MD&A have been posted on sedar.com.
About Quinsam Capital Corporation
Quinsam is a merchant bank based in Canada. Our merchant banking business may encompass a range of activities including acquisitions, advisory services, lending activities and portfolio investments. Quinsam invests its capital for its own account in assets, companies or projects which we believe are undervalued and where we see a viable plan for unlocking such value. We do not invest on behalf of any third party and we do not offer investment advice.
Generally, Quinsam does not believe that individual investments are material reportable events. Quinsam chooses to announce certain investments once the company is certain that it has finished buying its position because the Company feels that this information helps Quinsam’s investors understand its investment decision making process. Generally, Quinsam does not announce the sale of investments.
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John Lewis
Business Development
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Quinsam Capital Corporation
Eric Szustak
President
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Quinsam Capital Corporation
Roger Dent
CEO
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