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Burcon Introduces Nutratein® Plant Protein Ingredients – New Pea + Canola Protein Blends Provide Protein Quality Equivalent to or Exceeding Dairy and Meat

05/23/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 23, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (“Burcon” or the “Company”), a leader in developing functionally and nutritionally valuable plant-proteins, is pleased to announce its new pea-protein and canola-protein blends: Nutratein-PS™ and Nutratein-TZ™.  Burcon’s novel canola and pea proteins, when combined, create unique, unparalleled plant-protein blends, with exceptional functional characteristics,…

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Burcon Announces Amendment to Outstanding Convertible Note

05/21/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 21, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (“Burcon“) announced today that it has amended (the “Amendment“) the convertible note (the “Note“) dated May 12, 2016 issued to Large Scale Investments Limited (the “Lender“), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firewood Elite Limited (“Firewood“), in the principal amount of $2,000,000 (the “Principal Amount”)…

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Burcon Announces Additional Loan From Shareholder

03/27/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 27, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (“Burcon“) announced today that it has amended (the “Amendment“) the loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement“) entered into on November 13, 2018 with Large Scale Investments Limited (the “Lender“), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firewood Elite Limited (“Firewood“) (see press release of Burcon dated November…

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Burcon Announces Board Change and Appointments

01/15/2019

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 15, 2019 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (“Burcon” or the “Corporation”), announces that effective today, Dr. Allan Yap has decided to step down from his positions as Chairman, director and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for personal reasons.  The board of directors of Burcon (the “Board”) is pleased to…

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Burcon Announces Execution of Loan Agreement

11/13/2018

Vancouver, British Columbia, November 13, 2018 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) (“Burcon”) announced today that it has entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) pursuant to which Large Scale Investments Limited (the “Lender”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firewood Elite Limited (“Firewood”), will provide Burcon with an unsecured loan (the “Loan”) of up to…

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Burcon Announces Results of Shareholder Meeting

09/07/2018

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 7, 2018 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU) a leader in functional, renewable plant-based proteins, is pleased to announce the results from its 2018 annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on September 6, 2018.  All of the seven nominees set out in Burcon’s management proxy circular dated July…

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Burcon Announces Fiscal 2018 Results and Reviews Operations

06/18/2018

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 18, 2018 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX: BU), a leader in natural product extraction, purification and isolation technologies, reported results for the year ended March 31, 2018.  Fiscal 2018 Operational Highlights Completed a rights offering for gross proceeds of $3.5 million, with net proceeds of $3.4 million. Advanced discussions with certain…

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