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News Release       April 27, 2017

Marapharm Ventures Inc. "Marapharm" announces an online news channel for awareness of the sector and of Marapharm

Marapharm is pleased to announce that it will be launching www.marapharm.tv on or before June 15, 2017.

"Marijuana is news. I did an interview on www.rightedition.com  that has had in excess of 250,000 views. The success o
--->f the interview prompted us to look into the viability of doing regular media programs on the industry and on Maraphar
--->m. We have a studio, technical team and several prepared scripts. Filming is scheduled to begin May 4, 2017. Our perfo
--->rma indicates that millions of viewers could be reached including investors, users and those who are just interested i
--->n news of the marijuana industry. They will then also become aware of Marapharm. There will be an investor's relation 
--->and market report of Marapharm's stock activity at the end of each program.

In 2016 Cowen and Company, a Multi Sector Equity Research Group stated that the legal US cannabis markets to be at $6 
--->billion (prior to California's passage of adult use) another $25 billion is spent in the black market.  The average mo
--->nthly searches for "marijuana" on Google are more than 1 million per month (Source www.leafly.com April 26, 2017). The
--->se statistics were a factor when researching to create an online video channel for branding and awareness of Marapharm
--->." Linda Sampson, Marapharm CEO. 

ABOUT MARAPHARM VENTURES INC.
www.marapharm.com 

Marapharm has 300,000 square feet of medical marijuana licenses for its land and facilities in WA and NV. About two an
--->d a half years ago, Marapharm applied in Canada to Health Canada for a MMPR (production and sales) license and has pas
--->sed the necessary security clearances. The application is currently in the in-depth screening process. In September 20
--->16, Health Canada contacted Marapharm with a provision to amend its application to allow for the new regulations, ACMP
--->R.

Construction photos and videos can be accessed through the Marapharm website. Marapharms common shares are publicly tr
--->aded in Canada, under the ticker symbol "MDM" on the Canadian Securities Exchange, and in the United States, under the
---> ticker symbol "MRPHF" on the OTCQB, and in Europe, under the ticker symbol "2M0" on the FSE.

Additional information on the operations or financial results of Marapharm are included in reports on file with applic
--->able securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the CSE website (www.thecse.com), the OTC website (
--->www.otcmarkets.com), and the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com) under the profile for Marapharm Ventures Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 
www.marapharm.com  or Linda Sampson, CEO, 778-583-4476 email info@marapharm.com

STOCK EXCHANGES:
Neither the CSE, the FSE nor the OTCQBtrademark has approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release. Neith
--->er the CSE, the FSE nor the OTCQBtrademark accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

 FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward looking statements. The use of any of the words "
--->anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "expect", 'may", "will", "project", "should", 'believe", and similar expressions 
--->are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties a
--->nd other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-l
--->ooking statements are based on reasonable assumption but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove 
--->to be correct and the forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon.