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CSE: MDM                    FSE: 2M0        OTCQB: MRPHF

News Release     September 20th, 2017 Kelowna, BC


Marapharm Ventures Inc. "Marapharm" announces that it has been included in the CSE25, an Index comprised of the larges
--->t companies trading on the CSE

Marapharm Ventures Inc. "Marapharm" is pleased to announce that it qualifies for the CSE25 Index on the Canadian Secur
--->ities Exchange "CSE".

On September 18, 2017, the CSE announced the introduction of a new index comprised of the securities of the largest co
--->mpanies trading on the exchange.

The CSE25 Index is a subgroup of the CSE Composite Index. The new index includes the top twenty-five securities by mar
--->ket capitalization contained in the composite index. These companies account for over 50% of the weighting in the larg
--->er index and are typically stocks that attract considerable trading volume.

"Marapharm is pleased to be included in a benchmark that gauges our market performance and liquidity as one of the CSE
--->'s largest companies." Linda Sampson, Marapharm CEO.





ABOUT MARAPHARM VENTURES INC.
www.marapharm.com

Marapharm is a publicly traded company primarily investing in the medical and recreational cannabis space, with corpor
--->ate operations based in British Columbia, Canada. Since 2016 they have rapidly expanded their footprint to include pro
--->duction locations in the key North American states of Washington, Nevada, and California.  They actively seek expansio
--->n opportunities worldwide. 

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

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook:  facebook.com/marapharm
Twitter:  twitter.com/marapharm   

STOCK EXCHANGES:
Marapharm trades in Canada, ticker symbol MDM on the CSE, in the United States, ticker symbol MRPHF on the OTCQB, and 
--->in Europe, ticker symbol 2Mo on the FSE. Marapharm also trades on other recognized platforms in Europe including Stutt
--->gart, Tradegate, L & S, Quotnx, Dusseldorf, Munich, and Berlin.

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.