Green Spirit Industries Inc. Names Former Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico to Advisory Board

Juan Bauzá Salas Brings More Than 50 Years' Experience in Puerto Rican Agriculture to Cannabis Company Headquartered in U.S. Territory


DORADO, Puerto Rico, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Spirit Industries Inc. (OTC Pink:GSRX) (“Green Spirit” or, the “Company”) announced today that Former Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico Juan Bauzá Salas has been appointed to join the Company’s Advisory Board, where he will serve alongside previous appointee, businessman Alexander Zhilenkov.

Salas served as Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Agriculture from 1986 to 1990. He has been active in agricultural consulting in Puerto Rico for more than 40 years, advising a long list of international companies, including Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chiquita International and GH Technologies, AC. In addition to consulting, Salas served as General Director of Agriculture and Canneries for the Land Authority of Puerto Rico.

“We are honored to have Former Secretary Salas join the Green Spirit Advisory Board,” said CEO Les Ball. “His knowledge of the agricultural landscape will be instrumental to our long-term plans to grow our cannabis assets in Puerto Rico.”

Salas received his BSc.A and CAAM degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, and his Certificate in Controlled Environmental Agriculture Studies from the University of Arizona. He went on to study government management and administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

About Green Spirit Industries Inc.
Green Spirit Industries Inc. (OTC Pink:GSRX), through its subsidiaries, is in the business of acquiring, developing and operating retail cannabis dispensaries, and is in the process of expanding its business to include the cultivation, extraction, manufacture and delivery of cannabis and cannabinoid products.

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