Agra Ventures Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Nick Kuzyk as AGRA's CEO and Director on a permanent basis effective March 1, 2023, subject to the final acceptance of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”). Based on his strong performance as Interim CEO and Director over the past six months, the Board has deemed it appropriate for Mr. Kuzyk to continue in the roles and, therefore, the search for a permanent CEO is concluded. As previously announced, Nick has cannabis industry experience as the former Chief Strategy Officer and SVP Capital Markets of High Tide Inc. from its inception in 2018 until the founding of his independent practice in 2020.

Since that time, Mr. Kuzyk has also consulted to clients in the licensed production, extraction/processing and retail segments of the cannabis industry value chain. Overall, Mr. Kuzyk has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of business development, corporate finance, investor relations, and mergers and acquisitions. Nick has an HBA and MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.