Installation of most automation systems, as well as irrigation and climate control is complete, and the facility's critical systems are being commissioned. The company anticipates planting of all bays in the coming months, ensuring ample dried flower and extracted product supply in advance of consumer legalization in October, 2018, with the facility ramping up to full capacity of more than 8,000 kg each month by the beginning of 2019. Consequently, the company expects a dramatic increase in product availability across all three market segments: Canadian medical; Canadian adult consumer use; and international medical.
With a total footprint exceeding 800,000 sq. ft., Aurora Sky is expected to produce more than 100,000 kg per year of high-quality cannabis.
Construction well underway at Aurora Sun
Ground has been broken for construction of the Aurora Sun production facility in Medicine Hat, Alberta, known as the "Sunniest City in Canada". Excavation is 75% complete. The considerable experience gained through the construction of Aurora Sky, the acquisition of Larssen Ltd. and the establishment of facility design and engineering division Aurora Larssen Projects, as well as the business-friendly climate in Medicine Hat are anticipated to expedite completion of the Aurora Sun project.
Aurora Sun, the second of the company's EU GMP compliant high technology "Sky Class" facilities with precision environmental controls and a high degree of automation, is currently slated to be 50% larger than Aurora Sky, at 1.2 million sq. ft., and to produce more than 150,000 kg of high-quality cannabis per year.