Part 26 Jun 2023 07:15
Hellenic Dynamics' adapted strategy
Hellenic Dynamics is currently on track to have its first cultivation underway in late summer 2023.
Hellenic Dynamics is a medical cannabis cultivator. As the industry enters 'cannabis 2.0' which has seen a shake-up of the medical cannabis market, through its agility the Company intends to move with market conditions and demand. This has led to a review of the Company's cultivation strategy which will see Hellenic Dynamics harnessing its scale and low cost operating model in a way that it anticipates will accelerate revenue generation and provide an opportunity to itscustomers. Such a strategy has not yet seen in the cannabis space to date. This modified strategy and operating model, details of which are set out below, is different and disruptive in comparison to the Company's peer group and is designed to match the rapidly evolving regulated medical cannabis market in Europe.
As the medical cannabis markets across Europe are now defining the industry standard for the supply of medical cannabis products from cultivator to patient, the certifications for these products is also evolving. Hellenic Dynamics' strategy contained within the Company's prospectus was to gain both Good Agricultural and Collection Practice ("GACP") and a EU Good Manufacturing Practices ("EU-GMP") certifications. EU-GMP is the most intensive certification for any medical cannabis cultivator to achieve from a capex, opex and time to issuance perspective, with very little advantages for end sales price of products. As the industry enters 'cannabis 2.0' many medical distributors have built their own EU-GMP facilities within their licensed distribution buildings across Germany as have other potential customers in the other markets that Hellenic Dynamics wishes to sell its products into. For this reason, the Company has decided not to invest considerable funds and time into the construction and certification of an EU-GMP facility in the current phase of its development. Hellenic will instead concentrate on the cultivation and supply of GACP flowers to its EU-GMP certified distributors, saving the Company considerable time and expense. This again shows the evolving nature of the European cannabis markets.
The Company will release more details of its adapted cultivation strategy in due course.
Cost savings
In addition, since the Company's last business update, Hellenic Dynamics has managed to secure significant discounts from its equipment suppliers and has also managed to secure unused second hand equipment, where possible, to keep costs as low as possible while ensuring all equipment is of the highest and modern standards throughout the facility.
The Company already benefits from a relatively low cost of power, however Hellenic Dynamics is in advanced discussion with suppliers of solar energy from within Greece to further reduce its cost base. This potential new supply should bring the Company's e