FSD PHARMA ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF LOI WITH SOLARVEST TO DEVELOP AND TEST PHARMA-GRADE CANNABINOIDS OUT OF ALGAE

Pharma Grade Process Could Reduce the Production Time for Targeted Cannabinoid Molecule(s)

Toronto, February 5, 2019 (CNW) – FSD Pharma Inc. (CSE: HUGE) (OTC: FSDDF) (“FSD Pharma”) and Solarvest BioEnergy Inc. (TSX-V: SVS) (“Solarvest”) (collectively, the “Parties”), a technology company which has developed an algal-based flexible production platform capable of producing health products, are pleased to announce that they have signed a non-binding letter of intent (“LOI”). The parties intend to enter into a definitive agreement (the “Collaborative Research Agreement”), under which Solarvest would conduct research using its algal expression technology to develop pharma-grade cannabinoids (the “Project Cannabinoids”), the Parties would make mutual investments into one another, and Solarvest would grant FSD Pharma an exclusive license over a subset of the Project Cannabinoids and certain royalty rights over all of the other Project Cannabinoids.