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Edmonton-based Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced the company’s revenues went up to $98.9 million from $65 million in its latest fiscal quarter, due in part to a higher production capacity and more efficient growing at Aurora’s Sky facility near the Edmonton International Airport.

“The work out of Sky is exciting. This is a very big deal for Aurora,” said chief corporate officer Cam Battley in a phone interview. Counting six growth cycles per year, Sky is achieving higher yields than the company anticipated, and hasn’t lost any crops, he said.

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Aurora sold 17,793 kilograms of cannabis in the most recent quarter ending June 30, 2019, while a leading Canadian competitor, Canopy Growth, reported sales of 10,549 kilograms and kilogram equivalents in that company’s first quarter of its fiscal 2020 year, which also ended June 30, 2019.

“We set out to be a high-margin company, and in this sector that’s been a difficult thing. So maintaining those margins, while growing and expanding our international footprint has been huge for us,” said Battley.