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Alberta-based marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis Inc. is looking at listing shares on a major United States stock exchange in October, according to one of its executives.

“We’re targeting the month of October to establish a U.S. listing,” said Cam Battley, Aurora’s chief corporate officer, in an interview with the Financial Post on Tuesday.

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Battley told the Post that such a move would continue to broaden the scope of Aurora’s would-be investors, “including U.S. institutional investors, not all of whom are able to trade in OTC-listed securities,” he said.

A move south would also allow Aurora to tap into the pockets of U.S. investors after a string of acquisitions, such as its recently announced agreement to buy Vancouver-based marijuana company ICC Labs Inc. for around $290 million in stock.

Prior to Battley’s comments, Aurora chief executive officer Terry Booth had mentioned to Bloomberg in March that his company was looking at trading its shares on a U.S. stock exchange. Aurora currently trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange.