Planet 13 Wins a Dozen Prestigious Awards at the High Times Cannabis Cup and Jack Herer Cup Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Planet 13, a vertically integrated cannabis company known for its award-winning cultivation, production and dispensary operations has won nine 2021 Jack Herer Awards and three High Times Cannabis Cup honors for its outstanding products.

"This is a great accomplishment for our company and a well-deserved honor for our talented team who work tirelessly to make some of the best products in our industry," said Larry Scheffler, Co-CEO of Planet 13. "We are honored and humbled to take home awards in so many different categories, from edibles to concentrates to flower and pre-rolls."

Planet 13 is celebrating the following 2021 awards:

Jack Herer Cup Las Vegas

• Best Vape Sativa – Trendi Limenade Kush
• Best Concentrate Sugar – Medizin Mango Kush
• Best Concentrate Badder – Medizin Hawaiian Butterscotch
• Best Concentrate Hash – Medizin Melts Silver Reserve
• Best Edible – Dreamland Peanut Butter Cubes
• Best Indica Flower – Medizin Rose Killer
• New Cannabis Product – Trendi Superblunt+
• Best Infused Pre-roll – Trendi Superblunt+
• Best Extract Facility – Planet 13 Medizin

High Times Cannabis Cup

• Hybrid Flower – 2nd Place – Medizin's White Truffle
• Sativa Flower – 2nd Place – Medizin's Chloe
• Sativa Vape Pens – 3rd Place – Medizin's Hawaiian Butterscotch Vape

The High Times Cannabis Cup is a globally recognized championship of the best cannabis products in the world. Judged by industry experts, the competition ranks entries and crowns the top three products in multiple categories. The Jack Herer Cup Las Vegas is a premier cannabis awards show held in honor of the late cannabis activist Jack Herer and recognizes outstanding cannabis products and facility operations.

Planet 13 continues to add exciting new products to its in-house line of brands which include TRENDI, Medizin, Dreamland Chocolates, HaHa, Leaf & Vine and Planet M.    

About Planet 13
Planet 13 (http://www.planet13holdings.com) is a vertically integrated cannabis company, with award-winning cultivation, production and dispensary operations in Las Vegas and dispensary operations in Orange County, California. Planet 13 also holds a medical marijuana treatment center license in Florida and a 49% interest in Planet 13 Illinois which won a lottery for a Social-Equity Justice Involved dispensing license in the Chicago-region of Illinois. Planet 13's mission is to build a recognizable global brand known for world-class dispensary operations and a creator of innovative cannabis products. Planet 13's shares trade on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE) under the symbol PLTH and OTCQX under the symbol PLNHF.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. In this news release, forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, that Planet 13 will continue to add new product lines.

These forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time such statements were made. Actual future results may differ materially as forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to materially differ from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors, among other things, include: final regulatory and other approvals or consents; risks associated with COVID-19 and other infectious diseases presenting as major health issues; fluctuations in general macroeconomic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets; expectations regarding the size of the Nevada and California cannabis market and changing consumer habits; the ability of the Company to successfully achieve its business objectives; plans for expansion; political and social uncertainties; inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; and the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on cultivation, production, distribution and sale of cannabis and cannabis related products in the State of Nevada and California; and employee relations. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management of the Company believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure shareholders that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements of beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by law.

The Company is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale and distribution of cannabis in the recreational and medicinal cannabis marketplace in the United States through licensed subsidiary entities in states that have legalized marijuana operations, however, these activities are currently illegal under United States federal law. Additional information regarding this and other risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's business, including COVID-19, are contained under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's annual information form dated April 5, 2021 filed on its issuer profile on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com.

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

For further inquiries, please contact:
Robert Groesbeck or Larry Scheffler Co-Chief Executive Officers
[email protected]

Media Contact

Colin Trethewey, Planet 13, 813.480.1354, [email protected]

SOURCE Planet 13