news releases

Vancouver, British Columbia, November 15, 2011— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX:BU) (NASDAQ:BUR) (“Burcon” or the “Company”) announces today that it has developed a novel pea protein isolate. Burcon has branded this new protein as Peazazz™. Peazazz™ is 100% soluble and transparent in low pH solutions with clean flavour characteristics and is heat stable permitting hot fill applications. Burcon’s Peazazz™ could be used in a variety of healthy and flavourful consumer product applications and should be of interest to companies looking for a great tasting functional alternative plant protein ingredient.

Vancouver, British Columbia, October 20, 2011— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX:BU) (NASDAQ:BUR) (“Burcon” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its common shares have been authorized to commence trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “BUR” on October 27, 2011.

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 1, 2011— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) (“Burcon” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed an application to list its common shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC and has filed a registration statement to register its common shares on Form 40-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), pursuant to section 12 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Vancouver, British Columbia, July 12, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) (“Burcon”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Matthew Hall to its board of directors. Mr. Hall has recently returned to Canada from Europe, where he had a successful 31-year career with Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company. Mr. Hall was managing director and CEO of the food, coffee and beverages division of Nestle UK and, prior thereto, Mr. Hall was senior vice-president, global marketing communications and sales at Nestle’s global headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland.

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 22, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) (“Burcon”) today reported financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 and provided a review of the year’s operations.

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 27, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) will participate in the 13th International Rapeseed Congress on Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Prague Congress Centre, Czech Republic. Dr. Martin Schweizer, vice president technical development, will present on toxicity studies conducted on Burcon’s cruciferin-rich and napin-rich canola protein isolates.

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 10, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) will participate in Reuters 2011 Global Food and Agriculture Summit on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in Chicago. Johann Tergesen, president and COO, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Central Time.

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 4, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) announced today that the company has entered into a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company (“ADM”) for the worldwide production, distribution and sale of Burcon’s CLARISOY® soy protein. CLARISOY is a unique soy protein product that is 100 percent soluble, transparent and very low in viscosity in low pH (acidic) beverages. Use of CLARISOY allows for the production of transparent, protein fortified beverages such as juices, soft drinks and sport drinks in the low pH range.

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 4, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) announced today that the company has amended the license and development agreement between Burcon, Burcon NutraScience (MB) Corp. and Archer Daniels Midland Company (“ADM”) to provide an extended development period for continued research aimed at expanding the commercial value of Puratein® and Supertein™.

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 2, 2011 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU) announced today that the company has amended the Letter of Intent between Burcon and Archer Daniels Midland Company (the “LOI”) to extend the date for completing a definitive license agreement for Burcon’s CLARISOY® technology until noon hour on March 4, 2011. The stand still/no-shop agreement with ADM, which forms part of the LOI, is equally extended until noon hour on March 4, 2011.