news releases

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 9, 2013 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX:BU, NASDAQ:BUR) an emerging leader in the multi-billion dollar growth industry for protein ingredients, has been invited to present at the B. Riley 14th Annual Investor Conference.

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 24, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX :BU, NASDAQ:BUR), a leader in functional, renewable plant proteins, reported that with the third U.S. patent being granted for a process used to produce CLARISOY soy protein, its manufacturing and marketing partner for its CLARISOY soy protein, Archer Daniels Midland Company, continues to see development activities from the global food and beverage market.

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 11, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX :BU, NASDAQ:BUR), a leader in functional, renewable plant proteins, has been awarded U.S. patent No. 8,409,654 for a process used to produce CLARISOY ™ soy protein. The award marks the third U.S. patent received by Burcon within the last two months for processes used to produce CLARISOY soy protein, and it supports CLARISOY as the first plant-based protein extraction technology able to deliver high-quality nutrition in low pH beverages, like sports drinks and juices, along with unmatched transparency, solubility and clean taste.

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 8, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX :BU, NASDAQ:BUR), a world leader in plant protein extraction and purification technologies, has engaged Liolios Group to lead a new investor relations and financial communications campaign.

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 4, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX :BU, NASDAQ:BUR), a leader in functional, renewable plant proteins, has been awarded U.S. patent No. 8,404,299 for a patent covering a process for the production of CLARISOY™ soy protein that is soluble in an acidic medium, and produces transparent, heat stable solutions suitable for protein fortification of sports drinks and other beverages.

Vancouver, British Columbia, February 26, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU; NASDAQ - BUR) (“Burcon”) is pleased to announce today that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a patent application covering a process for the production of CLARISOY™ soy protein. A notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a written notification that a patent application has cleared internal review and is pending issuance.

Vancouver, British Columbia, February 14, 2013 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU, NASDAQ - BUR) (“Burcon”) today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2012. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. Selected highlights of the third quarter and period subsequent to quarter-end: • Completed equity offering of $5.75 million, with net proceeds of $5.0 million; • Announced first commercial sale of CLARISOY™ soy protein by ADM; • Commenced the building of Peazazz™ pea protein semi-works production facility; and • Filed several patent applications over novel or alternative processes for the production and functional applications of its plant-based proteins.

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 29, 2013— Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX – BU; NASDAQ - BUR) (“Burcon”) reports today that it has commenced building a Peazazz semi-works production facility: a first commercial-scale plant to produce PeazazzTM, the world’s premier pea protein that offers exceptional usability and high-quality protein nutrition. The transparent, pea protein is expected to be available for customers looking to purchase commercial-scale market development quantities beginning in July of this year.

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 24, 2013 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX–BU; NASDAQ - BUR) (“Burcon” or the “Corporation”) will release its fiscal 2013 third quarter financial results on the morning of February 14, 2013 and will hold a conference call to review those results as well as to provide an update on company operations the same day at 1:30pm Pacific time / 4:30pm Eastern time.

Vancouver, British Columbia, December 20, 2012 — Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX–BU; NASDAQ - BUR) (“Burcon” or the “Corporation”) today announced that it intends to conduct quarterly conference calls coinciding with its financial results releases. The conference calls will allow Burcon’s management to review the financial results for the quarter and to update on Burcon’s business activities and outlook.