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Exela Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: XELA) (OTC: XELAW) (FRA: 0Z1A)

MarketBeat, QualityStocks, StockMarketWatch, MarketClub Analysis, BUYINS.NET, The Online Investor, StreetInsider, InvestorPlace and INO Market Report reported earlier on Exela Technologies Inc. (XELA), and today we highlight the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Exela Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: XELA) (OTC: XELAW) (FRA: 0Z1A) is a business process automation firm that operates as a global business process automation provider.

Exela Technologies provides digital business process, document management and enterprise information management services as well as transaction processing solutions. The firm also provides payment processing, print communications, digital mail rooms, unattended and attended cognitive automation and work flow automation.

Exela Technologies, which is based in Irving, Texas, was founded in 2017 and serves consumers across the globe. The firm operates through the following segments: Legal & loss prevention services, Healthcare solutions and Information & Transaction Processing Solutions.

The firm’s legal & loss prevention segment collects and distributes settlement funds, processes legal claims for mass action and class action settlement administration which involves project management support and outreach to claimants. Its healthcare segment offers information management for provider and healthcare payer markets, integrated accounts payable and accounts receivable and revenue cycle solutions while its information and transaction segment provides records management, benefits administration, benefits administration communications, claims processing, enrollments, casualty and property insurance solutions, sanctions, anti-money laundering, banking solutions for clearing and also lends solutions for auto loans and mortgages. Additionally, the firm provides revenue recovery services, expert witness services and analytical and data services in the area of statistical and economic analysis.

Exela Technologies was recently awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by a major U.S. health insurance company. This move will broaden the services Exela provides, which will extend the firm’s reach into new fields.

Exela Technologies Inc. (XELA), closed Monday's trading session at $3.76, off by 4.4473%, on 3,178,762 volume with 12,760 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 15,327,007 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.257999986/$7.82000017.

NXT-ID Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) (FRA: ONI1)

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NXT-ID Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) (FRA: ONI1) is a development stage technology firm that provides technology services and products for various healthcare applications.

NXT-ID Inc. is based in Oxford, Connecticut and was founded on February 8, 2012 by David Charles Tunnell and Gino Miguel Pereira. The firm operates in one software and hardware security systems and applications segment. The firm serves various end markets, include the IoT (Internet of Things), financial technology, healthcare and security markets.

NXT-ID Inc. is involved in manufacturing and distributing monitored and non-monitored personal emergency response systems through its LogicMark LLC subsidiary, which is wholly-owned. The systems are sold through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as well as through distributors and dealers.

NXT-ID Inc. develops and markets solutions for Internet of Things, payment and healthcare applications with experience in sensor technologies, miniaturization, payments, encryption and data protection, security and privacy, behavior-metric and biometric identity verification and access control. The firm’s technology products include a digital credit card that was developed in partnership with WorldVentures dubbed Flye; a next-generation smart wallet called the Wocket and a suite of biometric solutions that secure customers’ mobile platforms known as MobileBio.

The company announced recently that its LogicMark LLC subsidiary would begin field testing of its WIFINotifi device, which will help expand the firm’s revenue reach into different revenue channels.

NXT-ID Inc. (NXTD), closed Monday's trading session at $1.73, up 7.4534%, on 5,544,217 volume with 12,230 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 34,263,181 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.223000004/$3.44000005.

Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTT) (FRA: RUOC)

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Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTT) (FRA: RUOC) is focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary systems which generate electricity from the renewable energy of ocean waves in Asia, Europe, South and North America.

Ocean Power Technologies is based in Monroe Township, New Jersey and was incorporated on April 19, 1984 by George W. Taylor. The firm serves agencies as well as private and public entities that need remote offshore power. The majority of the firm’s revenue is generated from North America.

Ocean Power Technologies operates in the following geographical segments: Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. The firm is focused on developing its PowerBuoy product line, which is based on ocean-going modular buoys, for use in autonomous power applications. The PowerBuoy system integrates patented technologies in energy conversion, electronic, hydrodynamics and computer control systems to obtain natural energy from the waves of the ocean.

Ocean Power Technologies offers marine installation services, integration services and payloads as well as various hybrid PowerBuoy products such as subsea battery systems. Additionally, the firm also provides real-time data communications and electric power for subsea applications and remote offshore markets such as communications, science and research, defense and security and offshore oil and gas.

As of 2021, Ocean Power Technologies had acquired 3Dent Technology, an energy engineering firm, which will broaden Ocean Power’s ability to offer comprehensive solutions to consumers, which will accelerate the growth of both firms and also expand and solidify Ocean Power’s position as an offshore energy solution provider.

Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (OPTT), closed Monday's trading session at $4.00, up 3.6269%, on 3,453,402 volume with 16,510 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 10,414,111 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.328999996/$7.30000019.

XpresSpa Group Inc. (NASDAQ: XSPA) (FRA: V9G)

InvestorPlace, MarketClub Analysis, StockMarketWatch, QualityStocks, MarketBeat, Kiplinger Today, BUYINS.NET, StreetInsider and The Online Investor reported previously on XpresSpa Group Inc. (XSPA), and we highlight the Company as well, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

XpresSpa Group Inc. (NASDAQ: XSPA) (FRA: V9G) is a health and wellness firm which offers spa services and related products, such as salt chambers, compression therapy and cryotherapy, at airports.

XpresSpa Group is based in New York and was founded on January 9, 2006 by David Goldfarb and Jonathan Medved. The firm operates through XpresSpa as an airport spa services retailer and also provides travel products and accessories.

XpresSpa Group Inc. was known as FORM Holdings Corp. before changing its name in 2018 in January. The firm serves consumers in the United Arab Emirates, Holland and the United States. As of January 2021, the firm offered its services at 23 airports and 45 locations across the globe.

XpresSpa Inc. services include polish changes, manicures, pedicures, massage services for the feet, back, neck as well as a full body massage and personal care services. The firm also provides travel products like massage tools, blankets, neck pillows as well as other retail products. XpresSpa Inc. also provides rapid testing for communicable diseases like group A streptococcus, mononucleosis and influenza as well as coronavirus screening and testing through its XpresTest Inc. subsidiary. It also provides flu vaccination services under its XpresCheck brand.

XpresSpa Inc. recently collaborated with United Airlines on the launch of its XpresCheck testing facility at the Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport. This facility not only broadens the company’s reach but also ensures that consumers travelling through the airport are offered dependable and accessible testing solutions.

XpresSpa Group Inc. (XSPA), closed Monday's trading session at $2.18, up 2.3474%, on 10,780,752 volume with 22,100 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 14,564,455 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.150000005/$8.81999969.

GenTech Holdings, Inc. (GTEH)

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GenTech Holdings, Inc. is an emerging leader in the high-end CBD (cannabidiol) food and drinks marketplace. The Company is creating a national chain of Hemp Centric Coffee Shop Retail Spaces. This is where customers can relax, drink CBD infused teas and coffees, try different own-brand products, and experience holistic education and classes. GenTech Holdings is based in New York City. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets.

GenTech will be offering alternatives to standard coffees, teas, and chocolate. In addition, it is building a broad outreach program working with medical practitioners throughout the nation in their own locations to educate their patients and increase awareness of the benefits of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) free CBD Products. All of this is offered under the brand 'The Healthy Leaf'.

In early 2020, the Company launched a high-end Coffee Subscription service called Secret Javas. Furthermore, GenTech earlier closed on its acquisition of SINFIT Nutrition, which offers a range of high-end Functional Foods. GenTech recently closed its acquisition on Products-Groups' "Hakuna Supply".

Recently, GenTech Holdings, through its SINFIT Nutrition brand, announced that it secured a new worldwide distribution partner, Saveco™. It recently shipped products to Saveco in Kuwait. It is now awaiting for the State of Kuwait's government to finalize the registration of the SINFIT brand for import and sale via Saveco's massive online presence and their different physical stores throughout the region.

Founded in 2013, Saveco is the latest subsidiary of Al-Qatami Group, founded by Mrs. Noor Al Qatami. Saveco is an all-inclusive one of-a-kind one-stop mega market in Kuwait. It has locations and sales outlets across the region. Their retail stores offer a considerable range of products and services. The assortment of services that Saveco offers include the Food Academy, Restaurants, Cafes, Juicing Shops, Perfume Stores, Florists, the Kid's Entertainment Area, and much more.

GenTech Holdings, Inc. (GTEH), closed Monday's trading session at $0.0058, up 32.1185%, on 342,871,945 volume with 2,328 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 352,179,362 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.000199999/$0.018899999.

RumbleON, Inc. (RMBL)

MarketBeat, StreetInsider, QualityStocks, MarketClub Analysis, Trading Concepts, StockMarketWatch, Schaeffer's and BUYINS.NET reported earlier on RumbleON, Inc. (RMBL), and today we are highlighting the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

RumbleON, Inc.’s goal is to transform the way motorcycles and other power/rec vehicles are bought and sold. RumbleON is the 100 percent online vehicle marketplace. The Company is an online buyer and seller of vehicles that allows consumers and dealers to buy, sell, trade, and finance pre-owned cars, trucks, ATVs, and motorcycles in an efficient, fast, transparent, and engaging experience. Listed on Nasdaq, RumbleON is headquartered in Coppell, Texas.

RumbleON is free to use. The Company operates a capital light disruptive e-commerce platform. This platform facilitates the ability of consumers and dealers to Buy-Sell-Trade-Finance pre-owned motorcycle and other power sport and recreation vehicles, or power/rec vehicles, in one online location. RumbleON’s initial emphasis is the market for 650cc and larger on-road motorcycle brands, especially those concentrated in the Harley-Davidson brand.

By way of its innovative online platform, RumbleON makes cash offers for the purchase of consumers and dealers vehicles. The Company’s intention is to provide them the flexibility to trade, list, or auction their vehicle via its website and mobile applications. Furthermore, RumbleON offers a large inventory of used vehicles for sale along with third-party financing and associated products.

RumbleON has minimized the number of required actions by the customer. This is while providing complete visibility and transparency into the transaction. The Company’s service focuses on putting the customer first. This includes coordinating shipping and logistics, delivery, financing, and also title work. Consumers have access to a wide-ranging selection of low-priced inventory with buyer protection, and premier sales support.

Every veteran or first responder who buys a RumbleON vehicle will receive a $500 e-Gift Card, a handwritten thank you note, and a merch box. All branches of the U.S. Military are eligible for this gift. So are all police, firefighters, as well as EMT personnel.

RumbleON values making the process to trade, buy, and sell vehicles as simple as possible. When one sells their motorcycle, ATV, car, truck, or powersport vehicle to RumbleON, the Company will come to pick up their vehicle for free. Furthermore, when one buys a vehicle from RumbleON, there are no dealer fees or hidden costs. The Company will provide powersport and motorcycle shipping to their door for $299 and $499 shipping for cars and trucks. ”

RumbleON, Inc. (RMBL), closed Monday's trading session at $57.5, up 47.6631%, on 668,580 volume with 7,367 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 60,493 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $3.00/$64.1299972.

TrackX Holdings, Inc. (TKXHF)

We reported  previously on TrackX Holdings, Inc. (TKXHF), and today we report on the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

TrackX Holdings, Inc. is a SaaS-based (Software as a Service) enterprise asset management solution provider. The Company deploys SaaS-based solutions taking advantage of numerous auto-ID and sensor technologies for the complete tracking and management of physical assets. TrackX delivers substantial value to an increasing list of Fortune 500 companies and for customers in industries including transportation, beverage, brewery, healthcare, hi-technology, hospitality, mining, agriculture, horticulture, manufacturing and government. TrackX Holdings lists on the OTC Markets. The Company is based in Denver, Colorado.

TrackX's Global Asset Management for Enterprises (GAME) platform enables the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) through providing innovative item level tracking, workflow processing, event management, alerting, and powerful analytics to deliver solutions across an increasing number of industries. The Company provides unique Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions to its customers. It provides an asset management solution that goes beyond standard asset tracking.

TrackX's team has decades of combined RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) and supply chain experience. The professional services the Company provides includes Site Analysis, Proof of Concept/Pilot Project, as well as Customer Implementation.

TrackX has remained centered on the continued execution of its core strategies. Its land and expand strategy has seen growth in its solution’s capabilities and the number of locations for many existing customers. For its Q3 of Fiscal 2019 ended June 30, 2019, TrackX experienced expansion within its existing client base during the quarter and additional deployments beyond.

Regarding an international household appliance manufacturer, TrackX completed 2 additional implementations of GAME for Supply Chain Management (SCM). This brought the the total to 7 implementations to the Q3 ending date. Four additional sites were planned through the remainder of calendar year 2019. Moreover, concerning the Port of Oakland, TrackX renewed its GAME platform license for an additional three years to manage access, security and related operations within the Port. Also, regarding a major U.S.-based baked goods manufacture, TrackX expanded their GAME for SCM to their second location during QS and committed to deploy at their third location within the past calendar year.

TrackX Holdings, Inc. (TKXHF), closed Monday's trading session at $0.10, up 76.3668%, on 563,535 volume with 43 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 81,063 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.012299999/$0.105599999.

Cool Technologies, Inc. (WARM)

We reported previously on Cool Technologies, Inc. (WARM), and today we report on the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter. 

Cool Technologies, Inc. is an innovator in efficient mobile electric power generation and power enhancement technologies for motors and generators. The Company is an intellectual property (IP) and product development enterprise commercializing patented thermal dispersion technology across numerous platforms. It formerly went by the name HPEV, Inc. It changed its name to Cool Technologies, Inc. in August of 2015. Established in February 2011, Cool Technologies has its corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB.

Cool Technologies operates in three addressable markets. These are Mobile Generation, Motors & Generators, and Pumps. Mobile Generation (MG) removes the need for tow-behind generators. A Proprietary Gearing System draws power from the truck’s engine. MG reduces size and increases the efficiency of the generator. The MG system transforms any existing or new Class 3-8 truck into a mobile generator.

Motors & Generators removes heat more efficiently and increases power density. In addition, it reduces costs by up to 25 percent. Moreover, Pumps – Water and Wastewater - removes extremely high maintenance costs. It also doubles pump output.

Concerning the Company’s IP for Thermal Technology, 7 patents cover various types of heat removal from electric motors, generators, electronics, battery packs, controls, brakes, clutches, and more. All incorporate the inventive application of heat pipes. Cool Technologies’ thermal dispersion technology transfers heat through heat pipes with innovative capabilities. The heat pipes move heat in any direction (even against gravity) and necessitate little or no maintenance. The cooler a motor runs, the greater its potential output.

Recently, Cool Technologies announced that its Board elected a new external member. The new member of the Board of Directors is Mr. Steven Wilburn. Mr. Wilburn brings considerable industry experience, a successful track record, as well as political clout to Cool Technologies. He is a chemical engineer with in-depth applications engineering experience and is an Executive with more than four decades of experience in alternative energy and water treatment.

Cool Technologies, Inc. (WARM), closed Monday's trading session at $0.06, up 36.3636%, on 23,310,872 volume with 1,067 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 12,044,980 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.0057/$0.0601.

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. (BWTL)

We reported previously on Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. (BWTL), and today we report on the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter. 

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. operates travel centers and restaurants situated along interstate highways in New Mexico and Arizona. The Company has been serving the traveling public in the Southwestern United States since the year that New Mexico became a State in 1912. Established in 1912, Bowlin Travel Centers is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets.

Bowlin’s Travel Centers offer fuel; and convenience store food, including chips, nuts, cookies, and prepackaged sandwiches; various bottled and canned drinks, and also merchandise to the traveling public in the Southwestern United States, chiefly New Mexico. The Company also sells Native American artifacts and jewelry, Southwest souvenirs and fireworks.

Bowlin Travel Centers operates 10 full-service travel centers. The Company also 6 full-service restaurants under the Dairy Queen/Brazier, Dairy Queen, or Subway trade names. Travel Centers are the original trading posts. They have been updated through the years, and Bowlin Travel Centers still sells similar merchandise.

The Bowlin family’s business venture began in 1912 when Mr. Claude M. Bowlin started trading with the Native Americans of New Mexico, learning their languages and customs. After World War I, from 1919 to 1935, Mr. and Mrs. Bowlin bought and sold a number of trading posts in the Gallup and Farmington areas of New Mexico. In 1935 they built the Old Crater Trading Post at Bluewater, New Mexico. By 1953, Claude and Willa Bowlin's business had grown to the point that it was advisable to incorporate under New Mexico laws.

Since 1953, more stores have been added on the interstate system. Full service facilities, wide-ranging selections of gifts, souvenirs, and premier Indian Handmade Jewelry are offered year round at the Company’s stores. Bowlin’s outlets include Akela Flats, Bluewater Outpost, Butterfield Station, Continental Divide, Flying C Ranch, Old West Trading Post, Picacho Peak, Picacho Plaza, Running Indian, and the Thing?

Bowlin Travel Centers, Inc. (BWTL), closed Monday's trading session at $3.12, up 34.4828%, on 2,184 volume with 5 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 79 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $2.08999991/$3.25.

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (CVVUF)  

QualityStocks, FeedBlitz, TopPennyStockMovers and OTC Markets Group reported previously on CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (CVVUF), and today we are highlighting the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. is an exploration stage enterprise listed on the OTCQB. The Company focuses on two important projects in the Athabasca Basin in the Province of Saskatchewan. It holds interests in about 102,870 hectares (254,000 acres), one of the largest land positions in Canada's Athabasca Basin region. A project generator, CanAlaska Uranium has its head office in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

  The Company’s strategic holdings have attracted major international mining companies. Currently, CanAlaska Uranium is working with Cameco and Denison at two of CanAlaska’s properties in the Eastern Athabasca Basin.

  CanAlaska’s projects include Cree East, West McArthur, NW Manitoba, and base metals and gold projects and other uranium projects as well as its diamond projects. The Cree East project is a high-priority property situated in the southeastern portion of the Athabasca Basin.

  The West McArthur project is adjoining the world’s richest uranium mine -Cameco's McArthur River. The objective at West McArthur is a large unconformity uranium deposit.  Moreover, $20 million of work successfully identified seven target areas. The NW Manitoba project lies in northwest Manitoba just east of the border of northeast Saskatchewan. It is 70 kilometers north of Reindeer Lake.

CanAlaska acquired four new claims groups in the western Athabasca Basin for diamond exploration. Three of these are in the region just north of current claims in the Patterson Lake area.

The Company has new targets developed at the Thompson Nickel Belt Properties. In Manitoba, CanAlaska has continued Project Generation activities, with licence acquisitions in the Thompson Nickel Belt. Compilation work has continued. More targets have been developed on the Strong and Hunter properties.

Recently, CanAlaska Uranium reported that plans have been made for drill testing of the northern portion of Grid 5, where Cameco identified multiple intercepts of uranium mineralization in the most recent drill programs. Under the Joint Venture (JV) with Cameco, CanAlaska Uranium will act as Operator and plans to drill 7000 meters in 10 drill holes in summer 2019 to endeavor to intersect lenses of higher-grade uranium mineralization.

CanAlaska Uranium also reported on successful completion of drilling at Manibridge, Manitoba. Four holes showed semi-massive and massive sulphide mineralization with associated wider zones of disseminated sulphides near existing mineralization. The four hole, 1,000 meter drill program successfully intercepted a wide fold structure, 2.5 kilometers north of the past-producing high-grade Manibridge nickel mine.

Nickel mineralization was intersected in all holes. In each case a zone of massive sulphides, 0.5 to 4 meters long in drill holes, is hosted by a wide zone of disseminated sulphide mineralization (8 to 14 meters in length).

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (CVVUF), closed Monday's trading session at $0.4738, up 26.7523%, on 307,285 volume with 137 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 173,647 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.061/$0.50.

Escalon Medical Corp. (ESMC)

Wall Street Resources, QualityStocks, MarketBeat, OTCPicks, OTC Picks, PennyToBuck and FeedBlitz reported previously on Escalon Medical Corp. (ESMC), and today we choose to report on the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter. 

Escalon Medical Corp. specializes in the development, marketing, and distribution of ophthalmic diagnostic imaging and surgical products. It is working to grow its ophthalmic business through concentrating on its existing products, developing new products, utilizing strategic partnerships, and through acquisition.

Escalon Medical has its corporate headquarters in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The Company also has operations in Lake Success, New York; New Berlin, Wisconsin, and Stoneham, Massachusetts. Escalon Medical’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB.

Escalon Medical primarily markets to teaching institutions, hospitals, and eye surgery centers. The Company acquired Sonomed, Inc. in 2000. Since then, by way of acquisition, product divestitures, partnerships, and product development, it has grown and expanded its product offerings. Sonomed, Inc. and Escalon Medical Imaging are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Escalon Medical Corp.

Escalon Medical’s products include an assortment of ophthalmic ultrasound, digital imaging and photography, and image management systems. In addition, its products include surgical products, including intraocular gases, fiber optic light guides and sources, and other surgical vitreoretinal instruments.

All of the Company’s ophthalmic products are branded as Sonomed Escalon.  Furthermore, Sonomed Escalon maintains certification for compliance with ISO1385 Quality Management Systems for Medical Devices.

Sonomed Escalon provides ultrasound, digital photography, and image management systems. Sonomed Escalon Rx products include mydriatics/cyclopegics; diagnostic supplies; anesthetics/combo products; antibiotics, steroid combination; injectable dyes, surgical products, and office products.

Concerning tonometry, Sonomed Escalon has its “diatom IOP measuring device.” This involves measuring IOP through the eyelid on sclera with no corneal contact. It rapidly provides accurate IOP reading independent of corneal thickness. Additionally, it is ideal for cases where standard tonometry cannot be used. No anesthesia is required and there is no need to remove contact lenses, no need for sterilization, and no patient discomfort or anxiety.

Moreover, surgical solutions offered include vitreoretinal gases and devices. Its diagnostic solutions include AXIS image management; ophthalmic ultrasound; mobile vision analysis; adaptive refractor; perimetry; digital imaging, and tonometry.

Sonomed Escalon offers its Vu Pad pertaining to Ophthalmic Ultrasound. This is a new class of ophthalmic ultrasound versatility. Vu Pad is configurable with B-scan, A-scan, UBM or any combination.

Escalon Medical established in 1987. The Company sells its products to medical institutions by way of independent sales representatives, a network of distributors, and internal sales employees.

Escalon Medical Corp. (ESMC), closed Monday's trading session at $0.32, up 30.559%, on 145,212 volume with 38 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 17,586 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.082000002/$0.344799995.

Empire Petroleum Corp. (EMPR)

QualityStocks, Wall Street Mover, TopPennyStockMovers, PoliticsAndMyPortfolio and Nebula Stocks reported beforehand on Empire Petroleum Corp. (EMPR), and today we highlight the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Empire Petroleum Corp. engages in the exploration and development of oil and gas interests in North America. The Company owns interest in the Gabbs Valley prospect and interest in the South Okie prospect. The Gabbs Valley prospect is an area of roughly 34,186 gross acres in Nye and Mineral Counties, Nevada. The South Okie prospect encompasses 110 net acres of oil and gas leases in Natrona County, Wyoming. Established in 1983, Empire Petroleum has its corporate headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Company has conducted comprehensive geological studies, conducted a seismic survey, carried out a geochemical imaging survey, conducted satellite and gravity studies and drilled two test wells on the Gabbs Valley Prospect. The additional studies of such data and the assistance of geological and engineering consultants led Empire Petroleum to conclude that additional drilling was warranted. The determination was that a new test well should be drilled employing a different method of drilling.

Empire Petroleum drilled the Paradise Unit 2-12 well to a depth of 4,250 feet before drilling problems caused them to stop drilling. The Company assigned the lease and the 1-12 and 2-12 wells to the other leasehold owners from which Empire had taken a farmout. Empire Petroleum does feel the prospect has considerable geological merit since the main target, being the Triassic formation, was not reached in either of the two test wells.

Empire Petroleum and Sierra Nevada Oil, LLC concentrated their activities on the exploration and development of approximately 36,750 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leases positioned on a surface anticline in Gabbs, Nevada. Three exploratory wells were drilled on the leases.

Recently, Empire Petroleum announced that its Board of Directors retained Pritchard Griffin Advisors (PGA) to advise Empire on its potential NW Louisiana transaction and on other prospective mergers, joint ventures (JVs), and acquisitions for the Company.

Mr. Mike Morrisett, President of Empire Petroleum Corporation, said, “We are very pleased to have PGA engaged with the Company. Their breadth of experience, knowledge, and contacts in most of the major oil and gas basins in the U.S., specifically within the East Texas/Louisiana Cotton Valley/Haynesville play, provides the Company with the confidence to implement our initial strategy within this region.”

Empire Petroleum Corp. (EMPR), closed Monday's trading session at $1.21, up 142.00%, on 270,672 volume with 176 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 4,722 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.0126/$4.15999984.

InMed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INM) (TSX: IN)

Streetwise Reports, Stockhouse, Equities.com and Daily Wealth are reporting on InMed Pharmaceuticals (INM), here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

InMed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INM) (TSX: IN), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing medications targeting diseases with high unmet medical need and leading the clinical development of cannabinol ("CBN"), announced that it has completed a $4.5 million private investment in a public equity (“PIPE”) transaction. According to the terms of the private placement, 1,050,000 units were purchased, with each unit consisting of one common share and 0.66 of a warrant to purchase an addition common share; each unit was purchased at a placement price of $4.25, with the warrants available at an exercise price of $4.85.

The terms note that the warrants, which will be exercisable six months after being issued, will have a term of five and one-half years. InMed announced that it plans to use the proceeds from the just-completed offering for working capital purposes. Roth Capital Partners acted as the sole placement agent for the offering.

To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/UygW1

About InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc.

InMed Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of cannabinoid-based medications, initially focused on the therapeutic benefits of cannabinol ("CBN"), in diseases with high unmet medical need. The company is dedicated to delivering new therapeutic alternatives to patients who may benefit from cannabinoid-based medicines. For more information, please visit www.InMedPharma.com.  

InMed Pharmaceuticals (INM), closed Monday's trading session at $4.80, up 1.0526%, on 74,320 volume with 405 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 244,959 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $2.95000004/$6.42000007.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO)

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Shares of Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) traded at a new 52-week high today of $49.70. Approximately 4.8 million shares have changed hands today, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 9 million shares.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) is currently priced 1.7% above its average consensus analyst price target of $48.72.

Altria comprises Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Nu-Mark, and Philip Morris Capital, although the company plans to wind down Philip Morris Capital by the end of 2022. It holds a 10.2% interest in the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev. Through its tobacco subsidiaries, Altria holds the leading position in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States and the number-two spot in machine-made cigars. The company's Marlboro brand is the leading cigarette brand in the U.S. with a 43% share in 2020.

Over the past year, Altria Group Inc. has traded in a range of $30.95 to $49.70 and is now at $49.55, 60% above that low.

Altria Group Inc. (MO), closed Monday's trading session at $49.84, up 2.446%, on 12,831,997 volume with 85,500 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 8,859,828 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $30.9500007/$49.9500007.

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Splash Beverage Group Inc. (OTCQB: SBEV)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Splash Beverage Group Inc. (OTCQB: SBEV).

Splash Beverage Group (OTCQB: SBEV), a holding company of a leading portfolio of beverage brands, today announced the March 8, 2021, filing of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among highlights included in the report, SBEV outlined details regarding the merger of the company's wholly-owned subsidiary with Splash Beverage Group as the surviving entity; the name and ticker change effective July 31, 2020; additions to the company’s executive team and board of directors; and financing activities through which SBEV raised an aggregate of $4,000,000 in gross proceeds through a private placement with accredited investors. According to the update, as of Feb. 27, 2021, the company has raised more than $9 million, which resulted in the cancellation of the rescission rights held by certain investors as part of the terms of their conversion agreements. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/mUy62

Splash Beverage Group Inc. (OTCQB: SBEV) is a portfolio company of successful beverage brands with the objective of driving value through superior production, supply chain efficiency and global distribution capabilities.

Specializing in manufacturing, distributing, sales & marketing of various beverages across multiple channels, the company operates in both the alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage segments, allowing it to leverage efficiencies and dilute risk. The company’s business strategy is to quickly develop and/or accelerate pre-existing brands to exit for cash events. Led by a highly successful management team, the company only works with brands it perceives to have highly visible preexisting brand awareness or pure category innovation, thus breaking through the clutter. Splash seeks out brands offering products that:

  • Deliver natural quality, health benefits, freshness and refreshment within their beverages;
  • Are on trend with consumers;
  • Have a high level of brand awareness;
  • Maintain highest performance standards and focus on execution;
  • Help distributors and retail partners achieve and exceed all goals; and
  • Offer unapologetic support for members of the U.S. armed forces, first responders and health care professionals.

Splash was founded in 2013 and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Splash Portfolio

The current Splash portfolio includes four unique beverage brands. Each of these brands offers one or more of the qualities that the company specifically seeks in an acquisition.

  • TapouT Performance is a natural isotonic hydration & recovery sport drink featuring a 3-in-1 advanced formula. TapouT Performance restores what the body loses through physical exertion, delivering hydration and cellular recovery. Perfectly balanced with key vitamins & minerals and all five necessary electrolytes, TapouT increases nutrient absorption, allowing the body to recover quickly and more efficiently. TapouT is the official training partner of the WWE (NYSE: WWE).
  • Salt Naturally Flavored Tequila is a 100% blanco agave 80 proof tequila that offers a clean and delicate taste. Salt is grown, distilled and bottled in the Jalisco region of Mexico. Every bottle of Salt Tequila is the result of hard work, determination and numerous blends. The brand offers a line of tequila flavors for enhanced refreshment, including berry, citrus and salted chocolate.
  • Copa Di Vino is the leading producer of premium “wine by the glass” in the U.S. Produced in the Columbia Valley, Copa di Vino is readily available on the go without the requirement of a bottle, corkscrew or glass. Open, drink and enjoy.
  • Pulpoloco Sangria is a premium crafted sangria imported from Spain. Its flavor is light-bodied, fruity and refreshing, offering the best blend of Spanish ingredients. The product is filled and packed in a unique eco-friendly biodegradable catocan, allowing Pulpoloco to extend the shelf life of the sangria without the use of preservatives.

Market Outlook

The global beverage industry was valued at $1.5 trillion in 2018 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.1%, reaching a market size of $1.9 trillion by 2024 (https://nnw.fm/w1Cx9). The push for non-alcoholic beverages that are healthier and contain zero sugar is expected to be a driving force in the forecast period and beyond.

With a seasoned management team and sufficient capital to fuel sustained growth, Splash is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this market growth. The company is currently preparing a secondary offering and has engaged Kingswood Capital Markets as lead underwriter in order to uplist to the Nasdaq or NYSE in the near future.

Management Team

Robert Nistico is the Chairman and CEO of Splash Beverage Group. He has 28 years of experience in the beverage industry and was the fifth employee and SVP/General Manager of Red Bull North America. In this role, he led the start-up from zero sales to $1.65 billion in annual sales. Mr. Nistico was a founder and President of Marley Beverages and was responsible for framing the company’s long-term vision. Mr. Nistico held executive positions at DIAGEO, Republic National Distributing Company and the Gallo Wine Company resulting in decades of successful experience in the ‘Three Tier Beverage System’. In the spirit of his true entrepreneurial nature, he is a motivated, results-driven, creative and passionate leader.

William Meissner is the company’s President and CMO. He boasts over 20 years of success in growing consumer brand companies with large and medium-sized entrepreneurial organizations, both locally and internationally. His résumé includes multiple CEO roles, leading efforts to revamp both healthy and distressed companies. Before joining Splash, Mr. Meissner was the President and CEO of Sweet Leaf and Tradewinds Tea. He has held multiple positions with leading companies in the beverage sector, including Sparkling Ice, Jones Soda, SoBe Beverages, Fuze & NOS (Coca-Cola) and many others.

Sanjeev Javia is the Vice President of Product Development for Splash. He is the founder and President of Javia Wellness Group, a firm focusing on the innovation, research, formulation and design of healthy exercise and wellness initiatives. Mr. Javia is a sports nutrition expert, allowing him the advantage of developing innovative functional beverages that include health benefits for consumers. Since 2000, he has advised and written nutritional plans for hundreds of the world’s most famous athletes, including Tom Brady, Kurt Warner, Curt Schilling and more.

Dean Huge is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He brings 35 years of public and private sector accounting and finance experience to the Splash Beverage team. Mr. Huge has led four public offerings as CFO and guided the growth efforts of numerous companies, including Catalyst Energy Corp., which was named Inc. Magazine’s ‘Fastest Growing Company’ within 36 months of his joining. His expertise spans financial services, manufacturing, distribution and SAAS-type programs.

Aida Aragon is the company’s Senior Vice President of National Accounts. She is a sales, marketing and brand management executive with years of experience working in the sports supplement and beverage industry. In her previous positions, Ms. Aragon was vital in leading successful store rollouts for brands including Muscle Milk. Her passion for brand development comes as second nature, but her true passion has always been focused on increasing sales for brands in the sports nutrition industry.

Splash Beverage Group Inc. (SBEV), closed Monday's trading session at $1.80, up 2.8571%, on 45,554 volume with 110 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 53,361 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.150000005/$5.0999999.

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Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Sigma Labs Inc. (SGLB).

Sigma Labs (NASDAQ: SGLB), a leading developer of quality assurance software for the commercial 3D metal printing industry, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Space Additive Design & Manufacturing Center. The contract calls for an initial system of SGLB’s PrintRite3D(R) in-process quality assurance solution. According to the contract, the Lockheed Martin team will evaluate SGLB’s PrintRite3D technology for its viability and performance in terms of supporting a variety of defense and civil space programs. Lockheed Martin indicated it had selected SGLB’s exclusive system because of its robust analysis capabilities, quality assurance solutions, data capture technology, and scalability across various OEM 3D printing platforms — all essential functions for the critical missions the program supports. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/vdXOY

Sigma Labs Inc. (SGLB) is the only provider of in-process quality-assurance software to the commercial 3D printing metal industry that enables operators of machines making 3D metal parts to offset emerging quality problems, sustain part quality, and avoid rejects. Sigma’s software is the singular solution that enables both real-time, in-process detection of quality control manufacturing irregularities for critical metal parts and then provides the operator the actionable information needed to adjust and mitigate the developing anomaly. Sigma Labs’ software represents a paradigm shift in the quality control process for the manufacture of 3D printed metal components. The nascent 3D metal printing industry is on the verge of radically altering the speed and technical complexity of manufactured parts. Further, it makes possible just-in-time availability of critical components – all at reduced cost, time, waste and weight. 3D printing, heralded as the fourth industrial revolution in manufacturing, will only truly surpass traditional techniques when the additive manufacturing industry moves from “post process” quality control to “in process” quality assurance.

For the industry to move from prototype manufacturing of critical components to economically viable commercial production, the 3D metal printing industry must find ways to dramatically increase production speed and quality yields, and to dramatically decrease the excessive cost of quality control. To achieve these prerequisites and move 3D metal printing into the mainstream, parts must be inspected and certified during the manufacturing process rather than after. Parts in the production process that are developing signs of quality control problems must be identified in real-time and alerts must be issued. The problem, along with the solution, must then be communicated to the machine operator to implement repairs.

Revolutionizing Additive Manufacturing

Sigma Labs, with its PrintRite3D® brand, has established a new benchmark in the development and commercialization of real-time computer aided inspection (“CAI”) solutions. Sigma Labs resolves the major roadblocks and costly quality control challenges that impede the 3D manufacture of precision metal parts. The company’s breakthrough computer-aided software product revolutionizes commercial additive manufacturing, enabling non-destructive quality assurance during production, uniquely allowing errors to be corrected in real-time.

Sigma Labs was founded in 2010 by a team of Los Alamos National Labs scientists and engineers to develop and commercially license advanced metallurgical products for the military ordinance, dental implants, and then for additive manufacturing (3D printing). After assessing 3D metal printing technology and the costly, inconsistent quality control issues, Sigma Labs concluded that the enormous potential of 3D metal printing could only scale up if in-process quality-assurance tools were developed to observe, manage and control the manufacturing complexities in such a manner that reliability and repeatability of very high precision quality metal parts could be achieved in the process. Sigma Labs’ patented and third-party validated software has achieved these objectives and now delivers the critical elements needed to unleash the promise of 3D metal printing.

Sigma Labs’ products and services are engineered, manufactured and qualified for use in the highly demanding and hyper precise production environments of the aerospace, defense, transportation, oil and gas, biomedical and other precision-dependent industries.

The Challenge

Additive metal manufacturing combines multiple processes and parts into one single 3D printed part. Due to variances in the additive manufacturing process, parts of consistent quality currently can’t be reliably produced in either large or small quantities without substantial postproduction inspection and rejection costs. Parts are inspected after production using CT scans and other means, so the manufacturer doesn’t know until the very end which of the finished parts meet design specifications. This means lost time, lost profits and inability to economically scale up production.

Innovative Approach

Sigma Labs solves this problem with its patented, in-process quality control technology that informs operators and engineers how to improve both the manufacturing process and quality by capturing meaningful data about inconsistencies in real-time. Sigma Labs is also partnering with OEMs, working toward the visionary introduction of revolutionary closed-loop control that will bypass the machine operator and automatically make in process corrections by reducing machine variations.

Sigma Labs’ next generation technology gives manufacturers the ability to make fast, virtual real-time adjustments so that each finished part is uniform and within critical specifications, thereby improving production quality, decreasing end-users’ risks and waste, and increasing profits and speed to market. Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D® IPQA Software monitors and assesses the quality of each production part in the 3D additive manufacturing process – layer by layer, and in real-time. This has never been available until now.

Sigma Labs maintains a strong intellectual property portfolio consisting of trade secrets, process know-how and 34 patents either granted, pending or awaiting pre-publication around the globe. These patents encompass the fundamental technologies underlying Sigma Labs’ melt pool process control, data analytics, anomaly detection, signature identification, and future “closed-loop control” of 3D metal printing.

Market Opportunity

Providing advanced quality assurance software to the commercial 3D printing industry is currently a $1.4 billion addressable market expected to grow to $3.9 billion by 2023. Integrating Sigma Labs’ groundbreaking software helps arm the industry with a necessary catalyst to help enable and optimize the fourth industrial revolution in manufacturing.

Sigma Labs’ global client base includes 23 installations across 19 different users. Tier-1 OEM enterprises and end-users such as Siemens, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney and others are currently evaluating PrintRite3D® for production lines.

Management Team

John Rice, CEO and chairman of the board of directors, has extensive experience as a CEO, lead negotiator, turnaround expert, business financier and crisis management executive/consultant. Prior to becoming chair and CEO of Sigma Labs, he was the CEO of a successful turn-around of a Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Rice has led a variety of companies in diverse business sectors and worked on a host of products and technologies including design and manufacture of high-end jet engine test equipment for the U.S. Airforce, chaff dispensers for F16s, software for modeling naval exercises, software for controlling warehouse distribution systems, medical radioisotopes, cancer detection, and cybersecurity. He is an honor’s graduate of Harvard College.

Darren Beckett, CTO, has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including Intel Corporation, where he held various technical and managerial positions. His expertise in process engineering for advanced manufacturing technology includes statistical process control for fabrication of semiconductor devices.

CFO Frank D. Orzechowski also serves as treasurer, principal accounting officer, principal financial officer and corporate secretary. He has more than 30 years of distinguished financial and operational experience. Orzechowski began his career at Coopers & Lybrand in 1982, received his CPA certification in 1984, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in accounting from Georgetown University in 1982.

Ronald Fisher, vice president of business development, is leading the commercialization of PrintRite3D® 5.0. Fisher is a mechanical engineer with hands-on experience in quality, manufacturing and product development. He has distinguished himself as a lead sales and marketing officer as well as a chief operating officer most recently before joining Sigma in technology startup that grew from market entry to successful exit by merger-acquisition.

Sigma Labs Inc. (SGLB), closed Monday's trading session at $7.64, up 128.7425%, on 287,818,679 volume with 1,030,000 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 435,437 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.95000004/$9.75.

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Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Energy Fuels Inc. (UUUU).

Energy Resources Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) was featured today in a publication from MiningNewsWire, examining how EY, a global consultancy firm, recently released its annual British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey 2020 report. The report discovered that the exploration price index surged by 26% by August 2020, despite the almost 11% decline in global exploration expenditures. The report notes that while base metals such as copper fluctuated and recorded the highest declines in exploration spend, gold continued to dominate around the globe.

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR),based in Lakewood, Colorado, is the country’s largest producer of uranium and the leading conventional producer of vanadium, both designated by the U.S. government as critical minerals.

As the leading U.S. diversified uranium miner, Energy Fuels’ uranium production portfolio stands apart in the world. Energy Fuels has more uranium production facilities, more production capacity, and more in-ground resources than any other company in the United States. In fact, the company’s assets have produced over one-third of all U.S. uranium over the past 15 years and is uniquely positioned to increase production to meet new demand.

Energy Fuels utilizes both conventional and in-situ recovery (“ISR”) technology to produce uranium from three strategic facilities:

  • White Mesa Mill in Utah (conventional) has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The highly strategic White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill in the country and is proximate to some of the largest and highest-grade uranium mines and projects in the U.S., including the Company’s Canyon mine, La Sal Complex, Henry Mountains Complex and Roca Honda Project. White Mesa Mill provides Energy Fuels with significant production scalability as uranium demand increases. The White Mesa Mill also has other diverse businesses, including vanadium, rare earth elements (REE’s), alternate feed materials recycling and land cleanup, all described below.
  • Nichols Ranch Plant (ISR) is located in the productive Powder River Basin district of Wyoming and has a total licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. Nichols Ranch has produced 1.2 million pounds of U3O8 since commissioning in 2014, and it has significant future expansion potential from 34 fully licensed wellfields containing significant in-ground uranium resources.
  • Alta Mesa Plant (ISR) is located on over 200,000 acres of private land in Texas. The fully licensed and constructed ISR project has a total operating capacity of 1.5 million pounds of uranium per year and produced nearly 5 million pounds of U3O8 between 2005 and 2013. This low-cost production facility is currently on standby, maintained in a state of readiness to respond to expected increases in demand.

In addition to being the largest uranium miner in the U.S., Energy Fuels’ overall portfolio also includes a pipeline of high-quality, large-scale exploration and development projects that are permitted or are in advanced stages of permitting, as well as an industry-leading U.S. NI 43-101 Mineral Resource portfolio.

FACTOID: Energy Fuels has led industry efforts over the past two-plus years to get the U.S. government to recognize the importance of domestically produced uranium, including the 2018 – 2019 Uranium Section 232, the ongoing Nuclear Fuel Working Group and the recently announced creation of the U.S. strategic uranium reserve. The U.S. is by far the largest consumer of uranium in the world, yet we import almost all of our requirements; Energy Fuels aims to change that.

Nuclear Market Potential

Multiple studies in top scientific journals have shown that nuclear power is cleanest and most economical way to produce reliable electricity as worldwide demand continues to soar. Nuclear power is presently the only available and affordable low-carbon power source that can meet both current and future baseload electricity demands while simultaneously reducing air pollution and mitigating climate change. U.S. nuclear power plants currently generate nearly 20% of the nation’s electricity overall and 55% of its carbon‐free electricity and even a modest increase in electricity demand would require significant new nuclear capacity by 2025. According to the World Nuclear Association (WNA), there are currently 441 operable reactors, with another 54 units under construction and 439 in various stages of planning; in addition, the WNA has identified a potentially massive supply/demand gap through 2040 of 1 billion pounds. These factors among others are expected to significantly drive increased demand for uranium.

Reasons Nuclear is Gaining Traction

  • Nuclear reactors emit no greenhouse gases during operation. Over their full lifetimes, they result in comparable emissions to renewable forms of energy such as wind and solar.
  • Unlike any other form of energy, the waste from nuclear energy is contained and managed securely. Used fuel is currently being safely stored for ultimate disposal or future reprocessing, and 96% of this waste can potentially be recycled.
  • Greater demand for clean electricity to power everything from homes to automobiles, reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

No. 1 U.S. Producer of Vanadium in 2019

Energy Fuels also produces vanadium as a byproduct of uranium production. Vanadium is designated a critical mineral, essential to the economic and national security of the United States. Energy Fuels was the largest producer of vanadium in the U.S. in 2019, and has significant high-grade, in-ground vanadium resources, as well as a separate high-purity vanadium production circuit at their White Mesa Mill, which is also the only conventional vanadium mill in the country. Crucial for use in the steel, aerospace, and chemical industries, vanadium plays a critical role in the production of high-strength and light-weight metallic alloys and demand is expected to increase across the globe.

Energy Fuels has several fully permitted and developed standby mines containing large quantities of high-grade vanadium, along with uranium, including:

  • La Sal Complex (Utah)
  • Whirlwind Mine (Colorado/Utah)
  • Rim Mine (Colorado)

Vanadium has also gained increased attention as a catalyst in next-generation high-capacity, “community-scale” batteries used for energy storage generated from renewable sources. Demand is only expected to grow as this market expands. With recent upgrades in its vanadium production operations, in 2019 Energy Fuels produced commercial levels of the highest purity (99.7%) vanadium in the mill’s history and can rapidly adjust production to meet volatile market conditions. Energy Fuels is one of the very few known avenues that provides investors access the vanadium market.

Rare Earth Element (REE) Production, Alternate Feed Material Recycling, and Land Cleanup

The White Mesa Mill also provides the company with diverse cashflow generating opportunities. Security of supply for Rare Earth Elements (REEs) supporting U.S. military and defense requirements is a major issue today. Energy Fuels has been approached by a number of entities, including the U.S. government, inquiring about the potential to process certain REEs at the mill. The White Mesa Mill is currently licensed to process certain REEs, including tantalum and niobium. And, early indications are that the mill can be utilized to produce several other REEs. The White Mesa Mill is also the only facility in North America licensed and capable of recycling alternate feed materials (AFMs). AFMs are essentially low-level waste materials that contain recoverable quantities of natural (or unenriched) uranium. The Company typically generates between $5 and $15 million per year from AFM recycling. Finally, Energy Fuels is seeking to become involved in the cleanup of legacy Cold War era uranium mines in the Four Corners region of the U.S., including on the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has access to over $1.5 billion for the cleanup of just a fraction of the sites on the Navajo Nation. The White Mesa Mill is fully licensed to receive much of this material, we are one of the government’s lowest cost options, and we have the ability to recycle the material and produce usable uranium from it.

Management Team

Mark S. Chalmers, President and CEO
Mark S. Chalmers is the president and chief executive officer of Energy Fuels, a position he has held since Feb. 1, 2018, following his role as chief operating officer of Energy Fuels from July 1, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2018. From 2011 to 2015, Chalmers served as executive general manager of Production for Paladin Energy Ltd., a uranium producer with assets in Australia and Africa, including the Langer Heinrich and Kayelekera mines where, as head of operations, he oversaw sustained, significant increases in production while reducing operating costs. He also possesses extensive experience in in situ recovery (“ISR”) uranium production, including management of the Beverley Uranium Mine owned by General Atomics (Australia), and the Highland mine owned by Cameco Corporation (USA). Chalmers has also consulted to several of the largest players in the uranium supply sector, including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, and Marubeni, and until recently served as the chair of the Australian Uranium Council, a position he held for 10 years. Chalmers is a registered professional engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of Arizona.

W. Paul Goranson, COO
W. Paul Goranson is the chief operating officer for Energy Fuels. Goranson has 30 years of mining, processing and regulatory experience in the uranium extraction industry that includes both conventional and in-situ recovery (“ISR”) mining, and he is a registered professional engineer. Prior to the acquisition by Energy Fuels of Uranerz Energy Corporation, Goranson served as president, chief operating officer and director for Uranerz, where he was responsible for operations of the Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project. In addition to those duties, he also managed uranium marketing, regulatory and government affairs, exploration and land. Prior to joining Uranerz, Goranson served as president of Cameco Resources, where he led the operations at the Smith Ranch-Highland, Crow Butte and North Butte ISR uranium recovery facilities. Goranson also served as vice president of Mesteña Uranium LLC, and he has served in senior positions with Rio Algom Mining, (a subsidiary of BHP Billiton), and Uranium Resource Inc. Goranson has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Gas Engineering from Texas A&I University, and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

David C. Frydenlund, CFO, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
David C. Frydenlund is chief financial officer, general counsel, and corporate secretary of Energy Fuels. His responsibilities include oversight of all legal matters relating to the company’s activities. His expertise extends to NRC, EPA, state and federal regulatory and environmental laws and regulations. From 1997 to 2012, Frydenlund was vice president of regulatory affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary of Denison Mines Corp., and its predecessor International Uranium Corporation (“IUC”). He also served as a director of IUC from 1997 to 2006 and CFO of IUC from 2000 to 2005. From 1996 to 1997, Frydenlund was vice president of the Lundin Group of international public mining and oil and gas companies, and prior thereto was a partner with the Vancouver law firm of Ladner Downs (now Borden Ladner Gervais) where his practice focused on corporate, securities and international mining transactions law. Frydenlund holds a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from Simon Fraser University, a master’s degree in economics and finance from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Toronto.

Curtis H. Moore, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development
Curtis H. Moore is the vice president of Marketing and Corporate Development for Energy Fuels. He oversees product marketing for Energy Fuels, and is closely involved in mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, public relations, and corporate legal. He has been with Energy Fuels for over 12 years, holding various roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to joining Energy Fuels, Moore worked in multi-family real estate development, government relations and public affairs, production homebuilding, and private law practice. Moore is a licensed attorney in the State of Colorado. He holds Juris Doctor and MBA degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Bachelor of Arts dual degree in Economics-Government from Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.

Energy Fuels Inc. (UUUU), closed Monday's trading session at $7.18, up 21.2838%, on 18,968,154 volume with 63,210 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 5,091,332 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.789200007/$7.26000022.

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SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX).

SRAX (NASDAQ: SRAX), a financial technology company that unlocks data and insights for publicly traded companies, has announced the release of its shelf registration feature. This new addition to SRAX’s software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) platform, Sequire, combines data and technology to provide actionable insights to public companies in regards to their shelf availability. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/EcGem

SRAX Inc.'s (NASDAQ: SRAX) is a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company. SRAX’s technology unlocks data to reveal brands’ core consumers and their characteristics across marketing channels.

Through its BIGtoken platform, SRAX has developed a consumer-managed data marketplace where people can own and earn from their data, thereby providing everyone in the internet ecosystem choice, transparency and compensation.

SRAX’s tools deliver a digital competitive advantage for brands in the CPG, automotive, investor relations, luxury and lifestyle verticals by integrating all aspects of the advertising experience, including verified consumer participation, into one platform.

SRAX Verticals

  • SRAX Core: SRAX Core is a custom digital media management platform that enables brands and agencies to surpass the challenges of omnichannel marketing campaigns. It offers one comprehensive dashboard to manage digital media campaigns, inventory and reporting.
  • SRAX Social: SRAX Social is a free social media management tool that makes it easy for brands, agencies and individuals to grow their digital presence. It offers free and unlimited users, Facebook auto boosting, and a custom analytics dashboard. Its managed services team can also build and execute marketing plans for your unique specific needs.
  • SRAX IR: SRAX IR unlocks stock buyers’ behaviors and trends for issuers of publicly traded companies. The platform provides insights on shareholders and market makers, investor relations management, shareholder outreach tools and data-driven marketing.
  • SRAX Auto: SRAX Auto unlocks auto intenders’ data to create measurable connected experiences on the road to purchase. It offers proprietary auto intender profiles, multi touchpoint communication and custom location-based ads.
  • SRAX Shopper: SRAX Shopper delivers a cross channel, premium digital experience at scale to high value shopper audiences. It offers proprietary shopper profiles, cost per click pricing, and custom text and add to cart ad units.
  • SRAX Lux: Launched in June 2019, the SRAX Lux platform targets and reaches luxury consumers at luxury retail stores, high-end art, music, film, fashion and sports events, across all consumer devices.

BIGtoken

BIGtoken, available for download on the App Store and Google Play, revolutionizes data collection. BIGtoken is a platform that creates a secure and transparent environment for consumers to own and earn from their data. To date, there are 15.9 million BIGtoken registered users worldwide.

The optimization and monetization of data is a multibillion-dollar business. Worldwide spending on big data and business analytics solutions reached $166 billion in 2018 and is projected to surge to $260 billion by 2022. BIGtoken’s consumer vision is committed to delivering choice, transparency and compensation to the individual.

Through BIGtoken, consumers earn rewards when they opt into sharing their data and when that data is purchased. Consumers decide what data is shared, who can buy it and how it’s used, and advertisers reach real, responsive audiences. The benefit of this is two-fold: consumers know how their data is used and advertisers gain verified consumer data for targeting.

Users of the BIGtoken app can officially be paid in cash or gift cards in exchange for giving brands access to their anonymized data, answering questions, checking into locations, recruiting new members, and more. Users can deposit their earnings directly into PayPal accounts or be paid through gift cards from favorite retailers such as Walmart.

SRAX has also partnered with several high-profile, nonprofit associations to provide BIGtoken users the ability to donate their earnings. Partnerships include the American Heart Association, dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke; HealthCorps, which helps high school students make better choices about health and physical fitness; and the ALS Association, which recently launched its Challenge Me campaign.

International Expansion

BIGtoken is formally launching into several international markets and partnering to foster local support. SRAX recently signed a joint venture with the Yash Birla Group to launch BIGtoken in India. Based in Mumbai, the Yash Birla Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, has diversified interests in consumer and industrial products.

The partnership will bring BIGtoken’s platform to India, which has a digital population of 627 million. The India digital advertising market is $3.6 billion and is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 32%, making it one of the largest growing digital ad markets in the world.

SRAX Mexico is led by Moe Avitia, who has more than 18 years of experience in business development and building high-tech teams. SRAX Mexico includes a team of 90 employees, including 70 engineers.

BIGtoken Europe is currently evaluating data centers in individual countries for privacy laws.

Leadership

Christopher Miglino is CEO and founder of SRAX. He has spent the past 20 years working in the digital advertising space and has successfully launched and sold two internet companies. Both of these companies were sold to publicly traded companies on the NASDAQ. He has a detailed understanding of how technology interacts with brands.

Kristoffer Nelson is COO of SRAX and a founding member of BIGtoken. With over 15 years of technology and creative business experience, Nelson has been a guest speaker for Loyola Marymount University among other academic institutions, the National Association of Broadcasters, the IAB and numerous other professional and media organizations.

SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX), closed Monday's trading session at $4.48, up 6.1611%, on 338,375 volume with 1,412 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 837,711 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.50999999/$7.19500017.

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Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (OTC: CLXPF)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (OTC: CLXPF).

Cybin (NEO: CYBN) (OTCQB: CLXPF), a biotechnology company focused on progressing psychedelic therapeutics, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Doug Drysdale, will be presenting a business and pipeline update at the M Vest and Maxim Group 2021 Emerging Growth Virtual Conference slated to take place from March 17-19, 2021. In addition, Drysdale will participate on the psychedelics panel beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 17. Interested parties should visit https://ibn.fm/MjGa2 for more information regarding the event. The panel discussion will be webcast live at the aforementioned time and available for seven days thereafter via the above link. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/CzJPx

Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (OTC: CLXPF) is a Canada-based life sciences company focused on the pharmaceutical development of psychedelic products, as well as the functional mushroom market.

The early-stage company boasts an experienced management team featuring industry veterans from pharmaceutical and consumer product backgrounds who have run multiple clinical trials and collectively helped facilitate billions of dollars in product revenues. The team is dedicated to the development of products and protocols within the psychedelic, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

In particular, Cybin aims to further build upon and expand its intellectual property (IP) portfolio, which is structured around unique psilocybin delivery mechanisms that target a number of different therapeutic indications. In addition, the company has dedicated itself toward furthering its research and IP within the fields of synthetic compounds, extraction methods, the isolation of chemical compounds, new drug formulations and protocol regimes.

Serenity Life Sciences & Natures Journey Inc.

The company’s business model is centered around its two core subsidiaries, Serenity Life Sciences and Natures Journey Inc., which comprise Cybin’s two-pronged approach toward delivering fungi-derived psychedelic and medicinal products.

Serenity Life Sciences is focused on furthering research and development of psilocybin-based medications. Psilocybin is found in certain species of mushrooms and is a non-habit forming, naturally occurring psychedelic compound. Research into psilocybin has shown positive results for the treatment of depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, eating disorders, ADHD and other indications.

Natures Journey Inc. operates the Journey brand, which specializes in developing proprietary medicinal mushroom products that target and promote mental wellness, immune boosting detoxification and overall general health and wellbeing.

Partnership with the Toronto Centre for Psychedelic Science (TCPS)

Staying true to its axiom of being a research-first medicinal mushroom life sciences company, Cybin recently announced its entry into a strategic partnership with the Toronto Centre for Psychedelic Science (TCPS), with the goal of furthering its ongoing psilocybin research efforts and expanding Cybin’s psilocybin IP portfolio (http://nnw.fm/9EUkI).

“While there is evidence to support psilocybin as a treatment for certain indications, the Toronto Centre for Psychedelic Science is taking a clinical approach to prove or disprove the safety and efficacy of psilocybin-based microdosing through an open science approach,” Paul Glavine, CEO of Cybin, stated in a news release.

“We are excited to join forces with Cybin and to offer our expertise. A number of firms had approached TCPS, but Cybin demonstrated a superior commitment to high-quality research and integrity in product development. Our high standards for scientific rigor and transparency will find a fitting home within the culture Cybin is cultivating in Canada and abroad,” Thomas Anderson, co-founder of the Toronto Centre for Psychedelic Science, added.

Journey’s Product Monetization & Market Potential for Nutraceutical Supplements

Although Cybin is at the forefront of companies seeking to conduct clinical trials aimed at gaining regulatory approval for psilocybin and other psychedelic products, the company has also placed a great deal of emphasis on generating meaningful revenue from its very outset.

Cybin’s Journey brand has is launching a range of supplements comprised of popular fungi-derived ingredients such as Reishi, Lion’s Mane and Cordyceps. Purported to aid focus and concentration while promoting neurogenesis, Journey’s range of nutraceutical products provides Cybin with a crucial foothold within the non-psychedelic legal supplement market, which is valued at over $25 billion globally and growing at a 9% year-over-year rate.

Pharmaceutical Psychedelics

In addition to the company’s range of non-psychedelic supplements, Cybin has plans to carry out a clinical trial with a new delivery system for its psilocybin-based medications later this year. Ultimately, the company aims to enter into technology transfer agreements with global pharmaceutical companies after phase 1 & phase 2 clinical trials are complete in order to accelerate regulatory approvals in major indications in global markets with entire lifecycle product management.

With products such as psilocybin truffles already legal in nations such as the Netherlands, Jamaica and Bulgaria, Cybin has positioned itself to capitalize on an eventual legalization of psychedelic mushroom-derived products in the future. Working within a regulatory environment with strong similarities to that which dealt with cannabis prior to the industry’s eventual legalization by the Canadian government in 2018, Cybin is laying the groundwork for the moment pharmaceutical psychedelics gain acceptance in North America and abroad.

Amalgamation Agreement and Financing

Cybin recently announced its entry into an amalgamation agreement dated June 26, 2020, with Clarmin Explorations Inc. (TSX.V: CX) and 2762898 Ontario Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Clarmin (http://nnw.fm/w04LH). Completion of the transactions contemplated in the amalgamation agreement will result in the reverse takeover of Clarmin by Cybin.

In connection with the proposed transaction, Cybin plans to complete a “best-efforts” brokered private placement of subscription receipts of Cybin, with a syndicate of agents co-led by Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. (Stifel GMP) and Eight Capital, to raise a minimum of C$14 million ($10 million) and a maximum of C$21 million ($15 million), with a 15% agents’ option.

To date, Cybin has raised approximately C$10,400,000 through an initial financing round and its series A financing round.

Cybin Inc. (NEO: CYBN) (OTC: CLXPF), closed Monday's trading session at $1.33, up 21.0191%, on 1,422,135 volume with 1,358 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 455,938 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.0284/$2.23499989.

Recent News

AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX).

AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX) was featured today in a publication from PennyStocks.com, examining how we’re kick-starting another week where penny stocks are at the center of attention. While economic data could fuel broader markets, sentiment and momentum seem to be carrying things forward for small-cap stocks.

AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (AZRX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for gastrointestinal diseases using recombinant proteins.

The company’s lead drug candidate is MS1819, a recombinant lipase for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis.

AzurRx has already completed two Phase 2 clinical trials for MS1819 and is currently pursuing approval through parallel monotherapy and combination therapy pathways.

The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York City, with scientific operations in Langlade, France, and clinical operations in Hayward, California.

MS1819 Clinical Trials

The two current ongoing clinical trials for MS1819 in cystic fibrosis (CF) are the Phase 2b Option 2 monotherapy trial and the Phase 2 combination therapy trial, using MS1819 together with porcine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), the current standard of care. Pending the Phase 2b trial outcome, the company intends to initiate a Phase 3 trial in cystic fibrosis.

  • Phase 2b CF Option 2 Trial – The study was initiated in Q3 2020, using MS1819 doses in enteric capsule form (2240mg and 4480mg). Topline data for the trial is anticipated in Q1 2021.
  • Phase 2 CF Combination Trial – The study was initiated in Q4 2019, using daily dose levels of PERT in combination with MS1819 dosages (700mg, 1120mg and 2240mg). Topline data is anticipated in Q2 2021.

These trials are currently addressing the treatment of EPI in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic pancreatitis – an established global market with an estimated value in excess of $2 billion that has been growing at a CAGR greater than 20% over the past five years.

Results from AzurRx’s Phase 2b Option 2 trial of MS1819 in cystic fibrosis patients demonstrate that the non-porcine MS1819 lipase is well-tolerated by patients, with no significant safety signals observed at the 2240mg daily dose level.

“[W]e have evaluated four different enteric capsules and identified the best suitable formulation for MS1819 that provides gastroprotection of enzyme content and delayed release into the duodenum,” James Sapirstein, President & CEO of AzurRx, stated in a September 2020 news release (https://ibn.fm/27t4W). “Our clinical program continues to advance, and we are determined to develop MS1819 as a safer alternative to porcine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, significantly reducing the pill burden of cystic fibrosis patients.”

Financial Highlights

As of July 2020, AzurRx had raised gross cash capital of $22.1 million, including $15.2 million from Series B convertible preferred stock and warrants in July 2020 and $6.9 million from convertible promissory notes and warrants in December 2019 and January 2020. Notably, AzurRx solidified its financial position and created an effectively debt-free balance sheet by exchanging substantially all of its outstanding convertible notes into the Series B convertible preferred stock financing.

The company secured an additional $2.5 million in French Research Tax Credits, received in 2020, for the years 2017-2019 (https://ibn.fm/Qxk7O).

In a letter to shareholder, Sapirstein noted that ensuring the company maintains sufficient capital to support its business operations has been a key focus. He further stated that the company is in “a financially secure position” to complete its two Phase 2 MS1819 clinical trial programs and to begin preparations in 2021 for a pivotal Phase 3 study.

The company has no current plans to access additional financing, as it believes it has enough cash to fund existing operational and clinical objectives through Q3 2021.

Management Team

James Sapirstein is the President and CEO of AzurRx BioPharma. He was previously the CEO and a board member for ContraVir Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is now known as Hepion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: HEPA). Mr. Sapirstein has almost 36 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with expertise in drug development and commercialization. He currently serves on the Emerging Companies and Health Section boards of the BIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) and is Chairman Emeritus of BioNJ. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Rutgers University and has an MBA in management from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Daniel Schneiderman is the Chief Financial Officer of AzurRx. He previously served as the CFO of Biophytis SA and its U.S. subsidiary, Biophytis, Inc., clinical-stage biotechnology companies focused on the development of pharmaceutical candidates for age-related diseases. He was appointed to the AzurRx position in January 2020, bringing to the team over 18 years of experience in capital markets and finance operations. Mr. Schneiderman holds a degree in economics from Tulane University.

James Pennington, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer of AzurRx. Before joining the team, he was the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Clinical Fellow for 11 years at Anthera Pharmaceuticals. Before becoming a part of the biotech industry, Dr. Pennington was on the Medical Faculty of Harvard Medical School for 10 years. He received his medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University.

Martin Krusin is the Senior Vice President for Corporate Development at AzurRx. He has 20 years of experience in business development, strategic marketing, financing and operations in the health care, financial services and consulting sectors. Before joining AzurRx, he was the VP for Business Development at FluoroPharma Medical Inc. Mr. Krusin received his MBA from Columbia Business School in finance and marketing, an MPhil. in political economy from Oxford University and a BA in international relations from Swarthmore College.

Dinesh Srinivasan, Ph.D., is the Vice President for Translational Research at AzurRx. He has over 15 years of experience leading drug discovery and development in the pharmaceutical industry. He began his career as a post-doctorate fellow at Roche Palo Alto. Dr. Srinivasan received his MSc in Biotechnology from the University of Mumbai, India, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Arizona – Tucson.

Ted Stover is the Product Development Director at AzurRx. He joined the company in 2020 to oversee CMC and Project Management. Before joining AzurRx, he spent 20 years focused on manufacturing operations and analytical method development for all stages of pharmaceutical drug development. Mr. Stover earned his MBA from the University of Florida.

AzurRx BioPharma Inc. (AZRX), closed Monday's trading session at $1.54, up 13.2353%, on 23,242,513 volume with 46,530 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 8,444,847 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.460000008/$2.63000011.

Recent News

Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Net Element (NETE).

Mullen Technologies, Inc. (“Mullen” or the “Company”) is an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer, which previously announced a definitive agreement to merge with Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) in a stock-for-stock reverse merger, in which Mullen’s stockholders will receive a majority of the outstanding stock in the post-merger company. Based in Southern California, Mullen owns a number of synergistic businesses that operate in various verticals of the automotive industry, including Mullen Automotive, Mullen Energy, Mullen Auto Sales, Mullen Funding Corp. and CarHub; each of these divisions provide Mullen with diversity of different products and services within the automotive industry. To view IBN’s virtual coverage of ROTH’s 33rd Annual Conference, visit https://ibn.fm/ROTH2021

On June 15, 2020, Net Element announced its entry into a binding letter of intent to merge with privately-held Mullen Technologies Inc., a Southern California-based electric vehicle company, in a stock-for-stock reverse merger in which Mullen’s stockholders will receive the majority of the outstanding stock in the post-merger company. The proposed merger is currently pending the execution of a definitive agreement, shareholder vote and regulatory approval.

Net Element Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) is a global financial technology and value-added solutions group that supports electronic payments acceptance in an omni-channel environment spanning across point-of-sale, e-commerce and mobile devices. The company operates a payments-as-a-service transactional model and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprises in the U.S. and selected emerging markets.

Net Element believes the future of global commerce is being revolutionized as consumers quickly migrate toward omni-channel shopping utilizing mobile devices, desktop, and online services. The company’s all-in-one payment solutions support and unify a whole range of applications through a single, robust platform, allowing global onboarding and support for multiple payment methods.

Net Element has also launched a blockchain-focused business unit that will develop and deploy blockchain technology-based solutions. Net Element expects the new division to create a decentralized crypto-based ecosystem that will act as a framework for an unlimited number of value-added services, connecting merchants and consumers in a seamless, economically efficient transaction. This new business unit intends to also identify and invest in unique projects that decentralize and disrupt the payment processing industry by combining blockchain technology and real-world applications with talented development teams, strong fundamentals and addressable markets large in size.

“We believe that we’re at the dawn of a new evolution where additional digital payment methods are being introduced,” Net Element chairman and CEO Oleg Firer, says. “Introduction of our division focused on blockchain as part of the NASDAQ-listed entity will add transparency and compliance assurance to our investors as well as provide access to deploy value-added services to over 20 million electronic commerce clients that are currently part of Net Element’s growing network.”

Net Element clients are treated to customized solutions that provide the flexibility needed to keep up with customers. Among the services offered are mobile payment apps that accept payments anywhere, anytime; cloud-based solutions built to increase productivity and enhance revenue for clients and partners; marketing solutions that turn lookers into buyers; and business analytics that make it easy for clients to monitor business metrics, engage with customers and compare the competition. Its multi-channel platform combines e-commerce, offline, point-of-sale, comprehensive back office tools, mobile point-of-sale, credit scoring and customer interaction in one powerful platform-as-a-service technology.

Net Element owns and operates a global mobile payments and transactional processing provider, TOT Group, Inc., with the following subsidiaries:

  • Unified Payments – An award-winning, customized mobile billing and payments solution, recognized by Inc. Magazine as the No. 1 Fastest Growing Company in America in 2012.
  • Aptito – A next-generation, all-in-one, cloud-based restaurant management and point-of-sale payments platform using wireless technology.
  • Payonline – A fully integrated, processor agnostic electronic commerce platform.

Net Element is ranked on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™ list of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in both 2017 and 2018, during which the company grew 190 percent and 183 percent, respectively. The company credits its progression to organic growth in its North America Transactions Segment, specifically the success of its Unified Payments brand, which focuses on value-added payment acceptance solutions for small to medium enterprises in the United States.

Net Element was also listed among South Florida Business Journal’s 2016 fastest growing technology companies.

Leveraging its suite of application performing interfaces (APIs) and connectors, Net Element powers commerce for businesses of all sizes through multi-channel platforms, all-in-one digital solutions, and end-to-end encryption of cardholder data utilizing tamper resistant hardware that ensures integrity and simplifies security.

Leading this innovation is chairman and CEO Oleg Firer, who is responsible for the overall vision, strategy and execution of the company’s mission of powering global commerce. He is joined by CFO Jeffrey Ginsburg, CPA, and Steven Wolberg, the company’s chief legal officer and secretary. Each corporate officer brings a unique blend of leadership, vision, experience and creative energy to the company.

From mobile payments and value-added transactional innovations like Aptito to e-commerce and retail payment transaction processing brands like Payonline and Unified Payments, Net Element is transforming the online and mobile experience.

Net Element (NETE), closed Monday's trading session at $12.58, up 1.8623%, on 200,970 volume with 1,591 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 1,722,564 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.472/$20.0783996.

Recent News

Healthtech Solutions Inc. (OTC: HLTT)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Healthtech Solutions Inc. (OTC: HLTT).

POCUS, or point of care ultrasound, is a medical practice that allows trained medical personnel to use ultrasound to treat and care for patients — regardless of where those patients are, noted a recent blog (https://ibn.fm/7zRVb) released by Healthtech Solutions (OTC: HLTT). HLTT’s wholly owned subsidiary, MediScan is the provider of an affordable high-definition 3D ultrasound device that can assist in this practice.

Healthtech Solutions Inc. (OTC: HLTT), through its Mediscan Inc. subsidiary, created a cloud-based software for ultrasound technology that reconstructs the analog two-dimensional grayscale visual image into a digital three-dimensional, high-definition quantifiable format.

The Mediscan software application dramatically increases the medical professional’s ability to use existing ultrasound devices at the point of care to derive meaningful data-driven clinical evaluations of a patient’s pathology or trauma, facilitate support for treatment options, monitor the patient’s ongoing progress or regress, and document compliance with required protocols and procedures. The Mediscan application also integrates with all popular EMR systems.

Healthtech Solutions Inc. acquired all of Mediscan’s capital stock in a reverse acquisition transaction on November 13, 2020. On November 23, 2020, the shareholders of Healthtech Solutions Inc. consented to a resolution changing its name to Healthtech Solutions Inc.

The company’s operational focus for the immediate future will be on Mediscan’s continuing research and development of imaging, development of other medical solutions, and making strategic investments.

Mediscan Technology

Mediscan software transforms an ultrasound analog 2D grayscale image into a digital 3D HD format. When paired with a portable ultrasound machine, the software application can enable these detailed and quantifiable scans by on-the-scene medical professionals, such primary care physicians, specialists and technical support staff, as well as sports trainers, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, and technicians in isolation wards and emergency rooms.

Once an image has been captured in 2D, it is converted using a cloud-based software application process – a process that takes approximately one minute. The completed 3D image is viewed on the medical professional’s computer monitor, pad or smartphone at the point of service. This technique can generate 3D medical images of different organs, such as the heart, lungs, tendons, skin and nerves.

This cloud-based software application for ultrasound devices is easy to use anywhere there is an internet connection. The application provides the convenience of point of care ultrasound with the image quality of CT or X-ray and the safety of very expensive MRI technology. For patients, it provides a convenient and comfortable medical experience.

Mediscan has filed two patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, both for a System Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Ultrasonic Clinical Decision Support (https://ibn.fm/lpImS).

The technology will initially be available as medical software-as-a-service (SaaS), resulting in cost-efficiency. The SaaS model eliminates the customer’s need for external hardware and software solutions, as well as technical maintenance. The SaaS model is already widely used in the health care industry, most notably for clinical information systems and supply chain management, revenue cycle management and billing. Benefits include increased patient and physician satisfaction, lower operational costs, better workflows and more. Per company data, the Mediscan system is fast and efficient, which could generate a significant cost reduction.

Health and Wellness Applications

Mediscan’s technology has shown success in musculoskeletal (MSK), lung and cardiac imaging, enabling rapid pathology evaluation. Scanning the lung and or the MSK sub-system, the application directly images the target area, saves it as a reference, and then compares it to previous images, helping to determine if the patient is progressing or regressing.

The cardiac application combines imaging with a therapy system that detects and classifies cardiac myopathy conditions via an “entrainment” process similar to that used in treating tachycardia. This application also features a comparison function where the latest imagery is interpreted against previous vetted cardiac images to detect progression or regression.

Mediscan’s technology can also be utilized on the wellness market for diagnostics and support in a wide range of situations, such as sports injuries, physical therapy and dermatological indications.

COVID-19 Applications

COVID-19 causes complications with patients’ cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Mediscan’s technology could help meet the growing need for advanced diagnostic and monitoring imaging at the point of care.

Portable ultrasounds equipped with Mediscan’s application are a flexible and easy-to-use solution for health care providers to evaluate, triage and diagnose COVID-19 effects on contagious patients in isolation where MRI, CT or PET Scans are not accessible. With this technology, health care providers can easily detect lung lesions or heart muscle shredding, which often appear in patients with COVID-19.

Diagnostic Imaging Market Outlook

With the increasing demand for early diagnosis and a widening scope of clinical applications, any promising technological advancements in the field constitute a significant investment opportunity. The global market is also being driven by technological advances in the diagnostic imaging industry.

As standard ultrasound 2D greyscale images are generally the norm, and 3D imaging typically requires the use of CT, PET, MRI or X-ray technology, Mediscan’s application could have a dramatic impact on the medical imaging industry, meeting the need for imaging equipment and devices that can generate human anatomy data in 3D.

The global market for diagnostic imaging was estimated at approximately $100 billion in 2016 (https://ibn.fm/xtInK) and was expected to grow steadily, creating a promising opportunity for Mediscan to distribute its technology and achieve its mission as a developer and distributor of medical imaging solutions designed for both long-term care and acute and emergency medical services.

Management Team

David Rubin is the Chairman and CEO of Healthtech Solutions Inc. Mr. Rubin has been in the financial services business for over 20 years. Concurrently, he is also the CEO of Capital Stack LLC and CEO of eProdigy Financial LLC. Rubin attended Kingsborough Community College from 1985 to 1988.

Manuel Iglesias is the President and a Director of Healthtech Solutions Inc. Mr. Iglesias has practiced law since 1980, specializing in business law, merger and acquisitions, securities and health care. Mr. Iglesias served as President, CEO and a board member of Hygea Holdings Corp., which provided primary care medical services throughout Florida and Georgia. He served as the National Chairman of the Republican National Lawyers Association in 2019 and 2020. Mr. Igleisias was awarded his MBA degree from the University of Chicago in 1981, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1979, and a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1976.

Denis Kleinfeld is a Director of Healthtech Solutions Inc. and General Counsel and a Director of Mediscan Inc. Mr. Kleinfeld has extensive experience in business planning and regulatory compliance. Mr. Kleinfeld is a renowned expert in international tax and estate planning law. Kleinfeld received his Juris Doctorate from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law in 1970.

Richard F. Parker is the Chief Research Officer of Mediscan Inc. He developed the technology that is the foundation of Mediscan’s business plan. Before he joined Mediscan, Mr. Parker was employed as an engineer and business executive for 37 years. Previously, he was President and Chief Technology Officer of CytoWave LLC. Mr. Parker was awarded a patent for technology that supported a Method and Apparatus for Generating a Therapeutic Magnetic Waveform. During the past 10 years, Mr. Parker has published 14 papers and made numerous presentations focused on magnetic imaging and treatment of sports and equine injuries. He obtained his MSEE degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971.

Healthtech Solutions Inc. (HLTT), closed Monday's trading session at $0.90, up 26.7606%, on 73,570 volume with 35 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 28,487 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.024/$0.920000016.

Recent News

Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) (NYSE American: EXN) (FSE: E4X2)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) (NYSE American: EXN) (FSE: E4X2).

Excellon Resources (TSX: EXN) (NYSE American: EXN) (FSE: E4X2) has more than doubled its Silver City Project with the addition of three exploration licenses for Frauenstein, Mohorn and Oederan. The project now totals an estimated 34,150 hectares. The additional areas have historical records that show centuries of high-grade silver production to shallow depths and recent confirmation samples assaying multi-kilo silver and significant gold. To view the full press release, visit https://ibn.fm/xvaTY

Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) (NYSE American: EXN) (FSE: E4X2) (“Excellon” or the “Company”) is a silver and base metals producer with precious metal exploration and development projects in Mexico, Idaho and Germany. Since being founded in 1987, the Company has been advancing a precious metals growth pipeline focused on creating wealth for its stakeholders by realizing strategic opportunities in the silver and gold markets.

Excellon is an active and influential member of the Mining Association of Canada (“MAC”). The Company implements a practical, best-in-class management system that addresses the safety, health, security, environmental and community aspects of its operations, per the UN Sustainable Development Goals. On each project, the Company incorporates MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining Initiatives and other world-class best practices with the objective of constantly improving its safety systems, training and hazard recognition.

Precious Metals Growth Pipeline

The Company is advancing a precious metals growth pipeline that includes: Platosa, Mexico’s highest-grade silver mine since production commenced in 2005; Kilgore, a high-quality gold development project in Idaho with strong economics and significant growth and discovery potential; and an option on Silver City, a high-grade epithermal silver district in Saxony, Germany, with 750 years of mining history and no modern exploration.

Maintaining and developing this pipeline presents the Company with enhanced opportunities in the expanding precious metals market, which was valued at $193.3 billion worldwide in 2020 (https://nnw.fm/6nv5f). This market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 9% from 2020 to 2027, resulting in an estimated $362.1 billion market size in 2027 (https://nnw.fm/6nv5f). Global market demand was calculated at 22,581.8 tons in 2020 and is expected to grow to 36,501.1 tons in 2027, achieving a CAGR of 3.5% (https://nnw.fm/6nv5f).

Excellon reported strong results in terms of both production and average pricing at the end of Q4 2020, including:

  • Silver – 355,581 oz – $24.46
  • Lead – 2,223,465 lbs. – $0.87
  • Zinc – 2,452,728 lbs. – $1.21

Compared to Q4 2019, Excellon’s silver production increased by 37%, lead increased by 32% and zinc increased by 19% in Q4 2020 (https://nnw.fm/4C0P7).

Platosa Mine – Silver, Lead, Zinc – Production, Development & Exploration

The Platosa Mine is located 5 km north of Bermejillo, Durango, Mexico, on a 14,000-hectare property. The mine commenced production in 2005 as an underground operation and is 100% owned and operated by Excellon. The Company is mining massive sulfide ores rich in silver, lead and zinc from a series flat-lying massive sulfide bodies (mantos) in a carbonate replacement deposit system. Historically, the mining method was a modified room and pillar method, which transitioned to cut-and-fill in recent years and overhand-cut-and-bench in 2020. The ore produced from the mine is transported 200 km south for processing at the Company’s 100% owned Miguel Auza mill.

Kilgore Project – Gold – Exploration & Resource Growth

The Kilgore Project is located in Clark County, situated in eastern Idaho in the United States. The project area is 100% owned and operated by Excellon. While still in the exploration and development phase, the primary target on the 13,627-acre site is an epithermal gold system. The property itself has historical mining that dates back to the 1930s, with modern mineral exploration beginning in the 1980s. The Kilgore Project displays characteristics similar to Kinross Gold’s Round Mountain Mine, which has produced more than 15 million ounces of gold since operations began in 1977.

Evolución Project – Mineral Processing, Resource Growth & Exploration

The Evolución Project is located in Miguel Auza, Zacatecas, Mexico, and hosts a large gold, silver, lead and zinc epithermal within a 45,000-hectare property that is 100% owned by Excellon. The site includes a processing facility with a mill and flotation circuit which processes ore from Excellon’s Platosa mine. The facility has a capacity of 800 tons per day, with a 650 ton-per-day ball mill in operation and a second 150 ton-per-day ball mill on standby. Excellon is looking at opportunities for toll milling, expansion and economic study of the mineral resource and grassroots exploration. Importantly, the project covers an unexplored 35-kilometer strike of the Fresnillo silver trend, the richest silver belt in the world.

Silver City Project – Exploration

Excellon holds an option to acquire the 16,400-hectare Silver City Project in Saxony, Germany. Initial drilling results in 2020 confirmed the presence of a high-grade, district-scale epithermal silver system over more than 12 kilometers of strike. The Company is now focused on defining wider zones of mineralization (https://nnw.fm/jMah9). Silver City was mined from the 11th to late-19th century, until Germany moved off the silver standard in 1873. The deposits in the area were exceptionally high grade, with historical records indicating grades well in excess of 1,000 g/t silver.

Oakley Project – Exploration

The Oakley Project, located in Oakley, Idaho, is an exploration project with land holdings of approximately 7,000 acres. The project hosts gold-silver, epithermal hot spring-type mineralization at two targets: Blue Hill Creek and Cold Creek, and detachment-related gold-silver mineralization at Matrix Creek. The Company has granted Centerra (U.S.) Inc. an option to earn in to a 70% interest by, among other things, spending up to US$7 million in exploration expenditures on the project prior to May 2026.

Management Team

Brendan Cahill is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Excellon Resources Inc. He was previously Vice President Corporate Development of Pelangio Exploration Inc., a junior gold exploration company active in Ghana, West Africa. Mr. Cahill is a board member of the Mining Association of Canada, Group Eleven Resources Ltd., and Kore Mining Inc. He holds a law degree from the University of Western Ontario and an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto.

Alfred Colas is the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, he held the title of CFO of Arch Corp., a Toronto-based private-equity investment firm. Mr. Colas has over 18 years of experience in the mining industry. He is a sitting board member for a housing corporation affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. Mr. Colas completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Toronto.

Paul Keller is Excellon’s Chief Operating Officer. He has over 30 years of industry experience in mining and mine development operations. He previously served as the Senior VP of Major Projects and COO of Trevali Mining. He has experience in building mines from greenfield through permitting, design and operation. Mr. Keller holds a Bachelor of Engineering – Mining from Laurentian University.

Ben Pullinger is the Senior Vice President Geology & Corporate Development for Excellon. Ben brings over 15 years of experience in advancing projects from early stage exploration through to production. Most recently, he was Vice President Exploration at Roxgold Inc., where he made a significant contribution toward growing the 55 Zone at Yaramoko Project into a producing mine. Mr. Pullinger serves on the board of Orford Mining. He is a Professional Geologist (Ontario) and holds an Honors Degree in Geology from the University of Johannesburg.

Excellon Resources Inc. (EXN), closed Monday's trading session at $3.18, up 2.9126%, on 26,376 volume with 171 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 79,067 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $2.19499993/$3.90000009.

Recent News

CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP).

CNS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CNSP) CEO John Climaco will be presenting at the inaugural Emerging Growth Virtual Conference. Scheduled for March 17–18, the virtual conference is presented by M Vest LLC and Maxim Group LLC. The conference agenda includes roundtable discussions with C-suite executives moderated by Maxim Research Analysts, fireside chats with live Q&A’s, and presentations from hundreds of issuers both domestically and internationally. CNS Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of novel treatments for primary and metastatic cancers of the brain and central nervous system, and Climaco’s presentation will include an overview of the company. In addition to his presentation, Climaco will be a member of a live panel discussion focusing on glioblastoma; that discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, at 9:30 a.m. ET. To register for the full event, visit http://ibn.fm/JBZlM. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/5NvD9.

CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP) is a clinical stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of novel treatments for primary and metastatic cancers of the brain and central nervous system.

The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Organ Targeted Therapeutics

The company’s lead drug candidate, Berubicin, is proposed for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (“GBM”), an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. Berubicin also has potential to treat other central nervous system malignancies. Based on limited clinical data, Berubicin appears to be the first anthracycline to cross the blood brain barrier in the adult brain, and it was the subject of a successful Phase 1 study which found the MDT and produced efficacy data as well.

CNS holds a worldwide exclusive license to the Berubicin chemical compound. The company has acquired all requisite data and know-how from Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. related to a completed Phase I clinical trial of Berubicin in malignant brain tumors. In this trial, 44% of patients experienced a statistically significant improvement in clinical benefit. In 2017, CNS entered into a collaboration and asset purchase agreement with Reata.

CNS intends to explore the potential of Berubicin to treat other diseases, including pancreatic and ovarian cancers and lymphoma. The company is also examining plans to develop combination therapies that include Berubicin.

CNS estimates that more than $25 million in private capital and grants were invested in Berubicin prior to the company’s $9.8 million IPO in November 2019.

CNS intends to submit an IND for Berubicin during the fourth quarter of 2020 and expects to commence a Phase II clinical trial of Berubicin for the treatment of GBM in the U.S. in Q1 2021. A sub-licensee partner was awarded a $6 million EU/Polish National Center for Research and Development grant to undertake a Phase II trial of Berubicin in adults and a first-ever Phase I trial in pediatric GBM patients in Poland in 2021.

The company’s second drug candidate, WP1244, is a novel DNA binding agent licensed from the MD Anderson Cancer Center. In preclinical studies, WP1244 proved to be 500-times more potent than the chemotherapeutic agent, daunorubicin, in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation. The company has entered into a sponsored research agreement with the MD Anderson Cancer Center to further the development of WP1244.

CNS Pharmaceuticals recently engaged U.S.-based Pharmaceutics International Inc. and Italian BSP Pharmaceuticals SpA for the production of the Berubicin drug product. The company has implemented a dual-track manufacturing strategy to mitigate COVID-19-related risks, diversify its supply chain and provide for localized availability of Berubicin. CNS has already completed synthesis of Berubicin’s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and has shipped the API to both manufacturers in order to prepare an injectable form of Berubicin for clinical use.

Global Brain Tumor Therapeutics Market

The high recurrence rate of malignant brain tumors is due to reappearance of focal masses, indicating that a sub-population of tumor cells in these cancers may be insensitive to current therapies and may be responsible for reinitiating tumor growth. This necessitates the development of newer drugs in the market that demonstrate greater efficacy in treating such aggressive cancers.

A global increase in neurological disorders has placed increased attention on cancers of the brain over the past decade. Neurological disorders are becoming one of the most prevalent types of disorders, due to longer life expectancy, greater exposure to infection and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. Because few treatments for primary and metastatic cancers of the brain exist, costs are high and have acted as a restraint for the brain tumor therapeutics market.

Despite progress in surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapeutic strategies, effective treatments for brain cancer are limited by a lack of specific therapies for the brain and the difficulty in transporting therapeutic compounds across the blood brain barrier. Therefore, there is a significant need for novel and effective therapeutic drugs and strategies that prolong survival and improve quality of life for brain tumor patients.

Several companies are making significant investments into R&D, which is expected to bring more treatment options to the market in the near future. Industry reports consistently project continued growth in the market.

One report estimates that the global brain tumor therapeutics market will reach a valuation of $2.74 billion in 2023, with the market expected to register a CAGR of 11% during the forecast period from 2018 to 2023. Another report projects that the global brain tumor therapeutics market will reach $3.4 billion by 2025, up from $2.25 billion in 2019 (http://nnw.fm/eDUjp).

Management Team

John M. Climaco is the CEO of CNS Pharmaceuticals. For 15 years, Climaco has served in leadership roles for a variety of health care companies. Recently, Climaco served as the Executive Vice President of Perma-Fix Medical S.A, where he managed the development of a novel method to produce Technitium-99. Climaco also served as President and CEO of Axial Biotech Inc., a DNA diagnostics company. In the process of taking Axial from inception to product development to commercialization, Climaco forged strategic partnerships with Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson and Smith & Nephew.

Christopher Downs, CPA, is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Downs previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of InfuSystem Holdings Inc. (NYSE: INFU), a supplier of infusion services to oncologists in the United States. Downs holds a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Dr. Donald Picker is the Chief Scientific Officer of CNS. Picker has over 35 years of drug development experience. Prior to joining CNS, Picker worked at Johnson Matthey, where he was responsible for the development of Carboplatin, one of the world’s leading cancer drugs, which was acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb with annual sales of over $500 million. In addition, he oversaw the development of Satraplatin and Picoplatin, third-generation platinum drugs currently in late-stage clinical development.

Sandra L. Silberman, M.D., Ph.D., is the Chief Medical Officer of CNS Pharmaceuticals. Silberman is a hematologist/oncologist who earned her B.A., Sc.M. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, respectively, and her M.D. from Cornell University Medical College. She then completed both a clinical fellowship in hematology/oncology and a research fellowship in tumor immunology at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Silberman has played key roles in the development of many drugs, including Gleevec(TM), for which she led the global clinical development at Novartis. Silberman advanced several original, proprietary compounds into Phases I through III during her work with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Imclone and Roche.

CNS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSP), closed Monday's trading session at $2.73, up 2.2472%, on 357,379 volume with 1,571 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 2,784,449 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.25820004/$5.61999988.

Recent News

Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO).

Pressure BioSciences (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI”), a leader in the development and sale of innovative, broadly enabling, pressure-based instruments, consumables and specialty testing services for the worldwide life sciences and other industries, was featured on a recent episode of The Stock Day Podcast. PBI’s president and CEO, Richard T. Schumacher, joined Stock Day host Everett Jolly and offered a detailed update of measurable progress the company has made recently in multiple key areas. To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/EH6QQ

Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO) develops, markets and sells proprietary laboratory instrumentation and associated consumables to the life sciences sample preparation market. Sample preparation refers to the wide range of activities that precede most forms of scientific analysis. It is often complex and time-consuming, yet a critical part of scientific research. The market for sample preparation products is currently estimated at $6 billion worldwide.

The Company’s product line can be used to exquisitely control the sample preparation process. It is based on a patented, enabling technology platform called pressure cycling technology (“PCT”). PCT uses alternating cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient (14.5 psi) and ultra-high levels (up to 100,000 psi) to safely and reproducibly control critical biological processes, such as the lysis (breakage) of cells, the digestion of proteins, and the inactivation of pathogens.

Pressure BioSciences’ product line is led by its newly released, next-generation Barocycler 2320EXTREME instrument. Named a finalist in the prestigious 2017 R&D Awards (also known as the “Oscars of Innovation”), the Barocycler 2320EXT is already being touted by some key opinion leaders as an essential element of the $1.8 billion U.S. “Cancer Moonshot” program. For example, Professor Phil Robinson, Co-head of the cancer research center of the Children’s Medical Research Institute (Sydney, Australia), said in a recent interview: “We are collecting the whole proteome on 70,000 tumor samples from all classes where complete clinical outcome is known. Due to its unique capabilities, the Barocycler 2320EXT has become a critical part of our program. It is the primary enabler of the high-throughput component of the project. Without this step, our project simply could not be done. In fact, the Barocycler 2320EXT works so well we have just purchased two more.”

Momentum is building when it comes to the potential for using the Company’s unique PCT technology platform. Leading scientists are intrigued by Pressure BioSciences’ approach, which among other attributes, revolutionizes the process of rupturing cells (lysis) for further study, yielding superior biomolecules for investigation. The Company’s technology transcends current methods of breaking open cells, which use chemicals, blades, metal beads, or other damaging and altering methods that can ultimately adversely affect the result for researchers. Pressure BioSciences’ PCT technology utilizes customized, controlled hydrostatic (water) pressure to rupture cells in a chamber, enabling exquisitely customized levels of pressure to optimally break open different types of cells at prescribed pressure levels—something never before accomplished in a commercial setting. Using this pioneering method, the result is a truer, more legitimate sample, which boosts the efficacy of research and the quality of results. The potential impact of this technology on scientific advancement is enormous, enabling research scientists to begin their studies with biological samples of unprecedented integrity, with the potential to improve research outcomes at the earliest, most critical step. PCT can additionally inactivate pathogens (e.g., viruses, bacteria) using hydrostatic pressure, making the samples safer to study—another innovation with astronomical potential for application in a variety of markets.

The Company’s high-pressure instruments for research purposes are marketed throughout the United States, Europe, China and Japan. To date, Pressure BioSciences has installed nearly 300 PCT Systems in over 165 leading academic, government, biotech and pharma laboratories around the world. Its primary applications are in biomarker discovery, forensics, agriculture and pathology. Over 100 scientific papers have been published on the advantages of the PCT platform, which is also being used in the specialized fields of drug discovery and design, bio-therapeutics characterization, soil and plant biology, vaccine development and histology.

Impressive as their biotech business is, there is more to the PBI story. Pressure BioSciences recently received two patents in China for its novel Ultra Shear Technology (UST), a process that has potential in a wide range of industrial applications, including extending the shelf life of some food products and making two insoluble liquids (like oil in water) soluble. Patents have also been filed in many other countries worldwide. UST is a novel technique based on the use of intense shear forces generated from ultra-high-pressure valve discharge.

This important technology has the potential to play a significant role in a number of commercially important areas through its ability to create high-quality, stable nanoemulsions. Scientific studies indicate that improved absorption, higher bioavailability, greater stability, lower surfactant levels and other advantages can be achieved with nanoemulsions — all hugely important factors in the fields of nutraceuticals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and in various medical products. There is an enormous opportunity in the cannabis market, since the technology can potentially reduce oil droplets containing cannabidiol (CBD) to nanoparticles, after which they can be safely suspended in a stable water solution—something many companies have endeavored to achieve without success. Researchers looking for a way to increase the bioavailability of cannabinoids in the body will find this technology a game changer.

The Company’s UST technology also has possibilities in the production of clean label foods, which are currently processed using several innovative methods, including high-pressure treatments (such as Starbucks’ Evolution line of juices). In 2015, the worldwide market for high-pressure processed (HPP) food was estimated at U.S. $10 billion. UST uses ultra-high pressures and certain valves to generate intense shear forces under controlled temperature conditions to produce nanoemulsions, and which also significantly reduces food-borne pathogens. Pressure BioSciences’ initial focus with this technology will be to evaluate UST for the production of high-quality dairy products and beverages.

Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO), closed Monday's trading session at $2.29, up 0.659341%, on 17,022 volume with 22 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 21,805 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.19000005/$4.48999977.

Recent News

Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX).

Healthy Extracts (OTCQB: HYEX) was featured today in a publication from BioMedWire, examining how the plant-based foods and products industry is experiencing a boom attributable to the increased health consciousness due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and the increased pressure on resources caused by the rearing of animals. As a result, it is expected to reach a value of $74.2 billion in 2027, guided by a CAGR of 11.9% from 2020 to 2027.

Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX) Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX), through its growing portfolio of wholly owned subsidiaries, is engaged in the proprietary research and development of natural plant-based formulations, sales, and distribution of cardiovascular and neuro products. The company’s focus is to advance its market positions in the broader health industry through the unique assets and operations of its science-based BergaMet North America and Ultimate Brain Nutrients (“UBN”) subsidiaries and to offer better lifestyles through superior health technology.

BergaMet North America

BergaMet NA is engaged in the sale and distribution of a full line of proprietary product formulations derived from the rare Citrus Bergamot SuperFruit™ called “bergamot.” Bergamot is native to Southern Italy and is naturally sourced and uniquely loaded with various antioxidant polyphenols. Thanks to this composition, bergamot supports and promotes overall wellness specific to cholesterol, cardiovascular and metabolic health with no known side effects.

BergaMet NA is the only Citrus Bergamot SuperFruit™ heart health supplement backed by 17 clinical studies. The BergaMet brand supplement boasts the highest quality and concentration of polyphenols and flavonoids available anywhere in the world. It is also the only bergamot supplement approved by the prestigious Accademia del Bergamotto of Italy. BergaMet NA is the only company authorized to manufacture, distribute and sell these products in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Consumers are including the Citrus Bergamot SuperFruit™ in their everyday personal health programs. The clinically proven antioxidant provides benefits to tens of thousands of people daily.

The company’s line of products can be found at www.bergametna.com, through Amazon, other online retailers and in doctors’ offices throughout the United States.

The BergaMet Advantage

BergaMet has been studied in 17 published clinical trials which reported results of lower LDL cholesterol, higher HDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides, lower blood pressure, lower blood glucose, increased arterial function, improved liver function and is effective as a complement to statin use.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. and worldwide, claiming nearly 18 million lives each year accounting for 31% of all global deaths. In the U.S., statins are one of the most commonly prescribed medicines for cardiovascular disease. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 28% of American women and men over the age of 40 take a statin to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood.

Taking aim at this market for cardiovascular care, BergaMet NA continues to advance the awareness of its medical-grade supplements and separate its formulation from competitors.

BergaMet NA products contain 47% BPF (bergamot polyphenolic fraction), while its closest competitors have only 38%. The company’s increased dosages (600-675mg vs 500mg) and 47% BPF are clinically proven to be more effective in improving heart health and metabolic syndrome.

BergaMet Citrus Bergamot SuperFruit™ supplements:

  • Support healthy immune systems with powerful antioxidants and proprietary formulations.
  • Reduce cholesterol and support healthy glucose and blood pressure levels.
  • Are fully organic, vegan-friendly and dairy, gluten, soy and GMO-free.
  • Contain five key unique flavonoids that make up the most powerful 47% BPF (bergamot polyphenolic fraction) in the world, providing superior results compared to their competitors.
  • Have been clinically shown to increase arterial elasticity while reducing arterial and muscle inflammation.

Ultimate Brain Nutrients

Healthy Extracts’ Ultimate Brain Nutrients (“UBN”) subsidiary is a science-based company that develops unique, plant-based superior health technology neuro-products that improve brain health, including memory, cognition, focus and neuro-energy.

UBN’s KETONOMICS® proprietary formulations – targeting brain activity, focus, headache and cognitive behavior — provide multiple intellectual property license opportunities for monetizing the company’s portfolio.

License opportunities include multiple beverage formats, individual products, proprietary mixtures and other food platforms.

UBN has five unique formulation patents – one issued and four pending – targeting brain activity, focus, headache and cognitive behavior.

The UBN Advantage

UBN’s all-natural, sugar-free and caffeine-free proprietary formulations are the result of 20 years of scientific research and are positioned to provide consumer neuro-products that are natural brain solutions. UBN has filed for approval to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make a Qualified Health Claim for its migraine formulation, tapping into consumer demands for healthy beverages that contribute to brain health, overall well-being and performance.

Over 50 million Americans consume unhealthy energy shots and drinks each day, while the neuro/energy market generates over $10 billion per year in revenue. Within this growing market, UBN is advancing its position to meet rising consumer demand for healthy, science-based options. The company’s KETONOMICS® proprietary formulations have been proven to naturally elevate brain energy and function, including memory, cognition and focus.

UBN’s KETONOMICS® supplementation has also been studied in sports physiology, with specific regard to its potential benefits for competitive performance and endurance.

Healthy Extracts Executive Team

Kevin “Duke” Pitts, Director, President and Chief Operating Officer

  • Started and built from the ground up two multi-million-dollar businesses, one of which grew into a Top 100 retailers in the U.S.
  • Unique management skills led to the development of successful teams for 35 years
  • Pioneered direct marketing for a Fortune 200 company, creating a 20% increase in targeted incremental sales
  • Founded Einstein’s Hemp, which developed and brought to market one of the only odorless and tasteless water-soluble CBD products in the world
  • Developed and implemented digital/guerrilla marketing strategies for public and private companies focused on long-term brand position and acquisition efforts
  • Specialized in customer relationship management (CRM) tools for creating the best customer experiences
  • Worked in publicly traded industries for 10 years, overseeing up to $20 million in annual marketing budgets

William “Bill” Bossung, Director, Chief Financial Officer

  • 35 years of diverse experience in corporate finance, insurance and accounting
  • 20 years of experience with IPOs focusing on audits, FINRA and SEC regulations
  • Specializes in the formation of capital raising over $100 million, recently raising $12 million for Splash Beverage
  • Specializes in upgrading penny stocks companies to the NYSE or Nasdaq
  • Involved in 30+ companies transitioning from private to public identities
  • Founded several companies, including BCF Technology Inc., which sold to Vertafore; managing partner at Bishop Equity Partners LLC; director at Splash Beverage Group; and director of finance at Chadmoore Wireless, where he licensed channels to Nextel for $162 million

Bill Croyle, Director, Private Investor and Accomplished Senior Executive

  • More than 40 years of success in the IT, energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, venture capital and finance industries
  • Broad expertise includes negotiating mergers and acquisitions, as well as service and delivery contracts
  • Formerly was a founder, owner or executive of EnTX Group; Impact Legacy Partners; FB Oilfield Special Tools; and Western Energy Advisors

Dr. Gerald Haase, Chief Medical Officer

  • Clinical professor of surgery at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine
  • Actively involved in medical research and clinical trials for 35 years
  • Received U-10 grant funding from the National Institutes of Health cooperative group clinical trials program, as well as U.S. Congressional funding for Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with the Department of Defense and NASA
  • Was chairman of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital Colorado; consultant surgeon to the Department of the Army; vice-chairman of the Children’s Cancer Group, a cooperative research consortium of the National Cancer Institute; on the National Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society; a senior member of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons; and a member of the editorial board of The Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Has published 180 scientific papers and is the inventor or co-inventor of 12 issued U.S. patents for micronutrient and phytonutrient therapy, with five pending patents
  • Recipient of clinical research grants and contracts funded at a several million-dollar cumulative level
  • Is an editorial reviewer for medical journals and a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association for Cancer Research, International College of Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics, New York Academy of Sciences and American College of Physician Executives

Healthy Extracts Inc. (HYEX), closed Monday's trading session at $0.09, up 12.50%, on 35,685 volume with 8 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 41,926 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.059999998/$0.100000001.

Recent News

Knightscope, Inc.

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Knightscope, Inc..

Knightscope, an advanced security technology company that builds fully autonomous security robots that deter, detect and report, has won second place in the Transportation Security Administration’s (“TSA”) “Power of Passengers Challenge.” As a second-place winner, the company receives $20,000 in cash and recognition of its efforts to build something “new and impossible” for the country. 

Knightscope, Inc., founded in 2013 and based in Mountain View, California, is a leader in the development of autonomous security capabilities and are on target to disrupt the $500 billion security industry. Knightscope’s technology uniquely combines self-driving technology, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Knightscope designs and builds Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) that provide 24/7/365 security to the places you live, work, visit and study. The company’s client list covers public institutions and commercial business operations, including ten Fortune 1000 companies to date. These ASRs have been proven to enhance safety at hospitals, logistics facilities, manufacturing plants, schools and corporations. ASRs act as highly cost-effective complementary systems to traditional security and law enforcement officials, providing an additional advantage by continuing to offer uninterrupted patrolling capabilities across the country, despite the pandemic (note: robots are immune).

The company’s ASRs have assisted in the arrest of suspects involved in crimes ranging from armed robbery to hit-and-runs. Their machine-embedded thermal scanning capability even aided in preventing the breakout of a major fire.

The company has achieved several milestones since its creation in 2013, including:

  • Establishing itself in a 15,000-square-foot facility located in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, where Knightscope designs, engineers and builds its technology;
  • Operating for more than one million hours in the field and securing contracts across five time zones;
  • Navigating through the global pandemic without interruption by continuing to operate on a daily basis across the nation and supporting clients classified as essential services; and
  • Continuing its hiring processes despite the current societal and economic disruption.

Growth Capital

With more than 10,000 investors and over $40 million raised since inception, Knightscope is poised to be an industry leader in the future of public safety and security.

The company is presently in the process of raising up to $50 million in growth capital as it prepares for a potential public listing. Knightscope has reserved ticker symbol ‘KSCP’ with Nasdaq.

Investors can buy shares exclusively through the company’s managing broker-dealer, StartEngine (http://nnw.fm/l9GLX) until July 20, 2020. Concurrent with this live offering and contingent upon various factors, including raising a sufficient amount of funds and meeting applicable listing standards, the company intends to begin preparation of an S-1 format Form 1-A and Nasdaq Capital Market application in anticipation of a possible public listing of the stock at the conclusion of the Regulation A+ offering.

Company Mission — The Greater Good

Knightscope’s long-term vision has an eye on the greater good. The company’s mission is to make the United States of America the safest nation in the world while supporting millions of law enforcement and security professionals across the country.

Crime has a negative economic impact in excess of $1 trillion annually. As crime is reduced, positive impacts will likely be realized across several aspects of society, including housing, financial markets, insurance, municipal budgets, local business and safety in general.

Knightscope CEO William Santana Li was recently interviewed by Kevin O’Leary, more commonly known as Shark Tank’s Mr. Wonderful. When asked to explain how the benefits provided by the ASRs outrank a human doing the same job, Li said, “First, just the simple presence of a physical deterrent causes criminal behavior to change. Second, the machines are self-driving cars that patrol all around and recharge themselves. They also generate 90 terabytes of data per year. No human would ever be able to process that. The robots are intended to be eyes and ears for the humans, not a one to one replacement.”

The Knightscope solution to reduce crime combines the physical presence of ASRs, sometimes referred to as proprietary Autonomous Data Machines, with real-time onsite data collection and analysis. The ASRs are fitted with eye-level 360° cameras, thermal scanning, public address announcements and various other features that work in tandem with humans to provide law enforcement officers and security guards unprecedented situational awareness.

Those 90 terabytes of data are then formatted in a useable way, so law enforcement can leverage that information and execute their responsibilities more effectively.

Public Safety Innovation

The company’s recurring revenue business model is set up to mimic the recurring societal problem of crime, and it takes into consideration the fact that innovation in the security and public safety industry has been stagnant for decades. Because the traditional practices of the sector have remained unchanged for years, automation has potential to drive substantial cost savings — and significant improvement in capabilities.

Human security guards are one of both the largest expenses and the largest liabilities for companies. Knightscope’s robots are offered at an effective price of $4 to $11 per hour, compared with approximately $85 and $30 per hour for an armed off duty law enforcement officer and an unarmed security guard, respectively.

This innovation has the potential to drive considerable cost savings. Based on these estimates, manufacturing costs can be recovered as soon as the first year of operation.

Product Offerings

The company has four patents and a framework of unique intellectual property. Knightscope currently offers a K1 stationary machine, a K3 indoor machine and a K5 outdoor machine. A K7 multi-terrain four-wheel version is in development.

The ASRs autonomously patrol client sites without the need for remote control, providing a visible, force multiplying, physical security presence to help protect assets, monitor changes in the area and deter crime. The data is accessible through the Knightscope Security Operations Center (KSOC), an intuitive, browser-based interface that enables security professionals to review events generated by the ASRs providing effectively ‘mobile smart eyes and ears’.

The ASRs and all the related technologies were developed ground up by the Company and are Made in the USA.

Management Team

Chief Executive Officer William Santana Li is a veteran entrepreneur, a former executive at Ford Motor Company and the founder of GreenLeaf, a company that grew to be the world’s second-largest automotive recycler and is now part of LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQ).

Chief Client Officer Stacy Dean Stephens brings his experience as a former Dallas law enforcement officer, as well as his skills as a seasoned entrepreneur, to assist on the client acquisition side.

Chief Intelligence Officer Mercedes Soria is an award-winning technologist and former Deloitte software engineer.

Chief Design Officer Aaron Lehnhardt brings over two decades of two- and three-dimensional product and industrial design in modeling and VR to the table, on top of his experience as a senior designer at Ford Motor Company.


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Mohawk Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MWK)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Mohawk Group Holdings Inc. (MWK).

Mohawk Group Holdings (NASDAQ: MWK) is a CPG (Consumer Packed Goods) company that leverages the power of technology and machine learning to design, develop, market, and sell consumables. AIMEE(R) (AI Mohawk E-commerce Engine) is the company’s proprietary next-generation E-commerce platform that employs the latest technologies including Microsoft Cognitive Services and machine learning algorithms to manage consumer product brands. Also today, the company was highlighted in a publication from InvestorWire, examining how MWK enters a new product category with its latest acquisition of Healing Solutions LLC, a leading online seller of essential oils. Mohawk, a rapidly growing technology-enabled consumer products company, is on a “quest to become the leading e-commerce consumer brands platform,” reads an article on the developments. To view the full article, visit https://ibn.fm/tmgZ3

Mohawk Group Holdings Inc. (MWK) is a leading tech-enabled consumer products platform that uses machine learning, natural language processing and data analytics to design, develop, market, and sell products. The company’s proprietary AIMEE(R) platform leverages data and AI to automate the design, development and launch of best-selling consumer products.

Mohawk owns and operates 12 brands and sells consumer products in multiple categories ranging from kitchenware and home appliances to environmental appliances, beauty products and even consumer electronics.

Founded in 2014, Mohawk has offices in the United States, Canada, China and the Philippines. The company is always working to capitalize on the strength of the different cities and time zones in which it operates to ensure continued excellence around the world and achieve its goal of becoming the most consumer-centric product company.

AIMEE(R) Platform

AIMEE(R) (AI Mohawk E-commerce Engine) is Mohawk’s proprietary platform that leverages data and AI to:

  • Identify new market opportunities;
  • Launch new products;
  • Automate marketing variables; and
  • Analyze and optimize company-owned and operated consumer product brands.

The platform’s core functionalities include:

  • Research: Automated research using live market data that tracks exposure and product trends, allowing for the swift discovery of new market and product opportunities;
  • Financials: Places data insights in one place, enabling execution across multiple channels to track new product planning, financial projections, inventory levels, media buying and more;
  • Trading: The result of an algorithmic solution that has been optimized for live decisions to scale sales and built to implement automated marketing strategies with learning through experimentation; and
  • Logistics: Manages logistics to enable faster delivery of products to consumers.

Mohawk’s Business Model

Mohawk’s unique business model is designed to drastically shorten go-to-market time, decreasing the typical 18- to 24-month process to just 6- to 8-months. Using AIMEE(R), Mohawk leverages real-time data-driven opportunities and trend tracking to replace the idea focus group research and development of the standard model.

Marketing time is also reduced between the two models using the AIMEE(R) Trading Engine for data-driven automated marketing and product lifetime management. Through the AIMEE(R) trading engine, the traditional 3-month marketing for a standard go-to-market model is cut to a fraction of the time.

The AIMEE(R) Fulfillment Engine allows for dynamic inventory allocation, fulfillment selection, cost optimization, a third-party logistics network and a 2-day shipping period across almost all of the United States. The standard business model doesn’t support direct distribution or an FBA (fulfilled by Amazon) structure.

Opportunities for Growth and Profitability

Mohawk’s plan to drive growth and profitability in the market includes:

  1. The continued optimization of product economics by lowering manufacturing and logistical costs through an increase in purchasing power
  2. The pursuit of higher-value products with larger target markets
  3. Opportunistically adding new products and categories through acquisitions
  4. Expansion into the international and new domestic e-commerce marketplaces
  5. Monetization of its proprietary AIMEE(R) platform by providing access to third-party brands

Mohawk’s long-term goal is to increase its profit margin from 14% in 2020 to 18-20%, using higher average selling prices and lower fulfillment costs as primary drivers. Due to its technology and platform effect, Mohawk’s corporate overhead is expected to increase at a slower pace than sales. Its fixed operating costs long-term target goal is 5%, which follows the current trend (2019 – 19%, 2020 – 13%). It aims for an adjusted EBITDA of 13-15%.

Management Team

Yaniv Sarig has been Mohawk’s President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2018. He is also a co-founder of Mohawk Group Inc. Mr. Sarig has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mohawk Group Inc. since June 2014. Before his role at Mohawk, he led the Financial Services Engineering department at Coverity, a software startup providing code and security solutions to top financial institutions and hedge funds in New York to include the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, JPMorgan Chase and Barclays. Before his Coverity role, Mr. Sarig held lead technical roles at Bloomberg and EPIQ Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIQ). He holds a Bachelor of Science from Touro College. He is fluent in English, French, Hebrew and C++.

Fabrice Hamaide has been the Chief Financial Officer of Mohawk since September 2018. He has also retained the position of Chief Financial Officer for Mohawk Group Inc. since July 2017. Before Mohawk, Mr. Hamaide held numerous financial, CFO and presidential roles in various technological and consumer product companies across Europe and the United States, including Piksel Inc., Atari, Parrot and Logitech. Mr. Hamaide holds an impressive set of credentials, including an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MS in Information Systems Design from Sorbonne University, and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Jussieu University.

Mihal Chaouat-Fix has been the Chief Product Officer for Mohawk since September 2018. Prior to taking this role within the company, she was the Chief Operating Officer, handling the day-to-day leadership and operational management of Mohawk. Before joining Mohawk, Ms. Chaouat-Fix worked in various roles at Gottex Models Ltd. At this international fashion swimwear firm, her focus on marketing, operations and manufacturing saw supply chain and distribution of 12 million units per year to over 40 countries worldwide.

Tomer Pascal has been the Chief Revenue Officer for Mohawk since 2018. He has also served as the Chief Revenue Officer for Mohawk Group Inc. since 2017. Before he joined the Mohawk team, he was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of OMG Studios. Throughout his career, Mr. Pascal has held many different co-founder and general management roles, focusing on companies’ marketing and revenue growth in the media and technology industries.

Roi Zahut has held the role of Chief Technology Officer for Mohawk since 2019. Before Mohawk, he served in numerous roles, including CTO of the Advanced Analytics global consulting team at IBM and architect of IBM Metropulse. While in Israel, Mr. Zahut held several senior technical, business and data science roles in startups and consulting to include IBM Israel, Brainbow Ltd. and Matrix IT Ltd. He holds an MSc in Neuroscience with distinction from Bar Ilan University.

Mohawk Group Holdings Inc. (MWK), closed Monday's trading session at $31.72, off by 6.596%, on 2,199,137 volume with 22,770 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 1,041,735 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.41999995/$48.9900016.

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