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Argonaut Gold, Inc. (ARNGF)

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Argonaut Gold, Inc. engages in exploration, mine development, and production activities in North America. The Company primarily explores for gold and silver deposits. Its chief assets include the El Castillo mine located in the State of Durango, Mexico; and the San Agustin project also located in the State of Durango, Mexico. Argonaut Gold is based in Reno, Nevada.

Together, the El Castillo mine and the San Agustin project form the El Castillo Complex in Durango, Mexico, and the La Colorada mine in Sonora, Mexico. Furthermore, Argonaut Gold’s advanced exploration projects include the San Antonio project in Baja California Sur, Mexico; the Cerro del Gallo project in Guanajuato, Mexico; and the Magino project in Ontario, Canada. In addition, the Company has several exploration stage projects, all of which are situated in North America.

The El Castillo project consists of an open pit gold mine, two crushing facilities, two cyanide heap leach pads, two gold recovery plants, and associated support infrastructure. The El Castillo project is positioned on seven mining concessions totalling roughly 2,045 hectares (ha), and on land where surface rights are owned by Argonaut Gold.

Last week, Argonaut Gold announced that it entered into a definitive agreement for an at-market merger (Arrangement Agreement). The Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Alio. With this Arrangement Agreement, all of the Alio issued and outstanding common shares will be exchanged on the basis of 0.67 of an Argonaut Gold common share per each Alio common share (Exchange Ratio). Alio Gold is a gold mining enterprise centered on the safe and profitable production of gold from its cornerstone asset, the 100 percent owned Florida Canyon Mine in the State of Nevada.

Mr. Pete Dougherty, President & Chief Executive Officer of Argonaut Gold stated: "This is a transaction which makes sense for both sets of shareholders. Combining complementary assets into one larger, more relevant company generates significant synergies. With a solid production base of over 235,000 gold equivalent ounces expected this year, a strong balance sheet and strong cash flow generation at current gold prices, we will be well positioned to evaluate and execute on growth opportunities from within the combined company's development asset portfolio."

Argonaut Gold, Inc. (ARNGF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.75, up 4.4423%, on 37,766 volume with 26 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 115,539 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.532100021/$2.15000009.

Cardiff Lexington Corporation (CDIX)

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Much like a cooperative, Cardiff Lexington Corporation is a public holding company taking advantage of proven management in private companies, which become wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s business model targets the acquisition of middle market private niche companies - mature and second stage - with high growth potential and commercial income producing real estate. Cardiff Lexington is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In essence, Cardiff Lexington is a diversified platform that provides an "Equity Exit or Equity Capitalization Strategy" for business owners and a diversified investment platform for equity investors. Risk for all parties is mitigated by way of diversification. The Company provides business owners with the additional equity they require so as to grow, or exit, some or all of their equity over time. From an investors standpoint, Cardiff Lexington works to aggressively grow and hold assets that create a diversified lower risk environment, which over the long term protects and safely enhances investment through continually adding assets and holdings via acquisitions to a diversified continually growing niche holding company.

Subsidiary sustained growth in market share is an important underlying element of Cardiff Lexington’s holding company philosophy. Acquired companies become standalone subsidiaries without losing their independent daily management control. Cardiff acquires or merges with middle market companies to raise equity capital on their behalf through issuing exclusive, preferred share classes to investors. It does so while allowing management to maintain total operational management control. The Company leverages equity from investors for acquisition-driven growth.

This past January, Cardiff Lexington announced that Mr. Steven Healy, CPA, agreed to join the Senior Management Team as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As Cardiff Lexington’s first in-house CFO, Mr. Healy brings to Cardiff Lexington more than 25 years’ progressive public and private company experience in Finance and Operations Management. He is familiar with, and has been instrumental in, manifold levels of consolidations in manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industries with start-ups, multi-location and multi-state companies.

Cardiff Lexington Corporation (CDIX), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0002, even for the day, on 5,006,417 volume with 17 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 32,623,339 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.000099999/$0.097249999.

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Greene Concepts, Inc. (INKW)

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Greene Concepts, Inc. is an emerging leader in the global scientifically formulated beverage industry. Via its earlier acquired wholly-owned subsidiary, Mammoth Ventures, Inc., it has entered into the specialty beverage and bottling business. Greene Concepts has completed the 100 percent acquisition of Mammoth Ventures. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets. Greene Concepts has its head office in Clovis, California.

Mammoth Ventures is a holding company that includes the 60,000 sq. ft. beverage and bottling facility located just outside of Asheville, North Carolina. Additionally, the acquisition of the holding company includes the building, all bottling equipment, fixtures, inventory and any and all other assets held and owned by Mammoth Ventures, Inc.

The facility will focus on an array of beverage product lines. These include, but are not limited to, CBD (cannabidiol) infused beverages, spring and artesian water, as well as enhanced athletic drinks in addition to other product offerings.

Greene Concepts has a new marketing and distribution focus in the lucrative Southeast Asia bottled water market. Along with domestic market growth, the Company plans for expansion into the fast growing Southeast Asia market. This includes Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Indonesia represents the largest market in the region. It is the fourth largest national population worldwide.

Last month, Greene Concepts announced it signed an agreement with Sunflower Consulting Group (SCG) for the purchase and sale of up to 2 million cases of the company's bottled water production during the 2020 calendar year. Through a signed sales and purchase agreement, SCG has agreed to the purchase and sell to retailers of up to 2 million cases of bottled water at a target price of $7.00 per case through the end of 2020 valued at $14 million. This equates to 25 percent of the company's present total production capacity of 8 million cases.

Last week, Greene Concepts announced it is now active in the U.S. Federal government's System for Award Management (SAM). It is status: ACTIVE with the assignment of its own unique Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Cage Program. Greene Concepts’ Commercial and Government Entity Code will enable it to bid on Federal contracts and be registered and be available to respond to manifold Federal, State and local disaster relief agencies to provide its products in times of need.

Greene Concepts, Inc. (INKW), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0012, off by 17.2414%, on 5,437,976 volume with 54 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 8,168,638 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.001099999/$0.0195.

HempAmericana, Inc. (HMPQ)

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HempAmericana, Inc. researches, develops, and sells products made of industrial hemp in the United States. The Company is an emerging participant in the CBD (cannabidiol) products market. It owns and operates a high-capacity, state-of-the-art CBD extraction and processing facility in Augusta, Maine. Founded in 2014, HempAmericana is headquartered in New York, New York.

The Company’s extraction and processing facility has a supersized supercritical CO2 extraction system, centrifugal partition chromatography refinement technology, and a mechanized fully-automated CBD bottling system. In addition, HempAmericana researches, develops, and sells products made of industrial hemp. This includes a popular brand of hemp rolling papers marketed under the brand name, “Rolling Thunders”.

HempAmericana’s CBD oil business uses the brand designation, "CBD Oleum". The Company continues to pursue an active place in the CBD white label market segment. This is primarily for those companies looking for premium full-spectrum distillate CBD oil.

HempAmericana has purchased a 100-liter solvent recovery system, the Ecochyll X7 High Speed Evaporator. This system represents a 400 percent increase in evaporative capacity for the Company’s production line technology. HempAmericana’s Management notes that chemical solvents (including butane, hexane, ethanol, propane, and isopropyl alcohol, all used in cannabis extraction processes) can be prohibitively costly, making solvent cost a significant factor determining long-term viability in the CBD production space.

Yesterday, HempAmericana provided shareholders with an update as it scales up its CBD-based product operations. New initiatives underway include Alibaba B2B Onboarding, Affiliate Marketing, a Targeted Customer Database, Improved Customer Service, and Product Pricing. Presently, HempAmericana is in a position to offer its CBD-based products at a 20 percent discount to participate in the market at ultra-competitive pricing so as to maximize its market and brand positioning and to offer exceptionally affordable pricing for those experiencing hardship and undue stress because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Mr. Salvador Rosillo, HempAmericana Chief Executive Officer, said, "After confronting a series of obstacles and falling behind our outlined schedule, we have mapped out a path to drive improved performance in the months ahead. We believe we will be able to mobilize multiple factors to boost our footprint in terms of potential customers we can reach, distribute to, and retain over time."

HempAmericana, Inc. (HMPQ), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.002, even for the day, on 3,905,838 volume with 50 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 6,063,154 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.001/$0.014899999.

Redstar Gold Corp. (RGCTF)

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Redstar Gold Corp.is a mineral development company with a strong institutional shareholder base focused on advancing the district scale, high-grade gold project on Unga and neighbouring Popof Island in the Aleutian Arc. The Company engages in the process of defining measured, indicated and inferred resources in four project areas with the aim of defining a combined, economic resource ready for mine development. OTCQB-listed, Redstar Gold is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The 100 percent owned Unga Gold Project in the Aleutian Islands contains manifold gold & silver vein systems. These include the Shumigan Trend and the Apollo-Sitka Trend, the latter of which hosted Akaska’s first gold mine (the Apollo-Sitka mine, 1886-1922). The majority of the known mineralization is free gold contained within two, epithermal, intermediate sulfidation trends, which extend for 9km each on Unga, and in a flat-lying tuff bed on Popof.

In addition, Redstar Gold retains a 30 percent interest in the Newman-Todd Gold Project situated in the Red Lake Mining District of Northern Ontario, creating a joint venture (JV) with Confederation Minerals (TSCV: CFM) to carry out more exploration and development. This project has been subject to 51,000 meters of drilling in 138 holes from 2005 to 2013.

Exploration to date identified a 1.8 km strike length, with mineralization open at depth. There has been a very good success rate of high-grade gold vein intersections (greater than 87 percent of drill holes intersected at least 5 g/t Au). Also, Redstar Gold controls two Board seats and about 18 percent of NV Gold Corp. (TSXV: NVX).

Last Friday, Redstar Gold announced that it completed geophysical and geochemical studies over a number of areas of anomalous mineralization on Unga and Popof to ascertain on-strike extent of known structures that have potential for new high grade gold zones. The Shumagin Trend is host to the high grade, SH1-Zone occurring on the same structure, where the Company has already defined an Inferred resource of 395,825 oz of gold equivalent with a grade of 14.2g/t gold equivalent (including 384,318 oz of gold at a grade of 13.8g/t) that makes it one of the highest grade gold deposits in North America. Aquila is positioned 6.5 kilometres SSW from the SH-1 Zone.

The results of the soil sampling program showed confirmation of the 1980s anomaly with 425m of strike of anomalous gold in soil; and a gold in soil anomaly 350m southeast of the 1980s discovery on the south side of the 050 striking Shumagin Trend fault indicating that this major structure may itself be mineralised.

The results also showed a further 500m strike of the gold in soil anomaly identified in the 1980s along an interpreted west-northwest conjugate fault (F1); another 400m long gold in soil anomaly 250m south of F1, extending along a parallel fault (F2); and an isolated gold anomaly in the northwest of the gridded area indicating a new gold zone to be prospected.

Redstar Gold Corp. (RGCTF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0211, up 2.9268%, on 70,050 volume with 5 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 103,449 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.01125/$0.035810001.

Transocean Ltd. (RIG)

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Together with its subsidiaries, Transocean Ltd. provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells globally. It specializes in technically demanding sectors of the international offshore drilling business with a specific emphasis on ultra-deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. The Company also mainly provides drilling rigs, related equipment, as well as work crews. Transocean has its corporate headquarters in Steinhausen, Switzerland.

Transocean serves integrated oil companies or their affiliates. The Company also serves government-controlled oil companies and independent oil companies.

The Company owns or has partial ownership interests in, and operates a fleet of 45 mobile offshore drilling units. These comprise 28 ultra-deepwater floaters, 14 harsh environment floaters and three midwater floaters. Furthermore, Transocean is constructing two ultra-deepwater drillships.

In May of 2018, Transocean acquired Songa Offshore SE. This acquisition added seven floaters, four of which were high specification harsh environment. In December of 2018, the Company acquired Ocean Rig UDW. This acquisition added 11 floaters, including four 7th gen UDW drillships. In October of 2019, Transocean successfully deployed the world's first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating unit, the Transocean Spitsbergen.

This past February, Transocean issued a quarterly Fleet Status Report. This Report provides the present status of, and contract information for, its fleet of offshore drilling rigs. Since its last Fleet Status Report in October of 2019, Transocean added roughly $366 million in contract backlog, bringing total backlog to $10.2 billion. The new contracts are for its Leiv Eiriksson, which was awarded a two-well contract, plus three one-well options in Norway; and Discoverer Inspiration, which was awarded a three-well contract, plus three one-well options in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

New contracts are also for Deepwater Asgard, which was awarded an estimated 200-day contract, plus four 74-day options in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; and Development Driller III, which was awarded a one-year contract in Trinidad. New contracts are also in place for its Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2, awarded a 180-day contract, plus three one-well options in Myanmar; and Leiv Eiriksson, awarded a one-well contract in Norway.

Furthermore, new contracts are for Deepwater Invictus – a customer exercised a one-year option in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; Transocean Norge – a customer exercised two one-well options in Norway; Deepwater Nautilus – a customer exercised 180-day option in Malaysia; and Deepwater Asgard – a customer exercised a 74-day option in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Transocean Ltd. (RIG), closed Wednesday's trading session at $1.28, up 7.563%, on 21,713,905 volume with 28,640 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 24,426,909 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.00999999/$9.78999996.

Valterra Resource Corporation (VRSCF)

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Valterra Resource Corporation is a Manex Resource Group Company. This Group provides expertise in exploration, administration, and corporate development services for Valterra's mineral properties in the Province of British Columbia, the State of Nevada, and Mexico. The Company previously went by the name Valterra Wines Ltd. It changed its corporate name to Valterra Resource Corporation to reflect its entry into the mineral resource sector in April of 2005. Incorproated in 1996, Valterra Resource has its head office in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB.

Valterra Resource mainly explores for copper, gold, and porphyry deposits. The Company’s projects include the Swift Katie Property, the Weepah Property, and the Los Reyes Project.

Its 100 percent-owned porphyry/shear-hosted Cu-Au-Ag Swift Katie property is positioned 7km SW of the village of Salmo, British Columbia. This large property comprises 19 contiguous MTO mineral claims in good-standing to 2025 that encompass an area of +83 sq. km.

The Weepah property is a mesothermal, high-grade gold exploration property in the highly productive Walker Lane Gold Belt, Nevada. This property has been explored and mined intermittently since 1902. The Weepah property is surrounded by growing resources including Columbus Gold’s Eastside deposit and West Kirkland’s Hasbrouck deposit. Weepah provides an opportunity to discover new gold resources in a historically productive district.

Valterra Resource signed an option agreement, in June of 2018, to acquire 100 percent of the Los Reyes Project, Chihuahua, Mexico for staged payments totalling $4 million over a 5 year period. This property comprises two claims totalling 45ha that encompass a highly prospective Cu-Au Skarn target within the Faja de Plata of north-central Mexico. This is one of the globe’s most productive areas for polymetallic Skarn and Carbonate Replacement Deposits (CRD). The Los Reyes Project is 12 kilometers south of the City of Jimenez, Chihuahua.

Valterra Resource Corporation (VRSCF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.03, even for the day, on 48,000 volume. The average volume for the last 3 months is 3,078 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.027699999/$0.275000005.

FingerMotion, Inc. (FNGR)

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FingerMotion, Inc. is a U.S. FinTech (Financial Technology) company with mobile payment and recharge platform operations in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It is one of five companies in China with access to wholesale rechargeable minutes by way of top-up credits on the mobile phone. The Company’s vision is to quickly grow its user base via organic means and have this growth develop into an ecosystem of users with high engagement rates using its unique applications.

JiuGe Information Technology is FingerMotion’s wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary. FingerMotion has its head office in China. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB.

FingerMotion is investing in research and development (R&D). Its chief area of emphasis is the development of “must have” applications for consumers and businesses. Its longer term focus is to develop a marketing platform capable of leveraging all the meta data collected by the leading telcos into a predictive model, which is able to isolate and extract consumer behavior and habits for future monetization.

FingerMotion is developing value added technologies to market to its users. The Company ultimately hopes to serve more than 1 billion users in the China market and eventually expand the model to other regional markets.

In late October 2019, FingerMotion announced its financial results for the quarter ended August 31, 2019. Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Martin Shen, said, “I am very pleased with the improvement in our JiuGe subsidiary, as we posted our first ever gross profit for the quarter. We believe this achievement has elevated us to an elite class of Chinese e-commerce businesses that have reached profitability.”

The latest financial results reflect an improved balance sheet and quarter-over-quarter growth. FingerMotion maintained momentum in their Revenues mainly driven by their strategic partnerships regarding top-up growth. Its Gross Transaction Volume (GTV) for Q2 was $181 million. This represents a 15 percent quarter over quarter increase in comparison to the $157 million realized in Q1. This translates to an annual run rate of $722 million.

The Company stated that the SMS business is also gaining noticeable traction. Moreover, the JiuGe subsidiary was awarded contracts to market China Mobile’s products and services online, in ShanXi and SiChuan provinces, which have a combined population of greater than 115 million people.

FingerMotion, Inc. (FNGR), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.49, up 63.3333%, on 18,600 volume with 13 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 3,331 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.25/$9.4499998.

Sino United Worldwide Consolidated Ltd. (SUIC)

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Sino United Worldwide Consolidated Ltd. is a FinTech (Financial Technology) company. It provides Venture Financing and Blockchain services to five sectors. These include “Logistics & Trade”, “Vehicle & Transportation”, “Finance & Coin”, and “Medical & Healthcare”, and a new addition, “FinTech.” The Company previously went by the name AJ Greentech Holdings Ltd. It changed its name to Sino United Worldwide Consolidated Ltd. in July of 2017. Established in 2009, the Company is based in Flushing, New York. Sino United’s Asian operating center is located in Hong Kong and Singapore.

The Company’s primary business is in Blockchain, in 4 Sectors. These are Blockchain in Logistics and Trade; Blockchain in Vehicle and Transportation; Blockchain in Finance And Coin; and Blockchain in Medical and Healthcare. The addition of the FinTech sector to Sino United’s Blockchain services includes a complete update in which the Company will build up its own internal capabilities through actively starting a Blockchain training program, developing a 3rd generation Smart Contract Blockchain under the Sino United brand, and using these capabilities to provide a comprehensive ICO consultancy.

In December of 2018, Sino United Worldwide Consolidated and USADAE (American Digital Asset Exchange) revealed the Joint Venture (JV) to launch the new FinTech trading platform, embarking on the first worldwide Blockchain conglomerate as a hub for innovative Blockchain technology and unique Blockchain projects. The partnership adjoins the sanctioned practices of regulated and inventive finance and exchanges and the present flourishing digital world enabled by Blockchain, Distributed Ledger and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.

This Sino United-USADAE alliance offers clients security and storage services, and also trade execution for crypto, digital assets. The alliance will merge their strong trading platform technology and premium selection of digital tokens, adopting rigorous assessment utilizing the latest in proof-of-reputation algorithms and other advanced programs.

Recently, Sino United Worldwide Consolidated announced that it and iDrink Technology Co. Ltd., Taiwan signed a Share Exchange Agreement (SEA) to work together on the distribution of iDrink Smart IoT (Internet of Things) Vending Machines in the global market. Upon closing of this SEA, Sino United will acquire a 20 percent stake in iDrink in exchange for delivery, by Sino United to iDrink, of 1,000,000 Sino United Worldwide Consolidated restricted common shares.

Upon closing, Sino United’s plan is to assist iDrink in developing its marketing plans and to implement strategic marketing alternatives internationally. Sino United’s belief is that this interaction is a major milestone, which will provide new growth opportunities for Sino United and iDrink, combining the complementary strengths to become a laterally positioned provider of smart IoT vending solutions.

Sino United Worldwide Consolidated Ltd. (SUIC), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.87, up 70.5882%, on 1,260 volume with 4 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 457 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.310000002/$5.00.

XT Energy Group, Inc. (XTEG)

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XT Energy Group, Inc. provides renewable energy services. It centers on the development of electricity generation systems, installation of photovoltaic solar panels, as well as related products. XT Energy Group serves customers in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and in the United States. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB. The Company previously went by the name Xiangtian (USA) Air Power Co., Ltd. It changed its name to XT Energy Group, Inc. in November of last year. Established in 2008 by Deng Rong Zhou, XT Energy Group has its corporate headquarters in Xianning, Hubei Province, China.

XT Energy Group engages in the compressed air energy storage field, chiefly in the PRC. XT Energy offers air compression power generation systems with a photovoltaic (PV) installation for industrial users, including factories and power plants; and PV systems without the air compression generation technology. XT Energy engages in the production of electricity generation systems, which combines the compressed air storage technology with photovoltaic panels of the Company. Furthermore, XT employs proprietary compressed air energy storage power generation technology that can store energy for other alternative energy sources such as using solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal as raw power to regenerate electricity power without the use of fossil fuels or other chemical methods.

In addition, the Company provides air source heat pump systems that transfers heat from outside to inside of a building, or vice versa; PV panels; synthetic fuel and related products, such as fuel additives, engine lubricants, and methanol fuel. XT Energy also provides hydraulic parts consisting of hydraulic cylinders, diesel pumps, motor oil pumps, and hydraulic valves. Moreover, XT Energy designs and manufactures hydraulic pump stations, cylinders, and also high-pressure valves.

In essence, XT Energy Group is a holding company primarily engaged in energy-related businesses. The Company is involved in the installation of power generation systems by way of its subsidiaries and controlled entities.

XT Energy Group, Inc. (XTEG), closed Wednesday's trading session at $1.28, up 82.8571%, on 1,300 volume with 4 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 573 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.699999988/$6.5999999.

Gratitude Health, Inc. (GRTD)

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Gratitude Health, Inc. manufactures, sells, and markets functional ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages under the Gratitude brand. The Company’s Founders, Mr. Roy Warren and Mr. Andy Schamisso, are beverage veterans with more than three decades of experience in the industry. Gratitude Health was formed to manufacture healthy, unique, and certified-organic beverages for a consumer market interested in healthy aging. Established in 2017, Gratitude Health is based in North Palm Beach, Florida and lists on the OTCQB.

Gratitude Health announced last year that it entered into a definitive exchange and spinoff agreement with Vapir Enterprises, Inc., previously traded under the symbol VAPI. The combination facilitated Gratitude Health, Inc. to become a publicly traded company. With the agreement, Vapir Management retains its operations, intellectual property (IP), assets, and liabilities. It will continue as a separate operating entity and will not be involved in the beverage business.  Vapir is a developer and manufacturer of vaporization devices.

Gratitude Health offers flavored and unsweetened RTD teas. The Company’s alternative food and beverage options are nutrient rich. They feature reduced or eliminated carbohydrate and sugar levels. Moreover, they are full of anti-oxidants and organic ingredients. Each bottle contains no more than 45 calories. Gratitude Health’s 16 oz proprietary bottles feature collectible debossed designs intended to be reused and repurposed.

The Company pan-roasts its tea by hand. Its tea flavors include Dragon Well Green Tea Peach; Dragon Well Green Tea Mint; Dragon Well Green Tea Wildberry; Dragon Well Green Tea Blood Orange; and Dragon Well Green Tea Original. Dragon Well tea (culturally known as "Longjing") comes from the pristine, certified-organic fields of Hangzhou China. Dragon Well tea has the distinction of being named "The Tea of Emperors". It is the most popular in The People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Gratitude Health’s next proprietary product line will further advance the Company mantra of providing healthy, functional drink offerings by specifically targeting what Gratitude call’s “nutrition for  aging.” The forthcoming line of innovative, nutrition-rich and balanced meal-replacement drinks will provide a scientifically proven weapon to battle this disease. Therefore, Gratitude Health has contracted with a world-class scientific advisory body to develop ketogenically balanced macro-nutrient delivery. The Company is nearing the end of this formulation and development process.

Recently, Gratitude Health announced its plans to launch KetoRefuel™. This is the world’s first Ready-to-Drink (RTD) line of ketogenic meal-replacement shakes. This product is targeted for launch in Q2 2019. The first drinks to launch in the KetoRefuel lineup will be Chocolate, Vanilla and Caffeinated Mocha Ketogenic Meal-Replacement Shakes in 16.9 oz, shelf-stable Tetra Pak® containers that are re-sealable and have been consumer-tested for user-friendliness.

Gratitude Health, Inc. (GRTD), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0272, up 262.6667%, on 23,398 volume with 8 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 8,882 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.006/$0.087800003.

Alpine 4 Technologies  Ltd. (ALPP)

Stockhouse, MarketWatch, Proactive Investors, Investors Hangout, Uptick Newswire, Wallet Investor, GuruFocus, TradingView, InvestorsHub, OTC Markets, Barchart, Market Screener, Financial Content, Investor Place, and Capital Cube reported earlier on Alpine 4 Technologies  Ltd. (ALPP),  and today we choose to highlight the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Alpine 4 Technologies Ltd. is  a  technology and manufacturing holding company. It has business-related endeavors in Automotive Technologies, Electronics Manufacturing, Software and Data Technologies. Established in 2014, Alpine 4 Technologies has its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The Company lists on the OTC Markets’ OTCQB.

Alpine 4’s’s subsidiaries and product groups include ALTIA;  Quality Circuit Assembly (QCA); and Venture West Energy Services. ALTIA is an automotive products company. The Quality Circuit Assembly (QCA) subsidiary  provides electronic contract manufacturing solutions delivered to its customers through strategic business partnerships. Venture West Energy Services centers on supporting the oil and gas industry in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

The Company’s focus is on how the adaptation of new technologies, even in brick and mortar businesses, can increase innovation. The core of its acquisition strategy is its emphasis on existing smaller middle market operating companies with Revenues of $5 to $50 million. 

The design of Alpine 4 Technologies is to allow its subsidiaries room to develop their own identities and synergistically prosper from inter-company resources and collaboration. Alpine 4 will own controlling interest in every subsidiary. Moreover, it will also have direct control over planning and management. 

Alpine 4 Technologies completed its acquisition of American Precision Fabricators, Inc. (APF) in 2018. The acquisition adds to Alpine 4’s technology manufacturing sector play, which started in 2016 with its purchase of Quality Circuit Assembly (QCA). This is the fourth acquisition that Alpine 4 Technologies has made in two years.

Recently, Alpine 4 Technologies announced that it concluded its beta pilots of SPECTRUMebos. This is a blockchain Enterprise Business Operating System that it started developing in 2017. The Company anticipates moving those pilot sessions to full production in Q1 2019 with its subsidiaries: Quality Circuit Assembly and American Precision Fabricators.

SPECTRUMebos is an Enterprise Business Operating System (EBOS) developed by Alpine 4 Technologies. It combines the key technology software components of Accounting and Financial Reporting with that of an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP), a Document Management System (DMS), a Business Intelligence (BI) platform and a Customer Resource Management (CRM) hub that are all tied to a management reporting and collaboration toolset.

Alpine 4 Technologies continued with its DSF acquisition strategy last week with the announcement that it completed the acquisition of Morris Sheet Metal, Corp. and JT Spiral (MSM). Alpine 4 took effective control of the companies on January 1, 2019. The acquisitions are the first for Alpine 4's construction services holdings portfolio.

Morris Sheet Metal and JT Spiral were formed in 1992. They primarily service large industrial clients in the food manufacturing industry. Their services include design, fabrication and installation of dust collectors, commercial ductwork, kitchen hoods, industrial ventilation systems, machine guards, architectural work, water furnaces and much more.

Alpine 4 Technologies  Ltd. (ALPP), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.067, up 78.6667%, on 6,356,734 volume with 461 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 1,031,974 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.000099999/$0.439999997.

Nutritional High International,  Inc. (SPLIF)

Wallet Investor, SECFilings.com News, Marketwired, SmallCapVoice, Daily Marijuana Observer, CFN Media Group, Barchart, Insider Financial, 4-Traders, The Street, and Promotion Stock Secrets reported previously on Nutritional High International,  Inc. (SPLIF), and today we are highlighting the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Nutritional High International, Inc. centers on developing, manufacturing, and distributing products and nationally recognized brands in the hemp and marijuana-infused products industries. These include edibles and oil extracts for nutritional, medical, and adult recreational use. The Company works exclusively via licensed facilities in jurisdictions where such activity is permitted and regulated by state law. Nutritional High International is based in Toronto, Ontario and the Company lists on the OTCQB.

Pertaining to its Hemp-Infused Products segment, Nutritional High launched the first product in its Active Hemp category under the brand of “Nutritional Traditions”. For this segment, first distribution will focus on California and Colorado by way of cannabis-related retail stores: medical marijuana dispensaries, vape lounges and headshops; and Food Supplement retail stores.

Regarding its Marijuana-Infused Products segment, the Company concentrates on developing, acquiring, and designing Marijuana-Infused Products  (MIPs) and Marijuana Concentrate products and brands. With this segment, Nutritional High is establishing operations in Colorado and Illinois. The Company is working to expand into more U.S. States in support of its strategy to establish some of the first nationally-recognized brands for MIPs.

Recently, Nutritional High International announced that it entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to purchase a controlling 51 percent interest in Tres Ojos Naturals, LLC d/b/a SolDaze, a limited liability company from Santa Cruz, California. SolDaze produces cannabis infused fruit snacks in California that undergo distribution by Nutritional High’s distributor, Calyx Distributions.

Nutritional High International also recently reported that effective February 1, 2019, the City of Sacramento Cannabis Policy & Enforcement rescinded local authorization for cannabis manufacturing for Pasa Verde, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company. Without local authorization in place, the California Department of Public Health was required to revoke Pasa Verde’s state temporary manufacturing license.

This does not in any way affect the licensing of Nutritional High International’s distribution operations under Calyx Brands, the temporary-licensed cannabis distribution subsidiary of the Company. Additionally, it has minimal impact on Company operations.

Mr. Jim Frazier, Nutritional High International’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “While we had hoped to maintain the local authorization at FLI Labs NorCal and secure the BOP [Business Operating Permit] early on in the build-out period, this is a minor shift in our operations. We look forward to working with the City on a new BOP, completing the build-out and moving forward with fully compliant manufacturing, production and packaging operations at scale in Sacramento.”

Nutritional High International,  Inc. (SPLIF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.018, up 39.5349%, on 51,897 volume with 10 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 60,981 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.008299999/$0.219999998.

Wealthcraft Capital, Inc. (WCCP)

OTC Markets, MarketWatch, InvestorsHub, 4-Traders, Stockhouse, Simply Wall St, WalletInvestor, Penny Stock Hub, Penny Stock Tweets, Barchart, Stock Target Advisor, InvestorPlace, and Silicon Investor reported on Wealthcraft Capital, Inc. (ENRT), and today we are highlighting the Company, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Wealthcraft Capital, Inc. concentrates on the investment of capital in private companies, which are interested in expanding their business through gaining better access to capital, management consulting, as well as business development. Mr. Adam D. Sexton is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company.

Mr. Sexton is an experienced business, entertainment, and digital media leader. He has wide-ranging experience launching and operating disruptive digital products and services for worldwide entertainment, technology industry leaders, as well as start-ups.

Wealthcraft Capital was previously known as Wealthcraft Systems, Inc. It changed its name to Wealthcraft Capital, Inc. in February of 2017. The Company’s shares trade on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB. Wealthcraft Capital has its corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California.

Recently, WealthCraft Capital announced the acquisition of a majority interest in Geaux Industries in exchange for $1,000,000 of the Company’s common stock at market value. Geaux Industries is a provider of security services for commercial, retail and industrial customers, with customized services and special patrol methods applicable for the cannabis industry.

Geaux Industries is licensed by the California Department of Consumer Affairs. For selected security operations, Geaux does business under the franchised name of Signal 88 Security. The exchange agreement provides for Wealthcraft Capital to acquire the minority interest, under certain terms and conditions.

Mr. Sexton said, “With the legalization of recreational cannabis in California on January 1, 2018, the Company believes that there is a significant market opportunity for Geaux Industries to be one of the leading providers of specialized security services.”

Geaux Industries will continue to address the market with inventive new technologies and services and creative business models for the traditional and non-traditional businesses.

At the closing, Wealthcraft Capital CEO, Adam Sexton, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors of Geaux Industries.

Wealthcraft Capital, Inc. (ENRT), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.2876, up 91.7333%, on 12,387 volume with 7 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 565 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.052000001/$0.600000023.

The QualityStocks Company Corner

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

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

Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX: EFR) (NYSE American: UUUU) was featured today in a publication from Investing News Network. The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference hosted thousands of attendees from all corners of the resource industry this year, including media members, industry insiders, executives and analysts. During the conference, the Investing News Network caught up with executives in the base metals and energy spaces to learn more about their companies and their predictions regarding the future of the mining space moving forward.

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 Wednesday's trading session at $1.31, up 1.5504%, on 1,151,710 volume with 3,929 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 1,363,653 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.779999971/$3.72000002.

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Champignon Brands Inc. (FWB: 496) (CSE: SHRM) (OTC: SHRMF)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Champignon Brands Inc. (CSE: SHRM).

Champignon Brands Inc. (CSE: SHRM) (OTC: SHRMF) (FWB: 496) is a Canadian research-driven company specializing in the formulation of medicinal-mushroom health products, and novel delivery platforms for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. SHRM is poised for rapid growth as the emerging psychedelics sector has been on the rise amid volatility that is taking place in the global financial markets. Also today, the company was featured in the 420 with CNW by CannabisNewsWire. The last time the world faced anything as life-changing as the Coronavirus was a century ago. The pandemic has shown just how unprepared most countries were for a health crisis of this magnitude. The virus first appeared in Wuhan, China and has spread to all continents except Antarctica. Over 1.3 million individuals have been infected worldwide, with at least 73,000 lives lost.

Champignon Brands Inc. (FWB: 496) (CSE: SHRM) (OTC: SHRMF) is a research-driven company specializing in the formulation and distribution of a suite of artisanal mushroom health supplements. Dedicated to revolutionizing conventional organic teas, coffees and other consumables with the infusion of a proprietary blend of artisanal mushrooms, Champignon’s expanding portfolio is crafted with the health-conscious consumer in mind.

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Champignon’s team aims to promote the health and wellness benefits of functional mushrooms, which are used in a wide variety of health care and pharmaceutical products.

Brands

Champignon’s mushroom-derived consumer packaged goods (CPGs) portfolio includes its flagship brand, Vitality Superteas. Each carefully curated Vitality Supertea formulation was developed with the intent of helping individuals enhance and enrich their wellbeing one cup of mushroom-infused tea at a time.

Also in the portfolio are Nourish Force Supertea, a blend of Reishi Ryobus Tea Mix; Mighty Recharge Supertea, created with Lions Mane Tropical Green Ginseng Tea Mix; and Brain Enhance Supertea, a blend of Cordycep Hibiscus and Berries Tea Mix – all of which are formulated with organic ingredients and chosen for their ability to provide unique health and performance benefits.

Champignon’s flagship e-commerce store, VitalitySuperTeas.com, takes advantage of the burgeoning craft mushroom vertical space with a selection of mushroom-infused teas and accessories.

Functional Mushroom Market

Demand for consumer products infused with the nutritional and bioactive benefits of mushrooms is fueling a global market projected to reach $34.3 billion by 2024, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 8.04% from 2019-2024 (ResearchandMarkets), with Europe seen as the fastest growth leader.

According to the market study, in highest demand are products infused with Reishi – a traditional Chinese medicine also known as the “Elixer of Life” and “Mushroom of Immortality – Lions Mane and Cordyceps, followed by other types of medicinal mushrooms.

Advances in Legalization

Legalization of psychedelics for use in medicine is gaining momentum across the United States. Denver, Colorado, and Oakland and Santa Cruz, California, have decriminalized the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic molecule found in various mushrooms, while movements for legalization are gaining ground in Oregon and Iowa, among others. Decriminalize California recently teamed up with the Beckley Foundation to replicate Oakland’s success of decriminalization throughout the state of California.

An increasing number of researchers are turning their attention toward the study of psilocybin as a means to treat otherwise untreatable illnesses. The molecule’s ability to provide landmark treatment options for depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), migraines and addiction is gaining widespread acceptance among medical professionals, unicorn investors and accredited institutions.

Potential Applications

Historical data and new scientific studies suggest therapeutic benefits of psychedelics in many areas, including drug addiction, alcoholism, depression, migraines, smoking cessation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The market potential in these areas are significant. To reference just one of the above conditions, the mental health arena has been frequently neglected over the last 30 years, though new research is beginning to further reinforce that psychedelic compounds have the potential to produce more effective treatments than what is currently available.

According to the World Health Organization, 25% of the world’s populous will be afflicted by mental health and/or neurological disorders. Presently, approximately 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health, productive loss and disability worldwide.

Additionally, PTSD affects approximately 2.2% of the U.S. population; 7.7 million people will have PTSD at some point in their lives. Recent published studies have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of certain psychedelics when administered in a medically supervised and monitored approach.
A renaissance in alternative medicines is emerging, and Champignon has set in motion its strategy to become a key player.

2020 Stealth IP Strategy

Champignon plans to biosynthesize psilocybin within the first three months of conducting laboratory experiments, with the objective of achieving optimized and scaled production of pharmaceutical-grade psilocybin for deployment in clinical settings. This strategy includes:

  • Alternative medicine (psilocybin) IP aggregation
  • Development of cGMP formulations of bioactive compounds extracted from plants and Fungi
  • Drafting of benchmark SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
  • Patient aggregation, focusing on veterans

Defining a New Asset Class: Psychedelic-Inspired Medicines

In the third quarter of 2020, Champignon – through clinical trials, a compelling IP portfolio and clinical pipeline and drug development platform – plans to advance its pursuit of treatments underpinned by psychedelic substances. This strategy is broken down into two ties:

  • Non-Hallucinogenic Medicines
    • Microdosing Psilocybin/LSD
    • MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy
  • Hallucinogenic Medicines
    • Psilocybin high dose
    • LSD high dose

Partnerships

Companies worldwide are beginning to incorporate functional mushrooms into their product offerings, taking advantage of growing consumer awareness of known health benefits of the ingredients found in mushrooms.

Champignon in November 2019 entered into a distribution partnership with Eurolife Brands Inc. (CSE: EURO), a leading global markets cannabis brand empowering the medical, recreational and CPG cannabis industry worldwide through a data-driven CBD marketplace supported by exclusive and unbiased physician-backed cannabis education and detailed consumer analytics. Under the agreement, Champignon’s branded products are integrated into Eurolife’s e-commerce platform, along with potential distribution opportunities in select brick-and-mortar retail locations in Europe.

Champignon also has an R&D/production formulation agreement with Drip Coffee Social Ltd., located in Nanaimo, British Columbia, which calls for the infusion of Champignon’s proprietary mushroom extract blend into a suite of cold brew coffee products and signature in-house formulations.

Leadership

Gareth Birdsall, CEO, Corporate Secretary and Director
Gareth Birdsall has more than seven years of experience working in diverse agricultural roles such as the cultivation of various fungi, in particular Cordycepes, Reishi, Lions Mane and Chaga. He is an attendee of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, studying marketing management and finance.

Steven Brohman, CPA, CFO
Steven Brohman has more than 10 years of experience working in a variety of roles with public and private companies. He has had extensive training in the audit of publicly traded companies on the TXS, TSX Venture Exchange and OTC markets, and serves as CFO and director of various public and private companies. Brohman has a bachelor’s degree of business administration and obtained his Chartered Professional Accountant designation.

Jerry Habuda, Director
Jerry Habuda brings to Champignon over 35 years of expertise in law enforcement and specialized units. From 1977 to 2012, he served as a police officer with the Toronto Police Department. During his tenure, he was assigned to the Major Crimes Unit, investigating robberies and home invasions. He was assigned to patrol the Toronto Community Housing projects at Jane/Finch to control drug trafficking and gun violence. Habuda was with the Warrant Unit where he tracked down and arrested wanted criminals. From 1993-1997, he was assigned to the Northwest Drug Squad on undercover and surveillance work, executing narcotic search warrants. Between 2002 and 2004, Habuda headed the Street Violence Task Force, a special unit designed to curb gun and drug violence that was terrorizing the city at the time.

Champignon Brands Inc. (CSE: SHRMF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.6116, up 2.4971%, on 144,781 volume with 79 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 249,461 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.221/$0.699999988.

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Hemptown USA

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Hemptown USA.

Hemptown USA, a privately-owned grower of full-spectrum, feminized hemp using premium-seed genetics, recently lowered the price of its leading immunity-booster in response to the challenging times the world is facing, and the product rapidly sold out. Hemptown’s CBG IMMUNO CAPS are comprised of a proprietary blend of CBG (cannabigerol), CBD (cannabinoid), echinacea, elderberry, oregano and thyme. To pre-order Hemptown’s CBG IMMUNO CAPS, visit http://nnw.fm/7gk4A

Hemptown USA, headquartered in Central Point, Oregon, is a proven grower of full-spectrum hemp biomass grown using premium seed genetics that contain less than 0.3% THC and exceptionally high cannabinoid (CBD) content of up to 20%. The company's "soil to oil" methodology combines seasoned professionals working in hand-picked agricultural microclimates located in Oregon's famed Emerald Triangle, Kentucky and Colorado.

Hemptown has exclusive rights to 1 million rare CBG (cannabigerol) seeds genetically programmed to yield from 15% to 20% full-spectrum non-intoxicating cannabinoids. As a result of a long-standing relationship with the one of the world's most respected cannabis breeding companies – Oregon CBD Seeds – Hemptown is positioned to be a leading CBG producer in the U.S. in 2019 and beyond.

In 2018 Hemptown's harvest from its Oregon hemp farm was 150,000 pounds of full-spectrum biomass with CBD content hovering around 17%. 2018 harvest revenue expected to range from $8.1 million to $12.6 million. The company is scaling up operations in 2019 to meet market demands and projects it will reap over 1,000,000 pounds. By 2020, Hemptown projects potential revenues in the $100 million to $200 million range are possible once additional farming operations are at full strength.

Growth Strategy

By 2020, Hemptown anticipates it will have more than 3,000 acres in several states dedicated to hemp farming. Expansion plans include increasing in-house extraction capabilities to boost profit margins by providing additional CBD and CBG isolates and distillation services. Development of business-to-business channels as well as new products and formulations for the direct-to-consumer market, along with several strategic acquisitions, are also key to Hemptown's growth strategy.

Hemptown plans to expand distribution and growing operations globally through strategic partnerships and development of contracts with leading Fortune 500 brands in European markets. The company intends to grow its IP portfolio by developing a proprietary water-soluble cannabinoid delivery system. Not to be confused with water-compatibility, water-soluble cannabinoids combine seamlessly with other liquids, have a superior shelf life, and deliver dramatically increased efficacy to the consumer.

Branded Products

Hemptown's first in-house branded product line combines the inspiring strength found in the unbridled nature that surrounds the company's original hemp farm in the Siskiyou Klamath region of Oregon. Sisku is set to redefine the cannabinoid packaged goods space with an elegant look, clean feel and potent, reliable efficacy.

Custom product lines can also be created for any product manufacturer as Hemptown brings GMP and ISO accredited processing facilities online in 2019. Together with Oregon CBD Seeds and Hemptown's product sciences team, Hemptown will be able to create custom, proprietary full-spectrum CBD and CBG oils and pure isolates.

Management Team

Company Chairman Rod Wolterman founded Hemptown's Oregon operations in 2016. He has extensive experience in the cannabis sector having been active within the space since 1998. Wolterman has also acted as a private equity investor in numerous medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation operations in southern California.

CEO John Cummings has over 20 years of experience in finance, marketing, sales and project management. He led the compliance and special projects efforts for Kings Garden, one of the largest vertically integrated operators in California. Cummings also spent a year in Europe launching the continent's first GMP and ISO-accredited cultivation and manufacturing facility.

Dr. Gordon Chiu is chief science officer for Hemptown USA. He has more than 15 years of combined domestic and international experience in biomedical, chemical, cosmetic, medical and technology industries. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's degree from Seton Hall University, Chiu is leading Hemptown's cannabinoid research team and is responsible for filing IP patents, specifically in the areas of water-solubility, bioavailability and peptide sequencing.


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InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI).

Travel-accommodations insurance provider InsuraGuest Technologies (TSX.V: ISGI) offers its proprietary insurtech software platform that delivers specialized hospitality liability coverages to hotel and vacation rentals. To view the full article, visit http://nnw.fm/W0k2Y

InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI) is a leading global SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) company leveraging its proprietary, flagship insurtech (insurance + technology) software, InsuraGuest, which is integrated with the property management systems of hotels and vacation rentals to deliver custom Hospitality Liability coverages.

InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability coverages are purchased by hotels and vacation rental properties, which can address claims from guests and their room occupants. The combination of the integrated software and customized insurance provides the property liability coverages the guests benefit from in the event a loss is incurred during their stay.

The Hospitality Liability policy is offered through integration of InsuraGuest’s API with the clients’ property management systems. InsuraGuest’s platform is currently capable of integrating with approximately 71 different hotel and vacation rental property management systems, giving it access to millions of rooms worldwide.

InsuraGuest continues to pursue expansion opportunities in the United States, and has plans to expand to its distribution platform and Hospitality Liability coverages to the United Kingdom and Europe regions by third quarter 2020, as well as expansion into Asia by the end of 2020.

Protection that Enhances the Guest’s Experience

InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability coverages add a layer of protection for the property on a primary basis, should a guest experience an accident or theft while staying at an InsuraGuest member hotel or vacation rental property.

Market Opportunity

The U.S. hotel industry generated more than $218 billion in annual revenues in 2018, an increase of $10 billion from the previous year, according to STR’s 2019 HOST Almanac. The European market is more than double the size of the U.S. market. According to Oxford Economics, there were 6.4 billion nights stayed in the world, with 2.6 billion hotel nights stayed in Asia, 2.8 billion nights stayed in Europe, and 1.1 billion stayed nights in the United States. Additionally, $100 billion was spent on vacation rentals in the United States, where there approximately 4.5 million second homes are being managed by a third-party rental company.

With distribution in Europe and the United States, InsuraGuest’s combined demographics will total 3.9 billion nights stayed, and will more than double its vacation rental opportunities.

Within this burgeoning, high-demand industry is risk of liability to guest injury. For example, gym injuries are among the top five most common hotel accidents. Without proper hedges in place, the property may be liable in a personal injury claim or lawsuit that are not the properties fault.

Though the potential for accidents, slip and falls and mishaps can be widespread, it can be covered under the InsuraGuest Hospitality Liability policy to provide guests a worry-free and enjoyable stay that potentially increases loyalty for the property.

Investment Consideration

  • Targeting hotels and vacation rentals, a multi-billion-dollar industry
  • Providing the first line of defense in case of accident, loss or death
  • Expanding distribution reach with footing in European hotel and vacation rental markets
  • Expansion into Asia by 2020

Executive Team

Douglas Anderson, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Douglas Anderson has been a businessman in the real estate industry for nearly 30 years. His business expertise includes master planning and development implementation for larger-scale resorts, business parks and commercial developments across the USA and two provinces in Canada. His business endeavors include the founding of the 7th larger private equity fund in America focusing on multifamily and senior care (ROC Fund/Bridge IPG Fund). He serves as chairman/founder of a golf and winter sports ski holding company with operations in four major east coast markets and British Columbia, Canada.

Anderson earned a Bachelor of Science in consumer studies with an emphasis in architecture as an undergraduate at the University of Utah. He subsequently earned his MBA. He also attended a three-year OPM Program a postgraduate business education at Harvard Business School in Boston. Anderson is an avid skier and outdoor enthusiast.

Logan Anderson, CFO & Director
Logan Anderson (bachelor’s degree in communications, accounting and economics) holds the designation of ACA with the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand. He began his career as an associate chartered accountant in New Zealand and then Canada. This was followed by his position as controller of a management services company which was responsible for the management of numerous private and publicly traded companies. Since 1993, Anderson has served as president of Amteck Financial Corp. (and its predecessors), a private financial consulting services company servicing both private and public companies. He is a former director of 3D Systems, Inc. (NYSE: DDD), and was formerly a founder, officer, and director of Worldbid.com. Anderson has also been involved in raising funds for numerous private and public companies in all stages of their development and has been an officer and director for numerous public and private companies over the past 40 years.

Charles James Cayias, President & Director
Charles James Cayias is also the president and owner of Charles James Cayias Insurance Inc. He is a third-generation insurance professional whose creativity and artistic vision have enabled him to establish a full-service agency combined with the personal service each client deserves. His outstanding people skills, honesty, integrity and fairness are evident by his loyal and growing clientele, the majority of which are referrals who become long-time customers and friends. Cayias began his insurance career in the early 1970s and has been licensed since 1977. He is licensed in all 50 states and specializes in niche programs. He has extensive expertise in all aspects of the insurance industry including commercial insurance, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, professional liability, risk management and bonding.

Tony Sansone, COO & VP of Finance
Tony Sansone has over 30 years of financial, operations and business development experience which includes serving as CFO in the health care, foodservice distribution, manufacturing and technology sectors, including public company experience. He has held senior finance positions in the banking, telecommunications, medical products, and food & drug retailer industries, closing over $430 million of private debt, equity and line of credit financings and over $350 million of a merger, acquisitions, real estate and state incentive transactions, including due diligence, negotiations, closing, and integration. Sansone coordinated and was the executive sponsor for four ERP implementations and multiple other best-in-class software & technology solutions. He received his MBA from the University of Utah and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Utah State University. Sansone also currently serves as president-elect of the Utah Chapter of Financial Executives International and a past president and current member of the board of trustees for Catholic Community Services of Utah. He is the proud father of three children.

Christopher J. Panos, Vice President & Director
Christopher J. Panos is a highly competitive sales professional with over 15 years of territory manager sales experience and an award-winning record of achievements. He is exceptionally well organized with a proven work history that demonstrates self-discipline, superb communication skills, and the initiative to achieve both personal and corporate goals. Panos is successful in building relationships with a large network of industry professionals in order to grow and maintain new and existing business, exceed new sales objectives and provide in-depth product training to authorized dealers and sales personnel.

Alexander Walker III ESQ, Corporate Counsel & Director
Alexander Walker III ESQ has served as director of the company since September of 2018 and as counsel to the company since July of 2018. Walker is an attorney and has been a member of the Utah Bar Association since 1987 and a member of the Nevada State Bar since 2003. His practice has involved general business litigation, in both federal and state courts, and transactional work, including securities offerings and registration, corporate formation and periodic reporting compliance. Walker has provided legal services to emerging businesses throughout his carrier and at times has served as an officer and board member as well as legal counsel public companies. His duties as legal counsel for a public company engaged in the business of ownership and operation of coal-producing properties in the western United States included oversight of corporate-related legal matters including securities reporting, corporate compliance, federal and state mining regulation, and employment law oversight. He also has served as the chair of the Mining Committee of the Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section of the Utah State Bar, a member of the board of directors of the South East Utah Energy Producers Association, the co-chair of the board of the Western Energy Training Center, a board member of the Utah Supreme Court Committee to Review the ABA Recommendations Regarding the Office of Professional Conduct, and a board member of the University of Utah Crimson Club.

Jennifer Epperson, Vice President of Sales
Jennifer Epperson has over 20 years of B2B sales experience with exceptional success history. She has grown and developed sales territories across multiple industries. Her ability to find and develop strategic relationships has given her top-level performance throughout her career. Epperson’s passion and knowledge provide an inherent ability to connect and retain relationships for the growth of the company. Throughout her professional career, she has achieved peak performance sales results and awards year after year. She captures the vision of the company and drives it forward with enthusiasm and expertise. Her commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience has been the key to her success.

Richard Matthews, Interim Financial Controller
Richard Matthews joined the InsuraGuest team in March 2019 as the interim financial controller. Leading the Finance and Audit team, Matthews is responsible for the delivery of financial services such as accounting, treasury, reporting, budgeting and insurance management, in accordance with legislative requirements and organizational policies and strategies. He has over 30 years of experience in providing professional services across a broad range of finance areas including compliance, business process, audit, and financial reporting. He holds a degree in accounting from the University of Utah and is a licensed CPA in the state of Utah.

Roger Bloss, Corporate Consultant & Board Advisor
Roger Bloss joined InsuraGuest in August of 2019 to advise the company and its board on hotel transactions, contributing his knowledge from more than 40 years in the hospitality industry. Bloss previously served in executive positions with several major hotel franchise companies and in 1996 founded Vantage Hospitality Group hotel brands. Under his leadership, Vantage became a Top 10 global hotel company and made the Inc. 500/5000 list of Americas’ fastest-growing private companies for eight straight years. Bloss was named Lodging Magazine’s “Innovator of the Year” in 2006 and 2010, and in 2009 earned a spot on HSMAI’s “Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing.” Bloss joined Red Lion Hotels Corporation (RLHC) in September 2016 in conjunction with the acquisition of Vantage.

Jim Kilduff, Board Advisor
James “Jim” C. Kilduff has nearly 40 years of experience in the insurance and risk management sectors. He is a dynamic and energetic team leader and builder with extensive experience in the changes affecting the insurance business through Gas, alternative distribution, insurtechs and program business. His skillset includes experience as chief insurance officer with Outdoorsy Insurance Group, CEO with Harbor Hill Solutions Inc., and senior vice president and chief marketing officer with State National Insurance Companies. His career has spanned MGA creation and management, insurance company management, business development and underwriting, primary insurance and reinsurance.

Don Archibald, Board Advisor
Don Archibald brings to InsuraGuest’s advisory board 54 years of experience as an insurance agent. Archibald is the founder and former owner of Archibald Clarke and Defieux (ACD Insurance), as well as the co-founder and former equity partner of Sussex Insurance, and an agent with Sussex since 2014.

InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. (TSX.V: ISGI), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.135, even for the day, on 4,500 volume. The average volume for the last 3 months is 14,823 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.045/$0.34.

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iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICLK)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICLK).

iClick Interactive Asia Group (NASDAQ: ICLK) is the largest independent, industry-leading marketing technology company in China. A recent article discussing the company reads, “As the leading programmatic marketing platform in China, iClick’s proprietary platform collects a wealth of data from multiple sources to precisely reach the right audience at the right moment, on the right channel and right device. Cross-screen search solutions capture critical micro-moments when users proactively search for what they need. To view the full article, visit http://nnw.fm/L5ezQ

iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICLK) is an independent online marketing and enterprise data solutions provider connecting worldwide marketers with audiences in China. Built on cutting-edge technologies, iClick’s proprietary platform possesses omni-channel marketing capabilities and fulfills various marketing objectives in a data-driven and automated manner, helping international and domestic marketers reach their target audiences. Headquartered in Hong Kong, iClick operates in 10 locations worldwide, including Asia and Europe.

iClick aims to become a fully integrated Enterprise and Marketing Cloud Platform in China, providing clients a full consumer-cycle solution. This is facilitated by two pillars’ growth strategy through two business segments: Marketing Solutions and Enterprise Solutions.

Marketing Solutions

Using data and AI-driven technology to help brands efficiently identify, target and acquire the right customers

As the leading programmatic marketing platform in China, iClick’s proprietary platform collects a wealth of data from multiple sources to precisely reach the right audience at the right moment, on the right channel and right device. Cross-screen search solutions capture critical micro-moments when users proactively search for what they need. This multi-dimensional approach to marketing allows iClick to effectively understand internet users and exponentially widen target audiences for its brand clients. Multiple monetization models available in the Marketing Solutions segment allow iClick to serve its clients in several ways, such as audience targeting.

Data-driven marketing is indispensable to marketers targeting specific audiences in China. More than 825 million internet users in China are anonymously profiled on iClick’s platform, which boasts cross-channel and cross-screen capabilities.

Enterprise Solutions

Enabling brands to efficiently manage their consumers through online and offline data integration and analysis, increase the repurchase rate, and enhance consumers’ loyalty

iClick’s Enterprise Solutions segment addresses enterprise needs in China, particularly focusing on “smart retail,” an expanding and innovating market involving the combination of online and offline consumers’ behavioral information. Enterprise Solutions support detailed profiling of customers, which facilitates data-driven business strategies, enhances business processes at various levels, and increases operational and marketing efficiency.

Enterprise Solutions leverages iClick’s proprietary platform that incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) to learn, build and store knowledge, enabling accurate predictions about consumer behavior that ultimately provide marketing solutions derived from the large amount of available data.

Through a strategic partnership with Tencent, iClick’s Enterprise Solutions presents strong recurring revenue streams with tremendous opportunities to upsell multi-national corporations (MNCs). Tencent’s proprietary API connection enables brands to build 360-degree consumer profiles based on the collection and integration of purchased behavioral information from online and offline touchpoints, including WeChat Mini Programs, WeChat Payment, WeChat Work and more.

As iClick continues to provide integrated marketing and smart retail solutions targeting Chinese consumers, the company believes Enterprise Solutions has strong long-term growth potential and will become a major gross margin contributor in the future.

Partnerships

In 2019, iClick established various agreements and partnerships with a number of leading southeast and northeast Asian companies for regional diversification and in 2020 is focused on continuing to develop additional partnerships and new business models globally. Many of the world’s top companies are leveraging iClick’s proprietary data platform to precisely identify and reach out to core target audience groups in China.

The company’s partnerships include:

  • A tri-partnership with BTG WELINK, an online retail services arm of Beijing Tourism Group (“BTG”), and Tencent Holdings Ltd., China’s leading provider of internet value added services. As part of this partnership, iClick applies its upgraded solutions to build a private DSP (Demand Side Platform) system for BTG. Using Tencent’s big data advertising platform, iClick can assist BTG to develop precision marketing campaigns.
  • An Advertising Agency Authorization Certificate from Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), under which iClick is designated the authorized agency for native advertising of Baidu’s news feed ads. Native advertising is a consumer-friendly, non-disruptive advertising format that has gained rapid popularity among advertisers in recent years. Native advertising and creative marketing content have become a more effective marketing method among the Chinese young consumers. In 2019, the native advertising sector was estimated to have an around 53.5% share of the online advertising revenue, according to Statista.
  • A joint-venture partnership with VGI Global Media Plc (VGI.BKK), Thailand’s No. 1 online to offline (O2O) solutions provider across advertising, payment and logistics platforms, which enables brands in Southeast Asia to capture the multi-billion-dollar Chinese consumer market through a range of technology-driven marketing solutions.

Case Study: Armani Hotel Dubai

Dubai has been gearing up to welcome the growing wave of Chinese visitors. Chinese nationals are eligible for a 30-day visa-on-arrival into the UAE, which gives Chinese travelers tremendous convenience. In light of this, Armani Hotel Dubai set the objective to increase its sales in this market.

The challenge: What Aarmani Hotel Dubai lacked in executing this goal was insightful understanding of Chinese travelers in particular the demographics that were likely to be attracted to the hotel. Challenged by the huge differences in the business practice, unique culture and language barrier in running digital campaigns in China, Armani Hotel Dubai turned to iClick’s know-how and expertise to guide its campaign to success and meet its sales goal.

The solution: iClick tailored an optimal solution for the hotel to increase brand awareness and booking rate from China – which is the key market for the hotel – and successfully assisted Armani Hotel Dubai in reaching its target Chinese audiences by using China’s most popular mobile and internet sites, including WeChat and Weibo, to improve reach and booking potential.

The results: Due to iClick’s unrivaled technological and execution strengths, Armani Hotel Dubai’s ads were delivered in an omnichannel manner, raising brand awareness and garnering interest between Chinese consumers. Subsequently, Armani Hotel Dubai saw a surge in conversion rate.
During the campaign, the Armani Hotel Dubai brand was connected with 87% of Chinese mobile users.

Award-winning Provider

iClick, a Deloitte Technology Fast50, has received multiple industry awards from the international marketing community. The company is committed to helping clients access digital China with its omni-channel, data-driven marketing solutions that deliver uniquely sharpened marketing capabilities and outstanding advertising results.

Most recently, iClick subsidiary OptAim (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd was recognized by Tencent Ads as a 2019 Gold Service Provider. Tencent Ads also named OptAim the winner of three major annual awards for the second half of 2019: “Outstanding Contribution of the Year,” “Best Technology & Data Application Award,” and “Best Branding Awards.”

In November 2019, company co-founder and CEO Sammy Hsieh was chosen as the winner of the “EY Entrepreneur of The Year China 2019 Award in Technology Category,” an award recognizing his entrepreneurial acumen, innovative spirit and strong leadership. As one of the world’s most prestigious business accolades, the “EY Entrepreneur of The Year” awards program honors those who accomplish success by combining ability with opportunity, and inspire others with great vision, leadership and outstanding achievement.

iClick won the Annual Influential Platform Award and the Innovation Golden Award in Marketing at the Creative Award 2019, as well as the Best Tourism Marketing Agency. The company was also the recipient of the “Best Brand and Performance Marketing Award” at the Performance Marketing Ecosystem Summit 2018 hosted by the Advertising & Marketing Service, a division of Tencent Holdings Limited.

The company in 2018 was also recognized as “Platinum Service Partner of Tencent Social Ads” at the Tencent Key Accounts Mid-Year Summit held in Beijing. The mobile division of iClick, Optaim, received the same award beginning in 2016. Optaim was also the “Best DSP Partner” and “Key Account Data Partner” of Tencent, making it the only player in China with such unique and deep level of cooperation with Tencent Social Ads.

Leadership

Sammy Wing Hong Hsieh, chairman of the board and co-founder, was CEO from 2009 to 2019. Prior to co-founding iClick, Hsieh held senior positions in several prominent technology companies. He was general manager for Asia Pacific at Efficient Frontier (now an Adobe company), a leading digital performance marketing company, and was director of Search Marketing at Yahoo Hong Kong from 2000-2008. Hsieh received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Jian Tang, director, CEO and co-founder, has 20 years of experience in digital advertising and is well-known in China for his expertise in advertising technologies and big data. In 2012, he founded OptAim, which was acquired by iClick in 2015, and has served key research, engineering and management roles at Yahoo’s global research and development center. Tang received his doctorate in computer engineering from Tsinghua University and was named by Campaign Asia as one of the leaders in its Digital A-List in 2016.

Terence Chi Wai Li, chief financial officer, has 15 years of experience in financial management, investment and business operations. He has served in management roles and advisory capacities at several start-ups, in addition to financial management and fundraising roles. He previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specializing in M&A due diligence and cross border tax and deal structuring projects. Li received an MBA from Oxford University’s Said Business School. He is a Fellow Member of ACCA, a Member of HKICPA, and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICLK), closed Wednesday's trading session at $4.41, off by 1.5625%, on 168,571 volume with 1,082 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 308,076 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $2.73000001/$5.48999977.

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Exro Technologies Inc. (CSE: XRO) (OTCQB: EXROF)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Exro Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: EXROF).

Canadian technology company Exro Technologies (CSE: XRO) (OTCQB: EXROF) this morning released a letter from the company’s CEO Sue Ozdemir to its shareholders. Among other highlights, the letter discusses four major projects that are currently in progress as well as Ozdemir’s commitment to closing eight strategic partnerships by the end of 2020. To view the full press release, visit http://nnw.fm/M5u2i

Exro Technologies Inc. (CSE: XRO) (OTCQB: EXROF), a Canadian technology company, is an innovative pioneer in the energy sector. Exro has developed and commercialized an electric power module (EPM) that integrates into existing motor systems to make them smarter. Exro’s patented technology optimizes existing motor performance by automatically sensing and adapting operating parameters to an optimized state, creating measurable efficiency gains, reduced mechanical components and increased system availability.

Applications

Exro’s technology and efficiency optimization algorithms improve the performance and efficiency of electric motors by manipulating power delivery to individual coils, thereby enabling the ability to expand operating parameters. This novel approach is scalable and can be utilized in most variable torque applications.

The widespread applications of Exro’s technology apply to optimizing the performance of electric vehicles, locomotive traction applications, industrial motors, and other variable torque applications that benefit from smart energy conversion.

Intellectual Property

Exro’s proprietary, patented software controls electric motor coils through individual coil switching. This introduction of intelligence into energy conversion at the level of individual coils results in expanded speed/torque capability, improved machine efficiency, reliability, safety and maintenance across a wider operating range. Exro’s advanced control algorithms create smart, real-time optimized power management.

Exro currently holds 15 patents, with 8 patents pending and additional patents under development. The company continues to expand its IP portfolio to support its goal of becoming a globally recognized leader in leveraging advanced control algorithms to improve the performance, efficiency and longevity of electric motors and generators.

Market Opportunity

Electric motors are the single biggest consumer of electricity. They account for about two-thirds of industrial power consumption and about 45% of global power consumption, according to an analysis by the International Energy Agency. Exro’s technology seeks to give industries a new way to look at energy—from electric vehicles, to industrial equipment, to renewable applications like wind farms; we are improving the way energy is consumed.

Laboratory Expansion

The 6,500-square-foot Exro Innovation Center (EIC), scheduled to open spring of 2020 in Calgary, will transition the current Victoria lab into one Calgary based center. The company’s new laboratory space will expand its service capabilities to customers, provide larger test capabilities, and showcase how Exro’s technology can be applied to dramatically improve the performance of electrical motors.

The EIC will also host collaborative events to explore advances in energy consumption and electric motor innovations, with participants from across Canada and around the world.

Strategic Partnerships

  • A strategic agreement with Finland’s Aurora Powertrains Oy, which in 2019 released an all-electric production snowmobile called the “eSled,” will see Exro’s technology added to the Aurora electric powertrain. The snowmobile sector’s economic footprint is estimated at $26 billion in the U.S., $8 billion in Canada, and $5 billion in Europe and Asia.
  • An agreement with Potencia in Mexico serving the last mile vehicle segment will integrate Exro’s custom drive and EPM module into small passenger commercial vehicles (taxis) and fleet delivery trucks
  • A licensing agreement with Motorino Electric, a leader in the Canadian electric transportation industry, will integrate Exro’s Electric Power Module technology into Motorino’s CTi electric bicycle.

Management

Chief Executive Officer Sue Ozdemir is a proven leader in the innovation and manufacturing of electric motors. She has nine years of accomplishments at General Electric, acting as CCO and the CEO of GE’s Small Industrial Motors Division, overseeing the division’s North American and international markets – ultimately building the division into a $160 million enterprise.

Chief Commercial Officer Josh Sobil is leading the seamless adoption of Exro’s growing product portfolio focused on the mobility segment and opening doors in all segments including agriculture, heavy industry, energy, construction, among others.

Executive Chairman Mark Godsy is a serial technology entrepreneur who has been involved in many top tier ventures, including two of Canada’s most successful biotech companies.

Exro Technologies Inc. (CSE: XRO) (OTCQB: EXROF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.225, off by 6.25%, on 85,584 volume with 28 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 134,012 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.124389998/$0.522899985.

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Trxade Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Trxade Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS).

Before the pandemic sweep of the novel coronavirus (or COVID-19) began causing alarm among health policy advisers and care providers, leading to restrictions on movement for the general population, forward-thinking health services provider Trxade Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS) was building a synergistic set of operational platforms to help expand the reach of care providers to underserved communities via online “telemedicine” technology and medicinal delivery services that now seem prescient in their nature.

Trxade Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDS) is an integrated pharmaceutical services company that offers a unique combination of a web-based purchasing platform (www.trxade.com) for transactions between independent pharmacists and drug distributors (B2B); a network of pharmacies with E-Hub software; a mail order pharmacy; and warehouse and drug delivery services. This synergistic combination of product offerings and superior data analytics is poised to benefit all stakeholders and consumers within the pharmaceutical industry.

Trxade will leverage and scale its fully integrated model to execute the following growth strategies:

  • Increase share of pharmacist drug purchasing
  • Additional SKUs and expand product breath
  • Partner with Specialty and International Mfg.
  • Expand mail order licenses to all 50 states
  • Scale Delivmeds for consumer delivery nationwide
  • Integration with telemedicine
  • M&A Opportunities within drug value chain

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Trxade’s overarching corporate strategy is to penetrate the existing retail independent pharmacy marketplace and diversify the company’s pharmaceutical mix with additional specialty and acute care products. Trxade is advancing on this mission by focusing on three key niches in the health care market.

Business-to-Business (B2B)

The $330 billion U.S. pharmaceutical industry is comprised of more than 65,000 pharmacy facilities and 1,500 state-licensed suppliers. Roughly 24,000 of these facilities are independent pharmacies, which collectively spend approximately $93 billion a year on branded and generic drugs.

Trxade targets these independent pharmacies, leveraging a robust, “E-Bay/Kayak-like” technology platform with optimum buyer/seller pricing algorithms, product availability, and predictive data analytics features.

Trxade currently serves and transacts with more than one-third (10,250) of these independent pharmacies and facilitates over $10 million of drug purchases a month!

Consumer

Trxade also targets the “consumer side” of the pharmaceutical industry, aiming to lower prescription drug costs by attacking the inefficient value chain; offering drug price transparency and efficient buying; and, delivering drugs DIRECT to independent pharmacists and consumers.

The company operates a full-service mail order pharmacy for U.S. consumers, as well as a mobile app called “Delivmeds” (http://www.delivmeds.com) which enables SAME DAY home delivery of dispensed prescriptions.

Retail

Trxade’s Managed Services Organization (“TrxadeMSO”) enables its member independent retail pharmacies to get patients, process orders, and deliver or ship prescriptions to patients. TrxadeMSO provides access to encompassing network of pharmacies through the E-Hub software, allowing for timely and comprehensive medication fulfillment.

These offerings ensure the best-suited pharmacy receives the patient’s information, thereby ensuring appropriate medication coverage based on the patient’s location, payor coverage, and medication access/inventory. This will save the clinicians and their staff time as they benefit from efficiency and enhanced workflow management in script processing and fulfillment.

Health Care Market

The U.S. health care market currently hovers near $4 trillion and is expected to grow as the general population ages. This growth will have greater impact on consumers as out-of-pocket expenses also rise. Additionally, drug costs are paced to increase faster than the overall health care and well above inflation.

Drug pricing is variable, and reimbursement is squeezing profits. This provides significant opportunity for the Trxade model of price visibility and profit optimization.

Trxade’s fair online market platform targets the nation’s retail community and independent pharmacies, of which there are approximately 24,000 nationwide. TRxADE has found that independent pharmacies, in order to be cost-effective, often operate with minimal staff and conduct up-to-the minute price checks. The TRxADE S2P platform gives these pharmacists the ability to easily compare the price of drugs offered by various suppliers and select the most favorable deals, saving money by taking advantage of best purchase pricing.

TRxADE’s programs include:

  • TRxADE Exchange, which opens and widens the distribution channel to the retail, community pharmacy. A purchasing pharmacy can view products from manufacturers, buying groups, and wholesalers on a real-time and continuous basis. This approach significantly enhances the competitive spirit of the exchange where the lowest price exists for each product at any given point in time. TRxADE has become a competitive tool for all progressive entities and is recognized for its easy searching of hard-to-find generic pharmaceuticals at substantially reduced prices.  
  • RX Guru™ is an industry-leading price prediction model that integrates product shortage insight into pharmacy acquisition benchmarks (“PAC”) to ascertain trends and pricing variances that result in significant purchasing opportunities. RX Guru affords members the opportunity to continuously benefit from real price purchasing opportunities that are concealed from the rest of the industry. 
  • Product Shortage Database – TRxADE maintains the most comprehensive retail, specialty and acute care pharmaceutical product shortage database in the country. Other industry competitors mainly restrict their efforts to specialty and acute care product shortages and narrowly research oral generic products. TRxADE’s advanced prediction tools help members source those hard-to-find products at affordable costs in a timely and easy-to-search process. 

Management Team 

Trxade’s management team is rich in expertise within the pharmaceutical supply chain and is supported by a base of advisors and contractors who are experts in related fields of the pharmaceutical sector.

Suren Ajjarapu – Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
Suren Ajjarapu has served as Trxade’s chairman of the board, CEO and secretary since 2014, and as the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and secretary of Trxade Nevada since its inception. Ajjarapu also serves as a chairman of the board for Feeder Creek Group Inc., since March 2018. Ajjarapu formerly was a founder, CEO and chairman of Sansur Renewable Energy Inc., a company involved in developing wind power sites in the Midwest, United States; a founder, president and director of Aemetis Inc., a biofuels company (AMTX.OB); a founder, chairman and CEO of International Biofuels, a subsidiary of Aemetis Inc.; and a co-founder, COO, and director at Global Information Technology Inc., an IT outsourcing and systems design company. Ajjarapu holds an M.S. in environmental engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, and an MBA from the University of South Florida, specializing in international finance and management. Ajjarapu is also a graduate of the Venture Capital and Private Equity program at Harvard University.

Prashant Patel – Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
Prashant Patel has served as Trxade’s full-time president and COO, and as a director since the company’s acquisition of Trxade Nevada in 2014, and as the COO and president and as a director of Trxade Nevada since its inception. He has been a president and member of the board of Trxade since August 2010. Patel is a registered pharmacist and pharmaceutical consultant with over 10 years of experience in retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical logistics. He is the founder of several pharmacies in the Tampa Bay area, in Florida. Since 2008, Patel has been managing member of the APAA LLC pharmacy. Since 2007, Patel has been a vice president of Holiday Pharmacy Inc. Patel graduated from Nottingham University School of Pharmacy and practiced in the United Kingdom before obtaining his masters in Transport, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, City University, UK.

Trxade Group Inc. (MEDS), closed Wednesday's trading session at $5.9712, off by 0.396998%, on 19,693 volume with 195 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 153,284 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $2.46000003/$11.6000003.

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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-printing industry, announced its financial and operational results for Q4 and fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 (http://nnw.fm/yb13N). Also today, NetworkNewsWire released a report on the company detailing how SGLB this morning released a letter to its shareholders from the company’s Executive Chairman Mark K. Ruport. In the letter, Ruport provides an update as to how Sigma Labs is responding to today’s uncertain environment, steps it is taking to ensure safety of its employees and frequent contact between the Sigma team and its customers, as well as optimism of the importance and relevance in what the company is doing for the 3D printing industry. To view the full press release, visit http://nnw.fm/FMa4w

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 Wednesday's trading session at $2.14, off by 4.0359%, on 734,286 volume with 2,633 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 143,319 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $1.97000002/$18.50.

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The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTC: SPRWF)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (OTC: SPRWF).

The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) was highlighted today in a report by Stock Market Press. Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Forbes had quoted a projection of $2.1 billion for CBD consumer retail sales in 2020 from Hemp Business Journal. It also said that $450 million of those sales would come from hemp-based sources. But the coronavirus pandemic has thrown all retail sales history overboard, including CBD. It’s a whole new world now.

Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTC: SPRWF) is committed to providing premium brands and products that reflect the company’s knowledgeable customers, passionate employees and culture of innovation. The company aims to grow the world’s best legal cannabis and become a leader in the global industry. Supreme Cannabis calls its Toronto Venture Exchange stock symbol, “FIRE,” a testament to the company’s passion for cannabis and obsession with quality.

Supreme Cannabis believes the world is ready to follow Canada’s lead by ending the 100-year cannabis prohibition and, as one of Canada’s most premium cannabis producers, the company sees itself at the center of this global shift.

A key piece of Supreme Cannabis’ ability to fulfill its mission is its flagship brand, 7ACRES, a wholly owned subsidiary that operates a 440,000-square-foot hybrid cultivation facility in Kincardine, Ontario. 7ACRES is focused on building a core competency in scaled high-quality cannabis production. With a best-in-class cultivation facility producing a competitive product that fuels a leading premium brand, Supreme Cannabis has achieved a differentiated advantage in cultivation IP, products and branding. The company’s foundational investment in premium cultivation has secured it a leadership position in the industry as the Canadian market becomes more competitive and matures.

Since legalization, 7ACRES has brought five premium flower strains to market in Canada. The demand for 7ACRES product continues with the company’s most recent launch of Jack Haze, a new proprietary premium cultivar. The company’s first sativa-dominant strain, Jack Haze offers rare sensory characteristics, delivering high THC content with a terpinolene forward profile, including a complex aroma with notes of citrus, pine and warm spice. As it develops its next winning strain, 7ACRES continues to prioritize subjective quality. In the Canadian cannabis market, this approach has established 7ACRES as a well-known premium brand that commands premium pricing coast-to-coast.

In addition to 7ACRES, Supreme Cannabis has built a diversified portfolio of focused consumer-driven brands:

  • Sugarleaf by 7AC – this new brand widens Supreme Cannabis’ product offerings and targets consumers who are looking for more refined, milder consumption experience as they discover their own cannabis taste preferences and desires. Product formats under this brand are focused on offering consumers elegant and convenient cannabis experiences.
  • Blissco — dedicated to providing wellness focused consumers with premium cannabis products, education, and outstanding customer care. Blissco is focused on bringing its collection of premium whole-flower CBD oils to market.
  • Truverra — focused on being a global leader in the development, production and marketing of hemp and cannabis-derived medicinal products with clinically proven efficacy. With over 25 SKUs sold online in the UK and Europe, Truverra is ideally positioned to address emerging international cannabis opportunities.
  • Khalifa Kush Enterprises — formed through a prestigious international partnership with Khalifa Kush Enterprises (KKE) Canada, the Canadian counterpart to the popular U.S. cannabis brand KKE formed by Wiz Khalifa. Together, Supreme Cannabis and KKE Canada are developing and launching a lineup of premium cannabis products, including a future line based on the well-known Khalifa Kush strain.

Each of Supreme Cannabs’ brands and partnerships have been strategically identified and designed to support the company’s mission to enhance the lives of consumers through positive cannabis experiences. Equally important to delivering desirable consumer experiences is the infrastructure supporting the company’s brands and products. From seed to sale, supreme cannabis continues to build an impressive group of operating assets that serve key functions throughout the value chain:

  • Cultivation – for starters, there is Supreme Cannabis’ foundational flagship asset, its 440,000-square-foot cultivation facility in Kincardine, Ontario. With over 600 employees, 24 grow rooms, and best-in-class processing equipment and procedures, this facility is expected to reach an annual production capacity of 50,000 kilograms in the near-term. In this purpose-built facility, the company grows small-batch high-quality cannabis from 10,000-square-foot grow rooms and completes a proprietary hang-dry for up to two weeks.
  • Extraction – with the acquisition of Blissco in fiscal 2019, in addition to the Blissco wellness brand, Supreme Cannabis gained a 12,000-square-foot dedicated extraction facility in Langley, BC. This facility conducts both C02 and ethanol extraction and with the recent receipt of its oil sales license from Health Canada, it now produces Blissco branded CBD oils and expects to fill vaporizer pods for a partnership between the company’s 7ACRES brand and Pax Labs.
  • Manufacturing – most recently, the company announced its 107,000-square-foot processing, packaging and manufacturing facility in Kitchener, naming the facility Supreme Cannabis Kitchener. In Q4 FY2020, the company expects to begin whole flower packaging and pre-roll manufacturing for Supreme Cannabis brands at the Kitchener Facility. In the long-term, in additional to processing its own inputs, Supreme Cannabis intends generate incremental revenue by packaging, distributing and branding third-party cannabis inputs from quality-focused cultivators.
  • R&D and Product Testing – In Q1 FY2020, Supreme Cannabis closed the acquisition of Truverra and acquired a 5,000-square-foot facility licensed under Canadian Clinical Cannabinoids Inc. in Scarborough, Ontario (“Supreme Cannabis Scarborough”). Supreme Cannabis Scarborough provides R&D space for the company to test new products and develop medicinal science intellectual property. In the near-term, with the legalization of 2.0 cannabis products, this centre for innovation will be testing and bringing concentrate products to market under the 7ACRES brand.

Supreme is committed to continue to identify new opportunities to grow and strengthen its impressive portfolio of operating assets and brands and scale its strong Canadian business globally.

Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (OTC: SPRWF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.20, up 1.0101%, on 395,246 volume with 244 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 568,512 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.101000003/$1.60000002.

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Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Youngevity International, Inc. (YGYI).

Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI) was highlighted today in a publication from PennyStocks.com, looking at how the share price managed to jump over 170% from its opening bell price on April 7.

Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI) is a leading omni-direct lifestyle company offering a hybrid of the direct selling business model that includes e-commerce and the power of social selling. Among the Top 100 Global Direct Selling Companies, Youngevity offers products from the six top selling retail categories: health/nutrition, home/family, food/beverage (including coffee), spa/beauty, apparel/jewelry, and a range of innovative services. Created through the 2011 merger of Youngevity Essential Life Sciences with Javalution® Coffee Company, today’s Youngevity International Inc. is a virtual worldwide Main Street of products and services under one corporate entity that supports a healthy and empowered lifestyle.

Youngevity International is dedicated to improving lifestyles through the universal desires of vibrant health and flourishing economics. Catering to health-conscious consumers, Youngevity believes that combining the best of the direct selling industry with the fundamentals and capabilities of a traditional business model will maximize shareholder value. The company’s Nutritional, Lifestyle and Telecommunications products and services are distributed through a global network of Preferred Customers and Distributors.

Youngevity’s wholly owned CLR Roasters LLC business line offers quality branded and private label coffee to retail stores, office coffee services, hospitality, food services, distributors, convenience, petrol stores and vending businesses. Today, CLR Roasters is the largest coffee provider for cruise lines in North America and the second largest roaster in the state of Florida. Producing a consistent premium product with superior taste, CLR Roasters has earned numerous certifications that demonstrate the company’s commitment to the craft of providing the highest quality coffee products using the best practice standards available.

Youngevity, operating in the direct-selling channel, is rapidly expanding its product and distributor base through acquisitions and mergers under an innovative concept called “the Network Cloud” that provides other direct selling companies with a home base. The company’s YoungevityGO2 mobile distributor app, a new technology-driven web platform supporting expansion of global e-commerce and social selling platforms, is available on Google Play and the App Store. In addition to the Network Cloud concept, Youngevity International owns CLR Coffee Roasters which operates a traditional coffee roasting business offering a JavaFit® gourmet product line that vertically integrates with Youngevity and its growing network of direct marketers.

Youngevity International offers more than 1,000 high quality, technologically advanced products under the following categories:

  • Health and Nutrition
  • Home and Family
  • Food and Beverage
  • Spa and Beauty
  • Fashion
  • Essential Oils
  • Photo and scrapbooking
  • Services for Home and Business

Youngevity International Inc. has compiled a best-in-class management team with a strong track record of success in private and public companies. Steve Wallach, CEO, has nearly two decades of sales and network marketing experience and has successfully guided Youngevity International Inc. to become an international, publicly-traded direct marketing company positioned for worldwide growth. Dave Briskie, president and CFO, has shepherded the company’s development into a fully vertical coffee roasting and distribution company that owns the direct marketing brand JavaFit® and the retail brand, Café La Rica.

Youngevity has also attracted a stunning group of Brand Evangelists who endorse its products. Among these are actress, author and well-known health and wellness activist Marilu Henner; former NBA basket player, Mike “Stinger” Glenn; former NFL wide receiver Drew Pearson; “Greatest Natural Bodybuilder in the World” Gene Nelson; and WNBA champion, Olympic gold medalist Delisha Jones.

Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI), closed Wednesday's trading session at $1.90, off by 29.6296%, on 9,140,696 volume with 34,300 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 636,863 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.610000014/$6.76999998.

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Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO)

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

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 Wednesday's trading session at $2.215, up 20.3804%, on 8,287 volume with 25 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 16,298 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.600600004/$4.0300002.

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Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS) (OTC: PLPRF)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS) (OTC: PLPRF).

Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS) (OTC: PLPRF) is a branded cannabis-infused products manufacturer of edibles created to support a healthy and active lifestyle. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, PLUS™ concentrates on producing edibles using extracts to ensure compliant, dosable and delicious products that provide a consistent cannabis experience.

First introduced to the market in 2015 to rave reviews, PLUS™ is now one of the top best-selling edible brands in California. PLUS™ operates through a wholly owned subsidiary, Carberry, and has four cannabis-infused gummy candy SKUs (in addition to limited edition SKUs), that are currently sold in over 200 licensed dispensaries and delivery services. All products under the PLUS™ brand are produced in the company’s 12,000-square-foot food-safe cannabis manufacturing facility in Adelanto, California.

PLUS Products shares are currently listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. PLUS™ raised CAD$20 million through the offering, for which the lead underwriters were PI Financial and Canaccord Genuity. The company intends to use a portion of the IPO proceeds to fund rapid product capacity expansion, factory automation, working capital and new product development.

Operating in the largest adult-use recreational market in the U.S., PLUS Products holds a temporary manufacturing license in California and was one of the first brands to bring fully compliant products to the legal market. California legalized adult use recreational sales on Jan. 1, 2018, and industry analysts expect edible sales there will continue to amass enviable revenues. According to BDS Analytics, edibles made up 18 percent of marijuana retail sales in February 2018 across licensed retailers in California, with PLUS™ products ranking in the Top 10 of edible brands by retail dollar sales.

During the first half of 2018, PLUS Products generated US$2.45 million in sales, a marked improvement over 2017’s US$1.07 million in sales. The company’s established cannabis products are not only compliant with state laws, they are proving to be extremely popular with consumers. Among the PLUS™ product brands are:

  • Blackberry & Lemon RESTORE, an infusion of carefully dosed cannabis with a 9:1 THC to CBD per gummy.
  • Sour Watermelon UPLIFT, a low-calorie gummy crafted from carefully dosed cannabis with an infusion of 5mg THC per gummy.
  • Pineapple & Coconut CBD RELIEF, a tropical flavor gummy made from pure cannabis-derived CBD that is low-calorie, gluten-free and made with kosher ingredients.
  • Sour Blueberry CREATE, a low-calorie gummy infused with hybrid flower containing 5 mg THC.
  • Limited Edition Rose & Vanilla, available at select locations during Winter 2018, these gummies are crafted with 60 mg THC/30 mg CBD per tin.
  • Limited Edition RAINBOW SORBET gummies was created to celebrate Pride during Spring 2018 with a portion of each purchase donated to The Trevor Project, a confidential suicide hotline for LGBT youth.

“We are extremely proud of the products PLUS has brought to market,” remarked Jake Heimark, CEO and cofounder in a statement. “We’ve quickly grown into one of the leading edible brands in California. With the proceeds of this round, we will continue to further our mission: to make cannabis safe and approachable for all types of consumers.”

The PLUS™ team believes that everyone deserves access to consistent, dosable and delicious cannabis products and strives to make that happen. Producing the best infused products at scale requires thoughtful collaboration among experts in many fields. At PLUS™, our team is comprised of Chefs, Chemists, Food Manufacturing Experts, Engineers, Machinists, Visionaries, Creatives, Strategists and others.

Plus Products Inc. (PLPRF), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.4581, up 4.1136%, on 33,745 volume with 28 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 49,380 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.279000014/$4.26000022.

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The Movie Studio Inc. (OTC: MVES)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight The Movie Studio Inc. (OTC: MVES).

The Movie Studio Inc. (OTC: MVES) is a vertically integrated motion picture production company focused on acquiring, developing, producing and distributing independent motion picture content for worldwide consumption via subscription and advertiser video on demand (SVOD/AVOD), over the top (OTT) platforms, foreign sales and various media devices. The company is currently engaged in establishing its own OTT VOD platform to integrate both its own and aggregated feature film projects, television programming and other media intellectual properties. The Movie Studio is disrupting traditional media content delivery systems with its digital business model of motion picture distribution, and the company intends to create a direct server access platform of its content with geo-fractured territories for worldwide distribution.

The company has launched The Movie Studio App on Google Play and the App Store, enabling users to both view the company’s content and potentially become part of it. The app is in the completion stage, and The Movie Studio is conducting its final beta test of the app’s unique “audition submission” function, leveraging the company’s “Watch Our Movies, Be in Our Movies!” content platform and “Everyone’s a Star” campaign, which will be marketed via social media. Using the app, subscribers can upload a thumbnail photo of themselves along with a selfie video audition submission that showcases them reading character dialog. Audition submissions will then be reviewed by producers for possible participation of the auditionee in upcoming feature films.

The audition submission function provides the subscriber the ability to disrupt traditional motion picture casting and management, enabling access to participation in The Movie Studio’s independent motion picture and media content. At the same time, for the company this significantly reduces capital expenditures associated with those traditional media mechanisms. The Movie Studio’s unique business model capitalizes on the global demand for film content through the production and distribution of its own films while also providing opportunities for direct viewer involvement in its content.

The company operates using a growth-by-acquisition strategy that includes:

  • Purchasing legacy film libraries.
  • Upgrading acquired films to 4K resolution and remonetizing with “new” film content on popular VOD streaming platforms across the internet.
  • Strategic partnerships and media content alignment with other OTT platforms and cross-collateralization of leverageable media assets for worldwide distribution.
  • Producing micro-budget motion picture content with substantial production value utilizing new 4K technology and the company’s extensive legacy resources and unique production process, thereby significantly reducing capital expenditures while allowing for the potential of significant return on investment (ROI) with one successful production.
  • Controlling its revenue streams through server-driven geo-fracturing global territories and its own OTT platform.

Currently, The Movie Studio is producing three upcoming feature films: “Cause and Effect,” “The Last Warhead” and “PEGASUS” — all with completed electronic press kits and pitch decks and fully produced motion picture-quality trailers ready for talent, distribution and financial integration.

The company has been successful in producing, casting and distributing its films on major SVOD platforms without recognizable stars, which reduces capital expenditures. However, The Movie Studio intends to integrate recognizable stars into the productions at value propositions either pre- or post-completion of the intellectual property.

Through successful beta testing, The Movie Studio has monetized film assets on the Amazon, tubi tv, Comcast and Showtime platforms.

The company’s proposed server-based model will provide licensing payment from global territories without third-party distribution fees, which have traditionally been as high as 35%.

Founded in 1961 and formerly known as Destination Television, Inc., the company changed its name to The Movie Studio, Inc. in November 2012. The Movie Studio is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Cord-Cutting Creates Opportunity for VOD Players

Consumers are no longer content waiting for their favorite programming to come on the air – they expect instant streaming access where and how they want it. This has led to increased “cord cutting,” with consumers severing ties with their traditional pay TV providers in favor of digital streaming services.

With the advent of smart TVs with app integration, consumers can now watch what they want to watch when they want to watch it, fracturing traditional cable bundling mechanisms.

With pay TV usage steadily declining – satellite and cable TV businesses in the United States lost approximately 6 million customers in 2019 alone – streaming platforms are poised to potentially replace traditional pay TV distribution models altogether. Approximately 12,000 U.S. consumers are cutting the cord every day.

As this shift in media delivery continues and as digital devices become more sophisticated and bandwidth increases, VOD platforms have the potential to scale significantly. The Hollywood “streaming wars” of recent years have created an environment in which smaller competitors, like The Movie Studio, are able to emerge as major brands.

The Movie Studio Inc. (OTC: MVES), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0228, up 4.5872%, on 14,040 volume with 3 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 40,873 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.0104/$0.07.

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SinglePoint, Inc. (SING)

The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight SinglePoint, Inc. (SING).

SinglePoint, Inc. (SING) is a diversified holding company with operations in multiple industries and verticals including two high-performing market sectors: legal cannabis and cryptocurrencies. SinglePoint has grown from a full-service mobile technology provider to a recognizable brand with a diverse portfolio of undervalued subsidiaries with multiple revenue streams.

SinglePoint is researching opportunities where it can be an active participant by influencing the strategy and direction of high-potential companies whose verified assets offer attractive possibilities for shareholders. The company is guided by a visionary leadership team with extensive experience in technology, engineering, marketing and raising capital.

SinglePoint is bullish on the cannabis industry, bitcoin and blockchain technologies, which is evident in its recent acquisitions and joint-venture announcements. Recent SinglePoint key highlights include:

  • A joint venture with Smart Cannabis Corporation (OTC: SCNA) to license and market Smart Cannabis’ SMART APP. SMART APP enables cannabis growers to measure all aspects of cultivation, from soil nutrient levels to watering cycles and carbon dioxide content in the air. SMART APP will integrate SinglePoint’s bitcoin payment solution to enable growers to process safer and more secure transactions.
  • A joint venture with Global Payout (OTC: GOHE) will build on existing financial technology solutions developed by SinglePoint and Global Payout’s subsidiary MoneyTrac Technology, Inc., to fully optimize the delivery of mobile payment applications for domestic and international organizations.
  • A joint venture with AppSwarm (OTC: SWRM) to start development on a proprietary delivery application that will enable licensed cannabis delivery services and licensed dispensaries to safely make in-home cannabis deliveries.
  • Signed original “Shark Tank” member Kevin Harrington as company spokesman for an innovative, compatible virtual wallet to store any type of cryptocurrency. Harrington recently finished shooting a new national ad campaign featuring SinglePoint and the virtual wallet’s secure method of storing cryptocurrencies.
  • Entered into a letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of Bitcoin Beyond, a premier platform that enables merchants to accept bitcoin payments using existing web-enabled point-of-sale devices.
  • Through SING subsidiary, SingleSeed, the company will soon offer a proprietary cryptocurrency solution that links both cannabis merchants and consumers who seek to take advantage of bitcoin-powered transactions using debit and credit cards. In addition to making bitcoin-backed card purchases possible, the solution enables cannabis dispensaries to digitally track and manage their product inventories, performing tasks like uploading product data, photos and descriptions. The system deducts items automatically from a dispensary’s product listings when a purchase is made. While this fully KYC-AML compliant point-of-sale platform can be utilized for any other retail setting, it will fill a critical need in the underbanked cannabis industry as it continues to seek non-cash payment solutions outside of traditional banking circles.

SinglePoint CEO and founder Greg Lambrecht leads the company in its mission to capture opportunities through an aggressive expansion strategy across a broad range of assets. Lambrecht oversees all company operations including investor relations, leadership of the board of directors, and daily business activities. As the founder of PCI, a leading consumer product distribution company, Lambrecht negotiated agreements with the nation’s largest retail outlets and led PCI through a NASDAQ listed IPO, raising $10 million.

Eric Lofdahl, SinglePoint’s chief technology officer, has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector including positions in software development, program management, complex system integration and engineering process definition. Prior to SinglePoint, Lofdahl worked at the Boeing Company where he led a team that successfully developed advanced wireless and satellite data products based on commercial technology for the U.S. Air Force.

SinglePoint President Wil Ralston is well known for his successful track record of building and maintaining great relationships with clients. Ralston graduated cum laude from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University with a degree in Global Agribusiness and a specialization in Professional Golf Management. He is currently recognized by the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) as a Class A Professional.

SinglePoint, Inc. (SING), closed Wednesday's trading session at $0.0069, up 32.6923%, on 14,490,778 volume with 333 trades. The average volume for the last 3 months is 5,002,540 and the stock's 52-week low/high is $0.004/$0.021999999.

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