MAS Gold Corp announced that Karen Frisky has been appointed as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) and corporate secretary, effective March 1, 2022. MAS said Frisky, who has been the company’s controller and corporate secretary since July 2021, has 28 years of accounting experience, including 12 years in senior management roles with professional public companies.
ION Energy Ltd announced that it has named Wendy Li as director with a focus on strategic relationships across Asia. "We are very proud and excited to welcome Wendy to the ION team. She brings significant experience in the resource sector, international trade and supply chain management,” said ION CEO Ali Haji in a statement. “Wendy's exceptional track record of business development and forging long-term partnerships across Asia, including Mongolia and China, will enhance ION's aggressive growth plan as we strive to play a pivotal role in Asia's battery metals supply hub.”
AMPD Ventures Inc announced that it has granted 375,000 incentive stock options to certain employees and a consultant pursuant to the company's stock option plan. The options have an exercise price of $0.22 per share. Of the options, 350,000 are exercisable for a period of five years and 25,000 are exercisable for a period of three years, unless terminated pursuant to the terms of the stock option plan.
Kontrol Technologies Corp (OTCQB:KNRLF, NEO:KNR) said it has been selected to deliver advanced building performance monitoring and control for a leading Canadian real estate investment trust (REIT), which is currently an existing customer. The Toronto-based company said that the additional technology is intended to provide greater real-time control, analytics, and performance monitoring in 11 new buildings totaling around 2.75 million square feet of commercial real estate. "Additional technology deployment within our current customers' buildings is part of our ongoing growth strategy as well as the continued focus on winning new customers," Kontrol CEO Paul Ghezzi said in a statement. "As energy costs continue to rise, our technology platform offers real-time energy management, monitoring and controls which can help run a more efficient building."
Snowline Gold Corp has said it is well-positioned with over C$8.5 million in its treasury to help advance its Yukon property portfolio in 2022. In a shareholder letter, the Vancouver-based firm recapped its first year as a public company as it looks ahead to a “transformative” 2022. The company is now hoping to further consolidate its land position in Yukon, home to Snowline’s Rogue, Einarson, Ursa and Cynthia projects.
PlantX Life Inc has announced the launch of same-day delivery for its plant-based products across Chicago and Plainfield, Illinois. The company said the expansion is a result of its acquisition of Peter Rubi, LLC and its brick-and-mortar locations, which has been rebranded as XMarket Uptown in Chicago.
Safe-T Group (NASDAQ:SFET) Ltd has announced the onboarding of The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), the first partner in its Net Bridge social responsibility program. The Center for Advanced Defense Studies is a renowned non-profit research institution based in Washington, DC. Supported by the collection and analysis of vast quantities of web-data gathered through Safe-T's Enterprise Privacy network, C4ADS is tackling some of the most troublesome issues impacting society today. C4ADS' initial focus will include human and wildlife trafficking, environmental degradation, and exploitation in resource-rich countries, as well as global financial crimes and corruption.
Wellbeing Digital Sciences (NEO:MEDI.AQN, OTCQB:KONEF) Inc has revealed that its subsidiary, IRP Health Limited has recently had its innovative Reactivation therapy program formally approved by Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) as an interdisciplinary clinic outpatient program at three locations. IRP currently has four clinic locations across Canada and is among the first operators to meet VAC's new criteria that is aimed at providing high-quality programs for veterans. The Vancouver, British Columbia-based wellness company focused on ketamine assisted therapy, digital therapeutics, and psychedelic medicines, said it expects IRP's location in Ottawa, Ontario to also be approved to offer the Therapy program by VAC imminently. According to the company, Reactivation is a 12-week, physician-supervised, interdisciplinary pain management program that help veterans with chronic musculoskeletal injuries and pain.
Cabral Gold Inc (TSX-V:CBR) said it has added a fifth drill rig to its program at the Cuiú project in Brazil so it can test more regional targets at the property. The new diamond drill rig will firstly get turning at the Indio target, around 1.5 kilometres (km) south-east of the MG gold deposit. "During the last 12 months we have identified three new zones of near-surface gold-in-oxide mineralization at MG, PDM and Central as well as a deeper zone of hard rock gold mineralization at PDM," Alan Carter, Cabral's CEO told investors in a statement. "This unprecedented success has meant that for the last few months the four drills that we currently have on site have been focused on drilling off these new discoveries as well as expanding the two known gold deposits. The arrival of a fifth drill rig gives us the ability to drill test more of the regional targets at Cuiú as we seek to discover additional gold deposits within this prolific district," he added.
Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc has reported positive drill results from its Graal property in the Lac St-Jean region of Quebec, which it said confirmed the presence of battery metals mineralization. The resource firm noted that the assays, from the first three diamond holes of an ongoing program, hit 'strong' nickel, copper and cobalt mineralization as well as low-grade platinum and palladium. The 6,113 hectare (Ha) Graal asset is one of 14 properties recently acquired by the firm in Quebec, which cover 31,201 Ha in all and are prospective for electric vehicle (EV) battery metals. "Graal has been an exciting property for our geological team from the time we hit massive sulphides in the first few holes," Matt Halliday, president, chief operating officer (COO) and vice-president of exploration at Canada Silver Cobalt said in a statement.
SpotLite360 IOT Solutions (CSE:LITE) Inc said it has entered into a binding definitive agreement with E3 Service Group under which it will acquire a majority equity interest in E3. The transaction is anticipated to close in early March 2022 and is subject to applicable filings with the Canadian Securities Exchange. SpotLite360 said E3 has successfully built an award-winning design, engineering, and implementation practice in the agricultural/cannabis environmental space. With 300-plus engineering projects in 13 states, E3 has supported customers and investors with event-driven data to ensure that optimal environmental conditions are maintained for indoor cultivation facilities around the world.
Altiplano Metals Inc (TSX-V:APN, OTC:ALTPF) has provided an update on the exploration activities at its newly optioned Pastillas gold project in the prolific Maricunga Gold Belt in the Atacama region of northern Chile. In a statement, the company said its geologists have arrived on-site at Pastillas and the adjacent La Isla projects to conduct an initial exploration and mapping program. The work is designed to further the understanding of the lithology, fault network, and the widespread advanced steam-heated argillic alteration system indicative of epithermal and porphyry systems.
Great Panther Mining Limited (TSX:GPR, NYSE:GPL) has revealed its latest quarterly results that saw the precious metals miner generate US$42.7 million in revenue off of 24,284 gold equivalent ounces from its mines in Brazil and Mexico. The 4Q 2021 figures are a decrease from the same period a year ago, a fact that Great Panther had already revealed to shareholders as it invests heavily in its Tucano mine to build back steady-state production in the second half of 2022. "The team at Great Panther has worked incredibly hard to overcome the challenges of last year, and we are now positioned to execute the plan to return Tucano to steady-state production in 2022," interim CEO Alan Hair said in a statement. Great Panther said it is setting its guidance between 100,000 and 119,000 gold-equivalent ounces for 2022 as it continues its bid to unlock value from across its three mines.
TraceSafe Inc has announced strategic business initiatives and expanded investment in energy management and decarbonization solutions to accelerate growth. "This is the most important and exciting move we have made as an organization since pioneering proximity technology for enterprise safety. The transition to net-zero is inevitable and there is an urgent need for solutions that help companies reduce energy costs and find further business value in decarbonization. We are proud to be at the forefront of this new opportunity," Tracesafe CEO Wayne Lloyd said in a statement. "With TraceSafe's proven success in connecting operational ecosystems along with new research and investments, we will help organizations transform their energy usage and accelerate their journey toward net-zero," he added.
Golden Minerals Company (NYSE-A:AUMN, TSX:AUMN, ETR:7GB) has announced results from the final seven holes of its recently-completed, 21-hole drill program at the Yoquivo gold-silver project in Mexico, which included 2.6 metres (m) of 7.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 2,058 g/t silver. The company said the drill program, which totaled 3,949m, explored the Pertenencia, Esperanza and Dolar vein systems. “Yoquivo continues to produce excellent results, with these final holes demonstrating that the Pertenencia vein has the potential to contain significant high-grade, gold-silver mineralization,” Golden Minerals CEO Warren Rehn said in a statement.
Silver Range Resources Ltd (TSX-V:SNG, OTC:SLRRF) has reported that recent exploration at its Bellehelen property in Nye County, Nevada had uncovered high-grade gold and silver. Between May and October last year, the company carried out mapping, prospecting, sampling and soil surveys at the project, with prospecting identifying two new quartz vein occurrences in the northern part of the project, which returned 10.85 grams per ton (g/t) gold and 148 g/t silver and 8.89 g/t gold and 609 g/t silver respectively. Meanwhile, soil sampling was conducted on two grids. At the BH Grid, centred on the area of the Ben Hur mine, results mapped a kilometre-long gold-in-soil anomaly defined by samples greater than 100 parts per billion (ppb) gold. The anomaly is open on-strike in both directions. At the QA grid, scattered gold-in-soil analyses were recorded with peak soil responses of 331 ppb gold and 1.04 parts per million (ppm) silver. High mercury responses were also noted on this grid.
Love Pharma (CSE:LUV) Inc said that its potential acquisition target Microdoz Therapy is engaging “exclusively” with researchers at Johns Hopkins University on a new study looking at psilocybin-assisted treatment of cannabis use disorder. Vancouver-based Love Pharma (CSE:LUV) announced plans to acquire Microdoz for around C$1 million in November 2021. "This is a significant opportunity to develop treatments with efficacy for people who are today subject to Cannabis Use Disorder and those who will become subject to it in the future," said Love Pharma (CSE:LUV)’s CEO Zach Stadnyk in a statement.
Looking Glass Labs Ltd (LGL) announced that its flagship studio House of Kibaa (HoK) has entered into a collaborative arrangement with Polygon Studios, the non-fungible token (NFT), gaming, and metaverse arm of Polygon (MATIC). LGL said the Polygon blockchain has developed an assortment of fin-tech solutions for traditional finance as well as cryptocurrency and the blockchain. Polygon has become highly respected in the blockchain ecosystem for its scaling and infrastructure solutions that have been adopted by more than 1,200 applications, with over 600 million total transactions processed, 60 million unique user addresses, and over US$5 billion in assets secured.
Victory Resources Corporation revealed that its exploration team has advanced the drilling program on its Smokey clay lithium property in Nevada, where it has identified drill targets that will determine whether a relationship exists to the high lithium zone on the adjacent Jindalee property. As previously noted, the company's initial three holes of a 15-hole drilling exploration program aim to prove geologic concept, specifically, to test along the Jindalee boundary margins, nearest to the fault line to reduce the depths required to reach clays and attempt to capture the full thickness of the claystone, to discover the grade and thickness of an intercept. The Vancouver-based diversified traded diversified investment corporation with mineral interests in North America, said progress to date indicates “significant” potential lithium-bearing claystone in the first of three holes drilled, based on visual assessment from the exploration team, with samples now being prepared and sent to ALS for assay.
CULT Food Science Corp announced that it has been included in the VegTech Plant-Based Innovation and Climate Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EATV. CULT said that the inclusion in the actively managed VegTech ETF is a significant milestone as it broadens the company’s investor base in the US. The strategic investment company is a rare Canadian constituent of the VegTech ETF that currently consists of approximately 40 holdings, which are primarily firms based in the US including Beyond Meat, Amyris, and Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ:CELH) (Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ:CELH)). “Having CULT Food Science included in the EATV ETF is enormous validation of our mission to help usher in cell-based foods as the future of food globally,” said Lejjy Gafour, President of CULT.
Sassy Resources (CSE:SASY, OTCQB:SSYRF) Corporation announced that it has “significantly” expanded the Westmore gold-silver discovery at depth and along strike with the “highest grades yet” from drilling at its 100%-owned Foremore project in British Columbia's Eskay Camp, which included 86.4 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 41.6 g/t silver over 0.7 metres (m). The company said four of the last five holes returned visible gold and confirmed the continuation to depth of high-grade gold mineralization defined by 2020 surface sampling. “What's so encouraging about Westmore is that this is a completely new grassroots discovery with a large surface footprint and improving early-stage drill results,” Sassy Resources (CSE:SASY, OTCQB:SSYRF) CEO Mark Scott said in a statement.
Wishpond Technologies Ltd told investors it has launched a new e-mail marketing platform with new features, which will help its clients increase sales and engage with customers. The new offering includes such features as the ability to preview e-mail text, support for dynamic, interactive emails with accelerated mobile pages (AMP e-mail) and a new e-mail API (application programming interface). "Email marketing is a major part of Wishpond's offering, and our updated features and user experience should help small businesses to achieve even greater levels of engagement and return on investment," said Jordan Gutierrez, the chief operating officer of the tech firm.
Skye Bioscience inc (OTCQB:SKYE) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Novotech Health Holdings, a leading full-service contract research organization (CRO) in Asia-Pacific, for the upcoming Phase 1 study in Australia of its SBI-100 drug candidate for the treatment of glaucoma. "We are pleased to bring on one of Asia-Pacific's premier biotech specialist CROs to support our first-inhuman clinical study," said Punit Dhillon, CEO of Skye Bioscience, in a statement. He added: "With Novotech's extensive experience in conducting clinical trials, we are optimally positioned to execute this Phase 1 program of SBI-100 in Australia where we expect to conduct this important phase of our development quickly and cost-effectively."
CleanSpark Inc (NASDAQ:CLSK) has released its unaudited bitcoin (BTC) production and operations update for the calendar year-to-date ending February 28, 2022, which saw monthly production of 276 and a calendar year-to-date production ending February 28 of 581. The company's total BTC holdings as of February 28 were 494, and total BTC converted for operations and growth in February were 253. It has a currently deployed fleet of over 22,000 latest-generation bitcoin miners with a total hashrate of 2.2 EH/s The company said it fully funded growth and operations through the sale of 253 bitcoins in February 2022 at an average of approximately $39,740 per BTC. Sales of BTC equated to proceeds of approximately $10.1 million, most of which was used for growth capital expenditures at the company's Norcross facility. February daily BTC production reached a high of 10.15.
AIM ImmunoTech Inc (NYSE:AIM) has announced the appointment of Robert Dickey IV, as its chief financial officer (CFO). Effective April 4, 2022, AIM ImmunoTech said, Dickey will become CFO and current CFO Ellen Lintal will transition to serve as a finance and accounting consultant for the company. The company noted that Dickey has more than 25 years of experience of C-suite financial leadership for life science and medical device companies, both private and public, ranging from preclinical development to commercial operations and across a variety of disease areas and medical technologies. Earlier in his career, Dickey spent 18 years in investment banking, primarily at Lehman Brothers, with a background split between mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets transactions. In a statement, Thomas Equels, the company's chief executive officer said: "On behalf of the team at AIM and our board, I would like to thank Ellen for her many contributions as CFO. AIM is very well positioned for a transformational year and I am thrilled to strengthen our leadership team's depth and breadth with the appointment of Rob as CFO. Over the course of his career, he has built a vast network within Wall Street and industry, and has demonstrated successful execution of financial, licensing, and M&A strategies, all of which we believe will prove to be invaluable to AIM."
Dalrada Corporation has announced the appointment of Tom Giles as president of its newest division, Dalrada Energy Services, formed In response to global sustainability and clean energy initiatives. The company noted that Giles is an accomplished executive with proven leadership in designing and deploying business strategies that drive bottom-line profits. As president of Dalrada Energy Services, Giles addresses the unique challenges of organizations that are reducing carbon footprint and fostering long-term environmental stewardship practices, it added. In a statement, Dalrada's chairman and CEO, Brian Bonar said: "Tom Giles is extremely proficient in establishing and launching new global marketing and sales initiatives and is able to effectively analyze and translate immediate needs into true product and service innovations. Dalrada is pleased to name Tom Giles as President of Dalrada Energy Services."
Whitehorse Gold Corp has announced the appointment of Alex Zhang, a professional geoscientist, as a director of the company and also revealed a change of chairman for its board. The company noted that Zhang has more than 30 years of experience in mineral exploration and has worked with Eldorado Gold Corporation, African Mining Corp, Sino Gold Mining Ltd, Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSX:SVM, AMEX:SVM), and most recently New Pacific Metals (TSX:NUAG, NYSE:NEWP) Corp. The company said Zhang brings a full range of technical and managerial skills related to mineral exploration and mining projects. Whitehorse Gold also said that Lorne Waldman has been appointed as chair of its board replacing Dr Mark Cruise who has resigned.
Levitee Labs (CSE:LVT) Inc said it has appointed Dave Jenkins as the company's interim chief financial officer following the resignation of Maigul Wickham. The company added that it would like to thank Wickham for her efforts and wishes her well in her future endeavours.
Mednow Inc (TSX-V:MNOW, OTCQB:MDNWF) said the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing an amended share purchase agreement dated February 23, 2022, among the company, London Pharmacare Inc. and shareholders of London, whereby the company is to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of London for an initial purchase price of $1 million and an aggregate of $735,000 paid in two equal instalments on the first and second anniversary of the closing date of the acquisition. The transaction is non-arm's length.
Xigem Technologies (CSE:XIGM, OTCQB:XIGMF) Corporation said it has cancelled 4,225,000 incentive stock options under its Stock Option Plan. The options had been granted between March 19, 2021 and July 5, 2021 to several of the company's directors, officers, consultants and advisory board members.
Mindset Pharma Inc (CSE:MSET, OTCQB:MSSTF) has announced that James Lanthier, its CEO, and Joseph Araujo, CSO of Mindset, will participate in three upcoming investor conferences: 34th Annual Roth Conference to be held at The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California on March 13-15, 2022, where Araujo will participate in the Psychedelics: "Immunotherapy" for the Mind panel on Tuesday, March 15 at 10.00am PT; Oppenheimer's 32nd Annual Healthcare Conference to be held virtually on March 15-17, 2022, where Lanthier will present on Thursday, March 17 at 12.40pm ET; and Maxim's 2022 Virtual Growth Conference to be held virtually on March 28-30, 2022, where Lanthier's corporate presentation will be available on-demand and can be viewed by registering via https://m-vest.com/events/2022-virtual-growth-conference. For more information about the conferences, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Mindset management, investors can send an email to Roth at pc@roth.com. Oppenheimer at opcoconferences@opco.com, Maxim at jthompson@maximgrp.com, or KCSA Strategic Communications at mindset@kcsa.com.
Burcon NutraScience Corporation has announced that it will participate at two upcoming investor conferences in March: ROTH Capital's 34th Annual Roth Conference on March 13-15, 2022, at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, California with 1x1 in-person meetings; and Exane BNP Paribas 10th Consumer Ingredients Conference on March 16-17, 2022. also with 1x1 virtual meetings. For more information or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with management, investors can email james@haydenir.com.
Mydecine Innovations Group Inc (OTC:MYCOF, NEO:MYCO) has announced that the company will be attending three conferences for investors in March - the 34th Annual Roth Conference being held in person March 13-15, 2022, in Dana Point, California at the Ritz Carlton - Laguna Niguel; the Oppenheimer & Co. Annual Healthcare Conference, a virtual event being held March 15-16, 2022; and Maxim Group's Virtual Growth Conference which will be held March 28-30, 2022. Members of Mydecine's management team will be available for one-on-one or small group meetings with participants. To schedule a meeting, investors can email contact@mydecineinc.com. Investor meetings will focus on the company's research and development pipeline, patent strategies, and clinical trials involving targeted drug candidates and therapeutic areas.
Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ:ENVB) Inc has announced that Dr Joseph Tucker, its chief executive officer, will participate in three upcoming investor conferences: Q1 Virtual Investor Summit on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at 11.45am ET, with registration via the following link https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KNE-yg3VThSfZrE-kga0Mw; Citi's Psychedelic Drug Call Series on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at 10.00am ET, which will be a fireside chat hosted by Neena Bitritto-Garg, Citi's Biotech analyst; and the Maxim 2022 Virtual Growth Conference being held on Monday, March 28 to Wednesday, March 30, 20, with registration via the following link https://m-vest.com/events/2022-virtual-growth-conference. For more information about the events, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Enveric's management team, investors can email KCSA Strategic Communications at envericbio@kcsa.com.
NEXE Innovations Inc (TSX-V:NEXE, OTC:NEXNF) has announced that it will exhibit at Natural Products Expo West. The event will be held March 8-12, 2022, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The NEXE team will be located at Booth 1767. "We are excited to showcase our product lines at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. Expo West is the largest exhibition in North America; showcasing the natural and organic industry. This venue will be great for brand exposure as well as meeting prospective partners, distributors, and retailers as we prepare for our NEXE Coffee retail launch in Q2. Having launched three major categories in 2021: XOMA Superfoods and Nexe Coffee for Keurig brewing systems and Nespresso OriginalLine machines, we believe this is a great venue to present our NEXE suite of products. NEXE will continue to attend industry conventions worldwide to expand our business and to meet distributors and consumers as well as educate the market on our products," said Ash Guglani, President of NEXE. "Having commercialized the fully compostable Nexe pods, along with our competitors receiving fines for greenwashing, and various bans on single plastic-use in place, places NEXE in a good position to showcase our products at industry conferences. Our fully-compostable and sustainable products continue to be met with significant interest which we believe we will convert into sales over the next 12 months," he added.
Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN) has said it will attend the 34th Annual ROTH Conference, which is being held in-person at Laguna Niguel, California from March 13-15, 2022. Phunware president and CEO, Alan Knitowski, and CFO, Matt Aune, will be the executives holding one-on-one meetings throughout the conference. Knitowski will also be participating in the Enterprise Adoption of Blockchain Technologies Panel on March 14, 2022. For additional information or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with Phunware management, investors can contact Gateway Group at phun@gatewayir.com.
Playgon Games (TSX-V:DEAL, OTCQB:PLGNF) Inc has announced the availability of a broadcast titled, "Vegas Goes All In as Online Gambling Soars." To hear the AudioPressRelease, investors can visit: https://news.networknewsaudio.com/
Hannam & Partners has raised its target price for Steppe Gold Inc to C$3.25, up from C$3.15 previously, and repeated a 'Buy' rating on the stock following recent news the company has resumed full gold production from its oxide heap leach operations at the ATO project in Mongolia. Operations at the ATO project had been halted since November 2020 with the company having encountered COVID-related issues in securing reagent imports and after almost a year of significantly reduced production due to issues in securing cyanide supply. In a note to clients, Hannam's analysts said: "We view the restart of production as a major catalyst for the stock, reducing the residual uncertainty over the funding of ATO’s Phase 2 sulphide expansion which will continue to progress over the coming months."
OTC Markets Group Inc, which operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 US and international securities, has announced that Freeman Gold Corp, a mineral exploration company focused on the development of its 100% owned Lemhi Gold property, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market and has today upgraded from the OTCQB Venture Market or the OTC Pink market. The OTCQX Market is designed for established, investor-focused US and international companies. To qualify for OTCQX, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws. Graduating to the OTCQX Market from the OTCQB Market marks an important milestone for companies, enabling them to demonstrate their qualifications and build visibility among US investors.