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Video – Avalon Advanced Materials $AVL is Creating Ontario’s First Regional Lithium Battery Materials Refinery in Thunder Bay $SMY $NB $APY

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:03 PM on Thursday, April 14th, 2022

 Did you know that there is a growing demand for formerly-obscure elements in new technologies such as clean energy, aerospace, energy efficiency, modern electronics and medical applications.

Avalon is the gateway for shareholder access to these metals as advances in technology increase demand

Avalon owns a diverse critical metals and minerals property portfolio and is poised to fill this emerging high tech demand through the exposure to rare earth elements, lithium, tin, indium, cesium and tantalum. Obscure yes, but no less valuable than the other metals that are driving the demand for new advances in technologies such as Nickel, Cobalt and Copper.

Avalon has been developing critical mineral properties since the mid 1990’s, when President & CEO, Don Bubar, first acquired the Separation Rapids Lithium Project for its industrial mineral potential for glass-ceramics. The project in northwestern Ontario hosts the world’s largest, undeveloped known resource of the rare lithium mineral petalite. Avalon is currently re-evaluating the potential to serve the glass-ceramics market and has also investigated the possibility of producing a high purity lithium chemical for the rapidly expanding market in lithium ion batteries.

The global glass industry is valued at over $100 billion, and continues to grow through innovation of new glass products, many of which take advantage of the unique properties of lithium for strengthening glass. In addition to the burgeoning battery industry expansion, the glass industry still represents 25-30% of global demand for lithium

… but wait there is more…

Avalon has made a stunning announcement recently to establish Ontario’s first regional Lithium Battery Materials Refinery in Thunder Bay, and they are not doing it alone. Supported by the Essar Group,  a company with assets under management of over 8.2 BILLION, they plan on refining not only their own critical metals, but those of other companies as well. This is true leadership in the metals arena and a decision that will reward Avalon shareholder for years to come as they develop a supply chain for lithium in Ontario.

Sit down and take a moment to listen to this fantastic interview with Don Bubar, President and CEO of Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. as he walks investors through the plans to establish a regional lithium battery materials supply chain to serve the needs of future electric vehicle and battery manufacturers in Ontario and elsewhere.

Meet the 4 SmallCap Nickel Companies Poised to Succeed in Today’s Rapidly Evolving Market $TN.ca $PM.ca $SX.ca $PNPN.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:41 PM on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

The nickel market is a US$20+ billion per year industry and future nickel demand depends on battery demand and Electric Vehicle market penetration. Today’s market is dominated by stainless steel and nickel is a key base metal for building sustainable societies due to its use in stainless steel and new battery technology. Its multiple physical and chemical properties make it essential in thousands of products from mobile phones to medical equipment and wind turbines.

Nickel is also a critical component in new battery technology used in electric vehicles, and most nickel in the global supply chain is not actually suited for battery production. Battery demand requires high grade nickel products to produce nickel sulphate.

Nickel supply comes from two different types of deposits:

Class I (Nickel Sulphides): Higher grade, but rarer deposits that make up 37.5% of current production.

Class II (Nickel Laterites): Low grade, bulk-tonnage deposits that make up 62.4% of current production.

With the LME recently halting trading due to a short squeeze event, the Nickel market has been put on notice with prices for the valued metal increasing in many multiples. Future supply needs to be found, and with the LMW currently closed, some would say it needs to be found today.

Here are 4 great smallcap companies addressing this present and future need

Pampa Metals ( PM : CSE )

Pampa Metals objective is to make a major copper discovery in Chile.  They have a portfolio of 8 projects in northern Chile combined with an experienced management team and a healthy corporate treasury that positions Pampa to make a significant discovery.

Pampa is Targeting Porphyry Copper Deposits and these types range in the billions of tons provide massive quantities of coper and economies of scale when in production. Not only that, Pampa Projects in clear line of sight to prospective porphyry copper systems, and this is why they are positioned for discovery. They have a superior portfolio of projects

Power Nickel (PNPN: TSX-V) (CMETF: OTCQB )

Power Nickel is focused on high-potential battery metal prospects in Canada. The company recently completed the acquisition of its option to acquire up to 80% of the Nisk Project (Nickel, Copper, PGE) from Critical Elements Lithium Corp. as it transforms into a battery metals provider for the emerging EV Industry.

The NISK property comprises a large land position (20 kilometres of strike length) with numerous high-grade intercepts. Power Nickel is focused on confirming what is known to be there, while also expanding the ( non 43-101 ) high-grade nickel-copper PGE mineralization historical resource. This will be accomplished through the drill program by preparing a new Mineral Resource, substantially aided by the first assay results that returned 19.9 Metres of 0.7% Ni, 0.61% Cu, 0.04% Co, 0.81gPd, 0.39g Pt and add potential to ” have a commercial high-grade Nickel Sulphate deposit”

Tartisan Nickel Corp. (CSE: TN) (OTCQX: TTSRF)

An early adopter of the Electric Vehicle revolution, Tartisan was one of the first companies to target Nickel and electric battery metals to accommodate anticipated future demand.

Tartisan Nickel Corp. owns the Kenbridge Class 1 Nickel Project in northwestern Ontario with an updated Mineral Resource Estimate of 117m lbs Ni, 66m lbs Cu. Additionally, there are several untested exploration targets on the property, such as the Kenbridge North target that holds similar geophysical characteristics to the Kenbridge Deposit.

St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE:SX)(OTC:SXOOF)

St Georges controls the Julie Nickel Project where in 2021, 4,198 meters were drilled on Julie, the bulk of which consisted of holes positioned to conduct a borehole geophysical review of the project and identify targets for the second phase of exploration drilling. Results from this effort will be communicated by press release as they become available. The continuation of phase 1 of the drilling effort is planned for spring 2022, which will follow the upcoming revision of the proposed drilling efforts. This revision is based on results received to date and is currently being compiled by the Company’s geologists.

Julie is located within the mining-friendly province of Quebec, Canada. Nickel-copper-cobalt with
​​​​​​​Grades range from 0.001% to 2.16% Ni, 0.01% to 0.33% Cu

VIDEO: Candente Copper $DNT.ca Announces New Deposit of 2.2Billion Pounds of Copper and 1.2Million Ounces Gold

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:21 PM on Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
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TSX listed Candente Copper owns Canariaco Norte, a large, economic copper deposit in Peru that continues to advance technically and economically toward a sale or production decision. A 2022 Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) is nearing completion that will advance it further toward development

Now it has a sister deposit, Canariaco Sur located 2km away that could help advance developments much quicker.

Canariaco Sur contains 2.2 billion pounds of copper and 1.2 million ounces of gold in an inferred resource calculated with only 15 holes, demonstrating a considerable amount of metal.
Sur contains higher levels of gold and molybdenum than Cañariaco Norte, minimal arsenic levels and mineralization that starts at surface. Cañariaco Sur has the potential to add significant value to the resources at Cañariaco Norte, 2km to the northeast.

Cañariaco Norte is a 100% owned pre-feasibility-stage porphyry copper deposit containing 7.5B pounds Measured and Indicated and can be mined for 22 years once in production. Oh, and Canariaco Norte is in the lowest quartile of production costs for projects waiting to be developed at around 0.98c per pound of copper. If that doesn’t have your attention, the third party validation will, look at these partners supporting Candente in 4 research papers comparing various global copper projects in the last 4 years as it now moves 2 deposits toward development:

RFC Ambrian: Cañariaco Norte in top 10 of 23 projects with potential to involve third party M&A (December 2021)
Haywood: Cañariaco Norte is one of 18 assets selected as likely to be considered by majors looking to acquire (December 2021)
Deutsche Bank: Cañariaco Norte identified as one of 3 projects required to meet the upcoming copper supply-demand gap (February 2021)
Goldman Sachs: Cañariaco Norte identified with incentive copper price in the lowest quartile of the top 84 copper projects worldwide (October 2018)

Canariaco Norte is a deposit itching to become a mine and Candente continues to advance the project forward with studies evaluating various methodologies to reduce CAPEX with multiple scenarios that support developing Canariaco closer to a production scenario.

With the price of copper firmly above $4 dollars, the economics supporting Canariaco going into production only gets stronger, and now Canariaco has a sister deposit helping to expedite matters.
Watch this great interview with Candente CEO Joanne Freeze as walks through Canariaco Sur and the exciting new developments aiding the development of 2 exciting copper porphyry deposits.

VIDEO: Fabled Copper $FABL Meeting The Future Demand For Copper By Making Discoveries Today

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:35 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022

BRAND NEW LISTING – DEC 21

The World Needs Copper: Global Copper Consumption Outstripping Supply

“A new energy vehicle (EV) needs 80kg of Copper compared with 23kg in an internal combustion engine vehicle” Kitco

Demand for Copper is projected to rise by 5% yearly, outstripping supply which is projected to increase by 2.3% yearly

This is why brand new Fabled Copper’s mandate is to explore and define high level and high-grade copper resources in Northern BC. ( which also happens to be a tier one exploration jurisdiction). Their main focus is the Muskwa property with a high grade mining history containing a minimum of 22 documented copper occurrences of which 4 are defined deposits with historical reserves and resources.

Fabled is taking an aggressive exploration approach and are already outlining a drill program for the 22 field season.

Here are some of the documented copper occurrences in 3 separate claim blocks (Neil, Toro, Bronson) and you can see why Fabled is intent on taking a aggressive approach to exploration and development. The project boast highgrade copper and lots of it.

Neil: 10 Copper occurrences with the Neil vein 19 metres wide, visible for more than 1,000 metres vertically & has assayed 10.2% copper over 3.0 metres

Davis-Keays: Historical Indicated reserve *of 3.7 million tons at 2.5% Copper cut-off grade or an estimated 1.4million tons at 3.42% Copper

Toro-Churchill: – sampling returned 8.8% copper over a width of 19 meters and strike length of 133 meters

Magnum Vein: developed and mined from 1970 to 1974 milling 549,000 tons grading 3.00 % Copper – stopped due to low copper prices

And if that doesn’t help identify the discovery opportunity, have a look at the combined experience amongst the management team, over 200 years’ combined exploration experience; and with that comes knowledge, lots of it. They are using their experience with cutting edge technologies to exploit the significant exploration upside. The use of drones has been prevalent throughout the 2021 exploration program and combined with the use of LIDAR and modern geophysics, the team plans on using the information gained to lead a very aggressive 2022 program that will include drilling.

At a time when Copper is breaking out and trending within the 4.20 to 4.80 price range; up over 100% since early 2020, Fabled shareholders received a generous Christmas present from Peter Hawley, President & CEO as the company embarks on delivering the Copper supply needed for the needs of tomorrow.

Sit back and enjoy this fantastic video as Peter walks us through the next emerging Copper growth story of 2022 and beyond.

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VIDEO – Victory Square Technologies $VST $VSQTF Eyes Web 3.0 Future via Blockchain, NFTs, Creator Economy & More

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:00 PM on Monday, December 20th, 2021
Victory Square Technologies VST

Victory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE:VST) (OTC:VSQTF) (FWB:6F6) provides investors access to a diverse portfolio of next generation technology companies in key sectors, including: Web 3.0BlockchainGaming, the Creator EconomyNFTs and the Metaverse.

“We are living in the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution; The Tech Revolution that will undoubtedly change everything as we know it,” says VST CEO Shafin Diamond Tejani

“Web 3.0, Blockchain, Gaming, VR/AR, the Creator Economy, Digital Health and Climate Tech are all sectors that Victory Square has invested in. We offer investors the chance to invest in the most exciting tech trends all in one place with a uniquely liquid, audited and secure way to gain access to these latest innovative technologies.”

Across the next 120 days, VST’s primary goals will be to:

  • Issue The Second Tranche Of a Special Common Share Dividend of its Interest in Portfolio Company Fantasy 360 Technologies Inc. (dba Immersive Tech)
  • Assist Stardust Solar Technologies Inc., Turnium Technology Group Inc., Cassia Research Inc. (doing business as CoPilot.AI) and Shop and Shout Ltd. (doing business as Creator.co) with considering and preparing for potential public listing transactions.
  • Ramp up sales and marketing to provide Victory Square Digital Health’s full-suite of mobile digital health solutions and telemedicine platform to surgery centres, skilled nurses, home care agencies and hospice care.
  • Work with Victory Square Health to grow the Company’s roster of diagnostic tests and expand its digital health business within Brazil, the U.S. and Canada.
  • Work with Creator.co to complete the development of an add-on feature which will allow creators to launch their own digital currency powered by the blockchain.
  • Successfully incubate next batch of VST projects working on the following: Exchange Traded Protocols (Metaverse, DeFi, GameFi, DAOs), P2E (Play to Earn) Games, Decentralized Social Networks (DeSo Creator Platform).

Against this backdrop, Agoracom founder George Tsiolis sat down with the CEO to discuss the shape of the future…

Cross River Ventures $CRVC $CSRVF District Scale Gold Discovery Potential in Red Lake, Ontario

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:43 PM on Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Cross River Ventures is focused on the development of top tier exploration properties in the premier mining district of Red Lake Ontario exploring for gold, and for several good reasons.

The Red Lake Mining jurisdiction hosts one of the largest mineral rich greenstone belt on the planet that has produced 200 million ounces of gold in over 100 years of mining. This includes a total gold endowment exceeding 300million ounces with over 124 mines and 21 plus deposits with more than 3 million ounces each.

Cross River hosts 7 Projects (over 28,000-hectares) within the prolific greenstone belts of NW Ontario, Canada which host the most productive gold deposits in the world.

This is where Cross River is targeting gold for discovery potential.

Armed with a world class technical team led by Dr. Rob Carpenter, who was the CEO of Kaminak,     ( acquired by Goldcorp for CDN $520 million), know how to plan and execute a exploration program designed specifically to make a discovery.

Cross Rivers Flagship McVicar Property is just one of the properties they are targeting for discovery. Situated close to the 3.8m Oz Springpole deposit controlled by First Mining Gold Corp. ( FF.TO ) it hosts 2 mineralized trends that are parallel to one another and include new surface discoveries of gold, as well as previous sampling of high grade with numerous results greater than 500g/t gold.

McVicar is ready to be fully explored and drill permits for the property have been issued for multiple target areas delineated via modern geophysics.

The recent driver of attention to the Red Lake area is the takeover of Great Bear Resources by Kinross Gold Corp. under which Kinross has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the Red Lake explorer for C$29.00 per share, approximately $1.8-billion and being done without a resource calculation. This is primarily due to the excellent nature of their drill results.

The peer takeover speaks to the attractiveness of discovery potential and quality of the mining jurisdiction. Cross River is in the right neighborhood to make a discovery, at the right time in the market, and when attention in the area has never been greater.

Sit back and enjoy this great interview with Cross River Venture CEO Alex Klenman as he walks us through their objective to make a discovery equal to their peers in the Red Lake Mining District.

American Creek $AMK $ACKRF: Must Watch Interview with Ken Konkin, VP of Exploration $TUD.ca $ESK.ca $SEA.ca $PVG $AOT$TUD.ca $ESK.ca $SEA.ca $PVG $AOT

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:54 AM on Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
American Creek Provides Update on Its First Quarter Filings

If you haven’t heard about American Creek’s involvement in the massive gold discovery at The Treaty Creek Project in BC’s Golden Triangle, this quote from JV operator Tudor Gold’s Vice President of Exploration and Project Development, Ken Konkin, P.Geo says everything you need to know:

“This system has proven to be much larger than we previously expected and, combined with our recent discoveries at Perfect Storm, Eureka and Calm Before the Storm, gives this Project un-paralleled economic potential as one of the largest gold projects in the world.

“Largest Gold Projects in the world”. Let that sink in.

These intercepts demonstrate the true world class nature of the Goldstorm deposit, a deposit that is still growing and open in all directions:

  • 0.97 G/T Gold EQ Over 1,320M, Including 1.38 G/T Gold Eq Over 556.5m, Ending In Mineralizatition
  • 4.07 g/t AuEq over 78.0 m, within 459.0 m of 1.30 g/t AuEq
  • 1.38 g/t AuEq (including 0.49%Cu and 6.27 g/t Ag) over 556.5 m, and contains higher grade mineralization averaging 2.34 g/t AuEq (including 0.71 % Cu and 17.64 g/t Ag) over the last 57.0 m of the hole. The drillers had to abandon the hole at 1,575.0 m, as the drill was at its maximum limit.

Results like these are exceedingly rare in a world that is starved for major discoveries.

To date, the Treaty Creek project now has 4 areas of merit that require follow up drilling in 2022, each with their own potential to compete with the enormous potential being demonstrated at Goldstorm.

The Treaty Creek project is in the Golden Triangle on one of the largest hydrothermal systems in the world. The “Sulphurets Hydrothermal system” supports numerous world scale deposits, including the high-grade Brucejack mine (opened 2017 by Pretivm) and Seabridge’s KSM which boasts the largest undeveloped gold deposit by reserves in the world.

The southern half of the system contains 188m oz gold, 1.2 bn oz silver, 55bn lbs. copper in resources.

American Creeks Treaty Creek project is a Joint Venture. Tudor Gold owns 3/5th, is the operator and controls all costs associated with development and discovery. American Creek owns 20% and is fully carried until a “Production Notice” is issued and benefits from a “free ride” on any discovery, or discoveries made, to which there is one to date.

In March the 1st the very first resource calculation was released for the Goldstorm deposit. It is true world class, opening with 19.4m ounces of gold equivalent in Indicated and 7.9m Inferred. The potential to grow with further drilling is clearly being demonstrated and results now coming in point to much much more mineralization being discovered.

Eric Sprott said it best: Last Year Eric Sprott said the following about the Goldstorm Deposit on Treaty Creek:

“It certainly looks like they have 20 million ounces and they could easily get to 30 or 40 or 50 million ounces (of gold)” Eric Sprott, July 24, 2020

Check out what Ken Konkin, the VP of Exploration and Project Development has to say about this global scale asset:

16:38:    “Goldstorm will be a mine.  It will be a mine, in my opinion.”

21:00:    “you’re no longer hunting 18 million ounces, 15 million ounces, you’re now hunting in the area of, you know, 50, 60, 70 million ounces as the target, that’s the geological target now.”

21:50:    “it’s absolutely mind-boggling what the potential is” 

7:38:      “Our best targets, by the way, have yet to be drilled on Goldstorm”

4:21:      “We still haven’t missed a single hole on the project, other than one”

13:58:    “It’s almost overwhelming at the amount of targets we’ve got”

A Message From GameOn $GET CEO Matt Bailey re: Times Internet & Polygon

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:53 AM on Monday, December 6th, 2021

Shareholders & friends,

Off the back of announcing our deals with Times Internet and Polygon ($MATIC), I wanted to end the week with a personal note. This week was a watershed moment for GameOn. A moment when a small, relatively unknown CA$20 million market cap company became backed by India’s largest media conglomerate and a leading blockchain with a US$22 billion market cap. This is strong validation of the mission, products and team that fuel our business each day. 

While many don’t know who we are yet, that’s now shifting. Just yesterday, we were written up by VentureBeat, a tech news leader that receives 12 million monthly views and is regularly read by Mark Zuckerberg. I was also recently featured in Forbes. Both customers and investors are being awoken by the noise we’re making, and they’re starting to take note.

While the market has been choppy, we’ve quietly had our heads down building and closing deals. 2022 is set up to be the year of scaling customers and revenue. If you’ve followed us since listing, you’ll know we execute on what we say we will. We expect the next 12-24 months to be no different. The first inning is over. Batter up for the second, now with the likes of Times Internet and Polygon on-deck.

Look out for a more detailed corporate update next week. In the meantime, thank you for the ongoing support. Have a great weekend! 

Cheers,
Matt

Polygon Studios Invests in GameOn, Strategically Partners to Bring NFT Games to the Masses
GameOn Secures Up to US$6 Million in Strategic Investment from India’s Brand Capital International

VIDEO – AI/ML Innovations $AIML $AIMLF set to Make Waves w/ Health Gauge Partnership, U.S. Launch for AI Rx $PFM.ca $DM.ca $ADK.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:09 PM on Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
AI/ML Innovations Inc.

AI/ML Innovations is capitalizing on the burgeoning areas of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and machine learning (ML), with an initial focus on emerging companies in the digital healthcare space.

Its key subsidiary, Health Gauge, is a leading digital health solutions provider that’s disrupting the traditional healthcare industry by providing AI innovations and services that improve health outcomes, while at the same time reducing costs and stresses on the overburdened healthcare infrastructure.

Its patent-pending solution is a bespoke personal health monitoring and management system, combining the latest wearable health monitors with sophisticated software tools.

Health Gauge provides for a secure and trusted means for clients to engage clinical resources and health coaching as a regular part of their care process and ongoing health management. Its robust, real-time data capture capability provides fast feedback, resulting in better recovery outcomes and healthy living objectives through the ability to make immediate and better health choices.

In addition to Health Gauge, AI/ML also has a strategic partner in Tech2Heal, a France-based global provider of proprietary digital mental health and wellness products.

In late September, AI/ML announced that it had completed its transaction to acquire a significant interest in Tech2Heal (dba Tech2Health), and that Tech2Heal was readying its remote patient monitoring platform for deployment.

Now, AI/ML Innovations & Tech2Heal’s AI Rx joint venture is preparing for imminent launch into the U.S. market, with a basket of wellness and health-tech products and services designed to improve an individual’s mental health and well-being, and utilizing a unique blend of proprietary digital assets, remote live counselling, and a physical wellness center.

We caught up with Tim Daniels, AI/ML’s Executive Chairman, to discuss the firm’s progress…

VIDEO – TAAT Global Alternatives $TAAT $TOBAF “Beyond Tobacco” Eyes $10m Investment Boost, Preps Branded Apparel for Q1 2022 $MO $PM $BATS

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:23 AM on Monday, October 18th, 2021

To understand the value proposition of TAAT, you first have to understand some recent massive trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) space:

  • Non-alcoholic beer has grown to an $18bn USD market
  • The plant-based meat market is projected to hit $74bn USD By 2027

What they have in common is providing consumers of the original products with the exact same experience (taste, smell, etc.) without the negative parts of the original products.

TAAT has developed a nicotine-free and tobacco-free smoking experience known as TAAT™, which already launched in the USA. TAAT™ Beyond Tobacco™ cigarettes mimic those experiences without nicotine or tobacco.

Engineered to closely emulate the sensory components to provide the closest experience of smoking a tobacco cigarette – a product that tastes and smells just like tobacco – but without the nicotine.

October has seen a flurry of news for the company: 

OCT 5: The company reported Q3 2021 Financial Results:

1. Gross revenue grew to an all-time high of $1,305,358 in Q3 2021, an increase of 1,956% YOY
2. Gross profit for Q3 2021 was $781,226 with a gross profit margin of 59.84%
3. Healthy balance sheet with $10,174,001 in working capital

OCT 6: TAAT Announced it Would Be Releasing A Branded Merchandise Line of Apparel and Accessories in Q1 2022

OCT 13: TAAT Announced A Follow-On Private Placement for CAD $10m

We sat down with CEO Setti Coscarella for a company update…