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Mountain Valley MD $MVMD $MVDMF to Include Testing of South African Mutation in Upcoming COVID-19 BSL-4 Clearance Work $CTLT $MRNA $NVAX

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:29 AM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
  • Testing South African COVID-19 variant with the Company’s new solubilized Ivermectin technology.
  • Mutation is now the most dominant form of the COVID-19 virus in South Africa

Mountain Valley MD Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or “MVMD”) (CSE: MVMD) (FRA: 20MP) (OTCQB: MVMDF) is pleased to announce that it will be testing the new B.1.351 South African COVID-19 variant in its upcoming Bio Safety Level 4 (“BSL-4”) lab study, which is analyzing viral clearance efficacy with the Company’s new solubilized Ivermectin technology.

According to the World Health Organization*, the mutated B.1.351 COVID-19 variant is now the most dominant form of the COVID-19 virus in South Africa and is believed to be more infectious and thus easier to spread. As the COVID-19 virus continually mutates, researchers are assessing the impact of the current vaccines that are in distribution to understand if they may be rendered less effective or even noneffective**.

“We felt it was critical to look at this new South African COVID-19 variant given the immediate complexities we are seeing with the pace of vaccine rollout and the high probability that current vaccines will not be as effective, if at all, against these emerging mutations,” stated Dennis Hancock, President and CEO of Mountain Valley MD. “It is important to us across our broad human health objectives that our solubilized Ivermectin technology can be confidently applied as the broadest COVID-19 therapeutic and number one choice in the world when a vaccine falls short.”

The Company has previously communicated that it believes its solubilized Ivermectin would be suitable for a broad therapeutic across a wide range of viruses in the future, not just limited to COVID-19.

“It is not clear if the current vaccines will protect you from the new variants and early information is that vaccines are not as effective on the mutations. We are attempting in our work with the BSL-4 lab to target novel COVID-19 variants that would prove Ivermectin’s broad activity in interfering with the replication of the virus and thus broadly applies across multiple variants versus being specific to a variant the way a vaccine would be,” stated Mike Farber, Director of Life Sciences at MVMD.

As communicated in the Company’s news release on January 27, 2021, the BSL-4 trial will be the first of its kind ever conducted with human grade solubilized Ivermectin anywhere in the world and its design was led by the Company’s key scientific advisor, Dr. John Clements. Dr. Clements is Emeritus Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine and has over 35 years of experience in vaccine, immunology and infectious diseases research and development, with a distinguished scientific career focused on developing and evaluating vaccines for a wide range of infectious diseases globally.

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St-Georges Eco-Mining $SX $SXOOF Reports on Initial Battery Recovery Test Results $NNX.ca $OM.ca $ICM.ca $ATAO

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:14 AM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
  • Initial tests on lithium-ion batteries successful in the recovery of lithium, nickel and cobalt found as a coating on aluminium foil in the core of the batteries.
  • Leached more than 99% of the cobalt and of the nickel contained in the batteries.

St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE:SX) (OTC:SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1) (CNSX:SX.CN) is pleased to disclose that its initial tests conducted on an array of lithium-ion batteries have been successful in confirming that the selective leach, conducted with its proprietary blend of acids, allows for the recovery of the lithium, nickel and cobalt that are found as a coating on aluminium foil in the core of the batteries.

The Company’s metallurgical team was able to leach more than 99% of the cobalt and of the nickel contained in the batteries. Furthermore, the aluminium foil used to hold the different metals in the batteries’ core remains intact and can be recycled.  

Company scientists are comfortable that the results obtained on these metals are repeatable and should scale. Initial lithium test results have been in line with expectations and require additional tests at scale prior to disclosure. These additional tests are ongoing, and results are expected sometime in March.

Fig. 1 The metals in solution, to the left the lithium / cobalt circuit, to the right the nickel copper circuit.

For testing, batteries were dismantled at the Company’s contracted pilot plant facility, CIMMS, under the supervision of qualified chemists and metallurgists. Enrico Di Cesare, St-Georges VP Research & Development, established the protocol and supervised the process. The batteries were dismantled manually, and the cores were immersed in St-Georges’ proprietary leach solution for 30 minutes. The Company expects to optimize and reduce this exposure duration with the aim of bringing it closer to the 5 min leach time required by the Nevada clays. Aluminium was taken out of the solution in its solid form and set aside. No test for residues was conducted on the aluminium in the preliminary tests. Metals were then targeted for recuperation in solution. The powders obtained were tested on-site and sent for independent testing by CIMMS

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Candente Copper $DNT Corporate Update and Engineering Study Proposals Under Evaluation For Canariaco Copper Deposit $CDG.ca $FCX.ca $TECK.ca $FSUGY $PER.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:01 AM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
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  • Engineering studies to identify and define various value add options for the development of the Cañariaco Project.
  • First goal is to define/identify a smaller, higher grade, start up option for Cañariaco with a smaller CapEx and accelerated payback period

Candente Copper Corp. (TSX:DNT, BVL:DNT) (“Candente Copper”, “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received and is reviewing proposals from two internationally acclaimed engineering firms for engineering studies to identify and define various value add options for the development of the Cañariaco Project.

The first goal of the engineering study is to define/identify a smaller, higher grade, start up option for Cañariaco with a smaller initial capital expenditure (“CapEx”) and accelerated payback period. This is expected to be able to be permitted and financed to production more quickly than the larger option. The intention would be that once the development capital is paid back, the smaller operation could then be expanded to fully recognize the value of the large copper-gold resource that exists at Cañariaco.

The second goal is to explore other potential options with a mind to establish both cost efficiencies and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) friendly development options. Current industry wide ESG initiatives and responsible investing is driving innovation in environmentally friendly, sustainable development and finance products. This innovation has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and increased urgency around the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, resulting in many new development options to consider now.

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American Creek $AMK “Breaking The Sound Barrier” John Newell and Mining Stock Watch $TUD.ca $ESK.ca $SEA.ca $STNG.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:41 AM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
  • “Can you see the power it could have when/if it breaks above .40 cents…remember when it broke .10 cents with conviction BOOM!” John Newell, Feb 16, 2021
  • American Creek Resources [TSXV:AMK] has been highlighted by MiningStockWatch.com as 1 of 2 listed “opportunities” on their site.

Sector Expert: John Newell

John Newell is a portfolio manager at Fieldhouse Capital Management and president and CEO of Golden Sky Minerals Corp. He has 38 years of experience in the investment industry acting as an officer, director, portfolio manager and investment advisor with some of the largest investment firms in Canada including Scotia McLeod, CIBC Wood Gundy and Richardson Greenshields (RBC Capital Markets). Newell is a specialist in precious metal equities and related commodities, and follows a disciplined proprietary approach incorporating equity research, analytical frameworks and risk controls to evaluate and select long and short stocks primarily from the Canadian small and mid-cap coverage. Many large, midcap and junior precious metal companies use his technical charts. Newell is a registered portfolio manager in Canada (advising representative).
 
Last week, sector expert John Newell put out a chart showing a possible “Sonic Boom” (as he puts it) in AMK stock similar to what the company experienced when it crossed the 10 cent threshold last year. 

He has updated the charts which are found below.

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American Creek Resources [TSXV:AMK] has been highlighted by MiningStockWatch.com as 1 of 2 listed “opportunities” on their site. To view the site click here.

The website is headed by John Newell and its mission is as follows:

To identify highly profitable trading and investment ideas in the precious metals, industrial metals, and strategic metals space, to help investors position themselves in a metals bull market that we believe has years of great returns ahead of itself.

While no small feat, we look for selected individual companies in this space that we feel the market has overlooked for whatever reasons and believe they will produce out sized returns, over a reasonable time frame. We believe this because our past ideas suggest it is possible. Starting in 2016 we uncovered, Teranga, Alacer, Atlantic Gold, Aurico, Lakeshore, Auryn, Claude, Dalradian, Integra, Kirkland Lake, Klondex, Newmarket, NovaGold, Premier Gold, Richmont, Equinox, Lundin Gold, Great Bear, Tudor, Imperial Metals and Westdome, to name a few. We did this at times when the timing was seemed unlikely or contrarian. We also had some ones that have not worked out yet, McEwen Mining, Almaden, Oceana Gold, because this is not a market sector that you do not experience some disappointment, or the investment time frame is pushed out a few years.

XPhyto Therapeutics $XPHY.ca $XPHYF Builds Commercial Team to Launch 25-Minute Covid-19 Test $NGM.ca $SONA.ca $HBP.ca $MIR.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:32 AM on Monday, February 22nd, 2021
  • Expedited formation of commercial team to launch its point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RT-PCR test system
  • Expects medical device manufacturer approval by the end of February
  • European regulatory approval as a commercial in vitro diagnostic device by early March.

XPhyto Therapeutics Corp. (CSE:XPHY / OTCQB:XPHYF / FSE:4XT) (“XPhyto” or the “Company“), is pleased to announce that the Company has expedited the formation of an experienced commercial team to launch its point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RT-PCR test system (“Covid-ID Lab”). Covid-ID Lab was developed by XPhyto’s exclusive German diagnostics development partner, 3a-diagnostics GmbH (“3a”). XPhyto expects 3a to receive ISO 13485 medical device manufacturer approval by the end of February and European regulatory approval as a commercial in vitro diagnostic device (CE-IVD) for Covid-ID Lab by early March.

The market launch team consists of world-class clinical and pharmaceutical executives and service providers who bring the experience and expertise necessary to effectively and rapidly drive the commercialization of Covid-ID Lab. Collectively, the team brings decades of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, including: executive leadership, business development, regulatory compliance, product launch, international marketing and sales, production, quality assurance, and M&A. In particular, members of the team have led medical diagnostic company growth from inception to over 500 million Euro per year in multinational sales.

“We are extremely fortunate to now have a team with deep expertise in medical diagnostic product commercialization. The team has extensive experience from regulatory approval to international production and sales,” said Hugh Rogers, CEO and Director of XPhyto. “As we near expected regulatory approval, XPhyto’s business is rapidly evolving from innovation to impact. We are working hard to put the Company in the best possible position to execute on our business strategy.”

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Following E-Commerce Launch, TAAT™ $TAAT.ca $TOBAF Sells More than CAD $50,000 of Product in 48 Hours

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:25 PM on Friday, February 19th, 2021
  • Orders placed through the TAAT™ online store shipped to 20 different U.S. states
  • The average order had a value of approximately USD $57
  • The average order size was 1.7 cartons
TAAT

LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 19, 2021 — TAAT ™ LIFESTYLE & WELLNESS LTD. (CSE: TAAT) (OTCQB: TOBAF) (FRANKFURT: 2TP2) (the “Company” or “TAAT ™ ”) is pleased to announce strong sales performance following the launch of its e-commerce portal earlier this week.

In addition to the launch of the TAAT™ online store, the Company has continued to add new retail points of sale for TAAT™ in the state of Ohio, as shown on the maps in this press release, with significant increases in areas to include Cincinnati (population 301,000) and Columbus (population 878,000).

Additionally, nationwide campaigns led by a consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) sales agency who directly services over 100,000 convenience stores in the United States are set to begin next week and will run concurrently with marketing efforts for the TAAT™ online store.

Orders placed through the TAAT™ online store had shipping addresses in 20 different U.S. states, with an average order value of approximately USD $57.00 and an average order size of 1.7 cartons.

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Predictiv AI $PAI.ca $INOTF Signs SISCO to Distribute Thermalpass to Its U.S. Customer Base

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:54 AM on Friday, February 19th, 2021
  • $PAI.ca’s ThermalPass will be paired with the SISCO Fast-Pass® Visitor Management System
  • The paired tech will assist with track-and-trace efforts and provide peace of mind to building occupants and visitors

TORONTO , Feb. 19, 2021 – Predictiv AI Inc. (TSX-V: PAI) (OTC: INOTF) (FSE: 71TA) (” Predictiv AI ” or the ” Company “), www.predictiv.ai , a software and solutions provider in the artificial intelligence markets is pleased to announce that Security Identification Systems Corp. (SISCO) www.siscocorp.com , has joined ThermalPass as a channel reseller and distributor to market and sell the ThermalPass to its U.S. customers in hospitality, healthcare, commercial enterprises and government.

ThermalPass will be paired with the SISCO Fast-Pass® Visitor Management System to assist with track-and-trace efforts and to provide enhanced peace of mind to building occupants and visitors.

Since 1994, SISCO has been dedicated to developing best-in-class visitor management solutions for confirming credentials and tracking people for public and private entities. Fully-compliant with the various legislation throughout the United States , SISCO provides world-class security products and services using state-of-the-art technologies and integrated security solutions.

“The seamless integration of ThermalPass’ technology allows us to immediately offer the new solution to all of our existing clients including Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Shriners International, Cleveland Clinic, HCA Healthcare, NYPD, Palm Beach Police Department, Miami Police Department, PPG Industries, J.W. Marriott, and many others,” said SISCO CEO Anthony Zagami.

“Because ThermalPass is a touchless screening device that operates much like a metal detector, taking multiple temperature readings instantaneously, when coupled with Fast-Pass, it immediately provides front-line workers with the necessary data and insight in handling high volumes of people entering facilities. This allows practitioners to respond accordingly with their organization’s standard operating procedures, and in real time.”

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Harborside Inc. $HBOR $HBORF Announces Closing of Upsized Private Placement For Gross Proceeds of C$35,103,045 $VFF.ca $HARV.ca $ACB.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:56 PM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021

Harborside Inc. (“Harborside”, or the “Company) (CSE: HBOR), (OTCQX: HBORF), a California-focused, vertically-integrated cannabis enterprise, is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced upsized brokered private placement of units of the Company at a price of C$2.55 per SVS Unit (as defined below) and C$255.00 per MVS Unit (as defined below) for aggregate gross proceeds of C$35,103,045 (the “Offering”). Beacon Securities Limited and ATB Capital Markets acted as co-lead agents in connection with the Offering (the “Agents”).

“We are very pleased with the strong investor interest and demand we received during our recent upsized offering,” said Peter Bilodeau, Interim CEO of Harborside. “With a strengthened balance sheet, Harborside is well positioned to further accelerate our growth as we enter 2021. We remain focused on continuing to build scale in the California market by optimizing and generating further efficiencies at our Salinas farm while continuing to provide best-in-class retail experiences and the high-quality cannabis products our customers in California have come to expect from Harborside.”

Each unit issued to non-residents of the United States (an “SVS Unit”) is comprised of one subordinate voting share of the Company (a “Subordinate Voting Share”) and one Subordinate Voting Share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”) of the Company. Each Warrant underlying an SVS Unit is exercisable to acquire one Subordinate Voting Share of the Company for a period of 36 months following closing of the Offering (the “Closing”) at an exercise price of C$3.69 per Subordinate Voting Share, subject to adjustment and acceleration in certain events. A total of 5,806,700 SVS Units were issued pursuant to the Offering.

All investors that are considered residents of the United States under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 were issued units (each, an “MVS Unit”) comprised of multiple voting shares of the Company (the “Multiple Voting Shares”) and Multiple Voting Share purchase warrants of the Company, based on the same economic equivalency of each Multiple Voting Share converting into 100 Subordinate Voting Shares. The Multiple Voting Shares are intended to minimize the proportion of the outstanding voting securities of the Company that are held by residents of the United States for purposes of determining whether the Company is a “foreign private issuer”. The holders of Multiple Voting Shares are entitled to one vote in respect of each Subordinate Voting Share into which such Multiple Voting Share could be converted, and as such the Multiple Voting Shares do not necessarily hold voting rights that are superior to the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares, on an as converted to Subordinate Voting Shares basis.  A total of 79,592 MVS Units were issued pursuant to the Offering.

In consideration for their services, the Company paid the Agents a cash commission equal to C$1,451,340.75 and issued the Agents an aggregate of 569,154 broker warrants (“Broker Warrants”). Each Broker Warrant is exercisable to acquire, within 12 months from Closing, one SVS Unit at an exercise price of C$2.55 per SVS Unit.

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Loncor $LN.ca $LONCF Announces Significant Gold Mineralization at Depth from its Flagship Adumbi Deposit $ABX $NGT $GOLD $TECK

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:58 AM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021
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  • Deepest borehole at Adumbi intersects 55.43 metres grading 2.76 g/t Au including 12.45 metres grading 8.11 g/t Au
  • Significant widths and grades will increase the current inferred mineral resource of 2.19 million ounces (28.97 million tonnes grading 2.35 g/t gold) at Adumbi

Loncor Resources Inc. (“Loncor” or the “Company“) (TSX: “LN”; OTCQX: “LONCF”; FSE: “LO51”) is pleased to announce further significant assay results from its drilling program within its 84.68% owned Imbo Project in the eastern part of the Ngayu greenstone belt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The deepest borehole drilled to date at its flagship Adumbi deposit, LADD007 intersected 55.43 metres grading 2.76 g/t gold (including 12.45 metres grading 8.11 g/t Au). Assay results were also received for core hole LADD006, which was a shallower hole drilled on the northeastern contact of the Adumbi deposit, with expected grades and widths.

Mineralized sections for boreholes LADD007 and LADD006 are summarised in the table below:

Borehole
Number
From (m)To (m)Intersected 
Width (m)
Grade (g/t) Au
LADD00799.95107.807.851.45
LADD007540.62596.0555.432.76
LADD007
including
583.60596.0512.458.11
LADD007607.90611.273.374.61
     
LADD006299.37302.252.882.64
LADD006308.00309.001.0021.20
LADD006322.10337.3015.201.67
LADD006353.35357.854.503.25

Borehole LADD007 had an inclination of minus 68 degrees and azimuth of 218 degrees at the start of hole and regular measurements of inclination and azimuth were taken at 30 metre intervals down the hole. All core was orientated, and it is estimated that the true widths of the mineralised sections are approximately 89% of the intersected width. All intercepted grades are uncut. Borehole LADD007 intersected the mineralization at a depth of 100 metres below S52 and approximately 40 metres below the open pit (see Figures 2 and 3 below). Borehole LADD006 had an inclination of minus 58 degrees and azimuth of 218 degrees and it is estimated that the true widths of the mineralised sections of LADD006 are approximately 95% of the intersected width.

Commenting on these latest drilling results, Loncor President Peter Cowley said: “We continue to be encouraged by the results at Adumbi. Results from all five boreholes of our current drilling program have intersected significant widths and grades and will increase the current inferred mineral resource of 2.19 million ounces (28.97 million tonnes grading 2.35 g/t gold) at Adumbi. We are especially pleased with the continuity of gold mineralization at depth as highlighted in Figures 2 and 3.”

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Durango $DGO.ca Provides Windfall Lake Drilling Update $BTR.ca $OSK.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:58 AM on Thursday, February 18th, 2021
  • 3,400m drilled on the Trove Property over 12 holes.
  • Encountered mineralization 200 meters below surface and at 300m
  • Durango drilled three scout holes on the East Barry Property totaling 1,969 meters
  • 2,000 samples are pending assay results at multiple labs for both the Trove and East Barry properties.

Durango Resources Inc.(TSXV:DGO) (Frankfurt-86A1) (OTC:ATOXF), (the “Company” or “Durango”) announces that the drilling campaign on its wholly owned Trove and East Barry Properties at Windfall Lake is still underway.

Trove Property

Currently, Durango is drilling holes on the northern portion of the Trove Property which was inaccessible until late 2020 due to late cold weather conditions. Approximately 3,400 meters has been drilled on the Trove Property in 2020 and 2021 over 12 holes. The Trove exploration program was designed to test the high priority Induced Polarization (“IP”) anomalies in the northern section of the Trove Property. So far, the majority of the mineralized sections were encountered within 200 meters below surface, with some exceptions encountering mineralization at depths of 300m and more.

East Barry Property

In January, Durango drilled three scout holes on the East Barry Property totaling 1,969 meters to try to determine the location of the felsic dykes in intrusive pluton. The scout holes enabled Durango to derive structural and lithological data on the East Barry and to test till anomaly targets which were previously inaccessible.

More than 2,000 samples are pending assay results at multiple labs for both the Trove and East Barry properties. Durango has encountered further lab delays due to a Covid-19 breakout at one of the processing facilities earlier this month, so the Company has secured additional labs to help alleviate the turnaround time and assay delays. Durango’s exploration and drill teams have not been exposed and continue to remain safe and healthy at the camp.

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