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Announced that its subsidiary, ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has engaged the services of Doctor Fenglian Xu to serve on its board of directors and to advise the Company in the deployment of its blockchain technology and artificial intelligence initiatives to the healthcare industry.
Dr. Fenglian (Frances) Xu is a highly experienced thought leader and innovator with over 20 years of IT experience across various industries, including academic research in medical image processing, financial services, mobile networks and the health industry.
Montreal, QC / March 19, 2019 – St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX)(OTC: SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has engaged the services of Doctor Fenglian Xu to serve on its board of directors and to advise the Company in the deployment of its blockchain technology and artificial intelligence initiatives to the healthcare industry.
Dr.
Fenglian (Frances) Xu is a highly experienced thought leader and
innovator with over 20 years of IT experience across various industries,
including academic research in medical image processing, financial
services, mobile networks and the health industry. She is currently a
director of Data Health Intelligent and consulting as the Chief
Scientist for the Aladdin Healthcare Technologies. Dr. Xu was
instrumental in the delivery of the Hyperledger Composer Solution during
her 12-year tenure at IBM. She has a portfolio of data management,
business analytics and machine learning experience.
“(…) Hyperledger Composer Blockchain program has enabled me to acquire
the experience to identify the needs for blockchain innovation at the
core of my specialties of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in
relation with the healthcare industry. The major leap in ZeU technology
advancement with respect to BigData on the Blockchain caught my
attention and its acquisition of Vn3t, which was until then on my
technology watchlist, intrigued me. Any serious commercially deployable
Blockchain Healthcare solution will have to handle heavy load of Data
and AI active algorithms on the chain while keeping access and clients’
files secured. What was years in the future is now here with ZeU
Blockchain Protocol (…)” commented Dr. Xu.
“(…) as we were looking to add depth and first-tier healthcare
industry experience to our team, Frances’ (Or should we say Dr. Xu?)
integration to our brain pool couldn’t have been timed better at this
stage of our development. Our push to deploy artificial intelligence
routines on our protocol and our dapps is now within reach with a
shorter timeline. We wish to welcome Frances to our team and we are
thrilled to put her experience and wealth of contacts to good use
immediately (…)”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Frank Dumas”
FRANK DUMAS
DIRECTOR & COO, ST-GEORGES ECO-MINING
PRESIDENT & CEO, ZEU CRYPTO NETWORKS.
The
Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of the contents of this
release.
Copyright (c) 2019 TheNewswire – All rights reserved.
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London-based marketing firm AffiliateINSIDER will take responsibility for the growth of the e-sports betting platform VIE.gg’s affiliate partner program globally
Esports’ VIE.gg offers exchange style wagering on e-sports events in a licensed, regulated and secured platform
Esports Entertainment Group Inc (OTCQB:GMBL),
the licensed online gambling company, said Tuesday it has struck up a
new contract with AffiliateINSIDER, a London-based public relations and
marketing firm, to broaden the reach of its e-sports betting platform
VIE.gg.
Under the deal’s terms, AffiliateINSIDER will take on responsibility
for the growth of VIE.gg’s affiliate partner program globally, helping
Esports to add both new affiliates and customers.
VIE.gg offers exchange-style wagering and pool betting on e-sports
events in a licensed, regulated and secured platform. It is the first
and most transparent e-sports bet exchange as a result of Esports
Entertainment Group being a fully reporting SEC issuer in the US.
“We are excited to partner with AffiliateINSIDER as we continue to
grow and manage our affiliate network. They had an acute understanding
of the complexities we face in the emerging esports sector and have been
involved with managing and growing affiliate networks and programs
since the very beginning in the gambling space,†said Grant Johnson, CEO
of Esports, in a statement.
Esports Entertainment Group Inc. is a licensed online gambling company with a focus on e-sports wagering and gaming for adults.
Esports shares held steady at US$0.55 in morning trade on Tuesday.
India’s edtech ecosystem, ruled by the likes of BYJU’s, UpGrad,
Simplilearn, Toppr, Vedantu, Great Learning, and Unacademy, has raised
millions of dollars in VC funding over the past five years. But it’s not
only Indian startups that are keen to take a bite out of the $215 billion education pie in the country;
international platforms are also eyeing a slice. In fact, Poland-based
startup Brainly has quietly been making waves over the past two years.
Brainly was founded by Michal Borkowski, Lukasz Haluch, and Tomasz
Kraus in Krakow in 2009. The startup has raised $38.5 million (the most
recent round being Series B) from seven investors, including Naspers (it
also funded India’s first edtech unicorn BYJU’s).
Catching up with YourStory in Bengaluru, Co-founder and CEO
Michal recollects that it was a different world when Brainly was
launched, with not many global edtech companies, and little investment
from VCs. The entrepreneur trio, however, was willing to risk it all.
Michal, who has a degree in corporate finance, recounts, “My parents,
who were small-scale entrepreneurs, encouraged me to take risks.
Their motto was: if you are facing a tough decision, fast
forward five years. Even if you fail, would you prefer to fail and
learn, or never to take the risk?â€
The decision to take the risk seems to have paid off. Brainly is now present in over 35 countries, with more than 150 million active users. It claims to be the world’s largest social learning community for students.
In India, Brainly has more than 15 million active users, the same as India’s first and only edtech unicorn BYJU’s.
Brainly says it has witnessed 200 percent annual growth since it
entered India in 2016, and claims to be the number one education website
in India in terms of number of visits it gets. Indian students who use
the platform comprise 42 percent secondary and 39 percent higher
secondary grade students. However, Brainly is not monetising in India
right now. Michal stresses,
“We are in the growth stage; we want to reach every student in the world, and India specifically. We are not focusing on profit; we are still working on our business model.â€
In Asia, Brainly is also present in Indonesia and Philippines, two
countries that Michal claims have great push for education and a
sizeable population to scale up.
How Brainly works
Brainly aims to help students with curriculum-related, specific questions,
unlike most edtech startups in India that focus on test preparations
and personalised learning programmes. Students connect to their peers to
help strengthen their skills, from mathematics and science to history
and more.
Michal reminisces that as a teenager, he found essays hard to write,
but was too embarrassed to ask for help. “It was frustrating for me. In
the online world, the process is much easier.â€
Lukasz Haluch, Co-founder of Brainly, is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor.
A question from a student of Class 10 can be answered by another 10th grader or a 12th grader. Michal
claims students all over the world have one common trait – they help
each other in doing homework and answering each other’s doubts.
“By engaging students into that collaboration online, we take every
question and answer, and store it in our knowledge base. So in a way, we
are extracting the smartness of every child who uses Brainly. We make
it accessible to everyone, no matter where they are or how much money
they have,†he adds.
To ensure the quality of interactions and accuracy of answers,
Brainly moderates all the content with their own algorithm. Users can
also rate the answers.
In addition, experts also review the knowledge base to check the
quality. If they are not satisfied with the quality of the answer, they
ask the person who gave that answer to improve it (with explanation). If
there is still no improvement, Brainly removes that answer from the
database, Michal says.
India’s push for education
India focuses greatly on education in general, which means the rise
of edtech companies is not surprising. Michal says Brainly has been
looking at the India market since 2014.
“The market is huge in India. People here are more willing to pay for
education compared to most other markets; the highest spends from
parents’ salaries often go into their children’s education. There is
huge pressure on students to succeed. Using Brainly expands their
knowledge and reduces frustration,†he points out.
In Brainly’s survey of more than 10,000 users in India (in January
2019), more than 50 percent students said their schools were not helping
them enough to prepare for their careers and the real world, and hence
they needed additional resources. They were striving to attain a deeper
understanding of subjects, and more than 40 percent respondents started
using Brainly to go beyond homework assignments. Around 12 percent
students claimed that they started using Brainly because their grades
were suffering and they needed additional support.
Brainly is a peer-to-peer platform where students can help each other online. (Image: Shutterstock)
Brainly had also asked what sources of information are referred to by
teachers – digital or offline. Apparently, digital is picking up now.
“Our users in Bangalore are using us almost every day. The most popular
subject among Indian users is maths,†Michal tells YourStory.
Plan for India
Brainly’s strategy is to build the student community and work on the
content to ensure best quality. But India poses many challenges. For
instance, internet penetration is still poor in some areas outside metro cities. Michal
says their engineering team, comprising 65 people, is constantly
working to ensure that their app runs well and fast even in areas
without 4G.
On the other hand, Michal claims Brainly had to spend little on
marketing in India. “We did some digital marketing to gain visibility
initially. But our growth is mostly organic. Students often refer us to
each other; sometimes they search for information online and then they
find us. The bigger the knowledge base gets, more people come in,†he
says.
Since schools in India do not follow one unified syllabus, Brainly
does not follow a specific curriculum. The company wants to have the
highest coverage of all school subjects.
In a multi-lingual society like India, regional language content is
essential for the penetration of online education platforms. (Image:
Shutterstock)
Venturing beyond English speakers
The majority of Brainly’s current user base in India is English
speaking. As part of their expansion plan in India, they have launched
in Hindi, and will soon launch in Bengali and Kannada.
Michal explains the strategy. “Giving content in local
language is central in education. We take into account the size of that
particular language-speaking community, popularity of the language, and
internet penetration in the region of those language users, so that we
can scale up.â€
But home tutoring is the norm among school children in India. Can
Brainly beat this competition with local language content? Michal says
that for offline interactions (like home tutoring), the cost is higher
since the student or the teacher needs to travel. “With tech, you can
create a knowledge base, and give access to students free of cost,†he
remarks.
Even though they make tutoring jobs obsolete, Michal feels that tech
platforms like Brainly improve the quality of education. He elaborates,
“Students routinely have to attend home tutoring after school, then do
homework for school, and study on their own for understanding the topic.
We make that learning more efficient by helping them understand topics
faster.â€
Michal hopes that one day “Brainly†will replace the word “Brainyâ€. “When a student is smart, he is a Brainly one!†he says.
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Palladium hits record high above $1,600/oz on plans for Russia export ban
Palladium hit its highest ever on Tuesday,
crossing the $1,600 an ounce mark for the first time as news that
Russia is planning to ban exports of precious metals scrap fuelled
concerns over an already supply-constrained market.
By Arijit Bose March 19 (Reuters) – Palladium hit its highest ever on
Tuesday, crossing the $1,600 an ounce mark for the first time as news
that Russia is planning to ban exports of precious metals scrap fuelled
concerns over an already supply-constrained market. Spot palladium was
up 0.7 percent at $1,594.08 an ounce at 1231 GMT, having hit a record
high of $1,606 earlier in the session. “There have been rumours that
Russia would restrict exports of some scrap materials. When the market
is as tight as palladium is, sometimes such news can take on more
significance than it should,” said Philip Newman, a director at Metals
Focus. “It comes back to the fact that you have an underlined tight
market, where demand is far outstripping global supply.” Russia’s trade
and industry ministry last week said the proposed ban on exports of
precious metals scrap and tailings would last from May 1 to Oct. 31.
Russia is a major producer of palladium, which is used mainly in
catalytic converters.
News that China, the world’s biggest auto market, will enforce
stimulus measures to boost its tiring economy has also helped the case
for the metal, analysts said. Commerzbank attributed the spike in
palladium prices to speculative buying interest.
Prices have nearly doubled since their mid-August lows and have already surged about 27 percent this year.
Meanwhile, gold held firm above the key psychological $1,300 level as
expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will strike a dovish tone on
interest rates at its policy meeting this week kept the dollar under
pressure. Gold, which bears no yield, tends to suffer when interest
rates are rising.
Spot gold gained 0.4 percent to $1,308.48, while U.S. gold futures
were 0.6 percent higher at $1,308.80. “The dollar is under a little bit
of pressure, providing some support to the metal,” Capital Economics
analyst Ross Strachan said. Indicative of investor sentiment, holdings
of the SPDR Gold Trust , the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded
fund, rose about 1.1 percent on Monday, their biggest one-day
percentage gain since Jan. 18. “The yellow metal has been on a very
positive trajectory over the last six months as central banks have
become notably more dovish around the globe and the dollar has hit a
ceiling,” OANDA said in a note. “With the global economic outlook a
cause for concern, the environment looks very favourable for gold.”
Among other precious metals, silver shed 0.5 percent to $15.37 per
ounce, while platinum gained 1.8 percent to $844.83 per ounce, having
hit its highest since March 4 at $848.38, earlier in the session.
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It appears that Visa is getting into the cryptocurrency game, after many years of discussion about how cryptocurrency would render Visa obsolete.
The payments processing giant listed a new job opportunity
titled “Technical Project Manager, Visa Fintechâ€, and the listing does
not hide its intention that it has to do with cryptocurrencies.
The listing reads
Are you passionate about the
intersection of payments and cryptocurrency? Are you deeply familiar
with permissionless blockchain technology and have a close network of
experts in the fast moving cryptocurrency and fintech ecosystem? Are you
excited about the challenge of developing new products for Visa to
deliver value to fintechs looking to support cryptocurrencies?
Visa would like the hired candidate
to outline a crypto strategy and roadmap and, working with the Visa
Research team, develop new products.
The job listing refers to the impact of crypto on payments:
This highly motivated individual will
be responsible for managing a product roadmap and collaborating with
key stakeholders across…will [also] work in close collaboration with the
Visa Research team to develop new products to deliver value to fintechs
and Visa. This person should…anticipate how cryptocurrencies could
impact payments.
Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. has previously been somewhat dismissive of cryptocurrencies, saying that Visa will not process Bitcoin transactions:
We at Visa won’t process transactions
that are cryptocurrency-based. We will only process fiat currency-based
transactions, Visa CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr. said in January 2018
While Visa’s decision to enter cryptocurrency may invoke ridicule or distrust from the crypto community, given how crypto competes directly with the payments processor,
the fact that Visa is even considering cryptocurrencies shows how
persuasive the technology’s capabilities are, especially if a large
entity such as Visa is entering the space.
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Today unveils its new NexGen® Plasma Atomization System, which produces metal powder at over 25 kg/h for the Additive Manufacturing (“AMâ€) industry (3D Printing)
“Plasma atomization is considered the gold standard for the production of AM powder,†said Mr. Massimo Dattilo, Vice President of PyroGenesis Additive.
MONTREAL, March 19, 2019 — PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX-V: PYR) (OTCQB: PYRNF) (FRA: 8PY), a TSX Venture 50® high-tech company, (the “Company”, the “Corporation†or “PyroGenesis”) that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products, today unveils its new NexGen® Plasma Atomization System, which produces metal powder at over 25 kg/h for the Additive Manufacturing (“AMâ€) industry (3D Printing).
On June 8th, 2015, PyroGenesis announced the filing of a provisional patent for a revolutionary plasma atomization powder production process. This process was a significant departure from conventional plasma atomization, and as such we have named it NexGen® Plasma Atomization. The provisional patent targeted higher production rates, narrower particle size distribution (“PSDâ€), as well as the ability to shift the bulk PSD. This allowed the Company to produce a very targeted powder for the AM industry with little to no waste.
“Plasma atomization is considered the gold standard for the
production of AM powder,†said Mr. Massimo Dattilo, Vice President of
PyroGenesis Additive. “PyroGenesis not only invented the process, but
coined the name, which is now widely used in the industry. As the
inventor of plasma atomization, and being plasma experts, PyroGenesis is
dedicated to continuous improvement. Our NexGen® System, which is now
proven, to the best of our knowledge, has shattered all published plasma
atomization system production rates.â€
On March 5th, 2019, PyroGenesis announced the first delivery of specialty reactive powder to a government entity. PyroGenesis’ NexGen® Plasma Atomization System was used to produce the powder and represents the first commercial contract to be fulfilled with the NexGen® unit.
“Today’s unveiling of the NexGen® System, with production rates in
the neighborhood of 25 kg/h, represents a significant achievement not
only for ourselves, but for the industry as a whole,†said Mr. P. Peter
Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “These production rates are
easily transferable to our titanium offerings. Higher production rates
allow PyroGenesis to provide plasma atomized powders at exceedingly
competitive price points. This would allow high value materials to be
accessible to many new markets, which have up until now found these high
value materials, such as titanium, to be too costly. Once again,
PyroGenesis is leading the way with its plasma expertise, and this is
just the beginning. We fully expect to improve on all aspects of
production, including even improving upon these record shattering
production rates.â€
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a TSX Venture 50® high-tech company, is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and products. We provide engineering and manufacturing expertise, cutting-edge contract research, as well as turnkey process equipment packages to the defense, metallurgical, mining, advanced materials (including 3D printing), oil & gas, and environmental industries. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of our Montreal office and our 3,800 m2 manufacturing facility, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. Our core competencies allow PyroGenesis to lead the way in providing innovative plasma torches, plasma waste processes, high-temperature metallurgical processes, and engineering services to the global marketplace. Our operations are ISO 9001:2015 certified, and have been since 1997. PyroGenesis is a publicly-traded Canadian Corporation on the TSX Venture Exchange (Ticker Symbol: PYR) and on the OTCQB Marketplace. For more information, please visit www.pyrogenesis.com.
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The KABN Network is an integrated suite of financial services that includes:
1. The Pegasus Flyte Visa Card, an approved crypto-linked prepaid Visa card and mobile integrated multi-currency banking wallet;
2. KABN KASH, a robust loyalty and engagement program and
3. KABN ID (The network anchor), a patent pending,
Always On, GDPR complaint, blockchain and biometrically based, identity
verification and validation platform. KABN ID is a free to use service
for consumers that provides continuous monitoring and proof of identity
online and in conventional marketplaces.
THE PROBLEM KABN SOLVES
As cryptocurrencies and other digital currencies grow globally, there
is an ever-increasing need to convert them into traditional currencies
(i.e. USD and Euros) for use in traditional spending.
KABN’s integrated suite of products, which has received approval by
Visa, solves this major challenge by empowering digital currency holders
to spend in-store and online, as well as, access ATMs globally wherever
Visa is accepted.
HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM KABN IS SOLVING?
In the US alone, this type of card volume is expected to grow to over
$396B by 2022. Worldwide volume will follow the same trajectory and
expected growth is exponential.
KABN’s integrated suite of products consists of:
KABN’s Pegasus Flyte Visa card offers an “on/off ramp†for
cryptocurrency conversion to traditional currencies (e.g., USD, Euros
and British Pounds, etc.)
*Pre-production cart art subject to network approval
A
mobile banking wallet that manages multiple traditional currencies and
digital currencies via links to crypto partners and exchanges as well as
offering other financial features and services
A robust loyalty and engagement platform, providing Customers with additional value-added services.
KABN’s
anchor product, KABN ID, is a patent-pending, GDPR compliant,
Blockchain and biometrically-based, “Always On†ID validation and
verification platform.
The
KABN ID proprietary process allows for efficient and frictionless
onboarding, allowing Customer’s to control the use of their verified
identification without having to provide confidential documentation to
unknown 3rd parties.
KABN’s
technology has been built, their partners are in place, they have been
approved by Visa and they are ready to go for their European launch in
the 2nd quarter with an expected expansion to North America later this year.
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Empower in partnership with Canntop AI has commenced preliminary testing and analysis to identify key insights for improvements to physician recommended treatment plans
Company has provided select SEO terms and phrases for use in Canntop’s artificial intelligence platform, targeting two key company markets, Portland, OR and Phoenix, AZ,
VANCOUVER, March 19, 2019 – EMPOWERCLINICS INC. (CSE: EPW) (Frankfurt: 8EC) (“Empower” or the “Company“), a growth oriented and diversified medical cannabis company, is pleased to provide an update on recent activities by the technical teams at Empower and Canntop AI Inc. (“Canntop“), a subsidiary of Datametrex AI Limited (“Datametrex“) to develop a deeper understanding of patient awareness of cannabis-based treatment options and ongoing effectiveness of treatment programs.
The Company has provided select SEO terms and phrases for use in Canntop’s artificial intelligence (“AI“) platform, targeting two key company markets, Portland, OR and Phoenix, AZ,
to gain actionable insights on how consumer social data is generating
interest in CBD-based products, alternative pain management options and
the use of cannabis-based therapies.
“Insights derived from AI are beginning to demonstrate how patients
in our key markets are talking about or describing their experience and
ideas related to cannabis/CBD-based treatments, and even suggesting
recommendations about alternative therapies and their effectiveness in
treating a wide array of qualifying conditions,” stated Steven McAuley, Empower’s Chief Executive Officer.
“We believe the outcomes of our AI efforts, if successful, could
position the Company as an educational leader and we plan to collaborate
with the industry with the ultimate goal of improving patient care,”
said Mr. McAuley. “Canntop’s powerful AI tools are helping us analyze
the substantial amounts of data in the Empower database and we expect
will facilitate the integration of the additional data we expect to
derive from the proposed acquisition of the Sun Valley Clinic group,
that has a combined 165,000 patients.”
“We are thrilled that Empower chose Canntop AI to be their partner
for their Artificial Intelligence needs. This is a great validation for
our business model and we look forward to expanding our program with
Empower as they continue to expand their product. We believe that this
alliance between Canntop and Empower will create a strong platform for
data analysis in the cannabis sector especially in the U.S., providing
insurers and health care providers an ideal solution for patient care,”
said Michael Frank, Chief Strategy Officer of Datametrex.
EMPOWER TECHNOLOGY
Patient EHR and Management System Empower utilizes a
market-leading patient electronic management and POS system that is
HIPAA compliant and provides deep insight to patient care.
Tele-Medicine Platform The Company supports remote
patients using its tele-medicine portal, enabling patients who do not
live near one of its clinic locations, or are disabled or unable to come
to a location, to still benefit from a doctor consultation.
Website and e-commerce Empower will be commencing the
development of its new corporate website and e-commerce store to promote
and sell its growing line of CBD-based products under the Sollievo
brand and other partner brands.
Empower is a leading owner/operator of a network of physician-staffed clinics focused on helping patients improve and protect their health through innovative uses of medical cannabis. It is expected that Empower’s proprietary product line “Sollievo” will offer patients a variety of delivery methods of doctor recommended cannabidiol (CBD) based product options in its clinics, online and at major retailers. With over 120,000 patients, an expanding clinic footprint, a focus on new technologies, including tele-medicine, and an expanded product development strategy, Empower is undertaking new growth initiatives to be positioned as a vertically integrated, diverse, market-leading service provider for complex patient requirements in 2019 and beyond.
About Datametrex
Datametrex AI Limited is a technology focused company with exposure
to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Nexalogy (www.nexalogy.com) and Implementing Blockchain technology for secure Data Transfers through its investee company, Graph Blockchain (www.graphblockchain.com).
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Steven McAuley Chief Executive Officer
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occur. Forward-looking statements in this news release include
statements regarding: the proposed acquisition of Sun Valley;
the expected benefits to be derived from use of the Canntop AI tools;
the ability of Canntop’s software to assist in integrating Sun Valley
data (assuming the successful completion of such transaction); the
benefits of CBD based products; and that the Company will be positioned
to be a market-leading service provider for complex patient requirements
in 2019 and beyond. Such statements are only projections, are based on
assumptions known to management at this time, and are subject to risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or
developments to differ materially from those contained in the
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be able to properly analyze the Company’s information as is expected or
at all; that the proposed acquisition of Sun Valley may
not be completed on the terms expected or at all; that regulatory
proceedings may negatively impact the Company’s business; that
legislative changes may have an adverse effect on the Company’s business
and product development; that the Company may not be able to obtain
adequate financing to pursue its business plan; general business,
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Iconic Minerals has three highly prospective Lithium exploration
properties located in Nevada, the Bonnie Claire Sarcobatus Valley
Lithium property, the Smith Valley Creek Property, and the Third Nevada
Lithium Property.
Bonnie Claire Property
Property Overview
11.8 Billion pounds of lithium carbonate equivalent (28.5 Million tonnes of LCE) Inferred Resource (43-101).
Potential to be the largest lithium resource globally (based on size)
Bonnie Claire is a 100% owned lithium brine property comprising of
23,100 acres of contiguous placer claims, currently in control of 28.75
square miles (75 km2) located in Nye County, Nevada.
Property area is contained within a valley that is 60kms from the
only producing lithium mine in North America (Albermarle Silver Peak
Mine).
Over +20 miles (+30 km) long and 12 miles (20 km) wide into which streams from an +800 mi2 (2,070 km2) drainage basin empty.
Sampling of salt flats within the basin, have found lithium values in salt samples yielding up to 340 ppm.
Current claim block covers the gravity low and associated mud flats
that could be used for evaporation ponds if significant lithium brines
are discovered in drilling.
Preliminary NI 43-101 Technical Report completed Read More
A total 5,550 feet has been drilled at the Bonnie Claire with an average 963+ppm from four drill holes
Great infrastructure
Local end-users
Property Details Snapshot
Drainage Basin (20 x 30 kms)
830 square miles
Gravity Lows (length)
20 x 30 kms
Valley Sediment (Range)
460 – 610m (1,500 to 2,000ft)
BLM Drilling Permits
Drilling Program
Drilling completion of first of three test wells
Smith Creek Valley Property
Controls 808 placer claims totaling 25.25 square miles (65.4 km2) over a major gravity low.
The enclosed Smith Creek Valley Basin covers 582 square miles (1,507
km2), which is slightly larger than Clayton Valley Basin where lithium
brines are produced.
Smith Creek Valley is over +40 miles (+64 km) long in a north-northeast direction and averages 9 miles (14.5 km) in width.
The vast majority of rock weathering into the basin is felsic ash flow tuff, which is an excellent source of lithium.
Lithium Brine Benefits
Lower Cost Exploration
Easy access because flat and arid
Decreased environmental impact
Shorter Timeline to Production
Requires Less Capital
Lower Cost Production than bedrock
Found beneath salt flats in brine bearing aquifers
Easily pumped to Surface from vertical production well
After evaporation lithium recovered in small on site mill
Potassium may also be recovered
Nevada is a Geopolitically Stable Jurisdiction
Gold Projects
The company’s Gold exploration portfolio includes the Hercules
property in the Como mining district, 17 kms from the famous Comstock
Lode mine, the New Pass property in the New Pass mining district, and
the Squaw Creek property located in the northern area of the Carlin
Trend.
Situated within and on the margins of the Como mining district, located in Lyon County, Nevada.
Como district was worked as early as the late 1850s, before the
famous Comstock Lode deposit was discovered about 10 miles (16 km.) to
the north by prospectors following float upstream from placer gold
deposits at Dayton.
By the early 1860’s the Como district was abandoned due to the rich
lodes having been discovered at Virginia City (Russell, 1981).
In the late 1880’s the Hercules Mining Company explored the occurred
with the excavation of another 1,500 feet (450 m) of underground
workings.
Gold and silver property which, is comprised of 107 unpatented lode mining claims (2,231 acres).
The property is located in eastern Churchill County, Nevada; in the
New Pass Mining District, 27 miles west of Austin, Nevada and 105 miles
east of Reno.
Iconic Minerals has a controlling interest in the property, in a
joint venture with White Knight Gold U.S. Inc., (now U.S. Gold), with
Iconic earning a 50% interest.
Property is located 42 miles due north
of Battle Mountain, Nevada and lies between the Midas and Ivanhoe mining
districts on the northern portion of the Carlin Trend, six miles north
of the Dee Mine in the Lower Plate Bootstrap Window.
Iconic’s Research and Development partner
St-Georges’ metallurgists report that they
have successfully improved the concentration of lithium in the
Sediments, originally reported in December using mechanical separation
and selective leaching of other elements within the Sediments.
The additional tests St-Georges completed
in Stage 2, through selective leaching methods, have improved the
elimination of barren material from 55% to 85%-88%, while retaining 100%
of the lithium.
Upon completion approximately 12% to 15%
of the original material remains for further processing and
purification. This process may significantly reduce the cost of
production.
Lithium also leachable by water
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