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at 8:25 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
Sometimes, you just have to let the numbers speak for themselves. With 165,000 patients, Empower Clinics (CBDT:CSE) (EPWCF:OTCQB) has a database that almost every medical cannabis and CBD company would kill for … but then you see these numbers for the first half of the year:
Revenues $USD 1.7M vs $745,000 = 130% Gain
Patient Visits 12,400 vs 5,500 = 125% Gain
CBDT has now delivered growth in 4 successive financial reports (Q4, FY 2019, Q1 and Q2), so it is safe to say that superstar CEO Steve McAuley can officially claim victory on the turnaround he inherited in 2019.
Despite officially acquiring KAI on October 5th, Empower was able to walk right into KAI and increase testing volume by 763% sequentially (vs September) to 1,375 units. While most companies need a couple of months to really start making changes within the operations of new acquisitions, McAuley hit the ground running and even.
How much revenue was generated from these record October tests? CEO McAuley gives us back of the napkin math to play with.
But he is far from done.
Just as Empower did with their clinics, Empower has aggressive growth strategies in place for KAI, including servicing new COVID-19 testing contracts for the:
Film & television industry
Banks
Restaurants
Tourism and ….
Supporting the Sun Valley Health COVID-19 RT-PCR and rapid antibody testing programs in the state of Arizona.
One, some or all of these should lead to even bigger numbers in November. In fact, we asked him if he was “concerned” that he may run out of capacity of 4,000 tests per day (a great concern to have). Wait until you hear his answer.
But just one more thing
Empower announced it:
“has signed numerous new commercial testing contracts, the details of which will be provided in subsequent press releases.”
Somebody get out a calculator
It doesn’t take much to see that KAI has the potential to take Empower to a whole new level. Specifically, if you’re an investor in Well Health (WELL:TSX) and/or CloudMD (DOC:TSXV) you have to start taking a serious look at Empower as the next great potential health and wellness company. It’s already proven solid revenues and growth from its clinics, is expanding its telemedicine practice very nicely and now has the power to quickly generate significant enterprise level revenues from its newly acquired KAI medical diagnostics laboratory … which is already bearing fruit just 30 days after the acquisition.
Can McAuley pull it off? First consider what he has already accomplished after inheriting a catastrophe of a company in early 2019. Secondly, McAuley is Six Sigma certified under the quality initiative of legendary GE (General Electric) Chairman Jack Welch. We’ve never seen a Six Sigma certified CEO in the Canadian small cap markets. Never …. which explains how McAuley has been able to guide Empower Clinics through the most disruptive retail environment in recent history and turn it into significant growth through Q2 2020.
And if you MISSED Well Health and CloudMD, you really need to take a close look at Empower as the next great potential small cap health & wellness company.
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at 8:22 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
How do you connect over 100M small businesses in China who need access to different kinds of credit …. with over 10K banks and lending institutions that have different lending criteria?
Well, if you try to do it the old fashioned way, you just can’t. SMB’s (small and medium businesses) and Lenders are pretty much forced to deal within local markets which drastically reduces alternatives and business …. and both sides are left with a daunting, slow and inefficient manual workload.
ENTER PEAK FINTECH
The Peak Fintech Lending Hub uses Artificial Intelligence and analytics to fully automate the process by which lenders and borrowers connect quickly and match perfectly across several market verticals.
When Joseph and Inwentash say this AI-Powered platform is revolutionizing the Chinese SMB commercial lending ecosystem, they’re not just paying lip service … Peak Fintech is delivering results
Reported revenue growth of 293% to $11.2 million for the first half of 2020
Targeting $40 million in revenues and $4 million in EBITDA for the 2020 year.
Platform now has lending products from 54 different banks and lending institutions
Signed Agreement To Bring Lending Hub To 60,000 Online Electronics Stores
Stores would use Lending HUB to finance purchase of electronics inventory
100% market capture would translate into $1.35B in annual revenues
Inwentash discusses what attracted him to PKK, what his interest is in the Company and what he sees for the Company’s future.
Joseph also discusses new government regulations in China since the Ant IPO was suspended and whether they would impact PKK, as well as, the Company’s growth outlook for 2021.
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at 7:00 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
The paradigm shifting, parabolic growth of plant based foods and a plant based life is unstoppable, with the plant-based food market alone expected to reach $74.2 billion by 2027.
Plant Based Essentials …. Like Chocolate (Essential? You Bet)
And …… Plant Based …. PLANTS (It’s A BIG Business!)
More than just talk, VEGA is already in full swing and growing FAST
Already Operating In Canada
US Online Operations Kick Off With $USD 25M MIN of PlantX products YEAR 1
6% Royalty Fee to PlantX on gross USA revenues
US Bricks & Mortar with San Diego flagship store opening in DECEMBER
Agreement already signed with a major construction company to build the flagship + franchises across North America
AND ….. The recent £8 million Acquisition of Bloombox In The UK, generating millions in revenue
If you believe in the paradigm shifting nature of plant based foods and more, be sure to watch and share this great interview with PlantX CEO Julia Frank.
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at 4:55 PM on Thursday, November 12th, 2020
When the Facebook data privacy scandal broke out, the world woke up to just how badly our individual data was being traded, used and most importantly, the amount of profit being generated by major corporations at our expense.
This led to the enactment of the biggest data privacy laws in history. Specifically, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) out of Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Enter KABN. The Company Turns The Problem Of Data Privacy Into A Profit For Individuals, While Providing Big Businesses With New & Compliant Business Models.
More than just lip service, KABN announced joining the Trust Over IP Foundation, which includes over 170 members including IBM, Mastercard, Accenture and many other global leaders who are defining a complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust. As part of this community, KABN is focused on bridging the gap between traditional fintech services and solutions and new and innovative Verified Credential processes. Does that sound like a mouthful? Yeah, it does. But all you have to really understand for now is that digital ID, privacy and monetization is going to become a reality in the very near future. Government regulations are enforcing it. Consumers are demanding it and KABN is delivering it at such an advanced scale that the Trust Over IP Foundation has provided them with a strategic role as a Steering Member to help drive the following mission:
“I am certain KABN will make a strong contribution to the Trust over IP Foundation.” said John Jordan, executive director, BC Digital Trust Service and executive director of ToIP. “People and businesses are going to continue using the internet to build relationships and complete transactions digitally with all the risks of security breaches and fraud that go along with it today. It’s time for a change. Global leaders are working together at our Foundation to make it possible for people to be known and to build trusted relationships online. I am happy to have KABN be part of this effort.”
KABN was so ahead of this curve they were actually too early to the game … now the game is underway with KABN sitting in a great field position. Watch this interview with President David Lucatch and welcome to the next potential great disruptive industry of the decade.
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at 9:21 AM on Thursday, November 12th, 2020
There is no denying the world of esports was already on a rapid growth rate prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, according to TGS Esports (TGS:TSXV), the growth and awareness of esports over the past several months has accelerated the industry by at least a couple of years, if not more.
Recognizing this trend, TGS pivoted quickly from venue based esports to becoming a leader in esports events, sponsorship and productions. More than just lip service, tournaments hosted to date have been sponsored by the likes of:
Pepsi
Red Bull
7-11
Shaw Cable
More than just events, TGS also creates high quality production value out of these events, which have already seen more than 20,000 hours of viewership on Twitch and featured on GINX Esports TV (Canada), with the potential to expand with GINX to over 50 countries.
If the story ended there, TGS would have the makings of a great early stage esports story …. but it doesn’t
$6 MILLION ACQUISITION OF “PEPPER ESPORTS”
The recent acquisition of Pepper Esports takes the TGS offering to a whole different level by providing everyone from enterprise sized clients to small business to a group of buddies to create their own esports tournaments. The platform is so powerful it will handle everything from registration to game play, prize payouts and everything in between that an entity needs to host a successful esports tournament. Awesome right? No, it gets better.
Hosting your own esports tournament is FREE. TGS and Pepper figured out that the best way to get mass usage of their platform is to make it $0 upfront and generate $$ from revenue share on all transactions that take place during the tournament.
When you bolt on the fact that TGS can now broadcast that tournament, the Company believes its offering can’t be matched anywhere in the world. We like it so much that we’re already considering hosting Agoracom esports tournaments for clients and shareholders who can either play or watch.
Watch this great interview with the CEO’s of both TGS and Pepper to find out more details and feel their mutual excitement about the future.
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at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Peter Pascali sits down with AGORACOM to discuss the significance of the Company’s recently closed $12,000,000 financing and its implications on the future of PyroGenesis, including:
The impending uplist to the TSX big board
Potential spin-outs
Reasons for raising more funds than “needed”
What role, if any, potential Iron Ore Pelletization contracts played in the financing
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at 4:23 PM on Monday, November 9th, 2020
Hollister Biosciences (HOLL:CSE) is a multi-state operator with multiple, high-quality products that are now carried in 280 of California’s 600 dispensaries, where it also claims California’s #1 hash infused pre-roll “HashBone” … and if that is all they had you would have the makings of a great small cap cannabis company.
But there is more …. way more.
Venom Extracts is their 100% owned subsidiary that is absolutely dominating the state of Arizona. More than just lip service:
Venom just surpassed $30,000,000 (MILLION) in revenue YEAR TO DATE
Venom Extracts is one of Arizona’s premier extract brands
One of the state’s largest producers of medical cannabis distillate and related products
The products are award winning
….. And it is run by the absolute coolest guy in small cap Cannabis – Jake Cohen
THE NUMBERS SAY IT ALL
1. RECORD Q3 REVENUE $12.5M
2. CRAZY REVENUE GROWTH 5,200%
3. RECORD EBITDA $1.265M (vs a loss of $362,000) In case you’re wondering if this was a fluke quarter, this is what Q2 looked like:
RECORD REVENUE of $US 8.47M, compared to $200,000 last year and representing an increase of 4,170%
NET INCOME of $300,000, compared to a loss of $2.1M, representing a turnaround of $2.4M over last year
HOLLISTER HEADED TOWARDS $50,000,000 REVENUE?
If you’re paying attention, HOLL is achieving enormous growth both year over year and sequentially. If we extrapolate the latest Q3 numbers, Hollister is on a $50,000,000 annualized revenue run rate assuming no further growth.
But there is more.
The State of Arizona just approved recreational cannabis in Arizona. This is a potential windfall for Venom given the fact its brand, reputation and dispensary penetration from its award winning medical cannabis is about as good as it gets. How good is Hollister now?
How good does it get?
Watch this incredible interview with Venom Extracts Founder Jake Cohen, the coolest exec in small cap cannabis because he delivers incredible results with sweat, swagger and great swag to boot.
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at 8:43 PM on Sunday, November 8th, 2020
HPQ Silicon Resources (HPQ:TSXV) is a Canadian producer of Silicon that is building a line of specialty silicon products needed for electric batteries.
More than just lip service, HPQ has already announced NDA’s with 2 undisclosed companies in the space and has hinted at other NDA’s that are so tight they could not even be announced.
But October 22, 2020 HPQ Silicon went from “a company that is just talking to auto and battery manufacturers to a company that is doing business with a global auto manufacturer” according to CEO Bernard Tourillon, after the Company announced:
Tourillon went to intimate that this order puts HPQ on the global silicon map that he expects to lead to significantly greater interest from the industry.
This was echoed in the press release which stated:
“HPQ NANO is looking forward to the December 2020 start of the Gen1 PUREVAP TM NSiR reactor in order to start delivering material as we work to keep up with the expected strong interest in our Nano Silicon products.”
Earlier this week, HPQ announced it was on track to start their Nano Silicon reactor in December and fulfill this first order from the auto manufacturer … but then the Company went even further when Tourillon stated:
“While we are very excited by HPQ NANO material blue sky potential in the silicon battery space , we are also thrilled by our material potential in other high value markets,“
What are those other high value markets? How big are they? How confident is HPQ in it’s ability to address these markets?
If you are serious about battery metals and electric vehicles entering their big growth stage in the next 5 years, then you owe it to yourself to watch this interview with CEO.
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at 6:20 PM on Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Affinity Metals (AFF:TSX-V) (34IA: FSE) recently made two key property acquisitions. The Carscallen Extension adjoins the Kirkland Lake / Melkior $110 million Joint Venture and is on trend. Melkior’s Carscallen property has gained considerable attention in recent months since Kirkland Lake Gold first entered into negotiations. Melkior recently closed a strategic partnership with KL in an option deal worth up to $110 million. The confidence of a major producer entering into an agreement of this size is very promising and shows the potential of this newly discovered gold system.
The Windfall North is along strike to the northeast from Osisko’s rapidly growing Windfall Lake deposit within the prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Osisko’s Windfall Lake Project is reportedly one of the highest grade resource-stage gold projects in Canada and continues to grow as more discoveries are made. Osisko recently reported Windfall Lake indicated resources of 2.39 million tonnes at 9.1 g/t Au (1,206,000 oz. gold) and inferred resources of 10.61 million tonnes at 8.4 g/t. (3,938,000 oz. gold). Osisko has defined the resource approximately 2000m on strike and 1500m depth, and continues to drill at an impressive pace.
Sit back and discover why Affinity offers multiple opportunities to take advantage of a growing bull market in metals.
