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at 1:20 PM on Friday, June 14th, 2019
Zen Graphene Solutions (ZEN:TSXV) has discovered the largest and very rare ultra high-purity graphite deposit in Northern Ontario. The company is now determined to illustrate the commercial viability of the Deposit, which sounds like every company until you consider what has taken place in just the past 60 days:
1. ZEN was awarded a $1,000,000 grant for Graphene-Infused Concrete Applications research. Yep, graphene & concrete. Who would have figured? Well, ZEN did as research with two different Universities indicates the combination has the potential to increase the strength of concrete by 40% … which would save developers an incredible amount of money. ZEN thinks they may be ready to deliver product into Ontario by 2020…. and so does the Grantor who didn’t want their name disclosed!
2. ZEN signed an agreement to
license a low cost, high-yield graphene production process. Now why
would it do something like that if ZEN didn’t think it would have a need
to … produce?
3. ZEN signed an MOU with
the University of Manchester on commercialization collaboration
opportunities. Again “commercialization”. Even more happened over the past 60 days … but we figure we’d save some great stuff for you to watch!
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at 9:43 AM on Monday, June 10th, 2019
Joining us on this episode is Peter P. Swistak, President/CEO of Vertical Exploration.
The company has recently received positive results from its Phase 1
Research and Development program that was conducted by AGRINOVA using
wollastonite from the Company’s St-Onge deposit. All of the research and
testing in the Phase 1 program was managed and monitored by AGRINOVA, a
highly-regarded Center for Research and Innovation in Agriculture in
Quebec, in an effort to optimize the potential agricultural uses of
wollastonite and help improve production methods for farmers and
agricultural companies located in Quebec.
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at 9:26 AM on Monday, June 10th, 2019
Further to the Press Release dated April 29th, 2019, the company has
been awarded a contract of approximately $20M (first year revenues),
plus a net present value (using a 5% discount rate) of all subsequent
year’s revenues of $35M, giving the Contract a total value of over $55M.
Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis joins us to discuss the contract and exactly what it means for the company.
Sit back and relax, grab a coffee, let us know what you think.
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at 1:42 PM on Friday, May 24th, 2019
4 weeks ago we interviewed BetterU (BTRU:TSXV) CEO Brad Loiselle from his head office in Ottawa with the title “BetterU On The Move In India With Partnerships, Products and Personnel†Â
2 weeks ago we interviewed him again from India where he and Gurmit Singh were on a whirlwind tour of meetings with large potential customers
Today, we finished our BTRU tour with Brad in London and, specifically, in the back seat of a good old black cab as he raced for the airport after his final meeting. He simply couldn’t wait to be back in Ottawa on Monday because – as you can see from his energy – it appears the trip went exceedingly well from a customer acquisition point of view as Brad expects to be closing meaningful deals in the very near future. Moreover, the London meetings were tied to financing pitches with VERY big family offices. Â
This last few weeks has put a new light on BTRU, with significant advances in product and personnel, which appear to be preparing for highly anticipated new customers. Only time will tell but how many CEO’s would be speaking with their shareholders from 3 different countries over the last 4 weeks if they weren’t feeling pretty confident? Â
Grab a coffee, watch this great interview with Brad Loiselle and let us know what you think.
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at 4:54 PM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
When it went public in September of last year, Bougainville Ventures (BOG:CSE) started out as a cannabis real estate company, providing turnkey greenhouse solutions to tenant growers with a long-term goal of emulating the McDonald’s real estate model. That model is still at the core of BOG but company principals are using their expertise to slowly but surely create a vertically integrated powerhouse. More than just lip service, the Company has announced the following in 2019 and we haven’t even hit June yet:
April 15 – Acquired an interest in 5 Alberta retail locations
April 25 – Binding LOI to construct a Canadian Hemp/CBD processing facility
May 14 – Signed A Sponsored Research Agreement With Israeli R&D Company For A CBD Energy Drink
May 23 – Acquired An American Hemp production and processing company to produce high-quality CBD extracts
We sat down with Bougainville Director, Richard Cindric to find out
how these significant developments all tie in together as the Company
races towards becoming a vertically integrated player.
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at 11:36 AM on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
2 weeks ago we interviewed BetterU (BTRU:TSXV) CEO Brad Loiselle from his head office in Ottawa with the title “BetterU On The Move In India With Partnerships, Products and Personnel”
Today, he’s literally on the move as we interview him directly from India where he and Gurmit Singh, the company’s newest addition and Former Managing Director of Yahoo India and CEO Forbes India, are on a whirlwind tour of meetings throughout India where they are presenting BetterU to some very (VERY) large companies and organizations. As you will soon see for yourself, reaction and response to the BetterU Education Marketplace has been excellent, with the company expecting to generate meaningful agreements in the very near future.
The great thing about interviews is that CEO’s can’t hide behind text based corporate jargon. Rather, investors are given a great opportunity to read body language, facial expressions and voice fluctuations to gauge just how confident (or lack thereof) the CEO actually is. I know I do …. and I told Brad on-air that his confidence and happiness was bursting through the screen. Adding to this is the fact that Gurmit Singh was sitting right beside him, without a mic, chiming in some answers, which leads viewers to believe things are going really well.
Naturally, we’ll let you be the final judge. Grab a coffee, watch this great interview with Company CEO, Brad Loiselle and let us know what you think.