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Welcome to beyond the press release a production of AGORACOM inwhich we take the time to speak with small cap executives right after they put out important news and this one is big news it’s out of HPQ Silicon trades on the TSX venture the stock symbol H. P. Q. with us is chairman CEO Bernard Tourillon we know there are a lot of new people watching this company just from the quality news that’s come out in the last 30 days and what’s up in the market so I’m going to give you a quick summary for all the new people too HPQ is a Canadian producer of innovative silicon solutions what that means is they’re building a portfolio of high value specialty silicone products that are needed for the renewable energy revolution and they’re doing it with two world renowned technology partners now more than just lip service because a lot of companies like that just use corporate jargon HPQ already signed NDA with at least 2 battery manufacturers and energy players that we know of the incident in the past have been that there are more and the one that really points at home is the press release that came out on Thursday afternoon and I’m gonna read it HPQ nano received first order for spherical nano silicon material from a major automobile manufacturer. Bernard this is big news but you had something like on September 30 what’s the difference between these 2 well the difference is massive one of them is the on September 30 is me talking up the fact that I’m talking to car manufacturers to Every manufactures to battery manufacturers and the second one is one of them coming to me and saying here’s your PO we want to be first in line to get your product what you do with these are specification can you need to. We we know we can meet them and that’s it that that’s that so that difference is massive second of all it does have to realize well the investors are HPQ okay for that maybe that’s not a big news because it’s a full but there’s a lot of investors that we exist and there’s a massive you know there’s a massive investment space for the type of company to HPQ is which is a company that’s focused on renewable energies helping solving the problem with regard to energy storage and you know he increasingly reducing the cost of electric vehicles and all those type of aspects there’s a lot there’s a massive audience for what we’re doing and for a lot of those new investors okay the treasurer for them before you between a company that talks about what they have the company has is something having first PO so I thought it was important to say we said we’re gonna deliver. The car manufacture shown an interest. And he confirmed it was sending us a PO so we thought that was important issue and it allows us to reiterate where we are in a leadership position just enter yeah I’m glad you bring that up because clearly a lot of us who have been following the story you’re right it’s almost next take the next step the next step but I would have to think that any older a lot they’re a lot of companies out there who say we are talking to we’ve we’ve heard other companies say that so tax you get an order is much different from wild you know what to talk about was a one email was a meeting was a one phone call here means you went all the way through so clearly there’s a big difference and let’s talk about that they place the order in order to be the first in order to guarantee being first in the queue up for for the material does this automobile manufacturer we gotta give this anonymous are my facture name some other point at some point some some coding client B. Except maybe Friday but. Does it give them an edge over other my automatic factors in the future. The fact that they called me okay and says we have a specific need for this and we want to test your material okay and it looks like you can do it which we can’t. Demonstrated that they see a need nobody else can really do. Don’t underestimate the image of the spherical metal powders that you know I sometimes put out we put out a few press release we have in our presentation our powers are very sacred okay there perfect Easter so they’re gonna be very vantage is all technicalities about how you make a bad is the fundamental you squish the material copper plate not so it works so it’s it’s it’s the same thing like with the. 18 pounder for departure was developed with plasma deposition what made you want to meet their material so unique was the fact it was so scared could be very very well you so you know we come out of the we have in our DNA that PyroGenesis expertise about spirituality and that’s I think that’s a that’s a point is really important second point is we believe we can do it Taylor me regards to size the people want so it’s not going to be it works this way does this way a lot of the other process or you know you have to militant that it you don’t get a slice of our products so I think. Those are what the things are attractive that’s what we feel very comfortable with this and for and for people at home that almost seems like it almost doesn’t seem like them the magic bullet that is so spherical right but we’ve seen I’ve seen pics in the past when you put a press release back I think for the PAC it’s just really difficult to get that spherical point it seems like so do we have that big of a product hedge on on most of the. Lawyers out there right now yes yes just because it’s it’s it’s not very difficult is not that many technologies to do this okay. Last minimization is one well the reason we’re not too pleasant to some of the specifics of what the producers are looking for but we’re we’re basically inventing a new version I affectionately call the plasmetization which is an extension of level to the station which basically does the spherical material all the other material are either chemical deposition in the Siemens reactor which basically out of the soul agree doesn’t industry in that does not wires with with a selain gas which is a highly explosive materials I think so far at this year’s number 4 plans of blew up with those material holy hell that. No like even Walker bill the new plant in the U. S. and twice they had fired explode. No it you if you do a quick search on selling gas you’ve just found a few interesting videos on YouTube. Anyway that’s that that’s one of the technologies the other one is it is physically grinding the material to the shape you want to walk sorry to tell you but once you get into the size we’re looking for you cannot grind something he’s perfectly. That’s okay that’s the end and it’s a mess I’m glad you said that because people even me what just might assume okay how difficult is it get something spherical but clearly your explain that no plans are blown up trying to get this done. Let’s talk about looking forward to this an amazing milestone naturally but there was 1 statement H. P. Q. nano looking forward to the December 12/3/2020 start of the Gen 1 PUREVAP NSR reactor in order to start delivering material and here’s the key as we work to keep up with the expected strong interest in our nano silicon products first of all you got appeal so that just gives that statement much more credibility right off the bat what indications you have from now that indication that interest will be strong. Well we also have NDAs with people that want to so we saw some people give us PO some people make a sign NDAs and ask for material does this is this is how we want. So that’s how we know and I can I can just. You know I can just get a good feeling regarding number people trying to contact me how people in the industry to come around there isn’t that many people that will have this ability to to deliver deliver the material out there no I’m I’m and I’m looking to distribute my material at large more more people research center so there’s gonna be more more plausible we do so by the time margin 2 reactors it’s going to come along the way can really deliver more higher quality material you know we anticipate that to be a very high high demand product record will be produced at the Jan one is perfect because for now no would be playing it known be placing a mass purchase order anyways they just want smaller smaller material sizes so here’s a question I have if if all your indications are correct and long you been right up at this point there’s no reason to doubt that that’s the great part you know what what could be your capacity for the number of different auto manufacturers research facilities and other renewable energy companies up that could be requesting materials for you by the time December rolls are because I have to assume this puts on the map right there the entire industry has probably heard about this are about to hear about this so is our capacity for the number of materials you can be sent to you you could be sending out for testing at the the different companies like this one but just by the purchase order yeah yes when we had discussion with with pyrogenesis about how we would be you know scheduling organizing ourself and doing everything else the decision to make the D. D. D. general on the small machine. And this in its size and skip past he was fundamentally designed to be able to meet what we thought we anticipate will be a preliminary demand until we get the other machine goal and it was sort of like a trade off we decided to do we decided basically to build 2 machine instead of just having one is going to be one reason why we did that is 8 with when you go to machine the first machine basically you know it’s you know there’s a there’s a bit of are in deep research and destroy and we learned a lot through these processes the second ball I’ll be capable or furnishing samples everything else so it was you know basically killing 2 birds one stone sure and and that and that’s what we did and seems to be paying off now. You know I I have a good idea with depending on the tears you know it can be universally laboratory can be as small as a few grams to somebody’s gonna ask for 10 kilograms so it’s it’s gonna it’s gonna hop between those amounts that we need in the machine I had the the the capacity to deliver this at the same time for us to be able to learn about all the material I get asked a lot often the questions how sure you guys can make it thank you to all the people thought we don’t have any issue about making. The key the key point for us is how do we collected render it okay to be transported make sure we have we don’t contaminate all the stuff that but those are not the issues that are you know that worrisome for us because it borrows a big expertise in this regard. Yeah for people at home who are watching for the first time learning about a speaking for the first time the partner nation acute analyst pyrogenesis Canada who as commercialized their power their spherical titanium powders with some the largest 3 D. industrial printing companies in in Europe they’re pleasant knowledge is being used on 2 aircraft carriers if for the United States and 2 more aircraft carriers with the just place an order so you know PyroGenesis has proven that they can do that they can deliver global app application at a global scale so that’s what that’s what Bernard is referred to in so much confidence and you bring that up and my next question was this the Peter Pascali quote I think was maybe most president of all the great information already inside this press we saw I’m gonna read the last part in which he says as a technology provider would be the first to say that nothing is guaranteed in every new application there will always be challenges along the way both anticipated and unanticipated with that in mind we’re happy to know that at this point in time we see nothing that should prevent us from successfully producing the desired powders using the PUREVAP nano silicon reactor I mean execution risk is always a concern and we’ve seen other companies the past who have been able to make it out of the lab after so much great promise and here you have an incredible technology partner saying as of right now there’s nothing to prevent you if Peters writes. And again how can you doubt him if he’s right how significant of the player does HPQ become In the world market for this space for this product in the space of nano silica what this technology is going to give us is there is a range you have to understand that in the resort confidence appears to office team is this is sort of an extension of what they’ve already done with plasma donation as I said but we’re dead we’re not entering a range of products that look not too many people can do from the National Science to one to 5 microns okay maybe a bit bigger that’s that’s about 3 and those are those are significant markets their guard technology’s going to deliver and this is what we’re pushing and Carol has developed this is done this kind of a track record has technical team behind this and I’d like to reach it read it here it repeat sorry could reiterate what they reiterate I’ll use it sometimes when phonetic accents statistics in your mind frame that is added Saturday right inside of the 2 yeah yeah what my. Yeah yes this is certainly we can lose my my train of thought well you want to reiterate is that you want to add a review yet the jury that Pyrogenesis doesn’t get involved with the project okay. Unless they can they know they can scaled up to commercial scale. Pyrogenesis is not for R&D it’s an R&D to develop cross on the incredible opportunity to each piece you had this we sort of been able to develop a product line is very close to what Pyrogenesis that’s basically using the field of expertise of our genesis and basically just because it’s about to explode the national silicone you know was on the radar of us that are excited about select when you want when you all must mean is show about it shows through for vice the slight about it even though it doesn’t overly simplified but still it it tracks the interest and everything is there and we’ve been working on this for for 5 years all my competitors in the field okay. They’re doing is they’re taking solar grade silicon plain black you know what we what we were building to and using that to try to make the materials for batteries okay by default any polysilicon plant any plant that does basically the soul of it it’s a legal matter uses as feedstock metallurgic would sort of come up okay. We use as feedstock our own metallurgic saloon model that we produce or any cheaper. In the moment you had you know it’s an old board people technicality in the Saturday. I think I was all too good to one okay well it’s the same process that they were using so so it’s the same issue that that that we face in the wilderness solar springs but we don’t need the the purity so we went all over you the the bottom line everything else this is why it’s so. Our position is so unique just as this market is about to explode the man for this is gonna be hyper law hyperbolic okay that’s how that’s the way it’s going to be right now if you read all the research material there’s not enough raw material okay for all the E. V. guard that people want to build. That’s the bottom line. So we’re in the right space what else can I say it’s sad event at which you think would be fair to say and maybe that’s a stretch but would it be fair to say Bernard that if you’re actually able because up until now it seems like the industry has been hampered by the fact that there just isn’t a lot there there’s a lot of capacity right there’s a lot of supply capacity if you guys can actually do is you’re saying and doing as Peter thinks are going to deliver that that could actually increase the accelerate sorry the speed the growth speed of the of the electric car market at the end the day it will but it’s the pathway is already ridiculously good state like it’s new if if you look at the map it’s a shortage there’s no shortage of material all over the place so when one of the reason why they’d want to go the key equation is reducing the cost of making the car and route in reducing the cost of running it of operating okay in the solar field I can tell you to you know 20 years ago nobody believe the movie making solar cheaper than all the other carbon based energy now it’s the case it’s since been dug up and the same thing is going to happen this week so. Since I have a background and I understand a study very much what happens solar industry I fully anticipate the same thing’s gonna happen baggage so since the beginning HPQ because technologies have been position for that reality is going to be coming which is massive growth in the mail lot of people trying to produce material at the same time okay this is only going to be a few winners and I’m making sure that we’re positioned to beat that winter that’s the bottom line of what we’re doing and. It’s you know it’s nice for Bernard to say this but I think we’ve build technological know Dream Team car to make information. Yep because in the past we’ve seen companies fail because it’s a. George in a couple of guys in the couple labs and they make all sorts of big promises but it’s really George a business guy with some lab partners and we can never scaled everything collapse where is here apple also older we have really talk about them they’ve delivered around the world they’re renowned pyrogenesis is blue generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue or these orders anyway from the U. S. navy from manufacturers and end in the middle east do you name it they’re they’re generating and so that’s the big difference this team actually has a history of delivering this kind of technology last question when I ask you. If the car market was the only market for these powders that would be good enough obviously right but the fact of matter is like all technology I expected to pervade other parts of our lives into a place that we weren’t expecting so where else can you go with these powders you colluded to something the past what we’re up now that you’re getting orders we have to revisit that conversation which is where else can you go wires can you get these powder grow into. Well the the easiest low fruit for us to to pick on and to deliver on this actually the one that all of our partners but also silicon for hydrogen I believe in in the short to medium term will be a bigger draw bigger demand on just to give a pair of free. Just on the first commercial Wilder for smaller system I was having a discussion with guys anything can converted their material to our power thank you know we’ll we’ll know that the server will send the material you know that would basically take almost a full production legend to react on an annual basis and I just want to order from the so that is exciting hello there’s more there’s more of this and the beauty of. The work with apple’s first what happens a shareholder reach peak use that also double as motivates them to do that the to work with us second of all the guys about below are you a world renowned expert on silicon and everything has to do with hydrolysis of creating hydrogen with silicone powers they’ve done so when you know the confidence that Peter has when he says that you know the machine’s going to work when I taught them using our power is going to work says part artisanal reading if I was not gonna work you just gotta do it wants to be able to show up and then we’ll work on how to move it how to for us to become a better so think about this it’s like you know having the 3 D. more 3 D. printing market all of yourself and you’re the only one that can produce in the chair. The better the better but you’re. So that’s another massive you know and and I said the the prestigious another massive massive skin so I act I mean in what HPQ she was an excellent position when it comes down and says now and talk with the people from the energy in the battery sector okay plus there are other markets just in there many other market where a product is going to be the high demands everything else so we’re well positioned to to develop multiple least successful business line based on our nano reactor technology so do you see yourself almost becoming looked that’s what that was pyrogenesis claim to fame when we start working with them 3 years ago or so old that they had this great core technology that started winning and start developing applications and winning business in multiple verticals so do you HPQ starting to take that same path of next couple years. Yes but focused on so little that’s what we say we’re innovative silicone solution provider that’s literally what we are I’m pretty sure that there will be demands it you can’t even think about we’re actually we’re actually now do some brainstorming guys up alone all the other. Nice high value niche market because the reality is the battery markets quickly going to become involved in market at so basically volume means lower profit margin but I will. But there are plenty of you know any of other markets where you can be high value to it this being said it’s gonna be a great market the battery space don’t get me wrong it’s going to be a massive one but I’m just telling people that you know. We’re not putting all our eggs into one basket we’re not putting all our eggs we just one car manufacturer and I’m gonna put all over it we want to be that good company to the go to company for silicon solutions and we believe that we have to go to do. Bernard that’s exciting not just because you’re saying it because you just you just pulled it off you’ve delivered you buy receive your first Porcher purchase order you and the team at H. B. Q. you and the team at pyro and apple also when you talk about how when you wait when you make statements like that it just has tremendous credibility and again I can kind of saying this after milestone but. Right it’s amazing to see that HPQ took the road less traveled when all the silicon road were mostly for going down the other roads and and here you are way ahead of everybody congratulations man you make sure you have a beer tonight on on me and everybody else enjoy the weekend. Maybe one in French. thanks for all right have a great day have a great weekend buddy thanks bye. For 1 at home you’ve been watching or if you’ve been listening my podcast could you can do that too you’ve been watching Bernard today all chairman CEO of HPQ silicon trade to the venture on the stock symbol HPQ for those who are new to the story you know what you gotta do you know where to go but for those who knew and we’re getting more more people in Bernards telling to get more more calls every day from people are we know there’s a lot of information here for you to consume so the first place to start is get to the hub the HPQ hub on AGOARACOM to the profile page take all the information we’ve kind of laid out there for you to make it easier to really understand all the power of the gist of where they’re going then watch the last 3 or 4 videos fact I would say watch all the 2020 videos that we’ve done with Bernard because that that shows the path of growth and shows that in fact everything Bernard says he delivers and then finally get to the HPQ silicon site that you connect to from the gore come to do your final due diligence and hopefully you’ve discovered your next amazing small cap company on a gore come have a great day everyone.
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Hole ND-10-03 intersected 4.53% Ni, within a larger interval averaging 1.02% Ni, 0.38% Cu over 4 metres.
The mineralization remains open along strike and to depth.
Claims previously owned by Canadian Arrow Mines Limited in 2010
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / October 27, 2020 / Tartisan Nickel Corp. (CSE:TN)(OTC PINK:TTSRF)(FSE:A2D) (“Tartisan”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired the Night Danger, Glatz nickel-copper claims located in the Turtle Pond Project area near Dryden, Ontario.
The Company has acquired a 100% interest in the Glatz, Night Danger Nickel-Copper Claims located approximately 70 kms from the Company’s flagship Kenbridge Nickel Deposit. The property is situated in an area of excellent infrastructure and consists of 16 claim units. The 16 claim unit property hosts the historical Glatz and Night Danger nickel-copper showings. Previous exploration efforts identified nickel-copper sulphide mineralization in twelve trenches along a 700 metre trend at the Glatz nickel copper showing. The zone, discovered in 1965 by local prospector A. Glatz, is up to 40 metres wide and is open along strike and at depth. Historical grab samples were reported to contain up to 1.95% Ni. In 2007, Canadian Arrow Mines Limited conducted a surface grab sampling program which produced the following results: 1.28% Ni, 0.26% Cu re Glatz Trench 3; 0.99% Ni, 0.18% Cu re Glatz Trench 3; 0.39% Ni, 4.06% Cu re Trench 4. The mineralization varies from disseminated sulphides to narrow semi-massive sulphide bands. Six short drill holes were completed at that time with hole GZ-09-02 encountering 0.34% Ni, 0.16% Cu and 0.02% Co over 5.9 m from 45.0-50.9 m.
Exploration diamond drilling work completed in 2009 and 2010 on the Night Danger nickel-copper showing reported a nine metre wide section of stringers and blebs of sulphide which assayed 0.57% Ni and 0.45% Cu at a drill depth of 79m in hole ND-09-1. Two sections within this interval assayed greater than 1% nickel. Drill hole ND-10-1 intersected 4.53% Ni over 0.7m at a drill depth of 57.5m (Source; MNDM assessment files and Canadian Arrow Mines Limited news release dated June 1, 2010).
Mark Appleby, President and CEO of Tartisan stated, “The Glatz and Night Danger nickel-copper showings display similar nickel and copper tenors as what we find near surface at our Kenbridge Nickel Deposit. Acquisition of these showings complements the company’s larger objective of developing the Kenbridge Nickel Deposit into an operating mine with a central milling facility.”
About Tartisan Nickel Corp.
Tartisan Nickel Corp. is a Canadian based mineral exploration and development company which owns; the Kenbridge Nickel Project in northwestern Ontario; the Sill Lake Silver property in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario as well as the Don Pancho Manganese-Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in Peru. The Company has an equity stake in; Eloro Resources Limited, Class 1 Nickel and Technologies Limited and Peruvian Metals Corp.
Tartisan Nickel Corp. common shares are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE:TN; US-OTC:TTSRF; FSE:A2D). Currently, there are 101,603,550 shares outstanding (107,203,550 fully diluted).
For further information, please contact Mr. D. Mark Appleby, President & CEO and a Director of the Company, at 416-804-0280 ([email protected]). Additional information about Tartisan can be found at the Company’s website at www.tartisannickel.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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at 8:44 AM on Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Blackrock, considered by many to be the undisputed king of Wall Street with $6.5 trillion in assets under management, hasn’t just gone off dirty fossil fuels …
It also appears to be going off meat, another of the industries that is being spurned by the multi-trillion-dollar ESG movement.
recently upped the ante on this megatrend by bumping its iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund stake in plant-based meat superpower, Beyond Meat (NYSE:BYND) by another 15.76%.
Wall Street was caught napping when BlackRock stole the investing throne earlier this year by being the only huge fund to recognize the ESG investing megatrend.
By: OilPrice.com
Blackrock, considered by many to be the undisputed king of Wall Street with $6.5 trillion in assets under management, hasn’t just gone off dirty fossil fuels …
It also appears to be going off meat, another of the industries that is being spurned by the multi-trillion-dollar ESG movement.
Blackrock recently upped the ante on this megatrend by bumping its iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund stake in plant-based meat superpower, Beyond Meat (NYSE:BYND) by another 15.76%.
Wall Street was caught napping when BlackRock stole the investing throne earlier this year by being the only huge fund to recognize the ESG investing megatrend.
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The question now is whether Wall Street will be caught napping again …
While the next megatrend takes shape.
Picking up steady momentum over the past half a decade, a global pandemic shifted this trend into top gear.
The trend is a plant-based lifestyle, and BlackRock is latching onto it in a big way.
Not only has animal-based food been proven to contribute to climate change, it has also been linked to the spread of pandemics.
And a plant-based diet isn’t the boring, tasteless vegan sacrifice it used to be. Now, it’s deliciously mainstream.
And this trend really does go… “beyond” meat.
The megatrend is an entirely plant-based lifestyle, and as big money such as BlackRock desperately searches for new places to park its billions of ESG-focused money, it could likely alight on this megatrend-focused company:
PlantX Life Inc (CNSX:VEGA), the company that’s hoping to upend the $950-billion meat industry and the $4-trillion global food services industry … with plants.
And the people behind it have disrupted markets before …
Infinitely Farther Than Beyond Meat
In a megatrend, it’s not enough to limit oneself to plant-based meat, or to a single brand that consumers can either like or dislike.
In a megatrend, it’s got to be bigger. It’s got to be a lifestyle. An entire “ecosystem”, which has now become the new ESG buzzword that rings loudly in the ears of big capital.
That’s exactly what PlantX is, and it has started to storm this megatrend with a fast-paced series of deals and acquisitions designed to capture–and create–North American market share that is about much more than … the new meat.
PlantX has its own plant-based food products, house plants, cosmetics, decor, pet food, and even its own celebrity chef.
You can shop online for just about everything you can imagine that is plant-based, shop in a smart store, order plant-based takeout or find the best places to dine vegan.
And if plant-based meals failed to get the taste buds flowing in Vegan 1.0, super chefs latching onto the megatrend have changed all of that …
PlantX
PlantX’s celebrity chef even makes meals for restaurants that have an urgent need to come up with more options for pandemic-panicked clientele that fear animal-based food.
Nor is the ESG trend about startups that don’t and may never profit (this isn’t Uber).
ESG
Instead, it’s about zero waste, ultimate efficiency, and high margins. It’s about “curation”.
For PlantX (CNSX:VEGA), that means profit margins that are beguiling because there aren’t any costs associated with inventory or warehouses, two of the biggest loss-making elements of the eCommerce sector.
And with all the fantastic margins lined up, PlantX is on an acquisition and deal-making tear:
In early September, it closed a $30-million deal with San Diego-based Liv Marketplace to build and operate PlantX’s first brick-and-mortar retail location in California. That confirms a huge push into the United States, with a 4,515-square-foot store that will sell a line of over 5,000 plant-based products.
PlantX acquired UK-based Bloombox Club in late September, and it’s now on target to hit $4 million in gross revenue and is expected to do $20 million in revenue over the next 12 months.
That same month, PlantX cut a series of deals with specialty producers, grocers, and even LA-based celebrity chef Gregg Drusinsky.
It launched its own glacial water brand in September.
On October 8th, PlantX jumped into the $38.4-billion North American pet food industry by launching yet another vertical with Kirtana Inc. products.
It’s teamed up with Vancouver-based UpMeal, which has a Grade A kitchen. UpMeal prepares the chef-designed meals from PlantX, making PlantX profitable right out of the gate. They use FedEx to ship across Canada, with bulk meals going to a single address and then immediately disbursed by local courier.
With profit margins of 55% for plants, 40% for online food, and 35% for delivery, PlantX is profitable right out of the starting gate.
It only started delivering meals to homes in April, and already it’s hit 10,000 meals.
And by early next year, it expects to be rolling out in the United States, UK, and Europe.
At the same time as it launches its first U.S.-based brick-and-mortar smart store in California.
This is the next-gen tech startup: It’s ESG-focused ecosystems with tons of verticals for making money. And PlantX’s verticals are unlimited …
Even more so when you consider that this is a community, not just a brand. It draws people into a digital plant-based space and keeps them there because–especially during a pandemic–human beings need a sense of belonging in something bigger than themselves.
And this is definitely bigger …
Remember the $26B Pet Food Megatrend?
Chewy Inc (NYSE:CHWY) was essentially created in a basement …
By savvy teenagers who are now billionaires.
These two teenagers created a dotcom delivery business in their basement. That business went on to become one of the biggest eCommerce businesses in Canada.
And then it became Chewy.com.
The pet food delivery company exploded on the scene, managing to steal half of Amazon’s market share in those segments.
Sold by its creators for $3 billion to giant PetSmart and is now worth a stunning $26.4 billion and has cornered some 50% of the U.S. market, compared to Amazon’s 45%.
Now Dollinger is looking to copy this idea, with PlantX–an idea vastly bigger than pet food. Dollinger also has pedigree having taken Namaste to north of a $1 billion valuation.
And his potential market is also vastly bigger because it doesn’t just include pets–it includes every living being.
And while Chewy.com has a limited number of verticals it can pursue, PlantX has zero limitations.
The Seeds of A Lucrative Lifestyle Rethink
Meat is now associated with poor health, shorter life-spans, the spread of disease … and pandemic.
For many who weren’t considering a plant-based diet, the pandemic has changed that.
Massive disruptions to the food supply chain gave us time to think as farmers were dumping produce and milk and culling animals when slaughterhouses shut down as COVID-19 breached their walls.
Fears of pandemic spread by the animal-based food industry, from swine flu and bird flu to salmonella and E. coli have hastened our flirtation with a completely new, plant-based lifestyle.
Just look at the pandemic-period retail sales for alternative meat alone:
And in Canada, too:
But out of crisis and chaos, as always, comes new opportunities.
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And the new opportunities arising out of the pandemic are far more wholesome. They consider the people and the planet, but they also consider profit.
This is where the free market actually starts to work to the benefit of the world.
That’s the idea that underpins the ESG megatrend, and it’s why big money is shifting to this playing field. They see lower risk and higher profits.
PlantX (CNSX:VEGA) ticks all those ESG megatrend boxes.
It’s offering an entire plant-based “ecosystem”, which is one of the biggest de-risking factors for investors.
It’s backed by an eCommerce prodigy who’s been minting millionaires since he was a teenager and is ready to do it again.
It’s backed by Mother Nature, who’s come back with a vengeance to mint millionaires herself and change the way we live, and for how long.
Other companies looking to win big in the new “green lifestyle” trend:
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) has exploded since its IPO in April, soaring by 111% in just a few short months. And it is just getting started. Today, the plant-based meat alternative giant is already worth nearly $12 billion, and new research suggests the market could climb to a whopping $74 billion in just the next few years. From “meatballs” to sausages and ‘hamburger, Beyond Meat is going above and beyond to expand its product line to appeal to every type of customer, and as this trend of plant-based foods catches fire, it’s likely to continue growing.
Beyond Meat’s mission statement speaks volumes, “By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare.” It’s a clear-cut example of everything the new generation of investors is looking for in a company. It is combatting social challenges, climate change, and looking to tackle the hurdles facing our growing population.
While not exclusively engaged in plant-based meat alternatives, Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN), is another company with an ESG twist. And even better, it has a wider selection of products available for both meat-eaters and plant-based diets. This is important considering almost 98% of consumers who buy plant-based products also buy animal meat.
Tyson is already a giant in the food industry, and it’s looking to win big as a growing number of Americans begin to identify themselves as “flexitarian.” While the “vegan wave” grabs more headlines, the reality is that most consumers are not 100% vegan. And that’s great for Tyson because it has a wide array of products to suit every customer’s tastes.
In a release, the company noted, “Tyson Foods is committed to sustainably offering the protein and food products that consumers want. Through the introduction of its Raised & Rooted™ brand of plant protein and blended protein options including burgers and nuggets, Tyson Foods has become the largest U.S. meat producer to enter the growing alternative protein segment.”
Kellogg (NYSE:K) is another giant in the food industry looking to expand its plant-based portfolio in a bid to compete with the success of Beyond Meat and unlisted competitor Impossible Foods. In 2019, Kellogg joined forces with Morningstar Foods to launch a line of plant-based products named “Ingogmeato.”
The company’s array of plant-based meat substitutes will be made from non-GMO soy, which is different than its peers. Beyond Meat, for instance, uses a pea protein substitute. Kellogg’s move is a bold one because, while the taste and texture are more similar to real meat, soy is a major allergen that could take away from some of its sales potential.
Despite this, however, Kellogg is clearly eying its share of this new market, and taking the younger generation’s push to go green – literally and figuratively – to the next level. In a statement, the company noted, “Our brand is really leaning in and making sure that we’re taking our responsibility as America’s number one veggie burger brand seriously.”
Salesforce (NASDAQ:CRM) isn’t a plant-based distributor, but it is a company to watch as the broader ESG push catches fire. Though its primary function is as a SaaS company focusing on creating a platform to improve customer service, it’s diving in headfirst in its commitments to sustainability, charity, and overall positive action within the community.
ESG is a big part of Salesforce’s core values. In fact, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff wrote in an op-ed for New York Times arguing for a new form of capitalism that, “In the United States, income inequality has reached its highest level in at least 50 years, with the top 0.1 percent — people like me — owning roughly 20 percent of the wealth while many Americans cannot afford to pay for a $400 emergency. It’s no wonder that support for capitalism has dropped, especially among young people.”
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is going all-in on the ESG boom. The tech giant has gone from selling books to selling practically every other imaginable item from one easy-to-use website. And it’s done so with an ESG twist. Not only has Amazon taken the lead in reducing its own emissions, but it’s also pushed its suppliers, manufacturers, and delivery infrastructure to do the same.
And it’s just getting started. Given the fact that it is on the cutting-edge of consumer data, with over 600 million items for sale, Amazon has been able to predict consumer trends and bring in new offerings that will suit consumer needs. And that includes entire departments dedicated to plant-based diets and other plant-based lifestyle options. It’s truly got its fingers in every pie.
Canadian:
Burcon NutraScience Corporation (TSX:BU) is a Canadian tech firm transforming what people think about a plant-based diet. It is known for its high-purity, sustainable, flavorful, and affordable products. The company has checked every box in the modern customer’s book. Founded over 20 years ago, Burcon has been at the forefront of the since 1998, and it’s only become more refined since.
In its mission statement, Burcon explains that it “seeks to improve the health and wellness of global consumers through the discovery and development of sustainable, functional, and renewable plant-based products for the global food and beverage industries.”
Else Nutrition Holdings Inc. (CSE:BABY) is a unique plant-based lifestyle company from Canada. Else Nutrition has taken a different approach than many of its competitors, specializing in baby food. The company was a first-mover in this interesting space, offering a well-rounded, clean, sustainable plant-based approach to baby food.
Else Nutrition’s products deliver all of the same benefits as typical baby food, but with a plant-based twist. In fact, 92% of their products are made from three core healthy ingredients, almonds, tapioca, and buckwheat. And the best part is that they keep the good parts of the food intact. They never alter the plants’ chemistry or remove any of the micronutrients, they just change the texture.
Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) is a major player in the Canadian food industry. For 30 years, Maple Leaf has been making key acquisitions, producing top-quality food, and leading in new innovations to make sure to deliver the absolute highest quality products for all of its consumers around Canada. And in 2019, it announced its plans to jump into the plant-based foods world with a $310 million facility in Indiana.
Maple Leaf Foods is also committed to cutting its own carbon footprint. In fact, in November last year, the company announced that it was the first major carbon-neutral food company – a major accomplishment in a world that is transitioning to green energy.
The Very Good Food Company Inc. (CSE:VERY) is an innovative Canadian company that making major waves in the “green lifestyle” movement. With the slogan, “we believe in butchering beans, not animals,” they’re looking to tap into the plant-based niche in a hurry. And it’s resonated very well with investors.
Since IPOing earlier this year, the Very Good Food Company has seen its share price grow by over 70%, and it is just getting started. The company is aggressively opening new facilities, signing high profile deals, and is quickly becoming a favorite in Canada’s fast-growing plant-based lifestyle scene.
Modern Meat Inc (CSE:MEAT) is a Canadian alternative to its American cousin, Beyond Meat. It has nailed its marketing angle with a series of appealing Instagram-worthy products that could easily sway even the biggest meat eater. The company is looking to make the plant-based lifestyle trendy. And consumers are loving it.
Modern Meat announced in early October that its stock had sold out for over 15 weeks in a row. “We are pleased to announce that our sellout streak is continuing and there is an obvious demand for our products. Despite the interest in our products we are currently constrained by our production capacity and continuing the set-up of our new facility,” stated Tara Haddad, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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at 7:20 AM on Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Company has signed a referral and partnership agreement with Summit Services Inc. dba Summit One Source
To provide a complete end-to-end integrated COVID-19 management solution consisting of rapid mobile testing, integrated lab results, and exposure alert notification capabilities
Loop Insights now has the ability to offer rapid test and lab results to any organization searching for a complete end-to-end COVID-19 solution across all 50 states
The combined product offering featuring Loop’s end-to-end solution will focus on stadiums, hospitals, long-term care facilities, construction sites, HR administration, campuses, airlines, cruise ships, resorts, and government buildings
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 27, 2020 — Loop Insights Inc. (MTRX:TSXV) (RACMF:OTCQB) (the “Company” or “Loop”) is pleased to announce that the company has signed a referral and partnership agreement with Summit Services Inc. dba Summit One Source (“Summit”) to provide a complete end-to-end integrated COVID-19 management solution consisting of rapid mobile testing, integrated lab results, and exposure alert notification capabilities.
Together with Summit, Loop Insights has established a comprehensive end-to-end testing and venue tracing solution that can be integrated into any physical environment, allowing organizations to safely reopen their facilities while reintroducing students, fans, or workers.
As part of the agreement with Summit, Loop’s AI-powered data platform will bring the ability to bridge siloed data between Summit’s existing clients. Additionally, Loop will utilize Summit’s partners to deliver one fully-integrated COVID-19 end-to-end product inclusive of:
Mobile Lab Testing
Rapid Testing
Venue Tracing
Data Management
Real-Time Exposure Alert Notifications
Custom Workplace Safety Protocol and Process Automation (XenonChex)
Role and Rule Based Workforce Management Software (XenonChex)
Digital Diagnostic Analysis, Dashboard Analytics, and Real-Time Results Review (iStoc)
Summit has brought together best in class providers while providing a unique approach to testing and leveraging technology to be as efficient as possible. As part of the partnership, Loop will be introducing both XenonChex and iStoc’s technology integration to our clients and partnerships. XenonChex automates the day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring business locations remain compliant and allowing oversight for management. XenonChex drives increased efficiency, improved performance, all while lowering cost. iStoc is the global leader in immediate diagnostics & analytics (IDA) of infectious diseases. Approved by FDA, CE, and HIPAA compliant, iStoc’s real-time dashboard decisioning leverages “big data” to enable comprehensive review and ensure a safer workplace.
Loop Insights now has the ability to offer rapid test and lab results to any organization searching for a complete end-to-end COVID-19 solution across all 50 states. The combined product offering featuring Loop’s end-to-end solution will focus on stadiums, hospitals, long-term care facilities, construction sites, HR administration, campuses, airlines, cruise ships, resorts, and government buildings.
Summit’s COO Emily Jones, stated, “Loop Insights’ venue tracing platform is the perfect complement to our best in class service offering. Our goal is to bring to market the tools and technology to enable our community to return safely to work and our children to a safe learning environment. We have listened to our client’s needs and feel that combining our technologies will allow us to provide the best available resources. Loop enhances our ability to provide full data connectivity across all of our partners during this critical time.”
As recent headlines have shown, air lines are the first industry adopting rapid testing to reduce or eliminate the need for 14-day quarantine periods. The travel sector has realized that industries need to adopt technology that can allow them to safely reopen in order for economic recovery to start. Loop has been actively involved in many conversations with not only airports and airlines but has been busy adding it’s integrated lab testing applications to bolster existing NCAA contracts.
The NCAA comprises 1,268 American colleges and universities, representing a portion of the 19.9 million American students that attended college in 2019. In an effort to help reopen American classrooms and sports facilities, Loop Insights is working with Summit to offer its end-to-end COVID-19 mitigation solution. In 2019, the NCAA schools reported annual revenue of $18.9 billion, with $10.8 billion originating from its athletic department.
Lack of End-to-End COVID-19 Management Solutions Continues to Cause Event Cancellations
As first reported by CBS Sports Matt Norlander , athletic organizations, including ESPN have been unable to safely reopen sports leagues without a complete end-to-end COVID-19 solution due to inflexibility and complications around testing protocols.
“We’ve decided to redirect our efforts to be sure the teams have enough time to make other plans,” said Clint Overby, vice president of ESPN Events. “At the end of the day our bias was toward safety and making sure that what we pulled off was in the best interests of the sport. In the absence of those things, we decided we’re better off letting schools do their own thing.”
Loop Insights will continue to establish a highly scalable, safe, and secure process that NCAA schools and other organizations can adopt and rely on in order to safely host future tournaments and events with confidence. The company’s platform can integrate any third-party data, allowing its venue tracing platform to include various protocols or mandates set out by participants or facilities in order to provide a unified, end-to-end venue tracing solution. Together with Summit’s on-site lab and testing services, Loop Insights’ platform allows large organizations like the NCAA to reopen athletic and academic facilities by providing guests with rapid testing and real-time results.
Loop Insights CEO Rob Anson stated: “Our objective has always been to help our customers transform their business. We have the ability to integrate with any testing platform globally in order to deliver a true turn-key, end-to-end COVID-19 management solution. With Summit, we saw an opportunity to provide the infrastructure to implement safe venue tracing and testing protocols.”
NCAA Schools Provide Huge Growth Opportunity for Loop
Loop’s venue tracing platform generates revenue through a software as a service (SaaS) and a cost per user model, which will allow the NCAA to scale across campuses and facilities quickly. Loop Insights has also established a revenue-sharing model based on marketing and brand sponsorship dollars that are generated on the Loop platform for those in attendance or at home.
About Summit Services, Inc dba Summit One Source:
Summit provides a full range of workforce management solutions to help companies and organizations with their most valuable asset: Their Employees. In an effort to provide innovative solutions to our clients we are continually adding new services and technology to our arsenal. In 2020 we focused on our clients first and their primary need to protect their employees and customers. Summit is committed to evolving with the challenges of today and the opportunities of tomorrow. Our nationwide footprint and expansive industry expertise will enable your company’s growth through any challenge.
About Loop Insights:
Loop Insights Inc. is a Vancouver-based Internet of Things (“IoT”) technology company that delivers transformative artificial intelligence (“AI”) automated marketing, contact tracing, and contactless solutions to the brick and mortar space. Its unique IoT device, Fobi, enables data connectivity across online and on-premise platforms to provide real-time, detailed insights and automated, personalized engagement. Its ability to integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructure, and customize campaigns according to each vertical, creates a highly scalable solution for its prospective global clients that span industries. Loop Insights operates in the telecom, casino gaming, sports and entertainment, hospitality, and retail industries, in Canada, the US, the UK, Latin America, Australia, Japan, and Indonesia. Loop’s products and services are backed by Amazon’s Partner Network and sold through the TELUS IoT Marketplace .
To learn more about Loop Insights’ venue tracing platform and how the company has leveraged the power of the AWS cloud to provide its venue tracing solutions, sign up for the October 29th webinar here: https://www.loopinsights.ai/webinar-sign-up/
This press release is available on the Loop Insights Verified Forum on AGORACOM for shareholder discussion, questions and engagement with management https://agoracom.com/ir/LoopInsights
This news release contains certain statements which constitute forward-looking statements or information. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond Loop’s control, including the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, and competition from other industry participants, stock market volatility and the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources. Although Loop believes that the expectations in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are based on factors and assumptions concerning future events which may prove to be inaccurate. Those factors and assumptions are based upon currently available information. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could influence actual results or events and cause actual results or events to differ materially from those stated, anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. As such, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, as no assurance can be provided as to future results, levels of activity or achievements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and, except as required by applicable law, Loop does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or to revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this document are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Trading in the securities of Loop should be considered highly speculative. There can be no assurance that Loop will be able to achieve all or any of its proposed objectives.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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at 5:35 PM on Monday, October 26th, 2020
Further to its press release dated October 6, 2020, it has received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange to graduate from the TSX Venture Exchange and list its common shares on the TSX
“This is a significant milestone for the Company,” said P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis
Final approval of the listing is subject to the Company fulfilling all of the requirements of the TSX, including the completion of the Company’s public offering for which it has filed a preliminary prospectus on October 20, 2020
MONTREAL, Oct. 26, 2020 – PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (TSX-V: PYR; OTCQB: PYRNF; FRA: 8PY) (the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), a high-tech company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and products, is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated October 6, 2020, it has received conditional approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) to graduate from the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) and list its common shares on the TSX.
“This is a significant milestone for the Company,” said P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis. “We are proud to have been conditionally accepted by Canada’s largest and most credible exchange. Having spent just under 10 years on the TSX Venture Exchange (whom we would like to thank for providing us the ideal forum on which we could attract the capital to finance our growth), we believe it is time for us to graduate to the TSX, the premier destination for publicly traded companies. This represents another step in management’s efforts to broaden our appeal to a larger shareholder base while at the same time raising the Company’s profile in the investment community. It underscores our long-term commitment to increasing investor awareness and generating shareholder value. As we continue to successfully execute our growth strategy, the graduation to the TSX should enhance the liquidity of our stock and enable us to continue building long-term shareholder value.”
Final approval of the listing is subject to the Company fulfilling all of the requirements of the TSX, including the completion of the Company’s public offering for which it has filed a preliminary prospectus on October 20, 2020. Upon, and subject to, receipt of final TSX approval, PyroGenesis’ common shares would be delisted from the TSXV and begin trading on the TSX under the symbol “PYR”.
Separately, the Company is pleased to announce the creation of a new Board position; Lead Independent Director. We are happy to announce that Mr. Robert Radin has agreed to be the Company’s first Lead Independent Director.
In an unrelated matter, the Company also announces today that it has granted stock options to acquire 200,000 common shares of the Company to Mr. Rodney Beveridge, Director, and 50,000 Common Shares to Ms. Rodayna Kafal, Director & Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic Business Development. The stock options have an exercise price of $4.00 per common share and are exercisable over a period of five (5) years. The options are granted in accordance with the Company’s stock option plan.
About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and products. The Company provides its engineering and manufacturing expertise and its turnkey process equipment packages to customers in the defense, metallurgical, mining, advanced materials (including 3D printing), and environmental industries. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of its Montreal office and its 3,800 m2 manufacturing facility, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. The Company’s core competencies allow PyroGenesis to provide innovative plasma torches, plasma waste processes, high-temperature metallurgical processes, and engineering services to the global marketplace. PyroGenesis’ operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified. For more information, please visit www.pyrogenesis.com .
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SOURCE PyroGenesis Canada Inc. For further information please contact: Rodayna Kafal, Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic Business Development, Phone: (514) 937-0002, E-mail: [email protected] RELATED LINK: http://www.pyrogenesis.com/
The Macao blockchain health code launched in May 2020, relying on the technology to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves as an electronic pass for residents to access public places. A few months later, Macao expanded it to add the mutual recognition mechanism with the health code system in Guangdong province in China.
The health code is built on China’s open-source blockchain platform FISCO BCOS. In a press release, the nonprofit revealed the impact the platform has had, including reviving tourism between mainland China and Macao. The latter had suspended tourist visa application in January this year in light of the pandemic.
According to the organization, since its launch on September 23, more than 17 million people have used it to clear customs between Chinese mainland and Macao.
It further revealed, “The average time of receiving, transforming, and generating the health code for the first time is only 100 seconds. And it will only take less than 3 seconds to complete the procedure when traveler clears customs again.”
The blockchain platform has solved a critical challenge—the privacy protection regulations in China and Macao. While health officials need to verify health information for those crossing the border, they must not exchange data directly with each other. Blockchain allows the authorities to encrypt the personal health data and record it securely. Once a user shares this data at the border, the health official can verify the integrity of the data by comparing with the corresponding digital credentials on the blockchain.
“In addition, the mutual recognition mechanism enables the seamless conversion of health codes for the users without the need to fill in personal information repeatedly on different platforms, offering great convenience and ease of use for cross-border travelers,” the organization added.
China has continued to adopt blockchain aggressively in recent years, both at a state and national level. As CoinGeek reported, Shenzhen city recently gave away $1.5 million in digital yuan to boost its adoption. The CBDC has now been used in over 3 million transactions, with 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) exchanging hands.
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Does CBD benefit the skin?
According to the 2019 study, “A therapeutic effect of CBD-enriched ointment in inflammatory skin diseases and cutaneous scars,”
Researchers administered topical CBD-enriched ointment to lesioned skin twice daily for three months on 20 patients with psoriasis (n=5), atopic dermatitis (n=5) and resulting outcome scars (n=10)
The study goes on to report that following three months, researchers saw improvement in inflammatory and skin symptoms
The use of CBD skincare products is recently on the rise, but do these products really possess the skin benefits companies claim they do?
Cannabidiol (CBD), one of two active ingredients in cannabis, has recently come to the forefront of the beauty industry, with companies rushing to put the substance into products such as moisturizers and face masks, among others. However, these companies are hurrying to implement CBD into skincare without fully knowing its effect on the skin.
In 2018 Farm Bill, the United States Federal government legalized the regulated production of hemp, a cannabis sativa plant containing CBD and less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).1 This change in policy caused a sudden increase in products containing CBD, with companies claiming its many health benefits without the clinical data to support those very claims.
However, some recently conducted studies have found that CBD does have the potential to benefit the skin.
According to the 2019 study, “A therapeutic effect of CBD-enriched ointment in inflammatory skin diseases and cutaneous scars,” researchers administered topical CBD-enriched ointment to lesioned skin twice daily for three months on 20 patients with psoriasis (n=5), atopic dermatitis (n=5) and resulting outcome scars (n=10).2 The study goes on to report that following three months, researchers saw improvement in inflammatory and skin symptoms.
Another study from the Journal of Drug in Dermatology published in 2014 found CBD has the potential to aid in suppression of acne breakouts by regulating oil production within the sebaceous glands.3
Despite all of these findings, there is still a need for further research to identify and investigate CBD’s benefits for the skin.
2. Palmieri B, Laurino C, Vadalà M. A therapeutic effect of cbd-enriched ointment in inflammatory skin diseases and cutaneous scars. Clin Ter. 2019;170(2):e93-e99.
3. Barbieri JS, Choi JK, Mitra N, Margolis DJ. Frequency of Treatment Switching for Spironolactone Compared to Oral Tetracycline-Class Antibiotics for Women With Acne: A Retrospective Cohort Study 2010-2016. J Drugs Dermatol. 2018;17(6):632-638.
4. Hobbins, K. (2020, September 17). Examining CBD Skin Benefits. Retrieved October 08, 2020, from https://www.aestheticauthority.com/view/examining-cbd-skin-benefits
