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Plethora Precious Metals Fund Reports Equity Interest in Labrador Gold Corp. $LAB.ca $RIO.ca $WHM.ca $SIC.ca $NXS.ca $NVO.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:29 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
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  • Plethora now owns 13.92% of LabGold

Stichting Depositary Plethora Precious Metals Fund (“Plethora”) announces that on June 26, 2020 it acquired 1,100,000 Units (hereinafter defined) of Labrador Gold Corp. (the “Company”) at $0.175 per Unit pursuant to a private placement for gross proceeds of $192,500 (the “Acquisition”). Each “Unit” acquired consists of one common share in the Company (a “Share”) and one common share purchase warrant in the Company (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one Share for $0.30 until June 25, 2022.

Prior to this Acquisition, Plethora owned or controlled 8,579,000 Shares and 1,500,000 common share purchase warrants representing 16.12% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares on a partially diluted basis. On an undiluted basis, Plethora’s ownership before the Acquisition represented 14.05% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares. Following the Acquisition, Plethora now owns or controls an aggregate 9,679,000 Shares, and 2,600,000 common share purchase warrants, representing 13.92% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a partially diluted basis. On an undiluted basis, Plethora’s ownership after the Acquisition represents 11.31% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Shares.

In satisfaction of the requirements of National Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids and National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues, an early warning report respecting the acquisition of securities by Plethora will be filed under the Company’s SEDAR Profile at www.sedar.com.

Plethora acquired the Units for investment purposes only, and depending on market and other conditions, Plethora may from time to time in the future increase or decrease their ownership, control or direction over securities of the Company, through market transactions, private agreements, or otherwise.

Plethora is incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and its head office is located at Prins Hendriklaan 26, 1075HD, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The principal business of Plethora is a Management Fund.

For information, please contact:

Douwe van Hees- Fund Manager
Prins Hendriklaan 26
1075HD, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +3 16 14 51 46 92

About Labrador Gold:

Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold projects in the Americas.

In early March 2020, Labrador Gold acquired the option to earn a 100% interest in the Kingsway project in the Gander area of Newfoundland. The property is along strike to the northeast of New Found Gold’s discovery of 92.86 g/t Au over 19.0 metres on their Queensway property. (Note that mineralization hosted on adjacent or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the Company’s property). The two licenses comprising the Kingsway project cover approximately 16km of the Appleton fault zone which is associated with gold occurrences in the region, including the New Found Gold discovery. Historical work over the area covered by the Kingsway licenses shows evidence of gold in till, vegetation, soil, stream sediments, lake sediments and float. Infrastructure in the area is excellent located just 18km from the town of Gander with road access to the project, nearby electricity and abundant local water.

The Hopedale property covers much of the Florence Lake greenstone belt that stretches over 60 km. The belt is typical of greenstone belts around the world but has been underexplored by comparison. Initial work by Labrador Gold during 2017 show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 kilometres along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25th 2018 for more details).

The Ashuanipi gold project is located just 35 km from the historical iron ore mining community of Schefferville, which is linked by rail to the port of Sept Iles, Quebec in the south. The claim blocks cover large lake sediment gold anomalies that, with the exception of local prospecting, have not seen a systematic modern day exploration program. Results of the 2017 reconnaissance exploration program following up the lake sediment anomalies show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and over a 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies appear to be broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types on a regional scale (see news release dated January 18th 2018). This suggests a possible structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies. Historical work 30 km north on the Quebec side led to gold intersections of up to 2.23 grams per tonne (g/t) Au over 19.55 metres (not true width) (Source: IOS Services Geoscientifiques, 2012, Exploration and geological reconnaissance work in the Goodwood River Area, Sheffor Project, Summer Field Season 2011). Gold in both areas appears to be associated with similar rock types.

Durango Resources $DGO.ca Begins Exploration at Windfall Lake $BTR.ca $OSK.ca $SII.ca $TLG.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:01 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
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  • Durango Resources Inc.’s exploration team has arrived on site at Windfall Lake, Quebec.
  • Preparing drill pads for upcoming summer drill program

The work crew has been tasked with preparing the site for the upcoming summer drill program by way of creating drill pads and clearing access to the areas of interest. As previously announced on April 4, 2019, Durango has identified 15 drill targets for the Trove Property to test favourable IP signatures that coincide with geochemistry anomalies including gold found in till samples.

The exploration team will also be mapping and collecting additional till and rock samples on the East Barry Block in an area of interest along the contact of instrusives and volcanics. Till sampling conducted in 2018 and 2019, identified a 5km trend which we are eager to investigate and identify the source for future drill targets.

Marcy Kiesman, chief executive officer of Durango, stated: “I am excited to finally get our exploration team moving at Windfall Lake. I want to thank our shareholders for their patience this year as we navigated the challenges of closures and increased regulations due to COVID19. We look forward to a busy summer exploring and drilling in the Windfall gold camp adjacent to Osisko with great hopes for success for our shareholders.”

The technical contents of this press release were approved by George Yordanov, professional geologist, an Independent Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The property has not yet been subject to an NI-43-101 report.

Trove, Quebec

Durango owns 100% interest in the Trove claims, which are surrounded by Osisko Mining Inc., in the Windfall Lake area between Val d’Or and Chibougamau, Quebec. The 1,185 hectare property is compelling due to the coincidence of gold found in tills coinciding with magnetic highs, several Induced Polarization (“IP”) anomalies and two faults crosscutting the property. The fault systems north and south of the Trove, control gold mineralization elsewhere, indicating the Trove has excellent exploration potential. Durango received all the final drill permits for the Trove property in September 2019 and is undergoing its final reviewing process for the proposed 3,000m drill program.

East Barry, Quebec

Durango owns 100% interest in the East Barry claims which run parallel to Trove claims. The East Barry block is over 6,100 hectares in size and borders the eastern perimeter of Osisko’s holdings and the southern perimeter of Bonterra’s holdings and is less than 4km south of the Gladiator deposit. The East Barry claims host a gold trend which covers approximately 10km in length and is subparallel to the main Barry Fault held by Osisko. In 2018 a till sampling program was conducted and one of the till samples returned fourty-two (42) pristine gold grains with reported gold values of 2.184 g/t Au. A high count of pristine gold grains indicates that the gold has travelled a very short distance from its source. The East Barry block underwent an Induced Polarization (“IP”) survey in 2018 which identified a high priority target coincident with the high count of pristine gold grains.

About Durango

Durango is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Company is positioned for discovery with a 100% interest in a strategically located group of properties in the Windfall Lake gold camp in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada.

Durango Resources $DGO.ca Welcomes Julie Lemieux to its Board of Directors $BTR.ca $OSK.ca $SII.ca $TLG.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:03 AM on Monday, June 29th, 2020

Vancouver, BC – TheNewswire – June 29, 2020 – Durango Resources Inc. (TSXV:DGO) (Frankfurt-86A1) (OTC:ATOXF), (the “Company” or “Durango“) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Julie Lemieux to its board of directors.

Ms. Lemieux has over 25 years of experience in team leadership, project management, business development and continuous improvement strategy implementation. A graduate from Laval University, Julie holds a Bachelor of Science in Geomatics.

Most recently, Ms. Lemieux has worked as a senior consultant for Planifika Inc., a consulting firm specializing in helping companies develop an asset management mindset based on the Institute of Asset Management principles and ISO 55001 standards. She is also the Vice President of North American Operations for EXMceuticals Inc., an emerging player in the international medical cannabis industry in Europe. Previously Ms. Lemieux managed strategic projects, including working with the Metis Nation of Alberta and its regions through Indigenous consultation, support, and advice on environmental services aligned with community concerns and values.

Marcy Kiesman, Durango CEO stated, “We very excited to have Julie join our team as she brings a wealth of experience to our Board. As a French Canadian, she is familiar with many aspects of mining as she has worked in industry, for government and with First Nation groups. We are particularly impressed with Julie’s extensive financial network in eastern Canada, especially given our plans for an exploration program in Quebec this year. We are confident that having Julie on our team will enhance the sophistication of our Board and shareholder base and will also help us strengthen shareholder communication during this exciting time for our company.”

Durango has granted 1,100,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for a period of five years to its directors and officers and consultants as per its 10% TSX rolling plan. Of this amount, Ms. Lemieux was granted an option to purchase 250,000 common shares.

ABOUT DURANGO RESOURCES

Durango is a natural resources company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Company is positioned for discovery with a 100% interest in a strategically located group of properties in the Windfall Lake gold camp in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, including, without limitation, the Company’s limited operating history and history of losses, the inability to successfully obtain funding, general market conditions and such other risks that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the Company’s projections or forward-looking statements. All forward looking statements in this press release are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

Marcy Kiesman, CEO

Telephone: 604.428.2900 or 604.339.2243

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.durangoresourcesinc.com

CLIENT FEATURE: Accelerating Gold Market Pushing American Creek To New Highs $AMK.ca $TUD.ca $SII.ca $GTT.ca $AFF.ca $SEA.ca $SA $PVG.ca $AOT.ca $ESK.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:59 AM on Friday, June 26th, 2020
  • American Creek has broken out technically and is at a 52 week high
  • Has not seen this price since 2011
  • Gold Bull Market accelerating toward $1900 driving AMK
  • Third Drill onsite accelerating drilling production at Treaty Creek
  • World Classs Asset being developed
  • Located next to the world’s largest undeveloped gold deposit by reserves in B.C.’s  Golden Triangle (KSM)  
  • 2020 Drill Holes have already been shipped to the lab for assays.  

American Creek has a Fully Carried 20% Interest in the Treaty Creek Project 

  • The currently known length of the northeast axis of the Goldstorm system is 850 meters and the southeast axis is 600 meters by 700m depth. 
  • Mineralization depth in the north continues to 1,200m
  • The system remains open in both directions and in depth  
  • The total size of this mighty gold system has expanded significantly with each step-out borehole  
  • The richest mineralization at ‘Treaty Creek’ starts near the surface extending to a 300m depth
  • The gold system is open on all sides and the geology and geophysics indicate a much larger system than has been defined.  

The Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 3/5th and acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have a 1/5th interest in the project creating a 3:1 ownership relationship between Tudor Gold and American Creek. American Creek and Teuton are both fully carried until such time as a Production Notice is issued, at which time they are required to contribute their respective 20% share of development costs. Until such time, Tudor is required to fund all exploration and development costs while both American Creek and Teuton have “free rides”. 

World Classs 2019 Drill Results:

  • Drill hole GS19-42: 0.849 g / t Gold Eq over 780 meters including 1.275 g / t Gold Eq over 370.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;  
  • Hole GS19-47: 0.697 g / t Gold Eq over 1,081.5 meters including 0.867 g / t Gold Eq over 301.5 meters in the 300 Horizon section;  
  • Drill hole GS19-52: 0.783 g / t gold Eq over 601.5 meters incl. 1.062 g / t gold over 336.0 meters in the 300 Horizon section;  
  • Hole GS19-48: 0.793 g / t Gold Eq over 927.0 meters;  
  • Hole GS19-49: 0.800 g / t gold Eq over 826.5 meters including 1.080 g / t gold over 249 meters;  
  • Hole GS19-50: 0.681 g / t Gold Eq over 577.5 meters; Hole CB-18-39: 1,086 g / t Gold Eq over 563.8 meters 

Proximity to KSM:

  • Seabridge Gold is the adjacent neighbor to Tudor Gold’s Treaty Creek project and plans to bring the “KSM project” into production with an initial cost of capital of $5.4 billion est.
  • Tudor’s Treaty Creek project is significantly closer to key infrastructure such as highway and electricity than its neighbor Seabridge Gold.
    • Lower capital costs to build a mine at Treaty Creek is advantageous over SEA.

About American Creek

American Creek is a Canadian junior mineral exploration company with a strong portfolio of gold and silver properties in British Columbia. Three of those properties are located in the prolific “Golden Triangle”; the Treaty Creek and Electrum joint venture projects with Tudor Gold/Walter Storm as well as the 100% owned past producing Dunwell Mine.

  • For further information please contact Kelvin Burton at: Phone: 403 752-4040 or Email: [email protected]. Information relating to the Corporation is available on its website at www.americancreek.com

Gold and Silver Penny Stocks Could Be the Next Robinhood Trader Obsession SPONSOR: Labrador Gold $LAB.ca $RIO.ca $WHM.ca $SIC.ca $NXS.ca $NVO.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:28 AM on Friday, June 26th, 2020

SPONSOR: Labrador Gold – Two successful gold explorers lead the way in the Labrador gold rush targeting the under-explored gold potential of the province. Exploration has already outlined district scale gold on two projects, including a 40km strike length of the Florence Lake greenstone belt, one of two greenstone belts covered by the Hopedale Project. Recently acquired 14km of the potential extension of the new discovery by New Found Gold’s Queensway project to the south. Click Here for More Info

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“Fortune and Glory Kid”

Providing our call of the day is Crescat Capital’s global macro analyst Otavio ‘Tavi’ Costa, who thinks we’re in the early stages of a major bull market for precious metals as a noncorrelated macro asset class. That is good news for one unloved group of stocks.

“Wait until the Robinhood traders learn about the gold and silver penny stocks, that’s where we’re long,” Costa told MarketWatch. He was referring to a low-cost trading app that has lured a flood of new investors, who have lately won some bets on beaten-down stocks.

“The mining space has been in sort of a recession since the 2011 peak of gold and silver prices. The capital in the space has dried up significantly. I think that now with the macro and fundamentals aligning with technicals on the long-term side, I’ve never seen such a good setup for an industry like precious metals,” said Costa.

Costa says they have been taking friendly activist stakes in some “junior explorer” miners with prolific projects.” Crescat created a fund devoted to mining companies a year ago because the sector was so beaten-down.

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Miners are divided into juniors GDXJ, +0.79% that focus on hunts for precious metal deposits, and senior miners GDX, +0.63% that have big developed mining operations

He said the large-cap mining space has started to improve a bit, and thinks investors will move from there onto the bottom part of the industry.

The overall market cap of the precious-metals industry represents less than 1% of the overall market cap of the equity market as a whole, said Costa. It is best placed to benefit from factors such as a virus-driven depressed economic picture, historically high U.S. equity valuations, fiat money printing globally and suppressed long-term rates, to name a few.

“The metals prices should be rising significantly and capital will start to pour into the industry in general, and I think that’s going to be a big change in terms of margins and fundamentals of those businesses,” said Costa. The mining sector is trading at five to 10 times free cash flow — a measure of company’s operating expenses and capital spending — versus any tech-sector industry that trades at 20 to 70 times sales.

“There are no fundamental reasons in which we’re going to see organic growth in the economy, and that brings you back to the situation of the government. It’s already broke and deficits will only increase going forward…it will force the Fed to continue stimulus going forward. That creates and an environment for gold,” and all those miners, he said. Read more on his thoughts here.

SOURCE:https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-and-silver-penny-stocks-could-be-the-next-robinhood-trader-obsession-says-this-portfolio-manager-2020-06-25?mod=mw_latestnews

Hollister Biosciences Inc. $HOLL.ca and Allied Corp. sign Definitive Agreement for Distribution of Products Under Veteran Based Brand: Tactical Relief™ $WEED.ca $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $OGI.ca $FAF.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 7:12 AM on Friday, June 26th, 2020
  • Announced definitive agreement with Allied Corp. to manufacture and distribute throughout California products targeted at veterans and first responders under the brand Tactical Relief ™
  • The first products to be manufactured will feature products that are recognized for their medicinal properties in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 26, 2020 — Hollister Biosciences Inc. (CSE: HOLL, FRANKFURT: HOB) (the “Company” or “Hollister”) is pleased to announce that further to the press release dated February 7th, 2020, through it’s subsidiary, Hollister Cannabis Co.  has on June 22nd, 2020 signed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to bring to market with Allied Corp. (“Allied”) a pipeline of products that are targeted towards helping veterans and first responders. These products will be brought to market under the brand Tactical Relief™, a veteran-founded hemp-based CBD oil brand owned by Allied Corp. (OTCQB: ALID).

Branded under Tactical Relief™, the first products to be manufactured will feature products that are recognized for their medicinal properties in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). True to Hollister’s mission, the products will be crafted in small, artisanal batches for optimal quality and made from premium California-grown cannabis.

Under the terms of the Agreement, Allied will contribute the Tactical Relief™ brand support including use of trademark, artwork, logos and package design for a series of products. On an ongoing basis, Allied will be financially responsible for all marketing design and support. Hollister will be responsible for all aspects of production and procurement of underlying materials. Hollister will also be responsible for all costs associated with distribution and sales support.  All production of cannabis products will take place under Hollister’s supervision and licenses. Allied and Hollister will further explore the development and marketing of additional products, as well as expanding into additional regions within the United States over the coming years.

The new Tactical Relief™ products will be distributed exclusively by Hollister’s distribution partner, Indus Holdings Inc. (CSE: INDS), and is anticipated to be in retail locations throughout California within quarter three of 2020. An estimated 5% of net profits from all sales will be donated to charity.  The remaining revenue generated from the sale of the products will be shared 60:40 between Hollister and Allied.

“This partnership is one that unites two powerful companies in the cannabis space with one common mission: to help veterans and first responders change the way they manage PTSD and TBI. This is a huge shift that has to happen nationwide. This partnership is the start of that shift,” said Adam Smith, VP Natural Health at Allied Corp.

Carl Saling, Hollister’s CEO stated: “We are thrilled to be working with Allied Corp. to bring much needed relief to our amazing veterans and 1st responders with PTSD and other ailments. This is a very important mission for Hollister to be able to have a huge impact on our veteran’s lives.”

About the Tactical Relief™  Brand

Led by a Green Beret and trainer of law enforcement, the Tactical Relief™ brand creates, promotes and sells high quality and patriotic CBD oils throughout the country. Allied’s CBD oils are full spectrum and are currently made from the highest quality hemp grown in Kentucky. Adam Smith (VP of Natural Health for Allied Corp.) is a Green Beret with nearly 17 years in service and experienced firsthand how CBD can help veterans and active-duty (military and first responders) ease their physical and mental stress due to post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Tactical Relief™ is on a mission to end the stigma around hemp and cannabis products, and to provide relief to as many service members as possible.

Website: https://tacticalrelief.com/

About Allied Corp.

Allied Corp. is an international medical cannabis production company with a mission to address today’s medical issues with a primary focus on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans and first responders. Allied helps those who have served by researching, developing and producing targeted cannabinoid health solutions for those who need them. Allied Corp. uses an evidence-informed scientific approach to make this mission possible, through cutting-edge pharmaceutical research and development, innovative plant-based production and unique development of therapeutic products.

For more information on Allied Corp., visit www.allied.health

Investor Relations for Allied:
[email protected]
1-877-255-4337

About Hollister Biosciences Inc.

Hollister Biosciences Inc. is a California based vertically integrated cannabis company with a vision to be the sought-after premium brand portfolio of innovative, high-quality California-grown cannabis and hemp products. Hollister uses a vertically integrated, high margin model, controlling the whole process from manufacture to sales to distribution or seed to shelf. Products from Hollister Cannabis Co. include HashBone, the brand’s premier artisanal hash-infused pre-roll, along with solvent-free bubble hash, pre-packaged flower, pre-rolls, tinctures, vape products, and full-spectrum high CBD pet tinctures. Hollister Cannabis Co. additionally offers white-labeling manufacturing of cannabis products. Our wholly owned California subsidiary Hollister Cannabis Co is the 1st state and locally licensed cannabis company in the city of Hollister, CA birthplace of the “American Biker.”

Website: www.hollistercannabisco.com

HOLLISTER BIOSCIENCES INC.:

Company Contact:

[email protected]
Tel: 604-961-0296

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Information: This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. The use of any of the words “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “project”, “should”, “believe” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements speak only as of the date of this News Release. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks including various risk factors discussed in the Company’s disclosure documents which can be found under the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com

David Beckham Invests in #Esports with London-based Start-up Guild – SPONSOR: Esports Entertainment Group $GMBL $DKNG $PENN $GAN $ESPO $AESE $EGLX.ca $BRAG.ca $FDM.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:34 PM on Thursday, June 25th, 2020

SPONSOR: Esports Entertainment Group (GMBL:NASDAQ) – Millions of people from around the world tune in to watch teams of video game players compete with each other. In first quarter 2020, YouTube reported 1.1 billion hours watched, an increase of 13% when compared to fourth quarter 2019. Wagering on Esports is projected to hit $23 BILLION this year although that number will likely be eclipsed due to the recent pandemic. Esports Entertainment Group is the next generation online gambling company designed for the purpose of facilitating as much of this wagering as possible.  LEARN MORE.

David Beckham Invests in Esports with London-based Start-up Guild

  • Former England soccer captain David Beckham is moving into the virtual world as co-owner of London-based start-up Guild Esports.
  • Guild said in a statement on Thursday that it will launch player academies and run teams in various esports arenas including Rocket League, EA Sports, FIFA and Fortnite.

“We have a vision to set a new standard, supporting these players into the future,” said Beckham, who is also co-owner of Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami.

“We are committed to nurturing and encouraging youth talent through our academy systems and I am looking forward to helping our Guild Esports team grow,” added the 45-year-old.

The Financial Times reported that Beckham was taking a significant minority stake in Guild through DB Ventures, his personal investment vehicle, and would be the second biggest shareholder.

It said Guild Esports was seeking a valuation of around 100 million pounds ($124.42 million) following a 25 million pound fundraising.

“David will be instrumental in helping shape the coaching programme implemented at our academies and we welcome his valuable mentoring as well as the inspiration he gives the younger generation of athletes,” said Guild executive chairman Carleton Curtis.

Esports has enjoyed a boom during the global COVID-19 lockdown.

According to analytics platform Newzoo, the global esports market will generate revenues of $1.1 billion in 2020 and $1.56 billion by 2023.

Source: https://www.news18.com/news/football/david-beckham-invests-in-esports-with-london-based-start-up-guild-2687447.html

Military Invests $27M To Develop New Class Of Psychedelics Drugs SPONSOR: MOTA Ventures $MOTA.ca $APH.ca $GBLX $PFE $ACG.ca $ACB.ca $WEED.ca $HIP.ca $WMD.ca $CGRW

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:05 PM on Thursday, June 25th, 2020

SPONSOR: Mota Ventures Corp is an established natural health products company focused in the CBD and psychedelic medicine sectors. Through their powerful eCommerce business, Mota is a leading direct-to-consumer provider of a wide range of natural health products throughout the United States and Europe. Click Here for More Info

The successful use of controlled substances such as ketamine and psilocybin mushrooms to treat mental health issues like depression and anxiety has ushered in a new era of interest in psychedelic drugs. But for researchers and clinicians eager to expand such therapies, an obvious question remains: Does treatment with psychedelics necessarily require a psychedelic experience?

An international research team hopes to answer that question by researching and developing a new class of drugs that offers the same fast-acting mental health benefits as traditional psychedelics without the disorienting, sometimes uncomfortable effects of a full-blown trip. Funded by $26.9 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a new project announced this month “aims to create new medications to effectively and rapidly treat depression, anxiety, and substance abuse without major side effects,” according to a University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine press release.

“Although drugs like ketamine and potentially psilocybin have rapid antidepressant actions, their hallucinogenic, addictive, and disorienting side effects make their clinical use limited,” said Brian L. Roth, a professor of pharmacology at UNC School of Medicine and the research project’s leader. “Our team has developed innovative methods and technologies to overcome these limitations with the goal of creating better medications to treat these neuropsychiatric conditions.”

Research into the possible therapeutic effects of currently illicit drugs such as ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA and others has expanded tremendously during the past decade. Nonprofit groups such as the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies have led the way, with university researchers and drugmakers entering the mix more recently.

In September of last year, Johns Hopkins University announced the launch of the nation’s first-ever psychedelic research center, a $17-million project to study the use of psychedelics to treat conditions such as opioid use disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Government interest in psychedelic drugs has also grown. Also in September, DARPA, a federal agency that exists to support the development of emerging technologies for use by the U.S. military, announced its Focused Pharma program, meant to develop drugs “that work quickly and deliver lasting remedies for conditions such as chronic depression and post-traumatic stress.”

While that DARPA announcement didn’t mention specific substances or even use the word “psychedelics,” it referred to “certain Schedule 1 controlled drugs that engage serotonin receptors” and that have “significant side effects, including hallucination.”

The press release for the new DARPA-funded project, lead by Roth at UNC, mentions ketamine and psilocybin specifically. The team will use both biological modeling and sophisticated computational approaches in an effort to design fast-acting drugs inspired by psychedelics but free from what researchers call “disabling side effects.”

“Depression, anxiety, and substance abuse affect large segments of the population,” Roth said. “Rapidly acting drugs with antidepressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-addictive potential devoid of disabling side effects do not exist, not even as experimental compounds for use in animals. Creating such compounds would change the way we treat millions of people around the world suffering from these serious and life-threatening conditions.”

At DARPA, Dr. Tristan McClure-Begley, Focused Pharma’s program manager, said last fall that the agency’s interest in developing such drugs is due to the country’s large number of veterans with PTSD and other mental health conditions.

“It is research we need to undertake given the scale of the mental health crisis our veterans face,” he said in September, “and if it works, the payoff is a completely new, safe, and effective therapeutic option that transforms complex and previously intractable mental conditions into something more acutely treatable.”

Along with Roth at UNC Chapel Hill, the newly announced research project includes members Georgios Skiniotis and Ron Dror of Stanford University, Jian Jin of Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Brian Shoichet and Nevan Krogan of University of California at San Francisco and William Wetsel of Duke University.

SOURCE: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/military-invests-27m-to-develop-new-class-of-psychedelics-inspired-drugs/

Affinity Metals $AFF.ca Acquires Five New Mineral Properties $MKR.ca $SII.ca $TUD.ca $GTT.ca $AMK.ca $OSK.ca $RKR.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:03 PM on Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 25, 2020) – Affinity Metals Corp. (TSXV: AFF) (“the Corporation”) (“Affinity”) is pleased to report that it has acquired, through staking, five new mineral properties. Four of the properties are located near Timmins, Ontario, Canada and the fifth is located near Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The Corporation is currently acquiring more detailed information and history on the properties and provided they continue to be seen as properties of merit will provide further background in a news release and on the Corporation’s website at www.affinity-metals.com.

About Affinity Metals

Affinity is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of strategic metal deposits within North America. Affinity is following a Project Generator model.

In addition to these recent acquisitions, Affinity is advancing the Regal and West Timmins Gold Projects.

The Regal is located near Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada in the northern end of the prolific Kootenay Arch and hosts two major geophysical anomalies as well as three past producing mines. Recent drill results included a new silver discovery with an 11.10 meter interval of 143.29 g/t silver which included a 0.55 meter interval of 2,612.0 g/t silver.

The West Timmins Gold property is located near Timmins, Ontario, Canada and adjoins Melkior’s Carscallen project. The first drill hole has been completed and the core is now being logged, split and sampled in preparation for assaying.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Robert Edwards, CEO and Director of Affinity Metals Corp.

The Corporation can be contacted at: [email protected].

Information relating to the Corporation is available at: www.affinity-metals.com.

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