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at 2:39 PM on Monday, December 9th, 2019
SPONSOR: New Age Metals Inc.
The company owns one of North America’s largest primary platinum
group metals deposit in Sudbury, Canada. Updated NI 43-101 Mineral
Resource Estimate 2,867,000 PdEq Measured and Indicated Ounces, with an
additional 1,059,000 PdEq Ounces in the Inferred. Learn More.
Palladium eyes $1,900 in record surge, gold firms on trade doubts
Palladium soared to a record just shy of the $1,900 mark on Monday
Gold edged higher as uncertainty over U.S.-China trade talks took center stage ahead of a Dec. 15 deadline for fresh U.S. tariffs.
Autocatalyst metal palladium climbed to an all-time high of $1,898.50 an ounce and was last up 0.19% at $1,881.43.
“Palladium has a very strong fundamental backdrop with supply set to
stay quite scarce and demand growth set to increase,†said Daniel Ghali,
commodity strategist at TD Securities.
Palladium has risen nearly 50% in 2019 on a sustained supply squeeze,
and has constantly been breaking records, despite a weakening global
auto sector. Increasingly stringent emissions regulations globally are
raising the palladium in autocatalysts for gasoline-powered cars and
2020 could see the most number of regulations, Ghali added.
“There is a widespread expectation that (palladium) spot prices are
headed towards $2,000 and the market does currently appear to be in a
one-way street,†INTL FCStone analyst Rhona O’Connell said in a note.
“Even with the (auto) sector under pressure, palladium will be in
deficit for the foreseeable future and the funds are chasing it higher.â€
“The tariff deadline of Dec. 15 is certainly top of everyone’s mind
… The situation is still uncertain, helping gold stay firm,†TD
Securities’ Ghali said. China said on Monday it hoped to make a trade
deal with the United States as soon as possible, as Washington’s next
round of tariffs against Chinese goods is scheduled to take effect on
Dec. 15. Also supporting bullion, equity markets were further pressured
after China’s exports shrank in November.
Markets now await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting starting
on Tuesday for cues on its monetary policy. The central bank is
expected to highlight the economy’s resilience and keep interest rates
on hold in the range of 1.50% to 1.75%.
U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs said investment demand for gold
would be supported by recession fears and political uncertainty,
forecasting prices at $1,600 an ounce over a three- and 12-month period.
Platinum and silver were up 0.2% at $897.36 and $16.60 an ounce, respectively.
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at 10:09 AM on Monday, December 9th, 2019
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal, CEO of BetterU Brad Loiselle &
Beautiful Destinations CEO Jeremy Jauncey spoke at the 17th edition of
Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. They spoke on changing the way of
doing business in India and also highlighted the challenges they face in
the country. They also spoke on the role of social media in
establishing and running a business in India and narrated the
differences between operating a business in India and abroad. Watch the
full video for more.
KEY 2020 PUREVAP™ DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL DRIVE HPQ FORWARD
1. Gen 3 PUREVAP™ QRR Pilot Plant operational Q1 2020
PyroGenesis Canada Inc.(TSX-V: PYR) (“PyroGenesisâ€) informed HPQ that the Pilot Plant commissioning and testing program will start in full force Q1 2020.
“As previously discussed, a good part of the past year saw us
divert assets from paying projects to non-paying projects. This enabled
PyroGenesis to secure the large breakout contract it recently announced
as well as the upcoming Navy project, which was also recently
announced. As a result, our signed backlog increased from $6MM in Q2
2019 to almost $30MM at the end of Q3 2019. The successful closing of
the Navy project will further increase this backlog by an additional
$13MM. This increase in backlog de risks the company significantly, all
to the benefit of our clients, like HPQ, and their shareholders,†said P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis Canada Inc.
“We are now in position to re-focus, and accelerate, the PUREVAP
initiative focus on the multitude of opportunities that have come to
light since defining our original mandate. As a result, we are
confident that HPQ is going to make some significant headway over the
coming months, the least of which will be to start the Gen3 PUREVAPTMPlant commissioning and testing program.
“HPQ congratulates our partner P. Peter Pascali and his
PyroGenesis team on their $20 million contract award, which once again
proves their ability to commercialize high tech applications on a global
scale,†said Bernard Tourillon, President & CEO of HPQ Silicon. “With
the PUREVAPTM Pilot Plant becoming operational in Q1 2020, we now have
even greater confidence in our joint ability to deliver the critical
Silicon material required by the surging Li-ion battery market in 2020
and beyond.â€
The PUREVAP™QRR technology is a unique
carbothermic process that will allow HPQ to have a significant impact,
short and long term, on the following Silicon (Si) markets and
industries:
2. Nanoscale Structure Silicon Powders manufacturing for Li-ion batteries
HPQ and PyroGenesis recently announced plans
regarding the creation of a Joint Venture to produce Nanoscale
Structure Silicon (Si) powders for Li-ion batteries. In Q1 2020, the
plan is to have a modified Gen2 PUREVAPTM reactor operational,
in parallel with the Pilot Plant, validating that our approach works and
producing Nanoscale Structure Silicon (Si) powders samples for industry
participants and research institutions.
Nanoscale Structure Silicon Powders improve Li-ion battery
performance but high-performance Silicon (Si) anodes made using powders
selling for US$ 30,000/kg1 are not commercially feasible. Combining HPQ
PUREVAP™Quartz Reduction Reactor (“QRR”) technology
with PyroGenesis Plasma Atomization knowhow to produce Nanoscale
Structure Silicon (Si) powders represents a unique multibillion-dollar
business opportunity that could subsequently lead to their wide scale
adoption in the battery market. If this occurs, HPQ and PyroGenesis
would then be well positioned to assume a dominant market position.
Silicon’s potential to meet energy storage demand is undeniable and generating massive investments, as well as, serious industry interest, so HPQ and PyroGenesis timing could not be better. A recent report
by Wood Mackenzie Power projects that energy storage deployments are
estimated to grow 1,300% from a 12 Gigawatt-hour market in 2018 to a 158
Gigawatt-hour market in 2024. An estimated US$71 billion in
investments will be made into storage systems where batteries will make
up the lion’s share of capital deployment.
3. Porous Silicon wafers for solid state Li-ion Batteries
During Q3 2019, HPQ started discussions with a battery manufacturer regarding using Silicon produced by our Gen3 PUREVAPTM QRR
pilot plant to manufacture porous silicon wafers needed for their
operations. Furthermore, HPQ negotiated with Apollon Solar an amended
agreement that broadens the scope of the 2017 collaboration
to include, going forward, evaluating manufacturing porous Silicon
wafers for solid-state Li-Ion batteries combining their patented process
with Silicon (Si) produced with HPQ PUREVAPTMQRR.
In November 2019,
HPQ and its partner Apollon Solar SAS, acting as one party, signed a
non-disclosure agreement (“NDAâ€) with the battery manufacturer for the
purposes of exchanging technical information and sending testing
materials. We are still at the beginning of the process of exchanging
technical information and yet we are already looking into the
possibility of supplying the battery manufacturer with the first Silicon
wafer for testing by year end or beginning of 2020.
The probabilities that the discussions started under NDA will evolve
during Q1 2020 to a more formal process are very encouraging.
4. High Purity Silicon Oxide (SiOx) Nanopowders for Li-ion Batteries
In addition to its wafer work, HPQ intends to study, during H1 2020,
the possibility of utilizing Apollon Solar patented process to optimize
the porous structure of HPQ PUREVAPTM Silicon between
Microporous (pore size <5nm), Mesoporous (pore size 5nm – 50nm) and
Macroporous (pore size >50nm) in order to evaluate the potential of
producing, low cost, High Purity SiOx Nanopowders.
The infancy of Si anode technology base on Nanoscale Structure
Silicon Powders explains why presently only limited performance
improvement are obtained using High Purity Silicon Oxide (SiOx)
Nanopowders, selling for about US$ 100/kg2, used in a blended form with
graphite in traditional Li-ion batteries. The quantity used is
typically less than 5 wt%
of the material used to make the batteries, yet even at these levels of
utilization, this is estimated to represent an addressable market of US
$ 1B by 20223 expanding at a CAGR of 38.9% between 2019 – 2024.
5. Standard purity Silicon (“Siâ€) (up to 2N Purity)
Up to now, market participants with significant quartz assets have
shown a keen interest in our process. As such, HPQ anticipates silicon
industry participants will show a keen interest in PUREVAPTM once the
Pilot Plant is operational and validates our unique operational
advantages.
The addressable market for Mg Si is in the multi-billion range with
demand projected to increase by a CAGR of 19% over the next 5 years
(US$ 7.5B in 2018 to US$ 12B in 2023)4. The bulk of the growth is
expected to come from the 2N segment of the market, where the PUREVAP™ QRR process should have massive opex and capex advantage over traditional manufacturers.
6. Solar Grade Silicon using a PUREVAPTM UMG metallurgical process
The market for Solar Grade Silicon is massive and evolving at such an
accelerated pace that some of our original product development
hypothesis are not as relevant as before. Having said this, working
with Apollon Solar, we strongly believe that if the PUREVAP™QRR can
produce, as we believe it can, Si material of 4N+ purity with low boron
count (< 1 ppm), we can develop a very competitive UMG Metallurgical
route to produce Solar Grade Silicon.
OTHER CORPORATE NEWS
1. ANNUAL MINIMUM ROYALTIES PAYMENT DUES TO PYROGENESIS
Under the terms of our Agreement with PyroGenesis, HPQ was obliged to
pay minimum royalty payment obligations of $150,000 for 2018 and
$200,000 for 2019. Due to delays in the project beyond HPQ’s control,
PyroGenesis has agreed to wave HPQ minimum royalty payment obligations
for 2018 and 2019. This represents a Q4 2019 reduction in HPQ current
liabilities of $350,000. Minimum royalties’ obligations will resume
with the scheduled 2020 payment to PyroGenesis.
2. WARRANTS EXTENSION
HPQ Board of Directors has authorized the application to the TSX
Venture Exchange (the “Exchangeâ€) for approval of the extension, until
January 31, 2022, of the exercise date of 4,152,000 outstanding common
share purchase warrants (the “Warrantsâ€) issued by the Company July 17,
2018. The 4,152,000 Warrants are set to expire on January 17, 2020 and
have an exercise price of $0.155. As of today, none of these purchase
warrants has been exercised. All other terms and conditions of the
Warrants will remain the same. The proposed extension is conditional
upon the receipt of the approval of the Exchange.
3. DEBT FOR SHARES
In accordance with the agreement between HPQ-Silicon and Agoracom,
entered into on July 15, 2018 for the term ending July 15, 2020,
HPQ-Silicon board has approved the issuance of 156,944 common shares at a
deemed price of 9 cents per share to pay $14,125 for services rendered
during the period from January 16, 2019 ending April 15, 2019, HPQ board
has also approved the issuance of 156,944 common shares at a deemed
price of 9 cents per share to pay $14,125 for services rendered during
the period from April 16, 2019 ending July 15, 2019, and HPQ board has
also approved the issuance of 166,176 common shares at a deemed price of
8.5 cents per share to pay $14,125 for services rendered during the
period from July 16, 2019 ending October 15, 2019. Each share issued
pursuant to the debt settlement will have a mandatory four (4) month and
one (1) day holding period from the date of closing.
About Silicon
Silicon (Si) is one of today’s strategic materials needed to fulfil
the renewable energy revolution presently under way. Silicon does not
exist in its pure state; it must be extracted from quartz, one of the
most abundant minerals of the earth’s crust and other expensive raw
materials in a carbothermic process.
About HPQ Silicon
HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. is a TSX-V listed company developing, in
collaboration with industry leader PyroGenesis (TSX-V: PYR) the
innovative PUREVAPTM “Quartz Reduction Reactors†(QRR), a truly
2.0 Carbothermic process (patent pending), which will permit the
transformation and purification of quartz (SiO2) into Metallurgical
Grade Silicon (Mg-Si) at prices that will propagate its significant
renewable energy potential.
HPQ is also working with industry leader Apollon Solar to develop: Porous silicon wafers manufacturing using PUREVAP™
Silicon (PVAP Si) that can be used as anode for all-solid-state and
Li-ion batteries; and a metallurgical pathway of producing Solar Grade
Silicon Metal (SoG Si) that will take full advantage of the PUREVAPTM QRR
one-step production of high purity silicon (Si) and significantly
reduce the Capex and Opex associated with the transformation of quartz
(SiO2) into SoG-Si.
HPQ focus is becoming the lowest cost producer of Silicon (Si), High
Purity Silicon (Si), Porous Silicon Wafers and Solar Grade Silicon Metal
(SoG-Si). The pilot plant equipment that will validate the commercial
potential of the process is on schedule to start in 2019.
This News Release is available on the company’s CEO Verified Discussion Forum, a moderated social media platform that enables civilized discussion and Q&A between Management and Shareholders.
Disclaimers:
The Corporation’s interest in developing the PUREVAP™ QRR and any
projected capital or operating cost savings associated with its
development should not be construed as being related to the establishing
the economic viability or technical feasibility of the Company’s
Roncevaux Quartz Project, Matapedia Area, in the Gaspe Region, Province
of Quebec.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”,
“plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”,
“expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which
constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of
applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the
Company’s current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited
to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the
market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the
capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research
and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new
product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory
approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the
Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks
and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the
Company’s on-going filings with the security’s regulatory authorities,
which filings can be found at www.sedar.com. Actual results, events, and
performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements either as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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.
For further information contact Bernard J. Tourillon, Chairman, President and CEO Tel (514) 907-1011 Patrick Levasseur, Vice-President and COO Tel: (514) 262-9239 http://www.hpqsilicon.com Email: [email protected]
1 Source: Quotation from a producer (Confidential), Media article
2 Advanced Battery Materials, Chapter 5: Practically Relevant Research on Silicon-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes (page 271)
3 Source Marketandmakerts.com
4 CRU – Silicon Market Outlook – November 14, 2018 (Pages 20 – 23)
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at 1:42 PM on Friday, December 6th, 2019
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 over a 40km strike length of the Florence Lake greenstone belt, one of two greenstone belts covered by the Hopedale Project. Click Here for More Info
Slovakia’s gold reserves consist of 31.7 metric tons of gold that are now worth around $1.4 billion
Slovakia’s talk of gold repatriation comes at the same time as Poland chose to bring home 100 tons of its gold from the Bank of England’s storage in London.Â
Slovakia’s former prime minister called on the country’s parliament to repatriate its gold from the U.K., stating that Britain can’t be trusted with the yellow metal.
“You can hardly trust even the closest allies after the Munich
Agreement,†former Slovak prime minister Robert Fico told reporters last
week. “I guarantee that if something happens, we won’t see a single
gram of this gold. Let’s do it as quickly as possible.â€
In his comment, Fico was referring to a 1938 pact reached by France,
the U.K., Italy and Germany, which permitted Adolf Hitler to annex a
part of Czechoslovakia.
Fico, who is the leader of the country’s biggest party the
socially-conservative Smer. Fico wants to hold a special parliamentary
session on the issue, citing uncertainties around Brexit and global
economic slowdown.
Slovakia’s gold reserves consist of 31.7 metric tons of gold that are
now worth around $1.4 billion, according to Slovakia’s central bank
spokesman Peter Majer.
A week after Fico’s gold repatriation comments, the former PM was
charged with racism after he agreed with a racist comment made by a
far-right former lawmaker, who lost his seat in parliament earlier this
year, local police said on Thursday.
“Milan Mazurek said what almost the whole nation thinks and if you
execute someone for truth, you make him a national hero,†Fico said in
the message published on his official Facebook page in September.
Slovakia’s talk of gold repatriation comes at the same time as Poland chose to bring home 100 tons of its gold from the Bank of England’s storage in London.
“The gold symbolizes the strength of the country,†Poland’s central
bank Governor Adam Glapinski told reporters as he announced the move
last week.
Poland’s precious metals will now be stored in the central bank’s treasury, National Bank of Poland (NBP) noted.
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at 11:32 AM on Friday, December 6th, 2019
Sponsor: Loncor is a Canadian gold exploration company focused on two projects in the DRC – the Ngayu and North Kivu projects. Both projects have historic gold production. Exploration at the Ngayu project is currently being undertaken by Loncor’s joint venture partner Barrick Gold. The Ngayu project is 200km southwest of the Kibali gold mine, operated by Barrick, which produced 800,000 ounces of gold in 2018. Barrick manages and funds exploration at the Ngayu project until the completion of a pre-feasibility study on any gold discovery meeting the investment criteria of Barrick. Click Here for More Info
US DOLLAR WILL START TO SUPPORT HIGHER GOLD PRICES
We expected Gold to rally above $1750 before the end of this year, but the global trade wars and news cycles stalled the rally in Gold over the past 2 months. Now, it appears Gold is poised for another rally pushing much higher.
But wait, if you’re thinking I’m just another one of those traders who is always bullish on gold, just know I have been telling the truth about where gold was headed (lower) for years, but finally, the tide has changed!
Gold broke down
from a bull market in 2012/2013 – nearly 7 years ago. Now, Gold has
broken resistance near $1375 and is technically in a full-fledged Bull
Market. The importance of this is the 7-year cycle and how the rotation
in Gold, between the high near $1923 and the low near $1045 represent
an $878 price range. The upside (expansion) rally in Gold may very well
move in expanding Fibonacci price structures – just like it did in 2005
through 2012. If this is the case, then we may expect to see an
ultimate peak price in Gold well above $3500.
The rally that started in the last 2015 and ended in July 2016
totaled +$331.1 (+31.67%). The next price rally that started in August
2018 and ended in September 2019 totaled +$399.4 (+34.22%). If we take
the current rally range (399.4) and divide it by the previous rally
range (331.1), we end up with an expansion range of 121%. The two
unique rallies that happened just before the 2009 parabolic rally in
Gold represented (+315.8: 2006) and (394.8: 2008). The ratio of these
two rallies is 125%. Could Gold have already set up for another
parabolic rally well beyond the $1923 target level?
MONTHLY PRICE OF GOLD CHART – BULL AND BEAR MARKET TRENDS
Our research team believes Gold has already entered a technically
valid Bullish Market trend. We believe Gold miners will follow higher
as Gold begins this next move higher. The reason we have not engaged in
Miners, yet, is because we have not received any technically valid
signals related to the Gold miners indicating they have also entered a
new Bullish Market trend.
Gold is the safe-haven for the global market. It is a store of value
and offers price appreciation when the global market risks are
excessive. Because of this, the sentiment across the global markets
appears to be weakening in regards to forward expectations and valuation
appreciation within the investment/asset classes. If Gold continues to
rally higher, consider it a strong indicator that the foundation of the
global market valuation levels is weakening considerably.
US DOLLAR WILL START TO SUPPORT HIGHER GOLD PRICES
Should the US Dollar retrace lower, Gold will see a price increase
based on the renewed weakness of the US Dollar. This would also assist
in re-balancing global trade and economic issues with the US Dollar
moving moderately lower as weakening global markets contract.
GOLD MINING STOCKS – MONTHLY CHART
Miners are set up much like Gold was in early 2018. Resistance has
been set up with multiple price tops and any momentum rally above this
level would technically qualify as a new Bullish Market trend for
miners.
At this point, we believe the bottom in miners has already formed and
we are simply waiting for the qualifying technical confirmation of the
bullish trend to begin. Jumping into this trade too early could result
in unwanted risks as the price could still waffle around within the
Stage 1 Base range.
If you want to learn more about market stage analysis I will be
covering it a new article shortly. Once you grasp the basic concept you
will see these stages on every chart no matter the time frame and know
when to focus on trading and when to ignore the charts.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS:
The recent weakness in the US and global markets has prompted a moderately solid upside move in Gold and Silver
over the past few days. We still need to see a Gold move above recent
resistance to qualify as a new upside rally though. Miners are set up
for a breakout technical move which we must also wait for. We believe
these two may move somewhat in unison if the global markets continue to
contract throughout the end of 2019 and into 2020.
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at 2:21 PM on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Ken Konkin Discusses the Goldstorm Deposit at Treaty Creek (including recent outstanding drill results like 0.725 g/t over 838.5m), it’s Potential, and 2020 Development Plans
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 Triangleâ€; the
Treaty Creek and Electrum joint venture projects with Tudor Gold/Walter
Storm as well as the 100% owned past producing Dunwell Mine.
The
Treaty Creek Project is a Joint Venture with Tudor Gold owning 60% and
acting as operator. American Creek and Teuton Resources each have 20%
interests in the project. 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 ridesâ€.
The
Corporation also holds the Gold Hill, Austruck-Bonanza, Ample Goldmax,
Silver Side, and Glitter King properties located in other prospective
areas of the province.
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.
Hub on Agoracom FULL DISCLOSURE: American Creek is an advertising client of AGORA Internet Relations Corp.
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at 9:20 AM on Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Imerys and Lomiko Step Up Battery Materials Development As The Decade of the Electric Vehicle Revolution Begins
Lomiko Metals Inc. (TSX-V: LMR, OTC: LMRMF, FSE: DH8C)(Lomiko or the “Companyâ€) has
identified spherical graphite production as a key goal in plans to
supply graphite anodes for Electric Vehicles (EV) Li-ion battery
mega-factories in the North American market as highlighted in Lomiko’s
July 16th, 2019
release. Testing for spherical graphite is to be included in the
upcoming Lomiko Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) which is planned
for the La Loutre graphite project located in Quebec, Canada.
The development of a strategy that identifies a way to create
value-added products is necessary to establish a long-term, profitable
business model prior to extensive capital outlay and is crucial to the
success of the company. A large multinational conglomerate, Imerys
Carbon and Graphite has also been working on new developments in the
graphite space with innovative products for the EV Industry.
Imerys Graphite & Carbon has a strong history in the production
of high-quality natural and synthetic graphite powders, conductive
carbon blacks and water-based graphite dispersions with the parent
company posting €4.6 billion in revenue and approximately 17,000
employees worldwide.
“New developments in automotive and in the consumer electronics
markets are driving a need for improved performance of lithium-ion
batteries in diverse operating conditions. QX products [graphite
additive tradename] enable fast kinetics during charging and can
significantly improve the performance of active materials.â€
“We are at the beginning of the battery materials bull market with
100+ Lithium-ion, mega-factories built or scheduled to be built
worldwide,†said Lomiko’s CEO A. Paul Gill. “Lomiko sees a tremendous
opportunity in creating a stable and integrated North American value
supply chain for North American EV manufacturers. This opportunity
represents a significant increase of confidence to the Quebec
government, Lomiko, and other companies to see Imerys step into the EV
field despite being close to closing their twenty-year operation at the
Lac-des-ÃŽles facility.â€
Graphite Sector Analysis
The price for 95% C (purity), 15 microns Spherical Graphite is
$2,700-2,800 USD/tonne, far above the price of other forms of graphite
as indicated by the Industrial Minerals.
Lomiko’s Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) will include costs and
the potential market for this key product. In order to start the PEA,
Lomiko must first deliver its second resource prepared in compliance
with NI 43-101 Regulations from La Loutre.
On November 4, 2019, Imerys announced:
[Natural and synthetic graphite] subject to general inflationary
pressures and will, therefore, be subject to some price increases to
reflect those inflation effects.
On October 18, 2019,
A recently opened mine in Mozambique owned by Syrah Resources, which
primarily produces 94% C, -100 mesh material since 2017, significantly
reduced their workforce and cut production targets for 2020.
The production cut will likely curtail the supply of natural flake
graphite supporting a general conclusion that an uptrend in graphite
prices may be imminent after a multi-year low in demand and price.
For more information on Lomiko Metals, review the website at www.lomiko.com, contact A. Paul Gill at 604-729-5312 or email: [email protected].
On Behalf of the Board,
“A. Paul Gillâ€
Chief Executive Officer
We seek safe harbor. Neither 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 3:09 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
SPONSOR: CardioComm Solutions (EKG: TSX-V)
– The heartbeat of cardiovascular medicine and telemedicine. Patented
systems enable medical professionals, patients, and other healthcare
professionals, clinics, hospitals and call centres to access and manage
patient information in a secure and reliable environment.
How mHealth apps are providing solutions to the healthcare market’s problems
Mobile health is the monitoring and sharing of health information via mobile technology – such as wearables and health tracking apps.
The use of mobile devices and wireless technology to monitor symptoms and deliver care allows physicians to make diagnoses quicker and with fewer errors.Â
Today’s consumers don’t want to solely rely on yearly physicals or
scattered drop-in appointments to monitor their health – they are
seeking more individualized control over the way healthcare is accessed
so that they can analyze personal health data and talk to healthcare
professionals at all times.
By embracing mobile health, or mHealth, patients are able to keep
track of their own health data in real time and inform healthcare
providers of any abnormalities at the push of a button.
What is mHealth (mobile health)?
Mobile health is the monitoring and sharing of health information via mobile technology – such as wearables
and health tracking apps. The use of mobile devices and wireless
technology to monitor symptoms and deliver care allows physicians to
make diagnoses quicker and with fewer errors.
And as tech giants like Apple and Google continue pushing their way into healthcare, mHealth will likely grow in popularity.
mHealth vs telehealth
Telehealth
uses technology to extend the reach of healthcare professionals beyond
traditional clinical settings. It’s a broad term describing how the
healthcare market is taking advantage of digital development to enable
remote care.
Comparatively, mHealth is a subset of telehealth, referring
specifically to the use of mobile technology to inform and educate
consumers on healthcare. It uses mobile devices to monitor patients’
exercise, heart rate, and medication adherence.
Examples of different types of mHealth apps
Mobile health is gaining steam among consumers as Apple and Google
continue to offer an array of mHealth applications on their app stores;
there were more than 318,000 mHealth apps available for download
worldwide as of November 2017. Some of the most common categories of
mHealth apps include:
Diabetes
Pregnancy
Weight loss
Chronic illness
Benefits of mHealth app solutions
Stakeholders across the healthcare industry are looking to tap into
the mHealth opportunity as Mobile health applications are beginning to
integrate electronic health records (EHRs) and other wearable tech devices.
According to Business Insider Intelligence, nearly half of all
mHealth app publishers integrate with EHRs in order to provide a
detailed representation of a patient’s health or medical history.
Stakeholders across the healthcare industry are looking to tap into the mHealth opportunity.
Business Insider Intelligence
Healthcare providers could reduce appointment costs by taking
advantage of mHealth applications – which lowers the risk of patient
rehabilitation. Instead of staying in a healthcare facility post
surgical discharge, patients could utilize mHealth apps for recovery
instructions and medication reminders.
Payers – which handle the financial aspects of healthcare – can also
capitalize on mHealth cost benefits. According to a 2018 Leavitt
Partners report, clinical care only accounts for 20% of health, and
social determinants account for the remainder.
Health insurance providers could develop mobile apps that provide
consumers with health education and send reminders to purchase healthy
food – keeping patients largely responsible for their own healthcare.
mHealth industry trends & technologies
One concern consumers have regarding mHealth solutions has to do with
data-sharing practices among multiple technologies and applications.
According to Business Insider Intelligence, 79% of 24 top-rated mHealth
apps shared user data with 55 entities, like app developers and third
parties.
Despite privacy concerns however, Business Insider Intelligence
predicts that as big tech companies like Apple and Samsung continue to
generate their own health features in smartphones, the adoption of
mHealth apps will continue to grow.
In fact, Apple grew wearable revenue 42% year-over-year in 2018 and has the potential to hit $15 billion in healthcare-related revenue by 2021.
Business Insider Intelligence’s Digital Health Ecosystem Report
explores digital disruption in healthcare, detailing how technologies
like mobile health apps are reshaping the industry. The report outlines
the role of major players in healthcare from payers to consumers –
explaining how they’re all being affected amid the industry’s digital
awakening.
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5 Crypto Projects That Crushed It in 2019
Crypto startups that shrugged off bearish market conditions, community apathy and industry in-fighting, and focused on shipping clean code and great products.
There’s a lot of noise in the cryptosphere, but the following projects cut through it like a knife, delivering original solutions with genuine utility.
As 2019 nears its apex, it’s time to take a look back at the projects that crushed it this year. Crypto startups that shrugged off bearish market conditions, community apathy and industry in-fighting, and focused on shipping clean code and great products. There’s a lot of noise in the cryptosphere, but the following projects cut through it like a knife, delivering original solutions with genuine utility. Having killed it all year, you wouldn’t bet against this quintet doing it all over again in 2020.
LiquidApps
EOS scaling project LiquidApps
emerged out of nowhere to garner industry-wide plaudits as 2019 reached
its crescendo. A lot of this was due to the success of its DAPP Network,
which demonstrated that it’s possible to provision off-chain/sidechain
scaling without compromising on decentralization. The DAPP Network’s
vRAM enables EOS dApp developers to access cheap virtual storage, giving
them the ability to scale their decentralized applications without
being stung by prohibitive resource costs. That alone would be enough to
sustain most crypto projects for a year, but LiquidApps accompanied
this breakthrough with a tool for seamlessly onboarding new dApp users, another for linking blockchains into a single dApp, and an oracle service. Impressive stuff.
Remme
Distributed Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) project Remme
boasts one of the hardest working teams in crypto. After realizing that
its PKI-enabled blockchain simply wouldn’t cut it on Hyperledger
Sawtooth, the Remme team made the difficult decision to switch chains
deep into the project, transitioning to the EOSIO codebase and rolling
out its testnet.
Rather than letting this throw them off their stride, Remme has charged
ahead with its mainnet launch, taking time out to propose improvements
to EOSIO where errors were encountered in the codebase, and fine-tuning
the workings of its custom Block Producer program.
This year, Remme also succeeded in onboarding hundreds of enterprises to Keyhub,
its all-in-one platform for managing SSL/TLS certificates. With its
mainnet just weeks away, 2020 is shaping up to be a big year for the
Ukrainian blockchain startup.
Matic Network
It would be impossible to review 2019’s biggest breakout successes without including Matic.
While the meteoric rise of its token in recent weeks, following its
April IEO on Binance, has kept investors happy, that’s merely a symptom
of its success in becoming the industry’s blockchain scaling solution of
choice.
While Ethereum remains mired in ETH problems, Matic has emerged as a
genuinely scalable and production-ready chain that can take the strain.
Its adaptation of Plasma enables instant on-chain payments and
transactions, making it suitable for everything from dApps to DEXs.
Dozens of crypto projects have announced their migration to Matic
Network including a number specializing in NFTs such as Battle Racers.
In 2020, expect this trickle to transform into a torrent as crypto
projects migrate en masse.
Chainlink
If there’s any token, outside of exchange tokens, that investors wish they’d stacked up on in January, it’s LINK.
Up 570% in 12 months, LINK will go down as one of 2019’s best buys. As
with Matic, however, focusing on price misses out on the broader story.
Much of Chainlink’s success comes down to mastering the other P –
partnerships. This year, crypto and non-crypto businesses alike rushed
to team up with Chainlink, utilizing
the smart contract and oracle network for connecting off-chain data
feeds and enabling tamper-proof inputs and outputs.
With names such as SWIFT, Google, Gartner, and IC3 all working with
Chainlink, the project founded by Sergey Nazarov has become the first
crypto startup to transcend the industry and embed itself in the broader
business world.
Synthetix
Warranting the accolade of most innovative defi project of 2019, Synthetix
is a smart solution whose best is yet to come. Decentralized synthetic
assets have long been the holy grail of many decentralized finance
advocates, unlocking the ability to permissionlessly trade commodities,
forex and cryptocurrency on DEXs. Synthetix is the first project to
realize this goal through its pioneering use of ‘synths,’ tokens that
provide exposure to assets such as gold, TESLA stock, and AAPL, without
liquidity limitations. Up an incredible 1,715% to date, despite being
absent from tier one exchanges, the SNX token looks like it has more
room to grow – as does the Synthetix Network it powers.
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Demand For Hemp, CBD Oil Could Result In A Christmas Tree Shortage
The festive season has already begun! The US market is filled with Black Friday sales and it’s the merriest time of the year.Â
But what’s interesting is the recent
news that came from Texas about Christmas trees. Retailers are claiming
Christmas trees might get sold out early in December as farmers are
inclining towards cash-growing crops like hemp that is used to derive
CBD oil- a potent and promising substance.
Hemp has been trending in the US
consumer market since December 2018 when the federal government
legalized hemp. Companies have joined the CBD bandwagon offering
numerous products ranging from CBD topicals, oils, creams, tincture, bath bombs, gummies, isolate, and what not!
According to the retailers, the most
healthy and big trees usually get sold out early in the festive season,
right around Thanksgiving. With the shortage of Christmas trees this
year, it is recommended for Texans to book their trees as soon as
possible.
With the inception of legal hemp
farming, more and more farmers are exploring the CBD industry and
investing their time in growing a cash crop with higher returns.
Companies and big cooperation firms scout hemp for their CBD products
from such farmers. Hemp is being considered as one of the most
profitable crops of the year, as it is sold off at a much higher price
as compared to other crops.
The hemp industry has grown multifold
over the past one year with CBD oil as one of its main products.
Cannabidiol is a popular ingredient now available in skincare products
with promises of increasing elasticity, promoting cell renewal and
acting as an anti-aging compound. The cannabis-based beauty products are
predicted to grab a piece of the $167 billion market.
Celebrities
are touting CBD for its benefits, including Jennifer Aniston, Olivia
Wilde, Busy Phillips, and the beauty mogul Kim Kardashian West. Even
famous athletes
such as Mike Tyson, David Wells, and KC Deane are endorsing CBD brands
with products that promise faster recovery from accidents and a good
healthy lifestyle overall.
What Makes CBD So Popular?
CBD or cannabidiol is a hemp-derived
substance that has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and stress-relieving
properties. Many people have touted CBD for its health benefits such as relieving stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, back pain, acute ache, muscle injuries, ligament ruptures, arthritis, etc. It is also a potent drug in alleviating the symptoms of life-threatening ailments like cancer, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and Tourettes.
The US Food and Drug Administration
has approved a cannabis-based medicine named Epidiolex, an oral solution
that is used to treat two rare and severe forms of epilepsy- Dravet
syndrome and Lennox Gastaut syndrome. These forms of epilepsy are most
commonly found in children and experience numerous seizures that affect
their overall growth.
Cannabidiol is non-psychoactive in
nature which means it does not produce any harmful mind-altering
chemicals, like THC. THC or tetrahydro cannabidiol is the psychoactive
component found in marijuana and its derivate plants that is responsible
for the ‘high’ that people experience while smoking weed or hemp. It
tends to produce a euphoric feeling which can dramatically affect mental
health and might even cause permanent mental disorders.
According to federal regulations, the
maximum amount of THC per unit is 0.3%. This limit determines whether a
cannabis-based product is safe for consumption or not. Any product
containing higher than 0.3% per unit is marked as illegal and can be
confiscated by enforcement officials.
Recently, the FDA started sending out
warning letters to companies that promote their cannabis-based products
with medicinal promises or as an alternative to licensed medication.
The FDA says that there’s a lot of research and background work that
needs to be done in the field of cannabis, and promoting cannabis-based
products without any relevant study or information is plainly misleading
consumers.
The agency warns customers to
thoroughly read and be aware of the effects a cannabis-based product
might have before they buy one. Also, it is recommended to buy only from
licensed stores as their products are clinically tested, approved and
safe for use.
