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CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca HeartCheck(TM) CardiBeat and Smart Phone App Enter Final Stage of FDA 510(k) Review

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:26 AM on Friday, November 23rd, 2018

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  • Market Release of HeartCheck(TM) CardiBeat and GEMS(TM) Mobile Application Set For Early 2019
  • Completed its response to the USA Food and Drug Administration for additional information following the Company’s filing of its premarket notification 510(k)
    • Class II medical device clearance application for the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat and GEMS™ Mobile Application
  • HeartCheck™ CardiBeat is the second of several planned Bluetooth-enabled ECG recording devices to be marketed by the Company

CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSXV: EKG) (“CardioComm” or the “Company“), a leading global provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (“ECG“) acquisition and management software solutions, has completed its response to the USA Food and Drug Administration (“FDA“) for additional information following the Company’s filing of its premarket notification 510(k), Class II medical device clearance application for the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat and GEMS™ Mobile Application.

The 510(k) application started its 90 day Substantive Review by the FDA on June 8, 2018. The FDA requested additional information from the Company regarding the device July 27, 2018, which stops the clock on the Substantive Review time line. The countdown of the 90 days will restart upon the FDA accepting the Company’s response to the requested additional information.

The FDA’s request for additional information required external and independent third party testing for electromagnetic and electrostatic discharge compatibility. The FDA also requested data confirming the device’s ability to record ECGs of equivalent clinical quality, as compared to ECGs recorded using conventional ECG electrode patches and ECG cables. CardioComm was provided a maximum of 180 days to reply to the FDA examiner. While the Company intended to respond to the FDA within 90 days, the requested testing and documentation through third parties did not allow a response to the FDA to be completed within this time frame. All device tests have now been passed and results compiled for the reply to the FDA. The Substantive Review clock will restart once the FDA receives and accepts the Company’s reply. Based on the FDA’s published timelines, the Company projects a possible completion of the 510(k) application review by the end of December 2018. The Company notes that the FDA has the ability to request more time to complete their review at the FDA’s discretion.

The HeartCheck™ CardiBeat is the second of several planned Bluetooth-enabled ECG recording devices to be marketed by the Company. The first was the Bluetooth HeartCheck™ECG PEN. As indicated in the Company’s May 22, 2018 press release, the GEMS™ Mobile Smartphone app will have compatibility with a number of different wireless ECG recording devices, including wireless 12 lead devices which will have direct applicability to remote patient monitoring and telemedicine markets.

The Company will provide updates on this and future 510(k) applications. To learn more about CardioComm’s products and for further updates regarding HeartCheck™ ECG device integrations please visit the Company’s websites at www.cardiocommsolutions.com and www.theheartcheck.com. Refer to the Company’s May 22, 2018 press release for further information respecting the initial FDA filing.

About CardioComm Solutions

CardioComm Solutions‘ patented and proprietary technology is used in products for recording, viewing, analyzing and storing electrocardiograms for diagnosis and management of cardiac patients. Products are sold worldwide through a combination of an external distribution network and a North American-based sales team. CardioComm Solutions has earned the ISO 13485:2016 certification, is HIPAA compliant and holds clearances from the European Union (CE Mark), the USA (FDA) and Canada (Health Canada).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Etienne Grima, Chief Executive Officer
1-877-977-9425 x227
[email protected]
[email protected]

Forward-looking statements

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements and forward-looking information with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of CardioComm Solutions and certain of the plans and objectives of CardioComm Solutions with respect to these items. Such statements and information reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. By their nature, forward-looking statements and forward-looking information involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.

In evaluating these statements, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information contained in this release other than as required by applicable laws, including without limitation, Section 5.8(2) of National Instrument 51-102 (Continuous Disclosure Obligations).

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 release.

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North Bud Farms $NBUD.ca Provides Corporate Update $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:18 PM on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

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  • Construction cannabis production facility in Low, Quebec remains on schedule as per the timeline provided from our builder NGA Construction
  • Erecting of the steel structure began on the 19th of November and is expected to take approximately 30 days to complete
  • Company expects the building to be operational in Q1 2019

TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2018 — North Bud Farms Inc. (CSE: NBUD) (“NORTHBUD” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on our corporate activities.

Construction of our Cannabis Production Facility in Low, Quebec
NORTHBUD is pleased to update shareholders that the construction of our cannabis production facility in Low, Quebec remains on schedule as per the timeline provided from our builder NGA Construction. Erecting of the steel structure began on the 19th of November and is expected to take approximately 30 days to complete. We expect the building to be operational in Q1 2019. Please follow our social media channels for video updates of the facility construction (https://vimeo.com/302330795) and branding out reach.

Cannabis Act Application
Migration of the application to the Cannabis Licensing Tracking System (“CLTS”) has begun in collaboration with Cannabis Consulting Inc., one of the leading consultancy firms in the industry.

Update on Janey’s Inc. Acquisition
NORTHBUD and Janey’s continue to work on finalizing the acquisition agreement to include additional product segments. To date Janey’s has fulfilled multiple orders to the Ontario Cannabis Store and intends to expand its offering in the upcoming product calls.

Corporate Initiatives
NORTHBUD wishes to inform shareholders that its Board of Directors has approved management’s request to explore business opportunities in other international jurisdictions.

“This development represents an evolution in our business since going public and we feel it is important to update shareholders and potential shareholders that we will be actively pursuing international opportunities that we believe are complementary to our core business and that should create value for shareholders as we expand NORTHBUD’s global presence,” said Ryan Brown, CEO of North Bud Farms Inc.

About North Bud Farms Inc.
North Bud Farms Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary GrowPros MMP Inc. which was acquired in February 2018, is pursuing a license under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).   North Bud Farms will be constructing a state-of-the-art purpose-built cannabis production facility located on 95 acres of Agricultural Land in Low, Quebec. North Bud Farms will be focused on Pharmaceutical and Food Grade cannabinoid production in preparation for the legalization of edibles and ingestible products scheduled for October 2019.

For more information visit: www.northbud.com.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange (the “CSE”) nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-looking statements
Certain statements included in this press release constitute forward-looking information or statements (collectively, “forward-looking statements”), including those identified by the expressions “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “should” and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect current expectations regarding future results or events. This press release contains forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and various estimates, factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risk factors included in North Bud Farms’ final long form prospectus dated August 21, 2018 which is available under the issuer’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
North Bud Farms Inc.
Edward Miller
VP, IR & Communications
Office: (855) 628-3420 ext. 3
[email protected]

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Expect Supply Issues for Canadian Pot On Stronger than Expected Demand – SPONSOR: North Bud Farms $NBUD.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:59 PM on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

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  • As Canada battles a nationwide marijuana shortage, Massachusetts dispensaries opened to recreational users on Tuesday.
  • Regulatory bottlenecks and unforeseen demand have caused disruptions in Canada’s marijuana supply ー but don’t expect the trouble to cease next year.

By Chloe Aiello

As Canada battles a nationwide marijuana shortage, Massachusetts dispensaries opened to recreational users on Tuesday.

Regulatory bottlenecks and unforeseen demand have caused disruptions in Canada’s marijuana supply ー but don’t expect the trouble to cease next year.

Khurram Malik, CEO of cannabis supplier Biome Grow, said he expects current supply issues to resolve soon, but he anticipates disorder in Canadian cannabis well into 2019.

Next year “is going to be a period of intermittent supply issues. What I mean by intermittent is you may have your favorite strain available one day, but not potentially two or three weeks down the line, and you’ll have to wait again for it,” Malik told Cheddar on Tuesday.

“But it won’t be a sky-is-falling scenario, like we’re seeing right now, where you just have completely empty store shelves in a variety of provinces,” he added.

Cannabis shortages across Canada have forced dispensaries to shutter only weeks out from recreational marijuana legalization. The shortages threaten to undermine legalization’s aim of quashing the illegal drug trade, as some frustrated customers return to their black market dealers, The New York Times reported.

Unexpected demand has contributed to bare shelves across the country, but so too have functional issues and regulatory red tape.

Issues ranging from delays in sales permits to cultivation licensing to shortages in excise stamps and packaging have contributed to the problem, Malik said.

“The problem in Canada … is it takes a while from a facility coming online to actually getting product out the door. There is a lot of regulatory things you have to jump through to prove you can actually start selling cannabis,” Malik said. “We don’t expect complete supply and demand to be sort of normalized until late 2019 or early 2020. Until then, you’ll see these intermittent issues.”

One day out, Massachusetts’ adult use marijuana supply seems to be fine, but Boston.com reporter Nikolas DeCosta-Kilpa said there has been some worry about supply issues, as the dispensaries work to build up their inventories.

“In Massachusetts, at least initially, the retail stores that are going to get into the adult use marijuana business are existing medical marijuana dispensaries, and they legally have to keep a certain percentage … of their inventory for their medical patients,” DeCosta-Kilpa said.

Massachusetts became the first East Coast state to legalize recreational marijuana in the U.S. Customers over 21 waited up to three hours at a time to ride the Massachusetts green wave, which kicked off at the only two dispensaries currently licensed to sell. Cultivate in Leicester, Mass., served served more than 500 customers within the first two hours of recreational sales, according to Boston.com.

Source: https://cheddar.com/videos/canada-faces-cannabis-supply-shortage-after-legalization

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Atlanta Bought an #Overwatch #Esports Team. Here’s Why You Should Care As A $GMBL investor $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF $Game.ca $EPY.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:04 AM on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

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Esports is one of the fastest growing sports in the world—and Atlanta is becoming its Southeast hub

By Joe Reisigl – November 15, 2018

The London Spitfire won the championship in Overwatch League’s first season.Photograph courtesy of Overwatch League

It was pure pandemonium in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Confetti sprinkled through the sky, a roar ran through a crowd of thousands, and a team of six, the London Spitfire, all took their hands off their keyboards and mice to embrace each other in celebration of their victory while their opponents, the Philadelphia Fusion, hung their heads in defeat.

The venue was sold out, with more than 20,000 tickets sold, while live TV and online streams from Disney XD, ABC, Twitch.tv, and, most notably, ESPN, brought in an additional 860,000 viewers per minute from around the globe.

All of this just to watch 12 millennials compete professionally in a video game called Overwatch. With ESPN airing the game during primetime television (7 p.m. on a Friday), the July 27-28 event was huge for showcasing the rise of eSports.

Atlanta is going all-in on the phenomenon. The city will soon have its own Overwatch League team, the first eSports team to officially represent Atlanta. The team was purchased in July by consulting firm Province, Inc. and Atlanta-headquartered Cox Enterprises. The two companies created a joint venture, Atlanta Esports Ventures, which is assembling the team, named the Atlanta Reign.

The official logo of Atlanta’s Overwatch League team, Atlanta Reign.Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Reign

Cool, you might say, but who cares about watching other people play video games? While many are still unaware of what eSports is or don’t take it seriously, the industry is more than YouTube personalities and Twitch streamers making millions of dollars a year for screaming at monitors and guzzling energy drinks—it’s a force to be reckoned with.

With more than $500 million dollars coming in from advertising and sponsorships this year, a projected $1 billion revenue in 2019, and a staggering 38 percent year-to-year revenue growth, eSports is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. And there’s a reason why: businesses want to appeal to young people.

“[Esports] is outpacing any other sport—traditional or not—by a wide margin,” says Paul Hamilton, president and CEO of Atlanta Esports Ventures. “You’re seeing a huge number of eyes in a demographic that, traditionally, has been hard to reach.”

Paul Hamilton, president and CEO of Atlanta Esports Ventures, went to the Overwatch League Grand Finals at Barclays Center. “I’m a total sports nut, and the energy in that room was as loud and energized as any championship in any sport I’d ever been to,” he says.Photograph courtesy of Cox Enterprises

However, eSports has had problems in its players lacking professionalism, making sponsors hesitant to invest in a league with improper behavior, or one with a lack of structure that makes it difficult for for casual viewers to follow along with their favorite games. That’s where Overwatch League comes in.

By copying the format of professional sports leagues, Overwatch League is the first eSports league that seems to be doing everything right. It franchises teams by city—from Los Angeles to London to Seoul to Shanghai—which increases local interest by giving fans a home team to rally around. It organizes games similar to the NBA and NHL with a preseason, regular season, all-star break, and playoffs, creating a format that’s easy to comprehend. It keeps the production value of its brand and events top-notch, with codes of conduct for its players and coaches (which it is enforcing), energetic announcers, enthusiastic fans, and primetime TV spots. And the league gets sponsorships and offers large sums of money to winning teams—$3.5 million was the prize pool in 2018.

What’s most important: Overwatch League is turning eSports into a financially viable option for businesses to invest.

“It helps [Cox Enterprises] align with a new demographic,” says Dallas Clement, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cox Enterprises. “Young folks who are enormously enthusiastic about eSports and gaming will possibly think of Cox as a place to come and work.”

Photograph courtesy of Overwatch League

“Within the next two to three years, Atlanta will probably be the hub of eSports,” says Mustafa Aijaz, chief operating officer of SoaR Gaming, a gaming organization that’s housed in metro Atlanta because of its booming eSports potential.

The number of gaming companies and opportunities in Atlanta is astounding. Thanks to the same entertainment tax credits that apply to the film industry, hundreds of gaming companies have moved to the metro Atlanta area, including video game developer Hi-Rez Studios; Scuf Gaming, which creates custom game controllers and accessories; and KontrolFreek, which creates thumb grips for gaming controllers. In 2016, Turner Broadcasting opened ELEAGUE, which broadcasts competitive eSports on TBS on Fridays at 11 p.m. In August, the Atlanta Hawks announced they would be purchasing a franchise named Hawks Talon Gaming Club to join the NBA’s eSports league, the NBA 2K League. Georgia State University has joined the National Association of Collegiate Esports and the Georgia Esports League, where it’s providing scholarships and assembling a team to play League of Legends and Smite competitions. SCAD posted a job position for an eSports head coach to supervise its Overwatch and League of Legends teams. Every day, gamers go to bars like Battle & Brew or Joystick Gamebar and every year they pack the Georgia World Congress Center for expo and competition DreamHack. Even Atlanta’s culture icons are getting into gaming: Lil Yachty played the world’s most popular game at the moment, Fortnite, with Ninja, the game’s most popular player, to create a video that garnered 11 million views on YouTube. And Waka Flocka has performed at DreamHack and competed in a FIFA 18 tournament for this summer’s MLS All-Star Game.

With the world’s largest airport in its back pocket and the perfect geographical location to be a center point for gamers in the Southeast, Aijaz thinks Atlanta is the third largest area for eSports, behind California and Texas.

Photograph courtesy of Overwatch League

“There are so many opportunities in Atlanta, it’s only going to get bigger and bigger,” he says. “Starting with this Overwatch League, I’m only waiting to see what’s to come.”

“Esports is just something that needs to be culturally accepted, and time will be the only thing that will allow that,” says Michael “Makz” Maknojia, SoaR’s founder and CEO. “Being on top of these things first rather than waiting is huge, and it’s good that Atlanta got into it now.”

Source: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/atlanta-bought-an-overwatch-esports-team-heres-why-you-should-care/

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$GGX.ca GGX Gold Completes Drill Holes 4 Through 7 of the 2018 Fall Program – On the Gold Drop Property – Southern British Columbia $TUSK.ca, $AMK.ca, $K.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:13 AM on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

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  • 2017 and 2018 drill intersections (core length) of 50.1 g/t gold over 2.05 meters; 54.9 g/t gold over 1.47 meters; and 4.59 g/t gold over 16.03 meters at the COD Vein.
  • Gold and silver bearing quartz veins in multiple regions of the property with high grade gold reported (samples exceeding 1 oz. / ton gold reported)
  • Historic gold and silver production at the Gold Drop, North Star, Amandy and Roderick Dhu vein systems.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 22, 2018 / GGX Gold Corp. (TSX-v: GGX), (OTCQB: GGXXF), (FRA: 3SR2) (the “Company” or “GGX”) is pleased to announce it has completed drill holes 4 through 7 of the 2018 Fall diamond drilling program at its Gold Drop Property near Greenwood, southern British Columbia. The program is targeting the gold bearing COD Vein, the focus being an area of previous high grade gold drill intercepts (some previous samples over 1 oz./ ton gold). Highlights for the Gold Drop Property, including COD Vein are:

  • 2017 and 2018 drill intersections (core length) of 50.1 g/t gold over 2.05 meters; 54.9 g/t gold over 1.47 meters; and 4.59 g/t gold over 16.03 meters at the COD Vein.
  • Gold and silver bearing quartz veins in multiple regions of the property with high grade gold reported (samples exceeding 1 oz. / ton gold reported).
  • Historic gold and silver production at the Gold Drop, North Star, Amandy and Roderick Dhu vein systems.

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The 2018 Fall diamond drill program is testing the COD vein, which is located in the Gold Drop Southwest Zone. The program is following up on results from previous 2018 diamond drilling at the southern extension of the COD vein. Two of the previous 2018 holes at this southern extension (COD18-45 and COD18-46) intersected high grade gold. COD18-45 intersected of 50.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 375 g/t silver over 2.05 meter core length including 167.5 g/t gold, 1,370 g/t silver and >500 g/t tellurium over 0.46 meter core length (News Release of August 15, 2018). COD18-46 intersected 54.9 g/t gold and 379 g/t silver over a 1.47 meter core length, including 223 g/t gold, 1,535 g/t silver and greater than 500 g/t tellurium over a 0.30 meter core length (News Release of August 22, 2018).

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The drilling is focusing on the area of drill holes COD18-45 and COD18-46. The objective is to trace the gold mineralization at depth and along strike. Additional holes are also planned to test the extension of the gold bearing vein south of these intercepts.

The drill core is currently being split and securely packaged for shipment to ALS laboratories in Vancouver, BC. There the core will be analyzed for gold by Fire Assay and for 48 multi element Four Acid and ICP-MS. Quality control (QC) samples are being inserted at regular intervals.

David Martin, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, is responsible for the technical information contained in this News Release.

To view the Original News release with pictures please go to the website or contact the company.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Barry Brown, Director
604-488-3900
[email protected]

Investor Relations: Mr. Jack Singh, 604-488-3900 [email protected]

” We don’t have to do this, we get to do this “
The Crew

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$ZEN.ca Zenyatta Provides Graphene Research Funding Update

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:43 AM on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018

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  • Industrial Research Partner with Prof. Aicheng Chen of Guelp University
  • Prof. Chen received 1.4$ Award as a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in electrochemistry and nanoscience
  • Zenyatta continues to attract talented and creative research partners along with research funding through federal and provincial government programs.

Thunder Bay, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – November 22, 2018) – Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (TSXV: ZEN) (“Zenyatta” or “Company”) congratulates Prof. Aicheng Chen at the University of Guelph for being recently named as a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in electrochemistry and nanoscience, a title that included an award of $1.4 million over the next seven years. Zenyatta has been collaborating with Prof. Chen and his team since 2015 and the research has been funded by two Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (“NSERC”) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) grants and an Ontario Centres of Excellence Voucher for Innovation and Productivity II (OCE VIP II) grant. Zenyatta is proud to be an industrial partner with Prof. Chen and his team and looks forward to continued collaborations.

Zenyatta continues to attract talented and creative research partners along with research funding through federal and provincial government programs. Under the NSERC Engage program, any Intellectual Property (IP) that is developed by the two projects will go to the Company. Zenyatta will continue to identify, recruit and sign on more research partners in order to increase the market potential of graphene. This will permit the company to develop its own market demand for Zenyatta graphene and also develop its vertical integration as well as adding more IP to its incubator program.

Zenyatta is also pleased to announce that the NSERC Engage committee has granted awards to Professors Eugenia Kumacheva and Michael Pope to study the use of Zenyatta graphene quantum dots and graphene in water filtration and next generation solid-state batteries applications, respectively.

Prof. Kumacheva is a Full Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials. Her research interests span the fields of fundamental and applied polymers science, nanotechnology, microfluidics, and interface chemistry and has led to over 250 journal publications and over 20 patents. Prof. Kumacheva and her team propose to develop a nanocolloidal graphene-derived material which has a tunable pore size and can purify water of toxic heavy metal ions. These hydrogels have the potential of being scalable, robust and recyclable and provide a highly effective water purification and remediation solution.

Prof. Pope has more than 11 years of experience developing supercapacitors, Li-ion and Li-Sulphur batteries using graphene-based materials at Princeton University during his PhD studies, in industry at Vorbeck Materials Corp. and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo. His work has led to more than 23 journal publications and 7 patent applications describing such technologies. Prof. Pope and his team’s goal is to produce solid-state battery anodes by wrapping silicon particles with a protective layer of graphene and interfacing this graphene-wrapped powder with emerging, high-conductivity, solid-state electrolytes.

Mr. Peter Wood, P.Eng, P.Geo., President and COO of Zenyatta, is the “Qualified Person” for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed, prepared and supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release.

For further information:

Dr. Francis Dubé, Co-CEO & Head of Business Development and Technology
Tel: +1 (289) 821-2820
Email: [email protected]

About Zenyatta

Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite Project hosts a large and unique quality deposit of highly crystalline graphite. Independent labs in Japan, UK, Israel, USA and Canada have demonstrated that Zenyatta’s Albany Graphite/Naturally PureTM easily converts (exfoliates) to graphene using a variety of simple mechanical and chemical methods. The deposit is located in northern Ontario just 30km north of the Trans-Canada Highway, near the communities of Constance Lake First Nation and Hearst. Important nearby infrastructure include hydro-power, natural gas pipeline, a rail line 50 km away and an all-weather road just 10 km from the deposit.

To find out more on Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., please visit our website at www.zenyatta.ca. A copy of this press release and all material documents with respect of the Company may be obtained on Zenyatta’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.ca.

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CLIENT FEATURE: North Bud Farms $NBUD.ca sustainable low cost, high quality cannabinoid production and procurement $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:26 PM on Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

WHY NORTHBUD FARMS?

  • Canadian regulatory door for CIP (Cannabinoid Infused Products) is opening in 2019
    As shown in other legal jurisdictions (Colorado, Washington, Nevada, California)
  • Infused products sector has become the highest margin segment of the industry
  • Positioned to be a raw input producer for this space
  • Currently working with multiple food, beverage and science companies to provide safe standardized cannabinoid infused raw inputs for large scale GMP manufacturing of products
  • Announced Creation of “1017” Distribution and Signing of a LOI to Acquire Janey’s Cannabis Line

THE OPPORTUNITY

  • Acquired late stage ACMPR applicant GrowPros
    MMP from Tetra Bio-Pharma (TSXV: TBP)
  • GrowPros MMP application was submitted in November 2014 and is currently in the ‘Confirmation of Readiness’ stage.
  • Phase 1 is located on 95 acres of agricultural farmland in Low, Québec.
  • Option exists to acquire more land if needed
  • Facility will focus on GMP (higher production grade) pharma-grade cultivation and food-grade extracted inputs

 NORTHBUD October Construction Update. Everything is on schedule!

LOCATION

SITE DETAILS: LOW COST INFRASTRUCTURE

Construction of Facility

NORTHBUD and its team have been hard at work finalizing some minor design changes. NORTHBUD has received a detailed timeline for construction from our builder, NGA Construction Inc., and is on schedule to have the facility completed and an evidence package submitted to Health Canada in Q1 2019.

All infrastructure implementation has been completed and physical facility construction has begun.

ACMPR Application:

NORTHBUD, through its wholly-owned subsidiary GrowPros MMP Inc. which was acquired from Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. in February 2018, is pursuing a license under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).  In this regard, NORTHBUD has engaged Cannabis Compliance Inc. to assist in the migration of the ACMPR application to the CLTS which went into effect after the implementation of the Cannabis Act on October 17, 2018. NORTHBUD will be making amendments in order to take advantage of favourable changes that have been implemented under the Cannabis Act.

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‘Non-Intrusive’ #Programmatic Advertising: The Future of #AR & #VR Monetisation? $GOOD.ca $TTD $RUBI $AT.ca $TRMR $FUEL

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:08 AM on Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

 

 

  • This week UK monetisation outfit Admix revealed that it had secured an impressive USD$2.1m (£1.63m) in funding to further develop its AR and VR advertising platform.

by Will Freeman

As reported by Tech.EU, Admix was only founded in 2017, with a focus on allowing developers to place advertisements programatically that sit contextually inside content.

A simple, hypothetical example would a be a VR game set in a sprawling city. Admix’s platform could allow a developer to assure that programmatic ads appeared only as billboards on the side of a digital skyscraper within that city. Similarly, advertiser branding could be applied to existing in-game assets or IAP items. It allows advertisements that – as Admix puts it – are ‘non-intrusive’, and sit with context in a game world.

“Today, VR/AR developers have very few options to monetise their content: the few solutions that exist are intrusive and not adapted to VR/AR”, said Admix co-founder and CEO Samuel Huber in a statement. “This creates a lack of incentive for creators, which slows down the industry. Admix aims to grow the industry by creating the infrastructure to power a sustainable business model in VR/AR. Our non-intrusive advertising model respects the users, creates a sustainable economy for developers, and enables brands to stand out in a way that is impossible on existing, saturated channels.”

SpeedInvest led the funding round, collaborating with Founders Factory, Suir Valley, and Force Over Mass. The money will be spent primarily on doubling Admix’s 15-staff headcount across its London and San Francisco offices.

The technology works by providing a plug-in for the popular Unity and Unreal game engines, which are increasingly used not just to build video games, but interactive digital content more generally. Depending on which engine a developer is using, they download the relevant plug-in. That lets them define the areas of inventory they want to offer to advertisers, from within the same tool they use to build their content. Perhaps they might want to designate those hypothetical billboards as a place to run ads.

Admix’s solution equally enables devs to set how they want to use options like video, banners, or 3D placements. Admix users can then mange their apps, filter relevant advertisers, and so on, via the associated web platform. The inventory is sold programmatically, and the developer keeps 75% of the ad revenue.

The Unity plug-in is available now, while there is a waitlist for those keen to embrace the Unreal version.

The idea is that the adverts will not only be non-intrusive, but even add to the experience on offer. Consider a football game. Placing real-world ads on the siding boards that surround a football pitch would be to add realism to the world. In a social VR world, a player might be more engaged with the game if they can dress their avatar in real brands they identify with out here in reality.

The approach draws on something that has been a rule of thumb for in-game advertising for many years. Contextually relevant advertising can make a game world all the more convincing, while forced pop-ups with little relevance to a game’s setting can simply push players away. Advertising that can monetise while engaging and retaining? That’s something of a perfect storm for monetisation.

And, in VR and AR, Admix’s method is particularly powerful. Because there, presence is so important. ‘Presence’, with reference to VR and AR, refers to the sensation that you really do physically inhabit the worlds such display technologies take you to. That makes them all the more powerful and engaging; and it means that intrusive ads can really derail an experience. Anything intrusive or out-of-context can undermine the power of presence. Equally, thanks to importance of keeping users comfortable within VR in particular, unique confines with regard to displaying the likes of menus and text exist. A traditional pop up banner in a VR experience that clashes with the scene around it really could make a player feel unwell; that’s a great deal more serious than an advert simply irking a user.

Admix’s offering – bolstered by its Oasis tech, which seamlessly links distinct VR worlds – is certainly impressive. And the investment in the startup? It could be read as an assertion that non-invasive programmatic advertising with the additional capacity to engage and retain might emerge as the defining ad tech for VR and AR content.

Source: https://www.exchangewire.com/blog/2018/11/20/non-intrusive-programmatic-advertising-the-future-of-ar-and-vr-monetisation/

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#Dota 2 tournament showed me the future of #Esports $GMBL $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF $Game.ca $EPY.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:26 AM on Wednesday, November 21st, 2018

The three-day event laid out why competitive gaming is in the future of entertainment, though the contest wasn’t without its flaws.

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Despite being a huge fan of esports, and Dota 2 in particular, I’ve never actually sat down at an esports competition from beginning to end. I’m a journalist. I usually have a job to do: Running about, doing interviews and meeting executives to hear them talk about the future of competitive gaming.

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that pits two teams of five against each other. The aim of the game is not to kill the other team’s heroes, of which there are 115 to pick from, all with different skill sets, but to destroy the enemy’s main building. And with each hero sporting their own unique abilities, the game can often be confusing and chaotic for a new viewer. But I digress. Where were we?

Oh yes. The future of esports. I’m always talking about the future of esports.

This time, however, I committed to the present. At this year’s first competitive Dota 2 Major tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I found myself sitting down. Enjoying the experience. Instead of, you know, doing work.

Casters and analysts of the Dota 2 Major were celebrities in their own right.

Aloysius Low/CNETAnd it was then that I realised what I’ve been missing out the entire time I’ve been covering esports: The event itself. The exhilarating atmosphere that you’d only experience by sitting with a massive crowd and cheering for your favorite team. The present.

I’ve watched Dota 2 tournaments from home on my comfortable couch, with my two cats beside me, whooping as my team kicked butt. I found myself wondering if I had wasted time and money flying up from Singapore, unable to go through with my planned interviews.

Fans gather around the Dota 2 logo outside the arena for a photo.

Aloysius Low/CNETBut it was a lower-bracket game, a battle between two hot favorites, Evil Geniuses and Ninjas in Pyjamas, that had the crowd unified in excitement. Regional Southeast Asia teams had been eliminated, so with no local team to root for the crowd took the initiative and cheered everything. Every single play, every kill. They drowned the Axiata Arena in wild hoots of excitement. Watch the clip to hear just how hyped up the crowd was.

I sat up, fists pumping and screaming with the crowd as one team’s plays cancelled out the other team’s lead. Even though the in-game AI predicted a 97 percent win probability for NIP, things quickly turned around and EG took the lead.

Soon we were set for a third game. A toilet break and dinner beckoned, but no one wanted to give up their seats to the touch-and-go match. And go it went. NIP made yet another play, resetting the game. The crowd screamed as the tables were turned.

It ended in a loss for NIP in game three. The team was eliminated from the tournament but fans were satisfied, calling it the best series so far. And that was even before the grand finals were due to be played on the last day.

Malaysian player Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng (second from left) plays on Team Secret, which features an international lineup and is based in Europe.

Aloysius Low/CNETWith Russian team Virtus.pro beating Evil Geniuses in the semifinals, the crowd picked Team Secret by default to root for in the grand finals, as it featured star Malaysian player Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng. But Virtus.pro drew plenty of cheers for some amazing plays as well.

I was sitting next to a Malaysian blogger, who’d brought her husband along. She told me they had met through Dota, and that while she was rooting for Virtus.pro, her husband was cheering for Secret.

She laughed at her husband as Virtus.pro drew first blood, taking the first game. Her husband teased her as Secret took the lead, winning games two and three. With Virtus.pro winning game four in style, I jokingly told her the losing supporter had to sleep on the couch tonight — she told me he’d be sleeping there anyway.

Virtus.pro fought off Secret in style, clinching the top spot in a nail-biting match, and my newfound friend couldn’t be happier. And it’s memories like this that I found myself taking away from the event.

Russian team Virtus Pro celebrates on winning the first Dota 2 Major in this new Dota Pro Circuit season.

Aloysius Low/CNETIt was exactly the same atmosphere as you’d find at any other sporting event: Some crowd members glowed with delight, others were disappointed. People discussed the players’ mistakes as we streamed out of the arena. There’s been so much buzz about how esports is shaping up to be a multibillion dollar industry in the near future, but in terms of passion and excitement the future is already here, and we’re on track to watch it all unfold.

Fans of League of Legends, Overwatch and CS:GO’s competitive leagues will know exactly what I’m talking about, we’re already passionately devouring the content produced, lining up to meet players and talent, who have become stars and idols in their own right. We’ve developed our own memes and jokes, laughed or cried when our teams won or lost.

There’s no need to wait until esports becomes an official Olympic sport, or for the rest of the world to realise what it’s missing out on. Sure, games could be made more accessible — Dota 2 is complicated and somewhat hard to pick up — but I’d argue the same thing about cricket or football’s offside rule.

So take the plunge, head to one of the big events coming up in your area, and discover a whole new world.

Victory means $350,000 for the winning team, and an almost secure spot for the $25 million International next year.

Aloysius Low/CNETSource: https://www.cnet.com/news/dota-2-kuala-lumpur-major-virtus-pro-team-secret-evil-geniuses-nip/

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Investment in Recreational #Marijuana on the Rise $BOG.ca $NBUD.ca $MCOA $AERO $CBDS $CGRW $APH.ca $GBLX $ACG $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:58 PM on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

 

  • Drink companies and other investors have begun making moves to profit from the cannabis industry through a series of M&A deals.
  • In Canada, the recent legislation of use of recreational cannabis use has given a boost to the adoption of the industry in North America, as well as the US midterms which saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions (opposed to legalization of cannabis) step down.

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In the United States, medical marijuana is currently legal in 30 states. Only nine states and Washington have legalized recreational marijuana for users above the age of 21 years.

Canada and America are very important for the growth of the industry as both countries currently contribute 90% of the global revenues. To take advantage of the sector, American companies have enlisted a little-known strategy known as ‘reverse merger’ to grow their operations.

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Canadian Funds

Reverse Mergers, also known as Reverse Takeovers (RTO), are a speedy way of becoming a publicly traded company and have been on the increase due to the frenzy around the sector. They are used by private firms who acquire a publicly traded company (or a shell company), thereby becoming publicly traded without going through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

For American firms, Canada remains a popular destination for raising capital, for an industry that is still federally illegal in the US. These firms going through this route can skip the troubles they would have faced if they had sought the traditional IPO route.

These include registration and vetting process from the Canadian Securities Administrators (Canada’s version of the SEC) and investment bankers, who will drill into the finances and barge the company with a ton of questions.

2018 has witnessed over 200 M&A deals in the cannabis sector, according to data from cannabis-focused analytical firm Virdian Capital Advisors. California based cannabis dispensary provider MedMen, whose high-end dispensaries have been compared to Apple stores, went public in May after purchasing Ladera Ventures—a Vancouver based oil and gas shell company, through an RTO.

The company also acquired PharmaCann in a $682 million stock transaction, doubling its market share overnight. MedMen’s competitor iAnthus has also been busy making deals, picking up Canadian diversified cannabis firm MPX Bioceutical in a major $640 million deal.

Entrant of Breweries

For an industry whose market cap was a little over $5 billion market in 2015, with an estimated projection expected to hit a conservative $20 billion by 2020, the market for the emerging cannabis sector can only get better.

The industry could witness an explosion when beverage companies make their long-expected entrance and replace part of their alcoholic content with cannabis. Last year, Constellation Brands, the makers of Corona beer, got into the action with a minority stake in Canadian marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp.

Winnipeg brewery Fort Garry Brewing Co also joined forces with medical cannabis provider Delta 9 Cannabis to launch the “Legal Lager,” a beer filled with hemp seed.

According to the company’s press release at the time, the Legal Lager, which was released as “an ongoing research and development project to jointly produce a cannabis beer” that contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), doesn’t contain:

“cannabis or any other psychoactive agent produced from the cannabis plant.”

Source: https://www.moneymakers.com/investment-in-recreational-marijuana-on-the-rise/

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