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$GGX.ca GGX Gold Initiates Fall Drill Program On the Gold Drop Property $TUSK.ca $GZD.ca $K.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:06 AM on Tuesday, October 30th, 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 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 / October 30, 2018 / GGX Gold Corp. (TSX-v: GGX), (OTCQB: GGXXF), (FRA: 3SR2) (the “Company” or “GGX“) is pleased to announce it has commenced the fall 2018 diamond drilling program on the Gold Drop Property near Greenwood, southern British Columbia. The program will focus on the gold bearing COD Vein, located in the Gold Drop Southwest Zone. Highlights for the Gold Drop Property, including COD Vein include:

  • 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 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.

The objective of the diamond drilling program is to follow up on the high grade intersections in the COD Vein system, specifically in the area of earlier 2018 drill holes COD18-45 and COD18-46. Hole 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).

The current drill program will test the continuation of gold mineralization at depth below the intersections of drill holes COD18-45 and COD18-46 and to the south of these holes.

Gold bearing quartz vein with high grade gold in drill hole COD18-45

(50.1 g/t gold over 2.05meters)

Both COD18-45 and COD18-46 are approximately 160 meters southwest of the area of 2017 trenching at the COD Vein and approximately 220 meters southwest of drill hole COD17-14 which intersected 4.59 g/t gold over 16.03 meter core length, including 10.96 g/t gold over 5.97 meter core length (News Release of September 7, 2017).

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]

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$GR.ca Great Atlantic Commissions National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on Golden Promise Gold Property – Central Newfoundland Gold Belt $ANX.ca $MOZ.ca $LAB.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:58 AM on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

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  • Summaries of historic work and work by Great Atlantic within the property.
  • 43-101 – compliant mineral resource estimates for the Jaclyn Main Zone which will also include data from 2010 work (27 diamond drill holes) which was completed after the previous 2008 historic mineral resource estimates.

 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / ACCESSWIRE / October 30, 2018 / GREAT ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP. (TSXV.GR) (the “Company” or “Great Atlantic”) is pleased to announce it has commissioned Mr. Greg Z. Mosher, M.Sc. App., P.Geo., and Larry Pilgrim, B.Sc., P.Geo. to complete a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Company’s Golden Promise Gold Property, located in the central Newfoundland gold belt. The report will include the following:

  • Summaries of historic work and work by Great Atlantic within the property.
  • 43-101 – compliant mineral resource estimates for the Jaclyn Main Zone which will also include data from 2010 work (27 diamond drill holes) which was completed after the previous 2008 historic mineral resource estimates.
  • Make recommendations for future work.

The Property hosts multiple gold bearing quartz veins and is located in a region of recent significant gold discoveries. The Golden Promise Property is located approximately 40 kilometers west-southwest of the Moosehead Project of Sokoman Iron Corp. (TSXV.SIC) and approximately 55 kilometers northeast of the Valentine Lake Gold Camp of Marathon Gold Corp. (TSXV.MOZ) High grade gold is reported in quartz veins and quartz vein boulders within the Golden Promise Property.

Gold bearing quartz veins are reported in multiple areas of the Golden Promise Property, including at least 5 gold bearing quartz vein systems reported in one zone referred to as the Jaclyn Zone, located in the northern half of the Property. Much of the reported historical exploration at the Property has been focused on the Jaclyn Zone with gold bearing vein systems reported at the Jaclyn Main, Jaclyn East, Jaclyn West, Jaclyn North and Jaclyn South Sub-zones.

Gold Bearing Jaclyn West (Christopher) Vein

Most historic work was conducted at the Jaclyn Main Zone. Reported diamond drilling gold (Au) intercepts (core length and estimated true thickness in meters) at the Jaclyn Main Zone include:

  • GP02-01: 16.57 g/t Au over 2.55m core length (1.64 m estimated true thickness)
  • GP02-09: 7.05 g/t Au over 4.90 m core length (2.22 m estimated true thickness)
  • GP06-52: 93.71 g/t Au over 1.40 m core length (1.25 m estimated true thickness)
  • GP07-91: 141.21 g/t Au over 0.45 m core length (0.33 m estimated true thickness)
  • GP07-92: 10.41 g/t Au over 4.70 m core length (1.60 m estimated true thickness)

Gold recovery from a reported 2,241 tonne bulk sample collected in 2010 at the Jaclyn Main Zone was reported to average 4.47 g/t gold. The average tails grade for the sample was reported to be 1.12 g/t gold. A “back-calculated head grade of 5.59 g/t gold” was reported for the bulk sample.

Quartz float samples collected by the Company during 2017 in one target area (referred to as the Branden Zone) in the northern region of the Property returned 57.2 and 200 grams / tonne (g/t) gold (News Release of August 28, 2017). A 0.32 meter long chip sample collected across the Shawn’s Shot Vein by the Company in 2017 returned 48.2 g/t gold (news Release of August 28, 2017).

Significant recent gold discoveries in the central Newfoundland gold belt include that of Sokaman Iron Corp. and Marathon Gold Corp. Sokoman Iron Corp. recently announced a high grade gold discovery on its Moosehead Property, located approximately 40 kilometers east-northeast of the Golden Promise Property. The discovery was made during the 2018 diamond drilling program. A drill intersection of 44.96 g/t gold over 11.90 meter core length was reported including a 1.35 meter core length quartz vein intersection of 385.85 g/t gold (Sokoman Iron Corp. News Release of July 24, 2018). The Valentine Lake Gold Camp of Marathon Gold Corp. is located approximately 55 kilometers southwest of the Golden Promise Property. As reported on Marathon’s website, the Valentine Lake Gold Camp currently hosts four near-surface, mainly pit-shell constrained, deposits with measured and indicated resources totalling 2,137,100 oz. of gold at 1.99 g/t and inferred resources totalling 1,104,800 oz. of gold at 1.99 g/t.

Readers are warned that mineralization at the Moosehead Property and Valentine Lake Gold Camp is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Golden Promise Property.

Readers are warned that historical records for the Golden Promise Property referred to in this News Release have been examined but not verified by a Qualified Person. Further work is required to verify that historical records referred to in this News Release are accurate.

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

On Behalf of the board of directors

“Christopher R Anderson“

Mr. Christopher R Anderson ” Always be positive, strive for solutions, and never give up ”
President CEO Director
604-488-3900
[email protected]

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#Nike $NKE Forays Into #Esports with New Deal $GMBL $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF $Game.ca $EPY.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:48 PM on Monday, October 29th, 2018
  • Nike has officially entered the world of eSports
  • The sportswear giant, who has stirred controversy with its recent adverts involving Colin Kaepernick, has reportedly signed a deal with Royal Never Give Up (RNG) League of Legends icon Jian ‘Uzi’ Zihao.

Nike has officially entered the world of eSports. The sportswear giant, who has stirred controversy with its recent adverts involving Colin Kaepernick, has reportedly signed a deal with Royal Never Give Up (RNG) League of Legends icon Jian ‘Uzi’ Zihao.

The company has partnered with Zihao and Chinese actor Bai Jingting, along with NBA legend LeBron James, in the latter star’s new ‘Dribble &’ campaign. The campaign is intended to support the upcoming documentary ‘Shut Up and Dribble’, according to recent media reports on the topic.

Since the deal was inked, the first photos of Zihao to be released have shown him wearing a black shirt inscribed with the words ‘Dribble & Carry’ across the front. The term ‘carry’ is used in League of Legends to describe a single player who carries the rest of his team to a victory.

Zihao is widely considered to be the best League of Legends (LOL) player in the world. He recently scored a gold medal win for representing China at the recent Asian Games in Jakarta. Nike has now joined KFC and Mercedes-Benz, both of whom already sponsor Zihao’s formidable eSports team.

NLG Signs Daniel ‘Likandoo’ Keller

After partnering with a team of poker pros and taking to Twitch with some excellent high-stakes online poker play, Stefan Schillhabel and his team at No Limit Gaming (NLG) have inked their first non-poker professional as well. Daniel ‘Likandoo’ Keller, an easily recognizable Fortnite star, is the first of countless eSports players who will soon be joining the NLG Team Stream over the next calendar year.

Speaking of Fortnite, it seems that even employees at SpaceX and Tesla might be spending a bit too much time enjoying the game. Billionaire businessman Elon Musk recently tweeted a joke stating that he had bought the game outright so that he could shut it down. ‘Had to be done. Ur welcome’ he teased his followers.

Had he actually done this, he would have had to shell out a whopping $8 billion or more, as that is the current worth of Fortnite’s developers, Epic. With that said, Musk could easily afford it, as his current worth now stands at close to $20 billion.

FansUnite to Sponsor QYOU Content

Last but not least, the Blockchain sports betting firm that recently partnered with the World Poker Tour has also made another exciting announcement. FansUnite will now be sponsoring the QYOU eSports content on the dedicated Heads Up Daily channel.

QYOU launched HUD on GINX eSports TV Canada in October last year, and currently reaches over 300 million viewers on six continents worldwide.

Source: https://www.gamingpost.ca/canadian-gaming-news/nike-forays-esports-new-deal/

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$AAX.ca Advance Hits Over 30 Epithermal Vein Intersections at Tabasquena $TCK.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:34 PM on Monday, October 29th, 2018
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  • Completed three drill holes in the phase 2 drilling program at the Tabasquena Silver Mine
  • 7 holes have hit a cluster of over 30 epithermal vein intersections.
  • Amethyst found in quartz in the veins, the amethyst is important as it is found in the epithermal veins mined in the Veta Grande trend.

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 29, 2018) – Advance Gold Corp. (TSXV: AAX) (“Advance Gold” or “the Company”) reports on the completion of three drill holes in the phase 2 drilling program at the Tabasquena Silver Mine, near Ojocaliente, Mexico. In an area covering around 125 metres along strike, and 200 metres wide, 7 holes have hit a cluster of over 30 epithermal vein intersections.

In the phase 2 drilling, only anomalous gold and silver were found in assays of 53 core samples, even though significantly more quartz is present and also amethyst. Not only is there an increase in the quartz in the veins, the amethyst is important as it is found in the epithermal veins mined in the Veta Grande trend.

In addition to increasing quartz in the veins, the quartz is also present in the country rock, andesite, near veins. Other signs of a large geological system, is that in hole 7, along with a cluster of veins, there was a 150 metre intersection of highly silicified andesite.

Allan Barry Laboucan, President and CEO of Advance Gold Corp. commented: “We have moved the Tabasquena project forward significantly in our first 7 holes finding a cluster of nearly 30 epithermal vein intersections. Not far from us is Fresnillo, Mexico, and right beside the city is a cluster of approximately 20 epithermal veins that were mined for over 500 years. We are in one of the most of important silver and gold districts in the world and have found a cluster of epithermal veins in a small area.

“Our exploration team is very excited about our holes into a cluster of epithermal veins during phase 2 drilling with roughly 30 epithermal vein intersections. We only saw anomalous gold in the phase 2 core samples, zonation of grade vertically and horizontally in epithermal veins is common, we are still just under the oxide zone by around 125 metres with our deepest drill holes.

“One of the blind veins discovered in phase 2 drilling is the Dakota vein, we hit a 17 metre intersection, it was a discovery made by drilling through a known vein, we continued to see quartz in the country rock, so kept drilling and hit the Dakota vein. It has a significant amount of quartz and amethyst. Another vein discovered was a 10 metre intersection with significant quartz. One of the smallest veins, 0.70 of a metre was over 90% quartz.

“We know that the geological system at the Tabasquena vein cluster has high-grade precious metals from historical mining by Penoles and our own drilling. The thickness of the veins close to surface, the amount of veins in a small area, the quartz in the veins and in the country rock, the thick zone of highly silicified andesite, are all indications that we are chasing a large geological system. We still have more drilling to do in order to understand the grade zonation along strike and at depth, but with a large cluster of epithermal vein intersections to test, we are off to a great start. Looking forward, phase 3 drilling should be a series of holes that drill down 500-700 metres deep to get into the guts of the precious metals horizon in our cluster of veins.

The Tabasquena project has exceptional infrastructure with paved road access, power lines going through the claims and is located in the Veta Grande trend, it can be drilled year round and is a low cost exploration project.”

Pictures of key intersections, the table of assays for phase 2 drilling, cross sections and a plan map can be found with this news release on the Advance Gold website and in the Tabasquena project section as well.

Julio Pinto Linares, PGeo, is the qualified person responsible for this release and has supervised the preparation, and approved the preparation of the scientific and technical disclosure contained within the release.

About Advance Gold Corp. (TSXV: AAX)

Advance Gold is a TSX-V listed junior exploration company focused on acquiring and exploring mineral properties containing precious metals. The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Tabasquena Silver Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico in 2017, and the Venaditas project, also in Zacatecas state, in April, 2018.

The Tabasquena project is located near the Milagros silver mine near the city of Ojocaliente, Mexico. Benefits at Tabasquena include road access to the claims, power to the claims, a 100-metre underground shaft and underground workings, plus it is a fully permitted mine.

Venaditas is well located adjacent to Teck’s San Nicholas mine, a VMS deposit, and it is approximately 11km to the east of the Tabasquena project, along a paved road.

In addition, Advance Gold holds a 13.5% interest on strategic claims in the Liranda Corridor in Kenya, East Africa. The remaining 86.5% of the Kakamega project is held by Acacia Mining (63% owned by Barrick Gold).

For further information, please contact:
Allan Barry Laboucan,
President and CEO
Phone: (604) 505-4753
Email: [email protected]

Corporate website: www.advancegold.ca

Nicosia Capital
Investor Relations
[email protected]

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Bougainville Ventures Inc. $BOG.ca Provides Corporate Update & Signs LOI with Oregon Hemp CBD Producer $CROP.ca $VP.ca NF.ca $MCOA

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:06 PM on Monday, October 29th, 2018

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  • Signed a letter of intent to enter into a financing and profit-sharing agreement with Worm Castings Farms Inc., the sole owner of an Oregon state hemp production and processing license issued by the Oregon State Regulatory approval board

Bougainville Ventures Inc. has signed a letter of intent to enter into a financing and profit-sharing agreement with Worm Castings Farms Inc., the sole owner of an Oregon state hemp production and processing licence issued by the Oregon State Regulatory approval board. The material terms of the LOI are summarized below. LOI Terms

1. The parties shall enter into a funding and profit sharing agreement with both companies receiving dividends. The profit sharing percentages will be stipulated in the definitive agreement.

2. Bougainville will agree to issue to Worm Castings 600,000 shares of Bougainville Ventures Inc. for assets and goodwill of Worm Castings.

3. Bougainville will also agree to raise $350,000 USD to be used to fund Worm Castings’ business plan. The funds are expected to be provided on the following schedule:

a. $75,000 by November 7, 2018

b. $75,000 by November 30, 2018

c. $200,000 by December 31, 2018

4. Worm Castings will submit to Bougainville a complete list of assets to be included in the definitive agreement

About Worm Castings Farms Inc.

Worm Castings is a natural hemp company that currently has 10 acres of industrial hemp ready for harvest. They plant premium high quality cloned feminized hemp plants with 10-15% CBD and 0.3% THC resulting in maximized CBD oil content within each plant. In addition, they provide proven topsoil mix that improves plant growth by 20%. With this soil quality, they can expect to set standards in respective markets within the hemp industry.

CEO, Andy Jagpal Comments: “The objective of this project is to extract CBD oil from Hemp stock by providing the initial capital for the continued development of the 10 acre farmland and is a step in the right direction in diversifying our portfolio of companies in the cannabis infrastructure space .”

Oroville Campus Tier -3 Tenant Update

The Company also reports that it has recently become aware that Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (“MCOA”) has purportedly terminated its joint venture agreement with the Company dated March 16, 2017 (“JV Agreement”), and that it may have commenced legal action against the Company relating to various claims. The Company has not been served with a claim and has not receive a notice of default related to the JV agreement and will investigate this matter further. If subject to a claim, the Company intends to defend vigorously and to pursue all legal actions available to it. The Company notes that the JV Agreement relating to the acre of the 4.33 acre parcel of land located at Oroville Campus will continue for occupancy for its tenant.

Oroville Campus Tier -2 Tenant Update

The Company notes that the new I-502 Tier-2 licensee tenant and lease agreement relating to the 3.33 acre parcel of land in the Oroville Campus announced in the Company’s news release dated October 23, 2018 is not subject to the JV Agreement with MCOA and indeed resides on a separate parcel of land. Operations relating to such tenant are proceeding as previously announced.

About Bougainville Ventures, Inc.

Bougainville provides cannabis infrastructure and seed-to-sale services to I-502 tenant-growers leasing greenhouse facilities space and providing fully built-out, turnkey solutions and ancillary services including processing, cannabis expertise and marketing and sales resources. Greenhouse canopies provide a 50% saving in cultivation cost. Bougainville has 30,000 sqft in near production in Oroville, WA.

We seek Safe Harbor.

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#Marijuana shortages abound in Canada in just second week of legalization $BOG.ca NBUD.ca $MCOA $ACG.ca $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:54 AM on Monday, October 29th, 2018

  • The Canadian cannabis industry is still reeling from sky-high demand in the second week of legalization, with growers expressing frustration at the length of time it’s taking to get licensed as shelves sit empty.
  • “We’re biting our nails and I think our shareholders are biting their nails too,” said Anthony Durkacz, director at FSD Pharma Inc., an Ontario-based producer that received its cultivation licence a year ago and is still waiting for its sales licence. “We want to be supplying.”

People check out the sample counter at a cannabis store in Winnipeg, Man., on Oct. 17.Canadian Press/John Woods

Kristine Owram

The Canadian cannabis industry is still reeling from sky-high demand in the second week of legalization, with growers expressing frustration at the length of time it’s taking to get licensed as shelves sit empty.

“We’re biting our nails and I think our shareholders are biting their nails too,” said Anthony Durkacz, director at FSD Pharma Inc., an Ontario-based producer that received its cultivation licence a year ago and is still waiting for its sales licence. “We want to be supplying.”

Every province, not just Manitoba, is receiving less cannabis than originally requested

The process of getting a sales licence from Health Canada is onerous, according to Durkacz. After receiving a cultivation license, a grower must produce two full crops, send them off for testing, get its sales software audited, and then submit a completed application for the sales licence, which can take up to 341 days to process, he said.

“So even after you’ve done everything and done everything right you could be waiting up to a year to get the licence,” he said.

Customers lineup at a government cannabis store Oct. 19, in Montreal on the third day of the legal cannabis sales in Canada. Canadian Press/Ryan RemiorzCanada became the first major economy to legalize recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, taking the lead in a global market that’s expected to reach US$32 billion in consumer spending by 2022, according to Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics. The euphoria that sent pot stocks soaring in the lead-up to legalization has faded, with the BI Canada Cannabis Competitive Peers index losing 26 per cent over seven sessions before rebounding on Thursday.

While some growers wait for their licences, others are struggling to keep up with demand. The government-run Ontario Cannabis Store received 100,000 orders in its first 24 hours. In Quebec, online and in-store orders totalled nearly 140,000 in the first week of legalization, and the provincial-owned retailer indicated Wednesday it may have to close some locations as producers couldn’t meet demand. Producers will have a “colossal” amount of work to do to ensure supply, the Societe Quebecoise du Cannabis said in a statement.

A man holds a bag of marijuana he bought in a cannabis store in Quebec City, on Oct. 17. Alice Chiche/AFP/Getty ImagesThe problem is that no one knew what the demand curve would look like after a century of prohibition, said Bruce Linton, chief executive officer of Canopy Growth Corp., which has secured more than a third of total Canadian supply committed to date.

Canopy shipped approximately 1 million orders of medical cannabis in its first four years of operations. It expects to ship more than 1 million units of recreational pot in the first four weeks after legalization, Linton said.

‘Just Outstanding’

“The response has been pretty unbelievable,” Linton said. “I don’t think everything will run out but you might not be able to get the identical stuff you got last time.”

He added that Canopy is sending out orders as fast as it can pack and ship them, but there have been delays in getting new product up on the provincial websites. It will start shipping out new products, including Tweed-brand gel caps and pre-rolled joints, over the next week and a half.

Bruce Linton (left), Canopy Growth CEO, in St. Johns, Newfoundland sells the first gram of legal pot at the Tweed store at the stroke of midnight Oct. 17. Julie Oliver/PostmediaInitial demand at Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis was “just outstanding,” said Chara Goodings, a spokeswoman for the government regulator that’s overseeing sales in the western province. “But it has created some struggles with our supply level.” Very few producers have been able to deliver what was agreed upon, she said.

Dried Bud

The situation is similar in Manitoba, where Winnipeg-based Delta 9 Cannabis Inc. only has dried bud on its store shelves as it has been unable to get any shipments of cannabis oils or gel caps, said spokesman Gary Symons. In the first seven days, Delta 9 saw close to 9,600 transactions totalling $736,124 in revenues. The company is now selling about $50,000 worth of product a day.

“Every province, not just Manitoba, is receiving less cannabis than originally requested,” Susan Harrison, spokeswoman for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, said in an email.

Aphria Inc. CEO Vic Neufeld predicted the supply shortages on the company’s earnings call five days before legalization. Citing supply-chain issues, labor shortages and delays in getting licences and excise stamps from the government, Neufeld said Aphria would be unable to meet demand in the first two to three months after legalization. The company was forced to destroy almost 14,000 plants worth $979,000 in the last quarter due to a lack of qualified greenhouse workers.

Extra Staff

There are currently 132 licensed producers in Canada and “many more are in the queue,” said Canadian Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Health Canada has hired 300 additional staff to evaluate applications, she said. But the process, which includes background checks, is time-consuming and it’s important to not cut corners, she said.

“There’s not a mass shortage of cannabis around the country right now,” only certain strains that have sold out, Petitpas Taylor said. “We really have all hands on deck, we want to do what we can, but in no way am I going to compromise this new regime.”

The challenge for the government is balancing public safety with a desire to eradicate the illicit market, said Deepak Anand, vice president of business development and government relations at Cannabis Compliance Inc., a consulting firm for pot companies which is currently working on “hundreds” of licensing applications.

“Health Canada’s trying to balance quality and public safety with the need for getting more product on so that they can eliminate the black market,” Anand said. “Sometimes these goals conflict and compete with each other.”

The only near-term solution to the supply shortage, according to Durkacz at FSD Pharma, is to allow retailers to sell product sourced from the black market.

“You would instantaneously have a supply-demand balance and then you could try to convert people from the black market to the legalized market,” he said. “That’s probably the only way to solve this in the short term.”

Source: https://business.financialpost.com/cannabis/cannabis-business/marijuana-shortages-abound-in-canada-amid-licensing-rigmarole

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STAR $SNA.ca Updates Recent Montreal MEDEVAC Applications Presentation

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:46 AM on Monday, October 29th, 2018

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  • Announced that it has concluded a series of presentations of its In-Flight System Aided Medical Monitoring System
  • Pesentations were held in the Montreal area and were attended by representatives from the Canadian and US aerospace industries, Emergency Medical Service operators and the National Research Council of Canada

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018  — Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (CSE: SNA) (CSE:SNA.CN) (OTCQB: SNAVF) (“Star” or the “Company”) announces that it has concluded a series of presentations of its In-Flight System Aided Medical Monitoring System (“STAR-ISAMM™â€) (see Press Release October 10, 2018). The presentations were held in the Montreal area and were attended by representatives from the Canadian and US aerospace industries, Emergency Medical Service operators and the National Research Council of Canada.

The STAR-ISAMM™ System, based on Star’s patented STAR-A.D.S. ® System technology, is specifically designed to address the need for more efficient and timely delivery of a patient’s bio-medical information during emergency medical evacuation and transport.

The presentations demonstrated a STAR-ISAMM™ System, connected to several bio-monitors of the types used in EMS vehicles, transmitting in real time through satellite and GSM.  The exact information generated by the bio-monitors was received at several work stations on the ground simulating the medical environment. The ground segment used the current STAR visualization tools (Graphical User Interface, or “GUI”) showing specific medical information menus. In addition to the bio-data, this enrichment will assist the medical team in their decision making process. For instance, the STAR-ISAMM™ system will show the exact location of the EMS vehicle, its status and its estimated time of arrival.

The presentations were hosted and supported at the Ste. Justine Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (“CHU”) in Montreal, which is cooperating in this project. The attendees were able to see the STAR-ISAMM™ operating in its pre-production format.  The completion of Health Canada and U.S. FDA medical certification is currently underway.

This successful event demonstrated that STAR-ISAMM™ System, both in concept and reality, offers an exciting solution for EMS applications.

Last week, STAR attended the Air Medical Transport Conference (“AMTC”) in Phoenix, Arizona with some of the attendees to its Montreal presentation. The AMTC was an opportunity for the industry to be briefed on the latest techniques and innovative approaches to emergency medical transport practice. Star is now finalizing discussions with key Helicopter EMS operators and suppliers in Canada and in the U.S. to bring the STAR-ISAMM™ System to the market for early 2019.

This Press 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. https://agoracom.com/ir/StarNavigationSystems/forums/discussion

About Star Navigation:

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, STAR-ISMS®, the heart of the STAR-A.D.S. ® System. Its real-time capability of tracking performance trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.

Stars’ M.M.I. Division designs and manufactures high performance, mission critical, flight deck flat panel displays for defence and commercial aviation industries worldwide. These displays are found on aircraft and simulators, from P-3 Orion and C-130 aircraft, to Sikorsky and AgustaWestland helicopters, as examples.

Certain statements contained in this News Release constitute forward-looking statements. When used in this document, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “expected” and similar expressions, as they relate to Star or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Star’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause Star’s actual performance or achievements to vary from those described herein. Should one or more of these factors or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Star does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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 the content of this release.

Please visit www.star-navigation.com or

Jean-Louis Larmor, (416) 252-2889 Ext. 221

C.O.O.

[email protected]

 

 

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Commodities Roundup: #Palladium Sets Record $NAM.ca $WG.ca $XTM.ca $WM.ca $PDL.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 3:18 PM on Friday, October 26th, 2018

  • Palladium has been trading at a premium to platinum for the majority of the past year, contrary to the two platinum-group metals’ (PGM) historical relationship.
  • In fact, palladium recently breached the $1,000 per ounce mark for the first time in eight months, and earlier this week hit a record high of $1,150.50 an ounce.

For the buyers and category managers out there, especially those of you deep in the weeds of buying and managing commodities, here’s a quick rundown of news and thoughts from particular commodity markets.

From price movements to policy decisions, we scour the landscape for what matters. This week:

Palladium Peaks

While other metals have had their ups and down, palladium has been soaring this year.

Palladium has been trading at a premium to platinum for the majority of the past year, contrary to the two platinum-group metals’ (PGM) historical relationship. In fact, palladium recently breached the $1,000 per ounce mark for the first time in eight months, and earlier this week hit a record high of $1,150.50 an ounce.

Palladium is most commonly known for its use in automotive catalytic converters.

The price has surged so much that some analysts have cautioned about a possible correction for the surging PGM.

The DOC calculated countervailing duties as high as 145.37%.

In 2017, the value of imports of the steel propane cylinders reached $89.8 million.

Source: https://spendmatters.com/2018/10/26/commodities-roundup-aluminum-output-up-palladiums-dominance-and-indian-gold-demand/

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#Fortnite makers Epic Games raises a landmark $1.25 billion $GMBL $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF $Game.ca $EPY.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:20 PM on Friday, October 26th, 2018

  • Epic Games has received a monumental funding of about $1.25 billion. Investors include KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
  • Thanks to Fortnite, Epic Games is enjoying a lot of success.
  • The battle royale experience is a giant hit on PC, consoles, and mobile.

The free-to-play game has earned hundreds of millions of downloads and over $1 billion in revenue. And on Android, Epic Games has bypassed Google by not listing Fortnite on the Google Play store, meaning Epic Games doesn’t have to give Google a share of the money earned.

According to Digi-Capital, this is the second largest games investment in history, following the $2.3 billion Netmarble earned in 2017 via IPO (initial public offering). Epic’s is the highest non-IPO investment ever.

The new investors join Disney, Tencent, and Endeavor as minority shareholders in the company.

“We’re excited to partner with the finest minds in the financial, sports, and entertainment communities,” Epic Games founder and chief executive officer Tim Sweeney noted in a press release sent to GamesBeat. “This reinforces Epic’s position of leadership in real-time 3D technology, and accelerates our ability to improve the way people play, work, and interact with the world.”

This $1.25 billion is a massive amount to earn in an investment round. To give you a comparison, Roblox raised $150 million in September. The huge $1.25 billion number is a reflection on Fortnite’s success. Magic Leap, a company that is developing augment reality technology beyond gaming needs, has raised $2.3 billion over five rounds.

Along with Fortnite, Epic Games develops the Unreal Engine. It licenses the game-making tools to other companies, and it has become one of the most popular game engines in the world along with its main competitor, Unity. In 2018, Dragon Ball Fighterz, Sea of Thieves, Soul Calibur VI, and Dragon Quest XI were among the major games created with Unreal Engine 4.

Fortnite debuted in 2017. The game started by focusing on a cooperative mode, Save the World, where a team of players builds a fort and fights off zombies. Later in 2017, Fortnite capitalized on the success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and made a battle royale mode for Fornite. Like PUBG, Fortnite’s battle royale offering drops a hundred players into a large map and has them fight until one person or team is left standing. Compared to PUBG, Fortnite has a more colorful aesthetic, and it puts an emphasis on players building their own forts. Because players can make their own cover, Fortnite is a much faster-paced game.

The battle royale mode quickly surpassed Save the World. Fortnite has dominated 2018, turning into a mainstream success and expanding its reach to mobile and consoles (including Switch).

Source: https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/26/fortnite-makers-epic-games-raises-a-landmark-1-25-billion/

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#Marijuana Stocks: Three Key Catalysts for Further Growth $BOG.ca $NBUD.ca $MCOA $AERO $CBDS $CGRW $APH.ca $GBLX $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:59 PM on Friday, October 26th, 2018

For most of 2018, marijuana stocks were the hottest opportunities around.

• Canopy Growth (CGC) ran from $20 to $57

• Tilray Inc. (TLRY) ran from $20 to $300

• OrganiGram Holdings (OGRMF) ran from $3 to $6.75

• Marijuana ETF, MJ ran from $26 to more than $44

All on anticipatory momentum as we neared Canadian approval this month. However, once the news was out, related stocks began to pull back on a “sell the news” reaction.

Once an expected catalyst is out, these are to be expected.

However, don’t count out marijuana stocks so fast, though. The catalysts ahead are monumental.

One – Americans Greatly Support its Legalization

A growing majority of Americans fully support its legalization, which has led to its decriminalization and the potential for significant cash inflows. In fact, 66% of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, another new high in Gallup’s trend. The latest figure marks the third consecutive year that support has increased.

Already, nine states and D.C. have legalized marijuana for recreational use.

As more states move to legalize its use, sales will skyrocket, in our opinion.

Two – Canada is Only the Start of the Boom

On October 17, 2018, marijuana became legal in Canada. But no one expected the demand to be as strong as it’s been. In fact, according to Fortune, the country can’t keep up with the pace of demand. Retail shops are nearly sold out.

It’s gotten so bad that stores have closed until the supply problem is fixed.

By 2021 analysts say Canada could have nearly four million recreational marijuana users, creating a monstrous $4.5 billion industry. The industry could balloon to $8.7 billion shortly thereafter, as marijuana retail sales just in Canada are likely to surpass beer, wine and spirit sales combined. That’s big money.

Three – Corporate America is on Board with Marijuana

As sales of beer fall in the United States, brewers have begun to bet that legalization of marijuana around the globe, especially the United States, will continue to build momentum and sales of cannabis products will take off.

Molson Coors for example listed legal cannabis among the biggest possible risks to its business in its annual shareholder report.

Even Bill Gates’ Microsoft jumped into the cannabis business on the software side, partnering with Kind Financial. The software will give governments and business owners a way to monitor the distribution of cannabis “from seed to sale” and ensure compliance.

Hewlett-Packard powers the Flowhub cannabis compliance solutions, too. Flowhub’s product not only provides business management and transactional processing tools for retail stores but also workflow focused on compliance, regulatory and reporting rules of marijuana dispensaries.

However, this is – we believe – is only the start. Pay close attention to this space.

Source: https://www.chasingmarkets.com/news/15bd33a6521b01/Marijuana_Stocks%3A_Three_Key_Catalysts_for_Further_Growth

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