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at 4:19 PM on Monday, August 9th, 2021
Most of us know drones for their recreational uses or perhaps even as simple commercial applications for things like real estate videos.
But the fact of the matter is that drone usage is about to go parabolic with huge corporations adopting them for a wide-use of applications that most never dreamed of such as:
To provide Internet connections in remote locations.
To collect crowd data.
In short, the drone industry is booming in ways people can’t imagine because the industry is shifting from the drones themselves (hardware) to drone technology and solutions (software)… and the one company that is delivering the most challenging applications is Draganfly Inc. (DPRO: NASDAQ) (DPRO: CSE)
DraganFly is an award-winning drone manufacturer and technology developer that is actually delivering some pretty incredible achievements, milestones and even history:
Established in 1998 DFLY is considered the oldest commercial drone company in the world
Built the first drone that saved a life
Boasts the first drone to be inducted into the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
Developing a Vaccine Drone Delivery Payload System (it’s way more complicated than just transporting vaccines)
Detect infectious conditions in a person from a distance of 190 feet
Conduct phenotyping, data collection and analysis by the USDA
With all of this under the Company’s belt, it’s easy to see why the company recently uplisted to the NASDAQ.
If you believe in the massive parabolic growth in the use of drones for almost everything we do in this world, or want to learn, then watch / listen to this powerful interview with Draganfly CEO and Chairman, Cameron Chell.
Where other treatments for depression have failed, ketamine has changed lives. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Reid Robison spoke to Leafly about how ketamine is changing mental healthcare.
“Ketamine is now emerging as a powerful catalyst to accelerate the healing and recovery process in individuals suffering from a wide array of mental health symptoms.”
In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer, Vhari MacBeth, and Derick Moody explore the curious phenomenon of self-sabotage.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Samantha DeLenardo as Vice President, Communications to lead Novamind’s communications, marketing and investor relations.
“At Novamind, we care deeply about the clients and families we serve,” said DeLenardo. “We are prepared to meet this transformative moment for psychedelics and mental health, thanks in large part to the courage and years of advocacy by people with lived expertise and medical practitioners. Novamind understands both the responsibility and opportunity before us, and I look forward to sharing the Company’s story with the world.”
In a big step forward for psychedelics, Usona Institute announced the groundbreaking of a Global Center in Psychedelic Science. The campus will “support a blend of disciplines in psychedelic science and education.” It’s another example of momentum building around the truly extraordinary therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
Words have not been minced. CEO Spencer Hawkswell comments on the current exemptions for the terminally ill in Canada, “We are going to be lobbying hard to get those regulations set into law to make sure that Canadians can realize their rights to psilocybin.” We look forward to that access expanding to all Canadians.
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at 5:28 PM on Thursday, August 5th, 2021
HPQ Silicon Resources $HPQ $HPQFF is a Quebec-based company that is developing high value-added silicon products that are sought after by battery and electric vehicle manufacturers – but nobody has yet delivered – until now.
If that sounds a lot like what other small companies are saying lately, $HPQ differentiates itself as a leader of the pack thanks to the following:
To understand the importance and the implications of this milestone, this excerpt from the press release says it all:
” The HPQ NANO team is now more confident than ever that the PUREVAPTM NSiR will be able to deliver, at scale, and on-demand, a nano silicon for anode production that will be cost competitive. The validation announced today …. was the big breakthrough we were looking for”
Peter Pascali, President and CEO of technology partner PyroGenesis added a little more excitement when he stated:
“Words cannot adequately describe the excitement at PyroGenesis at potentially being able to address and solve challenges in developing lithium-ion batteries, which are sought after by many industries but specifically the EV market.”
Using an analogy to describe the importance of this milestone, $HPQ CEO Bernard Tourillon stated it was equivalent to the first SpaceX successful landing of its Falcon rocket. Specifically, though he was confident in their ability to produce Nano Silicon, actually producing it now removes all doubt and the Company can now focus on:
“… Subsequent batches will be delivered to the awaiting automobile manufacturers plus numerous other entities that have demonstrated an interest in receiving samples.“
Watch this great interview with $HPQ CEO Bernard Tourillon to get the full picture on next steps!
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at 4:13 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Intema Solutions (ITM:TSXV) an emerging esports and iGaming company that is creating an Esports adventure like no other …. Create the world’s foremost esports and iGaming ecosystem.
The global online gambling market could potentially hit $1 TRILLION by the end of this decade. The obvious reasons include the following:
Exponential growth in the number of people online. Yet only 59% of the world means more to come.
Fast growth in the number of countries and jurisdictions legalizing gambling to collect tax revenue.
Esports was already the fastest growing sub-sector of digital entertainment, and Covid 19 has only accelerated this trend.
Biggest brands/tournament prizes / online audiences in the world … 500M +
The International Olympic Committee has recognized esports as a sport, and it will be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games
Despite the vast amount of viewers, esports is still dramatically under-monetized relative to traditional sports. ITM believes wagering will play a major role in helping monetize this ever evolving platform.
Now sit back, relax and watch this powerful interview.
In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Reid Robison, Dr. Steve Thayer, and Derick Moody, discuss the art and science of psychedelic trip-sitting.
Gaining insurance coverage for off-label ketamine treatment of depression could help exponentially more people in their healing journeys. Off-label medicine isn’t covered by insurance.
“Our health care system does acknowledge and allow us to use medicines off-label. Probably 20 percent or more of all prescriptions are given that way.” – Novamind Chief Medical Officer Dr. Reid Robison
We are pleased to announce the completed the construction of a new clinic focused on integrative psychiatric care and clinical research in Draper, Utah. With the opening of the New Clinic, Novamind is on track to open four new locations in Utah by September 2021, doubling the size of its network to eight clinics.
“We are on a mission to reduce suffering and optimize wellness and are committed to shaping the future of psychedelic medicine in a responsible and accessible way,” said Dr. Reid Robison, Novamind’s Chief Medical Officer.
In an article for Harvard Health, Peter Grinspoon, MD, covers how psychedelics work, evidence for using psychedelics medicinally and the pros and cons. It’s an interesting read given his personal history with psychedelics, which dates back to when he was 14 and reading “Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered.” He remembers the book urging “an open-minded reappraisal about the therapeutic potential of this class of drugs.” Anyone involved in psychedelics knows that not all conversations on the topic are open-minded. It’s why part of the mission to provide safe, legal access to psychedelics also includes an educational component. The more we can destigmatize psychedelics, the faster we can continue to push the renaissance forward.
Have you ever wondered what psychedelic therapy looks like? This article provides an insight into that process. “You don’t just get thrown into it,” (Jennifer) Mitchell says. “It’s not Burning Man or something. It’s very thoughtful.” And it’s something we take very seriously at our Cedar Psychiatry clinics. We recently posted a blog about psychedelics and safety considerations. Read it here.
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at 4:18 PM on Thursday, July 29th, 2021
TSX listed Candente Copper owns Canariaco Norte, a large, economic copper deposit in Peru that continues to advance technically and economically.
Cañariaco is a 100% owned feasibility-stage porphyry copper deposit containing 7.5B pounds Measured and Indicated and can be mined for 22 years once in production. Oh, and Canariaco Norte is in the lowest quartile of production costs for projects waiting to be developed at around 0.98c per pound of copper. If that doesn’t have your attention, Goldman Sachs has it ranked as one of the top 80 projects waiting to be developed worldwide.
This is a deposit itching to become a mine and Candente continues to advance the project forward with studies evaluating various methodologies to reduce CAPEX with multiple scenarios that support developing Canariaco closer to a production scenario.
With the price of copper firmly above $4 dollars, the economics supporting Canariaco going into production only gets stronger.
Watch this great interview with Candente CEO Joanne Freeze as she explains how Candente can accelerate the development of Canariaco through the various studies that support a production scenario.
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at 4:36 PM on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
Fabled Silver Gold (TSXV:FCO ) (OTCQB: FBSGF) controls 100% of the Santa Maria mine gold and silver property in Mexico. It is a high grade silver gold property that is situated right in the middle of the Mexican Epithermal silver gold belt that has reportedly produced more silver than any other equivalent area in the entire planet.
To say it’s a mining friendly jurisdiction is an understatement.
Multiple major operators are in the vicinity and it’s already got a silver equivalent 43-101 of 3.2m ounces, but is looking to add to that significantly with recent intercepts of 2269 g/t silver.
That is not a typo, in other words it is also 2.269 kilos AgEq or 72 troy ounce. Just recently, Fabled encountered a new, previously unknown gold zone with the discovery of a high grade gold system with values up 10.85 g/t Au within 30.7m grading 161.09 Ag Eq, and the latest assays show 22 g/t gold in a discovery that increases the mineralization beyond known areas, and is open in all directions. Fabled is moving from high grade silver into a more gold rich environment that includes silver
This quote from Peter J. Hawley, CEO and President describes the discovery:
……“ ‘As a result of discovering this new gold domain system, and ongoing interpretation of structural controls, assays results to date, and visual examination of recently drilled holes we have immediately expanded the present drilling by 5,000 meters, to a total of 14,200 meters. This will ensure that we have significant meterage to properly evaluate this gold discovery.’……..” we continue to define a new, never discovered high grade gold mineral domain system, with silver credits, over consistent widths in an area never explored, and which remains open to the west and at depth, plunging 45 degrees to the west and open in all directions for expansion.
Fabled is intent on proving Santa Maria is bigger and of potentially higher grade than the market understands and is well on its way as the deposit appears to be developing at depth into a dominant high grade gold system.
Sit back and enjoy as Peter Hawley President & CEO explains the importance of increasing the drill program beyond 14,000m and how expanding exploration will continue to yield discoveries.
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at 7:50 PM on Tuesday, July 27th, 2021
Durango Resources (TSX.V-DGO) (Frankfurt-86A1) (OTCQB -ATOXF) is an exploration company in search of a gold discovery in Quebec.
Durango’s land in the Camp demonstrates a high probability of having gold in the ground. The Trove and East Barry properties have seen multiple methods of exploration helping to guide and pinpoint areas that require drilling for gold. Durango has been guided expertly by both management, its technical team and its peers for the discoveries previously made in the Windfall camp.
Osisko dominates the land position and are responsible for the discovery of the Windfall deposit, which has expanded into a resource of 1.2 million ounces of high-grade gold and helped to create a new gold camp in Canada. Their deposit is world-class scale and Osisko shows no sign of slowing down exploration anywhere on their sizeable land position. They continue to encounter significant mineralization through drilling and used 19 drills in 2020, surrounding Durango with over 2.8 million ounces of gold.
Durango may be in the shadows of a larger entity, but that doesn’t make their properties any less valuable. Durango doesn’t need to be bigger to be better. The Trove and East Barry properties show high probability of having gold in multiple areas, the Discovery property has permits for 15 exploration drillholes and received drill permits for its wholly-owned NMX East Property located near Nemaska, Québec.
Durango is backed by a regionally experienced technical staff that have made their own discoveries in Quebec, and management that have purposely supported the company for this strategic land to have its moment. Durango aims to prove that bigger isn’t always better, and that small cap exploration companies can make market grabbing discoveries. 2021 is the year Durango makes a discovery of their own in Quebec, aligning them with Bonterra, Osisko and Troilus for the markets attention.
Here are the 3 things you need to know
1. Drilling at East Barry Returned Silver and Gold in Granite
The East Barry Property is located south of Windfall Lake and adjoins both Osisko Mining Inc. (TSX-OSK) and Bonterra Resources Inc. (TSX-BTR) in the Abitibi Greenstone belt which to date has produced over 200M ounces of gold. Durango wholly owns the 7,740-hectare East Barry Property which runs parallel to its wholly owned Trove Property at Windfall Lake, Québec.
The East Barry Property hosts a crosscutting fault system striking towards Windfall Lake lending the project great discovery potential.
The purpose of the initial East Barry drill campaign was to gain an understanding of the geology in the area and to identify the structure, dip, and fertility of the rock. The outcrop on the East Barry Property is limited and virtually no historical exploration has occurred on the property prior to the recent work completed by Durango. To date, knowledge of the area has been based solely on the geophysical surveys and till sampling completed by Durango.
Previous till surveys identified a gold trend of up to 10 km with gold assays reaching up to 2.19 g/t Au
Durango’s exploratory drill holes were conducted as an initial step to help identify a prospective target for the source of the gold in the till, given the limited outcrop at surface.
2. Wholly Owned Discovery Property
Durango owns 100% interest in the Discovery claims, which are adjacent Osisko Mining Inc. and are 60km away from Troilus Gold Inc.’s past producing mine. located on strike to the southwest of the past producing Troilus Gold mine owned by Troilus Gold Corp. (TSX-TLG) and neighbours UrbanGold Minerals Inc. (TSXV-UGM).
Durango’s technical team has prepared tentative summer exploration plan for the Discovery Property.
The 6,700-hectare project is geologically compelling and Durango has permits for 15 exploration drill holes. Prior exploration sampled 7.6 and 6.2 g/t gold surface samples previously obtained on the Discovery property. Durango’s exploration team plans to visit the Discovery Property in 2021.
The Company will provide more details and timing on the Discovery Property visit as they become available.
3. Technical Committee and Management Support
You can’t make a discovery without people and know how to do it. The Windfall Camp has proven there is a tremendous amount of gold buried in the ground, with lots more to be found. Gold, however, doesn’t find itself. For that you need the people and know how to understand where to start looking before committing hard earned shareholder capital on expensive, sometimes, failed drill campaigns.
This is where Dale Ginn gets to help guide Durango. An experienced mining executive and geologist for over 30 years participated in numerous gold and base metal discoveries, many of which are in production today, including the Gladiator Deposit by Bonterra in the Windfall Camp. Dale has the prerequisite experience to coordinate and define an exploration program leading up to a discovery. He has done it before and may accomplish again with Durango.
Lastly, shareholders are thankful to have Marcy Kiesman at the helm of Durango. Ms. Kiesman has routinely supported the company and owns close to 16%. Ms. Kiesman is one of the leading ladies in the exploration business today and has put together an all-female management team positioning Durango toward Discovery, including the recent announcement of Ms. Joanna Cameron to its board of directors.
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at 4:26 PM on Tuesday, July 27th, 2021
Xali Gold ( XGC:TSXV ) has assembled a Western Mexico project portfolio of gold assets and have developed a strategy for organic growth to exploit its Flagship Gold Project El Oro, a prolific high-grade gold-silver epithermal vein system.
Xali has acquired gold and silver projects with near surface exploration potential & near-term production potential:
El Dorado Gold-Silver Project:
Rights to the El Dorado gold and silver historic mines was the initial step in this strategy, providing Xali the right to explore and produce gold, silver and other metals for life of mine.
Cocula Gold Project: profit-sharing agreement
Near term, low cost production potential by leaching and/or flotation
Retain 70% of profits
Recent drill targets Identified
Acquisition of the “SDA” Plant:
The SDA Mill is a fully operational flotation plant which also includes a precious metals leach circuit – Merrill Crowe system and associated assets, licenses and agreements, suitable for treating high grade gold and silver mineralization.
These assets are being positioned to create cash flow to develop Flagship El Oro Gold District where the primary focus is the past producing San Rafael Vein; 2.4km strike of high-grade Epithermal veins.
The project covers 20 veins with past production and more than 57 veins in total and approximately 6.4 million ounces of gold and 74 million ounces of silver were reported to have been produced from just two of these veins. Historical Average grades: 10-12 g/t gold & 120-160 g/t silver
Xali has identified 31 exploration targets
Flooding in one section of the San Rafael vein in 1929 resulted in the other two sections flooding and work ceasing abruptly and unexpectedly. El Oro was not mined out. The financial benefits from Western Mexico operations will translate across platforms to strengthen the Company’s efforts to explore and potentially mine areas demonstrated to contain mineralization of value
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Reid Robison explains the three pillars of Ketamine therapy and the steps we take to prevent misuse.
“I’ve never had a client who we’ve done the appropriate process with who has entered into a troubled relationship with ketamine through the course of their treatment.”
Our Chief Medical Officer joins Health Professional Radio to discuss psychedelic medicine and our rapid expansion phase as we grow our network of clinics, research sites and therapeutic retreats specialized in psychedelic medicine.
“We’re expanding even more with the need that has come up through the pandemic and the willingness to look towards new and improved ways of approaching our mental health”
We are pleased to announce that we have submitted our application to have our common shares posted for trading on the OTCQB® Venture Market, a U.S. trading platform operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc.
“Having the Company’s common shares posted for trading on the OTCQB and providing a more efficient way of trading our shares will be an important milestone in our strategy of building awareness and enhancing accessibility amongst United States investors looking for exposure to the growth potential of Novamind’s mental health and psychedelic medicine business,” said Yaron Conforti, CEO and Director of Novamind.
A groundbreaking Yale study has uncovered a new dimension in understanding how psychedelics affect us: with small, physical changes to the brain. The study tracked how psilocybin, the active molecule in psychedelic mushrooms, not only has significant and long-lasting effects on mood but actually stimulates growth of new neuronal connections within the brain.
Governments around the world accelerated the clinical research process to develop vaccines for the Covid-19 health crisis. So why can’t we do the same for drugs to treat the mental health crisis? Monnica Williams and Morgan Campbell argue the point in the Baltimore Sun, comparing the investment in mental health treatment with physical health treatment: Investment in psychiatric therapies has remained very low compared to the burden of diseases, with $1.80 per $1,000 in disease burden for major depression and $0.40 for bipolar disorder compared to $9.40 for COPD, $7.60 for diabetes and $75.50 for cancer.
The popularity of using ketamine as a psychedelic treatment is only growing, according to ABC News. Less than 60 ketamine clinics existed in the United States in 2015. In 2018, that number climbed to over 300. With over 7,000 ketamine treatments to date, Novamind remains one of the busiest and most experienced ketamine practices in America.
Michael Pollan, the award-winning journalist who wrote “How to Change Your Mind,” a comprehensive examination of psychedelics history and his personal experience, is back. His new book contrasts the effects of three plant-based substances: caffeine, opium and mescaline. His section on mescaline further destigmatizes psychedelics through a critical and journalistic lens.
