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SPONSOR: BetterU Education Corp.
aims to provide access to quality education from around the world. The
company plans to bridge the prevailing gap in the education and job
industry and enhance the lives of its prospective learners by developing
an integrated ecosystem. Click here for more information.
Indian edtech industry to grow at an incredible rate in 2020
Not everyone has access to quality academic resources at school, but more and more people have a phone in their hands nowindicating how edtech is helping democratize education
At the same time, the consumer base is increasing phenomenally, paving way for opportunities not just in the academic space, but in vocational courses and skill development as well
With a robust rise in smartphone ownership and internet adoption, learning has become more personalized, convenient, and all-encompassing. Not everyone has access to quality academic resources at school, but more and more people have a phone in their hands nowindicating how edtech is helping democratize education. At the same time, the consumer base is increasing phenomenally, paving way for opportunities not just in the academic space, but in vocational courses and skill development as well.
AMIDST ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HERE ARE SOME TRENDS THAT SIGNIFY HOW
THE EDTECH INDUSTRY IN INDIA WILL CONTINUE GROWING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE
IN 2020, AND BEYOND:
With the proliferation of smartphones, there has been a significant
shift towards mobile-first solutions and products. In the edtech space,
mobile-first approach will become central for learner experience. There
are many effective ways for mobile learning to be tapped into which can
provide consumers an enhanced experience within a short-time span.
Because of this and other such factors, mobile-first learning products
will explode in the country’s edtech space.
There lies a massive opportunity in the space of vernacular content. A
report by Google India and KPMG estimated that as much as 73% of the
Indian internet users are going to interact in a regional language by
2021. Amid this, having an English-only approach for the platform will
limit the consumer base to a significant extent. Therefore, there is a
lot of scope for business in the vernacular market, and further scope
for them to play a role in bridging the country’s digital divide.
Indians are more than willing to pay for digital services now. Due to
a rise in disposable income, there has been certain income elasticity
towards expenditure on education-related products. This indicates how
across various income levels, Indian consumers are willing to invest in
value-added online learning products and platforms. The ‘freemium’ model
has also led to the rise of paid models by facilitating free trials for
better decision-making on the consumers’ end.
These are some of the several innovations and developments taking
place in various fields of edtech, leading to new delivery methods,
improvement in student engagement tactics, democratized access to
education, personalized experiences, and more. India has a large
consumer base and there are diverse categories of learners, learning
modes, courses, and outcomes that entrepreneurs in the edtech space, or
edupreneurs’ can explore. With our classrooms, workplaces, and job
markets changing owing to the rapidly emerging technologies, edtech has
become all the more relevant today, and will continue to positively
impact more and more people across the country in 2020, and beyond.
Authored article by Micha Borkowski, CEO and co-founder of Brainly, an edutech startup.
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(NAM:TSXV)
A Green Metals Company
New Age Metals has two divisions which focus on the exploration and development of green metals: Platinum Group Metals and Lithium
i.) PGM Division: focus on development of the 100% owned River Valley PGM Project.
ii.) Lithium Canada: focus on exploration of hard rock lithium, in Manitoba, Canada.
Eric Sprott is a strategic shareholder and has an 18.56% ownership of the Company’s current issued and outstanding shares on a post conversion beneficial ownership basis
Largest 100% owned undeveloped primary PGM project in North America, Palladium is the main payable metal accounting for 65% of revenue stream based on 2019 PEA.
1:0.4 (Pd:Pt).
Excellent infrastructure and within 100 kilometers of the Sudbury Metallurgical Complex.
NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimation Q1 2019.
PEA Q3 2019.
2020 plan to follow up on PEA recommendations.
Preliminary Economic Assessment demonstrates positive economics for a large-scale open pit mining operation.
PEA Highlights (CDN$):
Life of mine (LOM) of 14 years, with 6 million tonnes annually of potential process plant feed at an average grade of 0.88 g/t Palladium Equivalent (PdEq) and process recovery rate of 80%, resulting in an annual average payable PdEq production of 119,000 ounces.
Pre-Production capital requirements: $495 M.
Undiscounted cash flow before income and mining taxes of $586M.
Undiscounted cash flow after income and mining taxes of $384M.
Average unit operating cost of $19.50/tonne over the life-of-mine.
Potential for up to 325 jobs at the peak of production.
Using March 11, 2020 spot Palladium price (US$2,275/oz) River Valley Project After-tax IRR is 30% and After-tax NPV (5%) is $C858M.
Figure 1: River Valley Project site map including results from the 2019 Mineral Resource Estimate by zone.2020 River Valley Project Exploration & Development Plan
Management has developed a three-phase exploration and development plan for the balance of 2020.
Phase One will focus on drilling to expand the boundaries of the Pine Zone discovery and to generate rhodium data for future mineral resource estimations.
Phase Two will involve drill testing further geophysical targets in the Northern area of the project, identified in the 2017/2018 induced polarization surveys. The target areas to be drill tested in this program are outlined in Figure 1.
Finally, Phase 3 will be focused on metallurgy – with the primary objective being to improve process recoveries of platinum metals, particularly palladium and including rhodium. We plan to start Phase 1 in early Q2-2020.
Note that each phase is contingent on success from the previous phase.
On April 18, 2018 New Age Metals acquired the Genesis Platinum Group Metals Project.
Figure 3: Genesis Project location map. The road accessible Genesis PGM-Cu-Ni Project adjacent to Richardson Highway and 138 kv electric lines. The project is 460 road kilometers to Fairbanks, Alaska and 120 road kilometers to the all-weather port city of Valdez
The Genesis project’s PGM-Cu-Ni mineralization is hosted in the Tonsina mafic-ultramafic complex, an undrilled, virtually unexplored layered mafic-ultramafic complex. Recent petrology indicates the Genesis mineralization is similar to the Stillwater and Great Dyke complexes.
Known PGM mineralization covers a distance of 9 km across the prospect.
The Genesis PGM-Cu-Ni Project is an under explored, highly prospective multi-prospect drill ready property that warrants follow-up drilling, additional surface mapping, sampling to expand the known footprint of mineralization and to determine the ultimate size and grade of the layered mineralization outlined to date.
The stable land status, ease of access and superb infrastructure make this project prospective for year-around exploration, development and production.
Summer 2019 exploration efforts doubled the strike length of prospective mineralization at our road accessible Genesis PGM-Ni-Cu Project in Alaska.
Currently, New Age is seeking an Option/Joint Venture Partner to assist in the exploration and development of this project.
New Age Metals is the largest mineral claim holder in the prolific, Winnipeg River – Cat Lake Pegmatite Field. All of the claims are held by Lithium Canada Development, a 100% owned Lithium Division of New Age Metals. The company presently has eight Lithium Projects in the region which are along strike of the Tanco Pegmatite and the claims encompass several pegmatite groups.
Situated around the Tanco Mine which in 2019 was acquired by Chinese miner Sinomine, the projects are located 140 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Three of the projects are considered drill ready. Lithium One, Lithium Two and Lithman West
Active exploration of the claim holdings is ongoing.
New Age Metals has signed an exploration agreement with the Sagkeeng
First Nation in regards to the exploration and development of any of
the company’s claims that are located on traditional Sagkeeng
territories.
The Tanco Mine was one of North America’s only producers of
Tantalum, Cesium and Lithium minerals (Spodumene), with the mine opening
in 1969. Owned by the Cabot Corporation as of 1993 until 2019, when
Chinese miner Sinomine purchased from Cabot for US$130M.
Presently the Tanco Mine produces Cesium Formate, a completion fluid for the petroleum industry.
Management is actively seeking a qualified
and dedicated Option Joint Venture Partner to assist in the exploration
and development of these highly prospective projects.
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VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA (MARCH
17, 2020) – MOTA VENTURES CORP. (CSE: MOTA FSE: 1WZ: GR OTC: PEMTF) (the
“Companyâ€or “Mota
Venturesâ€) an emerging direct to consumer global CBD brand, is
pleased to announce it will be hosting an investor conference call on
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 with Mota Ventures management, Ryan Hoggan, CEO and
Joel Shacker, President to discuss current developments
The call will
be held on Wednesday, March 18th, at 1:15 pm Pacific Time. Media are invited to attend on a listen-only
basis.
Conference
details:
Canada/USA TF:
1-800-319-4610
International
Toll: +1-604-638-5340
Germany TF:
0800-180-1954
Callers should
dial in 5 – 10 min prior to the scheduled start time and simply ask to join the
call.
Conference
replay
Canada/USA TF:
1-800-319-6413
International
Toll: +1-604-638-9010
Replay Access
Code: 4251
About Mota Ventures Corp.
Mota Ventures
is seeking to become a vertically integrated global CBD brand. Its plan is to
cultivate and extract CBD into high-quality value added products from its Latin
American operations and distribute it both domestically and internationally.
Its existing operations in Colombia consist of a 2.5-hectare site that has
optimal year round growing conditions and access to all necessary
infrastructure. Mota Ventures is also seeking to acquire revenue producing CBD
brands and operations in both Europe and North America, with the goal of
establishing an international distribution network for CBD products. Low cost
production, coupled with international, direct to customer, sales channels will
provide the foundation for the success of Mota Ventures.
ON BEHALF OF THEBOARD
OF DIRECTORS
MOTA VENTURES CORP.
Joel Shacker
President
For further information,
readers are encouraged to contact Joel Shacker, President at +604.423.4733 or
by email at [email protected] or www.motaventuresco.com
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release, which has been prepared by management.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -With 9 in 10 Americans favoring legalization of Marijuana for recreation or medicinal purposes and New York weeks away from a decision, aging expert Lisa Cini shares details of marijuana and cannabidiol (CBD) usage among the 11,000+ boomers who responded to her marijuana survey and answered a variety of questions on marijuana consumption, opinion, and usage.
“It’s time to mainstream senior-friendly tools for using marijuana,
and consider implications for designing seniors’ living spaces, or help
those marijuana-using seniors living in multi-generational homes to
partake in designated ways and areas as not to offend family members who
don’t use, including children and grandchildren.â€Tweet this
“I’m not surprised that 83% of the respondents are using some form of
cannabis for recreational and medical reasons. 66% partake daily and
believe that marijuana and/or CBD use is an important component of their
lives,†says Lisa Cini, senior living expert and author of BOOM: The Baby Boomers Guide to Leveraging Technology, so that you can Preserve Your Independent Lifestyle & Thrive. “Don’t
forget that much of the boomer generation grew up smoking weed. Some
never stopped, resumed in retirement, or when they were no longer
raising children. Because the aging process is unforgiving as it relates
to pain, seniors are finding relief from achy bones and joints,
arthritis, sleeplessness, and many other ailments, proving that there’s a
great deal more to marijuana than just getting high, especially for
those battling health and comfort challenges.â€
Seniors are using weed in any number of ways, from smoking to baking
and preparing full meals with cannabutter for many perceived health
benefits including relief from insomnia, anxiety, chronic pain,
depression, muscle tension, arthritis, and migraines in addition to
getting high.
For those who desire CBD without THC, popular brands like vitafusion™
now offer gummy vitamins with full spectrum hemp extract and natural
phytocannabinoids (225mg & 10mg CBD per gummy), Blissful Sleep with
5mg Melatonin (300mg with 10mg CBD per gummy) to induce sleep, and
Chillaxed Mood with natural phytocannabinoids & 10mg L-Theanine (300
mg & 10mg CBD per gummy) to promote calm mental alertness, in
contrast to the restless energy sometimes produced by caffeine. CBD
creams and other skin care products are touted for anti-aging and appeal
to boomers. CBD Anti-Aging Cream with Apple Stem Cells, was voted #1
Best Anti-Aging CBD Skin Cream in 2019 and for those with sensitive
skin, Abinoid Botanicals Face Serum – Blue Chamomile & Hemp was
voted #2 best hemp cream.
“Marijuana and CBD use is a reality that can no longer be ignored, as
it’s very much a part of the daily lives of so many,†adds Cini. “It’s
time to mainstream senior-friendly tools for using marijuana, and
consider implications for designing seniors’ living spaces, or help
those marijuana-using seniors living in multi-generational homes to
partake in designated ways and areas as not to offend family members who
don’t use, including children and grandchildren.â€
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SPONSOR: Datametrex AI Limited
(TSX-V: DM) A revenue generating small cap A.I. company that NATO and
Canadian Defence are using to fight fake news & social media
threats. The company announced three $1M contacts in Q3-2019. Click here for more info.
Synthetic media: The real trouble with deepfakes
By M. Mitchell Waldrop
The snapshots above look like people you’d know. Your daughter’s best friend from college, maybe? That guy from human resources at work? The emergency-room doctor who took care of your sprained ankle? One of the kids from down the street?
“Deepfakes play to our weaknesses,†explains Jennifer Kavanagh, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation and coauthor of “Truth Decay,â€
Nope. All of these images are “deepfakes†— the nickname for
computer-generated, photorealistic media created via cutting-edge
artificial intelligence technology. They are just one example of what
this fast-evolving method can do. (You could create synthetic images
yourself at ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com.) Hobbyists, for example, have used the same AI techniques to populate YouTube with a host of startlingly lifelike video spoofs
— the kind that show real people such as Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin
doing or saying goofy things they never did or said, or that revise
famous movie scenes to give actors like Amy Adams or Sharon Stone the
face of Nicolas Cage. All the hobbyists need is a PC with a high-end
graphics chip, and maybe 48 hours of processing time.
It’s good fun, not to mention jaw-droppingly impressive. And coming
down the line are some equally remarkable applications that could make
quick work out of once-painstaking tasks: filling in gaps and scratches
in damaged images or video; turning satellite photos into maps; creating
realistic streetscape videos to train autonomous vehicles; giving a
natural-sounding voice to those who have lost their own; turning
Hollywood actors into their older or younger selves; and much more.
Deepfake artificial-intelligence methods can map the face of, say,
actor Nicolas Cage onto anyone else — in this case, actor Amy Adams in
the film Man of Steel.
Yet this technology has an obvious — and potentially enormous — dark
side. Witness the many denunciations of deepfakes as a menace,
Facebook’s decision in January to ban (some) deepfakes outright and
Twitter’s announcement a month later that it would follow suit.
“Deepfakes play to our weaknesses,†explains Jennifer Kavanagh, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation and coauthor of “Truth Decay,â€
a 2018 RAND report about the diminishing role of facts and data in
public discourse. When we see a doctored video that looks utterly real,
she says, “it’s really hard for our brains to disentangle whether that’s
true or false.†And the internet being what it is, there are any number
of online scammers, partisan zealots, state-sponsored hackers and other
bad actors eager to take advantage of that fact.
“The threat here is not, ‘Oh, we have fake content!’†says Hany
Farid, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley,
and author of an overview of image forensics in the 2019 Annual Review of Vision Science.
Media manipulation has been around forever. “The threat is the
democratization of Hollywood-style technology that can create really
compelling fake content.†It’s photorealism that requires no skill or
effort, he says, coupled with a social-media ecosystem that can spread
that content around the world with a mouse click.
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SPONSOR: BetterU Education Corp.
aims to provide access to quality education from around the world. The
company plans to bridge the prevailing gap in the education and job
industry and enhance the lives of its prospective learners by developing
an integrated ecosystem. Click here for more information.
Can coronavirus do for edtech what demonetisation did for digital payments in India?
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced several schools and colleges across India to temporarily close. In Delhi alone, over two million kids are being forced to stay at home with primary schools shut until March 31.
With fresh cases being reported each day, there are expectations that more schools and colleges will be closed in the coming weeks.
On Nov. 8, 2016, digital payments companies became mainstream in India overnight
after the government suddenly decided to demonetise two high-value
currency notes. Now, education technology (edtech) firms are hoping for
an encore in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced several schools and colleges across India to temporarily close. In Delhi alone, over two million kids
are being forced to stay at home with primary schools shut until March
31. With fresh cases being reported each day, there are expectations
that more schools and colleges will be closed in the coming weeks.
Edtech companies are jumping to make the most of the situation,
offering free access to their courses during a time that typically flags
off the exam season.
But overnight success might be hard to come for these platforms, experts said.
“While a smartphone is good enough for browsing, social media, and so
on, for studies, assignments, and projects, it doesn’t suffice,â€
Prateek Shukla, CEO & co-founder Bengaluru-based coding bootcamp
Masai School, told Quartz. “A stable internet and electricity connection
is the biggest challenge.†Power outages are still very frequent across
most Indian cities, especially in smaller towns.
And that is just one of the many hurdles. Companies, though, are going all out to make hay.
Wooing India
On March 11, Bengaluru-based Byju’s, the world’s biggest edtech firm,
said it was making all its learning programmes for students in classes 1
through 12 free until April-end. Soon after, rival Toppr offered free
access to its live and video classes for school kids until March 31, and
Unacademy announced 20,000 free live classes for candidates looking to
prep for entrance exams for union public service commission, banking,
railways, and more.
“We want learners to utilise this time…We will support the education
system in every way possible to weather the storm,†said Gaurav Munjal,
co-founder and CEO of Unacademy. Toppr said it will consider extending
the free access for students if schools don’t reopen after March.
Edtech is already well equipped to handle a possible surge in demand,
said Akash Singhal, founder & CEO of edtech startup Illumnus.
Teachers producing online lessons have already been working remotely, so
there is no additional cost in producing lessons.
The initiatives are already bringing in gains.
Noida-based Gradeup has seen a 25% uptick in daily enrolments since
it doubled the number of free video on its platform in light of the
coronavirus outbreak.
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Received its standard cultivation licence from Health Canada for 24,500 sq. ft. of indoor cannabis cultivation space at its purpose-built cannabis production facility located on 135 acres of agricultural land in Low, Quebec
Receipt of this licence allows the Company to proceed with phase one (indoor cultivation) at its Quebec Facility.
Company will soon be filing an amendment application with Health Canada to licence an additional 1,000,000 sq. ft. of outdoor cultivation space
TORONTO, March 16, 2020 – North Bud Farms Inc. (CSE: NBUD) (OTCQB: NOBDF) (“NORTHBUD” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GrowPros MMP Inc., has received its standard cultivation licence from Health Canada for 24,500 sq. ft. of indoor cannabis cultivation space at its purpose-built cannabis production facility located on 135 acres of agricultural land in Low, Quebec (the “Quebec Facilityâ€).  The receipt of this licence allows the Company to proceed with phase one (indoor cultivation) at its Quebec Facility.
Highlights:
Cultivation is expected to begin
shortly with the first four months focused on establishing an inventory
of mother plants and clones in preparation for the outdoor growing
season that begins in late June;
The Company will soon be filing an
amendment application with Health Canada to licence an additional
1,000,000 sq. ft. of outdoor cultivation space, which it hopes will be
approved in the second quarter of 2020. Operationalizing the outdoor
cultivation space represents phase two of the Company’s strategy for its
Quebec Facility;
The Company expects the operation of
the Quebec Facility to create approximately 25 local jobs in the
Gatineau Valley region of Quebec; and
Upon full operation of both the indoor
and expected outdoor cultivation space at the Quebec Facility, the
annual production is estimated to be up to 20,000,000 grams per year.
“We are extremely excited about this
announcement as it represents another significant step forward in
NORTHBUD’s strategy to assemble a portfolio of cost-efficient
cultivation facilities located in strategic jurisdictions,†said Sean
Homuth, CEO of NORTHBUD. “The receipt of our Canadian licence now gives
us active licensed facilities in California, Nevada and Canada, three
of the largest and most important recreational cannabis markets in the
world. These facilities will be used for the production of NORTHBUD
branded cannabis products to be sold in all three of those key
jurisdictions.â€
“I would like to thank our shareholders for
their support over the past 18 months, as well as our team for their
hard work and dedication, particularly the work of Magda Farid, our Vice
President of Compliance and Quality Assurance, and Kyle Foley, our Head
of Facilities Management, both of whom have been instrumental in
achieving this milestone,†said Ryan Brown, Executive Chairman of
NORTHBUD and CEO of GrowPros MMP Inc. “We are very proud to be the
second licensed producer in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The
culmination of this project is not only important for the Company but
also for the economy of the local town of Venosta, Quebec, and we look
forward to strengthening our relationship with our local community as we
move into the operational phase with the Quebec Facility.â€
Board of Director Change Effective
March 9, 2020, Michael Saxon has resigned from the Company’s Board of
Directors due to requirements related to his new employment elsewhere.
“I want to sincerely thank Michael for his
direction and guidance since the inception of the Company and wish him
well with his new role and future endeavors,†said Ryan Brown, Executive
Chairman.
About North Bud Farms Inc. North
Bud Farms Inc. owns and operates, through its subsidiaries, licensed
cannabis facilities in Canada, California and Nevada. Bonfire Brands
USA, the Company’s U.S. subsidiary, acquired cannabis production
facilities in Salinas, California and Reno, Nevada in late 2019. The
Salinas, California 11-acre farm is actively cultivating cannabis in its
60,000 sq. ft. of licensed greenhouse production space. The Reno,
Nevada facility, located on 3.2 acres of land, was acquired through the
acquisition of Nevada Botanical Science, Inc., and includes a
world-class cannabis production, research and development facility with
5,000 sq. ft. of indoor cultivation space which holds medical and
adult-use licenses for cultivation, extraction and distribution.
Through its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, GrowPros MMP Inc., the
Company built and owns a state-of-the-art purpose-built cannabis
production facility located on 135 acres of agricultural land in Low,
Quebec, Canada. The Low, Quebec facility currently has 24,500 sq. ft.
of licensed indoor cultivation space; the Company expects to submit its
licence application to Health Canada for an additional 1,000,000 sq. ft.
of outdoor cultivation space in the near future.
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 and information included in this press release that, to the
extent they are not historical fact, constitute forward-looking
information or statements (collectively, “forward-looking statementsâ€)
within the meaning of applicable securities legislation.
Forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to those
identified by the expressions “anticipateâ€, “believeâ€, “planâ€,
“estimateâ€, “expectâ€, “intendâ€, “mayâ€, “should†and similar expressions
to the extent they relate to the Company or its management.
Forward-looking statements, including but
not limited to, the status of any of the Company’s current or future
licence applications with Health Canada under the Cannabis Act, the
Company’s ability to execute its strategic plan, conditions in the
cannabis market, the Company entering agreements in connection with the
B2B supply of cannabis and the Company’s transition into a
revenue-generating operational phase of development are based on the
reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of management
made in light of its experience and its perception of trends, current
conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that
management believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances
at the date that such statements are made, but which may prove to be
incorrect.
Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ
materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, among others, the risk factors included in the
Company’s final long form prospectus dated August 21, 2018, which is
available under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any such
forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. New factors
emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company’s
management to predict all of such factors and to assess in advance the
impact of each such factor on the Company’s business or the extent to
which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect information, events, results,
circumstances or otherwise after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law including
securities laws. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell
or a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities of the Company.
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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at 7:00 PM on Sunday, March 15th, 2020
Until now, investor participation in Artificial Intelligence has been the domain of mega companies and those funded by Silicon Valley. Small cap investors can finally consider participating in the great future of A.I. through Datametrex AI (DM: TSXV) (Soon To Be Nexaology) who has achieved the following over the past few months:
Q3 Revenues Of $1.6 million, an increase of 186%
9 Month Revenues Of $2.56M an increase of 37%
Repeat Contracts Of $1M and $600,000 With Korean Giant LOTTE
$954,000 Contract With Canadian Department of Defence To Fight Social Media Election Meddling
Participation In NATO Research Task Group On Social Media Threat Detection
When a small cap Artificial Intelligence company is successfully
deploying its technology with military and conglomerates, smart
investors have to take a closer look.
That look can begin with our latest interview of Datametrex CEO,
Marshall Gunter, who talks to us about the use of the Company’s
Artificial Intelligence to discover and eliminate US Presidential
election meddling. The fake news isn’t just targeting candidates
specifically, it also targets wedge issues such as abortion cases now
before the US Supreme Court and even the Coronavirus.
Watch this interview on one of your favourite screens or hit play and listen to the audio as you drive.
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at 5:33 PM on Friday, March 13th, 2020
VANCOUVER, BC / March 13, 2020 / Mota Ventures Corp. (CSE:MOTA)(FSE:1WZ1)(OTC:PEMTF) (the “Company“)
is excited to announce that for the month of February 2020, its First
Class CBD brand achieved sales of Cdn$2,981,000, with related expenses
for the same time period totaling Cdn$2,814,000. Due to accelerated
marketing efforts in late January 2020, the brand was able to improve
gross margins by 4.9% from January 2020 to February 2020. The Company
anticipates these efforts will yield a further positive impact on
revenue and margin in subsequent months. Sales for February 2019 were
Cdn$320,000; therefore, February 2020 represents an increase of 832%
over the same period last year.
First Class offers a CBD hemp-oil formulation intended to provide
users with the therapeutic benefits that hemp may offer. The hemp oil
used in the products is derived from hemp grown and cultivated in the
United States. The extraction process is designed to maintain all the
beneficial qualities that hemp may offer. First Class offers a range of
products, which include CBD oil drops, CBD gummies, CBD pain relief
cream, CBD skin serum and CBD coffee. The Company plans to continue
growth of First Class in the United States over the balance of 2020, as
well as an expansion into the European market.
“I am extremely pleased with the performance of the First Class brand
through the beginning months of 2020. The continued growth we are
experiencing is evidence of the strong consumer demand in the CBD
market. While eCommerce demand is generally weakest in January and
February, we continue to demonstrate our leadership through achieving
approximately Cdn$5,874,000 in revenue through the first two months of
the year,” stated Ryan Hoggan, CEO of the Company.
The Company cautions that figures for revenue, expenses and margin
generated from the sale of First Class CBD products have not been
audited, and are based on calculations prepared by management. Actual
results may differ from those reported in this release once these
figures have been audited. These figures were translated from US dollar
into Canadian dollar using the Bank of Canada monthly average exchange
rates of 1.3301 for January 2019, 1.3206 for February 2019, 1.3087 for
January 2020 and 1.3286 for February 2020.
About Mota Ventures Corp.
Mota Ventures is seeking to become a vertically integrated global CBD
brand. Its plan is to cultivate and extract CBD into high-quality value
added products from its Latin American operations and distribute it
both domestically and internationally. Mota has established distribution
networks through the acquisition of First Class CBD in the United
States and Sativida in Europe. Mota Ventures is also seeking to acquire
revenue producing CBD brands and operations in both Europe and North
America, with the goal of establishing an international distribution
network for CBD products. Low cost production, coupled with
international, direct to customer, sales channels will provide the
foundation for the success of Mota Ventures.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MOTA VENTURES CORP.
Ryan Hoggan Chief Executive Officer
For further information, readers are encouraged to contact Joel Shacker, President at +604.423.4733 or by email at [email protected] or www.motaventuresco.com
During a normal flu season, frequent weed smokers know the drill.
Pay closer attention to everyone’s cough patterns during a smoke
sesh. Stop accepting mouth-wet blunts from strangers. And if you think
you’re coming down with something, wave a lighter under the mouthpiece
before passing the pipe.
This year, obviously, things are a bit more serious. We’re dealing
with multiple citywide quarantines, global economic disruption, and a
pandemic being compared to the damn Spanish flu. It’s enough to make
self-respecting cannabis enthusiasts re-evaluate their medicine cabinet
and diversify their stash box.
Obviously, there’s no dependable research on CBD’s or THC’s effect on
COVID-19. But we do know a few things about cannabis and general
wellness. Down the rabbit hole of alternative cannabinoids and
non-psychoactive cannabis, there is a wealth of potential medicinal
benefits both preventative and curative.
At least when it comes to the regular flu, CBD has been found to help
support immune systems, ease symptoms, and replace over-the-counter
pain relievers, sleep aids, and medicated salves currently taking up
space in our medicine cabinet. But not just any CBD will do, and CBD
alone won’t do it all.
Obviously, the best course of action right now is to keep vigorously
washing your hands, mind your coughs, avoid large crowds, and be a bit
more stingy with your pipes and joints. But if you find yourself
slipping under the weather, for whatever reason, here are a few things
to know about how cannabis might help ease symptoms.
CBD for Immune System Support
Tons more research is required to accurately map the relationship
between the immune and endocannabinoid systems, but it’s well
established that CBD helps reduce self-harming autoimmune and
inflammatory responses. “CBD has been found to act as an immune system
modulator,” says Anna Symonds, director of East Fork Cultivars’ CBD
Certified program. “This means that it’s like a thermostat—it can turn
the level of activity down or up, depending on the body’s needs.”
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