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Enthusiast Gaming $EGLX.ca Hires US Sales Team and Opens San Francisco Office

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:40 AM on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
  • Announced that it has opened a US-based office and hired a sales team to drive advertising sales and increase annual revenue.
  • The US-based sales team is based in San Francisco and will be responsible for leading North American sales.
  • This expands the company’s current reach with a sales team in San Francisco, London, UK, and the corporate head office in Toronto.

TORONTO, Feb. 06, 2019 — Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSXV: EGLX) (OTCQB: EGHIF), (“Enthusiast” or the “Company”), a gaming company building the world’s largest community of authentic gamers, is pleased to announce that it has opened a US-based office and hired a sales team to drive advertising sales and increase annual revenue. The US-based sales team is based in San Francisco and will be responsible for leading North American sales. This expands the company’s current reach with a sales team in San Francisco, London, UK, and the corporate head office in Toronto. The company kicked off the opening of the sales office with a West Coast advertising roadshow, meeting with top gaming publishers, global brands, and media agencies.

Over half of Enthusiast’s network website traffic originates from the US, and with the recent Omnia Media partnership, Enthusiast also represents the largest YouTube gaming MCN (multi-channel network) with 900 YouTube channels and an additional 50 million monthly visitors. The expansion to the US is an important catalyst for growth to capitalize on Enthusiast’s growing network and provides availability and access to a number of significant advertising partners based in California.

“The decision to open an office in San Francisco was a logical step in our business growth strategy,” said Eric Bernofsky, COO of Enthusiast Gaming. “A large number of ad agencies and game publishers are located on the West Coast and it’s critical that we meet clients where they live to service them most effectively,” Bernofsky concluded.

To date, most of Enthusiast’s revenue generated has been from programmatic advertising. The launch of the West Coast office will allow the Company to monetize website traffic more efficiently and effectively through direct brand and agency relationships. 

As one of the gaming industry’s fastest growing companies with a significant network of gamers around the world, Enthusiast enables brands and agencies to reach a prime target audience through various advertising tactics, online and offline. Enthusiast has partnered with some of the world’s leading brands, including Activision Blizzard, Nintendo, Bell and Microsoft and deploying a sales team will drive engagement and continue to build important brand relationships.

About Enthusiast

Founded in 2014, Enthusiast is the fastest-growing community of video gamers. Through the Company’s unique acquisition strategy, it has a platform of over 80 owned and affiliated websites reaching over 75 million monthly visitors and 900 YouTube channels and an additional 50 million monthly visitors. Enthusiast also owns and operates Canada’s largest gaming expo, Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo, EGLX, (eglx.ca) with over 55,000 people attending in 2018. For more information on the Company, visit www.enthusiastgaming.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Investor Relations:
Julia Becker
Head of Investor Relations & Marketing
[email protected]
(604) 785.0850

This news release contains certain statements that may constitute forward-looking information under applicable securities laws. All statements, other than those of historical fact, which address activities, events, outcomes, results, developments, performance or achievements that Enthusiast anticipates or expects may or will occur in the future (in whole or in part) should be considered forward-looking information. Such information may involve, but is not limited to, comments with respect to strategies, expectations, planned operations and future actions of the Company. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statements formed in the future tense or indicating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” (or other variations of the forgoing) be taken, occur, be achieved, or come to pass. Forward-looking information is based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and operating plans, strategies or beliefs as of the date of this news release, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Enthusiast to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors may be based on information currently available to Enthusiast, including information obtained from third-party industry analysts and other third-party sources, and are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs regarding future growth, results of operations, future capital (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof) and expenditures. Any and all forward-looking information contained in this press release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Trading in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

The securities of the Corporation have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirement. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Enthusiast Gaming $EGLX.ca – These are the #esports games to watch out for in 2019 $ATVI $TTWO $GAME $EPY.ca $TCEHF

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:25 PM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

SPONSOR: Enthusiast Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSX-V: EGLX) Uniting gaming communities with 80 owned and affiliated websites, currently reaching over 75 million monthly visitors. The company partial 2018 reported revenue of $7.4 million representing a 625% increase over the same period in 2017.

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These are the esports games to watch out for in 2019

  • The esports industry economy is expected to hit $1.65 billion by 2021, fueled by nearly 250 million esports enthusiasts and another 307 million casual viewers.
  • That revenue and viewer forecast could get even higher based on heavy-hitters like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds officially entering the esports arena in 2019.
  • Whether you’re not familiar with esports or you’re a dedicated longtime fan, we’ve compiled a list of the esports games to watch out for this year.

A few esports games on our list are relative newcomers, while games like Dota 2 and League of Legends are showing their age. They’re all still hot titles and should provide plenty of fun, frenetic gameplay throughout the year. Best of all, you can play in several of the listed tournaments!

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

Activision’s latest Black Ops entry launched Oct. 12, 2018 on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. It includes a new game mode called “Blackout,” which replaces the traditional campaign with a battle royale mode. However, you won’t see people competing in that mode just yet. The Call of Duty World League (CWL) lists Hardpoint, Search & Destroy, and Control as the battle modes for the 2019 season.

According to the league, the esports format is changing to five-versus-five for 2019. Participants will also get an updated ruleset, the largest Call of Duty esports prize pool to date — a hefty $6 million â€” and the removal of region restrictions for all LAN-based events. Qualifications for the Pro League — launching Feb. 4 — are also changing, to remove the relegation period and second stage. Teams will receive extra prize money for participating in the CWL Pro League as well.

The second open event of the 2019 season takes place in Fort Worth, Texas during March 15 to March 17. You can watch the show on Twitch here.

Clash Royale

Developed and published by Supercell, this real-time strategy game arrived on Android and iOS in March 2016. Clash Royale mashes multiple genres into one multiplayer game: Online battle arena, collectible card game, and tower defense. Players battle in one-on-one and two-on-two matches trying to destroy the highest number of opposing towers.

Supercell’s official esports league for 2018 consisted of 40 teams from Asia and Mainland China, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Each team had four to six players, three of which played in one-on-one and two-on-two games on match days. The best team in each region moved on to compete in the Clash Royale League World Finals. To become a pro team member for season one, you needed complete 20 wins in the CRL Challenge in March 2018.

Supercell hasn’t released any details for 2019, but we’ll keep you updated here. Meanwhile, you can watch the Clash Royale League 2018 tournament here.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Few esports games have had as much impact as Counter Strike: Global Offensive. This first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment launched in 2012 and became an esport the following year. Valve currently sponsors Major Championships (called Majors), in which 24 teams compete for a prize pool of $1 million. The list of hosts over the years include ELeague, Electronic Sports League (ESL), and Major League Gaming (MLG). The first Major of the year will be during Intel Extreme Masters XIII in Katowice hosted by ESL.

Valve changed the Majors format starting with Boston’s ELeague Major in early 2018. The company renamed all three stages, increased the overall team count to 24, and introduced stickers for all participating teams. ESL plans to tweak the Major format again before the Katowice tournament to implement the new Swiss system used in the Chicago Major in November. This pits teams against opponents with the same ELO rankings, rather than pairing teams with opponents of harder or weaker skill.

To see a list of Minor Championships for 2019 not sponsored by Valve, head here. Those sponsored by Valve can be found here. Currently, CS:GO is the most-watched esports game on Twitch and YouTube.

Dota 2

Just before Dota 2’s launch in 2013, Valve invited 16 Defense of the Ancients esports teams to play the unreleased game in a tournament during Gamecom 2011. Valve held a second tournament in 2012 during PAX Prime, followed by the official launch of The International at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle during 2013. The most recent International event took place in Vancouver, Canada in August 2018, where 18 teams compete for a prize pool $25 million.

Currently the second-most watched esports game on Twitch and YouTube, Dota 2 consists of two teams of five players with the goal of eliminating the opposing team’s Ancient. You can watch The International through Twitch, Steam Broadcasting, YouTube, China’s Gamefy, and in some cases traditional networks. Prize pool money stems from the purchase of a Battle Pass and related in-game items with a starting price of $10.

Fortnite

The first Fortnite World Cup arrives in late 2019. Qualifiers were originally scheduled for Fall 2018, but they were pushed to sometime in 2019. Epic Games wants the competition open to all Fortnite players rather than sell teams and franchises, or fund third-party leagues. Backing this tournament is a hefty $100 million split between various major and minor events “at different levels of competition.”

Fortnite entered the esports scene in 2018 with its first Pro-Am event, during E3 2018. After that, Epic Games held the Summer and Fall Skirmish series followed by the Winter Royale in December. The next non-World Cup event sponsored by Epic Games will be the Secret Skirmish on Feb. 14 and 15, with a prize pool of $500,000. This event will be invite-only at an undisclosed location.

League of Legends

Originally launching in 2012, the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) changed its format in 2016, bringing ten teams into Riot Games’ Los Angeles studios to compete live on Twitch and YouTube. The annual season consists of two local nine-week sessions, with the best three teams of each session moving on to compete in regional finals. After that, the winning team competes with other teams from across the globe in the League of Legends World Championship. Overall, 13 regions follow this or a similar format prior to the global showdown.

The 2018 World Championship saw 24 teams compete for a chunk of the $2.4 million prize pool and the tournament’s coveted trophy. The 2019 schedule started Feb. 2 here in North America and the local Spring Finals are scheduled for April 13 in St. Louis, Missouri. This year Riot Games chose to remove the third and fourth place matches, resulting in only two teams competing for the Spring Split Champion title and the chance to move on to the Mid-Season Invitational.

Both the European and North America leagues also rebranded for the 2019 season — the NALCS is now called the LCS, and the EULCS is now called the League European Championship (LEC).

According to the Esports Charts, the 2018 League of Legends World Championship was the most-viewed tournament of the year.

Overwatch

Activision Blizzard launched the Overwatch League in 2017. Unlike other esports tournaments, the company chose the traditional sports format with Overwatch, allowing companies and individuals to own teams established in specific cities. Team owners include New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (Boston), Misfits Gaming CEO Ben Sproont (Miami – Orlando), and New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon (New York). The roster now consists of 20 established teams spread out across the globe.

The 2019 season begins Feb. 14, with four matches including Philadelphia Fusion taking on London Spitfire, and New York Excelsior competing against Boston Uprising. Activision Blizzard breaks the season down into four five-week stages. The schedule shows Week five of Stage four taking place in Los Angeles at the end of August, so get ready for loads of coverage through the spring and summer. London Spitfire won the 2018 Grand Finals at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, in a two-day showdown that reeled in nearly 11 million viewers.

You can watch the Overwatch League on Twitch.

The League is different than the Overwatch World Cup. Instead of using city-based teams, the World Cup consists of individuals chosen by the community in 32 countries based on their skill rating. These countries are divided into eight groups with four teams in each group. Eventually the top team in each group battle each other across four stages until the final showdown during BlizzCon.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

After announcing a five-year plan to establish an esports presence, PUGB Corp. launched the first season of the official global pro competition for PUBG in January 2019. The competition consists of three phases separated by two global events and an All-Star Games session featuring the best players from each region: North America, Europe, Korea, China, Japan, Chinese Taipai/Hong Kong/Macao, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. The 2019 Global Championship concludes in November.

Prior to the new Global Championship, the first major tournament hosted by PUGB Corp. was the 2018 Global Invitational in Berlin, with a prize pool of $2 million. Before that, Bluehole and the ESL conducted an invitational during Gamescom in 2017. Going forward, the PUBG Esports pro competition rules include 16 squads of four players, the Erangel and Miramar maps, a locked first-person perspective, and a global points system.

Head here to watch these sessions on YouTube.

Rocket League

Developer Psyonix launched the Rocket League Championship Series in 2016. According to Psyonix, Season 7 kicks off 2019 with support for cross-platform play, bringing in gamers on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC through Steam. The North American qualifiers begin March 2, while the European qualifiers begin March 3. South America becomes an official region in this season as well, though details regarding the qualifiers will be released “in the coming weeks.” League play begins April 6 in North America and April 7 in Europe.

Psyonix previously increased the prize pool to $1 million in Season 6, and added another $100,000 for the Rival Series. Introduced in Season 4, the Rival Series is a secondary league composed of the top eight teams that didn’t qualify for the Championship Series. After a five-week duel, the top two teams emerge to compete against the seventh and eighth place Championship Series teams. Rival Series League Play begins April 12.

You can livestream the events on Twitch and YouTube.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Splatoon 2

Nintendo’s first tournaments for the year starts in February and anyone can participate. For the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019, Nintendo will conduct three online qualifying sessions on Feb. 2, Feb. 16, and March 9 in four regions across North America: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. The final showdown will include players from Mexico and Canada during the PAX East gaming convention in Boston on March 30, 2019. You can read the official rules here, or if you’d simply rather watch, the online qualifiers and final match will be livestreamed.

For the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019, the schedule is slightly different. Captains must register their team and an additional player between January 22 and February 10. After that, teams will qualify for the tournament in Ink Pools on Feb. 10. The top eight teams will include players from Canada and Mexico to compete in the qualifier finals on March 2. Only four teams will make the trip to PAX East in March to compete in the final showdown. You can read the official rules here.

Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/esports-games-949423/

Applied Biosciences $APPB Receives Distribution from Investment in JUUL Labs $HTIM $WMD $JUUL

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:28 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
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  • Received a capital distribution of approximately $186,000 from its investment in JUUL Labs
  • Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) invested $12.8bn in vaping company Juul Labs, a (35% stake) valuing JUUL at $38 billion
  • The global e-cig and vaporizer market is one of the fastest growing consumer markets and has been recently valued at $9.0 billion and expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.6% and reach $49 billion by the end of 2024
  • APPB has a market cap of $15m US & 10m S/O

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied BioSciences Corp. (OTCQB: APPB), a diversified cannabinoid therapeutics company focused on the medical, bioceutical and pet health industries, announced that has received a capital distribution of approximately $186,000 from its investment in JUUL Labs, Inc. (JUUL).   The company has made strategic investments in select companies they believed to be innovators in the consumer space.  The investment remains on the balance sheet under Equity Investments, but the company has begun a strategic review of options for the remaining equity stake. 

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) on December 20, 2018 announced it had invested $12.8bn in vaping company Juul Labs, a 35% stake valuing JUUL at $38 billion.  Howard Willard, Altria’s CEO said in a statement that the move was an effort to “prepare for a future where adult smokers overwhelmingly choose non-combustible products over cigarettes.” 

JUUL has become a success story and one of the fastest growing companies in the US, growing revenue to over $1 billion in a few short years.  Their brand has become synonymous with vaping and the e-cigarette market. 

The global e-cig and vaporizer market is one of the fastest growing consumer markets and has been recently valued at $9.0 billion and expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.6% and reach $49 billion by the end of 2024, according to Research Nestor (www.researchnester.com).

The company continues to make select investments in companies that can help shape the product roadmap and development of new products and potential partnerships.

About Applied BioSciences Corp.
Applied BioSciences Corp. (www.appliedbiocorp.com), is a diversified company focused on multiple areas of the medical, bioceutical and pet health industry. As a leading company in the CBD and Pet health space, the company is currently shipping to the majority of US states as well as to 5 International countries.  The company is focused on select investment, consumer brands, and partnership opportunities in the recreational, health and wellness, nutraceutical, and media industries.

About Trace Analytics Inc.
Trace Analytics Inc. is a leading cannabis science and technology company with significant footprints in lab testing, research and development and licensing. Trace Analytics was started by a group of scientists who specialized in analytical chemistry, genetics and molecular biology.  The focus of the team is to ensure compliance with public safety standards and end user safety. Trace Analytics is in the process of expanding throughout the United States, and globally. With the goal of helping the rest of the world adopt “best practices” in cannabis and hemp testing, the company also provides expert consulting services to legislators and regulators in many countries, states and municipalities around the world. For more information, please visit: http://traceanalytics.com

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CLIENT FEATURE: Tartisan Nickel $TN.ca Kenbridge Property Hosts M&I Resource of 7.14 Million Tonnes at 0.62% Nickel, 0.33% Copper $ROX.ca $FF.ca $EDG.ca $AGL.ca $ANZ.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:09 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

Investment Highlights

  • Kenbridge property has a measured and indicated resource of 7.14 million tonnes at 0.62% nickel, 0.33% copper
  • 17.5 (21.8 fully diluted) percent equity stake in Eloro Resources and 2 percent NSR in their La Victoria property

Kenbridge Ni Project (ON, Canada)

  • Advanced  stage  deposit  remains open  in  three  directions,  is  equipped with a 623m  deep  shaft  and  has  never  been  mined. 
  • Preliminary  Economic Assessment completed and updated returned robust project 
    economics and operating costs including  a  NPV  of  C$253M  and  cash costs of US$3.47/lb of nickel net of  
    copper credits.
  • Plans for Kenbridge include updating PEA, advancing the project through to feasibility and exploring the open mineralization at depth

FULL DISCLOSURE: Tartisan Nickel Corp. is an advertising client of AGORA Internet Relations Corp.

ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Facebook’s $FB latest move proves it’s betting big on #blockchain tech $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:21 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

SPONSOR: ThreeD Capital Inc. (IDK:CSE) Led by legendary financier, Sheldon Inwentash, ThreeD is a Canadian-based venture capital firm that only invests in best of breed small-cap companies which are both defensible and mass scalable. More than just lip service, Inwentash has financed many of Canada’s biggest small-cap exits. Click Here For More Information.

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Facebook’s latest move proves it’s betting big on blockchain tech

Chris Smith

Over the years, Mark Zuckerberg has made a number of smart moves that only helped him expand the reach of Facebook and improve the outlook of the business going forward. Purchases including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus allowed Facebook to grow its customer base and monetize even more user data via ads, compete better against other image and video-based social networks, and develop new hardware and software experiences targeting VR users. The next major objective on Facebook’s roadmap seems to be the blockchain. The company has already confirmed its working on blockchain technology, and reports said Facebook will release its own cryptocurrency in the future, in the form of a stable coin that will be pegged against the dollar. It’s unclear when that will happen, but Facebook just made a significant move that further proves it’s serious about the blockchain.  No matter where the Bitcoin price will go next, blockchain technology is here to stay, as it offers a number of advantages for payments and other applications. Facebook’s team is led by former PayPal president David Marcus, who’s been working on Messenger before that. And Facebook’s blockchain team has just gotten significantly bigger, as the company acqui-hired the team behind Chainspace.

The startup was founded by researchers from University College London, according to Cheddar, and was working on “smart contracts” technology that would leverage blockchain tech for payments and other services.

Four of the five researchers behind Chainspace’s white paper are joining the Facebook blockchain group, people familiar with the matter said. Two of them, including Alberto Sonnino and George Danezis, already list Facebook as their employer. Chainspace’s website was also updated to note that the team is “moving on to something new.”

Facebook confirmed that it hired employees from Chainspace without disclosing any other details about the move.

Following Cheddar, Mashable also reported that Facebook acquired four key people behind the Chainspace tech. That tech, however, isn’t the scope of Facebook’s purchase, as the company only acquired the researchers behind it.

“Chainspace code and documentation will still be open source, and all previously published academic work remains available,” the note on the startup’s website says.

Source: https://bgr.com/2019/02/05/facebook-vs-bitcoin-facebook-buys-team-behind-chainspace-startup/

Vertical Exploration $VERT.ca Announces Wollastonite Research and Development Results

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
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  • Successful completion of Phase Three trials involving cannabis grown with wollastonite (CaSiO3) as a soil additive
  • Phase Three trials BCBD measured and recorded significant improvements in root mass, powdery mildew control and pest elimination.
  • Optimal results occurred with an admixture rate of 10% to 15% Wollastonite to the growth medium

VANCOUVER, BC / February 5, 2019 / VERTICAL EXPLORATION INC. (TSX-V: VERT) (“Vertical” or the Company”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of Phase Three trials involving cannabis grown with wollastonite (CaSiO3) as a soil additive at BC Bud Depot’s (BCBD) ACMPR-licenced Research and Development facilities in Vancouver, BC. The positive Phase Three trials build on the success of Phase Two Trials, which included samples of marijuana grown with 15% wollastonite from the Company’s St. Onge project being entered in an international growers’ competition, winning first place overall for Best Flower at the August 2018 Kootenay Cannabis Cup in Cranbrook, BC. (see October 2, 2018 news release.)

In the Phase Three trials BCBD measured and recorded significant improvements in root mass, powdery mildew control and pest elimination. In every case the most optimal results occurred with an admixture rate of 10% to 15% wollastonite to the growth medium. Most notably, powdery mildew, the most common fungal blight to affect Cannabis sativa, was virtually undetectable with wollastonite admixture above 10%. An admixture above 10% wollastonite also correlated with sharp reductions in the presence of thrips and fungus gnats, insect pests with a sub-soil life phase in which the wollastonite crystals lacerate and impale their soft bodies. At a microscopic level, wollastonite’s needle-like structure penetrates soft-bodied insect larvae and pupae, interrupting the life cycle without the use of pesticides. Wollastonite’s unique properties also allow it to break down into calcium, magnesium and silicon in a highly bio-available form that balances soil PH throughout the growth cycle – this allows the cannabis plants to uptake silicic acid and promotes strong cell walls that better resist insect feeding and spore penetration, supporting increased growth and elevated product yields.

“We recorded a dramatic elevation of overall health among plants grown with wollastonite,” stated Matthew Harvey, CEO of BCBD. “The wollastonite group produced consistently low levels of powdery mildew — little to none – appearing later in the growth cycle. Roots, meanwhile, showed extreme vigour, growing dense and white with no sign of yellowing. Root health indicates a plant’s ability to resist disease and to support high yields of high-quality of finished marijuana.

According to Mr. Harvey the findings of the Phase Three BCBD wollastonite study indicate a major financial implication for the cannabis industry, where a trend towards cultivation of expansive plant canopies creates a powerful incentive for effective and efficient methods of crop protection and production.

As Mr. Harvey explained, “Large-scale cultivators need every tool at their disposal to improve plant health and avoid crop losses – a 10% to 20% loss in crop production due to a preventable outbreak of a destructive fungal pathogen can equate to millions of dollars of lost product. Companies that take crop protection seriously are looking for cost-effective soil additives that not only nourish plants but build resilience against the pests and pathogens that threaten profits. Our findings show wollastonite to be a critical tool for both cannabis crop protection and top-end production in a market where quality is of vital importance. It is no longer acceptable to spray fungicides on marijuana: natural prevention is the key and wollastonite is the answer.

Vertical’s CEO Peter Swistak commented: “We are very excited by these excellent Phase Three results which prove that wollastonite is a very appealing natural growing additive for the cannabis industry because it couples crop protection with product improvement, resulting in a more natural and healthier product for consumers.”

With the highly successful completion of these Phase Three cannabis trials at BCBD, Vertical is now moving aggressively forward with its plans to test market its high-quality St. Onge wollastonite to both micro-producers and large-scale cannabis companies. Vertical believes that the cannabis industry offers significant revenue potential for the company and anticipates providing further updates on its cannabis testing and marketing efforts in the near future.

ABOUT VERTICAL EXPLORATION

Vertical Exploration’s mission is to identify, acquire, and advance high potential mining prospects located in North America for the benefit of its stakeholders. The Company’s flagship St-Onge Wollastonite property is located in the Lac-Saint-Jean area in the Province of Quebec.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Peter P. Swistak, President

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Telephone: 1-604-683-3995
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at www.sedar.com).

SOURCE: Vertical Exploration Inc.

Marijuana Company of America’s $MCOA hempSMART CBD Products Promoted at Super Bowl LIII $AERO $CBDS $CGRW $APH.ca $GBLX $ACG $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:47 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
  • Announced that its wholly owned subsidiary hempSMART™ attended special promotional events for its CBD infused product line during Super Bowl LIII this past weekend
  • The events included Ray Lewis’s “Ray of Hope” Foundation’s Gold Jacket for a Purpose event, and a special presentation at the Ice Box Club in Atlanta.

ESCONDIDO, Calif., Feb. 05, 2019 – via NetworkWire – MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. (“MCOA” or the “Company”) (OTC: MCOA), an innovative hemp and cannabis corporation, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary hempSMART™ attended special promotional events for its CBD infused product line during Super Bowl LIII this past weekend. The events included Ray Lewis’s “Ray of Hope” Foundation’s Gold Jacket for a Purpose event, and a special presentation at the Ice Box Club in Atlanta.

A number of professional athletes, NFL coaches, actors, musicians and other persons of interest attended the events and were given samples of the Company’s hempSMART branded products, including hempSMART™ Brain and hempSMART™ Pain Cream.

Some of the notable attendees were Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders, Andre Reed, Marshawn Lynch, Tyreek Hill, Larry Fitzgerald, Terrell Owens, Candance Parker, Jon Stewart, Andre Reed, Quincy Jones, Malcolm Jenkins, Von Miller, Brandon Marshall, Eddie George, Adrian Peterson, Maroon 5, and the Backstreet Boys.

CEO of MCOA, Donald Steinberg, stated, “Attending the Super Bowl LIII events this past weekend provided a great opportunity for well-known professional athletes and celebrities to discover how amazing and beneficial our products can be for them. MCOA anticipates that the Company will receive added exposure and an increase in brand awareness by exposing well-known individuals to our products.”

MCOA is looking forward to continuing to obtain brand exposure through its involvement at a pre-Oscar event later this month, where the Company expects to give out hempSMART samples to several Hollywood stars.

About Marijuana Company of America, Inc.
MCOA is a corporation which participates in: (1) product research and development of legal hemp-based consumer products under the brand name “hempSMART™â€, that targets general health and well-being; (2) an affiliate marketing program to promote and sell its legal hemp-based consumer products containing CBD; (3) leasing of real property to separate business entities engaged in the growth and sale of cannabis in those states and jurisdictions where cannabis has been legalized and properly regulated for medicinal and recreations use; and, (4) the expansion of its business into ancillary areas of the legalized cannabis and hemp industry, as the legalized markets and opportunities in this segment mature and develop.

About Our hempSMART Products Containing CBD
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not recognized CBD as a safe and effective drug for any indication. Our products containing CBD derived from industrial hemp are not marketed or sold based upon claims that their use is safe and effective treatment for any medical condition as drugs or dietary supplements subject to the FDA’s jurisdiction.

Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” which are not purely historical and may include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, the development, costs and results of new business opportunities and words such as “anticipate”, “seek”, intend”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “plan”, or similar phrases may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with new projects, the future U.S. and global economies, the impact of competition, and the Company’s reliance on existing regulations regarding the use and development of cannabis-based products. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and we assume no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that any beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that any such beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consult all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosure outlined in our annual report on Form 10-12G, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please visit www.sec.gov.

For more information, please visit the Company’s websites at:

MarijuanaCompanyofAmerica.com
hempSMART.com
NetworkNewsWires/MCOA

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Labrador Gold $LAB.ca Announces More Gold Anomalies at Its Hopedale Project

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:26 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
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  • Includes 2.86g/t gold in soils
  • In addition, over 1,000 soil samples with gold concentrations greater than the 90th percentile are considered anomalous and require detailed follow up.
  • LAB controls 57 km strike length of stratigraphy prospective for gold in the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.
  • Detailed soil grids were placed over anomalous gold-in-soil targets with favorable geology and structure to develop specific targets for follow up leading to drilling

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Labrador Gold Corp. (TSX-V: LAB) (“Labrador Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce results from detailed gold exploration of its Hopedale project in Labrador. The company controls a 57 kilometre strike length of stratigraphy prospective for gold in the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt. The exploration program at Hopedale followed up on successful results of 2017 work that outlined regional scale gold in soil and lake sediment anomalies along the length of the belt and included detailed soil sampling, geological mapping, rock sampling and prospecting.

Detailed soil grids were placed over anomalous gold-in-soil targets with favorable geology and structure to develop specific targets for follow up leading to drilling. A total of 10,594 soil samples were taken on 12 grids at a 100m line spacing and 25m sample spacing along the length of the belt. Assays of the samples returned gold values from below detection (<5ppb) to 2,860 ppb. Thirty-four samples returned values greater than 100ppb Au, with five of these samples grading greater than 1,000 ppb Au (1g/t). In addition, over 1,000 soil samples with gold concentrations greater than the 90th percentile are considered anomalous and require detailed follow up. Arsenic values range from less than detection to the upper limit of 10,000 ppm with 90 samples assaying greater than 1,000 ppm.  Antimony values ranged between 0.05 and 171.5 ppm with eight samples assaying greater than 100 ppm.

Elevated gold values were found in samples from all 12 grids although the highest concentrations of samples with anomalous gold are found in the Thurber Dog, Jasmine and Misery grids (See news release dated November 2, for initial results from the Misery and Jasmine grids). Anomalous gold is typically found along the contacts (often sheared) between ultramafic rocks and adjacent mafic, meta-sedimentary or felsic meta-volcanic rocks. In addition, elevated gold concentrations may be associated with specific structures such as a jog in stratigraphy in the northern Thurber Dog grid, a fold nose in the south of the Jasmine grid and an interpreted shear zone running through the Misery grid. These structures are commonly associated with sites of gold mineralization in greenstone belts elsewhere in the world.

Arsenic concentrations are highest along a 4km north-south trend in the Jasmine Grid where massive arsenopyrite was found. Antimony appears to be elevated along interpreted structure, often forming elongate anomalies parallel to such structures as seen on the Misery and Schist Lake grids.

“The latest results of detailed soil sampling at Hopedale continues to turn up gold values above 0.1g/t possibly related to near surface gold mineralization, said Roger Moss, President and Chief Executive Officer of Labrador Gold. “Our growing understanding of the geology and structure of the greenstone belt will allow us to focus on the most prospective areas during the coming field season which should be an exciting one for Labrador Gold.”

“With all the soils from last season now in, we can clearly see nicely defined linear gold trends, some over a kilometer in length, to follow up next field season,” said Shawn Ryan, Technical Adviser to Labrador Gold. “We are now compiling all the data gathered from the past 2 field seasons which includes over 11,000 soils, 400 + rocks, geological and structural mapping. This will be interpreted using the recent Geological Survey of Canada airborne magnetic survey flown last year, along with the historical magnetic surveys in the area. A detailed target Interpretation map will be completed in the next three weeks which will help rank anomalies for our Phase Three Summer 2019 follow up program.”

The company also announces that its major shareholder, Plethora Precious Metals Fund (‘Plethora”) has exercised 3,125,000 warrants. Plethora now holds 9,750,000 shares of the company representing 17.45% of the issued and outstanding shares. We appreciate the continued support of Plethora and their confidence in the exploration strategy of our technical team. Plethora’s principal, Douwe Van Hees, is not a related party of the Company.

All samples were dried in the field before being shipped to the Bureau Veritas preparation laboratory in Timmins, Ontario, with analyses completed at the Vancouver laboratory. Samples were analyzed for gold and another 36 elements by ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry) following an aqua regia digestion. The company routinely submits blanks, field duplicates and certified reference standards with batches of samples to monitor the quality of the analyses.

Roger Moss, PhD., P.Geo., is the qualified person responsible for all technical information in this release.

The company gratefully acknowledges the Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Natural Resources’ Junior Exploration Assistance (JEA) Program for its financial support for exploration of the Hopedale property.

About Labrador Gold:

Labrador Gold is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of prospective gold projects in the Americas. In 2017 Labrador Gold signed a Letter of Intent under which the Company has the option to acquire 100% of the 896 square kilometre (km2) Ashuanipi property in northwest Labrador and the Hopedale (458 km2) property in eastern Labrador.

The Hopedale property covers much of the Hunt River and Florence Lake greenstone belts that stretch over 80 km. The belts are typical of greenstone belts around the world but have been underexplored by comparison. Initial work by Labrador Gold during 2017 show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 3 kilometre section of the northern portion of the Florence Lake greenstone belt in the vicinity of the known Thurber Dog gold showing where grab samples assayed up to 7.8g/t gold. In addition, anomalous gold in soil and lake sediment samples occur over approximately 40 kilometres along the southern section of the greenstone belt (see news release dated January 25th 2018 for more details). Labrador Gold now controls approximately 57km strike length of the Florence Lake Greenstone Belt.

The Ashuanipi gold project is located just 35 km from the historical iron ore mining community of Schefferville, which is linked by rail to the port of Sept Iles, Quebec in the south. The claim blocks cover large lake sediment gold anomalies that, with the exception of local prospecting, have not seen a systematic modern day exploration program. Results of the 2017 reconnaissance exploration program following up the lake sediment anomalies show gold anomalies in soils and lake sediments over a 15 kilometre long by 2 to 6 kilometre wide north-south trend and over a 14 kilometre long by 2 to 4 kilometre wide east-west trend. The anomalies appear to be broadly associated with magnetic highs and do not show any correlation with specific rock types on a regional scale (see news release dated January 18th 2018). This suggests a possible structural control on the localization of the gold anomalies. Historical work 30 km north on the Quebec side led to gold intersections of up to 2.23 grams per tonne (g/t) Au over 19.55 metres (not true width) (Source: IOS Services Geoscientifiques, 2012, Exploration and geological reconnaissance work in the Goodwood River Area, Sheffor Project, Summer Field Season 2011). Gold in both areas appears to be associated with similar rock types.

The Company has 56,264,022 common shares issued and outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol LAB.

For more information please contact:             

Roger Moss, President and CEO   
Tel: 416-704-8291

Or visit our website at: www.labradorgold.com

@LabGoldCorp

$GRAT Gratomic Announces the Submission of Two Additional Exclusive Prospecting Licenses $DNI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:18 AM on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
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  • Submission of two additional Exclusive Prospecting License (“EPL”) applications along the strike from its Aukam Graphite mine in Namibia
  • The Company is putting together a reconnaissance mapping and sampling program to study its graphite bearing ability of the shear along the strike.

TORONTO, Feb. 5, 2019 /CNW/ – Gratomic Inc. (“Gratomic” or the “Company”)  (TSX-V: GRAT) (CB81–FRANKFURT) a vertically integrated graphite to graphenes, advanced materials development company announces the submission of two additional Exclusive Prospecting License (“EPL”) applications along the strike from its Aukam Graphite mine in Namibia.

Aukam graphite is situated in brittle ductile synthetic shear zones exhibiting Riedel shearing. The host rocks consist of granites and gneiss. The synthetic shear zone consists of a strike at 240° to 260° with a sub-vertical dip. Riedel shears observed within the interpreted extensional regime strike at 305° to 320° and provide a conduit for graphite to precipitate within the existing fault structures. Graphite appears to precipitate in jog structures and irregular veins due to an increase of pressure. The shear zone, with its host rock, is expected to continue in the new EPL applications with graphite mineralization propagating from the East and terminating in the West.

The Company is putting together a reconnaissance mapping and sampling program to study its graphite bearing ability of the shear along the strike.

Gratomic’s CO-CEO Arno Brand stated, “Through applying for additional ground, Gratomic will be able to explore the extent of the shear zone along the strike. Having followed the shear zone hosting the graphite to the end of available outcrop, our expectation is that it continues along strike below the aeolian sand cover.”

The following map displays the current Aukam Mine as well as locations of the new EPL Applications. (CNW Group/Gratomic)
The following map displays the Synthetic Dextral Shear and the Graphite Occurrence at the Aukam Mine. (CNW Group/Gratomic)

Qualified Persons
The technical content of this News Release was reviewed and approved by Steven Gray, P. Geo., a “Qualified Person” as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Gratomic Inc.
Gratomic is an advanced materials company focused on mine to market commercialization of graphite products most notably high value graphene based components for a range of mass market products. We are collaborating with a leading European manufacturer of graphenes to use Aukam graphite to manufacture graphene products for commercialization on an industrial scale. The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GRAT. 

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

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management’s current expectations and assumptions.  Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements and by those made in our filings with SEDAR in Canada (available at www.sedar.com).

Gratomic Inc (CNW Group/Gratomic)

SOURCE Gratomic

#ZeU Acquisition of #Vn3t Assets & Nomination of a Chief Technology Officer $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:00 PM on Monday, February 4th, 2019
  • ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has executed today an asset purchase agreement with VN3T Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively “VN3T“, an arm’s length party,
  • Pursuant to which ZeU acquired the key IP of a VN3T’s decentralized data market place platform and secured development services.

Montreal / February 4, 2019 St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX) (OTC: SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has executed today an asset purchase agreement with VN3T Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries, collectively “VN3T“, an arm’s length party, pursuant to which ZeU acquired the key IP of a VN3T’s decentralized data market place platform and secured development services.

VN3T, based in Montreal and Gibraltar, develops, manages, and markets a decentralized data marketplace which allows companies, institutions, and private individuals to buy and sell datasets within a decentralized, encrypted, anonymized, and GDPR-compliant network.

The majority of VN3T data comes from the previous untapped 97% of potentially useful information or “Dark Data.” When entities allow VN3T solutions to crawl their datasets, a matching algorithm identifies any data available that these entities may have which is required by a buyer within the network and attaches a cash value to it.

The IP and the expertise acquired will expedite the development of certain functionalities of ZeU’s blockchain marketplace platform for derivatives developed for Borealis EHF and will allow the integration of the new business segment of data trading in relation with this initiative and other opportunities. It will also generate exclusive tradeable content for Borealis.

The purchase price to be paid by the Purchaser to VN3T for the IP is $150,000, which will be satisfied by the issuance of a debenture of ZeU maturing 2 years from its issuance (the “Maturity Date“), and convertible into common shares (each a “Share“) of ZeU at a price equal to the 5-day VWAP of the Shares on the Canadian Stock Exchange, subject to a minimum of $1.85 (the “Debentures“). In addition, ZeU agreed to retain the services of the VN3T for a gross amount of $60,000 to assist with the development of certain aspects of the IP.

Under the Agreement, VN3T also granted ZeU an exclusive option (the “Option“) to acquire, on or before May 31, 2019, the additional assets for a purchase price of $25,000, which would be satisfied by the issuance to VN3T of a $25,000 Debenture under the same terms and conditions.

Nomination of a Chief Technology Officer

In parallel with this acquisition, ZeU is pleased to welcome Mr. Jean-Philippe Beaudet as a board member of ZeU Crypto Networks Inc. Mr. Beaudet will also take on the position of Chief Technology Officer and, alongside our Chief Architect and our CEO, will help identify blockchain development and deployment opportunities that can be quickly monetized.

Experienced Gaming developer, Jean-Philippe Beaudet launched his career at UbiSoft. He worked and researched natural language processing for Luminary, a private American research lab. Mr. Beaudet cultivated an interest in machine learning and decentralized technology which led him to co-found S3R3NITY Technologies, a technology incubator from which he launched numerous start-ups. Mr. Beaudet was an early enthusiast of blockchain technology and contributed to major projects such as a Bitcoin brokerage platform and a marketing data analytics tool for financial institutions. Seeing the opportunity to marry blockchain technology with artificial intelligence to meet the needs for a decentralized data market he founded VN3T. Jean-Philippe is an advisor on multiple blockchain initiatives and a regular conference speaker. He is also the CEO and CTO of VSekur.

“(…) Jean-Philippe is a natural fit for Chief Technology Officer of ZeU due to his breadth of experience in software management, operations management, human resources management, as well as design and implementation of technological pipelines. He is the perfect addition to many ongoing projects that we are currently working on and will allow us to solidify and accelerate many initiative that are in our pipeline (…) commented ZeU’s President & CEO, Frank Dumas.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Frank Dumas”

FRANK DUMAS, DIRECTOR & COO, ST-GEORGES ECO-MINING; PRESIDENT & CEO, ZEU CRYPTO NETWORKS.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of the contents of this release.

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