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at 8:54 AM on Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
Liquid Avatar Technologies (LQID: CSE) and ImagineAR (IP:CSE / IPNFF:OTCQB) are incredibly disruptive and on the cusp of unstoppable trends, which makes them both explosive but also so new that investors still need to wrap their minds around each of them, let alone both of them together. The good news is that CEO’s from both companies (David Lucatch Liquid Avatar and Alen Paul Silverrstieen ImagineAR) have sat down with us to explain why their combination is the way all of us will be controlling and profiting from our online identities in the near future.
Before watching the video, here is a little about what you need to know about each company.
LIQUID AVATAR – Solves the major problem around our online identities and data. Through Liquid Avatar they provide each one of us with the power to manage and monetize our digital identity, which is an unstoppable trend as both a natural evolution of the web, as well as, legislation forcing big platforms to no longer share and profit from our personal online data.
IMAGINEAR – As the name implies, ImagineAR is an Augmented Reality Company that enables businesses to create their own mobile phone AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience. AR is also an unstoppable trend – but don’t take our word for it.
Apple CEO Tim Cook stated “AR Will play an important role in how we use technology in the future – and promises to be as influential in our society as the smart phone”
The AR market is expected to grow to $200 Billion by 2025 from just $3.5 billion in 2017. .
Now you know why the combination of these two companies is so powerful and well worth your while to watch, listen and learn about what they are going to do. The future is coming, so you might as well see it coming first.
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at 9:44 AM on Monday, March 8th, 2021
Subject to closing a recently announced financing, this release will outline our 2021 objectives including;
NAM intends to engage third party engineering companies to complete the River Valley Palladium Project’s first Prefeasibility Study before the end of the first quarter of 2022.
NAM technical teams are finalizing plans for additional exploration drilling of up to 5,000 metres at the River Valley Project to further delineate the northernmost mineralized zones, expand the known mineralization boundaries and for resource classification.
NAM has received notice that a drill permit for its Lithium One Project in southeast Manitoba has been approved and is extending its permit for the Lithium Two Project. A minimum 2,000 metre drill program on the Lithium Two Project is scheduled for the second quarter of this year.
NAM has submitted a second application to the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce’s, Mineral Development Fund (MMDF). The Company hopes to co-fund the program with the MMDF to conduct a drone magnetometry survey on its Lithium Two, Lithman West and Cat Lake Lithium projects.
The River Valley Palladium Project is one of North America’s largest undeveloped primary Platinum Group Metal (PGM) projects. The Project has excellent infrastructure and is within 100 kilometres of the Sudbury Metallurgical Complex. The Project is 100% owned by New Age Metals.
The spot price of an ounce of palladium, platinum, and rhodium as of March 4, 2021 was $US2,285/oz, $US1,160/oz, and $US26,000/ oz respectively (Kitco, 2021)
New Age Metals Inc. (TSXV:NAM); (OTC:NMTLF); (FSE:P7J.F) Harry Barr, Chairman & CEO, stated; “We are pleased to provide shareholders with a corporate update to detail our planned exploration and development activities for our portfolio of North American green metal projects in 2021.”
NAM is focused on advancing River Valley to a Prefeasibility study. This study would be based on completion of metallurgy, hydrogeology, geotechnical surveys, an updated mineral resource estimate, environmental baseline, infill and exploration drilling. Management has received quotes from third party engineering and environmental firms and confirmed a budget for the study. Subject to the completion of the recently announced financing, management plans to initiate this study in the first half of 2021. Our objective is to complete the Prefeasibility study on or before the end of the first quarter of 2022.
NAM’s technical team is finalizing a phase one drill program for up to 5,000 metres for the northern portion of the River Valley Project. Next phases of drilling will focus on the Dana North, Dana South, Pine, Banshee, Lismer and Pardo Zones (Figure 1) given their fundamental importance to any potential mining operation at River Valley. The occurrence of surface mineralization in the River Valley Intrusion, drill hole mineralization and geophysical chargeability east of the footwall boundary of the current resource model are all strong indicators of mineralization that could be added to a future resource model. Proposed drill targets are illustrated in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Northern area of the River Valley Project.The image shows numerous IP anomalies similar to Pine Zone extend northeast (externally) and southwest (internally) of the footwall contact of the River Valley Intrusion. Those IP anomalies remain to be drill tested.
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at 9:36 AM on Monday, March 8th, 2021
Good Morning.
With the recent interest in NFTs, we’re starting to receive a lot of questions and I wanted to provide our stakeholders with a quick note, as the Company continues to explore this fast-rising sector.
Liquid Avatar icons (the high-quality digital images that make up your “avatar”) started their journey as potential NFTs (ERC 1155) and we continue to monitor the sector carefully. We believe that value of NFTs are real, and through the increased media attention the market is beginning to understand the value and power of the global blockchain movement beyond the trading and holding of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other fungible coins and tokens and how you can attach value to the blockchain.
This past weekend, there have been a number of great articles about the state of the NFT industry, including:
What’s an NFT? And why are people suggently spending millions on them? CBC News
We have been all about the blockchain since before the inception of Liquid Avatar, and our firm is committed to continuing to find the best avenues to increase stakeholder value using this amazing technology. We believe that the future of NFTs and other blockchain value solutions, especially verifiable credentials and digital identity, are just at the beginning of their growth stage and that blockchain will be as important as the Internet itself.
We’re looking forward to being part of this next stage of evolution and potential value creation and encourage everyone to do their own due diligence and continue to ask questions.
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at 9:03 AM on Monday, March 8th, 2021
Kai Medical Laboratory, a state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory in Dallas, TX was acquired by Empower Clinics on October 6, 2020 to further advance the Company’s COVID-19 national testing programs, science and R&D, is now tripling in size.
Each of January and February 2021 recorded record months for specimen collection, with February delivering sequential growth of 27% over January 2021.
Exceeded a single day specimen processing of 1,000 + units in February.
As a result of record months year to date 2021, the KAI LAB annual revenue run rate is now exceeding $10,000,000 with meaningful positive cash flow.
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2021 / EMPOWER CLINICS INC. (CBDT:CSE) (EPWCF:OTCQB) (8EC:Frankfurt) (“Empower” or the “Company“) an integrated healthcare company – serving patients through medical centers, telemedicine platforms and a high complexity medical diagnostics laboratory processing thousands of COVID-19 specimens is pleased to announce our KAI Medical Laboratory (“KAI LAB”) has achieved the following significant milestones:
1. Each of January and February 2021 recorded record months for specimen collection, with February delivering sequential growth of 27% over January 2021.
2. Exceeded a single day specimen processing of 1,000 + units in February.
3. As a result of record months year to date 2021, the KAI LAB annual revenue run rate is now exceeding $10,000,000 with meaningful positive cash flow.
Finally, the successful launch of our KAI Saliva PCR Test (“KAI Saliva”) generated an initial soft launch of 5,000 units, leading to the order of 25,000 additional units with a sales value of approximately $5,500,000 on January 7, 2021. Empower now anticipates placing an order for 50,000 additional KAI Saliva units with a retail sales value of approximately $11,000,000 to build inventory sufficient to meet current demand in both the United States and Canada.
KAI MEDICAL LABORATORY NOW EXPANDING TO TRIPLE CURRENT SIZE IN ANTICIPATION OF ANTICIPATED GROWTH
KAI Medical Laboratory, a state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory in Dallas, TX was acquired by Empower Clinics on October 6, 2020 to further advance the Company’s COVID-19 national testing programs for enterprise clients, including movie and television studios, businesses and the travel industry. KAI LAB experienced significant growth in its first quarter under Empower (October 2020 – December 2020), with Q4 COVID-19 test units exceeding 6,000, far surpassing the 1,300 total units prior to acquisition.
Expansion work is commencing in March 2021 to enable KAI LAB to hire additional staff across a wide array of roles, all to improve operational efficiency and to meet anticipated demand over the coming weeks and quarters.
“Kai Medical Laboratory with the leadership of Yoshi Tyler have surpassed our initial growth forecasts, have demonstrated disciplined work ethic, a focus on science with a passion for operational excellence.” said Steven McAuley, Chairman and CEO of Empower “Kai Medical is developing into a national brand with the potential to positively impact healthcare outcomes by providing access to numerous testing protocols that go beyond COVID-19 in the future.”
For the purposes of facilitating the expansion, Empower has already secured additional space next door to KAI LABS in order to separate the lab & science from logistics, admin and customer support. Materials handling staff is being added to process the intake of thousands of packages per day.
This press release is available on the Empower Clinics Verified Forum on AGORACOM for shareholder discussion, questions and engagement with management https://agoracom.com/ir/EmpowerClinics
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at 7:13 PM on Sunday, March 7th, 2021
When the Facebook data privacy scandal broke out, the world woke up to just how badly our individual data was being traded, used and most importantly, the amount of profit being generated by major corporations at our expense.
This led to the enactment of the biggest data privacy laws in history. Specifically, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) out of Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Enter LQID (formerly KABN). The Company Turns The Problem Of Data Privacy Into A Profit For Individuals, While Providing Big Businesses With New & Compliant Business Models.
More than just lip service, LQID has made some major announcements, including joining the Trust Over IP Foundation, which includes over 170 members including IBM, Mastercard, Accenture and many other global leaders who are defining a complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust.
Does that sound like a mouthful? Yeah, it does. But all you have to really understand for now is that digital ID, privacy and monetization is going to become a reality in the very near future. Government regulations are enforcing it. Consumers are demanding it and LQID is delivering it at such an advanced scale that the Trust Over IP Foundation provided them with a strategic role as a Steering Member.
GOOGLE ANNOUNCEMENT MARKS ENORMOUS SHIFT IN ONLINE TARGETING THAT VALIDATES LIQUID AVATAR BUSINESS MODEL
We’ve been pounding the table since the summer of 2020 that LQID was way ahead of anybody in the small cap space. In fact, so early they may have actually been too early to the game. We were right on the former … but Google proved us way wrong on the latter when this story broke last week, with the subsequent quotes from Business Insider to back it up:
Google believes these types of tracking methods don’t “meet rising consumer expectations for privacy, nor will they stand up to rapidly evolving regulatory restrictions, and therefore aren’t a sustainable long term investment.”
Google is experimenting with tools in its Privacy Sandbox that are designed to allow advertising to continue to work on the web but in a less privacy-encroaching way.
“Keeping the internet open and accessible for everyone requires all of us to do more to protect privacy — and that means an end to not only third-party cookies, but also any technology used for tracking individual people as they browse the web,” David Temkin, Google’s director of product management for ads privacy and trust,
What is the potential outcome of this major shift by Google?
Google’s decision could upend the ad industry, which has relied on these types of tracking tools
You would think LQID CEO David Lucatch wrote the announcement and the bullet points himself. Turns out he didn’t need to because he was already ahead of Google.
Now the data privacy and monetization game is underway with LQID sitting in a great position within the industry and the dominant position within the small cap world.
Watch this interview with CEO David Lucatch and welcome to the next potential great disruptive industry of the decade.
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at 9:45 AM on Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Announced the appointment Ian Cameron, former General Manager of Global Brand & Marketing Communications at Seiko Epson Corporation, as its VP of Marketing, effective March 15th, 2021
Ian Cameron is a global marketing, eCommerce, and brand executive with over 20 years of experience delivering positive business results for major companies, including Epson, a global printing equipment leader with a market cap of $US 5.73 billion
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 04, 2021 – Loop Insights Inc. (MTRX:TSXV RACMF:OTCQB) (the “Company” or “Loop”), a provider of contactless solutions and artificial intelligence (“AI”) to drive real-time insights, enhanced customer engagement, and automated venue tracing for the brick and mortar space, is pleased to announce the Company has appointed Ian Cameron, former General Manager of Global Brand & Marketing Communications at Seiko Epson Corporation, as its VP of Marketing, effective March 15th, 2021.
Cameron Joins Loop Insights After Establishing and Managing Epson’s Global Marketing Team
Ian Cameron is a global marketing, eCommerce, and brand executive with over 20 years of experience delivering positive business results for major companies, including Epson, a global printing equipment leader with a market cap of $US 5.73 billion.
Epson (an abbreviation for “Son of Electronic Printer”), is a Japanese electronics company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer printers, and information and imaging-related equipment.
Loop Insights CEO Rob Anson stated: “Ian’s experience working with a global leader such as Epson speaks to the level of talent that Loop has been able to attract. As a global marketing and communications expert, Ian is another key strategic addition to our team. I look forward to working alongside Ian and witnessing his impact on our marketing efforts as Loop continues to position and prove itself as a global leader in the Artificial Intelligence and data applications space.”
Strong Executive Leadership Positions Loop to Continue to Accelerate Expansion for 2021
Under Cameron’s leadership, Epson centralized redundant regional activities increasing profitability significantly and improved their global digital user experience while saving millions of dollars annually for the company through a Global digital transformation project that unified multiple disparate regional content management, eCommerce, and product information systems.
Cameron’s experience in driving successful enterprise global marketing campaigns is expected to significantly contribute to continued growth and scale for Loop Insights in 2021.
Ian Cameron stated: “I am very excited to join the Loop team and to support and contribute to the growth of the company. Loop’s clear multifaceted value propositions are very exciting and as a marketing professional, the value of attribution, campaign performance, and the granularity of the data analytics that Loop is able to provide is simply unparalleled. Loop’s technology is something that marketers only wish for and dream of.”
On January 28th , Loop Insights appointed Tamer Shafik, the former Director of Solution Architecture at NTT Data Corp of Japan, as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer in support of Loop’s global scale. Shafik joined the company as a result of a flourishing partnership between Loop and NTT Data. Shafik’s immense experience and skillset have already made a significant impact with the Loop team, transforming the product department in a short amount of time.
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at 5:50 PM on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
AGORACOM followers have given us great feedback on our hit series “Beyond The Press Release” (BTPR) in which we speak with small cap CEO’s about important press releases in greater depth and, quite frankly, in layman’s terms for investors to truly understand their significance.
Whereas BTPR tells these stories from the side of small cap public companies, Beyond The Expert (BTE) tells these stories from the perspective of experts on these topics – and we couldn’t think of anyone better to start off this series than Leigh Hughes.
Leigh is a Venture Capitalist who I’ve personally watched conduct incredible due diligence and invest into many small cap companies that have generated incredible returns over 12-18 month periods.
Leigh is so good at what he does that many global private equity funds and institutions take his call and often follow him into investments he chooses to make. Moreover, he serves as an advisor to several small cap companies.
If you ever wanted to truly learn how to become a great small cap investor, it doesn’t get much better than this.
On today’s episode we discuss the outlook for esports, why it is so explosive and a few small cap esports companies to consider including:
Esports Entertainment Group (GMBL:NASDAQ)
FansUnite Entertainment (FANS:CSE / FUNFF:OTCQB)
TGS Esports (TGS:TSXV)
…. and newcomer Intema Solutions (ITM:TSXV) Who recently completed their acquisition of HypeX
Without further adieu, watch this great interview with Leigh Hughes and make sure to provide us with your feedback via comments on Twitter, YouTube or wherever you may be watching or listening.
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at 5:01 PM on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
Quizam Media Corp’s (QQ:CSE QQQFF:OTC) wholly owned subsidiary Quantum 1 Cannabis is experiencing rapid growth across British Columbia!
In the past 12 months, Quantum 1 has opened stores in:
North Vancouver
Vernon
Grand Forks
Keremeos
Creston
And it will soon be opening its sixth, and flagship, store in Oakridge, B.C.
In Tandem with this expansion, quarterly revenue is accelerating rapidly, rising from $138,000 in Nov 2019 to $954,000 in Nov 2020.
What’s its secret sauce? The company places a huge emphasis on education. That’s because Quizam has its roots as an educational media company that spent a long time educating people about cannabis, long before it became legal.
In this nascent market, people are looking for trusted, authoritative voices
The company’s growth comes as Canada is experiencing ‘The Great Cannabis Gold Rush’ –
By 2021, Canada’s cannabis market is expected to reach $3bn, translating to 77.9% CAGR from 2018-2021.
Cannabis now contributes $14.6bn to Canada’s economy, up from $8bn previous est.
Cannabis 2.0 new products (candy, drinks) could generate $2.5bn in sales in Canada.
You’re going to want to get comfy for this conversation with Russ Rossi, Quizam Media’s President & CEO:
