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PRIMO Nutraceuticals Inc. $PRMO.ca – Ask Our Experts: What’s The Big Deal About #CBD? $CROP.ca $VP.ca NF.ca $MCOA

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 5:54 PM on Monday, November 4th, 2019

SPONSOR:  PRIMO NUTRACEUTICALS INC. (CSE: PRMO) (OTC: BUGVF) (FSE: 8BV) (DEU: 8BV) (MUN: 8BV) (STU: 8BV) provides strategic capital to the thriving cannabis cultivation sector through ownership and development of commercial real estate properties. The company also offers fully built out turnkey facilities equipped with state-of-the-art growing infrastructure to cannabis growers and processors. Click here for more info.

Ask Our Experts: What’s The Big Deal About CBD?

  • CBD is used by all types of consumers, purchasing CBD-infused products for a variety of reasons
  • A recent Gallup survey found that one in seven Americans report using CBD for a range of medical and therapeutic purposes

By New Frontier Data

Q: There is a lot of media coverage about CBD, and it seems to be appearing all over the place. Who is buying all the CBD products?

A: CBD stands for cannabidiol, the second-most popular among active ingredients of the cannabis sativa plant. Cannabis contains hundreds of cannabinoids, each of which presents unique qualities and potential benefits.

CBD is used by all types of consumers, purchasing CBD-infused products for a variety of reasons. A recent Gallup survey found that one in seven Americans report using CBD for a range of medical and therapeutic purposes.

With passage of the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill which federally legalized hemp for the first time since World War II, the market for hemp-derived CBD products has seen explosive growth. Mass-marketed, hemp-derived CBD products have found their way onto retail shelves everywhere from grocery stores, coffee shops, and cosmetics retailers to veterinarians’ offices and nutritional supplement shops nationwide.

That said, there remains confusion regarding to what extent CBD is legal. The DEA has asserted that only GW Pharmaceutical’s patented Epidiolex is legally permitted to incorporate CBD oil in products. Yet attorney Garrett Graff of Hoban Law Group, who specializes in cannabis law and is part of a group who brought an appeal against the DEA ruling, has challenged that.

“It’s our understanding that cannabinoids derived from industrial hemp so long as below the 0.3 percent THC threshold are, in fact, lawful pursuant to the farm bill under federal law,” Graff posited. Since the FDA has not approved any CBD products at all, “at this point, we simply agree to disagree, and those products remain on the marketplace,” he explained.

New Frontier Data is engaged in several ongoing CBD research projects examining the marketplace in the United States and globally, and expects to release several reports about CBD consumer behaviors, patterns of use, and engagement with the market. Among the first slated for release as part of New Frontier Data’s upcoming Cannabis Consumer Insight Series of white papers is Marijuana Consumers’ CBD Use, examining the preferences and behaviors of consumers already familiar with cannabis and cannabis-derived products.

Findings from the research indicate that nearly a third (30%) of cannabis consumers are using CBD products, or nearly twice the previously reported rate among the general population. Such consumers also tend to be women (57%), especially under the age of 35 (43%), consistent with much of the current marketing of CBD products as health and wellness brand targeted specifically to women consumers.

Other key insights from the report found that:

Cannabis consumers who purchase CBD-only products are high-retention customers: Among cannabis consumers who purchased a CBD product, the overwhelming majority (85%) indicated that they were likely to make additional CBD purchases within the next six months. The current market is at an inflection point for CBD brands, as consumers are enthusiastically purchasing and trying these products, but most likely have weak brand loyalty. Identifying core consumers and developing a unique brand identity in the CBD space is am imperative for success in the near term.

Understanding the specific cannabis consumers who are most interested in CBD will be key to capturing the most lucrative consumer segment: New Frontier Data has identified nine fundamental “Cannabis Consumer Archetypes“. Among those categorized cannabis consumers, it is the Modern Lifestylers, Medical Purists, and Functional Dependents who are most likely to have purchased a CBD product. However, as access to CBD products increases, it is expected that a broader base of consumers will integrate CBD into both their daily lives and as a complement to current cannabis use.

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/19/11/14717727/ask-our-experts-whats-the-big-deal-about-cbd

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

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:04 PM on Monday, November 4th, 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.

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Key Investment Themes In #Crypto Networks $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 2:45 PM on Monday, November 4th, 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.

IDK: CSE

Key Investment Themes In Crypto Networks

By: Matt Spoke

I’ve been an entrepreneur in this wild cryptocurrency industry for over 5 years. My focus has been on leading a team of core developers to build an open decentralized protocol that solves real problems for real users. I’m not alone in this endeavour. There are at least a few dozen of my peers leading projects with broadly similar goals.

To the outside world, we’re all crypto geeks building alternatives to Bitcoin. That said, there are nuances in the designs and goals of various projects that form the basis of some early investments theses that leading funds have adopted to guide their selection criteria when looking at digital assets.

Without getting into all the specifics, for the purposes of this article, I want to focus only on the specific digital asset classes that are native to their own networks or blockchains, rather than tokens built into “dApps” or other similar models.

The reason this is important is because there are an increasing number of funds, both institutional and not, that are looking at digital assets as the next asset class to include in their diversified portfolios that include everything from public equities, to real estate, to gold, to bonds and other instruments. Who knows, maybe the next time you check your pension, your favourite digital asset could be in it.

As such, it’s helpful to have a standard way to think about the differences and similarities among digital assets, such that they can be categorized for investment decisions.

To the outside looking in, this industry can be extremely opaque to understand and evaluate. How value will be created, on what time horizon and how does one form opinions on the quality of the project they’re looking at. While there is infinite nuance between projects, protocols, dApps, etc., most digital assets fall within common buckets, that have formed the informal standard crypto theses. This mental model is helpful for any observer, technologist or fund that has been researching or thinking about allocating capital or time into this industry. It also might help us understand new opportunities for value that fall outside of these established categories (more on this later).

In speaking to a prominent investor in the cryptocurrency industry recently, he summarized this very simply:

“I understand and believe in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Everything else is just playing copy-cat and trying to play the same game.”

In a broad sense, this is generally how the industry has evolved. Bitcoin became dominant, and then many built alternatives (“alt”-coins) broadly solving for a similar goal, and then Ethereum introduced a new type of protocol that was quickly followed by its own inspired alternatives – something that Chris Burniske of Placeholder Ventures refers to as “Ethereum Killers”.

The funds investing in this industry have had to build their theses around this reality. As such, you’ll often find funds with a deep conviction for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and then, to a lesser extent, a series of “hedges” into alternatives that could grow in relevance and in some cases potentially overtake the projects that first inspired them. Many of these alternatives have taken different technical approaches, but in general seek to solve the same problem and target the same ‘blockchain-converted’ developer or investor audience.

These investment themes behind Bitcoin and Ethereum are similar in that they are both digital assets, but they’re different in the problems they seek to solve.

Bitcoin established a category of digital assets that Multicoin Capital likes to refer to as “Global, State-free Money”. This theme focuses on a growing need for a global form of money that is independent of institutional trust and provides a digital alternative to gold. The need for such an asset is to address the >500m people in the world who live in countries with greater than 10% inflation, and to provide a place for people to store their wealth that is safe from seizure and “portable” across geographic boundaries.

Although it’s unclear how to measure the size of that addressable market, the thesis implies a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in this category.

Ethereum, on the other hand, professed to be building a “world computer” or in other contexts, the basis for a “decentralized internet”. This category of digital assets known as “decentralized internet” projects is what primarily caused the run up of the ICO markets in 2017-2018. Believers in this thesis argue that the causes of many of the inequities online today stem from the overly “centralized” nature of the internet’s infrastructure, such that incentives lead towards monopolization of online services – think Facebook and Google. As such, there is a massive interest in owning a piece of the “fuel” that will power the renewed internet infrastructure of the future.

On top of this thesis are companies building utopia as they see it. These ideas range from a system of finance that is open and alternative to banking, a system of identity independent of governments, to other lofty and worthy ideas that would find their homes in the “decentralized internet” category.

Within these two broad categories, there are nuances and further sub-categories, but at the highest level, this is a helpful frame to better understand where a particular project fits, and what alternatives it should be compared against. This framing should also help to better understand why Bitcoin and Ethereum are fundamentally not competing technologies, but why EOS, Tron, and Cardano have yet to prove why they’re contenders to supplant Ethereum, their category king. As with categories in other online industries, we’ll likely see a market where 75% of the value is dominated by the category leader, and the rest spread among its competitors.

With 25-30+ launched or soon-to-be live networks looking to compete in Ethereum’s category, its quickly become saturated. At the current state of adoption in our industry, we’re nearing an oversupply of novel technical solutions and a real need for actual usage. Networks have collapsed into mirror-like narratives (build a dApp here!), use cases (build DeFi here!), and are all seemingly speaking to the same audience.

So when looking at how this market might evolve, the real breakthroughs will likely lie with projects that have a disproportionate chance of dominating these two categories or projects that define a brand new category with massive market potential. More on this next week.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattspoke/2019/10/30/key-investment-themes-in-crypto-networks/#78f4be1d3774

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BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – #EdTech startups can address shortage of #MachineLearning experts in #India $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:37 PM on Monday, November 4th, 2019
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.
BTRU: TSX-V

EdTech startups can address shortage of machine learning experts in India

  • Edtech startup: Enhanced outreach of technology is resulting in industries and end users taking a leap of faith into the world of new concepts.
  • Machine learning (ML) is one such domain that has around 10x jobs at present as compared to the situation, five years ago.

By Ankush Singla

EdTech startup: Enhanced outreach of technology is resulting in industries and end users taking a leap of faith into the world of new concepts. Several industries have polished their approach in designing an outcome for the new generation to mould something new and relevant, according to the trends of the future. Machine learning (ML) is one such domain that has around 10x jobs at present as compared to the situation, five years ago.

This situation has shaped up due to various contributing factors including huge popularity of machine learning. Fortune 500 companies are integrating machine learning and artificial intelligence into their processes and Indian firms are following suit. Machine learning is responsible for shaping the business landscape. Business analytics and intelligence teams are able to analyse terabytes of data in seconds using different methods like recognition, diagnosis, regression, prediction and many more.

Machine learning focuses on the development of algorithms which helps those machines teach themselves grow, develop and respond to new data. The reason machine learning has become hugely popular is because it has helped all the companies (from various industrial sectors) get exact and real time insights and mitigate the strategy level risks, if any.

While on the one hand, we are amazed by these developments; there is a concern on the other hand too. Yes, machine learning is the most in-demand skill right now but is our talent pool really equipped with the required skills. The answer is “No”. Demand for machine learning experts will continue to increase in the coming years and will probably outpace the current supply of talent pool in the next three-four years.

According to the LinkedIn economic graph, the jobs in ML have been a turning point in the technological trends as compared to the other umbrella domains. The number of jobs which were five years ago is now 9.8 times, thus, helping to provide an asset to the industry. Educational institutions have always provided the industry with the required set of skills but with an increased demand in such a short time, they have been unable to come up with a solution on such a short notice. In order to cater to the current industry trends, EdTech startups have come with excellent “Industry-Vetted Course Curriculum”.

EdTech startups create a perfect amalgamation

EdTech startups don’t focus on just teaching theoretical concepts but rather provide an online learning which is no less than the offline classroom approach. There are online videos which can be accessed anytime and from anywhere. Since the videos are self-paced, it is made sure that they cater to the speed of every individual.

EdTech startups create a perfect amalgamation by getting industrial experts on board and creating a course curriculum as per the exact needs of the ML industry. In order to make sure that the student doesn’t deviate and follows the curriculum, virtual / physical assistance is provided which analyse the performance of each and every student on a daily basis and customised approach is recommended.

They are deploying algorithms to bring a personalised touch for every student, thus ensuring a better application-based learning. We have experienced and welcomed this new way of mobile teaching which takes care of every individual student’s needs, comforts and results at the same time.

EdTech companies have come up with the content which not only satisfies the need of the industry but can also be imparted to anyone in due amount of time; thus, fulfilling the requirement of the ML domain. Several factors which have enabled these startups develop skilled ML experts are: self-paced learning; industry-vetted content; regular industrial interaction through bootcamps and webinars; individual learning and development system; real-time actionable insights;  and industrial projects which can be deployed in companies.

Machine learning is one of the most promising technologies of the last decade and it is the perfect time to realise we have a companion since “Machines also Learn”.

Source: https://techobserver.in/2019/10/25/edtech-startups-can-address-shortage-of-machine-learning-experts-in-india/

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PyroGenesis $PYR.ca Receives $345K Milestone Payment from RISE Energy Technology Center AB $LMT $RTN $NOC $UTX $HPQ.ca $DDD.ca $SSYS $PRLB

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:41 AM on Monday, November 4th, 2019
  • Further to its previous press release dated October 17th, 2019, the Company has received a milestone payment of approx. $345K from RISE Energy Technology Center AB
  • Contract, originally announced last January, is for a 900-kW plasma torch system which was won in a competitive bid process.

MONTREAL, Nov. 04, 2019 – PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX-V: PYR) (OTCQB: PYRNF) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech company, (the “Company”, the “Corporation” or “PyroGenesis”) that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products, announced today that, further to its previous press release dated October 17th, 2019, the Company has received a milestone payment of approx. $345K from RISE Energy Technology Center AB (the “Client”).

This contract, originally announced last January, is for a 900-kW plasma torch system which was won in a competitive bid process.

Following the success of the Factory Acceptance Test last month, PyroGenesis’ team performed the SAT of the high-power plasma torch at the Client’s facility in Sweden where the torch has been installed and operated under the Client’s parameters. This milestone payment is connected to the successful Site Acceptance Test (“SAT”) where the torch has been installed on the Client’s reactor, upon which a series of tests are now being conducted. A final payment is also expected towards the end of month once all tests are completed.

PyroGenesis’ 900-kW plasma torch is to be tested to replace fossil fuel burners in the iron ore induration (pelletization) process. Pelletization is the process in which iron ore is concentrated before shipment, thus significantly reducing the cost of transportation. In conventional technology, the process heat is provided by diesel/fuel burners. The combustion, in the burners, of natural gas, heavy oil and/or pulverized coal results in the production of greenhouse gases such as CO2. Plasma torches are therefore an environmentally friendly alternative.

According to management a typical pellet plant producing 10 million metric tonnes of pellets annually, emits approximately one million metric tonnes of CO21. The total world pellet production of 400 million metric tonnes of pellets corresponds to the production of about 40 million metric tonnes of CO2, and represents a potential market for torch sales in excess of $10B worldwide.

1 M. Huerta, J. Bolen, M. Okrutny, I. Cameron and K. O’Leary, “Guidelines for Selecting Pellet Plant Technology”, Iron Ore Conference 2015 Proceedings, Perth, WA, July 13-15, 2015

Separately, further to the Press Release dated October 9th, 2019, wherein it was disclosed that a $6.4M payment was expected within 2-4 weeks, the Company confirms that this the payment is still on schedule.

On a separate note, further to a Press Release dated September 18th, 2019, the Company provides the following additional information with respect to the agreement with Independent Trading Group (“ITG”). The agreement is for an initial term of three (3) months (the “Initial Term”), renewable for subsequent one (1) month terms (each an “Additional term”), unless PyroGenesis or ITG provides at least thirty (30) days written notice prior to the end of the Initial Term or an Additional Term. The Company has agreed to pay ITG a service fees of $5,000 per month, plus applicable taxes. There are no performance factors contained in the agreement between ITG and the Company, and ITG will not receive any shares or options from the Company as compensation for the services it will render.

About PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a high-tech company, is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of advanced plasma processes and products. We provide engineering and manufacturing expertise, cutting-edge contract research, as well as turnkey process equipment packages to the defense, metallurgical, mining, advanced materials (including 3D printing), oil & gas, and environmental industries. With a team of experienced engineers, scientists and technicians working out of our Montreal office and our 3,800 m2 manufacturing facility, PyroGenesis maintains its competitive advantage by remaining at the forefront of technology development and commercialization. Our core competencies allow PyroGenesis to lead the way in providing innovative plasma torches, plasma waste processes, high-temperature metallurgical processes, and engineering services to the global marketplace. Our operations are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified, and have been since 1997. PyroGenesis is a publicly-traded Canadian Corporation on the TSX Venture Exchange (Ticker Symbol: PYR) and on the OTCQB Marketplace. For more information, please visit www.pyrogenesis.com.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which constitute “forward- looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Corporation’s current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Corporation with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Corporation’s ongoing filings with the securities regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com, or at www.otcmarkets.com. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange, its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) nor the OTCQB accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

SOURCE PyroGenesis Canada Inc.

For further information please contact:
Rodayna Kafal, Vice President Investors Relations and Strategic Business Development, or
Clémence Bertrand-Bourlaud, Marketing Manager/Investor Relations,
Phone: (514) 937-0002, E-mail: [email protected]

RELATED LINK: http://www.pyrogenesis.com/

Source: GlobeNewswire (November 4, 2019 – 8:35 AM EST)

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NORTHBUD $NBUD.ca – #Edible #CBD Products Offer Consumers a New Health Trend $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $HEXO.ca $TRST.ca $OGI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:00 PM on Thursday, October 31st, 2019

SPONSOR: NORTHBUD (NBUD:CSE) Sustainable low cost, high quality cannabinoid production and procurement focusing on both bio-pharmaceutical development and Cannabinoid Infused Products. Learn More.

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Edible CBD Products Offer Consumers a New Health Trend

  • North American consumer spending on cannabis-infused foods and drinks reached USD 1.5 Billion in 2018, according to data compiled by Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics,
  • By 2022, the two firms suggest that edible sales are on track to reach USD 4.1 Billion

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2019 – Consumer trends constantly require industries to adapt in order to thrive among the competition. Specifically, the food and beverage industry is one of the fastest evolving markets because of constant changes in consumer demands. Nowadays, the increasing demand for healthier and more organic options is prompting manufacturers to produce alternatives to sugar-packed drinks and fatty snacks. Instead, consumers are looking for products that are processed with healthier sustainable ingredients, proteins, vitamins, and antioxidants. Notably, many consumers have turned to the beverage industry for functional drinks such as kombucha. A functional drink is a type of beverage that typically conveys a health benefit such as being packed with performance-enhancing agents like nootropics and amino acids. Consequently, the growing demand in the functional beverage market sparked interest within the CBD market. CBD is a derivative of the hemp plant, which falls under the cannabis family.

Typically, cannabis is associated with its marijuana component, which causes psychoactive effects because of its heavy THC concentrate. However, hemp does not cause psychoactive effects because the main compound is CBD. THC and CBD are widely different in their biological makeup, but because they derive from the cannabis plant, regulators deemed both compounds to be unsafe for consumers. However, extensive research has uncovered that CBD provides therapeutic and health benefits, which then led to the rapid emergence of CBD-based products. As such, North American consumer spending on cannabis-infused foods and drinks reached USD 1.5 Billion in 2018, according to data compiled by Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics, By 2022, the two firms suggest that edible sales are on track to reach USD 4.1 Billion.

Typically, most people consume CBD to simply relax. However, clinical trials have proven that CBD can also provide medical benefits. Specifically, patients suffering from chronic ailments such as severe pain, cancer, arthritis, and epilepsy can consume CBD drinks to subdue the symptoms. And while CBD is quickly permeating throughout global regions, the North American market is the primary driver because of legality stance. Canada moved to legalize cannabis entirely back in late 2018, which prompted a spur of recreational demand. On the other hand, the U.S. passed the Farm Bill in 2018, which legalized hemp-derived CBD products. Shortly after, stores across the nation began to commercialize CBD goods.

Now, consumers can easily purchase products such as tinctures, topicals, oils, and edibles at their local convenience stores or online e-commerce platforms. However, the CBD beverage market is one of the most popular segments because consumers can easily purchase a CBD-based tincture and add droplets of CBD into their beverage. Generally, CBD can be found within beverages such as soda, juice, coffee, wine, water, and even alcohol. However, consumers can also add CBD-based powders into their beverages and some producers have even mentioned that powders are much better in terms of solubility. Overall, the cannabis-infused beverage industry is quickly gaining traction, however, some beverage producers are still evaluating the industry.

Nonetheless, a handful of corporations such as the alcohol industry, have already dove into the marketplace and are already marking their presence.  “Everyone in the industry recognizes that CBD-infused beverages are going to be one of the largest category opportunities in all of CBD,” said Ben Witte, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Recess, a company producing CBD-infused sparkling water. “As a result of that, a lot of the suppliers in the supply chain have innovated to create a format that is soluble in beverages.”

Source: https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/edible-cbd-products-offer-consumers-a-new-health-trend-884112693.html

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St-Georges $SX $SX.ca $SXOOF acquires 23.75% stake in BWA Group plc $NNX.ca $OM.ca $ICM.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:07 PM on Thursday, October 31st, 2019
  • Company has notified BWA Group plc (London, England) (NEX:BWAP) of its intention to convert GBP300,000 ($511,000) of Convertible Loan notes “CLN” into 60,000,000 ordinary shares in BWA Group plc.
  • Shares will be admitted to trading on the NEX Exchange Growth Market in London, effective November 6, 2019

Montreal – October 31, 2019 –St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE:SX) (OTC:SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1) is pleased to inform its shareholders that the Company has notified BWA Group plc (London, England) (NEX:BWAP) of its intention to convert GBP300,000 ($511,000) of Convertible Loan notes “CLN” into 60,000,000 ordinary shares in BWA Group plc.

The Company has been notified by BWA Group plc that the shares will be admitted to trading on the NEX Exchange Growth Market in London, effective November 6, 2019. Following the allotment of these ordinary shares, St-Georges will hold 60,000,000 ordinary shares of BWA Group plc, representing 23.75% of this corporation’s enlarged issued share capital.

The Company received GBP2,451,409 ($4,183,000) of convertible loan notes on September 30, 2019 in relation to sale of its subsidiary Kings of the North to BWA Group plc. After the conversion, St-Georges has GBP2,151,409 worth of loan notes outstanding at an approximate value of $3,671,427.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Mark Billings”

MARK BILLINGS

Chairman

About St-Georges

St-Georges is developing new technologies to solve some of the most common environmental problems in the mining industry. The Company controls directly or indirectly, through rights of first refusal, all of the active mineral tenures in Iceland. It also explores for nickel on the Julie Nickel Project & for industrial minerals on Quebec’s North Shore and for lithium and rare metals in Northern Quebec and in the Abitibi region. Headquartered in Montreal, St-Georges’ stock is listed on the CSE under the symbol SX, on the US OTC under the Symbol SXOOF and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 85G1.

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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CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca – Hospitals to Test Music-Based #mHealth Platform for Stroke Treatment $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:33 AM on Thursday, October 31st, 2019

SPONSOR: CardioComm Solutions (EKG: TSX-V) – The heartbeat of cardiovascular medicine and telemedicine. Patented systems enable medical professionals, patients, and other healthcare professionals, clinics, hospitals and call centres to access and manage patient information in a secure and reliable environment.

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Five rehab hospitals across the country will soon be testing a digital therapeutic platform that combines music with AI and mHealth sensors to help stroke survivors with walking problems.

  • Hospitals will be testing a digital therapeutic device developed by Portland, ME-based MedRhythms, which is seeking US Food and Drug Administration approval for the service.
  • The program will study the mHealth device’s impact on walking among a group of patients who have walking impairments as a result of a stroke

By Eric Wicklund

October 29, 2019 – Five rehabilitation hospitals will be testing a telehealth platform for stroke treatment that integrates music with AI and mHealth sensors for guided therapy.

The hospitals will be testing a digital therapeutic device developed by Portland, ME-based MedRhythms, which is seeking US Food and Drug Administration approval for the service. The program will study the mHealth device’s impact on walking among a group of patients who have walking impairments as a result of a stroke.

“Right now, the MedRhythms digital therapeutic technology is a novel treatment for a subset of individuals that have few, if any, effective treatment options,” David Putrino, director of the Abilities Research Center (ARC) for the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Mount Sinai Health System, said in a press release. “The mission of the ARC is to identify and validate novel technologies that have the potential to significantly enhance the rehabilitation of people who are recovering from brain injuries and neurological conditions, including chronic stroke.”

Putrino will lead the research project at New York-based Mount Sinai. Also participating in the study are the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, the Kessler Foundation in New Jersey and Spauld ing Rehabilitation Hospital and the Boston University Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory, both in Boston.

“The digital therapeutics industry has the potential to transform rehabilitation and disrupt healthcare, and it is imperative for companies in this space to run full-scale, multisite RCTs like MedRhythms is doing,” Putrino added.

MedRhytms began as a digital therapy program launched out of Spaulding Rehab, part of the Partners HealthCare network, and has been building a portfolio of digital therapeutic treatments for treatment of neurological injury and disease, including Parkinson’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. The company is also looking to apply the treatment to senior care and fall prevention programs.

The company’s first and signature product is MedRhythms Stride, a digital health platform for stroke rehabilitation that focuses on Rhythmic Auditory Simulation (RAS). mHealth sensors attached to a patient’s feet gather gait parameters, which are then analyzed by a smartphone app that pairs the patient’s gait with music.

“Rhythm is the main driver of the interventions we have,” Owen McCarthy, the company’s president and founder, told mHealthIntelligence in a 2018 interview. “And it’s the type of thing we’re going to see more and more of in healthcare.”

This past June, the company announced a partnership with Health Catalyst’s new life sciences business to make its platform available to payers and providers looking for new ways to enhance stroke rehabilitation programs.

“This partnership comes at a crucial time in the digital therapeutics industry,” Carlos Rodarte, senior vice president of strategy and business development for the life sciences at Health Catalyst, said in a press release. “Several companies in this field have completed or are completing important trials demonstrating the significant clinical impact of true, validated and regulated digital therapeutics, paving the way for an entire new industry in digital health which has disruptive potential globally to deliver rapid, efficient therapies for patients with unmet needs.”

Source: https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/hospitals-to-test-music-based-mhealth-platform-for-stroke-treatment

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Bitcoin And Crypto Is Heading For An Epic Social Media Showdown

By: Billy Bambrough

In one corner: Twitter’s cofounder and chief executive Jack Dorsey. In the other corner: Facebook’s cofounder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The fight’s prize is the future of money and their respective weapons are bitcoin and libra.

Who will win?

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While the social media monetary situation is not this clear cut, both Dorsey and Zuckerberg have emerged as champions of two similar but opposing ideas; the internet needs its own currency, one sees it as centralised, through Facebook, the other sees it as decentralised, through bitcoin.

Zuckerberg appears to have lost the first round. His libra project, a cryptocurrency by name only and governed by an independent-but-shrinking group of companies, has run afoul of governments and regulators around the world, many of which were already worried Facebook wielded too much influence before the social media giant thought to take on the central bankers.

“I believe that this is something that needs to get built,” Zuckerberg told U.S. senators last week, defending Facebook’s involvement in the controversial libra project and arguing libra could bring financial maturity to millions, if not billions, of people around the world.

Zuckerberg also warned the U.S. could fall behind other countries if lawmakers moved to block the development of libra and similar digital money projects.

Dorsey will, meanwhile, be counting his blessings, with the bitcoin price staging a somewhat miraculous recovery last week after many feared it was heading to lows not seen since March.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/10/30/bitcoin-and-crypto-is-heading-for-an-epic-social-media-showdown/#2f84e7b845ed

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$HPQ.ca Partners With Professor Lionel ROUÉ (INRS) to Evaluate the Potential of PUREVAP™ #Silicon for Li-ion Batteries $FSLR $SPWR $CSIQ $PYR.ca $XMG.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:08 AM on Thursday, October 31st, 2019
  • Announced its collaboration with Professor Lionel ROUÉ of the Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
  • Aimed at evaluating the electrochemical performances of different materials produced by the HPQ PUREVAP™Quartz Reduction Reactor for Li-ion batteries

MONTREAL, Oct. 31, 2019 — HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. – TSX-V: HPQ; OTCPink: URAGF; FWB: UGE (“HPQ” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce its collaboration with Professor Lionel ROUÉ of the Institut National de Recherche Scientifique (INRS) within the scope of projects aimed at evaluating the electrochemical performances of different materials produced by the HPQ PUREVAP™ Quartz Reduction Reactor (“QRR”) for Li-ion batteries.

The Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications (Energy Materials Telecommunications) Research Centre is a centre of excellence in research, innovation, and graduate and postgraduate education in the fields of advanced materials, nanotechnology, photonics, telecommunications and sustainable energy.  The EMT Centre brings together about 40 professors.

Professor Lionel ROUÉ of the INRS-EMT has developed a scientific program focused on the study of new electrode materials for various applications of industrial interest (batteries, aluminium production, etc.).  In recent years, a significant part of its research activities has been devoted to the study of Si anodes for Li-ion batteries and the development of in-situ characterization methods applied to batteries.  He is the author of more than 150 publications, including twenty articles and 2 patents on Si-based anodes for Li-ion batteries.  He was awarded the Energia Prize by the Quebec Association for the Mastery of Energy for his work in this field.

EVALUATING WORLDWIDE BATTERY MARKET POTENTIAL OF MATERIALS PRODUCED BY PUREVAP™

The first goal of the association is determining the commercial potential of materials produced by the PUREVAPTM QRR as anode material for the Li-ion battery market and ascertaining whether their usage within Li-ion batteries could lead to a significant increase in their energy density, which is crucial for some applications, especially electric vehicles.

In the second phase, the electrochemical performance of PUREVAPTM silicon based porous silicon wafers made using Apollon Solar’s patented process will be tested.

“Silicon’s potential to meet energy storage demand is generating massive investments.  Collaborating with a world-class university center, HPQ will be able to validate the potential of silicon materials produced from the PUREVAP™QRR as high-capacity anode materials for Li-ion batteries” said Bernard Tourillon, President & CEO of HPQ Silicon Resources Inc.  Mr. Tourillon added: “HPQ, working with PyroGenesis, Apollon and the INRS Energy Materials Telecommunications (EMT) Research Centre, fully intends to use its Gen3 PUREVAP™ QRR to produce and market Silicon materials for batteries”.

GLOBAL ENERGY STORAGE MARKET READY TO EXPLODE

A recent report projects that energy storage deployments are estimated to grow 1,300% from a 12 Gigawatt-hour market in 2018 to a 158 Gigawatt-hour market in 2024.  An estimated US$71 billion in investments will be made into storage systems where batteries will make up the lion’s share of capital deployment. Research suggests that replacing graphite materials with Silicon anodes in Li-Ion Batteries promises an almost tenfold (10x) increase in the specific capacity of the anode, inducing a 20-40% gain in the energy density of Li-ion batteries.

About Silicon

Silicon (Si) is one of today’s strategic materials needed to fulfil the renewable energy revolution presently under way. Silicon does not exist in its pure state; it must be extracted from quartz, one of the most abundant minerals of the earth’s crust and other expensive raw materials in a carbothermic process.

About HPQ Silicon

HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. is a TSX-V listed company developing, in collaboration with industry leader PyroGenesis (TSX-V: PYR) the innovative PUREVAPTM “Quartz Reduction Reactors” (QRR), a truly 2.0 Carbothermic process (patent pending), which will permit the transformation and purification of quartz (SiO2) into Metallurgical Grade Silicon (Mg-Si) at prices that will propagate its significant renewable energy potential.

HPQ is also working with industry leader Apollon Solar to develop: Porous silicon wafers manufacturing using PUREVAP™ Silicon (PVAP Si) that can be used as anode for all-solid-state and Li-ion batteries; and a metallurgical pathway of producing Solar Grade Silicon Metal (SoG Si) that will take full advantage of the PUREVAPTM QRR one-step production of high purity silicon (Si) and significantly reduce the Capex and Opex associated with the transformation of quartz (SiO2) into SoG-Si.

HPQ focus is becoming the lowest cost producer of Silicon (Si), High Purity Silicon (Si), Porous Silicon Wafers and Solar Grade Silicon Metal (SoG-Si). The pilot plant equipment that will validate the commercial potential of the process is on schedule to start in 2019.

This News Release is available on the company’s CEO Verified Discussion Forum, a moderated social media platform that enables civilized discussion and Q&A between Management and Shareholders. 

Disclaimers:

The Corporation’s interest in developing the PUREVAP™ QRR and any projected capital or operating cost savings associated with its development should not be construed as being related to the establishing the economic viability or technical feasibility of the Company’s Roncevaux Quartz Project, Matapedia Area, in the Gaspe Region, Province of Quebec.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements containing the words “may”, “plan”, “will”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect”, “in the process” and other similar expressions which constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current expectation and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, our expectations regarding the acceptance of our products by the market, our strategy to develop new products and enhance the capabilities of existing products, our strategy with respect to research and development, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development, and uncertainties related to the regulatory approval process. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company’s on-going filings with the security’s regulatory authorities, which filings can be found at www.sedar.com. Actual results, events, and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws.

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.

For further information contact
Bernard J. Tourillon, Chairman, President and CEO Tel (514) 907-1011
Patrick Levasseur, Vice-President and COO Tel: (514) 262-9239
http://www.hpqsilicon.com Email: [email protected] 

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