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NA Proactive news snapshot: VR Resources, BevCanna Enterprises, Champignon Brands, The Valens Company, FansUnite Entertainment UPDATE...

Last updated: 17:15 24 Nov 2020 EST, First published: 10:00 24 Nov 2020 EST

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VR Resources Ltd (CVE:VRR) (OTCQB:VRRCF) has started follow-up work at its Reveille silver project in the Walker Lane mineral belt in Nevada in a bid to develop a first-pass drilling plan for next year. In an exploration update on Tuesday, the group said a detailed soil survey (around 150 samples planned) over the target and the entire western flank of the property began last week, along with work to infill (101 infill stations planned) and extend a gravity survey completed in the summer. VR said that it had now identified a new, previously untested target for the potential core of the Reveille CRD silver-copper mineral system from analyzing various data.

BevCanna Enterprises Inc (CSE:BEV) (OTCMKTS:BVNNF) (FRA:7BC) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Naturo Group Investments Inc, a privately held beverage company, in an all-stock deal worth C$6.5 million.BevCanna and Naturo have operated for the past three years under an exclusive partnership, including a master license agreement that gave BevCanna exclusive access to Naturo’s 40,000-square-foot state beverage manufacturing facility and alkaline spring water source. The proposed combination will create a fully licensed white-label beverage manufacturing and distribution company with a global multichannel distribution network of traditional retail and cannabis sales, the company said. BevCanna will take ownership of the beverage facility and water source, as well as 315-acres of cultivable land valued at C$10.4 million and beverage manufacturing equipment worth C$3.4 million.

Champignon Brands Inc (CSE:SHRM) (OTCQB:SHRMF) (FRA:496) reported that its management and governance is undergoing “comprehensive change at the top“ that will extend to the company's practices. Champignon Brands said it is doing so in order to emphasize transparency, full and accurate public reporting plus operational readiness to “meet the accelerating, pandemic-drive demand for its clinical services.” These changes include recruiting a new CFO, chief general counsel, and senior vice president of investor and public communications.

The Valens Company Inc (CVE:VLNS) (OTCQX:VLNCF) (FRA:7LV) announced Tuesday it has received an amendment to its existing Health Canada standard processing licence to allow operations to commence at its second manufacturing and processing facility in Kelowna, British Columbia (K2 Facility). Through this licence amendment, Valens said it has significantly increased its production capacity and capabilities, further solidifying its position as one of the largest third-party manufacturers and distributors of premium cannabis derivative products in Canada.

FansUnite Entertainment Inc (CSE:FANS) (OTCQB:FUNFF) (FRA:4UY) said Tuesday it was unaware of any material change in operations, which would account for the recent increase in market activity. Shares in Toronto added 3.85% on Tuesday to C$0.80 and the stock is up 163% from November 6 when shares stood at C$0.22 each. In New York, FansUnite shares are up over 11% on Tuesday and up 230% since November 11 this year. In a brief statement, the company said it was "issuing this news release at the request of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada" to confirm that management is unaware of any "material change in the company's operations that has not been publicly disclosed that would account for the recent increase in market activity."

Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd (CVE:HRH) (OTCMKTS:HLRTF) (FRA:7HI) announced Tuesday that it has signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with ANIGO Technologies Inc, outlining a licensed technology transfer arrangement through which the firms plan to jointly develop new intellectual property based on ANIGO's proven electric machine control technology software. The Vancouver-based company said the resulting new IP will incorporate ANIGO's existing IP and is expected to provide a “substantial platform” for future IP to be developed by Hillcrest directed at new clean energy applications. Any new IP or technology developed will be owned by Hillcrest. The move is aimed at allowing Hillcrest to create potentially disruptive clean energy solutions for electricity generation, storage and use.

Pacific Empire Minerals Corp (CVE:PEMC) (OTCQB:PEMSF), the prospect generator, has updated on this year's exploration at its Worldstock, Weedon and Jean Marie projects in British Columbia, where at the latter flagship, the potential for gold-enriched copper mineralization was confirmed. In all, 27 reverse circulation (RC) holes were sunk across all three properties this year, with assays expected from Jean Marie before the end of 2020. Rock sample assays at Jean Marie, however, have included 8.79 grams per ton (g/t) gold, 86.6 g/t silver and 1.74% copper at the newly identified Leap target.

Progressive Planet Solutions Inc. (CVE:PLAN) said it has sold and optioned a combined total of 10 million of its 10.5 million shares in Snow Lake Resources to two arms-length purchasers. The group, an emerging leader in reducing the carbon footprint of cement products using natural pozzolans, said the sale of this non-core asset is the final step in focusing it on developing its portfolio of assets in the Kamloops area of British Columbia (BC).

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) (TSX:EFR) has said its president and CEO, Mark S. Chalmers, will present at the H.C. Wainwright Mining Conference on Monday, November 30, 2020, at 3:00 pm ET.  During his live webcast, Chalmers will provide an update on the Company, including progress on its uranium and rare earth element (REE) initiatives. To join the webcast, please click on the following link: https://journey.ct.events/view/f6ba9486-d340-45b8-abfc-aa918f5d26c2

BTU Metals Corp (CVE:BTU) (OTCMKTS:BTUMF) announced an exploration update that included new results from the 2020 till sampling program at its Dixie Halo property in the Red Lake district of Ontario, which the company says indicate highly-prospective geology that, in many respects, mirror the ‘LP-fault' sequence of the Dixie Project owned by neighbouring Great Bear Resources Ltd (CVE:GBR).  BTU Metals also reported the discovery of a new prospective western gold zone, which it says is supported by both till results and grab samples. The company noted that gold-in-till results continue coming in from across the SW-NE geological and structural trend, most of which are concentrated along an 8 km x 5 km area, with increased sample density beginning to allow for vectoring towards bedrock drill targets.    

CO2 GRO Inc (CVE:GROW) (OTCQB:BLONF) (FRA:4021) announced Tuesday that it has sold a CO2 Delivery Solutions commercial installation to a British Columbia based smaller licensed cultivator for medical cannabis. GROW said the CO2 Delivery Solutions system was purchased based on its plant science data and testimonials from other customers currently using the technology. It was the second-such order. The Toronto-based company noted that it has established considerable success with micro and smaller cannabis and hemp cultivators across Canada and the US growers who operate cultivation facilities under 10,000 square feet of canopy. Whether indoor or smaller hoop and greenhouses, all benefit from CO2 Delivery Solution with up to 30% yield enhancement and pathogen perimeter protection while realizing significant CO2 cost savings compared to atmospheric CO2 gassing, GROW said.

American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC), announced Tuesday that its subsidiary American Rare Earth LLC has entered into a joint venture to develop and commercialize critical element and graphene technologies. In a statement, the company said the JV has been formed with Gerardine Botte, a Texas Tech University professor and the Whitacre Department Chair in Chemical Engineering, to develop technologies from carbon-based deposits under the newly established and jointly controlled limited liability company, Advanced Carbon Materials LLC (ACM). Additionally, the company has appointed Botte to its board as an independent director. American Rare Earth will own a 49% equity interest and 95% revenue interest in the ACM. American Resources said ACM will focus on developing new technologies for both critical elements (rare earth elements) and graphene production to bring domestic production to the electrification marketplace, including the needs of the Department of Energy, Department of Defense and electric vehicle production.

Fireweed Zinc Ltd (CVE:FWZ) announced it is widening its search area at the Boundary West target due to “strong discovery potential.” The decision to expand the search area at Boundary West comes after Fireweed drilled two distinct systems – an upper and lower sequence of stratiform zinc mineralization – overprinted by wide intervals of vein-hosted mineralization. The discovery of zinc mineralization in the lower sequence rocks, in addition to the surrounding wide intervals of vein mineralization, greatly expand the search area with strong discovery potential, the Vancouver-based explorer told investors Tuesday.

Mandalay Resources Corporation (TSE:MND) (OTCQB:MNDJF) revealed positive drill results from the Aurora target at its Björkdal gold mine in Sweden that highlighted the open plunge extension and an emerging new high-grade area. The Canadian miner said Tuesday that extension drilling at Aurora returned results of 4.8 grams per ton (g/t) gold over around 2.5 metres in one hole and 2.7 g/t gold over 2.8 metres in another, indicating the plunge extent of Aurora is still open at depth. Definition drilling to the east also revealed results of 8.1 g/t gold over a true width of 3 metres and 3 g/t gold over 3.5 metres.

HIRE Technologies Inc (CVE:HIRE) announced that it has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Kavin Talent Management & Recruiting (KTMR), an industrial and health care staffing services company servicing southern Ontario as well as other Canadian jurisdictions. The acquisition is expected to expand HIRE's service offering to include in-demand general labour staffing in Ontario.

Todos Medical Ltd (OTCQB:TOMDF) announced Tuesday that it has completed the installation of Tecan laboratory automated equipment at its Wisconsin client’s lab, bringing its total capacity to 12,000 coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR tests per day. The installation and scripting of new Tecan EVO200 and Tecan Fluent 780 systems, in combination with the use of Todos’ proprietary ANDis 350 automated RNA extraction systems, significantly boosts the lab’s testing capacity. The company said it will continue to work with its client to increase testing capacity to 18,000 tests per day in the weeks ahead, and add additional automated liquid handling, extraction and qPCR instrumentation.

ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp (NASDAQ:SOLO) is positioned to develop a backlog of orders for its SOLO electric vehicle, according to analysts at Roth Capital Markets, which raised its price target for the company’s stock to $12.50 from $7.50 and reiterated its Buy rating in a note published Monday. Roth views the three-wheeled electric vehicle as a contender for fast food and other product deliveries. Commercial deliveries of the SOLO are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021.

O3 Mining Inc (CVE:OIII) has reported encouraging drill assays from its Marban project, part of the Malartic property, in Val-d'Or, Québec, which have potentially shown a high-grade satellite deposit. Assays come from seven holes, which were sunk down-plunge at the Gold Hawk zone, and were part of the firm's 150,000-metre (m) drill program. Highlight results from Gold Hawk included 383.4 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 2.0m in one hole, including an intercept of 1,510 g/t of the yellow metal over 0.5m.

GlobeX Data Ltd (OTCQB:SWISF)(CSE:SWIS), the cyber security and privacy solutions provider, said on Tuesday that it has achieved the technical integration of SekurMessenger, its encrypted messaging and file transfer application with Telcel, telecom heavyweight América Móvil SAB’s (NYSE:AMX) Mexico mobile division. On October 13, GlobeX had revealed that América Móvil, Latin America’s biggest wireless operator by subscribers, would integrate Sekur's encrypted messaging application. “The next step for GlobeX is to complete onboarding integration and perform minor graphical adjustments in order to complete full integration of SekurMessenger with Telcel for sales to start in Mexico,” said the company. Telcel will kick off sales by the first quarter of 2021.

Silvercorp Metals Inc (TSE:SVM) (NYSEAMERICAN:SVM) announced on Tuesday that its TLP, LME, LMW and HPG mines in the Ying mining district, in Henan, and GC mine in the Guangdong province, have been certified as green mines in China. The Canadian mining company producing silver, lead and zinc metals in concentrates from mines in China said the coveted green mine designation is awarded to mines that “minimize adverse impacts on the environment” and adopt scientific design and measures to ensure sustainable development from mine development to closure.

Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc (NEO:MMED) (OTCQB:MMEDF) (FRA:MMQ), a psychedelic medicine company, is establishing a digital medicine division known as Albert, the company announced Tuesday. The new division will work to develop and build an integrated technical platform and comprehensive toolset aimed at delivering psychedelic inspired medicines and experiential therapies combined with digital therapeutics, the company said. MindMed is currently recruiting a team of technologists, therapists and clinical drug development experts.

Great Bear Resources Ltd (CVE:GBR) (OTCQX:GTBAF) has reported additional drill results from the company’s $21 million exploration program at its 100% owned Dixie Project in the Red Lake district of Ontario. The highlights included 101.50 metres (m) at 4.69 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 5.25m of 41.25 g/t gold at the LP Fault. Great Bear Resources noted that it is using the same model-driven drill process that is being repeated on more than 80 individual drill sections across more than four kilometres of the central LP Fault zone, adding that all holes to date have intersected gold mineralization.

Arcadia Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:RKDA) (FRA:17DN) has signed a distribution agreement with Canadian hemp seed company Tritium 3H Inc (T3H) to distribute its GoodHemp seed varieties and genetics in the country. T3H, based in Lethbridge, Alberta, specializes in hemp field testing, certified seed production, commercialization and distribution of industrial hemp varieties for the Canadian market. The firm will distribute the GoodHemp products once Arcadia earns certification from the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) and Health Canada, which the company expects to receive in December and February, respectively.

Talon Metals Corp (TSE:TLO) said it has intersected 8.39 meters of high-grade massive sulphide mineralization starting from 414.73 meters at the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project in Minnesota. The company said the results indicate an extension of mineralization to the north of historic intercepts of thick mineralization, as it was targeting a geophysical (BHEM) anomaly that was refined during the recent resurveying of an historic drill hole. It noted that assays are pending. Talon Metals Head of Exploration Brian Goldner said in a statement:  "We are excited by the results from this latest drill hole." 

Antibe Therapeutics Inc (TSX:ATE) (OTCQB:ATBPF) (FRA:4B7), a clinical stage company leveraging its unique hydrogen sulfide platform to develop safer medicines for pain and inflammation, has appointed industry veterans Robert Hoffman and Jennifer McNealey to its board of directors. “We are delighted to welcome Jennifer and Robert to our team,” said Board Chair Walt Macnee in a statement Tuesday. “Both are highly accomplished biotechnology executives, with significant experience in U.S. capital markets, public company governance and financial operations – all of which will be invaluable to Antibe as we move toward a potential listing on a senior U.S. exchange in parallel with large market partnering efforts.” Until his retirement last month, Hoffman was CFO of San Diego-based Heron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:HRTX) (FRA:AXD2), a commercial-stage drug developer with a pipeline of acute pain therapeutics. McNealey is a senior financial and strategy executive with considerable breadth of experience in the biotechnology sector, as an analyst, portfolio manager, information provider, and expert in corporate communications and investor relations.

Melkior Resources Inc (CVE:MKR) (OTCMKTS:MKRIF) (FRA:MEK1) has increased its ground at the Val D'Or property in Quebec, the firm told investors Tuesday.  The firm's Val d'Or project comprises 120 claims, covering around 6,000 hectares (ha) and a summer till program this year identified four targets. By direct staking, the firm has now added a further eight claims, spanning 371.96 hectares.

GGX Gold Corp. (CVE:GGX) (OTCQB:GGXXF) (FRA:3SR2) has provided an exploration update on its program at the Gold Drop property in the Greenwood Mining Camp of south-central British Columbia. The group said that diamond drilling is now commencing on the Perky vein, a new discovery vein, where promising assay results were obtained from surface trenching this year.  As previously reported, the company said grab and channel sample results ranged up to 54.0 grams per tonne gold, 303 grams per tonne silver and 397 grams per tonne tellurium.

Binovi Technologies Corp (CSE:VISN) (OTCQB:BNVIF) told investors that the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted the company’s proposal to issue 104,308 common shares at a price of C$0.13. The shares are being issued in consideration for advertising services provided as part of a deal with Agora Internet Relations Corp.

American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC), a next generation and socially responsible supplier of raw materials to the new infrastructure marketplace, says CEO Mark Jensen will present at the H.C. Wainwright Mining Conference on November 30 at 12 pm ET. In addition to the presentation, management will be available for one-on-one meeting with qualified members of the investment community who are registered to attend the conference. For more information, please visit the conference website here. A live video webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of the company's website (americanresourcescorp.com). The video webcast replay will be made available two hours following the event and will be archived for 90 days.

Nano One Materials Corp (CVE:NNO) (OTCPINK:NNOMF) (FRA:LBMB) said Tuesday that results from the durability test on its high voltage cobalt-free battery confirmed its stability at high operating temperatures. The results indicate that the batteries would be stable at the high temperatures necessary for automotive, power tool and energy storage applications, the Vancouver-based company told shareholders.

Aftermath Silver Ltd (CVE:AAG) (OTCQB:AAGFF) said it had struck an amended agreement with SSR Mining over its previously announced acquisition of the Berenguela silver-copper project in Peru and final closing of the deal is expected on or before November 24, 2026. The Berenguela silver-copper project is an epithermal polymetallic carbonate-replacement deposit, with a total tenement package of 6,594 hectares.

Orogen Royalties Inc. (CVE:OGN) has announced the appointment of Marc Tran as chief financial officer (CFO) of the company, taking over from Mahesh Liyanage, who is leaving the company to pursue his own CFO services business. Tran is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA) with over 20 years of finance leadership experience in public organizations. He has successfully completed over $100 million of financing for mining projects and is an experienced strategic executive in transforming and scaling growth staged companies.

ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp (NASDAQ:SOLO) is positioned to develop a backlog of orders for its SOLO electric vehicle, according to analysts at Roth Capital Markets, which raised its price target for the company’s stock to $12.50 from $7.50 and reiterated its Buy rating in a note published Monday.  Roth views the three-wheeled electric vehicle as a contender for fast food and other product deliveries. “We believe the pandemic is a tailwind for fast food chains exploring better delivery options,” Roth wrote.

Western Magnesium Corporation (CVE:WMG) (FRA:M1V) (OTCMKTS:MLYF) announced that it has been invited to present at The Wall Street Conference 2021 the premiere conference in the venture capital arena within the large, medium and small-cap marketplace. Sam Ataya, the company's executive president and CEO will be speaking at the Conference, an exclusive Event by "Invitation Only", where the most senior and elite Wall Street professionals attend this conference, featuring Financial Institutions, Growth Equities and Industry Leaders. The conference will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Past Wall Street Conference speakers have included Presidential Candidates, Governors, Congressional Leaders, TV Personalities, and Thought Leaders from across various industries.

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