• Recent investment article notes ISWH’s financial report shows “larger than forecast topline growth.”
• The report represents the fifth consecutive quarter of strong growth by ISWH.
• Strong forecast based on strong performance by company’s home health division, cryptocurrency mining joint venture.

The recent Q2 ISW Holdings (OTC: ISWH) financial report (http://ibn.fm/AwEC6), which included operational performance data for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, “silence(d) the skeptics, with larger than forecast topline growth powered by an expanding home healthcare segment, which could be set to further advance as the company integrates its proprietary telehealth technology into the mix,” noted a recent “Oracle Dispatch” article (http://ibn.fm/OUXlm).

The report represents the fifth consecutive quarter of strong growth by ISWH, a brand-management portfolio company with a growing home health division. “According to the company’s release, revenues for the three months ended June 30 totaled $248,675, and $485,593 for six months ended June 30, representing year-over-year growth of 79% (and 244%) compared to comparable periods in 2019,” the article continued. “Gross profits for the three months ended June 30 totaled $94,692, and $134,011 for the six months ended June 30, representing year-over-year growth of 72% (and 152%) compared to comparable periods in 2019.”

Contributing to the company’s consistently strong bottom line and bright forecast is the strong performance turned in by the company’s home health division, Paradigm Home Health (“PPH”), as well as the joint venture ISWH operates with Bit5ive, a global leader in cryptocurrency mining.

“We demonstrated the continued viability of our Home Healthcare business during a tumultuous quarter beset by tremendous challenges across the country due to the pandemic health crisis,” said ISW Holdings president and chairman Alonzo Pierce. “We also set the stage for accelerating growth in the back half of the year as we look forward to continued developments in both our telehealth and crypto mining endeavors at a time when the context is very promising in both of those markets. We have shown strong topline growth now for five consecutive quarters almost solely driven by PHH. We feel we are well positioned to continue that growth and begin to see tangible returns from our crypto mining investments over coming months as well.”

Based in Nevada, ISW Holdings is a diversified portfolio company comprised of essential business lines that serve consumer product demands. The company’s expertise lies in strategic brand development and early-growth facilitation, as well as brand identity through its proprietary procurement process. Together with its partners, ISWH seeks to provide a structure that meets large scalability demands as well as anticipated marketplace needs. ISWH maneuvers its proprietary companies through critical stages of market development, which includes conceptualization, go-to-market strategies, engineering, product integration and distribution efficiency.

For more information about ISW Holdings, please visit the company’s website at www.ISWHoldings.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISWH are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISWH

• Company predicts BudCars will reach $650,000 monthly sales milestone; Q3 2020 numbers to top $11 million
• CEO expects extremely robust growth in July, August; new records across many metrics
• BudCars has seen steady improvement in almost every major metric

Sugarmade Inc. (OTCQB: SGMD), a product and branding marketing company investing in operations and technologies with disruptive potential, has announced that it expects BudCars Cannabis Delivery Service to hit a $650,000 sales milestone in July (http://ibn.fm/LDXLJ). The company also predicts its Q3 2020 sales numbers will top $11 million.

“We believe we have enough visibility and enough data in hand to forecast that we will continue to see extremely robust growth in July and August,” stated Sugarmade CEO Jimmy Chan. “Many of the trends we saw come together in June to drive our performance remain in place and suggest new records across many metrics are likely this month as well.”

The strong numbers are based on SGMD’s impressive growth and underlying data trends in May and June, along with even stronger numbers for the first part of July. Using the current figures as a baseline, the Sugarmade team is anticipating continued strong month-over-month sales growth of 30% in July and August, which would bring the company to $650K in July and on pace to close out September with annualized BudCars revenues reaching $11 million.

BudCars is a retail business that offers same-day delivery of top-quality cannabis. Customers choose from a variety of products, including edibles, flower, pre-rolls, vapes, tinctures and concentrate across dozens of premium brands. Once consumers complete their purchases online, they receive their order the same day via BudCars Cannabis Delivery Service.

BudCars has reported constant improvement in almost every major metric — from increasing new customers and increasing orders per customer to strong repeat business — since Sugarmade invested in the company earlier this year. This steady growth provides a high degree of confidence in the company’s forecast of continued 30% sequential monthly topline growth and the likelihood that SGMD will close out Q3 2020 with an extremely strong performance heading into year-end.

In addition, Sugarmade continues to focus on further strengthening future top and bottom-line growth through strategic expansion and verticalization plans. The company has already announced the opening of its second BudCars hub in Los Angeles, as well as the establishment of in-house cultivation and product manufacturing operations at its new 5,000 square-foot, indoor, premium-cannabis cultivation facility located near its Sacramento BudCars hub.

Sugarmade Inc. is a product and branding marketing company investing in operations and technologies with disruptive potential. In addition to its financial interest in the BudCars brand, SGMD’s brand portfolio includes CarryOutsupplies.com and SugarRush(TM).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Sugarmade.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGMD are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SUGAR

• POAI, Helomics builds AI-driven models that predict drug response, patient outcome
• Company tests patient tumor, generates comprehensive picture that oncologists use to individualize therapy
• Key to individualized insight is POAI’s Tumor Drug Response Profiling (“TDRP”) platform, NGS-based genomic profiling, unmatched cancer knowledge base

Guided by the mantra that “cancer is personal — we believe therapy should be too,” Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI) subsidiary Helomics focus on building AI-driven models that will predict drug response and patient outcome of individual tumors. With the largest tumor inventory in the world, POAI leads the way in providing a functional precision medicine approach that harnesses the power of an individual patient’s tumor to personalize their cancer treatment plan.

POAI works closely with oncologists to provide key information to help improve their patients’ odds in their fight against cancer. Helomics current clinical test platform offers a powerful, proprietary approach that tests a patient’s unique tumor, then combines drug-response profiling and genomic profiling of that tumor to generate a comprehensive picture that an oncologist can use to individualize therapy and improve positive outcomes.

Oncologists rely on these personalized profiles to help reduce the risk that a patient receives ineffective therapies as well as to identify alternatives when a typical treatment recommended for certain types of cancer cannot be tolerated.

A key component in Predictive Oncology’s ability to offer such individualized insight is the company’s Tumor Drug Response Profiling (“TDRP”) platform, which it combines with the latest NGS-based genomic profiling and POAI’s vast cancer knowledge-base of 150,000 tumors. Exclusive to POAI, these resources provide a more functional approach to precision medicine and allow an oncologist to reach beyond genomics alone in providing cancer-treatment recommendations.

In addition, every tumor tested by POAI and Helomics adds data to the company’s unparalleled D-CHIP knowledgebase, which contains anonymized molecular and drug-response profiles from more than 150,000 cancer cases. This invaluable information provides researchers in pharma, biopharma and diagnostic companies actionable insights to help discover better targeted therapies as well as contribute to key developments in clinical trials, companion diagnostics, and biomarkers.

POAI is bringing precision medicine, or tailored medical treatment using the individual characteristics of each patient, to the treatment of cancer. Through the company’s Helomics division, the company leverages its unique, clinically validated patient derived (“PDx”) smart tumor profiling platform to provide oncologists with a road map to help individualize therapy. In addition, the company is utilizing artificial intelligence and its proprietary database of over 150,000 cancer cases tumors to build AI-driven models of tumor drug response to improve outcomes for the patients of today and tomorrow

For more information about the company, visit www.Predictive-Oncology.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to POAI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/POAI

• Gold continues to post record highs despite recent volatility
• Gold price broke previous 2011 ceiling of $1921 per ounce
• KGS plans to increase gold production at historic gold mining sites using new technologies
• KGS entered into option agreements to obtain 100% ownership of the Mohave Project in Arizona and Cadillac East Property in Quebec, Canada

Despite negative headlines focused on recent price drops (http://ibn.fm/XCUAS), the price of gold continues to set record highs, eclipsing the effects of recent volatility. Kingman Minerals (TSX.V: KGS), a Canada-based mining company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and silver properties in North America, is planning to increase gold production in anticipation of rising prices by sourcing and developing historic mining sites for new drilling campaigns that extract the remaining wealth using innovative, safe and cost-effective technology.

The price of gold recently took a “plunge” according to experts at Forbes closing at nearly $1,900 at the time of printing. While the noted drop in the price was substantial, this level is still among the highest seen so far in 2020, and not far off from its record high of $1,921 last seen in 2011 (http://ibn.fm/um1oP). While stock markets may be experiencing extreme volatility as a result of recent economic events, the value of gold continues to endure, prompting investors to keep shifting capital into “safe haven” assets like precious metals as a measure to protect the value of their wealth amid fears of inflation, overvalued stocks and other events upending the global economy.

KGS anticipated the rising trend of gold prices long before they reached this critical point, sourcing historic mining sites throughout North America as part of its production strategy aimed at extracting the remaining gold left behind by previous generations through the use of modern technology. Two notable properties of interest include the Cadillac East Property in Quebec, Canada and the Mohave Project located in Arizona – both offering potential for the profitable production of gold, positioning KGS favorably to investors looking for stable assets that can withstand short-term price volatility.

The Cadillac East Property is located approximately 55 kilometers east of Val d’Or, a key mining and exploration hub located in Quebec, Canada. Following extensive geophysical and geological surveys, KGS recently acquired an interest in the property from an arm’s length vendor with an option agreement to earn 100% over three years. Besides its 12 lode claims, the area was also identified by Exploration Facilitation Unlimited Inc. in 2017 as having potential value in other metals that include silver, copper, zinc and nickel (http://ibn.fm/Dvp8B).

The Mohave Project, another key property in KGS’s portfolio, comprises 20 lode claims that include the historic 167-hectare Rosebud Mine. Originally discovered in the 1880s, some wealth remains, according to studies conducted in the 1980s that estimated 664,000 ounces of gold and 2,600,000 ounces of silver. The company has recently completed two underground reconnaissance and sampling programs and is in the process of verifying these estimates by commissioning a report to be completed by Burgex Inc. (http://ibn.fm/49jNP), a consulting services company that specializes in the analysis of abandoned mining sites throughout the western United States.

Based in Canada, KGS is poised to benefit from current economic conditions through its strategy of developing a diverse portfolio of high-quality, lifelong mining assets. Through its strategy focused on exploring, acquiring and developing gold and silver properties in North America, the company continues to provide value to shareholders looking to diversify their portfolios with safe investments of enduring value.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.KingmanMinerals.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to KGS are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/KGS

• Integration of Hostfully property-management platform, InsuraGuest API completed
• InsuraGuest books record monthly revenues in July
• Development of new insurtech business-owner policy portal continues
• Capital restructuring reduces debt, interest expense

Innovative insurtech leader InsuraGuest Technologies (TSX.V: ISGI) (OTC: IGSTF) appears set to bolster its presence in the vacation-rental market. The company has completed the integration of the end-to-end, property-management platform operated by Hostfully Inc. with InsuraGuest’s Application Programming Interface (“API”) (http://ibn.fm/zcaj7). The partnership allows Hostfully clients to access InsuraGuest’s hospitality products, a development that should boost revenues, already trending upwards. In July, the company’s hospitality division had its best revenue month ever despite the downturn in the sector due to the pandemic (http://ibn.fm/ZOiYb). InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability Policy is a supplemental insurance product for hotels, vacation-rental operators and similar establishments, which is enjoying increasing adoption.

Work on the new InsurTech Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) portal continues (http://ibn.fm/zW9Yk). ISGI expects to have the portal fully operational by the third quarter of 2020. Now, with a stronger balance sheet due to recent capital restructuring, InsuraGuest is closer to realizing its goal of transforming the way insurance is delivered with the revolutionary idea that insurance should be bought, not sold.

The integration of Hostfully’s property-management platform and InsuraGuest’s API allows Hostfully clients — vacation rental operators and owners — to provide their patrons with InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability coverage. After sign-up, the rental property will be able to offer the hospitality product to registered guests, along with others in the party, upon check-in. The charge for coverage will appear as a separate line item to be paid for by the guest. InsuraGuest’s Hospitality Liability policy provides coverage for theft of personal property while at the establishment, as well as accidental medical expenses and accidental death and dismemberment.

More partnerships like this are forthcoming. The InsuraGuest insurtech platform is capable of meshing with approximately 70 different hotel property-management systems, including Oracle Opera, Hilton-ONQ, Springer-Miller Systems, Marriot Fosse, Marriott Full Service, Agilysys and Lightspeed GPS.

However, InsuraGuest is not confining its services to the hospitality industry. The company is taking its technology to the small-business sector. Presently, ISGI is developing a new Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) InsurTech platform to serve the special needs of small-business owners. The BOP will cover over 130 class codes, including retail, wholesale, mercantile, office and business service classes. (General liability class codes are assigned by underwriters as a way of classifying and grouping businesses by risk.) Small businesses will be able to purchase the BOP online through a dedicated portal, www.InsureThePeople.com (“ITP”), which will be open to U.S. markets by the third quarter of 2020.

With strong growth continuing in the vacation-rental market, InsuraGuest is positioning itself to meet rising demand. The vacation-rental market reached $57 million in 2019 and is currently growing at a rate of 6.9 percent per annum. A recent strengthening of the balance sheet—swapping debt for shares—will certainly help (http://ibn.fm/wKu0o). The company announced the issue of 4,901,625 shares of common stock to reduce approximately $765,607.83 (CDN) of debt, incurred in connection with services the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, InsuraGuest Inc., received over the past year and half.

Of the shares to be issued, 2,271,127 shares will go to Douglas K. Anderson, a director of the company and its current CEO, while 150,000 shares will be issued to an entity controlled by CFO Logan B. Anderson, who is also a director. The debt/equity swaps will preserve cash and reduce expenses.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.InsuraGuest.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISGI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISGI

• EU announces creation of €750bn Coronavirus recovery fund
• Fund will be used to provide low-interest loans to 27 members of EU bloc while also disbursing grants to zone’s worst-hit economies
• In response to united fiscal response to crisis, scale of fiscal support becomes increasingly sanguine towards European financial assets
• Deltec Bank upgrades its stance on European Equities and Euro currency, believes these assets are set to outperform in near-and-medium term

Deltec Bank & Trust, a Bahamas-based private bank recently awarded the title of ‘Best Private Bank in the Caribbean’ in 2020 (http://ibn.fm/PS1F4), has published its latest investment research note entitled “EUreka” (http://ibn.fm/UhKNZ). The piece looks into the intricacies underpinning the European Union’s proactive fiscal response in dealing with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and its effect on Eurozone financial asset prices and the Euro.

In the early hours of July 21, the European Union announced that it would be creating a €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund, as an addendum to the Eurozone’s existing €1.1 trillion, 7-year budget. The recovery fund consists of €360 billion in low-interest loans available to all members of the block (to be repaid over a 30-year period) as well as €390 billion in grants to member states hardest hit by the coronavirus. Given that the funds disbursed through the EU’s emergency mechanism exceeded the EU’s prior budgeted payments, it was agreed that the European Commission would itself issue debt and borrow from financial markets – an unprecedented move, given that any prior capital raises have been done on a country-by-country basis.

Deltec Bank’s research team has taken a relatively benign view to the Eurozone’s fiscal measures. The team believes that the issuance of debt by a centralized body represents a further step towards European Federalization, which may subsequently open the way for the harmonization of tax regimes and other economic policies. The latter in particular has long been a contentious thorn in the Eurozone’s side, which has seen its 27 member countries adopt a homogenized monetary policy stance despite having wildly differing fiscal frameworks and benchmarks.

In the longer term, Deltec Bank believes that the EU’s actions will benefit the government bonds and economies of Europe’s weaker economies, with over-strained fiscal budgets set to be subsidized by the EU’s recovery fund mechanism. Markets have adopted a similar point of view, with the premium in Italy’s 10-year bond yields relative to German Bunds narrowing to their lowest level since March – illustrating the sharp increase in investor confidence in the southern European nation’s debt.

Nonetheless, despite the relatively transient nature of the emergency fiscal measures, investors must not dismiss the EU recovery fund’s historic importance. For years, EU voters and Northern European politicians have found themselves extremely averse to the type of fiscal transfers and debt mutualization this recovery fund represents.

In fact, it was only a few years ago in 2012 that the European Central Bank refused to accept Greek sovereign bonds as collateral, despite the dire condition of the Greek economy,  under the European Stability Mechanism (“ESM”), which was implemented in 2010 to help resolve a credit crisis brewing in the Eurozone (http://ibn.fm/OTU6j). Today, following the historic introduction of the €750 billion coronavirus recovery fund, Deltec Bank’s investment research team believe that EU’s measures will help bolster inexpensive Southern European assets—including their equity markets as a whole. Additionally, the fiscal boost to the various members’ coffers should also help bolster the value of the Euro, which has led the bank to upgrade its positive stance on the Euro and European Equities.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DeltecBank.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Deltec are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/Deltec

• ISWH’s growing home-health division ideally positioned in industry looking for change.
• Paradigm Home Health focused on delivering health care in changing, increasingly aging community.
• TeleCare is revolutionary technology solution designed to summon medical assistance with the push of a button.

In what some are calling the “health-care revolution,” health-care companies and providers as well as patients are looking for solutions to a complicated, cumbersome health-care process. Innovative companies in that space, such as ISW Holdings (OTC: ISWH), a brand-management portfolio company with a growing home health division, may leverage their already-strong positions in the industry to become leaders in the movement for change.

The basic gist of the revolution, observes a recent “BioPharma Journal” article (http://ibn.fm/jTs7N), is that “healthcare is not affordable for society. We try universal healthcare systems and find that quality is definitely linked to the process. Some folks try to claim this isn’t the case, but the reality should be clear: if you put more people on the same plan, the amount that can be spent on each person decreases. . . . Something needs to change in these places, especially as more and more people age into larger healthcare needs.

“One solution expected to play a part is home healthcare,” the article continued. “In the past, we have gone to hospitals and stayed there for quick access to doctors and specialized expertise and equipment. But, as telehealth and portability become more technologically possible in more places, much of that same care can happen at home. This simple shift of expanding the physical realm in play massively reduces the costs of care and makes it far more possible for something approaching high-quality universally accessible healthcare to become a reality.”

ISWH sees the potential for this to happen and is actively involved in the process. Paradigm Home Health (PHH), ISW Holding’s home health division, is focused on delivering health care in a changing and increasingly aging community. PHH aims to lead the emerging changes by offering quality services rooted in emerging technologies. An example of the company’s ability to do just that is its TeleCare service.

“This is a new technology solution we are preparing to launch as part of our home healthcare service,” said ISWH president and chairman Alonzo Pierce (http://ibn.fm/EVRkH). “TeleCare is a revolutionary technology solution designed to provide home-health patients with a simple, one-button wearable device to quickly and easily summon a visiting nurse, home-health provider, or 24/7 nurse-assist hot line anytime medical assistance is urgently needed.”

The technology works like a nurse-call button in a hospital, explained Pierce. “Our research suggests this will create tremendous additional value and enhance our clients’ lives by helping them to maintain the greatest possible level of independent existence while still having access to the supportive care they need,” Pierce said.

PHH is also developing specialized technology and tools to support health-care services outside of the bounds of specialized facilities by focusing on home-care facilities. These efforts will help shift the burden of patient care from hospitals and clinics and also streamline specific parts of the health-care process to enhance service and product distribution.

Based in Nevada, ISW Holdings is a diversified portfolio company comprised of essential business lines that serve consumer product demands. The company’s expertise lies in strategic brand development and early-growth facilitation, as well as brand identity through its proprietary procurement process. Together with its partners, ISWH seeks to provide a structure that meets large scalability demands as well as anticipated marketplace needs. ISWH maneuvers its proprietary companies through critical stages of market development, which includes conceptualization, go-to-market strategies, engineering, product integration and distribution efficiency.

For more information about ISW Holdings, please visit the company’s website at www.ISWHoldings.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISWH are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISWH

• NETE transforming into pure-play electric vehicles company through merger with Mullen Technologies
• Reverse merger will allow Mullen stakeholders to acquire majority of newly formed company, accelerating process of Mullen going public
• EV sales growing at 25% per year on average, expected to account for over 20% of sales by 2030

Electric vehicle (“EV”) sales in the U.S. have been growing by an average of 25% per year (http://ibn.fm/Uy6ss) – stellar results when compared to the dismal 1.76% drop experienced by the entire industry in 2019 (http://ibn.fm/tIyK3). In a bold move aimed at maximizing shareholder value, Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) recently announced its plans to divest itself of its payments processing business model and enter into the EV industry by executing a definitive merger agreement with Mullen Technologies Inc., a Southern California-based EV company. With seven retail locations in California and one in Arizona, Mullen plans to expand its operations in the U.S. following the merger by opening a manufacturing plant in West Plains, Washington and launching a luxury sports car – the Dragonfly K50 – in the first half of 2021 (http://ibn.fm/1Irsm).

Through the reverse merger, NETE plans to transform itself into a pure-play electric vehicle company, allowing the stakeholders of Mullen, a privately held company, to acquire a majority of the new stock, accelerate the process of taking Mullen public, and catalyze its operations in the United States.

“We feel, after considering an array of strategic alternatives, that the agreement with Mullen provides our shareholders with the most compelling opportunity,” said Net Element chairman and CEO Oleg Firer (http://ibn.fm/1bgrR). “We conducted an extensive search of companies that have disruptive technologies and believe that Mullen represents the best path forward.

“COVID-19 has created a unique set of challenges for our payment processing business, as many of our payment processing customers are located in the Northeast, which has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus. We expect that the merger with Mullen will create a new path forward that should reward our long-time shareholders.”

Electric vehicles are expected to exceed 20% of annual vehicle sales by 2030 (http://ibn.fm/pTbje) yet currently account for only 2% of sales at present, indicating that market penetration has barely started. The falling prices of EV batteries, changes in fuel regulations and electric vehicle mandates in countries like China are contributing to market shifts favoring EVs across all markets worldwide. Besides expectations that EVs will account for almost half (48%) of all passenger car sales in China by 2025, they are also expected to dominate municipal bus sales by 81%, commercial vehicle sales at 56%, and 31% of the medium commercial market, according to a report by BloombergNEF (http://ibn.fm/u22TJ).

Current and future projections for the EV market have prompted a deluge of investor interest in the space, evidenced by the superior share price performance of electric vehicle manufacturers when compared to their more conventional counterparts (http://ibn.fm/SZrNA). Through its merger with Mullen Technologies, Net Element expects to join other institutional investors in gaining early access to the rapidly growing EV market where revenue growth and earnings potential appear to be extremely promising.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NetElement.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to NETE are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NETE

• “New York Times” article reports gold reaching record highs
• Buying gold is “best thing” investors can do to shield themselves from inflation, weakening of so-called fiat, or paper, currencies
• KGS strategic business model designed to deliver the highest benefit possible as prices of precious metals, including gold, increases

As investors look for stability in a precarious financial world, they are turning more often to gold, pushing gold prices up to record levels not seen since 2011. Kingman Minerals (TSX.V: KGS), a Canada-based company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and silver properties in North America, is in a strong position to leverage these market trends to create significant value for its shareholders.

“In recent days, gold prices have hit record highs,” reported a recent “New York Times” article (http://ibn.fm/h81b5). “For the year, gold is up 27 percent, a performance that puts it ahead of most stock, bond and commodity markets. . . . Right now, investors are . . .  determining that buying gold — which is traditionally considered an investment that holds its value over time — is the best thing they can do to shield themselves from inflation and weakening of so-called fiat, or paper, currencies. As a result, money flows into gold investments have surged in recent months as central banks have stepped up their fight against the downturn.”

The article notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled one of the sharpest downturns in the global economy on record, with some experts predicting that the world economy will shrink by 5%. Consequently, the Federal Reserve, along with other central banks worldwide, have turned to creating fresh currency in an attempt to support the weakening economy.

“The increase in money supply lowers interest rates and raises the amount of a particular currency, such as the dollar, in circulation,” the article noted. “And over time, these moves can both increase inflation (lower interest rates typically spur economic activity) and weaken the value of a currency.”

As a result, gold becomes a more attractive — and stable — investment, a situation that Kingman Minerals is positioned to make the most of. The company’s strategic business model is designed to deliver the highest benefit possible to its shareholders as the prices of precious metals, including gold, increase. In addition, the company is focused on expanding its footprint through the acquisition of new potential exploration targets. KGS’s unique business model outlines careful and deliberate participation in the exploration and expansion success of the historical mines and prospects underlying its current agreements.

Kingman Minerals Ltd. is currently engaged in the business of precious metal mineral exploration for the purpose of acquiring and advancing non-grass-roots mineral properties located in mining friendly jurisdictions of North America. Formerly known as Astorius Resources Ltd., KGS is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold and silver properties in North America. Based in Canada, KGS is committed to sourcing and developing high-quality properties with significant mining potential as part of its strategy of developing a diverse portfolio of low-cost, lifelong assets.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.KingmanMinerals.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to KGS are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/KGS

• OTT media sector has benefitted from recent COVID lockdown, with subscriber numbers on video-on-demand (“VOD”) platforms rising by 196% YoY in April 2020
• With surfeit of VOD platforms leading to constrained pricing power, platforms have resorted to advertising as tool to further monetize media content
• The Movie Studio has long distinguished itself through innovative measures designed to drive subscriber numbers on its VOD platform – such as its MovieSodes feature
• With advertising growth within OTT platforms, The Movie Studio could potentially introduce new revenue steam to its business model

The over-the-top media (“OTT”) sector, which encompasses audio, video and other media content delivered over the Internet, has witnessed an astonishing surge in popularity over recent months. A recent study carried out by Adobe, which delved into the over 6.6 billion hours of video content viewed on OTT, desktop and mobile phone platforms in the US between January 2018 and July 2020, found that OTT viewing surged by as much as 196% in April 2020 (http://ibn.fm/G4kkj), with viewers opting to stream videos at a record pace during the lockdown. The Movie Studio (OTC: MVES), an independent movie studio boasting a proprietary OTT platform, is a key beneficiary from the trend. However, despite their evident popularity, OTT platforms still present a plethora of untapped potential for both, advertisers as well as platform owners seeking to generate new revenue streams.

For years, pioneers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and their ilk dominated the OTT media space; however, a spate of new platform launches in 2019 and 2020 – including the likes of Apple Plus, Disney Plus, HBO Max and NBC Universal’s Peacock have resulted in a veritable glut of platform choices for viewers seeking to consume video content. The sharp increase in competition has translated into pricing pressure across the various platforms – a survey by PC Magazine in late 2019 found that 65% of respondents would consider cancelling their subscriptions in response to price increases (http://ibn.fm/Lw3eL). As a result, subscription video on demand (“SVOD”) platforms have been obliged to seek alternative revenue streams to cover ever-increasing content costs.

Platforms have progressively begun to experiment with innovative formats through which to show ads. For instance, over the past year, Hulu has introduced the concept of ‘pause’ ads, with advertisements appearing on screen when a viewer presses pause while streaming content (http://ibn.fm/G8Xcg). Meanwhile, the likes of Amazon have looked into monetizing their actual media content. TV shows like ‘Making the Cut’ now allow viewers to purchase the designer products displayed during the show directly on Amazon Prime once the show has aired (http://ibn.fm/Xcf28).

The Movie Studio has long distinguished itself through the introduction of a series of innovative measures designed to boost the popularity of their eponymous OTT platform, such as the MovieSodes feature – which enables the platform’s subscribers to upload virtual auditions of themselves for potential casting consideration in the company’s upcoming film productions. Nonetheless, the advertising model which is currently being experimented on competing platforms provides The Movie Studio with a potentially innovative and lucrative way of driving further monetization of their online video content and grow their revenues going forward.

For more information about the company, visit www.TheMovieStudio.com.

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MVES are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MVES