• SHRG’s adoption of interactive, video-based platform and its Blue Ocean strategy address vital criteria for direct-selling success
• Company’s selling techniques utilize effective online selling tools combined with priceless personalized customer service
• Sharing Services achieved revenues of $35.4 million for Q1 2019, more than double that of the comparable period in 2018

As technology continues to shape the direct selling industry, major players in the space are realizing that traditional sales strategies are not enough. To remain competitive, it is no longer enough to offer a compelling product at a fair price. While other companies strive to evolve, Sharing Services Global Corporation (OTCQB: SHRG) has hit its stride, having already employed selling strategies that focus on the consumer and the newest shopping trends.

In today’s world of increasing connectivity and choice, industry leaders are shifting their attention to the consumer, realizing that today’s buyers desire a personal connection with their distributors. “Direct Selling News,” a leading industry publication, emphasizes the importance of “recruiting customers” by meeting them where they are, including utilizing technology to connect via social media (http://ibn.fm/Y6hKZ). Sharing Services Global Corporation’s selling strategy combines online technological tools and a specialized, seamless, “priceless” selling experience offered by its independent Elepreneurs, or sales contractors. SHRG’s selling strategies focus on the consumer and newest shopping trends.

SHRG’s Elepreneurs LLC subsidiary, along with its independent sales contractors, now use the interactive, video-based VERB sales-marketing app platform developed by Verb Technology Company Inc. Initially used by Elepreneurs in the United States, VERB will soon be unveiled in Canada (http://ibn.fm/OsTUh).

These selling strategies have resulted in SHRG’s sharp revenue gains. In Q1 2019, the three months ending July 31, SHRG achieved revenues of $35.4 million, more than double that of the comparable period in 2018 (http://ibn.fm/9NbVF). SHRG reported to the SEC record sales of $85.9 million for fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 (http://ibn.fm/Pftqf). This represents a nine-fold increase, or $77.5 million jump, over the company’s revenues of $8.4 million the prior year.

Two elements also contributing to SHRG’s success have been its implementation of Blue Ocean selling strategy and the marketing of a proprietary, best-in-class health and wellness line of products popular with customers. “Our Q1 revenues demonstrate that our Blue Ocean Strategy has taken root and continues to grow in the direct-selling marketplace,” SHRG CEO John “JT” Thatch stated in a news release.

SHRG’s Blue Ocean selling strategy selling makes independent sales contractors more effective. Rather than competing directly in a competitive, direct-selling market, these contractors make competitors irrelevant and succeed in an uncontested marketplace (http://ibn.fm/Iy8U8).

A Direct Selling News article, titled ‘5 Events That Impacted Direct Selling In 2019’, describes the importance in direct-selling of effective mobile, social and cloud technologies. The article quoted direct-selling veteran Wayne Moorhead as saying, “We need to make interacting with us more convenient, seamless and simple. We can no longer expect our customers, prospective customers or distributors to put up with outdated designs, clunky processes and outdated technologies.”

The article also quotes Jeff Kaufman, outgoing chair of the Direct Selling Association’s research committee, saying that direct sellers should not compromise on the “priceless personalized experience” they have with customers.

SHRG achieves this balance of customer-seller interaction and technology use with the VERB platform, supplying support for its Elepreneurs and the marketing and development of its well-accepted health and wellness line. The launch of that proprietary line by SHRG – through its Elevacity Global LLC subsidiary – was a company milestone. The line consists of three sectors: anti-aging skin care, functional beverages and natural supplements (http://ibn.fm/kl6fR). SHRG has generated $129 million in cumulative sales since the launch of its own products in December 2017 (http://ibn.fm/cqlme).

SHRG’s Elepreneurs subsidiary now uses the business-focused, CRM, sales-enablement proprietary platform from VERB. In just the first weeks of using VERB, SHRG received hundreds of five-star reviews on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The new VERB sales and marketing app offers sampling and interactive video features that support Elepreneurs’ company objectives.

SHRG is a Plano, Texas-based diversified holdings company that owns, operates or controls a variety of companies engaged in direct selling through independent sales contractors as the sales force.

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

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

• Featured on SmallCapVoice.com interview, Warren Wang outlines plans for CIIX subsidiary, CBD Biotech Inc.
• CBD Biotech one of few players in China’s fast-growing CBD market
• Company to focus on hemp/CBD-infused cosmetic products

ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) provides prominent financial information for Chinese-speaking investors in both China as well as the United States. The company is also a leading hemp retailer looking to capitalize on the growing market for hemp/CBD products in China.

During a recent SmallCapVoice.com interview, CIIX CEO Warren Wang provided updates about CIIX as well as its subsidiary, CBD Biotech (http://ibn.fm/1azD1). In the interview, Wang explains the enormous market opportunity in China for CBD/hemp-infused cosmetic products, such as lotion and anti-aging cream.

While the sale of hemp and CBD oil in cosmetics is permitted, China has not yet approved these products for use in food or medicine; however, given worldwide legalization trends, this is likely to change in the near future. CBD Biotech is an early player in China’s CBD sector, and Wang is optimistic about the company’s future in the promising market. “CBD-infused or hemp-infused cosmetic products [are] still very early stage in China,” he said. “We are only one of few players in the market, and I think 2020 will give us a lot of opportunities.”

The CIIX CEO views the growth of CBD Biotech as one of the major milestones for CIIX in 2019. In mid-November of this year, CIIX’s subsidiary was featured in a Wall Street Journal report about the growing cannabis industry in China. CEO of CBD Biotech SEO Summer Yun said (http://ibn.fm/1XUcw) that “[a]s one of the first movers in the legal industrial hemp skincare and cosmetics market, we are honored to be featured in this recent Wall Street Journal report and believe that this mention validates our efforts in China over the past few years.”

CIIX began in 1999. Two decades later, the company has a promising subsidiary that is poised to become a major player in China’s cannabis industry. While marijuana and THC are still illegal in China, Chinese entrepreneurs are looking to cash in on China’s inevitable CBD boom.

When asked about his goals for 2020, CIIX’s ambitious CEO had a lot to say. Wang noted that plans are in place to consolidate the China and U.S. divisions, with headquarters in China. According to Wang, CBD Biotech has already had more than 40,000 repeat purchase customers, and he believes that the company will continue accumulating customers in 2020 through both B2B and direct sales (http://ibn.fm/StJT1).

“China is a market that you cannot ignore in the next 10 to 20 years in the cannabis sectors,” said Wang, who expressed confidence that CBD Biotech can accumulate millions of regular Chinese customers within the next decade.

ChineseInvestors.com continues to help investors make informed investment decisions and meet their individual financial goals. The company is also at the vanguard of capitalizing on the convergence of CBD and the nutrition- and health-products market in mainland China. ChineseInvestors.com offers investors diverse revenue streams for potential portfolio growth.

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

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

• Supreme Cannabis to retrofit 107,000 square foot facility; creating centralized manufacturing, processing, packaging center for internal and third-party use
• Supreme Cannabis releases comprehensive operational update, including plans for producing cannabis 2.0 products from the company’s operating assets
• SPRWF CEO provides update on company’s plan for focused infrastructure and brands, giving a detailed overview of SPRWF business

The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1), a global diversified portfolio of cannabis companies, recently published a comprehensive press release that provided operational updates on its facilities and plans for manufacturing its cannabis 2.0 products (http://ibn.fm/DR0q6). Shortly thereafter, SPRWF released a strategic update presentation from its CEO in conjunction with the company’s annual shareholder meeting (http://ibn.fm/Y02q9).

In this informative video update, Supreme Cannabis CEO Navdeep Dhaliwal walks investors through an informative overview on Supreme Cannabis and the industry it operates in. The presentation offers a great opportunity for investors to learn more about the Company’s performance in fiscal 2019 and go forward strategy for fiscal 2020 and beyond. Through this 20-minute presentation, viewers can expect to gain insights on the Company’s approach to building centers of excellence, method to developing its branded products and process for attracting top talent.

Highlighted in this video are the strides the company is making towards building out its impressive suite of operating assets that serve specific functions from seed to sale. These developments were announced just prior to the company’s AGM. The press release announced the leasing of a 107,000-square-foot facility in Kitchener, Ontario, which will be retrofitted to operate as the company’s dedicated and centralized manufacturing, processing and packaging center (http://ibn.fm/nhHDk). The Kitchener site will be developed in three stages, with the first phase complete and awaiting licensing.

After receiving a cannabis processing license from Health Canada, packaging and value-added processing can occur. By Q4 FY2020, Supreme Cannabis plans to begin whole-flower packaging and pre-roll manufacturing for Supreme Cannabis brands at the location. To generate additional revenue, Supreme Cannabis intends for the Kitchener facility to package, distribute and brand third-party cannabis inputs from quality cultivators as well as move into more cannabis 2.0 categories.

With Kitchener dedicated to value-add manufacturing, processing and packaging, the company has focused the operations of its other facilities as well. In the same operational update, Supreme Cannabis announced that, after receiving a license amendment that allows for the sale of cannabis 2.0 products, its Blissco facility would fill and package the company’s 7ACRES branded PAX Era vaporizer pods. The company’s Scarborough, Ontario, facility also received a processing license in November and will begin manufacturing concentrates, a product category that will showcase 7ACRES’ best in class flower inputs. The Blissco facility has received a license amendment that allows for the sale of cannabis 2.0 products and will now fill and package the company’s 7ACRES brand PAX Era vaporizer pods after.

As a result of continued focus on both brand elevation and production , Supreme Cannabis Company reported a 62% gross margin for the latest quarter (http://ibn.fm/MhS2d). The continued production of high-quality value-add products is what allows for the company to generate such impressive gross margins.

The Supreme Cannabis portfolio includes 7ACRES, an award-winning brand; Cambium Plant Sciences, a cultivation IP and plant genetics company; Medigrow Lesotho, a Southern Africa cannabis oil producer; Supreme Heights, the investment platform focused on CBD; Blissco Cannabis Corp, a wellness cannabis brand and a multiprocessor and distributor based in British Columbia; Truverra Inc., a global medicinal brand and licensed cultivator; and a brand partnership and licensing deal with Khalifa Kush Enterprises Canada.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Supreme.ca

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

• Sigma Labs Inc.’s PrintRite 3D quality-assurance software well-positioned to disrupt evolving 3D printing industry
• Company recently announced appointment of highly respected software veteran, Mark K. Ruport, as executive chairman
• Ruport intends to leverage company’s market momentum, accelerate growth, and increase shareholder value

Software companies can prove to be exceptionally lucrative and rewarding when they provide critical solutions to complex problems. Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) is in just such an enviable position. The company is the recognized pioneer in the development and commercialization of real-time, computer-aided inspection solutions for the 3D metal printing industry. The 3D printing industry is poised for explosive growth but has been hampered by the costly sub-par quality yields and complex processes of post-production inspection of 3D printed parts. These parts must meet stringent specifications for use in demanding environments such as aerospace and currently can only be inspected after production using CT scans and other time consuming, costly techniques. SGLB’s innovative technology has disruptive potential in the evolving 3D printing industry.

Sigma Lab’s patented PrintRite 3D quality-assurance software resolves the problem of costly inspection by enabling nondestructive, in-process quality control elements. Unlike anything else on the market, the company’s latest PrintRite3D software integrates inspection, feedback, data collection, and critical analysis into a unified platform. For the first time in the industry, Sigma Lab’s PrintRite 3D allows errors to be corrected in real time in process, leading to reduced costs and increased manufacturing yields.

Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D has been third party validated for efficacy, and the company has already engaged 19 beta customers with many of the biggest players in the industry. Two of these programs, after realizing the technology’s benefits during the beta stage, have awarded Sigma Labs Phase 2 contracts for its rapid test and evaluation program, the last step before full commercial orders.

To turbocharge these efforts, Sigma Labs recently announced the appointment of the highly respected software veteran, Mark K. Ruport, to the post of executive chairman. Mr. Ruport brings a stellar resume of building companies through strategic relationships, joint development agreements, innovative sales strategies and a focused management of day-to-day operations. Teaming with CEO and board member John Rice, he intends to leverage the company’s market momentum, accelerate its growth and increase shareholder value.

With over 30 years of public and private company experience in the software sector, Mr. Ruport has a wealth of experience in driving value while guiding software companies to success. He played an instrumental role in multiple transactions that have delivered enormous shareholder value.

Prior to joining Sigma Labs, Mr. Ruport served as Executive Chairman of Content Analyst Company, a leading developer of advanced analytics software until its acquisition by its largest customer in 2017. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Configuresoft, a venture-backed Enterprise Systems Management company where Mr. Ruport orchestrated an OEM contract that later led to the acquisition of the company by EMC. Prior to Configuresoft, Mr. Ruport served as Chairman and CEO of Optika, a venture-backed Enterprise Content Management Company that he led from a start-up of 30 employees through an Initial Public Offering, international growth and a successful transaction to merge with Stellent, Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Oracle. Mr. Ruport was also CEO of Interleaf, a public software company and held senior executive positions at Informix (later acquired by IBM) and Cullinet (later acquired by CA, Inc.).

With so many lucrative, successful transactions under his belt, there should be little doubt about Mr. Ruport’s intentions. An industry heavy weight, his appointment to lead Sigma labs should be indicative of where the company is headed. Sigma Labs’ ability to attract reputable industry talent like Ruport is especially noteworthy to investors.

“The ability to have an immediate, tangible impact on Sigma Labs with the apparent adoption of its incredible technology in the marketplace is a unique and exciting opportunity,” Ruport said in a news release (http://ibn.fm/gcaoV). “My focus will be on accelerating our commercial adoption with strategic partners and amplifying the recent success John and his team have achieved. This blueprint is something I am very familiar with given my experience with disruptive companies in the software sector and I look forward to working with the entire team at Sigma Labs to drive forward its strategic initiatives.”

Ruport’s reputation for value driving and securing lucrative transactions bodes well for SGLB’s increasing presence in the 3D printing industry; the company’s “incredible technology” offers lucrative potential for current shareholders.

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

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

• Newly appointed SPRWF COO John Griese brings decades of CPG industry experience and aims to create the most effective supply chain in cannabis industry
• SPRWF appoints seasoned operations manager to oversee standout 7ACRES brand
• SPRWF gains regulated operations expertise with the addition of Sándor Wolkensperg as General Manager of the Company’s new Kitchener facility

The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc. (TSX: FIRE) (OTCQX: SPRWF) (FRA: 53S1) continues to attract top talent in the competitive cannabis space with the recent announcements of several key operational hires. Joining Supreme Cannabis is John Griese as chief operating officer; Dan Sippel as general manager of 7ACRES, the company’s 440,000 square foot cultivation facility; and Sándor Wolkensperg as general manager of Supreme Cannabis Kitchener, the company’s new 107,000 square foot manufacturing and packaging facility. Together, these operations experts bring significant experience to the SPRWF team as the company continues to expand its product forms and enhance its operations.

Supreme Cannabis Company announced the appointment of John Griese as the company’s chief operating officer (COO). Griese brings over 30 years of valuable consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience to the company at a time when it is focusing on becoming a leader in the cannabis CPG space. Griese previously served at the executive level with brands such as Nestle and Pepsico and brings unique operational experience from his tenure as COO for California medical and recreational cannabis companies Creso Pharma Limited and Bloom Farms (http://ibn.fm/HFR8H). Supreme Cannabis Company CEO Navdeep Dhaliwal spoke passionately to the depth of experience Griese brings to the company.

“It is a privilege to welcome John Griese to our maturing leadership team…[h]e has over 30 years of CPG, supply chain, and cannabis experience in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe with companies such as Nestle and Pepsico,” Dhaliwal said in a news release. “His diverse experience, which includes recent cannabis industry experience with Bloom Farms and Creso Pharma, makes him a valuable asset as we scale and optimize our 7ACRES facility, ramp-up oil production at Blissco, and add to our focused suite of best-in-class operating assets. Looking forward, John’s vast business experience in the U.S. cannabis industry will be valuable as we plan for future growth.”

Griese echoed Dhaliwal’s excitement about the appointment and spoke to the company’s potential. “I am proud to be joining Supreme Cannabis as it enters its next stage of growth,” Griese added. “I look forward to working with the teams behind Supreme Cannabis’ impressive infrastructure, award-winning brands, and consumer-oriented products. My decision to join the [SPRWF] team was simple. I wanted to work alongside the most passionate people at a company that was shaping the industry.”

In his new role, Griese will work closely with Supreme Cannabis Company’s general managers at the 7ACRES, Blissco and Truverra facilities, as well as the general manager for the company’s newest facility in Kitchener, Ontario., to ensure a cohesive, efficient operational strategy that can respond to market trends. “I look forward to creating the most effective supply chain in the cannabis industry with the agility to adjust quickly to [the industry’s] dynamic nature,” he said.

Two such general managers recently joined the Supreme Cannabis Company team as well. Dan Sippel joined SPRWF as the General Manager of 7ACRES. Previously, Sippel worked as a plant manager for Natra Chocolate America, Export Packers Seafood Limited, and Sofina Foods. Sippel has consistently delivered impressive results throughout his career, and Supreme Cannabis officials are excited to welcome him for him to join the SPRWF team (http://ibn.fm/UONvL). The new managerial addition of Dan Sippel brings a wealth of relevant expertise to the table; specifically, 7ACRES will draw on his experience with bringing new products to market, increasing productivity and improving the scalability of operations.

Through 7ACRES, Supreme Cannabis has built a reputation for producing top-quality cannabis flower at scale. With a strong position as one of Canada’s leading cultivators of high-quality commercial cannabis, the company looks to expand is operational expertise down the value chain. SPRWF has brought in top talent to manager its newest operating asset, Supreme Cannabis Kitchener, a facility dedicated to manufacturing, processing and packaging internal and third-party cannabis inputs.

The Kitchener Facility will be led by Sándor Wolkensperg, an operations professional with over 30 years of operations experience that includes senior roles at a Fortune 500 company and over ten years of operational leadership positions in the regulated food and tobacco industries, including roles at Maple Leaf Foods and Imperial Tobacco Canada.

Supreme Cannabis CEO Navdeep Dhaliwal was delighted to welcome this individual to the team. “Sándor brings diverse experiences to this new role having previously led food processing, tobacco manufacturing and commercial packaging operations,” Dhaliwal noted. “Our Kitchener Facility will benefit from Sándor’s expertise in regulated operations, experience working on brown-field facility start-ups and track record of successfully leading large teams through transformational periods of growth.”

With a strong team, new expertise from three experienced operations professionals and leading cannabis infrastructure, Supreme Cannabis is well positioned to maintain a competitive position in Canada’s cannabis market.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Supreme.ca

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

• Sixty-nine percent of U.S. households now subscribe to streaming video services, up from 55% in 2017, leading to higher demand for high-quality content
• Wonderfilm already has 13 feature films and other content products lined up to meet this constant and growing demand
• Company expects to generate $100 million in revenue by 2021, $20 million in deferred revenue early next year
• Global entertainment and media consumer spending to increase at CAGR of 4.4% over the next five years, industry’s global revenue to reach US$2.4 trillion in 2022

Wonderfilm Media Corporation (TSX.V: WNDR) (OTCQB: WDRFF), a leading entertainment company producing internationally appealing, high-quality feature films and episodic television, is working on quality theatrical releases and entertainment content to meet the fast-growing global demand for content caused by the unprecedented expansion of streaming services.

The entertainment industry is going through a golden era of streaming, with demand from major players such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple being at an unprecedented high as they continue growing their customer base to the detriment of traditional cable television (http://ibn.fm/enpmh).

According to Colling Media, almost a fifth of respondents in a survey stated they had canceled cable television, while 39% of consumers subscribed to streaming services between June and July 2019 (http://ibn.fm/ppyz3). Colling Media CEO Brian Colling compares the choice of streaming entertainment services over cable to that of cell phones over home phones. “Mobile, on-demand, and customized choices triumph every time,” Colling says.

Deloitte analysts report that for the first time in history, a higher percentage of U.S. households subscribed to a digital streaming service than to traditional pay television. 69% of U.S. households now subscribe to streaming video services, up from 55% in 2017 (http://ibn.fm/I6Prd), and PwC research indicates that consumers are willing to spend more to get the content they want, with total global spending on entertainment and media expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.4% over the next five years to reach $2.4 trillion in global revenue by 2022 (http://ibn.fm/Lq7DI).

Consumers’ willingness to spend more on the content they want is an excellent opportunity for companies like The Wonderfilm Media Corporation. To meet this constant and growing demand for content worldwide, the company retains a continuing annual production slate of $58 million and currently has 13 films in or going into production, six of which are scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020. Eight feature films greenlit for shooting that represent $60 million in production budgets include films such as Amityville 1974, in theatres October 2020, and the action film Inside Game with Tyrese Gibson, in theatres in the fall of 2020. The company is also currently developing secured valuable IP rights, including the Steve McQueen Story and the book adaptation, Merchant of Death.

Wonderfilm makes money from producing fees that are added to the production budget and from overages above the presale threshold. Wonderfilm owns the films after their sale terms end. The company also profits from unsold presale territories, which are countries or territories left off of a film’s presale list.

With offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Wonderfilm brings a number of key industry executives with well-established track records of individual success into a new wider business model able to quickly finance and flexibly produce fresh slates of film and television content for US and foreign markets. The company expects $20 million in deferred revenue in early 2020 alone and is positioned to realize $100 million in revenue by 2021.

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

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

• New application for manure treatment unveiled that meets the standards of the EU
• Process is highly versatile, capable of application on all types of animal farms
• Licensing agreements with various industries create applications of the water treatment technology that benefit both business and environment

Spain’s Depuporc, a company specifically focused on wastewater treatment on hog farms, unveiled an integrated manure-treatment system using OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN) technology. The demonstration system showcases the processing of 30 metric tons per day with client-validation reduction of contaminants for pig farmers. OLCN technology poses major disruptive potential for the animal wastewater treatment sector. The full Depuporc system presentation video can be viewed at http://ibn.fm/suhpi.

In a television interview with Donald Baillargeon (http://ibn.fm/cUhH6), OriginClear CEO Riggs Eckelberry shared how Depuporc is benefiting from the technology, noting that the Depuporc system is a big step forward in processing manure wastewater to meet the requirements of the European Union. The EU requirements are stringent, and as a result are limiting core pork producers from expanding. The application of OriginClear’s technology is not just limited to one type of animal farm – it has tremendous versatility, Eckelberry observed. While Depuporc is focused on hog manure, the process can be readily applied and configured to cattle, poultry and other types of animal farms.

“[Depuporc] knows the ability to reduce ammonia is mission critical, and we are now exploiting this technology to the rest of our network,” Eckleberry stated in the interview. He later explained that OriginClear has established a preferred relationship with Depuporc that will allow OriginClear to take full advantage of the system in Europe while also relicensing, which enables the company to market the system in other parts of the world.

Eduardo Chopo Fraguas, co-owner of Depuporc, is excited about the possibilities of the technology. In 2018, Depuporc demonstrated the pilot system to Spanish farmers to show the efficiency of the process. “The technology of OriginClear has simplified our system,” stated Fraguas. “Simplifying the technology simplifies the cost and therefore makes it much simpler to deliver to market.” What is being developed applies to all animal farming, where an overabundance of manure of any type can hinder expansion. The technology has the potential to set a new industry standard.

OriginClear’s business model is to create licensing agreements with various industries that create applications of the water-treatment technology. OriginClear is seeking to restore water to its natural condition through these products and applications.

“The idea is that licensees come up with these complete products for their world,” stated Eckleberry. “We can’t know every single world, right? They come up with applications for their world, and those are cross marketed elsewhere in the network, and then other licensees come up with theirs and that creates sort of a synergy across a growing network. We think that is the only way you can possibly take advantage of our core technology which has to have this productization, you might say, for each industry.”

OriginClear is a leading provider of water-treatment solutions that provides businesses with the ability to treat their own water. On-premise systems enable high purification and recycling levels that increase property values and become productive assets for businesses. Industries that OriginClear is currently focused on include commercial, real estate, hospitality, food and beverage, business parks, industrial, oil, gas, energy, agriculture, pharmaceutical and manufacturing. The company plans to ramp up marketing and begin to make a significant impact on the environment as well as the animal-farming industry.

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

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

• SGLB recognized as creator of 3D printing industry’s most innovative quality-assurance software.
• The company has secured key relationships with major industry players Materialise, NV;Siemens AG; and Airbus
• Global 3D-printing metal market expected to grow at CAGR of 31.8%, exceeding $3 billion by 2025

Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) is a leading developer of quality control software for the commercial 3D-printing industry. The company’s PrintRite3D® software, a proprietary real-time, computer-aided inspection (CAI) technology, represents a seismic shift in the quality-assurance process in the manufacture of 3D-printed metal components, and the entire sector is poised for extraordinary growth.

3D metal printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing, allows producers to transform a 3D-modeled digital object into a three-dimensional physical object by adding material layer by 10 to 30-micron layer, rather than subtracting it as in the traditional manufacturing process.

Sigma Labs has been recognized as the creator of the industry’s most innovative quality-assurance software which is poised to help unleash commercial 3D metal printing by enabling nondestructive, in-process quality control, Sigma Labs has already engaged with renowned industry players such as Materialise NV, Siemens AG and Airbus.

Materialise, one of the most innovative developers of additive manufacturing software and printing solutions, has integrated Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D technology with its Materialise MCP controller and jointly demonstrated the latest version of the software platform at Formnext, the premier, global, 3D-printing exhibition and conference held in Frankfurt earlier this year.

Siemens AG assisted Sigma Labs in advancing the early version of PrintRite3D INSPECT 2.0 towards version 5.0. One of the largest global oil-field services companies has entered the final stage of the PrintRite3D rapid-test and evaluation program, the last step before commercial orders. Sigma Labs also has a test and evaluation program with European aerospace giant, Airbus.

• Now embraced by a myriad of global industrial producers, 3D metal printing is set to beneficially disrupt the $12 trillion global manufacturing industry (http://ibn.fm/CgZP0). The global 3D-printing metal market is expected to grow at an eye-popping CAGR of 31.8% and exceed $3 billion by 2025 (http://ibn.fm/yXmdA). Still, the nascent industry’s growth is hindered by a very costly and burdensome quality-control process, which impedes production at scale.

1. Edwards said, “Inspection does not improve the quality, nor guarantee quality. Inspection is too late. The quality, good or bad, is already in the product. As Harold F. Dodge said, “You cannot inspect quality into a product.”

Due to the variability of the 3D metal printing process, consistent quality and inspection of produced parts is not reliably achievable without substantial postproduction inspection using expensive CT scans and other means, which result in high part rejection, lost time, lost profits and inability to economically scale up production with reduced confidence. “In process inspection develops a pathway to a decision ecosystem that enables confidence in part quality” Beckett. When these operational and production challenges are resolved, the whole industry will grow even faster than projected.

Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D is the only solution that enables real-time, in-process, quality-assurance tools to observe manufacturing complexities while detecting irregularities and to intervene and avert loss of products by alerting operators in-process and enabling them mitigate the emerging problem(s). Sigma Labs is currently in the execution and delivery phase of commercial development. Millions of dollars have been invested in R&D, refining the latest PrintRite3D 5.0, protecting the IP and working with 19 beta customers, some of which are the biggest names in the industry.

Recognizing the vast potential of the emerging 3D printing industry to revolutionize the traditional manufacturing process, investors have long been investing capital into 3D-printing companies as different sectors of et industry have grown and many industrial applications are flourishing. The overall industry has already created three companies valued in excess of $1 billion. 3D-printing unicorn Carbon is the highest valued of these venture-backed startups, raising $680 million, at a valuation of $2.4 billion, from prominent investors that include Sequoia Capital, GV, Madrone Capital Partners and Baillie Gifford.

Sigma Labs’ people and flagship software PrintRite3D are recognized game changers in the technologies poised to transform the greater-than-$1-billion, yet still nascent, 3D metal printing industry.

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

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

• MCTC Holdings Inc. is engaged in developing infusion technologies, including nanoparticles, for making hemp extracts more bioavailable to users through the bloodstream
• The company has a particular goal of promoting beverage infusion superior to anything existing in the industry as a potential replacement for alcohol and alcohol’s negative health effects
• MCTC has filed its fifth patent under its Hemp You Can Feel brand after lab results exceeded the company’s expectations for demonstrating cannabis particle infusion on a minuscule, undetectable basis

Cannabinoid science innovator MCTC Holdings Inc. (OTC: MCTC), a Delaware-registered, fully reporting company, has applied for what would be its fifth patent even as laboratory results indicate its revolutionary Hemp You Can Feel™ brand technology has exceeded expectations when it comes to infusing beverages, powders and liquid concentrates to such a degree that all hemp extracts and major cannabinoids are undetectable.

“We believe the uses for this advanced infusion technology are many, especially as a replacement for alcohol in various beverages,” MCTC Holdings CEO Arman Tabatabaei stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/clSAc).

The Hemp You Can Feel innovation was introduced last month as a beverage industry solution for delivering relaxation to consumers without the negative health effects associated with alcohol consumption. The brand’s technology is based on an all-natural manufacturing process that doesn’t depend on any chemical surfactants, stabilizers or additives.

MCTC Holdings has been experimenting with cannabis-based polymeric solid nanoparticles and nanofibers, and while the company’s latest step forward involves non-nanoparticle technologies, they do nonetheless demonstrate chemical property levels many magnitudes lower than those typically seen in the marketplace.

The food and medical industries have long used nanoparticles to turn extremely small substances into rapid delivery mechanisms that can bypass the digestive system and go straight for the bloodstream, and the science is ripe with potential for cannabis applications. MCTC’s technology makes it possible to use very small amounts of extracts to achieve similar or superior results compared to other infusion methods.

MCTC plans to use the technology in products it expects to launch during the coming months as well as using it for the basis of a licensing strategy that will allow other companies to build branding from it on a “white label” manufacturing base at MCTC’s licensed Los Angeles facility.

The company announced December 12 it was filing for a new patent subsequent to the positive test results.

“We have produced some spectacular results and test data on this new technology and we are in discussions with several companies that are planning product introductions based on Hemp You Can Feel technology,” Tabatabaei stated (http://ibn.fm/bJ5AY). “This marks our 5th patent with several more expected over the short term.”

Tabatabaei stated the next step for the company will be to create microparticle and nanoparticle forms of Hemp You Can Feel, and that development work has already begun toward that end. The company is also in the process of developing nanoparticle creation protocols for the cannabinol (CBN) extract and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THC-V) compound.

CBN is found only in small amounts and mostly results from oxidation of the other cannabinoids in cannabis, making it difficult to obtain and expensive as a result. An effective, minuscule-amount-tapping technology could make its use more cost-effective. THC-V is similar to tetrahyrdrocannabinol in molecular structure but has different outcomes, such as appetite suppression and bone-growth promotion (http://ibn.fm/2UUlu).

“We think these new microparticle and nanoparticle technologies could prove very useful for advanced food and beverage infusion,” Tabatabaei stated. “We believe this additional area of research is especially topical considering the recent warnings put forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concerning the use of CBD in foods and beverages.”

On November 25, the FDA announced a warning to more than a dozen companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including marketing CBD products to treat diseases or for other therapeutic uses for humans or for animals.

Under the FD&C Act, a product qualifies as a drug if it claims to treat a disease or to have some other therapeutic or medical use, and is intended to affect the structure or function of the human or animal body other than for simple alimentary purposes. No CBD-based “drug” has been approved on a federal basis except for one company’s prescription to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy in humans, so other CBD products marketed on an interstate basis may be found in violation, according to the FDA’s news release (http://ibn.fm/U8Ory).

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

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

• OriginClear key partner in water-treatment system that transforms manure into zero-waste output of fertilizer, clean irrigation water
• Meeting government regulations for ammonia levels major hurdle for pork producers in Spain
• “Game changer” system already driving deal flow for OriginClear

OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leading provider of water-treatment solutions, and Depuporc S.L., the company’s Spain-based licensee (http://ibn.fm/VFPoj), have partnered to build a comprehensive water-treatment system that continuously transforms pig manure into a zero-waste output of fertilizer and clean irrigation water (http://ibn.fm/R8u8G). The system could be transformative in the country, which is the world’s fourth-highest pork producer, positioning OCLN for significant market penetration.

OriginClear CEO Riggs Eckelberry recently returned from a trip to Spain. There, he participated in a demonstration of the system, which allows companies to dramatically increase production while still complying with strict European Union environmental limits.

“Until recently, swine farm operators in Spain have irrigated their fields with manure effluent,” Depuporc co-owner Eduardo Chopo stated in a news release. “Most operators in the region are planning large increases in hog farming, but their lands are already saturated with ammonia. Strict EU limits make ammonia reduction absolutely essential before increases in swine production can occur.

“The logical solution for these operators is to treat the manure for fertilizer and water reuse,” he continued. “This is where our patented system, which incorporates OriginClear’s technology as a third and final step, has been shown to reduce pollutants and also generate valuable fertilizer and irrigation-grade water, solving a major barrier to expansion for European hog farmers.”

The Depuporc demonstration system processes 30 metric tons per day, with the demonstration system reducing COD (chemical oxygen demand) from 83,000 to 300 mg/liter and ammonia from 11,000 to 230 mg/liter.

“As manure decomposes, it creates ammonia, which makes the soil more acidic, harming plant and animal life, and indirectly, human health,” explained Eckelberry (http://ibn.fm/nWrrI). “So Europe — and the rest of the developed world — closely regulates ammonia emissions. Most of Europe has been doing a good job of reducing ammonia, but Spain’s emissions have gone up, not down.

“Now, the country’s pork producers are up against a Spanish law that limits nitrogen production to 210 kilos per hectare per year,” he continued. “And what does the Depuporc system achieve with our technology? How about 16 kilos? That’s a game changer, and it’s already driving deal flow for us in the United States.”

In addition to participating in the system presentation, Eckelberry and Bill Charneski, president of the OriginClear Group, toured the facility and other farms in the region (http://ibn.fm/n7yLq).

“With its system protected by Spanish patent No. 2011311192, Depuporc has hit a home run,” Eckelberry said. “They have integrated our technology to effectively reduce solids and ammonia in a working field manure treatment system.”

OriginClear is a leading provider of water treatment solutions. The company offers breakthrough water-treatment and conveyance products that effectively improve the quality of water by returning it to its original and clear condition. OCLN’s stated mission is to empower this global movement with products that enable water independence and help make clean water available for all. The company provides modular water-purification systems, storage systems, pump stations, wastewater systems and control systems.

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

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