• HTC Extraction Systems specializes in ethanol and ethanol-based solvent extraction and product reclamation, which it is using in processes designed to build its position in the booming cannabinoid market
• Cannabidiol (CBD) has proven to be the most readily available and profitable cannabinoid for use in the non-pharmaceutical wellness industry, growing 342 percent in year-over-year sales between August 2018 and August 2019
• HTC is establishing biomass receipt, refining and retail operations in Canada and the United States (California) to take advantage of is technical experience and the consumer demand for cannabinoid products

HTC Extraction Systems (TSX.V: HTC) (OTCQB: HTPRF) is approaching its end of year operations riding high on a series of strategic decisions designed to establish a modular, economical production chain for obtaining hemp, extracting profitable chemical compounds and distributing those compounds through sales-to-consumer marketplaces.

HTC has established proprietary systems to reduce costs and boost its ecological profile while specializing in ethanol extraction and purification, using biomass to obtain cannabinoids such as cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG) and cannabinol (CBN). HTC’s trademarked Delta CBD Reclaiming System recovers and purifies ethanol and solvents with the end of meeting food-grade requirements for extracted CBD quality, utilizing HTC’s experience in reduced-heat processing to prevent damage to CBD molecules’ chemical attributes.

Likewise, HTC’s trademarked Delta Reclaiming System reclaims ethanol and hydrocarbon-based solvents, and others, for use in hemp biomass cannabinoid extraction processes, natural gas processing and post-combustion carbon dioxide capturing for the best-possible environmental footprint.

HTC’s clean energy approach gives the company a measure of additional gravitas in a booming industry defined by rapidly shifting public perspectives that have driven communities and states to battle long-established federal drug-industry regulations that many people now regard as onerous.

Cannabinoid users are already reporting the benefits of non-psychoactive cannabinoids in dealing with pain, nerve, muscle disorders and other health issues at the same time that natural product alternatives to the prescription drug market were gaining a strong foothold in the consumer wellness marketplace. Natural products industry market researchers at data technology company SPINs reported recently that CBD sales grew 342 percent year-over-year between August 2018 and August 2019, reaching $185.1 million in revenue – well above the $9.1 million level reported two years ago (http://ibn.fm/gnoRQ).

CBD’s ascendance drove an interest in less-available, harder-to-market cannabinoids such as CBG and CBN. CBG exploration began to take off in 2015 but the difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities for retail products has hindered wide-scale use. CBN has similarly suffered, despite its reputed potential for counteracting some of the negative effects of other cannabinoids, particularly psychoactive cannabinoids. But the U.S. government’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) announced last year that it intends to launch its own research on lesser-known cannabinoids because of their potential health benefits (http://ibn.fm/ULo0t).

HTC has used hemp biomass tolling contracts as an economical model for obtaining plant product and is installing new extraction equipment this month at its recently-completed 19,000-square-foot facility in Saskatchewan and at the 22,000-square-foot facility in California owned by Starling Brands Inc., with whom HTC has established a share and purchase agreement for hemp extraction, refining, formulation and distribution in that state.

HTC intends to use its relationship with Purely Canada Foods™ to market its cannabinoid ingredients under the brands Purely Canada Hemp™, Purely Canada CBD™, Purely Canada CBG™ and Purely Canada Cannabinoids™, building multi-year ingredient supply contracts with its customers.

The company built its revenues by more than 2.5 times in year-over-year financial results reported recently for the third quarter, growing from $1.3 million to $3.3 million (http://ibn.fm/yeNCo).

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

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

• Vocal, JMDA’s social publishing platform, achieves impressive Alexa ranking—in part due to release of Vocal 2.0
• Jerrick’s Q3 revenue figure of $91,386 represented nearly a 100% increase over a combined $41,515 for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2019
• Q4 revenue is expected to be approximately $305,000-$315,000

In his weekly update, Jerrick Media Holdings Inc. (OTC: JMDA) CEO Jeremy Frommer discussed the company’s growth strategy, recent achievements, and upcoming rebranding. He announced the company’s intended focus on expanding its technology and “cultural ecosystem,” which he anticipates “should result in exponential value for shareholders.” To mark this next chapter in its evolution, the company will undergo a rebranding, transitioning from Jerrick to Creatd in the near future (http://ibn.fm/WtUvg).

Frommer began his report with a review of the company’s financial successes. The company’s current revenue expectation of approximately $305,000-$315,000 for the fourth quarter 2019 is in line with previous public guidance. This is as compared to the $91,386 in revenues reported for the third quarter, over a 300% increase. The revenue figure of $91,386 represented nearly a 100% increase over a combined $41,515 for the first two quarters of fiscal year 2019 (http://ibn.fm/hnKJU). Significantly, this past week was the seventh in a row that Jerrick’s stock maintained above the $4.00 threshold (http://ibn.fm/qVTpH).

After providing these financial details, Frommer described what he saw as one of a CEO’s essential duties: “communicating and putting together the public pieces of the corporate narrative.” He conveyed his passion for educating shareholders on the company’s strategy to achieve ultimate transparency. “I have found time and time again that explaining the business strategy and actually meeting expectations builds lasting investor confidence. I suggest that this was a big part of how Jerrick’s largest shareholders accumulated their positions over time,” Frommer said in the update. “Educating them and instilling in investors a deep understanding of the company creates long term value. Repeated confidence based on previous execution and behavior by a CEO can create a self-propelling cycle for a company’s valuation and financing flexibility for future growth or acquisitions.”

Frommer also outlined the company’s plans for continued growth. Vocal – Jerrick’s proprietary, long-form, social publishing platform that uniquely partners with creators to let their “voices” be heard – has been gaining traction among third party marketing platforms that understand the value of collaborating with Vocal as a key part of their distribution channels.

“There is scalable demand for a number of our brand-oriented products and services launching over the next sixty days, including a new Vocal product feature called Challenges, which will maximize our ability to efficiently scale revenues while continuing to expand the platform’s brand offerings,” Frommer added. “Challenges, expected to launch in January 2020, are themed story contests that offer the creator a new avenue through which they can be rewarded for their content.”

Creators can enter various Challenges, potentially winning cash prizes, brand interactions, and more. Additionally, Frommer reported significant sponsorship interest from well-known brands hoping to collaborate directly with the Vocal platform. He indicated that results from the company’s beta tests suggest a trend between the introduction of Challenges and a significant increase in creator lifetime value (LTV).

After detailing the launch of Vocal 2.0, which included strategic upgrades, Frommer described the significance of Jerrick’s Alexa ranking and how it can translate into overall success for a company. “There’s a reason we’ve monitored this metric obsessively over the years,” Frommer explained. “The Alexa score is a foremost indicator of a website’s popularity.”

“With a newly fortified platform, an internal management team as sophisticated as ours, and our technology being continuously validated both in our revenue growth and our traffic metrics, we’re confident the growth we’ve seen so far is just the beginning for Vocal,” Frommer stated.

Jerrick Media Holdings Inc., a holding company that develops technology-based solutions, is focused on the development of digital communities, targeted marketing of branded digital content and e-commerce opportunities. To accomplish these objectives, Jerrick envisions, designs, and builds modern technology companies that redefine how people interact with technology. As the parent company of Vocal, Jerrick has built and shipped products that have influenced millions of people worldwide.

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

• Zacks has reiterated support for their initial $4.44 share price target for Pressure BioSciences
• PBIO’s fundamentals remain strong, with record sales of consumables and increased revenue from products and services over same quarter previous year
• Company anticipates doubling of total revenue in 2020, driven by anticipated sales of their proprietary BaroShear K45 System, which provides the CBD market with much-needed, superior water-soluble nanoemulsions of CBD Oil

Zacks Small Cap Research, a division of Zacks Investment Research, has announced that they are maintaining their strong $4.44 share price target originally stated in their initial coverage of Pressure BioSciences Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO), a leader in the sale and development of pressure-based consumables, instruments, and platform technology solutions to the global life sciences industry. PBIO’S unique and enabling pressure platform technologies can be used in many large and growing markets (e.g., food preservation, medical/lab applications, and, importantly, CBD oil water solubility).

The Zacks report (http://ibn.fm/z1W3H) points to demand that “is expected to accelerate starting in 2020,” which nonetheless follows many years of consistent yearly revenue increases by PBIO. The company itself is standing by its stated anticipation of doubling revenue in 2020, due to expected sales of their soon-to-be-released $200,000 BaroShear K45 systems. These new instrument systems utilize PBI’s proprietary Ultra Shear Technology™ (UST) platform to effectively produce high quality, long-term stable, water-soluble nanoemulsions of CBD Oil (http://ibn.fm/PFora).

True water-soluble CBD is now seen as critical to the CBD market, since water-solubility is necessary for bioavailability. It also allows for accurate dosing for consumers, something that has been sorely missing up to now. Without accurate dosing, you can’t really control the amount of CBD that actually gets into the bloodstream and available by the consumer. In essence, it doesn’t matter how organic or potent a company says their CBD is, if it is not truly water soluble then it is not going to be properly absorbed by the body and will be largely excreted. PBIO’s revolutionary, patented, and highly anticipated UST-based BaroShear K45 system is expected to provide superior water-solubility, long-term shelf stability, improved safety, and significantly increased bio-availability compared to current nanoemulsification methods, overcoming key weaknesses of the other approaches.

The BaroShear K45 features a unique, highly efficient, customized ultra-high pressure (UHP) subsystem generating pressure levels of up to 45,000 psi. The system’s maximum throughput capacity is one liter per eight hours. The platform is also suitable for processing small volumes (e. g., min. 20 ml) of high-quality CBD oil into a water-soluble nanoemulsion with minimal production loss.

To view the full Zacks report, visit http://ibn.fm/z1W3H

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

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

• Case study shows how wastewater treatment system treats manure without polluting ground water, allows significant increase in animal production
• Depuporc treatment system uses OriginClear’s proprietary technology to remove smallest particles of manure, reduce ammonia levels
• Worldwide marketing agreement allows OriginClear to market, manufacture Depuporc animal-manure wastewater treatment system

OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leading provider of water-treatment solutions, has released an impressive case study showing how a swine-manure, wastewater treatment system developed in Spain by its licensed partner Depuporc treats all types of manure without polluting ground water, thus allowing significant increases in animal production. The case study came on the heels of OriginClear’s watershed announcement that it would be marketing the Depuporc integrated manure system worldwide.

“Proper management of manure wastewater is essential not only to swine farming but to the farming of other food animals: cattle, diary, sheep and poultry,” the case study reported (http://ibn.fm/j6Gr1). “All have the similar issues and must treat the manure for productivity and the environment. In Spain, Depuporc and OriginClear have proven that their patented system is a cost effective and environmental solution.”

The case study reviews the performance of the Depuporc treatment system using OriginClear’s proprietary technology to remove the smallest remaining particles of solid manure before reducing ammonia to extremely low levels. After almost a decade of piloting and testing, OriginClear’s core technology has been fully validated and proven as an essential technology; now, this system that can help entire industries. In the case of animal farming, the technology presents a solution to a longstanding problem: how to deal with the extreme pollution involved in animal excrement disposal.

OriginClear’s partnership with Depuporc marks a major entrance for OCLN into the animal farms marketplace, a promising sector that is seeking answers to serious challenges limited the industry’s growth.

“Swine breeders and growers in Spain typically use their manure effluents for crop irrigation,” Depuporc co-owner Eduardo Chopo Fraguas noted in a news release. “However, due to the current oversaturation of ammonia in the soil and its effect on groundwater, recent regulations have placed a limit on the amount of ammonia per hectare that can be applied to the ground.”

“Limiting the amount of ammonia also limits the amount of manure generated and, therefore, the number of hogs that can be bred,” he continued. “This is occurring at a time when Spanish growers want to double or triple their capacity to meet the demands of reduced production in northern regions, such as the Netherlands, and the continuing swine flu epidemic in China, the world’s largest producer.”

“Their only solution is to treat the manure for fertilizer and water reuse,” Chopo concluded. “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 these producers.”

According to Depuporc, tests showed that COD (chemical oxygen demand) was reduced from 83,000 to 300 mg/liter and ammonia from 11,000 to 230 mg/liter. Depuporc estimates that the system could limit annual nitrogen production by hog farms to 16 kilos per hectare, less than one-tenth the limit of 210 kilos per hectare per year allowed by law.

“The worldwide Depuporc marketing agreement will allow OriginClear to market and manufacture the Depuporc animal manure wastewater treatment product line through our network of licensees and potential sales channels while supporting that effort with PR and marketing,” Bill Charneski, president of OriginClear Group, stated in a news release.

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 provide 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

• Global vacation rental market is expected to topple the hotel industry in 2020 and reach $63 billion by 2024
• Growing market triggered an increase in demand for short-term rental insurance coverage
• As conventional property insurance doesn’t cover all damage, vacation rental owners need to look for specialized protection policies to safeguard their properties and keep their guests safe
• InsuraGuest’s specialized policy covers a wide range of incidents, including accidental damage to rooms, lost or stolen items, medical expenses, death or dismemberment

As the global vacation rental market is growing at a fast pace, the industry is looking for more ways to get effective insurance coverage for both hosts and guests, as traditional homeowners policies do not cover all types of incidents that may happen on a short-term rental property.

The global vacation rental market is projected to reach nearly $63 billion from 2020 to 2024, with a year-over-year growth rate for 2020 estimated at 5.51%. In 2019, vacation rental revenues are expected to reach $57.669 billion, from an estimated 297.17 million total vacation rental users worldwide. The entire vacation rental market is expected to topple the hotel industry by 2020 (http://ibn.fm/Lgvyv).

Faced with growing demand, more insurance providers are now offering short-term rental insurance policies aimed at protecting the property owners but not the guests. Companies like InsuraGuest are focused on protecting the guest. More specifically, its insurance covers property damage and theft of goods, as well as liability in case guests suffer accidental injuries that require medical attention while on the property.

While not typically mandatory, short-term rental insurance should be a necessity for both property owners and guests. With this type of insurance, hosts don’t risk incurring significant losses in damaged property and stolen goods, while guests are protected in case of accidentally damaging the property, suffering an injury or having their luggage stolen. The key is choosing the right type of coverage and carefully documenting any kind of incident that occurs on the premises.

As a vacation rental owner, here are three essential steps to take when there is an incident on your property that involves your guests:

Step 1: Collect Statements

To understand what happened, try and get a statement from your guest. Ideally, get a recording on your phone of them clarifying when and where the incident happened. They might admit fault, as in, “I drank too much alcohol and I fell and broke my leg.”

Step 2: Get Witnesses’ Data

If there are witnesses, get their names, phone numbers, and other contact information. Make sure this information is accurate. Sometimes, the injured party and the party that actually rented your space are not the same person. Contact your short-term rental insurance provider as soon as possible. They will ask for all the documentation mentioned and contact the claimant or guest, saving you a lot of trouble.

Step 3: Know Your State’s Statute of Limitations for Injury

A person has a certain period to sue you for damages after sustaining an injury on your property, which depends on the state. In Maine, guests have six years from the date of injury to file a claim. It’s four years in Florida and three years in New York (http://ibn.fm/v43Mz).

Consider a Specialized Guest Protection Policy

Regrettably, it’s not enough to call a limited endorsement to a landlord or homeowner policy short-term rental insurance. Traditional traveler’s insurance doesn’t cover a number of things that can happen inside hotels or other travel properties, putting both the traveler and the property owner at risk. The best way to make sure you’re safe is by purchasing a specialized guest protection policy such as the one offered by InsuraGuest Inc.

The company’s proprietary InsurTech software platform delivers a specialized insurance policy that acts as the first line of defense for the properties and the guests for both vacation rental properties and hotels. It covers each guest from the time of check-in until their departure, and provides coverage for a wide range of incidents, such as accidental damage to rooms, lost or stolen items, medical expenses, death or dismemberment (http://ibn.fm/Chm4P).

With this specialized insurance product that can easily integrate with most properties’ management systems, InsuraGuest has excellent prospects on the global vacation rental market. The company currently provides coast-to-coast coverage in the U.S. and is in the process of obtaining licenses to sell insurance in every state. InsuraGuest is also working to expand the scope of its products and InsurTech platform to Europe and Asia, two markets that are significantly larger than the U.S. market and will provide the company with access to a combined demographics of 6.5 billion hotel nights stayed worldwide and more than double its vacation rental opportunities.

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

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

• Focused on the development of digital communities, targeted marketing of branded digital content, and e-commerce opportunities
• Operating through three strategic divisions to encompass its market strategies and objectives
• 10-year growth plan includes a near-term rebranding strategy with addition of many new revenue streams to greatly increase Jerrick’s potential market value
• Balanced portfolio of revenue streams will ensure institutional stability

Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. (OTC: JMDA) develops technology-based solutions to solve digital problems. Through the combination of design, thought and data analysis, the company builds products that influence a worldwide audience.

Jerrick’s flagship product is Vocal, a proprietary long-form digital publishing platform that provides storytelling tools and engaged communities for creators to get discovered and fund their creativity.

Vocal

Designed to develop and cost-effectively engage content creators, the Vocal platform enables its over 500,000 registered content creators to reach an engaged audience and monetize their content. In addition to providing relevant content, Vocal’s technology is centered on efficiency and scalability through its niche digital communities, as well as output through its data-driven distribution strategy.

Vocal partners with content creators and brands that recognize difficulties inherent in the digital advertising space and that can benefit from branded content marketing opportunities available on publishing platforms like Vocal.

All content available on Vocal is created within the platform’s custom editor and published on one of Vocal’s embedded genre-specific communities, spanning topics that range from food to wellness, beauty, technology and more.

In May 2019, Jerrick launched Vocal+, its premium subscription membership program. Vocal+ members pay a membership fee for premium value-added features, including receiving increased earnings for their content, reduced platform processing fees for tips received, a Vocal+ badge on their creator page, access to new features on the Vocal Platform, and other rewards. Creators can sign up for free or upgrade to Vocal+, available for purchase on either an annual or monthly subscription basis.

Vocal for Brands

Vocal for Brands is an in-house creative studio that generates actionable data from bespoke native advertising campaigns. Vocal for Brands partners with direct-to-consumer (DTC) to create beautiful, campaign-optimized stories on Vocal that build brand affinity, trust and drive results.

Additionally, Jerrick provides a Managed Services offering to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) product and service brands which encompasses a full range of digital marketing and e-commerce solutions. Managed Services includes the setup and ongoing maintenance of clients’ websites, Amazon and Shopify storefronts and listings, social media pages, search engine marketing, and other various tools and sales channels utilized by e-commerce sellers for sales and growth optimization. In addition to partnering with Managed Services clients, the company offers a range of la carte services.

Growth Strategy

Upon the consummation of its anticipated listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, Jerrick intends to change its official company name to “Creatd, Inc.,” subject to stockholder approval.

This rebranding will initiate Jerrick’s go-forward growth strategy and its plans to expand its offerings and provide technology products and resources for creators to help transform their ideas into reality. The strategic plan is designed to greatly increase Jerrick’s potential market value via a plethora of new revenue streams.

Creatd will focus on a community of creators that number more than 2.5 billion users, for which it will offer democratized, transparent platforms for distribution, sentiment, resources and monetization. The company’s agile development process will rely on a combination of bleeding-edge technology that eliminates barriers and creates efficiencies. Superior design thinking and data analysis will allow Creatd to expand its digital footprint to a global community.

Creatd will partner with a community of technology collaborators and sophisticated investors who collaborate to provide technology solutions for creators, brands and their respective audiences. The company’s solutions, business processes, technology platforms and design theories will lend themselves to application opportunities on a global scale.

History & Management

Jerrick was founded in 2012. Initially a private media company providing online content through a portfolio of brands, Jerrick’s needs quickly outpaced its initial technology and product offering. In 2015, Jerrick partnered with Thinkmill, a premiere, Australia-based product design and development group to create a content management system (CMS) for its brands; that system evolved into the company’s flagship product, Vocal.

Today, Jerrick’s management team is an impressive group of abstract thinkers united by their passion to solve problems. Leading the team are founder and CEO Jeremy Frommer, and Justin Maury, Jerrick’s president and head of product.

Frommer’s career includes two decades in the financial technology industry, working as a hedge fund and portfolio manager, as well as on the sell-side of the financial industry. Frommer started NextGen Trading, a software development company building proprietary equity trading platforms. NextGen was acquired by Carlin Financial Group of which Frommer became CEO. RBC Capital Markets Corporation eventually bought Carlin. At RBC, Frommer was managing director, head of the Global Prime Services group and a member of the RBC Global Equities Operating Committee.

Maury joined Jerrick in 2013, bringing with him 10 years of experience in the creative industry. Since partnering with Frommer to establish Jerrick, Maury led the company’s product development for more than four years. His passion for the creative arts and technology ultimately yielded the vision for Vocal. During the Jerrick’s early formative years, Maury was a driving force in creating the vision, design and architecture for the Vocal platform and managing the oversight of technology development.

For more information, visit the company’s website at https://Jerrick.media

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

Companies that manufacture or sell (or do both) products need reliable and secure supply chains to flourish. Smart companies have supply chain management in place to ensure everything from raw materials for production to efficient packaging and delivery. They know that disappointed customers won’t hesitate to look for another vendor or product.

Supply chain security is the part of supply chain management that ensures products and their components or ingredients aren’t tampered with or illegally copied (pirated).

For companies like Arizona’s No Borders Inc. (OTC: NBDR), the supply chain is an intriguing new prospect for its blockchain technology solutions. It first used blockchain to secure and share third-party lab test data on the purity of CBD products it manufactures and sells through its subsidiary No Borders Naturals.

“We created CBD Lab Chain technology to deliver lab test data on our CBD consumer products directly to customers,” says No Borders CEO Joseph Snyder, adding that the technology is now available to other CBD sellers. Consumers view lab data by scanning QR codes on product labels. It’s important to note that this does not give them entry to the block chain – only visuals.

And now No Borders Labs, the nation’s only publicly-traded blockchain deployment company, is customizing blockchain technology for supply chains and network infrastructure everywhere.

Supply Chain Security Breaches Can Be Deadly

Back in 1982, the Tylenol murders delivered a crash course on the topic of supply chain security. In this terrible series of events, at least one person in the Chicago area had broken apart Tylenol capsules, added cyanide, and resealed the capsules and containers. Seven people died and copycat actions brought the death toll even higher.

This ushered in higher levels of supply chain security for over-the-counter medications including tamper-resistant sealed packaging and solid caplets replaced capsules. Today, laws such as the Drug Supply Chain Security Act help the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):

“…protect consumers from exposure to drugs that may be counterfeit, stolen, contaminated, or otherwise harmful” and “improve detection and removal of potentially dangerous drugs from the drug supply chain…”

Even with the pharmaceutical industry’s pretty fervent devotion to supply chain security, it’s been difficult to ascertain safety from start to finish.

Companies like No Borders are developing blockchain technologies to protect supply chains and other networks vulnerable to hacking and other malicious actions. “Blockchains are the most secure way to share data, Snyder says, “and we’re creating ways to extend this technology into other industries concerned about protecting data, especially during transmission.”

Impenetrable Blockchain Technology Can Protect Other Networks

Many people are familiar with blockchain used in the cryptocurrency market to securely handle transactions. Most blockchain works this way:

• Blockchains are made up of blocks that randomly appear every several minutes.
• Every transaction is held in a block in a kind of abeyance until it’s verified.
• Once verified, the transaction can move ahead.

The security comes from the permanence of data added to a block on the blockchain: it cannot be altered or erased.

• New information can be added only by approved parties approved.
• Older data are never deleted.
• Every new piece of data creates a new block that includes all the previous data.
• Older blocks holding the same history are updated with new data.

A person or syndicate would need unbelievably fast computing to alter enough blocks to interfere with a block chain before a new block appears. And unlike other security tools, block chain stays ahead of would-be counterfeiters or thieves. It’s virtually unbreakable.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NBDR.co

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

• OriginClear CEO says agreement to market Depuporc’s integrated manure system is a watershed strategy
• OriginClear will market the animal-manure, wastewater-treatment products through network of licensees and potential sales channels
• Eckelberry terms the agreement a ‘killer’ application of OriginClear’s technology

OriginClear Inc. (OTC: OCLN), a leading provider of water-treatment systems, has reached an agreement to market worldwide its Spanish partner’s – Depuporc S.L. – integrated manure wastewater-treatment system (http://ibn.fm/Aik5z). OriginClear will market the system through its network of licensees and potential sales channels; the agreement allows OriginClear to name certified manufacturers as needed to support sales.

OriginClear CEO Riggs Eckelberry announced the “watershed” agreement during a teleconference briefing and discussed its impact. “So for the longest time, we’ve been working to make our technology integrated into what we would call a killer application,” said Eckelberry. “That is an application that would be major.” As the European Union seeks to control ammonia output by the hog-farming industry, there is a critical need for technology to help control the excess waste and the amount of ammonia entering the soil. OCLN’s technology is well positioned to meet this need, Eckleberry said, pointing out that leads began coming in from countries like Korea after news of the agreement went live. This application has vital significance to the global hog farming industry in countries around the world, including China, Spain and Holland.

Under terms of the agreement, Depuporc would continue to market the system within Europe as a long-time licensee of OriginClear. Depuporc has developed a mobile commercial unit for the treatment of swine manure wastewater using OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation™ and Advanced Oxidation (AOx™) technology. The Spanish system is important because it can significantly reduce nitrogen contamination, as required by recent regulations (http://ibn.fm/O3Ewy). The OriginClear system removes the smallest remaining particles of solid manure before it reduces the ammonia to extremely low levels.

OriginClear licenses its technology worldwide and is building a network of customer-facing water brands to expand its global market presence. Currently OriginClear worldwide has installations and partners with licensees to use its Modular Water Systems™, Progressive Water Treatment and proprietary Electro Water Separation™ product.

OriginClear’s mission is to help return water to its original and clear condition, and as part of that mission, the company is also working to identify and advance next-generation water-recycling systems such as its WaterChain™ concept.

OriginClear is a leader in the self-reliant water revolution. The company offers point-of-use modular and prefabricated systems that create durable assets and water independence. OriginClear leads a megatrend of businesses that are treating their own water with on-premise systems enabling high-purification and recycling levels. In addition, OriginClear systems and technology can improve the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings of clients through improved water management.

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

• Senroy’s expertise includes: GXP Regulatory Compliance, Mock Inspection, Sarbanes Oxley, Auditing and PAI Readiness, SOP Management, Training Management, Quality Management Systems, Metrics and Reporting, Systems Development Lifecycle and IT.
• As a seasoned business executive with an MBA from Pepperdine University, Senroy’s special expertise centers on helping companies pass compliance assessments, develop robust quality systems and prepare for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews and inspections.
• Organizations in the hemp and cannabis space are facing increased regulation in all aspects of business and new appointment will help the company adhere to the highest standard of operations in delivering safe and premium products
• Compliance is becoming increasingly important as the industry grows and matures
• Global industrial hemp market to exceed $270 million, hemp seed market from food and beverage applications to grow by over 5% by 2025

Green Hygienics Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: GRYN) is looking ahead of potential upcoming requirements for more industry regulation for public safety with the appointment of a new Head of Quality and Compliance. The premium cannabis cultivation and branding enterprise has appointed seasoned business executive Sid Senroy, MBA, to the position, with the goal of guiding the company’s efforts to form cross-functional alliances for growth and improvement and of leveraging existing expertise, increased productivity levels, compliance and efficiencies.

“This will directly support the Company to achieve its stated objectives to adhere to the highest standards of operations in consistently delivering safe and premium quality products to consumers and that the Company intends to be a leader in FDA cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) capabilities in the hemp and CBD marketplace,” Green Hygienics Holdings CEO Ron Loudoun stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/TZddb).

Senroy has successfully led several global Quality and Compliance business units as senior consultant or executive over the past 20 years, leading to the approval of key blockbuster drugs with total sales exceeding $30 billion annually over the last decade.

His appointment comes in the context of an increasingly critical need for compliance in the cannabis industry at this time, as the market continues to expand. Hemp cultivation is subjected to growing compliance requirements as well, as a result of the 2018 Farm Bill which delisted hemp as a Schedule 1 substance and legalized cultivation for plants that have less than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol.

Compliance requirements relate to public safety as well as the quality of the product and the operations surrounding it. Companies in the industry need to prioritize compliance in all aspects of their business, from obtaining a license to daily operations, quality assurance checks, distribution and commercialization plans and more. Proper compliance strategies need to be implemented by every organization in the industry if they want to remain in business, avoid disruption of operations and heavy fines, and become an attractive option for potential customers and investors.

Green Hygienics aims to generate higher yields and higher-quality products on a consistent basis so as to stay compliant throughout meticulous testing. Its operations are based on a secure, premium-quality supply chain. Recently, Green Hygienics acquired Potrero Ranch, which is the largest farm of its kind in North America, with 824 acres for outdoor cultivation plus over 400,000 square feet of greenhouse and outbuilding space to be used for greenhouse cultivation (http://ibn.fm/8DJfu). As a result, Green Hygienics’s cultivation capability far exceeds that of the average-size hemp farm in North America, which stalls at around 9 acres. Pending final certification, the company will move to deliver 100% safe, organically grown, premium-quality CBD products to the market.

There is no end to hemp market growth in sight. The global industrial hemp market is projected to exceed $270 million by 2025, and the global industrial hemp seeds market from food and beverage applications will grow by more than 5% by that same year, according to Global Market Insights research. This growth will be largely driven by increasing consumer demand for CBD oil and CBD oil-based products (http://ibn.fm/J80CM).

Green Hygienics is a full-scope, premium cannabis cultivation company targeting the high-end medical and adult-use recreational cannabis market. With more than 25 years of experience in agricultural science and innovation, Green Hygienics is establishing itself as a leader in the advancement of science-driven cannabis cultivation systems. The company will grow by generating revenues from the sales of premium grade cannabis products, developing and licensing valuable IP, making strategic acquisitions, and creating trusted global consumer brands.

The company’s long-term objectives include expanding its portfolio of brands throughout the U.S. and then globally and growing in size and revenue by developing a large cultivation and extraction center in Canada, where the legislation supports global distribution.

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

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

• Industry analysts project the cannabis market will reach $80 billion over the next decade
• LVVV philosophy supports momentum of this new, promising industry
• LiveWire particularly optimistic about company’s acquisition of Estrella Ranch property; beginning operation of first-ever estate-grown ‘Weedery’ soon

Despite a significant slowdown in the cannabis sector in the past year, LiveWire Ergogenics Inc. (OTC: LVVV) expects to perform well moving forward into 2020 as experts predict the industry will pick up. As operating ineffectively – and even illegally – are being weeded out and the industry grows, LVVV’s commitment to “doing things right,” combined with its innovative business strategy for high-quality and hand-crafted cannabis products (quality versus quantity), bodes well for the company’s future.

According to a recent AP article, industry analysts project the market for cannabis products will grow to $80 billion over the next decade (http://ibn.fm/EFYKA). The article quoted Canaccord Genuity analyst Bobby Burleson, who noted that he expects cannabis retail sales in legal U.S. state markets will climb from an estimated $12.9 billion this year to $31.3 billion already in 2024. That forecast includes projections for sales in Illinois, which will begin allowing legal cannabis sales next month, and Michigan, which began doing so this week. It also assumes that Arizona, Florida and New York will pass adult-use cannabis laws within the next five years.

Burleson isn’t the only expert feeling bullish. The article also reported that “analysts at Cowen raised their sales forecast for the U.S. cannabis market over the next 10 years, citing higher levels of use among older consumers and improved public sentiment for legalization. Cowen projects sales to hit $85 billion by 2030. It previously called for sales to reach $80 billion. The forecast also anticipates the opening of more dispensaries, the rollout of new types of cannabis products and more overall demand.”

With the projected upswing in mind, LiveWire Ergogenics expects to be in a prime position to leverage the expected growth with the imminent start of production at its Estrella Ranch Weedery. “The cannabis market is ever-changing and complex,” LiveWire CEO Bill Hodson stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/C3i1k). “While a flood of investment has entered the market over the last two years based on overly optimistic projections, questionable market analysis and unproven business models, these expectations are now being hit by the reality of a still unconventional business, complicated by the typical growing pains of a rapidly emerging new industry.

“With the industry now set to explode, companies must begin scrutinizing their operations for inefficiencies and evaluate what works and what doesn’t,” he continued. “In other words, ‘doing it right,’ a principle that LiveWire has been trying to follow strictly for the last two years, supporting the momentum of this new and promising industry.

Part of LVVV’s “doing it right” approach includes diligent and painstaking research as the company has secured, designed and established two fully compliant and permitted cannabis operations California. The company is focused on identifying and acquiring compliant properties for cannabis operations and entering into operation agreements and strategic alliances to build teams of carefully selected and vetted operators, horticulturists, extractors, and distributors as well as establish research partnerships in the human and veterinarian sectors. In addition, LVVV officials are particularly optimistic about the company’s acquisition of the 450-acre Estrella Ranch property in Paso Robles, California. The company plans to transform the stunning property into the world’s first “estate-grown weedery,” including essential cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and research facilities.

“We know consumers will appreciate the family-farm style of locally produced artisanal and handcrafted cannabis products, and that’s why we support the appellation model to establish designations-of-origin, similar to the wine industry, as our strategy to create a unique, profitable and sustainable business,” Hodson said in a news release (http://ibn.fm/nAfrg). “Setting up a central hub for our operations at the Ranch in Paso Robles in the heart of California wine country, and ‘doing it right,’ has required extensive environmental research and compliance with complex legal requirements on a local and state basis, which we have now concluded.

“Despite this very involved and resource-intense process, we have begun generating modest revenue over the last two quarters and have improved our balance sheet considerably,” he noted. “We are not only accelerating the build-out of our Estrella Weedery but also taking aggressive measures to increase revenue throughout the company, while being very conscious about economical use of working capital, improving our asset base, keeping our overhead low and staying focused on return of investment for our family of investors.”

LiveWire Ergogenics specializes in identifying and monetizing current and future trends in the health and wellness industry. The company is focused on becoming one of the first truly vertically integrated and high-end cannabis companies in California.

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

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