• KNR aims to be an industry leading provider of energy efficiency and emission compliance solutions by utilizing IoT, Cloud and SaaS technology to reduce energy costs; it recently completed IP and patent purchases from Dimax Controls Canada, Inc.
• KNR offers cannabis infrastructure solutions and has received contracts with licensed producers (LPs) to provide energy efficiency tech that cuts greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• KNR, through a subsidiary, will provide emission compliance services to a cannabis company in Ontario, Canada
• The company has now applied for listing on the OTCQB Venture Market

Kontrol Energy Corp. (CSE: KNR) (FSE: 1K8) is following its strategic growth plan by applying for a OTCQB Venture Market listing, which it believes will make it easier to attract more institutional and retail investors and offer ease of trading in the company’s common shares (http://ibn.fm/JdekO).

In a news release, Paul Ghezzi, CEO of Kontrol Energy, said, “Currently we have an office in New York City and approximately 20% of the company’s consolidated revenues are generated in the U.S. With the company now on a $16 million revenue run rate, it is an opportune time to provide U.S. investors with a platform to more easily invest in Kontrol’s common shares.”

Kontrol Energy is an Ontario, Canada-based innovator in the energy efficiency sector, offering clients market-based energy solutions to reduce energy costs and cut GHG emissions. It achieves this by applying disruptive and integrated technologies. In its corporate presentation, Kontrol Energy projects that it is on track to be cash flow positive in the first half of 2019 (http://ibn.fm/Bvyk2).

Kontrol Energy continues to grow, as its subsidiary, ORTECH Consulting Inc., has been engaged to offer emission and odor compliance services to a cannabis company in Ontario, Canada. Ghezzi said, “As we continue to share our energy and emission services to the cannabis market, we continue to gain new customer wins.” He noted that the client is not named for competitive reasons (http://ibn.fm/9t1c4).

Another segment of Kontrol Energy’s strategy is growth through strategic, accretive acquisitions. Kontrol Energy, through an asset purchase, recently acquired the IP and patents of Dimax Controls Canada Inc., and it has rebranded the energy software technology as Kontrol SmartSite (http://ibn.fm/Lpj6e).

In April 2018, Kontrol Energy bought the operating assets of MCW Dimax Ltd. Now, it has purchased the IP formerly licensed to that company, which includes two U.S. patents and one Canadian patent. Ghezzi added, “The Kontrol SmartSite technology now joins Kontrol SmartSuite in our growing portfolio of IOT enabled energy and property technologies.”

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

• The Aziza Project holds 20 percent stake currently worth an estimated $100 million in Africa New Energies (ANE)
• ANE holds a petroleum exploration license or concession on Namibia’s eastern border
• World-scale oil and gas deposit in licensed area with potential 1.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent resource estimated at $3.1 billion
• Aziza Project seeks to raise a $60 million oil and gas fund with Aziza Coin, an asset-backed security token

The outlook for oil and gas exploration producers in Africa is an increasingly positive one following a wave of optimism and investor confidence that swept through 2018, as an article published in Africa Oil & Power states (http://ibn.fm/3dclX). The Aziza Project LLC and its asset-backed security token, the Aziza Coin, anticipate the same positive energy for 2019, and the company is focused on investing in early-stage oil and gas exploration businesses operating throughout southern Africa. The Aziza Coin is secured with the company’s first asset – a 20 percent interest currently worth an estimated $100 million in Africa New Energies (“ANE”), Aziza Project CEO Robert Pyke explained in a NetworkNewsAudio interview (http://ibn.fm/K0Qku).

Aziza’s focus on southern Africa is driven by the company’s view of the region as largely untapped and unexplored due to disinvestment during the apartheid era. ANE, an exploration company which holds rights to a 22,000-square-kilometer prospective hydrocarbon concession in Namibia, in 2017 rejected an unsolicited bid for $500 million. This potentially world-scale oil and gas deposit in eastern Namibia, bordering Botswana and the Kalahari Desert, could transform the region’s energy supply and provide a powerful boost to growth in Namibia. By using big data algorithms, the ANE project will be developed at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.

In its annual Africa Oil & Gas Review, released in November 2018, PwC said that Africa offers plenty of opportunities in the form of unexplored hydrocarbon demand fueled by population growth, urbanization and the emergence of a growing middle class (http://ibn.fm/l45cV). By June 2018, more than $110 billion in global oil and gas projects had been approved since 2017 — a more than 100 percent increase from 2016, when only $50 billion in new spending was announced, according to Rystad Energy, an independent energy consulting services and business intelligence data firm. New drilling for 2019 is also on a positive trend, with 15 high impact wells already planned from the 15-month period from November 2018 through 2019 throughout Africa.

While much of the mainstream oil and gas industry remains focused on the offshore sector, ANE is exploring an onshore concession that potentially holds a 1.6 billion-barrel oil equivalent resource estimated at $3.1 billion. Namibia’s potential for accelerated growth is tied to its abundant mineral resource base, which includes the vast concession that Aziza and ANE have explored for the past five years (http://ibn.fm/oVn8V). ANE is still awaiting the results of a test bore conducted in September to help locate the presence of sub-surface water, along with evidence of any hydrocarbons in the region.

The Aziza Project is in the process of raising $60 million, with $45 million earmarked for a 10-well drilling program at the site that could begin near the end of 2019.

“We are very bullish on the Southern Africa onshore oil and gas prospects. We eagerly await the test bore results and are hoping this will further confirm what ANE’s 17 layers of exploration data is suggesting is underground on the concession. A positive result will unlock Namibian and Southern Africa onshore oil and gas,” Pyke said in a news release (http://ibn.fm/fCYtn).

As institutional investors abandon their skepticism to “embrace their inner crypto,” Aziza sees the path forward as a bright one.

“Institutional investors such as hedge funds, endowments and family offices may be using the backdoor to tap the crypto sector, but the more prevalent such practices become, the greater the pressure will be to become transparent about their crypto holdings, thereby helping to boost the credentials of crypto assets generally. And for those in the security token space, this is particularly encouraging,” Pyke concluded (http://ibn.fm/LxA0S).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Aziza.io

• LXRP’s subsidiary, Lexaria Nicotine LLC, enters definitive investment agreement with Altria Ventures Inc.; Altria to fund R&D, receive license rights and equity
• Altria will fund research on LXRP’s DehydraTECH oral nicotine products, pay sales royalties and may fund up to $12 million more through a series of private financings
• LXRP has not sold or optioned its own equity and still retains majority equity ownership of Lexaria Nicotine, LLC; Altria would receive minority equity interest in the subsidiary

Lexaria Bioscience Corp.’s (CSE: LXX) (OTCQX: LXRP) wholly owned subsidiary, Lexaria Nicotine LLC, has entered a definitive investment agreement with Altria Group Inc.’s (NYSE: MO) Altria Ventures Inc. subsidiary for a partnership. Altria will initially fund $1 million toward LXRP’s R&D on nicotine consumer products using DehydraTECH (http://ibn.fm/NHUIX).

Altria will also have the option to provide up to $12 million in additional research monies to underwrite LXRP’s R&D through multiple phased private financings. In exchange, Altria’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary will receive certain license rights to oral, reduced risk nicotine consumer products that use DehydraTECH technology. The license for Altria to commercialize these products will be exclusive in the U.S. and non-exclusive elsewhere globally. Altria will pay an ongoing royalty on all products sold that use Lexaria’s technology.

Based in British Columbia, Canada, LXRP is a biotechnology company and drug delivery platform innovator that out-licenses its disruptive delivery technology that promotes healthier ingestion methods. LXRP holds a patent for oral delivery of all cannabinoids and has a growing IP portfolio which includes 10 patents granted in the U.S. and Australia. DehydraTECH is its proprietary absorption technology platform.

Lexaria Nicotine plans to conduct a series of clinical investigations into oral forms of nicotine delivery using DehydraTECH technology.

In a news release, Chris Bunka, CEO of LXRP, said, “This partnership will provide significant benefits to Lexaria Bioscience and its shareholders with a world-class R&D program and regulatory compliance process.”

Per the terms of the agreement, Altria will have the option to buy 100 percent ownership of LXRP’s subsidiary at then-current fair market value, but no equity in LXRP itself. Altria will also have the right to appoint one of the seven directors of LXRP. As the phased additional investments are made, Altria will then have the right to appoint up to three directors.

Altria’s wholly owned subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA Inc., and it holds an equity investment in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.

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

• Net Element was recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America, according to Deloitte’s 2017 Fast 500
• The company employs a multi-strand approach to staying abreast of the competition in the transactional services industry
• Offering many products and services to industries, including CBD oil, point-of-sale systems and blockchain technology, Net Element maintains its versatility and relevance in multiple markets

Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE), a global technology-driven group which specializes in mobile payments and value-added transactional services, has emerged as a leader in the transactional services industry. It continues to evolve and is powered by its central mission: to set the standard for omni-channel payment acceptance and value-added service offerings with an emphasis on creating a unified global transaction acceptance ecosystem.

With millions of mobile payment users in emerging markets, many companies are striving to stay competitive in the burgeoning transactional services industry. To remain a leading competitor, Net Element has employed a multi-pronged strategy. First, it continually invests in the company’s core technology and product offerings. Second, it allocates resources and expertise in order to grow through commercial and product offerings. The company has also made strategic acquisitions, complementing its core strategy. Finally, Net Element continues to focus on sustained improvement and operational excellence in order to maximize returns for its investors.

Specifically, one of Net Element’s featured products and services is called Aptito, and it offers an all-in-one iOS cloud-based restaurant management and payment acceptance solution. Its menus and kiosks are offered on the iPad, are easy to customize and seamlessly integrate with the company’s EMV-compliant point-of-sale system and iPhone application. Customers can appreciate an ease of functionality, as well as the ability to manage their restaurants remotely, maximizing their profitability.

Net Element was rated as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2017 Technology Fast 500, as well as South Florida Business Journal’s 2016 fastest-growing technology companies. Moreover, it is ranked number 418 on Deloitte’s 2017 Technology Fast 500, the list of North America’s 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy technology companies. This acclaim is hard-fought and well-deserved. In a news release, Sandra Shirai, vice chairman of Deloitte Consulting LLP, said (http://ibn.fm/OfuVV), “[These] winners underscore the impact of technological innovation and world class customer service in driving growth, in a fiercely competitive environment.”

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

• QMC Quantum Minerals is preparing for Phase 2 exploration on its spodumene-bearing Irgon Mine Project
• QMC is nearing completion of NI 43-101 resource estimate to update published historic resource estimate
• Company expects to improve on the historic estimate of more than 1.2 million tons of lithium

QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. (OTC: QMCQF) (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ) is exploring a historically productive region in hopes that the ore it may yield will be adequate to help drive an industry that has found new life amid the computer and internet breakthroughs of the 21st Century. The region, which is in Southern Manitoba’s rare-element pegmatite mining district located 500 kilometers (310 miles) northwest of Lake Superior, has been established as a potential source of commercial-grade lithium resources with the capacity to energize North America’s computerized products.

QMC’s Irgon Mine Property in southeastern Manitoba has a half-century-old historical resource estimate of 1.2 million tons of lithium oxide grading 1.51 percent measured over a strike length of 365 meters and to a depth of 213 meters. The company expects to produce a current NI 43-101-compatible resource estimate during the coming months that could potentially double the strike length by extending it as far as 400 meters to the west. QMC will also define spodumene mineralization to depth below 213 meters, the current maximum depth explored by the historic drilling.

North American hard rock miners reigned over the lithium supply in the pre-Internet of Things era leading into the 1980s, turning the mineral spodumene into a virtual lithium lodestone that supplied the soft metal for medicinal anti-psychotic purposes, ceramics and lubricants. Just as computer batteries have surpassed those uses in the past couple of decades, a revving drive for electric vehicles, more eco-friendly than their petroleum-fueled counterparts, is building a new benchmark for demand and a revival of the rock mining industry that was forced to yield ground to the new, cheaper saltwater evaporation extraction methods of the late 20th century.

Companies such as QMC are invested in the premise that hard rock mining for lithium is ultimately more reliable than brine evaporation pond extraction. The demand for lithium will continue to increase as electric vehicles and portable Internet of Things electronics become more of a standard part of everyday living. In 2018, sales of electric vehicles surged ahead of those in 2017, rising about 70 percent. Likewise, rising demand for lithium hydroxide, a key element in lithium-ion batteries, was largely satiated from new hard rock mineral extraction in Australia (http://ibn.fm/vYJ7Z).

Manitoba’s long economic dependence on mining and the slow market conditions have created ample personnel resources as well, as shown most recently by the imperilment of 800 jobs in the northern Flin Flon district when a zinc refining company announced that it will close its operation (http://ibn.fm/mtoOA). Flin Flon is a town with a population of 5,000 that is also the base for QMC’s second mining focus, the Rocky-Namew Property, a prospective volcanic massive sulphide project located within a very prolific greenstone belt.

After exploring the Irgon Site to identify possible extensions to the known dike and locating additional mineralized lithium-bearing pegmatite dikes within the company’s property, the company began working to expose the dike completely along the strike length. Subsequently, it launched a program of channel sampling to confirm and extend the zone of known spodumene (lithium) mineralization. During the coming year, QMC intends to undertake a Phase 2 diamond drilling program while preparing the NI 43-101 report and any additional updates to it.

The company is particularly interested in significant spodumene mineralization in pegmatite dikes immediately west of the Irgon Dike and intends to begin exploration to see if the pegmatite comprises the western extension of the Irgon Dike or if it is an entirely new mineralized pegmatite system.

“Either way, as this new mineralized zone is being evaluated, it could quickly add potential resource expansion within the Irgon Project,” the company stated in its year-end MD&A report (http://ibn.fm/Husxv).

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

• Spectrum Global Solutions recently announced the acquisition of Telnet Solutions, which increases the range of clients, capabilities and solutions in the company’s portfolio
• Company President Keith Hayter details anticipated growth this year, with 5G transition, internet of things opportunities and first responder networks among key drivers of growth
• As the telecommunications market continues expanding, Spectrum Global expects a growing number of clients to seek partnerships with a reliable, single-source provider

Leading telecommunications engineering and infrastructure services provider Spectrum Global Solutions, Inc. (OTC: SGSI) recently announced the acquisition of Telnet Solutions Inc. (TNS), a telecom service company that offers design, installation and maintenance of structured cabling system solutions to the enterprise market.

Based in Des Plaines, Illinois, Telnet Solutions operates both nationally and abroad, and it has over 16 years of experience in the field. As of 2018, the company’s annual revenue was over $6 million, producing more than $1 million of adjusted EBITDA, according to a Spectrum Global Solutions news release (http://ibn.fm/Wfre6).

The acquisition is expected to increase Spectrum Global’s portfolio of clients and solutions, company CEO Roger Ponder said in a news release. “We are very excited to bring this established, reputable and proven entity into our fold. Its focus on the enterprise market will drive higher margin, relationship-driven business to our Company,” he noted. “TNS adds new clients and capabilities, as well as provides us with a wide range of design, installation and maintenance solutions that will enhance our existing portfolio.”

The Telnet Solutions acquisition is yet another step in the Spectrum Global Solutions strategy for expanding operations. Spectrum Global’s president, Keith Hayter, spoke more about the future of the company in an interview aired on The RedChip Money Report (http://ibn.fm/LUyLM). Hayter provided an overview of the company’s expanding operations and listed key revenue drivers such as 5G transition, internet of things opportunities and first responder networks.

The interview opened with a look at the rapid growth that Spectrum Global Solutions experienced in 2018. One of the biggest milestones mentioned was the 300 percent Q3 growth on an annual basis. According to Hayter, an equally impressive Q3 result is the 200 percent increase in net income that Spectrum Global Solutions registered.

As of mid-January 2019, Spectrum Global Solutions has close to 200 clients ranging from national carriers (AT&T, Verizon) to smaller businesses, OEMs like Nokia, utility companies, enterprise clients and infrastructure aggregators.

Hayter said that the market opportunity in the realm of telecommunications is immense, providing sustainable chances for growth. Over $1.5 trillion is expected to be spent on telecommunications and, as far as deployment – the niche from which Spectrum Global Solutions garners its revenue streams – the expenditure is forecast to total $50 billion to $200 billion over the next couple of years.

According to Hayter, the main advantages for investors stem from several market specifics and aspects of the Spectrum Global Solutions work.

Telecommunications will continue being a high growth market, and the demand for full-service providers will be high. In addition, Spectrum Global Solutions has a large and well-known customer base, an experienced managerial team and a long service lifecycle.

Spectrum Global Solutions operates through its subsidiaries – AW Solutions, ADEX and Telnet Solutions. It is a leading telecommunications engineering, infrastructure deployment and professional services provider in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Caribbean region.

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

• Global acceptance of cannabis and related CBD products continues to increase
• Worldwide legal cannabis market projected to reach $146 billion by end of 2025
• Consumer demand for CBD products expected to explode with U.S. legalization of hemp
• New software division, Greener Grows, joins Where’s Weed and upcoming Where’s CBD

As an emerging leader in ancillary software and the cannabidiol (CBD) products marketplace, Golden Developing Solutions, Inc. (OTC: DVLP) provides business services and/or products supporting the cannabis industry, including an online retail business for CBD, hemp oil and health/wellness-related products. The company recently launched its new software division, called ‘Greener Grows’, at MJBizCon 2018 in Las Vegas, the nation’s largest cannabis trade show that, in November, attracted over 1,000 participants and exhibitors (http://ibn.fm/LSco7).

Golden Developing Solutions CEO Stavros Triant said in a news release that the Greener Grows platform will provide valuable information to cannabis growers and producers through an online sharing experience (http://ibn.fm/K0YAa). Among the values underpinning Greener Grows is a desire to help others in the cannabis industry find the greenest, most cost effective and most environmentally friendly improvements to cannabis cultivation, according to the GreenerGrows website (http://ibn.fm/gkMHe). Golden Developing has “created the ultimate industry tool for businesses to anonymously share their metrics and compare with others” that will help companies visualize how costs and yields could change based on adjustments to infrastructure and a focus on sustainability, environmentalism and security.

Progressive entrepreneurs are often at the helm of cannabis companies and related support services, bringing a sense of responsibility to the environment to their business ventures, according to an article in Forbes (http://ibn.fm/KGam9). A full 70 percent of millennials will pay more (http://ibn.fm/u8txM) for products made sustainably, while 83 percent consider a product’s environmental or social impact before making a purchase, the article states. GreenerGrows.com provides an important resource for the cannabis industry, stating that those in the cannabis space have a duty to be as environmentally friendly as possible.

Golden Developing is also expanding its hemp and CBD strategy with the launch of a new products portal, www.WheresCBD.com. The new site will aggregate nationwide CBD products for consumers searching for high-end hemp oil and CBD isolates and mirrors DVLP’s popular www.WheresWeed.com website and cannabis services hub. The Where’s Weed mobile app is available for both Android and iOS devices and has been downloaded more than 80,000 times to date.

“Where’s Weed has been a home run for us since we made the move and acquired the leading cannabis and hemp community hub several months ago,” Triant stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/NgAB3). “We outlined our strategy to invest in cannabis and hemp related services because we believed it was a tremendously undervalued space in terms of online real estate. The development of WheresCBD.com is a natural step in the same direction. Naturally, the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill will only serve to further bolster that momentum. Look for the launch to hit next quarter.”

The global legal cannabis market is expected to reach $146.4 billion by the end of 2025, according to a report by Grand View Research, Inc. (http://ibn.fm/diWD8). In the U.S. alone, the legal cannabis sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 25 percent from 2017 to 2025, with advances in new product development expected to enhance product adoption among consumers.

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

• Developments in North American cannabis market present opportunities
• Recreational cannabis now legal in 10 states, medical in 33
• Alliance formed between Canadian Mary’s Wellness and U.S.-based Winterlife, both Redfund clients

As Aesop’s Fables teach, “In union, there is strength.” This time-tested proverb is being put to action through the strategic alliance created between two portfolio clients of Canadian merchant bank Redfund Capital Corp. (CSE: LOAN) (OTC: PNNRF) (Frankfurt: O3X4). In mid-December, Redfund clients Mary’s Wellness Ltd. and Winterlife Inc. detailed plans to join forces for a global cannabis products launch (http://ibn.fm/4B1dD). Redfund targets companies in the mid to late stages of development with a variety of capital financing solutions. The merchant bank is focused on the medical cannabis, hemp and CBD sectors of the health care industry.

The pact between Mary’s Wellness and Winterlife follows in the wake of felicitous developments in the North American cannabis market. On October 17, 2018, the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada took effect. A month later, two more U.S. states – Missouri and Utah – legalized medical marijuana, bringing to 33 the number of states that have done so. Medical marijuana is also legal in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. In addition, adult use marijuana is now legal in 10 states, as well as the District of Columbia (http://ibn.fm/eAm6V). As a result, the legal cannabis market in North America, pegged at $10.8 billion in 2018, is expected to almost quintuple to $47.3 billion by 2027, according to Statista.

The partnership between Mary’s Wellness and Winterlife will first launch Mary’s Wellness, a well-known Canadian tea brand, in the U.S. The Mary’s Wellness product range is extensive. It includes a Sleep & Relax Tea, as well as teas in the following flavors: Bella Coola, berry berry, chai, chamomile, earl grey, Echinacea, green tea, green tea with ginger, green tea with ginseng, lemon, orange pekoe and peppermint. There’s also apple cider, hot chocolate, English toffee cappuccino, French vanilla cappuccino and java coffee. These beverages, sold in boxes of 12 packets, will generally deliver 60mg of THC and 6mg of CBD per packet.

Winterlife is launching complementary marketing initiatives. The company, based in Washington State, has kicked off a multi-state U.S. expansion by branding a new set of THC-free CBD products that are 100 percent organic, vegan and gluten free. A Canadian launch is also in the works. Winterlife’s famous gourmet cookies, tinctures and capsules are made with clean extracted full spectrum Rick Sampson Oil (RSO) and so contain the many synergistic cannabinoids and terpenes naturally found in high-quality flower, thus delivering the whole plant experience. RSO is a cannabis concentrate.

Winterlife’s product range includes ‘Classic Cookies’ in a variety of flavors, such as Spotted Skunk’s Strawberry Jam Cookies, Crow’s Chocolicious Chocolate Chip Cookies, Platy’s Premium Peanut Butter Cookies and Chipmunk’s Classic Triple Combo Cookies. Winterlife also offers Hedgehog’s Cannabis Cocktail Spikers, as well as tinctures, such as Asian Elephant’s Orange (Indica), and capsules, such as Bumblebee’s Buzzin Buzzy Caps.

Founded by bankers and entrepreneurs with years of experience in business, consulting, capital markets, corporate finance and health care services, Redfund Capital provides a debt financing facility to help companies build their valuations and get to the next levels in their financing cycles without prematurely giving away equity.

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

• Addressing a global epidemic through the launch of Hygee
• Partnered with communications agencies to raise brand awareness and increase visibility
• Positioned for success following a year filled with new achievements

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2016. The majority (1.6 million) were newly-diagnosed cases of chlamydia. Young women make up nearly half of all diagnosed chlamydia cases. The CDC recommends that STD screening and timely treatment become a standard part of medical care (http://ibn.fm/jQj7I). Decreasing the stigma of talking about STDs is important in creating a culture that seeks out testing, especially for pregnant women. Left untreated, chlamydia can lead to miscarriages, premature birth or stillbirth, and it can be passed to the infant during childbirth.

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTCQB: ETST) is strategically positioning Hygee, a non-invasive discreet chlamydia testing kit, as the answer to this global epidemic. The company announced earlier this month (http://ibn.fm/9Rg05) that it has partnered with communication agencies Les Fous de la Com and Priori System to build a strong online presence, create brand recognition and awareness, educate consumers and develop partnerships and associations for increased visibility on local, national and international levels.

“We are delighted to work with Earth Science in the promotion of Hygee, as it stands to improve the quality of life of women everywhere on the planet,” Priori System President Christian Dumont stated in the news release. “The goal is to bring Hygee to women everywhere, making the product and the service so well known that we can finally begin to ease the catastrophe of Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections.”

Nickolas S. Tabraue, chairman of ETST, believes strongly in the success of Hygee. While the company has the ability to turn the tide of the chlamydia epidemic, it will take the support of governments and the medical community to make this vision a reality. “This will work,” Tabraue noted in the release, “because we will put Hygee in the hands of the women who need it. We are going to give women control over their own testing, and their own bodies. As confident as we are in our product, that is going to take a community, not a company.”

Following a year filled with achievement, ETST is strategically positioned for success in 2019. In 2018, ETST successfully:

• Became fully reporting;
• Uplisted to the OTCQB Venture Market;
• Improved its High Grade Full Spectrum line;
• Increased sales by more than 100 percent; and
• Ordered the first batch of Hygee, which is expected to launch later this month.

As members of the management team reflected on the success of 2018 (http://ibn.fm/X82K4), they also shared their vision and excitement for the upcoming year. Overall, the feeling is one of positive excitement as distribution and presence in the marketplace increase, potential is realized and new opportunities await.

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

• Creating a more sustainable future through lower energy use and emissions in the cannabis industry
• Introduced SmartSuite® thermostat, which will be piloted this year to existing customers
• Focused on expanding energy IOT hardware and software solutions globally

With over 40 years of combined clean energy management experience, Kontrol Energy Corp. (CSE: KNR) (FSE: 1K8) has the ability to cut the cost of energy and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Cannabis growers have begun to use Kontrol’s solutions, as traditional growing methods require large amounts of energy and are responsible for 30 percent of the growers’ expenses. By providing smart energy management and emission compliance solutions, Kontrol is staying true to the company’s vision of actively participating in the creation of a more sustainable future.

In a news release, Paul Ghezzi, CEO of Kontrol Energy, stated, “As cannabis moves to become a global commodity the ability to source lower costs of energy with real-time analytics and management is increasingly important.” However, the cannabis industry is not the only global market for Kontrol.

On January 8, 2019, the company issued a press release (http://ibn.fm/O6LXi) introducing the SmartSuite® thermostat, a wireless, loT-connected energy saving technology designed to maximize ROI, increase tenant interaction and retention and grow property valuation. The SmartSuite® is able to connect into existing building automation systems, communicate with utilities and provide in-suite energy management that’s complete with analytics and user interfaces. This thermostat will be piloted to existing customers in commercial, multi-residential and hospitality buildings.

Kristian Lavereau, COO of Kontrol, added, “As part of our key strategic objectives for 2019 we seek to accelerate our technology solutions for the digitization of energy and to expand our property technology (proptech). We are also focused on expanding both our energy IOT hardware and software solutions globally.”

Collectively, companies lose $50 billion each year in energy costs, which translates to roughly 30 percent of energy use wasted. Kontrol believes that there is a better way. The company stands behind its vision that any building can be smart. Kontrol is already working to lower energy use and emissions in commercial buildings, multi-residential buildings, commercial cannabis, utilities, manufacturing and education. The company is reshaping the way customers use, manage and allocate energy resources.

Kontrol Energy was recently announced as the seventh-fastest growing startup in Canada by Canadian Business and Maclean’s. In less than two years, the company’s revenue run rate has grown from $1.8 million to $15 million. The company’s strategy consists of a combination of disciplined mergers and acquisitions combined with organic growth.

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