• Platform draws on gaming elements to engage website visitors
• Fast developing market set to hit $23 billion by 2022
• Executive and development teams with successful track records

All work and no play may make Jack a dull boy, except when the work of turning online visits into sales becomes delightfully playful with the gamification platform from DeepMarkit Inc. (TSX.V: MKT) (OTCQB: MKTDF). The patent-pending gamification technology company, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is developing ways to increase customer engagement and convert ‘window shoppers’ to buyers by using games. Termed ‘gamification’, this is a fast developing segment ideally suited for marketing to the millions of Baby Boomers, Millennials and Generation Z’s who have made video games a bigger business than the movie industry. Projected for a CAGR of almost 42 percent until 2022, when it is expected to reach $23 billion, gamification is set to be a revolutionary new paradigm in digital marketing. DeepMarkit, led by a team that has been developing games successfully for 15 years, is out to capture that opportunity with its proprietary promotions platform, Gamify.

Gamification is the application of gaming principles and design to business and, particularly, marketing. In gamification, all of the things that drive us to play games are drawn upon. These may include our desire to socialize, for status, for self-expression, to develop and master a skill, our competitive instincts and many other motivating factors. At DeepMarkit, gamification means creating innovative ways to use games for business purposes, including using games to generate leads, using games to promote products and deliver rewards and using games to build brand awareness and customer loyalty. Its marketing platform, Gamify, allows customers to build branded games that incentivize audiences, generate leads and drive sales (http://ibn.fm/Keflo).

Gamification can make a difference to the top line by increasing conversions. Getting thousands of visitors to a website, while vitally important, is only part of the marketing game. A visitor must be motivated to stay. Many do not; with the click of a mouse or a finger tap, they are gone. Typical bounce rates are 26-70 percent, with an average of 49 percent, which means that roughly half the visitors to a website just stop in to say hello and goodbye. Google Analytics defines “bounce rate” as the percentage of single interaction visits to a website.

The DeepMarkit Gamify platform is designed to reduce bounce rates. Through the use of unique branded games, the platform turns visitors into players, players into leads and leads into sales. The DeepMarkit platform integrates a variety of gaming elements with interactive advertising and powerful visuals, including 3-D images. It is flexible enough to be scaled for campaigns of all sizes and is suitable for multi-channel and omni-channel approaches that incorporate web, mobile and social media. Both free and paid solutions are available (http://ibn.fm/mSatW).

Gamify offers a selection of easily customizable gaming apps featuring a customer’s branded e-store, in addition to tailored landing pages, technical support, real-time analytics, data collection and an engaging marketing campaign. The platform’s patent-pending app comes complete with unique user incentives that draw consumers in with games and prizes, which in turn engage shoppers, turning them into buyers and building brand loyalty.

DeepMarkit is led by president and CEO Darold Parken. He heads a team that founded Chartwell Technologies, which was later sold to Amaya Gaming, now known as The Stars Group (NASDAQ: TSG), a company with a market cap that’s close to $8 billion.

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

• Global B2B ecommerce sales at $7.7 trillion and still growing as more businesses move online
• Netevia accepts over 100 cashless payment methods in multiple currencies
• Netevia users can transact business with suppliers in countries around the world

Businesses are increasingly using the Internet to buy services and products from other businesses. It is now estimated that global ecommerce between businesses (B2B) now amounts to $7.7 trillion (http://ibn.fm/fv3EP), far outstripping the $2.3 trillion in sales made from businesses to consumers (B2C). Targeting this massive and growing market, Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) has extended its Netevia payment platform to include solutions aimed at sales between vendors, according to a company press release (http://ibn.fm/j8Up6).

Net Element, a financial service technology company that develops multi-channel electronic payment solutions, launched Netevia in February 2018 to provide value-added solutions for its users. Netevia was designed to integrate seamlessly with businesses’ existing payment platforms.

Businesses that use Netevia can accept over 100 cashless payment methods in several currencies – a crucial must for companies that wish to operate on an international scale. As of July 2018, Netevia can process cashless payments in 21 currencies. Netevia enables merchants to streamline their processes, including marketing tools, payment mechanisms and point-of-sale devices.

Research shows that 42 percent of B2B customers use a mobile device at some point during their purchasing process (http://ibn.fm/y0o7E). Taking this trend into account, the Netevia platform is developed for use on mobile devices as well as through a web-based portal. It will allow users to manage their vendors, process payments and deal with invoices from anywhere.

In a news release, Vlad Sadovskiy, Net Element’s president of integrated payments, said, “We are excited to enable this functionality on our Netevia platform and make Netevia a market platform where small and medium-sized businesses can find comprehensive and innovative card payments-oriented solutions to enhance their operations. Enabling vendor payments is one more step towards achieving this goal.”

Netevia is poised to enable its users to adapt their businesses to the steady growth of the ecommerce sector. The platform has been designed to be extendable, allowing users to add features as their business needs evolve.

With security a key concern for all online operators, Netevia’s designers have included robust fraud prevention and security features into the platform. In addition, since international business never sleeps, technical support for the platform is available round the clock by phone, email or web chat.

Netevia is just one of a suite of innovative mobile payment solutions that Net Elements has developed. Others include Aptito, a payment solution tailor-made for the restaurant industry, and Unified Payments, a simple and flexible mobile point-of-sale system that can be used by a variety of vendors, including kiosk-type shops, limousine drivers, tow truck and delivery drivers, pool maintenance workers and roadside assistance mechanics.

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

• Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corp, says the new financing will be used to position the company for future growth, execute initiatives and pay down some debt
• The financing is secured at a 10x valuation of current trading price; the company has already received its first tranche and plans to draw down additional tranches over the next 12 months
• GTXO Corp is a pioneer in wearable GPS human and asset tracking systems; it recently debuted new GPS trackers for children, the patented GPS SmartSole size small, and the Invisabelt

GTX Corp (OTC: GTXOD) terms a confluence of financial events, including its proposed uplisting, reverse split and $1 million in premium-to-market financing from a new strategic partner, as a turning point and milestone for the company’s stakeholders (http://ibn.fm/OVgna).

The reverse split of the stock was approved and made effective by FINRA in early July. Temporarily, the company’s trading ticker symbol will be ‘GTXOD’, but in the near future, after all trading platforms have been updated, the company’s ticker symbol will return to ‘GTXO’. GTX Corp is also in the process of uplisting to the OTCQB Venture Exchange (http://ibn.fm/8ENle).

“We are thrilled to announce securing a new strategic partner that recognizes the true value of GTX Corp and is providing capital at a premium to market, along with business and corporate development services,” Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp CEO, stated in a news release.

Los Angeles, California-based GTXOD develops and markets two-way GPS tracking technologies for real time tracking and monitoring of people or high value assets through a wireless gateway, transceiver module, smartphone app and IoT portal. GTXOD’s tracking devices and services are offered in a global market, providing smart and wearable GPS tracking products across 35 countries.

These products can also be used to identify the location of wanderers — the elderly, people with Alzheimer’s, dementia patients and those with traumatic brain injury. Now, that technology can be used for children, as well. GTX Corp has released two new GPS products to safeguard the location of kids. They are the patented SmartSole® size small and the GPS Invisabelt for toddlers and kids. The Invisabelt is offered in two waist sizes, S/M and M/L, and it is available in sport grey and heather pink (http://ibn.fm/3qfde). The company said that the products sold out within days of their introduction to the market.

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

• Marifil Mines is focused on Argentinean mineral resources acquisitions
• Marifil Mines has revived its lithium exploration program in Argentina’s famed ‘Lithium Triangle’
• The company has 100 percent ownership of its Las Aguilas property, which has produced about 4.6 million metric tons of mineralized material containing economically significant cobalt values
• Gold is the chief economic focus at Marifil’s jointly-owned San Roque property, which is an advanced exploration-stage epithermal polymetallic deposit

Global headlines continue to pop up predicting crisis-level shortages of metals like lithium, cobalt and gold. Marifil Mines Ltd. (TSX.V: MFM) (OTCQB: MFMLF), a Vancouver, Canada-based mineral exploration company, is among those answering the call to help meet the world’s demand for these metals. Marifil Mines is engaged in the exploration, evaluation and acquisition of mineral-rich resource properties in Argentina, with its current focus chiefly on lithium, gold and cobalt exploration.

Lithium

In 2009, Marifil had an active lithium exploration program, and this program is now being revived by the company based on proprietary information previously gained. The company has three unexplored mine rights, known as cateos, and it is currently engaged in advanced negotiations for a purchase option on a fourth property that covers a portion of a salar currently being drilled by a competitor. This competitor has announced the drilling discovery of potentially economic lithium brines.

Each of these properties has proximal volcanic lithium source formations, and the company has a favorable geochemical database supporting these property acquisitions and is moving forward to amass a substantial lithium property portfolio in the Argentine Puna, within the ‘Lithium Triangle’.

Cobalt

Located in Argentina’s geographic center, Marifil’s Las Aguilas property lies in a region of good infrastructure. More than $15 million has been invested into the exploration of this property, which has involved 143 drill holes for 29,499 meters (96,757 feet). It is held by 359 hectares (887 acres) of patented mining claims that are 100 percent owned by the company, and the property is not subject to any private royalties. Marifil is seeking to leverage this cobalt-bearing property in a joint venture equity exchange for a lithium property, and, through that integration, to continue its resource development.

Geologically, the Las Aguilas property belongs to the magmatic segregation model for mineral deposits. Immiscible sulphide phase droplets in a silicate liquid are produced by sulfur-rich ultramafic plutons, and from this, nickel, copper and cobalt minerals crystalize as they settle to the base of the magma chamber. The Las Aguilas plutons intrude very old gneissic basement rock. Disseminated and semi-massive sulfides of base and precious metals occur within embayments at or near the bottoms of their host mafic/ultramafic intrusives.

Diamond core drilling totals 144 holes for more than 27,000 meters (88,560 feet), and various airborne and ground geophysical surveys have been completed. These are the subject of two Canadian National Instrument 43-101 reports, with one describing a 43-101 mineral resource.

Together, all resource classes total 4.6 million metric tons at 0.41 percent Ni, 0.41 percent Cu and 0.03 percent Co, with significant precious metals (PGM + Au & Ag) credits. This mineral resource by Canadian standards is not U.S. Security and Exchange Industry Guide 7 compliant, thus it can only be referred to as mineralized material. There are two deposits about 300 meters apart, and both are open to resource expansion by continued drilling.

Good metallurgical recoveries have been indicated by pilot scale flotation tests on a 30-tonne bulk sample obtained from a mine tunnel. Cobalt is currently estimated to be around 20 percent of the value of the economic minerals contained in the sulfide deposits.

Gold

The San Roque property, jointly owned by Marifil and Novagold Resources, is located in southeastern Argentina near the Atlantic coast, in an area that boasts excellent infrastructure and mining-friendly politics. Gold is the primary economic focus at the discovery, which is an advanced exploration-stage epithermal polymetallic deposit. The property is secured by 37,055 hectares (91,563 acres) of mine rights, 9,449 (23,348 acres) of which are patented and private royalty-free claims.

Marifil owns 51 percent of the San Roque property and is the current project operator. In excess of $7.5 million has been invested into assessing the discovery, with the majority of this investment going toward almost 16,000 meters (52,480 feet) of diamond core drilling as 108 holes. The continuation of drilling is imminent at the site.

A Canadian standard N.I. 43-101 resource has not yet been produced at the San Roque property, though it is clear to geoscientists that more than 100 million metric tons of earth is mineralized. Several deposits of significant gold-silver-indium-lead-zinc mineralization have been discovered on a four-kilometer-long zone. The mineralization occurs in old volcanic formations and metamorphic rocks beneath them. Geologists suspected it to be related to a large volcanic paleo-caldera and to be capping a deeper porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit.

Mineralization is manifested by multiple broad zones of narrow, sheeted and banded quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins and stockworks, as well as sulphide disseminations within brecciated volcanic rocks.

Drilling has outlined an area of semi-continuous Au-Ag-In-Pb-Zn mineralization covering approximately 0.3 x 0.9 km (0.2 x 0.6 miles) in the 33-zone. Individual drill holes have intersections averaging as high as 1.2 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag, 39 g/t In, 0.4 percent Pb and 2.0 percent Zn over 120 meters (394 feet) (all assays are stated in metric tons).

Significant results have additionally been encountered in the 51-zone, located approximately 1.0 km (0.6 miles) to the southeast of the 33-zone, and in hole DDHMSR- 0034, located 1.9 km (1.2 miles) southeast of the 33-zone. That hole intersected 233 meters (764 feet) of 0.6 g/t Au, plus 11 g/t Ag, with just traces of base metals and includes a run of 2.3 g/t Au plus 43 g/t Ag over 35 meters (115 feet) at the top of the hole.

The winning combination presented by Marifil Mines positions the junior exploration company for great success in Argentina.

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

• Company in talks with government officials and agriculture industry leaders in Brazil’s Rondonia State
• Pacific Software’s blockchain technologies designed to increase supply chain transparency, thus impacting consumer confidence
• Brazil likely to soon become world’s top exporter of agricultural products

Pacific Software, Inc. (OTC: PFSF), a company engaged in the development, acquisition and licensing of Hyperledger blockchain-based systems, has announced that it has set plans into motion to tap into the huge Brazilian agriculture market. In a recent news release, the company said that it is in talks with the government of the state of Rondonia (http://ibn.fm/iQm1d) and the state’s biggest exporters of meat and agricultural products to explore ways that the industry can use Pacific Software’s Agri-Blockchain technology (http://ibn.fm/RMfuT).

The move comes in the context of Brazil increasing its market share of global agricultural exports. A current report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), ranks Brazil as the world’s second largest supplier of food and agricultural products. The report, ‘OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024’, further predicts that Brazil could become the world’s top agricultural exporter in the near future (http://ibn.fm/jLMvC).

At the same time, trend-watchers in the global agricultural industry foresee a huge potential role for blockchain technology (http://ibn.fm/IXFJv). In a world where consumers are increasingly concerned about the origins of their products, blockchain technology will make supply chains more transparent and easier to trace. Large-scale producers will be able to keep better records of their operations, and niche producers, such as organic farmers, will be able to more easily prove and certify every step their products take from field to store shelf.

Pacific Software is developing a cutting-edge trade portal that harnesses the power of blockchain’s ultra-secure databases, and it is now positioning itself to become a key player in the supply of blockchain technology solutions to Brazil’s agricultural industry. This tool will make it possible to track the entire supply chain with blockchain’s solid credibility.

In a news release, Peter Pizzino, president of Pacific Software, said, “We are excited to enter strategic alliances with some of Brazil’s largest agriculture and meat exporters to implement our disruptive blockchain technology-based B2B platform for the supply chain and logistics sectors.”

Pacific Software’s trade platform will be available in Portuguese, English, Cantonese and Mandarin – appropriate options, given that China and the United States are among Brazil’s biggest export markets. The company is developing the B2B and B2C portal in partnership with KBQuest Group Inc., a global IT service provider, and could utilize IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Blockchain Hyperledger platform (http://ibn.fm/zIO54).

In addition to providing transparency, accountability and trust in the provenance of agricultural products, the Pacific Software platform could also be used in many other key aspects of agricultural recordkeeping. Billing and invoicing can be automated and other records and processes migrated into digital formats. Improving recordkeeping and automating and streamlining processes will lead to improved efficiency which will, in turn, increase profitability.

Pizzino added, “The recent trip to Brazil has strengthened our relationships for building regional market share in order to become a major blockchain technology service provider in the region.”

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

• Lithium Chile is well-positioned to benefit from recent bull run on lithium market and subsequent acquisition race
• Company’s holdings are the largest wholly owned lithium package held by a private operating company in Chile
• Company recently signed an MOU for a joint venture with Prosper One International Holdings Company Limited

Lithium-ion batteries are in greater demand than ever before, powering everyday devices ranging from smartphones and laptops to implantable medical devices and electric vehicles. It is this last item, the electric vehicle, that is largely credited with significantly driving up lithium’s price in recent years. Increasing consumer demand for electric vehicles has had the natural effect of simultaneously driving up the demand for the primary component needed to manufacture their batteries – lithium. This, in turn, has fueled fears of an impending global lithium shortage and sparked a bull run on the lithium market.

The threat of a lithium shortage is something of a phantom menace, because, in fact, the Earth has plenty of lithium to go around. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that, even with current demands, less than one percent of the world’s lithium supply will be diminished over the next decade. The true shortage, then, lies not in the metal but in the mining of it.

As discussed in a recent article (http://ibn.fm/slGew), prospective junior miners like Lithium Chile Inc. (TSX.V: LITH) (OTC: LTMCF) are right in line to benefit from the frenzied acquisition race that has commenced among competitors looking to satisfy their lithium needs by procuring lithium miners – whether through joint venture, buy-in or straight acquisition. As the old saying goes, ‘if you want something done right, do it yourself’, and these entities – including electric vehicle manufacturers, battery producers and strategic investment companies – are seeking to do just that when it comes to lithium by taking charge of mining operations.

Lithium Chile is poised to become one of the biggest beneficiaries of this acquisition race in the lithium mining space. With its immense tracts of indicated lithium assets in Chile, the world’s lithium epicenter, the company boasts one of that country’s largest lithium exploration portfolios, featuring 152,900 hectares spanning 15 properties. This has, not surprisingly, attracted the notice of players looking for hot lithium acquisition opportunities.

One entity to come courting has been Hong Kong-based Prosper One International Holdings Company Limited, with whom Lithium Chile recently entered into a memorandum of understanding for a joint venture agreement (http://ibn.fm/0lteY). As part of the agreement, Prosper One may earn a 55 percent interest in Lithium Chile’s Pintadas Norte project by incurring $3 million in staged exploration costs and will make a $1 million equity investment in Lithium Chile at a minimum price of $1 per share. Lithium Chile will operate the exploration programs for the Pintadas Norte project in exchange for a management fee paid by Prosper One. As a good-faith token to show serious intent, Prosper One has agreed to pay a C$250,000 break fee to Lithium Chile if a definitive agreement is not signed.

A veritable Cinderella at the ball, Lithium Chile is likely to receive many more purchase, option and joint venture proposals moving forward as drill dates draw nearer for the company and, in particular, if reserves are proven. Indeed, this joint venture could be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Lithium Chile’s holdings include the largest wholly owned lithium package to be held by any private operating company in Chile and feature projects with high-grade lithium brines and outstanding chemistry at shallow depths – all of which boast good access to infrastructure.

Field test results announced in April identified multiple high-priority target areas at the company’s Salar De Atacama and Salar Ollague properties, and multiple large lithium brine targets of 20 to 25 square kilometers were discovered at both properties (http://ibn.fm/8nL94). The company’s Atacama property contains near-surface lithium brine values up to 1,330 mg/L of lithium, and its Ollague Property contains near-surface lithium brine values up to 1,140 mg/L of lithium.

Lithium Chile has additionally identified a high-priority lithium brine target area at its Coipasa project that covers more than 58 square kilometers. Results of field tests conducted at the project in May (http://ibn.fm/FEgo6) returned lithium values in near-surface brines ranging from 310 mg/L to 1,410 mg/L. This zone displays the same geophysical characteristics as the lithium-rich aquifers at Salar de Atacama, where the largest and highest-grade lithium brine producers in the world can be found.

In addition to its lithium assets, Lithium Chile also owns a significant copper, gold and silver property portfolio that consists of 28,124 hectares spanning six properties, which the company intends to spin out to its shareholders (http://ibn.fm/GOyYQ).

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://ibn.fm/LTMCF

• Value of cryptocurrencies issued continues to increase at exponential rate
• Market opportunity to bridge exchanges, payments and wallets
• Virtual Crypto’s NetoBit ATM platform increases liquidity of alt-coins

The funny thing about liquidity is that you never need it until it’s gone. With cash in the bank, the world looks rosy, but not spending or investing appears as if you’re passing up opportunity. Indeed, one of the greatest economists and investors of the last century railed against the concept of liquidity, saying “an excessive liquidity-preference was the outstanding evil, the prime impediment to the growth of wealth, in the ancient and medieval worlds.” However, it’s hard to agree with Lord Keynes in a world where cash is king. This is why, with the advent of cryptocurrencies, Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: VRCP) is now offering a Bitcoin ATM.

Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc., through wholly owned Israeli subsidiary Virtual Crypto Technologies Ltd., dedicated to the mission of making cryptocurrencies accessible to the public, has developed a platform that is connected to crypto exchanges, allowing cryptocurrencies to be bought and sold with fiat currencies. By linking to numerous exchanges, Virtual Crypto’s NetoBit ATM platform increases bitcoin liquidity. With increased access to buyers and sellers, getting in and out of bitcoin has never been easier.

In March 2017, cryptocurrencies were very close to achieving the important milestone of $25 billion in total market capitalization. A year later, that figure had rocketed to $450 billion, achieving an astonishing growth rate of 1,700 percent in just a year. This trajectory is likely to continue for some time, since bitcoin and other alt-currencies serve not only as money but as investable assets. The increase in cryptocurrency trading has already spurred the establishment of exchanges, such as Coinbase, Bitstamp and Kraken.

These exchanges naturally increase liquidity. However, they are designed to accommodate more formal activity such as trading that typically requires the opening of an account and the submission of personal data. Yet, not all owners of alt-coins hold them for purposes of investment or speculation; many hold for transactional purposes. Like cash, alt-coins offer anonymity, but, unlike cash, they can be transmitted over the internet. Moreover, many current exchange services require extended periods of time, up to 24 hours in some instances, before transactions can be finalized or confirmed. Nevertheless, by using Virtual Crypto Technologies’ proprietary algorithmic technology trading platform, a purchase or sale can be instantaneously confirmed. The NetoBit ATM gets it done as fast as any regular ATM.

The NetoBit ATM is bi-directional, allowing the exchange of bitcoin for regular currency through both purchase and sale. It is also the world’s first and only ATM that allows real time conversion, purchase and sale of bitcoin. The NetoBit ATM incorporates hardware and software with embedded currency exchange transaction validation (CETV), which provides rapid confirmation of transactions, allowing customers to withdraw cash and transfer funds to and from their crypto accounts in seconds. Users also receive attractive exchange rates, since the system has links to several cryptocurrency exchanges. As such, the platform provides a hub that links the three main areas of the cryptocurrency universe: exchanges, payments and wallets. The ATM, which already supports most common currencies, is now available for purchase globally.

It is complemented by NetoBit Pay, a retail point-of-sale solution that allows merchants to receive payments in cryptocurrencies, immediately and securely. Launched in April 2018, NetoBit Pay enables businesses worldwide to securely receive crypto payments in real time, while enjoying protection against exchange rate volatility and guaranteeing transactions up to a value of $3,000 per trade.

Virtual Crypto Technologies has also developed a multi-cryptocurrency trading platform. Using it, cash for cryptocurrency exchanges can be executed much faster. The platform provides a gateway that works simultaneously with several crypto exchanges at once for every transaction. This interaction with several exchanges allows for better exchange rates for crypto-fiat transactions and, once again, improves liquidity. For, as former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Paul Volcker once remarked, “Remember, there is no such thing as too much liquidity.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Virtual-Crypto.com

• Company stakes nine new claims, covering 4,784 acres
• New holdings form contiguous land package with QMC’s Irgon Mine Project at Cat Lake
• 11,000-acre land tract lies within mineral-rich Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element pegmatite field
• Irgon Mine Project is located just 20 km north of North America’s most prolific lithium mine

Vancouver-based exploration company QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC: QMCQF) has expanded its mineral claim holdings within the Irgon Mine Project, Manitoba, and currently holds a land package covering over 11,000 acres (http://ibn.fm/uqJ0T). The company increased its holdings through staking nine new claims, totalling 4,784 acres. QMC is the 100 percent owner of the Cat Lake Irgon Mine Project, historically estimated to hold 1.2 million tons of lithium oxide at 1.51 percent Li2O.

These new claims form a contiguous tract of land with QMC’s existing holdings in the area. All claims lie within Manitoba’s Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element pegmatite field and may potentially share a similar geological profile to the nearby Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (“TANCO”) mine. TANCO, located 20 km from the Irgon Mine Project, was North America’s most prolific lithium mine.

QMC acquired additional claims in this area following a comprehensive review of historical data which revealed the presence of lithium -bearing spodumene mineralization in additional pegmatite dikes.

According to the historical reports, exploratory drilling was carried out in several locations within the area of QMC’s new claims. Historical drill logs reported “pegmatite with spodumene content” in six of the holes drilled, although no samples were assayed. QMC is already working to identify these locations and will proceed with exploration and sampling work.

Lithium is vital to building batteries that power electric vehicles. Owing to the surge in electric vehicles’ popularity, experts predict a growing demand for lithium, and EV producers are eager to secure supply (http://ibn.fm/ysiJV). Lithium prices have increased threefold over the past three years and are expected to triple again over the next decade.

The acquisition of these new claims is in line with QMC’s aim to secure and develop lithium-rich prospects in Manitoba. This area is a well-established, prolific mining region, ranked as one of the world’s most mining-friendly, with much of the necessary infrastructure already in position.

QMC’s Irgon Mine Project was previously owned by the Lithium Corporation of Canada Ltd., which carried out a large volume of exploration work on the site, including underground development on the dike, development of road and power access, construction of an on-site processing plant and drilling of 25 diamond drill holes through the dike.  It was the assays from this drill core and underground samples which permitted the calculation of the historical resource mentioned above. Despite very promising signs, the work was suspended in the late 1950s due to the low price of lithium at that time.

In addition to the Cat Lake Irgon Mine, QMC is also prospecting for mineral deposits at its project in the Namew Lake District of central Manitoba. This project, covering 57,000 acres, is 100 percent owned by QMC and is close to mines in the prolific Flin Flon volcanic massive sulphide belt that is already producing copper, zinc, gold, silver, nickel, palladium and platinum.

QMC has also announced that it has hired specialized consulting firm Venture Liquidity Providers Inc. to act as a market maker, helping facilitate the trading of company shares. Venture Liquidity Providers will operate through registered broker W.D. Latimer Co. Ltd. For these services, QMC will pay the consultation firm $5,000 per month for an initial 12-month period.

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

• The plant will operate at “ramp up capacity” by the end of July
• $3.86 million in new capital raised so far in 2018
• Other research and development projects underway to increase applicability of company’s patented extraction technology
• New advisory board member Heriberto “Eddie” Gonzalez joins team

With full-on oil production scheduled to begin by the end of July, Petroteq Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PQE) (OTC: PQEFF) (FRANKFURT: A2DYWC) has issued an update for investors on the latest developments at its Asphalt Ridge oil extraction facility, as well as other company operations. According to a company press release (http://ibn.fm/mXt5L), construction has been completed and extraction operations have already begun at Asphalt Ridge in Utah, with plans to ramp up oil extraction and production to full capacity by the end of the month. The facility is expected to yield 1,000 barrels per day at full capacity.

In a news release, Petroteq Chief Executive Office David Sealock said, “The Asphalt Ridge project has surpassed expectations. The facility process trains are coming fully online safely, the production ramp-up plan is on schedule, and the commissioning and start-up activities are set to produce a high-quality heavy oil. We are especially appreciative of the dedication and careful planning and execution that our team and partners have demonstrated in achieving this remarkable result.”

Company chairman Alex Blyumkin said that the timing of the Asphalt Ridge project has been particularly advantageous. “The project was built during a period of low oil prices and has come online just as oil prices have strengthened.”

At the end of June, members of the press were able to view the Asphalt Ridge facility and see for themselves the progress made (http://ibn.fm/hwKbk). Timing the open day with the initiation of production allowed the media to get a first-hand view of the oil extraction process, which experts were on hand to explain. Speaking at the event, company chairman Blyumkin said, “We have developed a comprehensive mining plan and demonstrated that our expanded plant can produce oil. Our dedication and focus on re-launching our facility demonstrates our commitment to our investors who have supported us throughout this journey.”

“We now have a plant that has the level of scale that allows us to be self-sufficient and generate cash flow to add value to our shareholders,” he added. Petroteq held its media day as a prelude to a September 2018 grand opening.

In addition to updating investors on operations at Asphalt Ridge, Petroteq also announced that it has raised new capital of approximately $3.86 million so far in 2018 and that all of its recent operational developments have driven multiple initiatives expected to promote the company’s future growth. More specifically, the company has several research and development projects underway, designed to further increase the applicability and efficiency of its patented extraction technology.

Petroteq’s proprietary environmentally friendly and sustainable technology extracts heavy oil from oil sands, oil shale deposits and shallow oil deposits. This patented process leaves no waste, produces no greenhouse gases and operates without high temperatures. Petroteq holds the mineral lease to 2,541 acres and 87.49 million barrels of mineable oil sands.

The company has also expanded its team and advisory board to handle multiple business development initiatives targeting both domestic and international opportunities. The most recent addition to the advisory board is entrepreneur Heriberto “Eddie” Gonzalez (http://ibn.fm/hWXRQ). Currently managing director of Mayan Energy Limited, Gonzalez has been involved in a number of successful startups. Petroteq is confident that having him on board will further boost its advisory board’s work of handling increasing interest in the company and providing key insight, expertise and guidance to the company’s management.

Speaking about Gonzalez’s appointment, Petroteq CEO David Sealock said, “We are excited to have Eddie on our team. He brings multiple skill sets that will benefit the Company in terms of identification, development and execution of potential business opportunities.”

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Petroteq.energy

• Company is targeting $3.8 trillion preventative medicine industry
• Sol-gel delivery system administers CBD-based medicines directly to the brain via nasal passages
• Company R&D includes anti-diabetes and obesity gene therapy and powerful non-addictive painkiller

Health sciences company PreveCeutical Medical Inc. (CSE: PREV) (OTCQB: PRVCF) (FSE: 18H) expects to make promising progress in the research and development of a number of exciting products in 2018, according to the company’s chairman, CEO and President Stephen Van Deventer in an audio interview (http://ibn.fm/1SVjY). He explained that, while pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies are well-established, there is a relatively untapped $3.8 trillion a year industry in preventative medicine. Van Deventer said, “We coined the word ‘PreveCeutical’ for preventive medicine, which would be a combination of pharmaceuticals or nutraceuticals, but in the direction of preventive health.”

PreveCeutical is involved in researching and developing products aimed at preventing ailments before they start, thus improving people’s lifestyles. It is currently working on a number of promising projects, including Sol-gel, an innovative cannabidiol-based nose to brain delivery system being developed to give relief from epileptic seizures, pain, inflammation and other neurological conditions.

Van Deventer added, “As you’ve seen on YouTube (…), these people that have seizures, they take some cannabis oil and the seizures go away. Well, that’s not preventing; that’s actually stopping a seizure. So, we can now take these cannabinoids and infuse them to our Sol-gel, and people [can] take it once a week because it will sit in your mucosa and slowly time-release over one week. We can now get cannabinoids in your system and prevent these seizures from happening.”

The PreveCeutical CEO also spoke about other promising products in the company’s pipeline, including a powerful, non-addictive pain reliever and gene therapy to possibly prevent type 2 diabetes and obesity. The non-addictive pain reliever will be designed to “be stronger than morphine or any of the other opioids out there,” Van Deventer said. “However, it will have a few key elements: one, you can’t get high; two, you cannot create tolerance to it; and three, you cannot get addicted to it.”

He said that the company’s researchers, led by Chief Research Officer Harry Parekh, are keen for these life-changing technologies to be available to the mass market. While the cost of gene therapy can run into millions of dollars, Van Deventer said, “We hope to be able to deliver these gene therapies for thousands of dollars. You can have a few thousand dollars, rather than half a million or millions of dollars.”

Describing milestones for the near future, Van Deventer explained that PreveCeutical is planning some strategic acquisitions. “It would be nice to acquire some assets that are commercially viable now and start generating some revenues.”

The company is looking forward to releasing promising results on its research and development projects by the end of 2018.

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