• Three-pronged approach to collaborative agricultural study begins on 125-acre industrial hemp project in New Brunswick, Canada
• MCOA’s affiliate marketing program implemented to promote and sell its hempSMART CBD-infused consumer products
• High quality, hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD)-based consumer products fighting impact of dangerous, synthetic fakes

Marijuana Company of America Inc. (OTC: MCOA) and its joint venture partner, Global Hemp Group Inc. (CSE: GHG) (OTC: GBHPF) (FRANKFURT: GHG), are developing a vertically integrated industrial hemp enterprise by now gaining traction within the farming industry. The partners recently completed planting of industrial hemp on 125 acres at the New Brunswick hemp project located in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The collaborative effort is supported by a C$10,750 grant awarded by the New Brunswick Department of Aquaculture, Agriculture and Fisheries (“DAAF”).

The grant will be used during the 2018 cropping season in three distinct areas of study. The data collected from the initiatives will help improve MCOA’s and GHG’s management of the crop and benefit all hemp farmers in the region, a press release states (http://ibn.fm/uueaS). Research funded by the grant will focus on the impact that the European corn borer has on the hemp plant. This study will determine if the insect, a voracious pest of more than 250 different kinds of plants, causes economically significant damage to the hemp crop and will investigate control options.

The grant will also be used to explore correcting soil acidity utilizing slag lime, an abundant resource in the region, and to subsidize the use of modern drone technology to monitor field conditions at the farms. Hemp varieties chosen for the New Brunswick Hemp Project can reach heights of over six feet, making it extremely difficult to visually inspect an entire field.

Hawkeye Drone Services (http://ibn.fm/owsNV) has been engaged to scout the company’s hemp farms using drones equipped with multispectral cameras. This specialized equipment will provide a holistic view of a crop’s growth, identify any issues and collect data on soil moisture, temperature and field areas experiencing physical stress that might influence the cannabidiol (CBD) content between plants.

The purity and quality of cannabidiol compounds harvested from the hemp plant is of paramount importance, as MCOA notes in an article published on CannabisNewsWire (http://ibn.fm/1Ivgb). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control stepped in after several dozen people fell ill last year while consuming what they believed was a CBD product but was actually a man-made synthetic CBD. These fake CBD compounds, known as chemical analogs, are dangerous imitations of plant-derived products. These unregulated “designer drugs” bind to human endocannabinoid receptors at astronomically larger quantities than natural cannabinoids, putting the health of users at serious risk, as noted in an article in Hemp Industry Daily (http://ibn.fm/KRppm).

MCOA’s commitment to offering high quality plant-derived products is unmatched, with rigorous testing conducted to validate the purity of the CBD compounds utilized in the company’s hempSMART™ product line. Derived from industrial hemp containing natural CBD compounds, MCOA’s hempSMART™ products contain among the finest quality of botanical supplements on the market. Scientifically driven, each of MCOA’s hempSMART™ products are created to ensure that only the highest quality products reach discerning consumers. MCOA’s hempSMART™ CBD consumer products are researched, developed and sold at www.hempSMART.com.

As an umbrella company supporting a variety of portfolio businesses that participate within the legal cannabis and hemp industry, the majority of MCOA’s offerings relate to the cultivation and distribution of hemp-derived products.

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

• PowerBand Solutions’ shares begin trading on OTCQB Venture Market
• PowerBand Solutions’ platform provides disruptive fintech in automotive industry
• Three-phased growth strategy set to solidify PowerBand’s position as industry leader

Effective June 29, 2018, PowerBand Solutions, Inc. (TSX.V: PBX) (OTCQB: PWWBF) (FSE: 1ZV) began trading its common shares on the OTC Markets Group’s OTCQB Venture Market using the ‘PWWBF’ symbol. This move marks a significant step forward for the company, which provides a leading online auction and remarketing platform to buy and sell used vehicles. The company’s common shares will continue to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

“With PowerBand’s establishment of a U.S. Head Office in northwest Arkansas and our expansion into the U.S., the timing of our OTCQB listing could not be better,” PowerBand CEO Kelly Jennings stated in a news release. “We are very pleased to offer existing and prospective U.S. investors exposure to the Company through an established and transparent trading platform. Our OTCQB listing will allow us to introduce PowerBand to a broader range of institutional and retail investors in the U.S.”

Based in Burlington, Ontario, PowerBand has built a solid reputation as a technology company providing web-based auction and financing solutions for the automotive industry. The company’s disruptive fintech platform offers an innovative suite of auction, inventory and finance tools designed to meet the needs of a wide range of automotive providers, including dealerships, original equipment manufacturers, commercial fleet finance companies and rental companies.

“Today’s used vehicle market is based on a 110-year-old business model that has never incorporated the needs of the consumer, evidenced by the fact that most consumers consider buying a car on par with visiting a dentist,” Jennings continued. “The problem stems from an archaic process that doesn’t give the consumer clarity and transparency they expect. We view ourselves as similar to an Uber or a Dell—eliminating segmentation and creating a simplistic, transparent sales process other industries have already adopted.”

PowerBand Solutions’ platform creates a virtual transaction space for used vehicle sales that streamlines each phase of the buying process. Dealers upload photos of their vehicles, provide vehicle information, launch an auction and immediately start to receive bids from buyers. The online auction space eliminates the need for a physical auction, reducing the high costs and lengthy timeframe that the more traditional route requires.

In addition to its groundbreaking forays into the used vehicle market, PowerBand’s three-phased growth strategy includes plans to enter other industry verticals, such as recreational and power sport vehicles, heavy trucking and commercial equipment. Phase one focuses on dealers and buyers, phase two is aimed at the commercial industry, and phase three will allow consumers to participate in the auction process and includes development of an automotive industry blockchain platform.

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

• California has 356 bitcoin ATMs/tellers, with Los Angeles having the most machines of any city in the U.S. at 257
• CIIX anticipates higher margins with its own bitcoin ATM network
• Company is already mining for cryptocurrency with ASIC machines and AntMiners at a data center near Seattle
• Company is currently planning its own ICO in second half of 2018 or 2019

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is planning to launch its own network of bitcoin ATMs in California and eventually expand it to Chinese-speaking audiences across the U.S. One goal is to achieve higher margins with its own network. It is looking at opening its initial machines in California, beginning with Los Angeles (http://ibn.fm/S3nxk). It has also retained the law firm CKR Law, LLP to assist in the effort.

CIIX offers a comprehensive suite of educational services focusing on virtual currencies. This includes its own website, NewCoins168.com, a daily live broadcast from the NYSE, a podcast and a cable TV show. It also mines with its own ASIC machines and AntMiners for bitcoin and other virtual currencies at a data center near Seattle (http://ibn.fm/T8HWw). The site says that CIIX expects to issue its own ICO in the second half of 2018 or in 2019, creating a virtual investment ‘ecosystem’ for Chinese-speaking investors (http://ibn.fm/o4kIs).

CIIX is a diverse educational and consulting company to the Chinese-speaking community located in China and the U.S. Its primary revenue streams have been from a core of subscriptions and investor relations services.

According to data from Coin ATM Radar, CIIX is planning to enter both a heavily populated state and city in terms of bitcoin ATM machines already in place. The site indicates that there are 356 bitcoin ATMs in California, including 257 in the Los Angeles market, and 2,130 machines in the U.S. nationally (http://ibn.fm/w6mrk).

In a news release, Warren Wang, CEO of CIIX, said, “In addition to continuing to provide investors with news about digital currency, ChineseInvestors.com, Inc., looks forward to continuing to make it convenient and easy for Chinese investors to purchase Bitcoin by providing access to on site customer service representatives available to provide instructions regarding the Bitcoin ATM in both Chinese and English.”

CIIX already hosts a bitcoin ATM machine installed in 2017 by Blockchain BTM, LLC (http://ibn.fm/F2Xko) in the lobby of its San Gabriel, California, headquarters (http://ibn.fm/dfJlU).

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

• Company is partnering with Paper Lantern, LLC to deploy the nation’s largest mobile hemp CBD processing service
• Strategic growth offered in the hemp and cannabis industries through diversified services
• Green cashless payment solution platform remains at the core of REFG’s services

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTC: REFG), a company specializing in state-of-the-art financial services for the medical cannabis and banking industries, recently announced an agreement with a subsidiary of Paper Lantern, LLC that will result in the nation’s largest mobile hemp CBD processing service. The partnership leverages Paper Lantern’s technologies while expanding access to its business pipeline (http://ibn.fm/i50uN).

These groundbreaking mobile hemp CBD extraction labs will be used at hemp farms owned and operated by REFG, as well as farms that have entered into processing agreements with the company. The labs will offer economic benefits, improved processing efficiency, reduced energy consumption and greater control over product quality, all while eliminating redundant layered costs such as transportation. Farmers and capital partners will gain the competitive edge and improved ability to manage supply and demand from seed to sale through this new venture. Plans are in place to have the mobile extraction units established in time to take advantage of the October 2018 harvest.

In a news release, Jeremy Roberts, CEO of Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions, stated, “Our mobile extraction partnership is another step forward in our plan to participate in the hemp and cannabis industries at strategic levels.” The company recently announced plans to acquire land and licenses in various states through its SpeedyGrow subsidiary, further emphasizing strategic growth through diversification within the industry. REFG has expanded into Utah and Colorado with additional plans to grow industrial hemp in Vermont.

Despite the new revenue streams, the company maintains the ‘Green’ platform, a cashless payment solution ensuring FinCEN compliance, as the core of its services. Merchant clients in need of a payment processing and comprehensive banking solution can sign up online. Green is the first and only comprehensive card processing operation that tracks sales and tax collection and empowers businesses with an advanced client management system.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Take.Green

• Company has raised $6 million over the past few months to fully fund plans
• Oil extraction to begin at 1,000 barrels a day, escalating to over 8,000 barrels a day within three years
• Petroteq’s patented technology is arousing international interest

Petroteq Energy Inc.’s (TSX.V: PQE) (OTC: PQEFF) (FRANKFURT: A2DYWC) CEO has announced that the company’s aggressive growth strategy is fully funded and ready to kick off, beginning with the extraction of 1,000 barrels of oil per day from its Asphalt Ridge site in Utah from the third quarter of 2018. Petroteq CEO David Sealock made the comments during an interview with news organization Proactive Investors on the sidelines of the recently concluded LD Micro Invitational conference in California (http://ibn.fm/PDSpQ).

Sealock said that the company’s plans are cash flow ready, thanks to the successful fundraising efforts of its chairman. “We are fully-funded right now,” he noted. “Our chairman did a tremendous job in terms of raising $2.5 million in February and another $3.5 million just last month.”

Petroteq has developed and patented an environmentally friendly technology that extracts oil from sand. The company owns a mineral lease to the 3,000-acre Asphalt Ridge site and recently acquired two additional leases of 1,312 acres, bringing the its total contingent resources to 2,541 leased acres and 87.49 million barrels of mineable oil sands.

Sealock outlined a plan that will see the company ramp up production to 8,000 barrels per day by 2021. “We’re making sure that because we have a very aggressive growth pattern over the next four years—another thousand barrels a day in 2019, another thousand barrels in 2020 for a total of 3,000—we’re probably going to speed up our process in terms of 2020 and introduce another 5,000 barrels a day. So, our plan is to basically have capital expenditures in place for 8,000 barrels a day by 2020, 2021.”

The Petroteq CEO voiced his confidence that the technology will put Asphalt Ridge and Petroteq’s technology firmly on the map. “We have a captivating technology that I think is going to show the state of Utah and everyone surrounding as well, that this technology is fit for purpose.”

The company’s cash flow predictions take into account the historical volatility of oil prices and forecast profit even when those prices are at a low ebb. “If you take a look at the 20-year average, oil has always been between about $45 and $70. We run our economics roughly around $47, making sure that if there is a decrease in oil—and there probably will be, right? We’re always set for that,” Sealock said.

“At current prices right now, our cash flow is probably going to be just a little under $1 million a month for our 1,000 barrel a day facility,” Sealock added. “So, again, what we’re doing is we’re planning for the worst but making sure we have the benefits of the best WTI pricing right now in terms of where we’re working.”

Petroteq’s patented oil extraction technology does not leave waste behind or release greenhouse gases. This highly innovative extraction solution has attracted a large amount of international interest, Sealock said. “There is a global market for this type of technology in terms of what we’re looking at, and the conversations we’re having right now are exponential in terms of the interest around this technology around the world.”

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

• Operates various segments across multiple strategic industries
• Acquires undervalued assets and disruptive technologies with a global impact to help them reach full potential and optimum investor return
• Operates various subsidiaries and is engaged in a variety of strategic investments
• On track to achieve positive unrestricted free cash flow by end of 2019

DPW Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: DPW) is a diverse holding company pursuing a growth strategy of acquiring undervalued assets with disruptive technologies with a global impact.

The company invests in diverse industries within the commercial, defense/aerospace, industrial, communication, medical, crypto-mining, hospitality, textile, and corporate investment/lending sectors. DPW has evolved and grown from being a leader in advanced power products. Through its subsidiaries, the company continues to be a leader and supplier of innovative technologies, advanced design and development services, and state-of-the-art power products and solutions.

Through its wholly owned Coolisys Technologies, Inc. subsidiary, DPW is committed to offering world-class technology-based solutions for critical applications and lifesaving services that are primarily driven by innovation. Coolisys targets to the defense, aerospace, naval, homeland security, medical, telecom, datacom and industrial markets. Its growth strategy centers on core markets that are characterized by “high barriers to entry” and require specialized products and services not likely to be commoditized. Through a portfolio of companies, Coolisys is engaged in developing and manufacturing advanced switching power products and power solutions that utilize a customized digital power management and resonant topology to attain:

• The highest efficiency and highest density power converters and inverters
• Specialized complex airborne high-frequency, radio frequency (RF), and microwave detector-log video amplifiers (DLVA)
• Very high-frequency filters
• Naval power conversion and distribution equipment

Coolisys offers its technology and services through three primary groups: the Power Solutions Group (PSG), the Defense and Aerospace Solutions Group (DSG), and the Advanced Service Industries (ASI) Group. Coolisys manages five divisions:

• Digital Power Corporation, a leader in providing power electronics technology that is based in northern California.
• Digital Power Limited dba Gresham Power Ltd, a designer and manufacturer of power distribution systems primarily for Naval use that is based in Salisbury, UK.
• Microphase Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of microwave electronics technology that is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
• Power-Plus Technical Distributors, a value-added distributor that is based in Sonora, California.
• Enertec Systems, a developer and manufacturer of specialized advanced electronic systems for the defense and aerospace sectors that is based in Karmiel, Israel.

DPW’s portfolio of wholly owned subsidiaries also includes Digital Power Lending, LLC (“DPL”), a California private lending company operating under Financial Lender’s License ##60DBO-77905. DPL is dedicated to strategically providing capital to small and middle-size businesses for an equity interest in addition to loan fees and interest. DPL provides secured and unsecured debt financing for public and private companies. These loans will typically have a six to 12-month maturity and range from $250,000-$5 million. DPL is active in bridge loans, receivable financing, inter company loans and micro loans. DPL will work with a network of company owned ATMs (terminals) in California, which will help utilize its CA Finance Lending License and enable the company to offer micro loans of up to $500 or less.

Management has over 50 years of Wall Street experience of investing in, and building companies. DPL’s desire is to bring world-class companies lending opportunities while allowing main street investors to participate. Deal flow and organization comes from an extensive network of investment bankers, business brokers, family offices, and institutional clients enabling DPL to engage and fund the most compelling companies from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.

To date, DPL has funded over $19 million in loans. Since inception, DPL has internally funded over $15 million to DPW’s portfolio companies and wholly owned subsidiaries. As for companies outside DPW, DPL has lent over $4 million in commercial and real estate loans. DPL has funded INVO Bioscience, Medovex, Parallax, Alzamend Neuro, as well as hospitality clients, such as Guilia DTLA and Prep Kitchens.

Another subsidiary wholly owned by DPW is Super Crypto Mining, Inc., a cloud computing service that provides shared and managed computing resources optimized for various block chain mining solutions. Based in Newport Beach, California, Super Crypto Mining leverages its engineering expertise and existing locations to create cryptocurrency mining facilities throughout the world. The company owns and maintains the computing resources and sells access to their use. The established mining is on the Top 3 crypto-currencies with the goal of having 10,000 miners deployed in 2018. Super Crypto Mining endeavors to leverage its engineering expertise and existing global facilities (high-security defense business locations) to secure mining farms. Super Crypto Mining is a rapidly growing organization that recently strategically secured 25 megawatts to power the company’s mining farm. For crypto currency mining, locations with inexpensive power and secure capacity are minimal and hence costly. Having such a location allows the company to grow its mining business to more than 20,000 mining machines. Super Crypto Mining continues to purchase mining machines and explore opportunities to expand its services into other related areas including mining farm real estate investments, mining machine development, and mainstream blockchain projects.

DPW additionally has beneficiary ownership in MTIX International, Inc., the parent company of MTIX, Ltd. and I.AM, Inc.

MTIX was acquired by Avalanche International aka MTIX International, Inc., in August 2017 and offers “green technology” that uses a proprietary laser process to enhance the surface of textiles. This process reduces water usage by approximately 75 percent, reduces greenhouse gases by approximately 90 percent, and reduces chemical use by approximately 95 percent.

I.AM, acquired in May 2018, owns and operates hospitality offerings that include four Prep Kitchen brand restaurants and Giulia DTLA.

Utilizing a shareholder-centric approach to compensation, DPW has formulated the following 10-year objectives:

• Achieve compounded annual revenue growth of 25-35%
• Achieve compounded annual net Income growth of 5%
• Achieve positive unrestricted free cash flow by the end of 2019

DPW is led by a seasoned team of successful business professionals and entrepreneurs. The company is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

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

• Subsidiary FinBridge Holdings Corp. specializes in providing capital to alternative lenders operating in merchant cash advance (MCA) and other short-term micro financing environments
• Online alternative finance market in U.S. grew to $35 billion in 2016, marking a 22% increase year-on-year from the year prior
• In 2017, the global Alternative Lending market had a transaction value of US$380.6 billion
• Subsidiary IconXchange aims to leverage blockchain technology for the new generation of human funding via Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and Token Generating Events (TGE)
• Subsidiary XStreamCorp to develop and market a revolutionary Reality Gaming Social Network by incorporating proprietary technologies to drive player engagement and monetize online reality gaming and social network platforms

Accelerated Technologies Holding Corp. (OTC: ATHC) is a full-service end-to-end business solution and technology company that specializes in cloud-based disruptive technologies. The Company provides consulting and enterprise-level technology services and is developing its own disruptive technology products in the sectors of artificial social realities, short-term alternative funding platforms, electronic payment solutions, and blockchain technologies focused on social engagement, sports, entertainment and content creation.

ATHC is more than a publicly traded company determined to make a buck. Its mission is to create a pioneering business model by taking a leadership position in institutionalizing investment in the regional venture capital market. ATHC’s core values, beliefs and fundamentals revolve around today’s great visionaries – the great leaders of tomorrow. For young entrepreneurs, ATHC offers funding assistance, guidance and investment capital in return for reasonable equity, commitment and an unparalleled work ethic. ATHC and its economies of scale enable the Company to develop technology at reasonable costs while leveraging expertise and contacts for effective execution. The Company intends to create shareholder value by monetizing equity retained by ATHC.

ATHC’s investment domain and expertise lies in consumer Internet, cloud computing and software-as-a-service (Saas), mobile software and services, software-powered consumer electronics, infrastructure and applications software, networking, storage, databases and other backend systems. ATHC’s portfolio to date includes:

• Finbridge Holdings provides capital to alternative lenders with receivables between $2 million and $5 million and to those operating in merchant cash advance and other short-term micro loan environments. Finbridge Holdings’ lending model provides ISOs with an alternative to private placement capital to obtain cash to grow their business. Finbridge intends to be a leader in the loans-to-lender space, primarily focused on those specializing in the small to medium business lending channel.
• XStreamCorp – a Reality Gaming Social Network. XStreamCorp presents an opportunity to penetrate popular social gaming networks by incorporating proprietary technologies that provide users with streaming video, audio and messaging capabilities. These enhancements will dramatically change the player experience in online gaming. Revenue is expected via sales of in-game virtual goods in Social Poker Play formats and events; in-game advertising; and banner advertising around the Company’s gaming portal.
• IconXchange will endeavor to provide a decentralized, open, resilient infrastructure for a new generation of human funding that includes blockchain-based IconXchange Coins and value-based IXC tokens. IconXchange aims to be a platform through which valuable brands are identified, grown, and incentivized. A value-based token enables enhanced liquidity and accelerated funding. IconXchange intends to capitalize on the blockchain’s evolution and improvement without being locked into any one protocol or platform.

ATHC is the destination to discover professionals, guidance, cross marketing opportunities, industry trends, and investments. The Company was built with a unique and scalable approach to collect, leverage and contribute to a strong community of venture capital partners, dynamic sales and marketing verticals, and in-house data teams armed with powerful machine learning, data science, development, management and execution skills. ATHC provides corporate consulting for private and publicly traded companies; technology planning and engineering services; installation and maintenance of cybersecurity resources; and venture capital and financing.

The management team at ATHC is driven, committed, and experienced in building infrastructure for startups. President Kevin H. Kading is the founder, chairman and CEO of Kading Companies S.A. Between 1979 and 1995, he held various positions at Wall Street investment banking firms. Since 1995, he has been a member of Securities Traders Association both nationally and in New York. Kading was a founder, officer, and chairman of the Board of Advanced Reconnaissance Corp. from 1997 to February 2006.

Managing director Alex M. Lemberg has worked as a business analyst on Wall Street since 1992 with the following companies: Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, CIBC, Bank of America Securities, and Credit Suisse. He brings a vast understanding of the business process and the use of technologies in order to maintain a streamlined, user-friendly environment.

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

• Earth Science Tech anticipates registration of the trademark for the product will be approved within 10 months
• Company is conducting a pre-launch clinical study of the product in Quebec, Canada, with Clinique Santé Amitié
• Line of full-spectrum cannabinoid chocolates extended with three new raw dark chocolate products formulated with joint venture partner Karmavore Superfoods

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTC: ETST) has named its MSN-2 home testing medical kit for women ‘Hygee’, the French name of the Goddess of Health and the word for ‘hygiene’ in Greek mythology. The kit, to be marketed worldwide, is designed for the detection of sexually transmitted infections (STI), such as chlamydia (http://ibn.fm/vfq9j).

ETST is conducting a pre-launch clinical study of the kit with Clinique Santé Amitié in Quebec, Canada. The company says that test results will be released shortly. ETST’s marketing team worked with Absolu Communications to select the name, reflecting the product’s dedication to women’s health. The device is a home kit that collects human cells which are then laboratory tested (http://ibn.fm/IzTlp).

In a news release, Nickolas S. Tabraue, president and chairman of ETST, said, “We are very pleased with the work that Absolu has done on the name and on Hygee’s visual identity, including the logo design and the overall graphic signature of the product. We anticipate that the registration of the trademark will be officially approved within 10 months, with a 90 percent chance of approval.”

ETST, a biotech company based in Doral, Florida, is focused on developing medical devices for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical fields and marketing its high-grade line of hemp cannabidiol (CBD). It also manufactures, markets and distributes its own cannabinoid products, including capsules and oils, to the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical markets.

ETST has also added three more unique full-spectrum cannabinoid products to its CBD raw chocolate line, extending it to five products. The new line consists of raw dark chocolate covered mangoes, coconut peppermint cups and caramelized quinoa crunch. All were formulated with ETST’s joint venture partner, Karmavore Superfoods, a health foods company. ETST anticipates a third quarter 2018 launch (http://ibn.fm/U6VEc).

ETST holds several wholly owned subsidiaries. Cannabis Therapeutics is an emerging biotechnology company. KannaBidioiD manufactures and distributes in the recreational sector. Earth Science Foundation, Inc. is becoming a non-profit and accepts grants and donations to conduct additional studies. Earth Science Pharmaceutical develops medical diagnostic tools and vaccines. It also has subsidiary Canno Inno Laboratories Inc., a strategic Montreal, Canada-based company formed to give ETST access to government grants.

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

• Billion dollar wearable tech market set to hit $34 billion by 2020
• GPS tracking technology is basis for diverse range of consumer and military products
• GTXO to execute reverse split as part of plan to uplist to OTCQB Venture Exchange

It’s no fun being lost, not for you nor for anxious loved ones imagining the worst. At times like that, a lot can go wrong, particularly for young children or adults suffering from cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Luckily, solutions developed by GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) can make a difference. The company has created a range of tracking technologies that provide comfort and safety and make it a pioneer in the GPS wearables market. Its premier product is the award-winning GPS SmartSole®, which is the world’s first invisible wearable tracking device designed specifically for people at risk of becoming lost or disoriented. With GTX Corp’s proprietary technologies and products, there’s no need for a lost and found, since you can’t find what you never lost in the first place.

More than 16 million people in the U.S. are currently suffering from some form of cognitive impairment, according to the CDC. This number is likely to increase dramatically in the coming years as lifespans go up. Alarmingly, the most familiar form of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, afflicts an estimated 5.1 million Americans aged 65 years or older, a number that’s set to rise to 13.2 million by 2050 (http://ibn.fm/gsD4L). Cognitive impairment takes an exacting toll on sufferers. Its symptoms include impaired judgment, vision problems, inability to recognize familiar people and places, changes in mood and memory loss. The latter can turn an innocuous environment into a decidedly hostile one, provoking behavior that creates additional problems. In such a situation, despite being unsure of where they are and how to go forward, someone wearing one of GTXO’s tracking devices can rest assured that they will be easily located. In addition to its practical search-and-rescue benefits, GTXO technology will provide loved ones with a reassuring degree of comfort.

Its flagship product, the GPS SmartSole, hides unobtrusively inside one’s footwear as a shoe insert, and though it will, undoubtedly, find application in domestic situations, such as protecting a child, a senior or an adult with some disability, it can obviously be deployed in commerce, law enforcement, the military and personal security applications. The patented GPS enabled “smart” insoles allow for monitoring of the whereabouts of loved ones who may be susceptible to wandering or at risk of becoming disoriented and lost. Their location can be tracked through any smartphone, tablet or desktop web browser, with notifications by text or email if they leave or enter defined areas on a map.

GTX Corp has also designed its innovative technology into a number of consumer and military products. The Take-Along Tracker is a miniaturized GPS tracking device that is less than three inches long, weighing less than three ounces. It’s easy to use, since it can be put in a purse or pocket or attached to a keychain, lanyard, backpack or belt buckle. The VOICE model has a built-in speaker phone. The Invisabelt, designed for young children, has a GPS chip hidden in a secret waistband pocket. The Track My Workforce App helps employers keep tabs on staff working outside the office, while the Personnel Equipment Tracking System, currently in use at Edwards Air Force Base, allows real-time monitoring and surveillance of personnel and assets and has 200+ square mile coverage. Its solar powering capabilities and extended battery life make it ideal for deployment in areas without existing power sources.

The GPS Rifle Tracker is the company’s smallest GPS tracker, designed to withstand shocks and water submersion due to its robust, military standard enclosure. It can be mounted on any AR15 platform picatinny rail to detect weapon discharge, track weapons and inventory and send time and location alerts. With such a formidable portfolio, GTX Corp is unlikely to lose its way in the fast developing wearable tech market, which is conservatively estimated at $6 billion currently and set to grow to $34 billion, according to Forbes (http://ibn.fm/I3IVo).

GTX Corp is now in final preparations to enact a reverse stock split that will bring the company’s share price above $0.10, making GTXO stock eligible to be uplisted to the OTCQB Venture Exchange (http://ibn.fm/0xZlo).

Announcing the news, Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corp, commented, “This is a long-term plan the company’s board and management have been strategically working on over the past several months in order to make the public side of the business more reflective of the positive milestones and forward progress achieved in recent months, along with positioning the company for the future. The company has experienced an overall solid first quarter, with double-digit increases or decreases in all the major metrics – revenues were up, subscribers were up, margins and profits were up, while cost of operations, professional services, G&A and net losses decreased. GTX Corp also successfully completed the delivery of its first large-scale military contract. In addition to these achievements, the company has also secured a strategic financial partner that has begun providing funding and will continue to provide the growth capital needed throughout 2018 and 2019 in order to support long-term success.”

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

• Company has acquired 1,312 additional acres adjacent to its Asphalt Ridge heavy oil extraction facility in Utah
• Acquisition brings company’s total contingent resources to 2,541 leased acres and 87.49 million barrels of mineable oil sands
• Full production at Asphalt Ridge is slated for 2019

Petroteq Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PQE) (OTCQX: PQEFF) (FRANKFURT: A2DYWC), a fully integrated oil and gas company focused on developing and implementing a proprietary new oil extraction technology, has announced the acquisition of additional acreage in Utah’s resource-abundant Uintah Basin.

At auction, Petroteq finalized the acquisition of a 100 percent interest in two leases totaling 1,312 acres adjacent to its Asphalt Ridge heavy oil extraction facility, located near Vernal, Utah. According to a recent Chapman report dated April 30, 2018, titled ‘Evaluation of Contingent Resources’, the newly acquired leases contain 7.331 million barrels of contingent resource, greatly expanding the company’s total contingent resources and bringing its current total to 2,541 leased acres and 87.49 million barrels of mineable oil sands.

The acquisition of the additional acreage increases Petroteq’s operating footprint at Asphalt Ridge, providing the company with more mineable resources while also offering added flexibility regarding how Petroteq mines the acreage it already possesses. The company is making plans to apply its patented mining extraction technology process to the new resource.

Petroteq’s patented technology is a sustainable, environmentally safe and cost-effective method of extracting heavy oils from oil sands, oil shale deposits and shallow oil deposits. The process produces no greenhouse gases, results in zero waste and does not require high temperatures. This revolutionary method has the potential to wholly disrupt currently used oil extraction processes, which are hugely damaging to the environment and also require a significant capital investment.

More than half of America’s oil sands deposits are located in Utah, making Petroteq’s presence and property expansion in that state well justified. Production capacity is currently being increased at the Asphalt Ridge facility, with full production slated to commence there in 2019. Final engineering, procurement and construction processes are presently underway at the facility.

Petroteq is additionally developing, through wholly owned subsidiary PetroBLOQ, LLC, the very first blockchain-based platform specifically tailored to meet the supply chain needs of the oil and gas sector. This technology works in concert with the company’s production system to ensure optimum efficiency.

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