• New resource estimate underway in Idaho Cobalt Belt’s Iron Creek Project
• First Cobalt assessing need to restart and expand North America’s only currently permitted cobalt extraction refinery
• Scarcity concerns have fueled rise of cobalt’s price on London Metal Exchange from $22,000 per metric ton in 2016 to $90,000 now

The 19th century rush for easy gold led to Idaho’s establishment as a U.S. territory, but, in the modern era, the gem state is known for a variety of important natural resources that may not glitter as much as the yellow ore. Among those resources, diamond extraction led to the parallel establishment of the rich Idaho Cobalt Belt, a unique example of seal-floor hydrothermal brines that comprise a distinctive geochemistry (http://ibn.fm/AbajP), as well as a new alternative to Africa’s conflict-mineral production for the high-tech battery market. First Cobalt Corp. (TSX.V: FCC) (OTCQX: FTSSF) is preparing a new resource estimate on its promising property within the belt to replace the historic estimate (non-compliant with NI 43-101) of 1.3 million tons grading 0.59 percent cobalt (http://ibn.fm/Lh5tq).

Cobalt is a critical low-heat element of the lithium-ion batteries that fuel smartphones, laptops and a burgeoning market in electrical vehicles sought as an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-driven cars. Reuters recently reported that cobalt supply and demand were in balance last year at about 100,000 metric tons, drawing on an analysis by Swiss investment bank UBS. However, Reuters also noted the brokerage’s prediction that at least 90,000 metric tons of additional cobalt will be needed to meet demand by 2025, while citing Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s prediction that electric vehicle demand could lead to a deficit as soon as 2022 (http://ibn.fm/WGwHy).

The global fleet of electric vehicles grew by 54 percent last year, and, while electric vehicles still represent only a tiny fraction of the overall auto market, social consciousness and governmental efforts to fight pollution are driving ambitions for the EV market. California has announced plans to have 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2025, with a sales target of 15.4 percent EVs that at least eight other states are adopting (http://ibn.fm/CayTL). China is aiming for two million EV sales by 2020 (http://ibn.fm/L8Ah4), and European countries such as France and Britain are aiming to end the sale of fossil-fuel vehicles altogether by 2040 (http://ibn.fm/PYH5J).

The industry’s rising need for cobalt has caused prices to boom. Its value on the London Metal Exchange grew from $22,000 per metric ton in February 2016 to more than $90,000 per metric ton currently. First Cobalt’s Business Development Vice President Peter Campbell told Reuters that companies concerned about their supply chains are talking to junior mining companies such as First Cobalt that are as much as six years away from production.

First Cobalt’s exploration project in Idaho and an additional one in Canada’s famed Cobalt Camp mining region position it well to also take advantage of conflict metal concerns surrounding the reported human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s cobalt-rich mines, which currently supply about two-thirds of the entire cobalt supply worldwide. First Cobalt owns the only currently permitted cobalt extraction refinery in all of North America capable of producing battery-grade material, and its recent acquisition of US Cobalt Inc.’s full shares portfolio (http://ibn.fm/FHFiv) further solidifies its profile as a vertically integrated pure-play cobalt company rooted in North America.

“A new resource estimate (of the Idaho Iron Creek Project) is underway based on 2017 drilling and the success of that drill campaign was key to our decision to acquire US Cobalt,” CEO and President Trent Mell informed investors in a news release. “We have now commenced a more ambitious drill program aimed at doubling the strike length of the known cobalt mineralization to 900 metres by the end of 2018, which will support an updated mineral resource estimate and provide us with a better understanding of the size of potential future operations.”

The company recently began studying the variables in play to restart and expand the cobalt extraction refinery near the Cobalt Camp exploration site in Ontario, Canada. The facility “has been in a state of care and maintenance” for the last three years, Mell wrote. Its proximity to the company’s 100 square kilometers of potential exploration sites in the camp and accessible transportation routes give it a valuable pipeline for its own projects, as well as third-party contracts.

“Early in our 2018 drill program, we identified a mineralized zone near Kerr Lake that now extends for over 350m. The goal is to assess near-surface mineralization that could be amenable to open pit mining. These are early days for a mining camp that has been largely forgotten for over 60 years and the upside potential from this camp is significant,” Mell reported. “The refinery is key to realizing early cash flow opportunities and we continue to assess our options for this asset. … As a shareholder, my goal is to make First Cobalt the “go to” name for exposure to the cobalt space.”

This month alone, insiders including two independent directors, John Pollesel and Garett Macdonald, and CEO Trent Mell have together added more than 160,000 shares to their personal portfolios (http://ibn.fm/GxXIw).

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

• Current cannabis testing system lacks integrity
• BLOCKStrain platform can be trusted for safety and reliability
• Planned product integration and strategic partnership with bioceutical company

The tide of cannabis legalization washing over America is, as might be expected, posing challenges in a number of areas. One is protecting the public, determining how to best ensure that marijuana in the marketplace is safe to consume. The other is producer protection; how can breeders and growers stop their strains from being ‘faked’?

The obvious answer is testing, but the testing system that has germinated as cannabis cultivation spreads may not be up to the task. Reports have surfaced of poor controls that leave consumers and producers alike exposed to a variety of risks. Now seems an opportune time to utilize the blockchain platform developed by BLOCKStrain Technology Corp. (TSX.V: DNAX).

Producers will be happy to note that the technology registers and tracks cannabis IP from genome to sale. Consumers will be equally delighted to discover that the system can accurately track all aspects of quality control. BLOCKStrain is already making the platform available to streamline the cannabis supply chain. It recently signed a letter of intent to integrate its proprietary technology into the product and services ecosystem of Abattis Bioceuticals Corp., and the platform has been adopted by leading Canadian cannabis producer WeedMD.

An alarming report in Forbes details the sorry state of the cannabis testing services industry, where informational asymmetry appears to be the order of the day (http://ibn.fm/ZMX9A). Some labs are good, but some labs are not. The question is, “How do cannabis producers and retailers tell the difference?”

For example, growers and marketers rely on these labs to determine the levels of THC their strains have, as well as the presence or not of toxic chemicals, molds and other unwelcome contaminants, and the labs are expected to abide by state-instituted standards in their testing procedures.

However, since the facilities are neither graded nor regularly inspected, it’s difficult to say to what extent compliance is observed. As a result, the industry is plagued by lax practices, with some labs offering to produce “better results.” Some others have even earned the reputation of being “friendly,” which apparently means that their rejection rates are low. In addition, there is suspicion that some producers submit high THC samples for testing and then use the grading to wholesale their low THC output. In light of all these shenanigans, there are growing calls for a tighter supply chain.

The BLOCKStrain platform aims to provide the integrity that the current system so sorely lacks. It goes further by ensuring product authenticity and IP protection, with a genetics verification process. Producers and marketers can take advantage of this novel methodology by submitting the lab results of tested samples to BLOCKStrain. Each time an item is tested and verified by the network, a registration affidavit is auto-generated and given a unique “BLOCKStrain Address,” along with a traceable QR Code. Producers, patients and consumers are able to not only verify the test but rate the product, write reviews and share opinions. These details are stored within BLOCKStrain and, like the test results, cannot be tampered with or modified. Both verification and certification are earned by all parties for their participation. Moreover, pre-existing data of genetic cannabis strains can be submitted to the BLOCKStrain verification administrators, and those results will be added to the user’s blockchain account.

The planned collaboration with Abattis Bioceuticals Corp. gives an example of BLOCKStrain’s capabilities (http://ibn.fm/rwLDS). The platform is expected to reduce the workload and costs associated with product and genetic testing by storing all testing data in its blockchain-protected database. The platform will also provide full transparency of testing results for producers, government regulators and consumers.

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

• Products and services commercialized in over 35 countries via global network of resellers and distributors
• Intellectual property portfolio includes more than 80 patents and patents pending
• The first wearable technology company, with a strong pipeline of award-winning products targeting B2B, B2C and military sectors
• Company leverages IoT and wearable technology experience to develop small and discrete low-power GPS, cellular, BLE and RF tracking solutions
• Flagship product GPS SmartSole® developed specifically to track people with cognitive disorders who are at risk of wondering – an expanding market likely to reach 277 million people by 2050

GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) designs, manufactures and commercializes various products and services in the GPS tracking and monitoring business.  Operating domestically and internationally, via two subsidiaries engaged in the internet of things (IoT) and wearable technology industry. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company is a pioneer in Smart GPS, cellular and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tracking technology, offering complete, end-to-end tracking solutions through a proprietary IoT enterprise monitoring platform – the IoT Machine to Machine platform – backed by state-of-the-art hardware, software and connectivity solutions, patents and software algorithms.

Operating under the motto “We Put the ‘Where’ in Wearable Tech,” GTX’s main goal is to keep its customers connected to who and what matters most, with each of its patented tracking technologies providing real-time location coordinates on a map via a personalized portal. The company prides itself on offering not only technologies, but also effective solutions that provide safety, security and peace of mind by helping customers locate their loved ones or lost valuable items.

With a portfolio that includes more than 80 patents filed and issued and with products and services available in 35 countries, GTX’s tracking solutions use the latest in miniaturized, low-power GPS, mobile, RF and BLE technology, that can integrate seamlessly with multiple consumer products, enterprise and military applications. The company became a U.S. Military contractor in 2017 and is already developing asset and human tracking technology for the U.S. Air Force. Its list of customers also includes public health authorities and municipalities, emergency and law enforcement, NGOs, private companies, public and private senior care homes, and consumers.

The company’s flagship product is the award-winning GPS SmartSole®, the world’s first invisible wearable tracking device created specifically for people at risk of wandering, becoming lost or disoriented, including patients with Alzheimer’s, autism, dementia, traumatic brain injury and other cognitive problems. According to the World Alzheimer Report 2013 (http://ibn.fm/69Lyd), there are more than 100 million people worldwide who need constant care and monitoring because of a cognitive disorder, and their number is expected to rise to 277 million by 2050. Due to its hidden location – inside a shoe insert, the device can also be used by people undercover or at risk of kidnapping, such as government agents, military personnel, law enforcement, journalists, corporate executives, etc.

Other tracking devices designed and commercialized by the company for civilian or military use include:

• Take-Along Tracker 3G: A powerful mini-tracking device with GPS, 2G and 3G GSM data and voice capabilities, as well as a motion sensor and sleep mode. The device can be easily attached to a keychain, lanyard, dog collar, pocket, bag or plush toy for a discreet but advanced tracking solution.
• Invisabelt: Designed for children, this slim GPS tracker hidden inside a small waistband belt has a battery life of up to two days and is a great solution for parents who want to monitor their children’s location at all times.
• Track My Workforce: An easy and cost-effective solution that allows businesses to track and monitor their mobile workforce. The app is available for both Android and iOS systems, and allows employers to monitor their workforce from a single company account.
• T.S. -Personnel Equipment Tracking System: Currently in use at the Edwards Air Force Base, this tracking system allows real-time monitoring and surveillance of personnel and assets and has a 200+ square mile coverage. Solar powering capabilities and extend battery life allow the tracker to be used in areas without existing power sources.
• GPS Rifle Tracker: The company’s smallest GPS tracker, designed to withstand shocks and water submersion due to its robust, military standard enclosure, can be mounted on any AR15 platform picatinny rail to detect weapon discharge, track weapons and inventory, and send time and location alerts.

Led by a management team with solid experience in wearable technology, IoT, consumer electronics, mobile and technology licensing, as well as finance and the footwear industry, GTX plans to leverage its core technology platform to reach new verticals via licensing agreements and strategic partnerships, and to monetize its intellectual property portfolio. The monetization campaign kicked off in 2017 has already identified 100 companies that could become licensees. Besides military and law enforcement, the company also eyes the biometrics market, home health, medicare and insurance and other security applications for potential uses of its IoT platform and tracking technology.

GTX currently has 15 domestic and international distributors, subscribers in 35 countries and more than 700 online affiliates. With multiple revenue streams, several consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth and a strong pipeline of lucrative commercial products, GTX is uniquely positioned to become a leading provider of tracking solutions on this growing multi-billion-dollar market.

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

• Netevia platform now includes a smart vendor payments solution
• New feature marks Netevia’s entry into $7.7 trillion B2B sales market
• New solution streamlines B2B payments and cuts costs associated with sending payments

Global technology and value-added solutions group Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) recently announced that it has extended its next-generation Netevia platform to now include a smart solution that enables secure vendor payment transactions.

With its intuitive, user-centric web and mobile platform interface, this vendor payments solution effectively streamlines B2B payments by enhancing payment processes and also cuts the costs associated with sending payments.

As B2B business continues to dwarf B2C business—with global B2B sales estimated at $7.7 trillion, according to Statista, while B2C sales trail far behind at $2.3 trillion—Netevia’s cutting-edge solution is just what this booming market needs to resolve key issues. Standout features of Netevia include:

• The ability to safely and electronically deliver payments utilizing a secure, single-use dynamic credit card number; only the designated single vendor can process these payments, and only for a specific amount; additional controls have been included to enhance security and flexibility
• Works seamlessly with existing accounting systems, requiring no complicated setup or integration
• Customer support is available 24/7 via phone, email and live chat

Netevia gives business owners all the building blocks they need to integrate payment acceptance into their e-commerce solutions, granting them immediate access to the sandbox for integration and providing them with quick merchant account approval.

Enabling vendor payments on the Netevia platform further solidifies Netevia as a premium market platform that arms SMBs with innovative, comprehensive card payments-oriented solutions to help them improve their operations. Additional exciting features on the horizon for Netevia include:

• Free processing in exchange for data;
• A gift card solution to drive repeat business and increase sales;
• Cryptocurrency payment processing solutions for multichannel transactions; and
• Integration with smart terminals for card present sales.

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

• Significant changes within politics paint a promising picture for the cannabinoid industry
• MCOA is involved in the cultivation, manufacture and distribution of hemp-derived products
• MCOA recently announced the launch of its reformulated, patent pending product, hempSMART™ Brain

President Trump recently made the statement that he is likely to back the States Act introduced by Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), which removes federal involvement into state-by-state medical and recreational cannabis legislation. This is great news for those in the U.S. cannabinoid market (http://ibn.fm/Zq54b). Also, significant changes have taken place in the political acceptance of the cultivation of hemp on American soil. In a bipartisan move, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced last month he will be signing Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2018. The bill seeks to remove industrial hemp from the same definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act. Schumer referred to the current federal law as a crock, stating, “It makes no sense that the DEA is the primary regulator, and that they stop farmers and investors from growing hemp. Why are we buying hemp from other countries, when we have hundreds of acres that could be grown right here in our backyard?” (http://ibn.fm/YI66f).

Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (OTC: MCOA) operates as an umbrella company supporting a variety of portfolio businesses that participate within the legal cannabis and hemp industry by providing turnkey products and services. First and foremost an industrial hemp company, the majority of MCOA’s offerings relate to the cultivation and distribution of hemp-derived products.

MCOA announced on June 5, 2018, its hempSMART™ brand relaunched its flagship patent pending product, hempSMART™ Brain. In a news release, Donald Steinberg, CEO of MCOA, stated, “After reviewing our hempSMART Brain product, our formulators chose to improve upon the original product by doubling the original dosage of CBD. Our team is proud to be able to welcome our flagship product back onto the market and look forward to the upcoming marketing campaigns.”

The improved formulation includes 300mg per bottle of full spectrum, non-psychoactive, water soluble CBD (10mg per serving), along with a botanical blend of all-natural plant-based ingredients. To learn more about the hempSMART™ Brain product, read the full press release (http://ibn.fm/xZENn). The brand offers a line of CBD products and the opportunity to distribute the products as part of an affiliate network marketing model.

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

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• Number and value of cryptocurrencies continue to rise
• Cryptocurrency ATM market set for CAGR of 46 percent until 2025
• NetoBit ATM allows purchase and sale of bitcoin

Accurate estimates of the value of cryptocurrencies in circulation appear to be eluding analysts. Writing in December 2017, one suggested ‘the total value of all cryptocurrency in circulation is now almost $100bn’ (http://ibn.fm/U7jv5). Around the same time, the Washington Post estimated the value of the 16.7 million bitcoin then in circulation at $189 billion (http://ibn.fm/lZMqx). Counting cryptocurrencies is tough, particularly as analysts take aim at a moving target. Not only the value but also the number of currencies keeps changing. In December 2017, ‘there were 1,324 cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap.com’. By June 13, 2018, with the addition of Aston, Press One and Candy, that number had increased by 23 percent to 1,628.

Regardless of the final figure, the consensus is of a market that is large and growing larger, factors that make it increasingly important to facilitate exchange between crypto and fiat currencies. Recognizing how crucial that link is, Virtual Crypto Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: VRCP), an Israeli-based company dedicated to the mission of making cryptocurrencies accessible to the public, is now offering a bitcoin ATM. By allowing bitcoin to be exchanged for fiat currencies and vice versa, Virtual Crypto’s NetoBit ATM is opening a gateway from the crypto to the fiat universe, an ideal environment for modern tech savvy consumers.

With a probable value of around $300 billion, alt-currency is no longer confined to the sidelines. It is now about one-fifth as large as traditional U.S. currency in circulation, which, as of March 21, 2018, was approximately $1.63 trillion (http://ibn.fm/E0IE2). The growth of cryptocurrencies is fueling a rise of the machines. In December 2013, there were just four ATMs worldwide that could handle bitcoin. Now, there are over 3,000 bitcoin ATMs in operation around the world, according to Coin ATM Radar (http://ibn.fm/7h5yF). Further growth is envisaged. The size of the cryptocurrency ATM market in 2017 was around $14 billion, and it’s expected to grow at a compound average growth rate (CAGR) of 46 percent until 2025, according to a study by Coherent Market Insights.

Generally, these crypto-ATMs grant access to bitcoin by allowing its purchase. However, Virtual Crypto’s NetoBit ATM is different. The platform is bi-directional, allowing the purchase of bitcoin with fiat currency and the sale of bitcoin for fiat currency (http://ibn.fm/pDKGm). As such, the NetoBit ATM is the world’s first and only ATM that allows real-time conversion, purchase and sale of Bitcoin. Its hardware and software has 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. The ATM, which already supports most common currencies, is now available for purchase globally.

Virtual Crypto already has a solution on the market for retailers, which is based on the same technology. In April, it launched NetoBit Pay, a retail point-of-sale (POS) device that enables businesses worldwide to securely receive payments in bitcoin in real time, while at the same time enjoying protection against exchange rate volatility and guaranteeing transactions up to a value of $3,000. The company is rapidly executing its plan to bring cryptocurrencies to the masses (http://ibn.fm/X9ntN). As part of this strategy, VRCP aims to target the online video game and ecommerce market, which employs cryptocurrencies extensively.

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

• CEO John ‘JT’ Thatch applauds Elepreneurs team for its execution of go-to-market concept, which led to $2.4 million in March sales, doubling previous month
• SHRV’s unique Blue Ocean Strategy cited by Robert Oblon, chairman of SHRV, for its contribution to direct selling success
• Elevacity, company’s new health-and-wellness division, lauded for helping drive SHRV’s sales growth

Sharing Services, Inc. (OTC: SHRV) has reported that execution by its marketing team of Elepreneurs of direct-to-market selling and the application of its unique Blue Ocean strategy, plus the debut of its Elevacity health-and-wellness division, helped generate significant sales growth. Most spectacular was the company’s earlier $2.4 million gross sales for March, doubling the previous month’s total (http://ibn.fm/qjvPx).

The title ‘elepreneur’ is a combination of the words elevate and entrepreneur. This is a team of home-based independent sales representatives who are trained to direct sell end user consumers. Elevacity’s wellness products include Vitamin Patches that are designed to generate energy, anti-aging Elier Mud, and the Timeless line of skincare products for men and women.

SHRV is a Plano, Texas-based diversified holding company that owns, operates or controls a variety of companies engaged in direct selling through independent sales representatives. It also offers services such as energy, technology and insurance. It completed a joint venture agreement with Hong Kong-based Health Wealth & Happiness Ltd. (HWH) to sell its products throughout Asia and expand its Elepreneur program (http://ibn.fm/Oeace).

Go-to-market is a selling technique focused on the end user when delivering a product or service. It involves connecting closely with potential clients. “We have an incredible team of Elepreneurs in that division (Elevacity) and they are executing our go-to-market strategy flawlessly. In addition our customers seem very pleased with the products as we continue to grow in the marketplace,” John ‘JT’ Thatch, CEO of SHRV, stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/0FRYK).

Robert Oblon, chairman of the company, added that the application of SHRV’s unique Blue Ocean Strategy concept, supported by its best-in-class products and services, is succeeding (http://ibn.fm/N342U). That strategy is defined as selling in an uncontested marketplace.

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

The U.S. now has 22 states that have legalized medical marijuana, 16 that have approved the usage of CBD and THC products and eight that have legalized recreational cannabis use. Marijuana use in Canada is generally legalized, and there is a total of 105 authorized licensed producers (LPs), with eight provinces allowing homegrown cannabis. In a recent report, JGR Capital, a New York-based equity research firm, highlighted the largest single U.S. cannabis company listed on the Canadian exchange, plus four cannabis-related companies that have raised capital.

Los Angeles-based cannabis producer MM Enterprises, now renamed MedMen Enterprises (CSE: MMEN) following a reverse merger, is the largest U.S. cannabis company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. The company’s short position in cannabis-related stocks reached a record high of over 200 million shares. Through a private placement, the company has raised C$143 million, placing the value of the organization at C$2.14 billion ($1.65 billion).

Emerald Health Therapeutics (OTCQX: EMHTF) recently announced that it closed the sale of four million share units for gross proceeds of C$16.80 million (~$13.04 million). Net proceeds will go toward further development of projects in Las Vegas, Washington State and California.

Speakeasy Cannabis Club (OTC: SPBBF) recently closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement of 4.9 million units, bringing in gross proceeds of C$4.90 million (~$3.80 million). The proceeds of this private placement will go toward general working capital.

Village Farms Internationals (OTCQX: VFFIF) completed a private placement of company shares for gross proceeds of approximately C$10 million (~$7.76 million). Net proceeds from this offering will be used to contribute capital, if required, to Pure Sunfarms, as well as general working capital purposes. Pure Sunfarms is a 50 percent-owned JV with Emerald Health Therapeutics, and it is currently increasing commercial production at its 1.1 million sq. ft. greenhouse.

For more information, view the complete JGR Capital report at http://ibn.fm/CT5zg

• Chris Bunka, CEO of LXRP, in an interview with CFN Media Group, stated that his company’s cash flow is strengthening from licensing and R&D, with technology applicable to other sectors
• Bunka noted that LXRP’s 71 million share count is kept purposely low relative to others in the category, with its valuation growing by “close to 2,000 percent” over the past several years
• LXRP’s goal is to slow disease and make cannabis acceptable to the general population

Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQX: LXRP) CEO Chris Bunka said in a recent CFN Media Group interview that his company has gained in value and cash flow, purposely keeping its cash burn rate down and evaluating technology applications for both cannabis and other sectors (http://ibn.fm/6gBzv).

Bunka explained that LXRP is respecting its shareholders in terms of lowered spending and increasing its valuation, purposely maintaining its outstanding share count at relatively low levels. He said that LXRP is building its cash flow through licensing and R&D, as its technology can be used in other sectors besides cannabis. The company is focused on cannabinoid delivery R&D with its DehydraTECH™ technology, which enhances the performance of beneficial compounds in ingestible products, but it can be used across multiple categories, such as nicotine absorption. The result of all this, according to Bunka, is investors that are respected and a valuation of the company that has grown “by close to 2,000 percent’ in recent years.

Based in British Columbia, Canada, LXRP out-licenses its disruptive delivery technology that promotes healthier ingestion methods, resulting in lower dosing and higher effectiveness. LXRP holds a patent for oral delivery of all cannabinoids.

The company’s patented DehydraTECH™ is key to LXRP’s valuation. “We believe that infused foods should taste more like food and less like marijuana,” Bunka noted in the interview. “Our consumers find their coffee tastes a bit more like coffee and less like cannabis, and additionally notice that the cannabinoids take effect faster, and they feel a different type of effect than the typical edible. For medical patients who medicate often, that difference means a lot.”

Bunka explained that, within the tobacco and nicotine industry, recent lab tests have shown a 50 percent improvement in nicotine absorption into the bloodstream of rats with its technology, as compared to a control group. It found even higher percentage levels – 560 percent – of nicotine absorbed in brain tissue. It was a surprising result that might lead to development of cigarette smoking-cessation products by satisfying cravings for nicotine for extended periods of time. He said that these results, if replicated in human trials, could have a profound impact on treatment of cancer and brain tumors in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, making Lexaria’s technology a candidate for much more than cannabis applications.

The company’s patent portfolio is growing. It already has more than 40 patent applications or awards in more than 40 countries. Late last year, LXRP received its first U.S. patent on nicotine, ibuprofen and aspirin delivery, as well as cannabinoids. Bunka explained that the company is in the “active investigation phase” in the EU, Canada, China, Japan and India for more patents. “We’re filing new patent applications all the time,” he added.

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

• CIIX’s strategy is to blanket Chinese-speaking population in America with daily cryptocurrency broadcast from NYSE, podcast, online site, ATMs, mining operation and educational courses
• Bitcoin and blockchain show is on Phoenix North America Chinese Channel and will also be broadcast online at NewCoins168.com, CIIX’s website, and its YouTube channel
• CIIX has established a cryptocurrency mining operation and signed an LOI to acquire the assets of XBTeller.com for some $2.5 million; that company has nine Bitcoin ATMs in Colorado

ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is launching a new 22-minute monthly TV program titled ‘Bitcoin Talk Show’, which it expects will reach more than 500,000 Chinese-speaking individuals through the Phoenix North America Chinese Channel. It will also be seen on the company’s YouTube and ChineseFN channels, as well as CIIX’s online site, NewCoins168.com (http://ibn.fm/mvqIx). CIIX has signed an LOI to acquire bitcoin ATM operator XB Teller.com (http://ibn.fm/TtIgi), and it has entered a licensing partnership with ‘The Bad Crypto Podcast’ to rebroadcast some of its most popular shows in Chinese (http://ibn.fm/du8m5).

All of this activity reinforces CIIX’s strategy of educating then broadcasting, by internet, cable TV and podcast, news about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to its targeted Chinese-speaking audience. The Bitcoin Talk Show will broadcast on the Direct TV and EchoStar satellite systems in both traditional and simplified Chinese. Through Time Warner Cable, the show is expected to reach more than 500,000 in the U.S. alone, CIIX said. That figure is a significant share of the estimated 3.3 million Chinese-speaking people in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau back in 2010 (http://ibn.fm/UUEcy).

CIIX is a diverse educational and consulting company aimed at the Chinese-speaking community located in China and the U.S. Its primary revenue streams have been from subscriptions and investor relations. Most recently, it has offered educational and sales services in cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin. CIIX’s goal is to become the leading Chinese publicly-traded company that offers real-time information. It projects a 30 percent revenue gain in its fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 (http://ibn.fm/GxfoN).

CIIX has already established itself as a primary and diverse provider of cryptocurrency education to the Chinese-speaking population globally and, specifically, in North America. Not only does it own a daily video broadcast from the NYSE called ‘Bitcoin MultiMillionaire’; it also hosts a Bitcoin ATM in the lobby of its San Gabriel, California, headquarters. The company has acquired ASIC machines and is mining for virtual currency in a datacenter near Seattle.

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