• Energy efficient devices market is expected to reach $908 billion by 2022
• Residential and commercial buildings account for up to 45 percent of total energy consumption
• Regulatory targets for reduction in energy consumption and concerns over climate change are big factors driving overall market growth
• Zero Cost Energy Savings Program offers savings with no upfront customer expenditures

Temperatures are warming up, and the cost of electricity is a concern for every residential and commercial customer seeking a more efficient, cost-effective way to power homes and businesses. Zenergy Brands, Inc. (OTC: ZNGY), the nation’s leading next-generation utility headquartered in Dallas, is primed with an answer to those skyrocketing energy prices through its Zero Cost Energy Savings Program that reduces utility expenses by 20 to 60 percent.

On a global scale, residential and commercial buildings account for up to 45 percent of the total energy consumed through heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, water heating, plug loads and various other energy-consuming functions, according to a report by Navigant Research (http://ibn.fm/RIaHA). As both individuals and countries around the world begin to take action to combat rising energy costs and global warming, some of the first lines of defense are installing energy efficient devices and embracing conservation methods.

Zenergy’s Zero Cost Energy Savings Program (http://ibn.fm/0ejLA) is a financing mechanism designed to allow customers to reduce water, natural gas and electricity expenses through the use of smart controls, building automation, LED lighting solutions, refrigeration optimization, efficient water systems, EC motor controls, demand-size management and load factor correction—all at no out-of-pocket cost to the client. A unique Managed Energy Services Agreement (MESA) allows the partner who is financing the upgraded, retrofit equipment and installation costs to retain a portion of these utility savings until a specified repayment period ends. After that, the client reaps all the financial rewards of the technologies implemented.

Zenergy Brands’ dedication to delivering comprehensive smart energy service to its customers is being augmented with a new business development initiative called the ‘Zenergy Associate Program’. Operated under the umbrella of Zenergy’s new marketing and business development subsidiary, Zenergy & Associates, Inc., this associate program will certify qualified individuals to build a portfolio of income by working individually or as an organized team to originate new customers, projects and, ultimately, sales.

Zenergy CEO Alex Rodriguez said that the new associate program was created to support sales of the company’s full suite of products and services.

“We firmly believe in a direct sales or relationship-based model where well-connected individuals can leverage their relationships to produce sales, and this program allows us to tap into such a similar powerful distribution channel, so I am excited about the opportunity that is the Zenergy Associate Program,” Rodriguez said in announcing the initiative (http://ibn.fm/SbGC2).

The global forecast for the energy efficient devices market calls for growth to more than $908 billion by 2022, according to a report by Research and Markets (http://ibn.fm/8pvnE). The development of smart cities and green technologies, along with rising consumer interest in becoming more tech-savvy when it comes to energy conservation, are projected to be driving factors in the market’s growth.

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

• Continued progress on CBD patent formulas
• Update on the development of three CBD formulas already under the provisory patent
• Additional three products at various stages with Bionatus

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTC: ETST), a biotechnology company focused on cannabidiol (CBD), nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, shared progress on its CBD patent formulas in a recent press release (http://ibn.fm/JHwIe). The company has three new CBD formulas under the provisory patent and three Bionatus products in various stages of development.

ETST is developing three CBD formulas already under the provisory patent whose function is to maintain quality of life and prevent inflammation, cancer and degenerative diseases. The company announced in March (http://ibn.fm/fmIFs) that it had received a grant from the Government of Quebec earmarked for the pre-launch process of these three CBD-based nutraceutical provisional patent products.

Research and development has been very promising on the first two unique CBD formula products, a neuron protector and a breast protector. The final formulation is currently being developed to assure the longest possible shelf life using a yet to be determined natural protective agent. The third CBD formula is a unique superfood formulated from a mix of hemp oil and other vegetal oil(s), enriched with potent antioxidants and designed to improve antioxidant ingestion.

ETST has two products in development, Propovit and a reformulation of Bionatus, through a joint venture with Bionatus Laboratrio Botnico of Brazil and its Canadian division, Bionatus Botanical Laboratories, Inc.  Propovit is used to help alleviate throat irritation, colds and bad breath. The new formulation will be enriched with ETST hemp oil. The main natural ingredient in Bionatus is the Guaco extract. Traditional uses of this extract suppose anti-inflammatory and bronchial-dilation properties, properties that ETST and Bionatus believe will be enriched with the addition of CBD. A third product is also being planned by ETST and Bionatus, with details to be shared soon.

The company intends to share further updates on its CBD IP patent formulas as they progress.

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

• Ben Errez, EVP of GRBX, sees QuickCard generating a record fourth quarter in terms of transaction volume, predicts that it will become the new standard of payments
• QuickCard is a blockchain powered eWallet that can be downloaded and installed on any platform; GRBX has received five provisional patents for its groundbreaking technology
• MTrac App payment platform, powered by GRBX technology, is available for download in the Apple and Android marketplaces; it enables consumers to load funds into an eWallet

GreenBox POS, LLC (OTCQB: GRBX) is off to a quick start since the May launch of QuickCard, its fully integrated mobile payment app that processes cash into blockchain-driven eWallets. GRBX projects that average daily transaction volume will reach $1 million by 4Q2018 and believes that its technology is on its way to becoming the new payments standard (http://ibn.fm/cW6bi).

In a news release, Ben Errez, EVP of GRBX, said, “We are pleased to announce impressive market performance metrics for QuickCard and look forward to achieving a record fourth quarter in terms of transaction volume. The system passed all stress tests to date and is on its way to becoming the new standard of payments.”

A key revenue stream for GRBX is licensing. Global Payout, Inc. (OTC: GOHE), through subsidiary MTrac Tech Corp., has launched the payment platform MTrac App. It utilizes an in-store kiosk licensed from GRBX that enables consumers to load funds into an eWallet. The funds can be in the form of cash, credit card or debit card. Future versions of the app will permit users to load funds directly from a bank account (http://ibn.fm/f6acd).

For merchants, this app, with kiosk licensed from GRBX, tracks all sales in real time through a blockchain ledger, meaning that entries cannot be modified once recorded. MTrac also creates a secure cashless ecosystem, a safety feature that’s important for retailers operating in alternative market sectors.

GRBX is based in California with multiple offices in both the U.S. and Canada. It has been awarded five provisional patents for its proprietary blockchain technology. A hardware and software technology company, it offers an end-to-end suite of financial products. The QuickCard kiosk manages all cash issues, such as deposits to blockchain. LOOPZ is a delivery software solution that offers service dispatcher back-end technology with manual and automatic modes. Point-of-sale solutions consist of in-house developed proprietary software with features such as compliance, data fidelity and cloud security.

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

• Lithium demand continues to grow, partly fueled by Chinese EV production
• Local community gives consent for drilling at 3,500 hectare Ollagüe Project
• Early assays at Ollagüe yield samples with significant lithium values

Recent news from the Lithium Triangle shows that Lithium Chile Inc. (TSX.V: LITH) (OTC: LTMCF) is advancing its efforts to produce the precious mineral, which continues to experience demand pressure. The Canadian mining company recently announced that it had received authorization from the Ollagüe (O-YA-GWAY) community to begin an exploration drilling program at its project there, which extends for 3,500 hectares on the Salar de Ollagüe. Early assays have been promising, yielding samples with significant lithium values. These findings boost Lithium Chile’s credentials as a future supplier. The company now owns 15 projects, encompassing 152,900 hectares on lithium-rich salars and lagunas in Chile. It is the owner of the largest privately owned portfolio of lithium claims in Chile.

Lithium continues its celebrity status as global electric vehicle (EV) adoption rises. In the world’s largest market, China, this embracement is supported by central and provincial governments, which are offering a range of subsidies to Chinese manufacturers. As a result, China’s electric car market is growing twice as fast as that of the U.S., according to a report in the South China Morning Post (http://ibn.fm/peg7Q). That rapid growth is likely to be maintained for quite a while. Motor vehicle market penetration in China, at present, is a paltry 154 units per 1,000 people; in the U.S., the comparable figure, 910, is almost six times as high. Moreover, at 1.4 billion, the Chinese population is about four times the size of the U.S. population. Together, these two factors suggest that China’s voracious appetite for lithium will continue to maintain a tight market, with lithium prices continuing at their exalted levels. Global lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) contract prices are around $16,000 per metric ton; they have risen about 20 percent over the past year.

Lithium Chile plans to be part of that supply chain. The company now has a lithium property portfolio consisting of 14 salars and one laguna complex in Chile.  The properties include 64 square kilometers on the Salar de Atacama, which hosts the world’s highest concentration of lithium brine production and is currently the source of approximately 30 percent of the world’s lithium production. Lithium Chile’s extensive holdings are the largest held by any private pure play lithium operator. Extending over 152,900 hectares (590 square miles), the claims cover an area much larger than Hong Kong, at 424 square miles.

Lithium Chile Inc. has commenced a four-hole drill program at its Ollague project in Chile, where a recently completed sampling program encountered lithium brines assaying from 160 milligrams per liter to a high of 1,220 mg/L.

The Ollagüe Project, which covers some 3,500 hectares (13.5 square miles) on the Salar de Ollagüe, is close to the town of Ollagüe, which, surprisingly for its remote location, boasts a great deal of infrastructure. For example, since the late nineteenth century, a railway has joined Ollagüe to the Chilean port of Antofagasta, 3,696 miles away.

A comprehensive sampling program has encountered near-surface lithium brines assaying from 160 to 1,140 mg per liter of lithium, with good chemistries. In addition, recent old water well sampling has encountered sub-surface lithium bearing brines assaying 180 to 1,220 mg per liter of lithium.

A property-wide transient electromagnetic survey (TEM) has identified several large, high-priority target areas. The TEM, covering 25 square kilometers of the Ollagüe project, has indicated a number of continuous conductive units over much of the property (http://ibn.fm/l2Bx8). The TEM survey also indicated these conductive units to be open-ended horizontal zones varying from 20 to over 200 meters in thickness and within 20 to 120 meters of surface. Lithium Chile believes that the zones reflect saline aquifers, since, generally, they exhibit resistivity values of less than three ohms. Highly conductive readings have generally been found to indicate a high content of lithium brine in most other salar basins in the area. The presence of lithium lowers the resistivity of water to electricity, so heightened conductivity may indicate the presence of lithium

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

• Petroteq in final-stage reliability tests prior to launching 1,000 barrels per day production in Utah this month
• Company fully funded for launch operations using proprietary environmentally friendly process
• Company expects to boost extraction to 8,000 barrels per day by 2020 or 2021
• Successful production ramp up would make company the first to commercially produce oil from tar sands

Petroteq Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PQE) (OTC: PQEFF) (FRANKFURT: A2DYWC) is staying busy as it awaits news about its application to uplist from the OTC Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The proprietary technology developer for the oil and gas extraction industry is running final-stage reliability tests of its own oil production operation at its Asphalt Ridge facility in Utah, working in excess of 80 percent of its capacity under a revolutionary ecological process as it prepares for full capacity extraction of 1,000 barrels per day by the end of July.

Petroteq Energy is banking on an environmentally friendly process developed by its chief technology officer, Ukrainian chemist Vladimir Podlipskiy, that the company expects to make it the first industry player to successfully extract commercial amounts of crude oil from desert tar sand rock in the Beehive State. Petroteq recently announced that its plans are fully funded and cash flow ready, with $6 million raised since February (http://ibn.fm/Rv2TO).

The company’s technology uses solvents to produce zero greenhouse gas, zero waste and no high temperatures during the extraction process, which crushes the oil-saturated rocks to squeeze out the crude, distills the solvent-oil mixture, recycles the solvent for further extraction use and returns the essentially oil-less sands to the mining pit in a closed-loop process.

Amid the excitement over ramping up the site’s production, Petroteq announced in early July that it has submitted its formal application to list its common stock in the United States on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

“We believe that a NASDAQ listing will help unlock some of the shareholder value we are trying to create for our stakeholders. A NASDAQ listing should provide us with more liquidity and a larger pool of investors that use the NASDAQ Stock Market as a requirement for assembling a portfolio,” CEO David Sealock stated in a news release about the application (http://ibn.fm/1Wegr). “Being in a position to list our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market reflects significant progress that we have made in building our financial and liquidity standards, strengthening our corporate governance, and positioning the Company for future growth and profitability.”

During the review process, Petroteq’s common stock continues to trade on the OTC market under the ‘PQEFF’ symbol, in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under its symbol ‘PQE’; and in certain German markets in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin under the symbol ‘PQCF’ (WKN # A2DYWC).

News of the Nasdaq application followed closely on the heels of the announcement that experienced energy technology investor David Kahn had joined the company’s advisory board (http://ibn.fm/KztGJ). Kahn has served as an executive in some of the largest companies in the energy industry and will be responsible for Petroteq’s due diligence efforts as the company reviews the numerous technologies that it routinely considers adding to its IP portfolio.

Petroteq anticipates that successful production at the Asphalt Ridge site will boost the gravitas of its environmentally safe extraction process, and the company is already increasing its projections for output and potential revenue. Sealock stated that the company initially targeted an additional 1,000 barrels per day each year, but now expects to have capital expenditures in place to add another 5,000 barrels per day by 2020 as part of an aggressive growth curve that will bring it to 8,000 barrels per day by the end of that year or by 2021 (http://ibn.fm/0EMmz). The company holds 2,541 leased acres and 87.49 million barrels of mineable oil sands.

“The project was built during a period of low oil prices and has come online just as oil prices have strengthened,” company founder and Executive Chairman Alex Blyumkin stated (http://ibn.fm/PwyZp).

Company President R. Gerald Bailey told Fox Business News earlier this year that he believes the trend in rising petroleum prices could lead to $80 per barrel figures this year and perhaps reach $100 per barrel in the near future (http://ibn.fm/3IovZ), which would provide Petroteq a significant profit over its $25 to $30 per barrel costs.

“It’ll make money and it’s good for the country,” Bailey told the news agency.

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

• 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