• Marifil Mines exploring secured property in Argentina’s northern Patagonian region for gold
• Company recently completed four new drill holes; site’s historical exploration includes 108 holes
• Limited surface trenching turns up trace of gold

Marifil Mines Ltd. (TSX.V: MFM) (OTCQB: MFMLF) is expressing optimism about drill cores retrieved following exploration of an epithermal polymetallic deposit of sulfide minerals, where the search for gold and zinc comprise the principal economic focus of its flagship property in the northern Patagonian region of Argentina.

“This drilling campaign was nicely executed and done so within budget by our Argentinean crew. From the look of the drill cores, we are hopeful for some favorable results,” Marifil Vice President Richard Walters stated in a news release detailing the exploration efforts (http://ibn.fm/xiWUm).

The company announced in June that drilling had resumed at the San Roque property in southwestern Argentina’s Rio Negro province following a six-year hiatus (http://ibn.fm/H0CYi). Historical drilling on the property totals 15,837 meters in the form of 108 holes, and the four new drill holes encompassed a total of 846.5 meters. The drill program aims to augment confirmation of the Zone 34 gold find and expand the reported size of the deposit by testing a kilometer-long geophysical anomaly that is believed to have been created by sulfides possibly bearing gold and zinc.

The drill cores are undergoing geological reporting procedures and data is being obtained from them. Core sampling is taking place, involving sawing the product lengthways in half. One half of each core will be shipped to labs in Mendoza, Argentina, for assay. So far, the laboratory has received 185 core samples from a selection that is expected to reach 600 entries, including quality control samples.

The company is also doing limited trenching work with a backhoe around two drill holes in Zone 34, including a trench 36 meters long in an area where “prolific pebbles of iron and manganese oxides permeate the soil,” and a 49-meter trench where a trace of gold was identified in “the heavily iron and manganese oxide stained volcanic rock,” according to the company.

The property is secured by 42,320 hectares (104,575 acres) of mine rights, of which more than 20 percent are patented mining claims that cover all known mineralization. The mine rights are free of non-governmental production royalties, according to the company. The property is jointly owned by Marifil’s wholly owned subsidiary, Marifal Mines S.A., and NOVAGOLD RESOURCES Inc. (TSX: NG) through its wholly owned subsidiary, NovaGold Argentina Inc., with Marifil functioning as the lead project operator.

“The drilling at our flagship asset at San Roque has been highly anticipated by the Company and its stakeholders for many years. Positive results at San Roque have the ability to significantly increase the fundamental value of the Company and bring the Property one step closer to being considered an economic minerals deposit,” Marifil President and CEO Robert Abenante stated in the release.

“It is clear to the team of geologists that a large volume of rock is well mineralized,” Walters added. “The depth and area limits of this mineralized material remains to be established. We suspect it to be related to a large volcanic paleo-caldera and to possibly be capping a deeper porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit.”

Marifil’s portfolio also includes lithium claims within the famed “Lithium Triangle” of the region, and nickel-copper-cobalt deposit property in Argentina’s San Luis province.

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

• Chinese nationals and Chinese Americans comprise enormous potential consumer group
• ChineseInvestors.com provides education, analysis regarding breakthrough transnational currency opportunities of crypto trade
• ChineseInvestors.com shows dedication to crypto trade by hosting ATM, high-powered virtual currency mining machinery in the U.S.

Chinese Americans constitute the largest population segment of the diverse Asian American community (http://ibn.fm/9yK2L) and as such comprise a significant target consumer group, mirroring the emerging economic potential of China’s own citizens who make up the world’s largest national population — last estimated at 1.4 billion by the United Nations (http://ibn.fm/91J3R). ChineseInvestors.com, Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is a leading financial information company dedicated to empowering Chinese-speaking investors in the United States and China through market-related analysis and education that provide people with the tools they need to pursue new opportunities.

ChineseInvestors.com broadcasts news about cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin via the internet, cable TV and podcast. The company has established itself as a primary source of information about cryptocurrency to the world’s Chinese-speaking populations through programs such as “Bitcoin MultiMillionaire,” a daily video broadcast from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and “Bitcoin Talk Show,” a program utilizing traditional and simplified Chinese when it airs on Direct TV, EchoStar and Time Warner Cable systems.

Time Warner Cable’s airing of the Phoenix North America channel that carries ChineseInvestors.com’s 22-minute cryptocurrency content is by itself expected to reach over 500,000 Chinese people in North America — about one-sixth of the total Chinese-American population.

The free flow of information is vital to the health of investors’ financial prospects within the marketplace, especially during an era in which the United States and China are at odds with each other on tariff issues (http://ibn.fm/N6d8z) and investment in critical technological sectors (http://ibn.fm/bnJRA), and amid reports that customers of the world’s largest phone network, China Mobile, are often unable to access select American websites such as Facebook, the New York Times and Google Maps while living or traveling in the United States, apparently because those sites are banned within China (http://ibn.fm/rhCs2).

China is the largest trading nation in the world and has the world’s largest manufacturing economy and the world’s fastest-growing consumer market (http://ibn.fm/WRRN1), which position its citizens to favorably use cryptocurrencies that transcend national borders and their monetary systems. Standard legacy currencies rely on an ecosystem in which international transfer transactions occur through entities such as banks, clearing houses and the worldwide financial institution telecommunication network known as SWIFT. Cryptocurrency trade can occur over the internet and via mobile apps using a secure ledger system empowered by its underlying blockchain technology, and cryptocurrencies are increasingly becoming easier to interchange with standard currencies via ATMs (http://ibn.fm/NLGof).

ChineseInvestors.com is among the entities promoting cryptocurrency ATM exchanges. The company hosts a bitcoin ATM at its San Gabriel, California, headquarters and has acquired high-powered machines for virtual currency mining at a datacenter near Seattle.

Warren Wang, the company’s CEO, said that ChineseInvestors.com anticipates a 30 percent increase in revenues this year as its investor reach expands. Bitcoin Talk Show launched in June under a one-year contract with Phoenix North America, inviting local Chinese investors and business owners to the studio headquarters to discuss cryptocurrency and blockchain.

“We believe Chinese investors are seeking cutting edge knowledge about blockchain and cryptocurrency, and this lighthearted, entertaining television program will accomplish just that,” Wang said in an interview with Crypto News Chronicle (http://ibn.fm/EWEMg).

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

• Online sales comprise just 10 percent of total retail sales
• Online shopping set to continue growing at present rate of 15 percent annually
• Modern retailers increasingly embracing multi-channel and omni-channel marketing

It wasn’t so long ago that marketers and investors were envisaging the retail world as a zero-sum tussle between ecommerce and brick-and-mortar. However, perceptions have shifted from that dichotomous paradigm, for satori has revealed the reality of multi-channel marketing. Now retailers are taking a leaf from Muhammad Ali’s book. In explaining his style, the boxing legend is reputed to have said, “I got different strokes for different folks.” The German automaker Volkswagen put it differently in a 1974 advertisement, which read, “Different Volks for Different Folks.” Yet, it amounts to the same thing, which is that there are a variety of ways to engage with customers. As a result, the focus on mobile devices that are always with consumers through mobile platforms such as the one developed by Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (OTC: CSRH) has intensified. Consorteum is now offering its Universal Mobile Interface™ (UMI), state-of-the-art technology that is capable of integrating any stream of data onto a mobile platform, which makes it ideal for omni-channel and multi-channel marketers.

Despite the continued rise of online retail, expected to keep climbing by 15 percent annually, brick-and-mortar retail sales still dominate the shopping universe. In the U.S., online sales make up just 10 percent of total retail sales. If asked to choose between online and offline, the nation is evenly divided, with 51 percent picking ecommerce, while 49 percent said that they preferred an actual store to shop in. But that balance may shift in the years to come, since 67 percent of millennials like shopping online more than shopping offline. Regardless of consumer preferences, no modern marketer worth his or her salt is likely to leave any channel of communication unexplored, whether it’s a print ad, a retail location, a website, a promotional event, a product’s package or a consumer’s smartphone.

These channels are multiplying. Once on the fringes of marketing, social media and mobile are currently the main drivers of ecommerce, particularly in Asia. In 2016, mobile digital assistants like Cortana, Google Now and Siri accounted for over $2 billion in sales. Now that worldwide ownership of mobile phones has crossed the five billion unit mark, it is expected that by 2020 the smartphone will become the major platform for the entire shopping journey, from search and discovery to recommendations, comparisons and payments. Additionally, this multi-channel approach is developing into a more sophisticated omni-channel outlook that attempts to integrate all channels in a complementary way. Taking note of these trends, retailers are on the search for easy-to-use mobile applications to optimize and integrate customers’ shopping experiences. They will be happy to discover that Consorteum’s mobile platform will integrate several streams of data into one convenient source.

Developed by Consorteum subsidiary 359 Mobile Inc., the UMI is a state-of-the-art platform for integrating any stream of data onto a mobile platform. The technology has the capacity to provide solutions in fintech, data analytics, secure payment processing, compliance lead transaction management and various digital social event sectors. The UMI platform also allows cross operating system development to support all mobile devices while addressing the complex and highly regulated needs of the mobile fintech industry. It is ideal for today’s omni-channel marketing campaigns.

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

• Aligns with AATAC to reach up to 90,000 retail outlets
• A new reliable source and manufacturing plant was worth the wait
• Three new unique chocolate products announced

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTC: ETST), an innovative biotech company, has signed an agreement to work with AATAC, an advisory board focused on convenience stores, in presenting the company’s product line to a vast retail network. AATAC will be introducing ETST’s High-Grade Full Spectrum Cannabinoids line to its 90,000 retail outlets throughout the United States. Due to growing consumer interest and positive feedback from its network, once an official release date is set, AATAC anticipates a high volume of preorders. Jill Buzan, ETST’s chief sales officer, sees the company’s association with AATAC as an opportunity to increase reach and tap exponential growth for sales in the coming months (http://ibn.fm/M338N).

The company previously sent AATAC’s operations and distribution teams its current batch line to build product awareness within its network, but ETST is formulating and packaging a large new batch for distribution. According to Gagan Hunter, ETST’s COO and director, there were delays in finding a new reliable source and manufacturing plant for this new batch, but it was well worth the wait. “We found a new manufacturer with a better turnaround time and a source with a consistent true full spectrum having all the cannabinoids as our previous batch with higher concentration. We strive on providing a consistent and reliable source of cannabinoids to our customers. We anticipate on having our new large batch to have enough supply for our rising demand within the next several weeks,” Hunter stated in a news release.

In addition to the large new batch being developed for AATAC’s network, the company is working on new chocolate SKUs. ETST recently announced three unique new chocolate products formulated with joint venture partner Karmavore Superfoods (http://ibn.fm/MP2oz). The addition of Raw Dark Chocolate Covered Mangoes, Raw Dark Chocolate Coconut Peppermint Cups and Raw Dark Chocolate Caramelized Quinoa Crunch expands the company’s product line to five unique CBD Raw Chocolate flavors. The launch of these new products is anticipated in the third calendar quarter of 2018.

The company plans on sharing further updates on the new inventory batch and launch dates of the three new chocolate products as each progresses.

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

• Blockchain-based technology secures customized payment solutions designed for a variety of industries
• GRBX awarded five provisional patents for its technology that provides individual disruptive applications integrated in an end-to-end suite of financial products
• All software is developed in-house and with international subsidiaries
• POS machines receive required electronics modifications in partnership with unique qualifications of different vendors
• Custom-built blockchain kiosk machines offer instant settlement capabilities and an end-to-end, natively-integrated product suite
• Global point of Sale terminals market valued at $116 billion by 2025 with a CAGR of 9.9%

GreenBox POS, LLC (OTCQB: GRBX) is a hardware and software technology company that builds customized payment solutions in different industries. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in Seattle, Wash.; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. GreenBox, which has been awarded five provisional patents for its blockchain-based technology, delivers a fully integrated, intuitive, easy-to-use, point of sale (POS) system for a variety of businesses across a multitude of different market sectors.

GreenBox develops all software in-house and with international subsidiaries, which allows the company to provide individualized electronics modifications in partnership with different vendors. Custom POS machines are available as an upgrade from existing solutions currently in use. First-time merchants can also take advantage of custom-built kiosk machines powered by blockchain technology, complete with e-wallet integration downloadable via Android or iOS apps, or via installed cash-loading kiosks.

GreenBox develops POS (point of sale) software and hardware solutions; DEL (delivery app, APIs to POS and PAY); PAY (payment app, providing financial APIs to all other components); and KIOSK (deposit, cash and E-wallet management). The following flagship products, services and custom hardware are currently available:

• The QuickCard Kiosk – The QuickCard Kiosk handles all cash management issues, physical and virtual. The Kiosk, integral to the QuickCard payment platform, performs direct and immediate deposits from cash to blockchain and confirms bank account availability instantly. There is no faster deposit solution available today. We simply take the concept of cash machines at bank branches and generalize it. You can deposit your cash at the Kiosk and immediately use it at a retailer nearest you. The QuickCard payment infrastructure, capable of instantly settling transactions, having unparalleled security with fully integrated Blockchain secured ledger technology, also includes offline functionality and cold storage capabilities.
• POS Solutions – GreenBox software, developed in-house and with international subsidiaries, features operational compliance, financial audit prep, expense tracking, tax payments, register-specific features, and data fidelity controls (backup/restore, cloud security, privacy, etc.). GreenBox POS software is fully integrated with Del and Pay Systems and features front register mode and back-end admin mode, in addition to in-admin mode to manage employees, vendors, expenses, taxes and compliance. All records are stored on blockchain with data reliably secured and protected.
• LOOPZ – This delivery software solution offers service dispatcher back-end technology with manual and automatic modes. The software is uniquely designed to be effectively utilized for mobile delivery service operations with full autonomous dispatch capabilities. LOOPZ provides the following features: two mobile apps (driver and consumer) running on Android and IOS; direct reporting to point of sale inventory and use of pay for instant settlements; separate escrow setup for tips and merchant sale; all data and information is securely hosted on a blockchain platform.

The management team at GreenBox includes CEO Fredi Nisan, who comes from the POS and merchant services business sector. He recently completed a successful exit in the POS and ERP business, which he founded and managed through the exit. Joining Nisan is Ben Errez, executive vice president, who comes from the investment, consulting and big software and hardware industries. His previous executive roles include positions at Microsoft (including engineering management of Microsoft Office for complex scripts); IBM (with which he had an exit); and Intel. Errez has also consulted the world’s biggest private economy, World Trade Center, on payment systems, security, reliability and privacy of software and hardware development.

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

• Global preventive healthcare technologies and services market expected to reach $432 billion by 2024
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that seven out of 10 U.S. deaths are caused by chronic diseases such as diabetes, with global cost of treating diabetes reaching $776 billion within two decades
• World Health Organization recommended in December 2017 that cannabidiol (CBD) should not be scheduled as a controlled substance, citing its potential as a beneficial pharmaceutical
• PreveCeutical’s CBD-based Sol-gel delivery platform offers ease of application, better bioavailability and controlled cannabidiol release

PreveCeutical Medical Inc. (CSE: PREV) (OTCQB: PRVCF) (FSE: 18H), headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a health sciences company dedicated to researching and developing innovative options for preventive and curative therapies utilizing organic and Nature Identical™ products. In an exclusive interview with NetworkNewsAudio, PreveCeutical Chairman, CEO and President Stephen Van Deventer shared highlights of the company’s business model, products and R&D programs designed to provide next-generation preventative therapies (http://ibn.fm/UkReZ). Healthcare issues plaguing hundreds of millions of people around the world – namely diabetes, obesity, pain management, neurological disorders and cancers – are at the heart of PreveCeutical’s research program, he said.

A report by Grand View Research states that the global preventive healthcare technologies and services market is expected to reach $432 billion by 2024 (http://ibn.fm/StW1V). Innovative, advanced technologies and development of preventive measures is seen as a driving force of the market. Underscoring the significance of this space is the Centers for Disease Control’s assertion that seven out of 10 deaths in the U.S. are caused by chronic disease, which includes diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other conditions classified by the medical community as preventable (http://ibn.fm/geYwf).

PreveCeutical currently has five research and development programs, including dual gene therapy for curative and prevention therapies for diabetes and obesity. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that some 425 million people around the world are living with diabetes, and that number is projected to rise to 629 million by 2045. Treating diabetes is a costly matter, both economically and in terms of physical harm done to the individual. Healthcare expenditures to treat diabetes totaled $727 billion in 2017, according to Statista (http://ibn.fm/6AwG3).

PreveCeutical’s gene-silencing technology would effectively “turn off” the genetic signal which leads to the over-production of a key protein molecule, bringing it back down to safe, normalized levels, This would in turn help cells to absorb glucose, thus reducing blood sugar levels and preventing the body from storing excessive fat, Chief Research Officer Dr. Harry Parekh noted in a news release. With over five years of multi-disciplinary research, Parekh’s team has collectively generated convincing results in models of this disease using Smart siRNA and a tissue targeted bio-responsive carrier system. The promise and significance of the company’s research and development divisions is detailed in a May 2018 Crystal Equity Research Report (http://ibn.fm/gKClB).

Another key research program is the company’s Sol-gel platform, a soluble gel infused with cannabinoids and taken via nasal administration. This CBD-based nose-to-brain delivery system is poised to provide relief for a wide range of indications including seizures. As WHO pointed out in its November 2017 report (http://ibn.fm/xiCqT), “the clinical use of CBD is most advanced in the treatment of epilepsy.” The key advantages of PreveCeutical’s proprietary formulations are many, including elimination of first pass metabolism, potentially improving bioavailability and extending the release time of the therapy (http://ibn.fm/uvXKf).

PreveCeutical’s vision is simply stated: To be a leader in the preventive health sciences, bringing innovative options for preventive and curative therapies utilizing organic and Nature Identical™ products.

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

• Operating in world’s two largest cannabis markets – California and Canada
• Vertically integrated structure extracts value along the supply chain
• Pre-production sales strategy mitigates risk

What can you give a company, like Vancouver, British Columbia-based Sunniva Inc. (CSE: SNN) (OTCQX: SNNVF), that seems to have everything? For starters, this vertically-integrated producer of medical and recreational cannabis has a presence in California and Canada, the world’s two largest cannabis markets. Through several wholly-owned subsidiaries, it has operations in cannabis grow facilities, cannabis extraction facilities, medical cannabis clinics and the cannabis white label business. Moreover, a large part of its estimated total output for the next two years has already been sold as pre-production, even before the completion of grow facilities – a sure signal of customer trust. Even though its grow activities are yet to make a contribution, Sunniva is already generating revenue. With all that in place, this is a company whose future looks as bright as its name, which is derived from an old English word meaning ‘gift of the sun’.

Sunniva is into large-scale low-cost production. Through subsidiary CP Logistics, the company is close to completing a cGMP-compliant greenhouse facility in Cathedral City, California, that will have an estimated annual output cannabis capacity of 100,000 kilos. cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) regulations are mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure proper design, monitoring and control of manufacturing processes and facilities. Phase 1 of the project involves the development of a 325,000 square foot greenhouse capable of producing 60,000 kilos per year of dry cannabis at capacity with operations commencing in Q4 2018. Approximately 30 percent of initial production has been committed for conversion to oils and extracts. Phase 2 is expected to increase the greenhouse space by 164,000 square feet and increase output capacity by some 40,000 kilos per year.

The location and design choices were made with a focus on low-cost production in mind. The abundant sunlight in California will reduce energy costs, while the highly automated operations will ensure the most efficient production processes are employed. In California also, close to its Cathedral City Campus, Sunniva is operating an extraction facility, through subsidiary CP Logistics. The Sun Oil extraction facility, which has an oils and extracts manufacturing license, is currently being upgraded with additional equipment (http://ibn.fm/6xBjq).

Furthermore, Sunniva recently broke ground at a recently acquired facility, in Canada, with similar production capacity, and work is now continuing at that 126-acre site in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia. The 740,000 square foot facility will have an estimated output capacity of 100,000 kilos annually and is expected to become operational in Q1 2019. About 75 percent of its output will be pre-sold on a wholesale basis (http://ibn.fm/sPYMJ).

Natural Health Services Ltd. is a network of medical cannabis clinics in Canada that offers patients access to medical practitioners specializing in the endocannabinoid system. This Sunniva subsidiary also connects patients with licensed producers through its SPARK proprietary software system, allowing Sunniva to capture revenue from patient purchases. As soon as the facilities become operational, Sunniva intends to start marketing its own produced cannabis  The network currently has over 95,000 patients (over one-third of all Canadian medical cannabis patients), and it has agreements in place with 27 licensed producers.

Sunniva’s seed-to-sale, vertically integrated structure is also bolstered by its Full Scale Distributers (FSD) subsidiary, which markets vaporizers and accessories under the Vapor Connoisseur brand. FSD also provides white label packaging and labelling services to over 80 brands in North America, making it a clear leader in the space. It will design custom vapor hardware for any specification of cannabis oil or concentrate. Now, with the addition of the Sun Oil Facility, customers can also have their extraction and processing done; cartridges can be filled, assembled, labeled and packaged according to their own standards and branding, as well as shipped to their final destinations.

The company recently announced voting results of the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on June 27, 2018 (http://ibn.fm/H5KoB).

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

• Global adoption of electric vehicles driving demand for cobalt and lithium
• Exploration rebooted on strategic claims in Lithium Triangle
• Gold veins also discovered at San Roque Gold Property

It’s not often that you get a winning combination from a mineral exploration company like the one put together by Marifil Mines Ltd. (TSX.V: MFM) (OTCQB: MFMLF). The junior explorer, based in Vancouver, Canada, has assembled a portfolio of claims that compose properties containing lithium, cobalt, gold and other valuable elements and minerals. As the world abandons fossil fuel-powered vehicles, demand for lithium and cobalt continues to climb; the metals are an essential component in batteries for the electric vehicles that will replace them. Argentina, where the Marifil properties lie, is part of the famed lithium triangle that hosts 54 percent of the world’s lithium resources. Given the axiom that gold always glitters, Marifil’s exploration activities appear to signal a trifecta of opportunity, which has not gone unnoticed. Earlier this year, the company announced that it had completed a private placement of ordinary shares. Part of the proceeds are already being used to resume drilling at its flagship San Roque gold property (http://ibn.fm/9ocbH).

San Roque is a 42,321‐hectare (163 square miles) property that lies near the Atlantic coast in a region of well-developed infrastructure, located in the southern Argentine Province of Rio Negro. The San Roque claims contain a bulk tonnage sulfide deposit comprising minerals of gold, silver, lead, zinc and indium disseminated in tens of millions of tonnes of host volcanic rocks. There is as well a newly discovered series of gold-bearing quartz veins. Exploration of this system of veins has just begun, with a series of trenches made to expose and better sample them. These gold-bearing veins exceed a kilometer in length and are generally in the one-to-three meter range of width. Marifil’s San Roque mining rights are held by nine mineral tenures, three of which are now granted titles covering 95 patented mining claims that total 9,449 hectares (36.5 square miles).

The San Roque property is situated in relatively flat desert terrain averaging about 200 meters in elevation and so is accessible by vehicle all year round. It is jointly owned by Marifil, which has a 51 percent interest, and Novagold Resources, with 49 percent. Several deposits of significant gold-silver-indium-lead-zinc mineralization have been discovered on a four-kilometer-long zone, and drilling has yielded significant results that include an intersection of 233 meters of 0.64 grams per metric ton, plus 10.5 grams per metric ton of silver with just traces of base metals, including a run of 2.27 grams per metric ton and 42.6 grams per metric ton of silver over 35 meters starting at the drill hole collar.

Marifil is also exploring for gold and silver in Chubut Province at its Lago Fontana property. Named after the nearby Fontana Lake, the property is located in the Andean Mountain front near the Argentine-Chilean border. It is easily accessible by road and lies about 400 kilometers (249 miles) from the large city of Comodoro Rivadavia. The claims there consist of 11 patented mine rights covering 498 hectares.

Marifil’s lithium interests are strategically situated in the heart of the lithium property claims staking rush going on in Catamarca province. Marifil’s claims are in the same geologic and mining region where FMC is producing lithium at its world-renowned Hombre Muerto mine. The claims span 15,267 hectares (59 square miles) and include its recently acquired Ratones and Fraile claims, as well as two lithium mine rights covering the southern portions of the Carachi Pampa salar in the Province of Catamarca. A competitor has three drills working to the north on the same salar, and it has announced favorable drilling results with significant lithium assay runs of 250 mg/l. These aquifers of lithium rich brines don’t respect claim boundaries and are expected to run well into Marifil’s claims. The company is now reviving an exploration program, which was previously conducted in 2009. The program explored for lithium in Salta and Catamarca provinces. It staked 12 properties covering some 61,500 hectares (237 square miles) and generated a large proprietary geologic and geochemical database that is providing the basis for resumption of Marifil’s lithium exploration program.

Marifil’s interests also include its Las Aguilas property in San Luis province, which hosts a nickel-copper-cobalt deposit spanning more than four contiguous patented mining claims. The property, which is wholly owned by Marifil, is the largest known nickel/cobalt deposit in Argentina. It has been the subject of two Canadian National Instrument 43-101 reports – one by Wardrop Engineering concluding that there is about 4.6 million tonnes of combined Indicated plus Inferred resources of 0.41 percent Ni, 0.41 percent Cu and 0.03 percent Co with about 0.6 g/t Au+Pt+Pd (not compliant with US SEC Guideline 7 resource reporting). The deposit offers possibilities for expansion by drilling, and one old drill hole 3.5 kilometers north of Las Aguilas on Marifil’s parented Virorco claim hit a 90-meter intersection of sulfides containing low grade nickel and cobalt. Marifil believes that by continued drilling this could be the making of a new deposit, perhaps even larger than Las Aguilas.

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

• QMC currently upgrading historical resource on Irgon Mine Project to modern NI 43-101 standards
• Company confident that additional exploration will confirm resources in excess of 1.2 million tons graded at 1.5 percent Li2O
• Jump in North American electric vehicle sales boosts lithium’s prospects amid supply versus demand concerns

QMC Quantum Minerals Corp.’s (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC: QMCQF) expectations for revitalizing and further developing a large lithium mine in Manitoba’s bountiful Cat Lake-Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field could play an important role in powering North America’s electric automobile revolution. The company’s flagship Irgon Mine Property in the province’s southeast region, in addition to the company’s two volcanic massive sulphide (“VMS”) properties known collectively as the Namew Lake District Project and located further north in Manitoba’s productive Flin Flon/Snow Lake VMS mining district, presents the potential for the quick fire-up of economically viable successes.

Although electric vehicles are only just beginning to gain a solid toe-hold in the United States, EV recharging stations are becoming more commonplace in most states — a clear indicator that the market could suddenly take off. California is pushing for five million EVs on the road by 2025, with eight other states following California’s sales target of 15.4 percent EVs by that year (http://ibn.fm/9s43p). In Canada, electric vehicle sales jumped 68 percent in 2017, with a 120 percent increase in urban Ontario (http://ibn.fm/1QKWE) as environmentally conscious individuals sought out alternatives to fossil fuel pollutants and the local government offered generous incentives, such as a C$14,000 direct rebate on some electric cars.

Lithium is one of the key metals in the low-heat, high-efficiency lithium-ion batteries that are currently the go-to power source for EVs. Bloomberg New Energy Finance anticipates that yearly electric vehicle sales will climb 30-fold to 24.4 million worldwide by 2030 (http://ibn.fm/H6ijp), and a general consensus that demand may exceed supply has driven speculation for stock tickers dealing in the rare metal during the past few years (http://ibn.fm/o0NTI).

North America’s most successful lithium mine to date, the Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (“TANCO”) operation, is located just 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) from the Irgon site — something that QMC hasn’t been shy about advertising as it promotes its property’s potential. Hard rock deposits of lithium-bearing spodumene are scattered throughout Manitoba, and QMC hopes to be in a similar position to that of its neighbor, TANCO (http://ibn.fm/GYUY0).

A key value for the Irgon Property is that historical exploration at the site in the 1950s, when lithium was less valuable to other industries, included underground development and the construction of a 500-ton-per-day mill (http://ibn.fm/0mQAw). Although the mill has since been dismantled, its underground complex of shaft, drifting and crosscuts still exist and should facilitate a full metallurgical assessment of the mine’s potential while initiating production at pilot scale. Infrastructure to operate the mill and provide local access is already in place or nearby.

The Irgon Property also has significant production value in that its lithium mineralization begins directly at the surface and has been explored historically through the underground development to a depth of 74 meters (and to a depth of 213 meters through drilling). This creates the potential for low-cost, open-pit ore extraction immediately on a positive production decision. Mining of a bulk sample is expected to begin quickly once the Irgon Dike’s historical resource has been updated to current NI 43-101 regulatory standards. This report is expected to be completed later this year.

“Ultimately, we think our NI 43-101 will establish much more than the 1.2 million tons of 1.5 percent lithium oxide along the strike of the dike than the old survey estimated,” the company’s website states. “The facts we have so far are very positive for economic lithium production, but when we sent out the big batch of samples in December, we asked the lab to assay our samples for 56 different elements. This is one of the big advantages that hard rock mining has over brining operations. It’s very likely that other elements can be recovered as well. The possibilities we are looking at include rare earth, beryllium, tantalum, niobium, cesium and rubidium-bearing minerals.”

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

• GTXO introduces two new trackers, the GPS SmartSole in size small (for big kids or adults with small feet) and the Invisabelt (for toddlers and children)
• In 2017, the FBI had files on 1.9 million missing persons in the U.S. alone, including more than 464,000 juveniles under age 18, reflecting significant need and market potential for GTXO wearable GPS technology
• GTXO participated in George Mason University study of wandering predictability, combining machine-learning with company’s tracking data and technology

GTX Corp (OTC: GTXO) has released two new GPS products to safeguard the location of children. They are the patented SmartSole® in size small and the Invisabelt for toddlers and kids (http://ibn.fm/eEOch). GTXO offers tracking devices and services in a global market, providing smart and wearable GPS tracking products for people and tracking technologies for high value assets through its IoT monitoring platform.

The two newly launched products are GPS trackers for children, toddlers and adults with small feet. The SmartSole size small can be trimmed to fit most children’s shoes, sizes three and above (http://ibn.fm/flRWQ). It will also fit up to a women’s size 7.5. 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/00gQQ).

In a news release, Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTXO, said, “As we continue to partner with the autistic community and help create programs and solutions to fit their needs for small, non-invasive and non-intrusive and affordable assistance technologies, the long-awaited size small GPS SmartSole comes at a perfect time. And for those parents that want to keep track of their little ones, the company also launched Invisabelt, sized to fit as soon as a child starts to walk, until old enough to wear a pair of SmartSoles.”

Los Angeles, California-based GTXO develops and markets two-way tracking technologies for GPS mapping in real time, for locations of people or high value assets through a transceiver module, smart phone app, wireless gateway and IoT portal. They can be used to identify the location of the elderly with Alzheimer’s and dementia who are prone to wandering, kids with autism and those with traumatic brain injury. The company’s products can now be used for children, as well.

At the same time, a mid-stage clinical study by George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services completed its Phase II machine-learning prediction research. The study, as reported by Equities.com, utilized GTXO’s SmartSole data and technology. It documents how, together, they may play a future role in predicting wandering (http://ibn.fm/DtGhC).

In the U.S. in 2017, according to the FBI, there were reports of 464,000 missing children (http://ibn.fm/kS72I) and a reported total of 1.9 million missing people overall (http://ibn.fm/SGBdd). Worldwide, the population of dementia sufferers may triple by 2050 from 50 million to 152 million, the World Health Organization predicts. Their annual treatment costs $818 billion. By 2030, that number is expected to rise to more than $2 trillion, the World Health Organization estimates (http://ibn.fm/Zc2mf). GTXO tracking helps to monitor dementia patients, and its products are sold in more than 35 countries.

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