• Company recently announced that its 2015 and 2016 YE audits have been finalized, its Form 10 has been submitted and it has commenced its 2017 fiscal year audit
• Strategically working to improve treatments for different diseases on a global scale
• Addressing the national health crisis of opioid addiction

Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTC: ETST), an innovative biotech company focused on developing medical devices for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical fields and marketing high-grade hemp cannabidiol (CBD), recently announced that its 2015 and 2016 audit process has been finalized and Form 10 has been submitted. ETST has now begun the 2017 fiscal year audit, which is required to uplist to the OTCQB Venture Market, along with the approved Form 10.

In a news release (http://ibn.fm/Xa90R), Dr. Michel Aube, CEO and chief science officer of ETST, stated, “Transparency is a key tool that we needed to accelerate the growth of our business. Since all of our amazing projects are ongoing with our partners, investor confidence will grow, and we will be able to complete our first big round of financing. We are in touch with institutional and private investors that were waiting for ETST to become a fully reporting company before investing the necessary amount to commercialize our projects. We can now resume our discussions with them.” Becoming a fully reporting OTCQB company is expected to open many opportunities while simultaneously boosting investor confidence. An Audio Press Release (APR) of this announcement is available at http://ibn.fm/itTdR.

Earth Science Tech is a biotechnology company based in Florida that’s focused on the science, research and study of high-grade hemp cannabinoid (CBD) oil as a nutraceutical and dietary supplement. ETST is working to improve treatments for different diseases on a global scale through its subsidiaries: Earth Science Pharmaceutical, Cannabis Therpeutics Inc., Kannabidioid Inc., and Canna Inno Laboratories Inc. Its Earth Science Pharmaceutical subsidiary is focused on becoming a world leader in the development of low cost, non-invasive diagnostic tools, medical devices, testing processes and vaccines for sexually transmitted infections and/or diseases (STIs). Cannabis Therapeutics is also a subsidiary of ETST, and it was formed as an emerging biotech company poised to become a world leader in CBD research and development. In the recreational space, ETST owns Kannabidioid, a subsidiary focused on manufacturing and distributing vapes/e-liquids and gummy edibles. The acquisition of Canna Inno Laboratories in Quebec granted ETST access to the growing Canadian market and government funding. It has already received a supporting grant for innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The company has plans to apply for additional funding under Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit program.

ETST has also taken on a new fight – opioid addiction. Human clinical trials are scheduled to begin in 2019. With the opioid epidemic projected to claim nearly 500,000 American lives by 2027 (http://ibn.fm/x4tI2), the company seeks to improve the treatment of those fighting dependency. The goal of the study is to reduce the cravings of opioid addicts and reduce the danger of side effects while making the drug more effective. This is just one of many ways that ETST is committed to improving treatments for different diseases worldwide.

Additional transparency, a strengthening of current subsidiaries through new studies and markets, the rise of the cannabis industry, access to government grants in Canada and a commitment to finding solutions to the national epidemic of opioid addiction are all small key parts in a much larger strategic plan for accelerated growth.

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

• Landmark ruling strikes down federal law that bans states from allowing sports gambling
• Legal experts posit that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision has important implications for state-legal marijuana programs
• Sunniva’s core subsidiaries, licensed tenant cultivators gear up to supply multibillion dollar recreational, medical cannabis industries in Canada, California

Sunniva Inc. (CSE: SNN) (OTCQX: SNNVF), a vertically integrated medical cannabis and services provider operating in Canada and California, joins a growing cadre of voices lauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down a federal ban on sports gambling. The 7-2 landmark ruling in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (http://ibn.fm/qOuwm) is hailed as a positive move for the cannabis industry by legal scholars, cannabis insiders and others interested in cannabis law reform (http://ibn.fm/0wzEc).

There currently are nine states in the U.S. with legalized sales of recreational cannabis on the books – with the District of Columbia legalizing its use, but not sales – while some form of cannabis use is allowed in 30 states and the District of Columbia. Meanwhile in Canada, which has allowed medical cannabis since 2001, lawmakers are poised to finalize a law allowing recreational adult-use cannabis throughout the country sometime later this year.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision could have implications for the cannabis industry at large, according to SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe, who wrote: “Challenges to the federal government’s recent efforts to enforce federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug for either recreational or medical use may also be based on the 10th Amendment” (http://ibn.fm/Ep5ER).

Sunniva is actively targeting cannabis markets in Canada and California as it constructs cannabis grow facilities in both locations and diversifies its products and service offerings. A 126-acre Canada Campus at Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, will house a 700,000 square foot facility with an expected output capacity of 100,000 kg annually (http://ibn.fm/uiM6A). Phase one of the company’s California Campus, a 325,000 square foot greenhouse in Cathedral City, is well underway and is expected to produce 60,000 kg annually once it’s up to full operational scale in Q3 2018.

Sunniva CEO Dr. Anthony Holler notes that the company has received all temporary state licenses required in California. Sunniva’s U.S. subsidiaries hold eight 10,000 square foot cultivation licenses, two manufacturing licenses, one 22,000 square foot cultivation license, one 22,000 square foot nursery license and one 10,000 square foot nursery license. Another seven 22,000 square foot cultivation bays will be leased to selected licensed tenants, with all of Sunniva’s annual state license applications completed and submitted under state mandated deadlines.

“This is a very significant milestone for Sunniva’s operations in California. An important aspect of the licensing process has been completed and now our focus is on completing construction on time and entering into supply contracts with distribution partners, leading brands and creating Sunniva branded products for the California marketplace,” Holler said in a company update (http://ibn.fm/X1s94).

The economic impact of legalized cannabis continues to evolve, with New Frontier Data estimating the state-licensed cannabis market in the U.S. to be worth over $24 billion by 2025 (http://ibn.fm/i6yuw). Support for legalization of cannabis continues to rise, with 64 percent of respondents in a national survey voicing support, according to a Gallup poll (http://ibn.fm/vEFQa). While the full impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision is still being debated, Sunniva and its management team firmly believe the ruling ushers in good news for the future of state-legalized cannabis and related industries.

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

• New FDA restrictions on Big Tobacco take effect
• Tobacco manufacturers turning to ‘reduced-risk’ products
• No edible nicotine products currently available
• DehydraTECH improves bio-absorption of nicotine taken orally

Smoking may be a dying trend, but consumption of nicotine is not only very much alive; its longevity is assured by Big Tobacco’s foray into alternative tobacco and ‘reduced-risk’ products. Driven by increased public awareness and government policy, the pressure has been turned up on smokers to quit, and cigarette manufacturers are feeling the heat, as well. New regulations mandating warnings against the adverse health effects of smoking and the addictive power of nicotine have already gone into effect, and the FDA is mulling a plan that would require manufacturers to cut nicotine levels in cigarettes so that they are essentially non-addictive, a proposal that the tobacco industry fears will substantially curtail sales. It is responding by turning to lower-risk technologies that deliver nicotine without the deadly effects of traditional cigarettes, like that developed by Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (CSE: LXX) (OTCQX: LXRP). The company, recently uplisted to the OTCQX, has developed technology that allows nicotine to be absorbed without smoking.

The tobacco industry is disentangling itself from cigarettes and smoking, after fighting (and losing) a rearguard action that lasted for 18 years. In 1999, in order to recover funds spent on treating smoking-related health issues, the federal government sued tobacco companies. After hearings that lasted for seven years, a federal district court ordered the companies involved in the suit ‘to make “corrective statements” about addiction and the adverse health effects of smoking using television, newspapers, store displays and corporate websites’ (http://ibn.fm/kWFjs). The industry challenged the ruling, but now, after exhausting the appeals process, has been forced to start the anti-smoking campaign. It has, since 1971, been barred from advertising on TV and radio advertising.

Adding to the pressure are the plans under consideration by the FDA. The agency ‘recently finalized a rule that extends its regulatory authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, and hookah and pipe tobacco, as part of its goal to improve public health’ (http://ibn.fm/edJJQ). Previously, such products could be sold without any review of their health risks. The agency says that it is encouraging ‘manufacturers to explore product innovations that would maximize potential benefits and minimize risks.’ It has already approved a number of such products, including nicotine gum, nicotine skin patches, nicotine lozenges, nicotine oral inhaled products and nicotine nasal spray, as well as non-nicotine medications called varenicline and bupropion, reinforcing the consensus that it is smoking and not nicotine that is the problem.

This bodes well for Lexaria, which has developed and is already licensing technology, known as DehydraTECH™, that could allow nicotine to be ingested orally. This is an important development. The human GI system struggles to process nicotine in the forms in which it is presently offered, presenting one reason why there are currently no edible nicotine products available. However, DehydraTECH employs a patented, cost-effective delivery mechanism that improves the bio-absorption and bioavailability of ingestible substances, as well as their taste and smell. It does this by enabling delivery of lipophilic active agents present in such substances. As Big Tobacco casts about for ‘reduced-risk’ products, DehydraTECH may have a role to play.

Application of the technology extends beyond nicotine to non-psychoactive cannabinoids, vitamins and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and Lexaria has licensed the technology to a number of companies, including chocolate maker Nuka Enterprises; cannabis beverage manufacturer GP Holdings; and Biolog, which markets hemp-based, cannabidiol (CBD)-infused products and vitamins. Lexaria is expected to sign 6-12 more licensing agreements in 2018. These are typically six-figure contracts in the first year and potentially seven-figure contracts over the life of the deals. Licensing is a lucrative business model that typically yields 90-100 percent of revenues as profit. The tobacco industry generates about 20 times more revenue than the cannabis industry, and Lexaria’s strategy of disrupting nicotine delivery methods could reasonably be many-fold more impactful than its cannabinoid licensing business.

At present, Lexaria is the only company in the world that has been awarded a patent for the improved (oral or ingestible, including pills) delivery of all non-psychoactive cannabinoids. Patents have been awarded in the U.S. and Australia and are pending in 40 more countries. This puts the company in the unusually advantageous position of owning proprietary technology that can deliver a vast range of non-psychoactive cannabinoid-based drugs. Rather than being a competitor to clinical stage biotech companies, Lexaria is in effect an enabler and partner.

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

• Company acquires Legacy Direct to expand its training and marketing capabilities
• Legacy Direct provides entrepreneurs live, 24/7 global streaming capabilities
• Elevating the entrepreneur on a global scale

Sharing Services, Inc. (OTC: SHRV), a company that works to elevate home-based entrepreneurs through support of direct-selling programs, has announced an agreement with Legacy Direct LLC. The agreement gives SHRV complete management control beginning on June 1, 2018, and allows for the immediate expansion of products and services. This acquisition will allow the company to grow training and marketing capabilities and is a win-win for both SHRV and Legacy. “The ability to control the content, the customer dashboard and stream live 24/7 is unparalleled for a direct selling company,” SHRV Chairman Robert Oblon stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/D3o6n).

Legacy Direct was founded in 2015. It is a leading designer and manufacturer of the latest state-of-the-art home entertainment hardware and streaming platforms. Legacy’s unique system allows anyone to create their own channel and stream original content to audiences everywhere with a pay-per-view option. The company created the B-Vision Network following the FCC deregulation of the broadcasting industry. Its network allows entrepreneurs and artists to showcase their visions on global live TV.

Sharing Services, Inc. believes in elevating the personal businesses and goals of entrepreneurs through network marketing and direct selling. To emphasize this, the company has renamed its home-based partners Elepreneurs, a combination of the words ‘elevate’ and ‘entrepreneur’. The company owns, operates or controls an interest in a variety of direct-selling programs and services targeted at home-based Elepreneurs. The services range from health and wellness to energy, technology, insurance services, training, media, travel benefits and, now, the added benefits of the Legacy Direct platform.

This live streaming global access is one strategic step in expanding direct selling internationally. A recent joint venture with Hong Kong-based Health Wealth & Happiness Ltd. has allowed the company to expand the Elepreneur brand and sell products throughout Asia. Now, with 24/7 live streaming capabilities, SHRV is capable of reaching its full network with room for further expansion.

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

• An intelligent authentic platform centered on transparency and intellectual property
• WeedMD one of the first federally-licensed producers to integrate blockchain technology
• Provides a verifiable chain of evidence from genome-to-sale

BLOCKStrain Technology Corp. (TSX.V: SR.H), a full-service software company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has developed the first integrated blockchain platform that registers and tracks cannabis intellectual property (“IP”) from genome to sale. The company is dedicated to making the platform safe, comfortable and financially rewarding for breeders and growers of all sizes. The platform protects the intellectual property of producers in the cannabis industry while giving customers full transparency. By combining traditional cannabis culture with modern crypto-technology, the company delivers an intelligent authentic platform that’s powered by the people. It is establishing a single source of truth for cannabis strains and their ownership that is helping fuel technology and innovation for the cannabis industry as a whole.

On March 19, 2018, WeedMD Inc., a company focused on providing medical cannabis to the seniors’ markets in Canada, announced a strategic investment in BLOCKStrain. “WeedMD has amongst the most robust and expansive library of genetics in the industry. After conducting an extensive review of the blockchain technologies being proposed for and utilized in the cannabis sector, we believe that BLOCKStrain is best positioned to protect our intellectual property by further validating and securing our best-in-class genetics,” Derek Pedro, Design, Cultivation and Production Partner at WeedMD, stated in a news release. “Our strategic partnership with BLOCKStrain will position and benefit WeedMD as we obtain and develop new strains to expand our wholesale genetics business and for the benefit of our medical patients.”

With the use of BLOCKStrain, the grower can defend intellectual property rights with an authentic, verifiable chain of evidence embedded in the blockchain from genome-to-sale. Consumers and regulators can leverage the technology to identify where the product was grown and sold, as well as if it meets quality control standards. The platform verifies and tracks critical steps as the cannabis moves through the supply chain, including pesticide use, quality and potency testing, transportation data and additional regulatory information. Both growers and consumers can rest at ease knowing that the origination, care and delivery of the product is held to the highest standards.

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

• Company’s joint venture (JV) with Global Hemp Group, Inc. covers a 109-acre farm in Scio, Oregon, to support over 20,000 high-yielding CBD hemp clones being purchased to meet the early June targeted planting schedule
• Company’s hempSMART™ subsidiary focuses on consumer access to the highest quality hemp-derived CBD products
• Politicians are increasingly getting behind the hemp industry

Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (OTC: MCOA) offers investors the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in the legal cannabis and industrial hemp industries. The company’s goal is to create an umbrella under which it will place an array of portfolio companies within the industry.

The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, hempSMART™, is focused on offering consumer access to the highest quality hemp-derived product formulations and is committed to the development of cannabidiol (CBD)-based botanical supplements. Moreover, the company offers the opportunity to distribute its products as part of its affiliate network-marketing model.

Recently, Marijuana Company of America entered into a joint venture (JV) with Global Hemp Group, Inc. (CSE: GHG) (FRANKFURT: GHG) (OTC: GBHPF) of Vancouver, British Columbia. Global Hemp Group concentrates on acquiring and/or joint venturing with companies across all sectors of the industrial hemp industry. It does so to build a “soil-to-shelf” portfolio of complementary companies and JV partners. Marijuana Company of America signed the JV Agreement with Global Hemp Group to cultivate legal high-yielding CBD from industrial hemp at its newly acquired 109-acre farm in Scio, Oregon. The initial nursery and propagation rooms have been expanded to an additional attached greenhouse to produce clones for planting in the current season. The farm property is located in the fruitful Willamette Valley, located about 70 miles south of Portland, Oregon.

For the Scio, Oregon, farm, an additional 20,000 high-yielding CBD hemp clones are being purchased to meet the early June targeted planting schedule. The JV has bought five more greenhouses to increase greenhouse space by 12,096 sq. ft. Moreover, Marijuana Company of America and Global Hemp Group are looking into a field analytics software application to optimize farming operations via data collection and analysis.

In a news release, Donald Steinberg, Marijuana Company of America’s CEO, said, “Our evolving project in Scio, Oregon highlights the quality of the team in place as they continue to lean on their many years of experience cultivating hemp.  Activities such as these will help to secure the raw oil that we will need for our hempSMART brand of CBD infused products.”

Politicians are increasingly getting behind the revival of the hemp industry in the United States. For example, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell recently introduced a bill to legalize the cultivation of hemp for farmers throughout the country (http://ibn.fm/Gw57B). In addition, this bill has the support of Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). An additional companion bill has also been introduced in the House.

Forbes noted that “Hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) is projected to be a billion-dollar market in just three years, according to a new report by Brightfield Group” (http://ibn.fm/gVmuN).

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

• SpeedyGrow is a Wyoming company with licenses in Colorado to grow and process hemp
• SpeedyVeg is designed to accelerate plant growth in the cannabis industry
• REFG’s integrated Green financial processing system creates a cashless environment for the cannabis industry

Medical Cannabis Payment Solutions (OTC: REFG) has expanded its role in the cannabis market through its acquisitions of Colorado-licensed SpeedyGrow and organic soil accelerator SpeedyVeg, with its proprietary formula geared to maximize plant yield (http://ibn.fm/hDaUc).

SpeedyGrow is a Wyoming company with licenses to grow and process hemp in Colorado. SpeedyVeg is focused on the cannabis industry, with an organic nutrient designed to accelerate the growth of plants using a formula which it claims results in a 20 percent faster growth rate. It includes 70 natural trace nutrients aimed at benefiting plants during the growing process.

REFG’s Green is a comprehensive financial program for state-legalized cannabis markets. The company enables licensed dispensaries and retail merchants to sign up online for its end-to-end system that creates a cashless environment for both merchants and consumers (http://ibn.fm/Vk0ao). Signing up online is simple for merchants, with Green offering a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) compliant system for the entire cannabis industry. Green also provides cryptocurrency payment processing.

The acquisitions represent a doubling down for REFG in the cannabis market. In a news release, Jeremy Roberts, CEO of REFG, said, “We weren’t initially anticipating entering this space. But after careful consideration, the opportunity to expand our footprint in the state-sanctioned cannabis space was too good of an opportunity for our shareholders to pass up.”

He explained that the acquisitions also represent a new revenue stream for REFG’s investors. The company, however, is continuing to concentrate on its core of providing best-in-class payment processing and a comprehensive banking system, he added.

Patients and customers may sign up for Green online. Consumers are issued Green cards which may be branded to the vendor, creating customer loyalty and repeat sales. The customer or patient can then pay directly from a bank account without requiring cash. In addition, the company now offers bank accounts for state licensed medical marijuana establishments through its www.Take.Green website. “We believe we offer the nation’s only truly compliant payment and banking solution for state sanctioned marijuana,” Roberts noted, alluding to the comprehensive nature of the company’s offering.

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

• 5G networks coming to America in 2018
• Hammer Wireless AIR systems considered a pre-5G architecture
• Potential for deployment in out-of-range cellular areas

5G wireless technology is making its debut in America this year. Now that the standard has been more or less agreed upon, all of the major carriers have promised rollout of 5G services by the end of 2018. Hammer Fiber Optic Holdings Corp. d/b/a Hammer Communications (OTCQB: HMMR) plans to take part in that infrastructural upgrade. The company recently launched its Hammer Wireless® AIR point-to-multipoint system. This industry trend is consistent with Hammer’s capability as a mobile network service provider. The company offers commercial solutions, including its last mile broadband DOCSIS over wireless omni-point technology, over the top applications such as VoIP, text messaging and content offerings, as well as Smart City and IoT capability in select markets across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Its product offerings include residential triple play (TV, telephone and internet) services in Atlantic City and surrounding communities.

Fifth generation (5G) wireless technology is bringing us closer to a high-tech world by turning entire neighborhoods into networks that look remarkably like Local Area Networks (LANs). The typical LAN can be found in any U.S. household where a broadcast signal is transmitted from a single source to devices such as a smart TV, a smartphone, a laptop or a streaming player. However, present networks operate more like Wide Area Networks (WANs). They rely on huge, high towers with enough power to transmit encoded data through radio waves over long distances, but 5G systems will generally be networks of much smaller fiber optic cells, perhaps no larger than a home router, covering a block or two, broadcasting signals that customers can pick up with their modems. Employment of smaller cells should reduce infrastructural costs and expand network capacity, since the more cells there are, the more data the network can handle.

5G networks will use a type of encoding called OFDM, which is similar to the encoding that 4G LTE uses, although the air interface will be designed for much lower latency and greater flexibility than LTE. Air interface is a term that refers to the specification of the radio transmission between the transmitter and the receiver. An air interface, or access mode, is the communication link between the two stations in mobile or wireless communication. It will encompass both physical and data connections.

Hammer has already begun working and testing compliance with possible 5G configurations, including LTE compatible service over 500 MHz wide broadband channels to fixed LTE subscriber modems and LTE small cells utilizing millimeter-wave or Ka/Ku band spectrum. The company has developed its Hammer Wireless AIR point-to-multipoint wireless system, which it expects to increase customer choice (an FCC goal) and improve service in rural areas. Since the system is designed with 5G standards in mind, Hammer considers its AIR system a pre-5G architecture.

The AIR System employs a Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) architecture. It runs DOCSIS 3.0 (scalable to DOCSIS 3.1) and utilizes frequency division duplexing (FDD) for upstream and downstream, requiring two frequency bands for operation with 200 MHz spacing between upstream and downstream edge frequency. The system is deployed using a base station with sector antennas designed for 90-degree coverage, typically placed as high as possible (e.g., on a cell tower or atop a building) in a centralized location. Sectors can be placed next to each other, alternating polarization from horizontal to vertical to avoid interference with neighboring antennas to achieve up to a 360-degree coverage area. Currently, the AIR System requires line of sight to the customer’s premises, where a bi-directional transceiver is installed using a standard satellite dish, after which a transceiver is connected to a cable modem or gateway via coaxial cable.

On May 17, 2018, Hammer and 1stPoint Communications announced the launch of their Mobile Network Services Provider program. Using its patented AIR technology, Hammer can provide high-speed wireless triple play service using the DOCSIS and pre-5G standards to residential communities and small businesses. 1stPoint’s technology and operator licenses will allow services such as Smart City, Internet of Things and Mobile-to-Mobile (M2M) on the same network platform.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.HammerCorp.info

• Zenergy’s products and services can help reduce a client’s utility costs by up to 60 percent
• Through Zenergy’s Zero Cost Program, upgraded retrofit conservation and efficiency equipment is provided and installed at no out-of-pocket cost to the customer
• More than one million gallons of water have been conserved and more than 13 million pounds of CO2 emissions prevented through the Zero Cost Program

Money talks, and, for most businesses, the bottom line is the top consideration. One groundbreaking energy and technology company is appealing to the pocketbooks of businesses throughout the United States by helping them save substantially on their utility costs, and, as these companies save money, they are also positively impacting the environment.

The motto of Zenergy Brands, Inc. (OTC: ZNGY) is “Enriching businesses through responsible energy use and management,” and the company is accomplishing just that with its cutting-edge services and products. Operating in the smart energy, conservation and utility industries, Zenergy offers retail energy, energy conservation and efficiency-based products targeted at residential, industrial and municipal end-use customers.

One of Zenergy’s foundational specialties is reducing utility consumption, including electricity, natural gas and water. Through its smart controls and other conservation- and efficiency-based products, the company can help decrease utility consumption by as much as 60 percent for its clients, which is music to the ears of any business – whether or not they equally value the resulting environmental benefits.

Another attractive benefit that Zenergy offers in delivering these considerable utility savings is that the customer does not have to pay anything out of pocket to utilize Zenergy’s products, as the company provides the efficiency upgrades through its popular Zero Cost Program. This unique financing mechanism offers ‘Sustainability as a Service,’ giving businesses access to Zenergy’s top-of-the-line upgraded retrofit equipment, which includes smart controls, LED lighting solutions, efficient water systems, building automation, refrigeration optimization and much more, all with no upfront cost to the customer.

Zenergy delivers this unique value via a Managed Energy Services Agreement (“MESA”), through which the company finances the equipment and, in exchange, keeps a portion of the client’s resultant utility savings over the course of a repayment period. When the repayment period concludes, 100 percent of the cost and energy savings then belong to the customer.

Zenergy truly delivers a win-win through its Zero Cost Program, helping customers save money and also positively impact the environment. To date, Zenergy estimates that it has helped prevent more than 13 million pounds of CO2 emissions, conserve over one million gallons of water, prevent the use of more than six million pounds of coal and conserve more than 700,000 gallons of gas. For perspective, in terms of carbon successfully sequestered through this program, Zenergy estimates that it is equal to the carbon reduction that would result from about 161,269 tree seedlings being grown over a 10-year period.

Through its pioneering efforts and offerings, Zenergy is successfully helping reduce the carbon footprint and the demands on the energy grid and water supply in America, per the company’s mission. Simultaneously, the company is helping businesses use and manage energy more responsibly while increasing their enterprise value and enhancing their bottom lines. Zenergy continues building a portfolio of dedicated clients through its impactful Zero Cost Program.

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

• Independent evaluation calculates net present value of company’s reserves in Chaveroo and Milnesand fields in New Mexico
• Hunter Oil Corp. plans to commence development in the third quarter of 2018
• Results of the evaluation of company’s oil and gas reserves show that its holdings in these two fields in the Permian Basin are 40.3 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE)
• Company added 376 acres to its holdings in 2017, increasing its total position to more than 23,000 essentially contiguous acres in New Mexico

Hunter Oil Corp. (OTCQX: HOILF) (TSX.V: HOC) increased its position to 23,133 gross acres in the historic Chaveroo and Milnesand Fields in the Permian Basin of New Mexico in 2017, an independent evaluation reported (http://ibn.fm/UXAHr). Net present value of its reserves in these fields, discounted at 10 percent, is estimated at $829.7 million.

Hunter Oil plans to unlock the value in these resource-rich fields by leveraging existing infrastructure, increasing efficiency of operations and lowering operating costs (http://ibn.fm/dXZAA).

The company plans to commence development and drilling in these two fields in the third quarter of 2018 with a combination of horizontal wells. Hunter Oil noted that independent reservoir engineers have certified its fields as capable of producing 16.6 million barrels of oil equivalent with the development of 91 horizontal wells. An infill horizontal development is planned using the latest drilling and completion techniques.

Houston, Texas-based Hunter Oil owns and operates these two large and proven oil fields in New Mexico. Historically, they were first developed in the 1950s and 1960s with vertical well production technology — leaving significant recoverable reserves behind, according to the company. Together, these fields have recorded production of 40 million barrels, which represents less than 10 percent recovery of the oil in place.

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