• Q3 revenue up 300 percent year-over-year, with an equally impressive 200 percent increase in net income
• Recent acquisition of Telnet Solutions Inc. brings new clients, capabilities and solutions to Spectrum Global portfolio
• Proven track record of selling and supporting Fortune 1,000 accounts and Tier 1, 2 and 3 carriers
• U.S. telecommunications industry expected to invest $157 billion in capital upgrades for new and existing networks by 2021
• 5G networks expected to roll out in 2019

Leading telecommunications engineering and infrastructure services provider Spectrum Global Solutions Inc. (OTCQB: SGSI) is targeting a massive market that analysts project will require an infusion of more than $150 billion in fiber infrastructure over the next five to seven years. As a full-service provider, Spectrum Global has the capability to upgrade, install and maintain next-generation telecommunication networks, including the highly anticipated deployment of a nationwide 5G network (http://ibn.fm/MceyM).

In an interview on The RedChip Money Report, a television program that delivers commentary on small-cap investing, financial book reviews and executive interviews, Spectrum Global President Keith Hayter emphasized the company’s abilities as a comprehensive, single-source services solutions provider.

“Telecommunications is going through a technology evolution and explosion that’s continuing through 2025, and we’re just at the beginning of that now,” Hayter said during the interview that aired January 16 on Bloomberg International (http://ibn.fm/QqYyL). “With this explosion in technology and the need to expand telecommunication network infrastructure, resources companies such as ours are in short demand, so that creates a need there that we can fulfill. We have the full service offering that allows us to plan, design, construct, install and maintain the networks. That’s a long-life cycle of services that we can provide.”

In its 2018 look at the telecommunications industry, Deloitte notes that there is a heavy investment demand related to the core fiber network to support anticipated growth in data services related to 5G. Carriers also have the ever-present obligation to continue to update legacy IT systems, particularly as they expand into new areas (http://ibn.fm/5O2j1). Deloitte projects a fourfold increase in mobile data traffic in the U.S. between 2016 and 2021, suggesting an investment of $130 billion to $150 billion could be required over the next several years to adequately support broadband competition, rural coverage and wireless densification (http://ibn.fm/6xYWX).

“The market opportunity is immense with over $1.5 trillion going to be spent on telecommunications,” Hayter told The RedChip Money Report. “For deployment services, which is where we primarily fit in and get our revenue streams, from $150 billion to $200 billion will be spent over the next couple of years. Again, once you extrapolate that through 2025, that’s an immense opportunity for us.”

5G wireless networks promise better performance for urban and rural customers, including increased data speed and responsiveness. A fully-functioning 5G network would be a game-changer in the way that higher education and other businesses use, manage and set up everything from Internet of Things devices to data-heavy applications, as an article in EdTech Magazine details (http://ibn.fm/9k9Ur).

Spectrum Global recently announced the acquisition of Telnet Solutions Inc. (“TNS”), a telecom services company that offers design, installation and maintenance of structured cabling system solutions to the enterprise market. Based in Des Plaines, Illinois, Telnet Solutions operates both nationally and abroad and has over 16 years of experience in the field. As of 2018, the company’s annual revenue was over $6 million, producing more than $1 million of adjusted EBITDA, according to a company news release (http://ibn.fm/OmVDT).

Spectrum Global is one of the few nationwide, full-service entities offering network engineering, construction, installation, maintenance and supportive professional services for metropolitan areas through its subsidiaries: AW Solutions, ADEX and Telnet Solutions. SGSI is professionally registered in every U.S. state but Alaska, as well as three U.S. island territories and six Canadian provinces, allowing it to respond to multi-location projects and the growing need for bundled services.

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

• Files Form S-1 Registration Statement to receive up to $10 million to fund expansion
• 2019 to see expansion of hempSMART brand into Europe and Asia
• MCOA to continue projects expanding role in hemp industry as a grower in the U.S. and Canada
• Aggressive pursuit of business plan includes recent upgrade to OTCQB Venture Marketplace
• U.S. hemp market projected to represent 32 percent of a $5.7 billion global hemp market in 2020

Now that U.S. federal prohibition on hemp farming has been lifted through the passage and signing of the 2018 Farm Bill, analysts are predicting that the nation’s hemp industry will swiftly establish itself as a global powerhouse in a market that is expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2020, according to Hemp Business Journal (http://ibn.fm/9Waky). This view of the future mirrors that of Marijuana Company of America Inc. (OTCQB: MCOA), an innovative hemp and cannabis corporation, as the company plans a bold expansion strategy that includes operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

“Our company will continue to be aggressive in executing our business plan and we believe this is a necessary step to help legitimize MCOA as one of the top fully reporting public cannabis companies involved in the hemp-derived CBD sector,” Marijuana Company of America CEO Donald Steinberg stated in an earlier news release announcing the company’s uplisting to the OTCQB Venture Marketplace (http://ibn.fm/KoTgc). “MCOA will continue to expand our operations in the U.S. as well as launch our hempSMART product line internationally in 2019.”

MCOA will look to support that vision as it raises $10 million in capital to fund planned projects and expansion plans that include moving into Europe and eventually Asia with its line of hemp-derived CBD (cannabidiol) products. Right before the end of 2018, MCOA announced its filing of Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an important step in its efforts to raise those funds, according to a company news release (http://ibn.fm/jMrN1).

MCOA’s registration statement included a prospectus for the resale of up to 500 million of its common shares, issuable to K&J Funds, LLC, a selling stockholder, pursuant to a “put right” under an investment agreement, dated December 20, 2018, that the company entered into with K&J. The agreement permits MCOA to “put” up to $10 million in shares of its common stock to K&J over up to a 36-month period or until $10 million of such shares have been “put.”

“We are extremely excited to have K&J as our financial partner for MCOA,” Steinberg stated in the news release. “They understand the history of the Company, our clear vision for the future and the enormous market within our reach, as reflected by this substantial commitment. This funding will give us the capital needed to expand our hempSMART brand into Europe and Asia in 2019 and prepare for our continued expansion into the hemp industry as a grower and processor in California and other areas.”

MCOA’s business model is constructed around the development of industrial hemp-based CBD products, which are poised to capture market share as the hemp industry takes advantage of its newly minted legal status in the U.S. Under the MCOA umbrella, wholly owned subsidiary hempSMART offers several full-spectrum CBD products designed to revolutionize and support a healthy lifestyle (http://ibn.fm/SCSVX).

“MCOA and our subsidiaries are anxious to take full advantage of opportunities that passage of the Farm Bill provides to the Company,” Steinberg stated in a news release following the Farm Bill’s passage (http://ibn.fm/D4njr). “2019 will be a year of international expansion for our hempSMART product line. We believe the new Farm Bill may also establish a precedence for other countries worldwide to adopt similar laws, which will allow us the opportunity to expand more internationally.”

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

• Experienced management has been involved in over 10 drug approvals
• Developing Bria-OTS, the first off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy targeting advanced breast cancer
• Impressive results in two proof-of-concept clinical trials revealed rapid response rate, repeated following re-treatment, and excellent safety profile for Bria-IMT, BriaCell’s lead clinical candidate
• Unmet medical needs of advanced breast cancer estimated between $1 billion and $5 billion, depending on treatment stage
• Developing Bria-OTS along with BriaDX, a companion diagnostic test, offering the ability to match and treat over 99 percent of the patient population with off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy

BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. (OTCQB: BCTXF) (TSX.V: BCT), an immuno-oncology focused biotechnology company, is tackling problems in the cancer immunotherapy space with solutions that focus on off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy treatments that are expected to be highly effective and safe. BriaCell has been developing Bria-OTS, an off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. The World Cancer Research Fund of the American Institute for Cancer Research states that breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the second most common cancer overall, with over two million new cases reported in 2018 (http://ibn.fm/gQDhw).

Initial data from a combination study of Bria-IMT and KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab/Merck) has demonstrated an excellent safety profile, as the company announced at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (http://ibn.fm/DpIu2). Confirmation of Bria-IMT’s mechanism of action and positive proof-of-concept data for use as a monotherapy for the treatment of advanced breast cancer – demonstrated in an FDA-approved clinical trial – was also shared at the conference.

“I am very excited about our data continuing to show robust biological activity of Bria-IMT in advanced breast cancer,” Bill Williams, BriaCell’s president and CEO, stated in a news release (http://ibn.fm/00HHd). “These findings also reinforce our product development strategy for Bria-OTS, BriaCell’s novel off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy, by showing predictability of the anti-tumor responses in patients using a relatively simple and inexpensive HLA test.”

“Based on the data of three proof of concept studies to-date, Bria-IMT has shown the ability to produce powerful immune responses and elicit tumor regression even in heavily pre-treated patients with very advanced disease,” Williams continued.

“We are highly confident of our strategy to use Bria-IMT in combination with KEYTRUDA, an approved treatment for multiple cancer indications and expect synergistic activity of this combination in patients with advanced breast cancer,” Williams added. “We look forward to additional clinical data and expect to share details at the Keystone meeting and other upcoming scientific meetings.”

Fighting cancer is costly, as patients and their caregivers know all too well. Cancer has a major impact on multiple levels, costing more than $180 billion per year in health care expenses and lost productivity, according to the American Cancer Society (http://ibn.fm/f4H2N).

BriaCell’s development of Bria-OTS, a personalized immunotherapy solution that matches the needs of the patient without a specialized manufacturing process, is designed to mitigate some of those worries. This personalized treatment is expected to be safe and highly effective while avoiding the high costs of creating personalized treatments for advanced cancer patients. In addition, Bria-OTS is created to produce a selective immune response that’s tailored to the specific needs of the cancer patient. Bria-OTS is expected to cover over 99 percent of the patient population, according to the company’s research data (http://ibn.fm/656Gq).

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

• The Green Organic Dutchman recently announced the launch of a new website aimed at addressing the needs of various types of customers, as well as investors
• The website will enable potential clients to sign up for early access to the company’s premium organic cannabis in January 2019
• TGOD’s website launch is another step toward ensuring accessibility and convenient service following a partnership with HelloMD to facilitate online sales and personalized customer service

Mid-December 2018, cannabis-focused research and development company The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSX: TGOD) (OTCQX: TGODF) announced the launch of a new informative website aimed at addressing the needs of both medical patients and recreational consumers.

The company said that the new online platform is built to deliver the best digital experience in the industry. At www.TGOD.ca, visitors will find an array of practical features. The website offers a brand new sales experience and a focus on high quality, industry-relevant content. Additionally, it includes dedicated patient portals, a redesigned investor section, a consumer education center and updated media portals.

All of the digital developments are based on over 3,000 patient interviews, multiple surveys, questionnaires and extensive preliminary planning, The Green Organic Dutchman announced in an official release (http://ibn.fm/79Tdp).

“A website is the first point of contact for most consumers,” TGOD Marketing Vice President Andrew Pollock said in the release. “Those consumers have many choices with respect to their cannabis brands, and it is critical that TGOD provide them with the ultimate experience. With respect to navigation, content, and shopability, we believe we have the absolute best website in the cannabis industry today.”

The new website also highlights the beginning of organic cannabis sales in 2019. A selection of 200 medical patients will be provided with first access to purchase the company’s premium organic cannabis in late January 2019. Anyone else who is interested can register on the website for announcements and future cannabis sales in the spring of 2019.

Investors can also register using the form available at www.TGOD.ca/pages/Investors-Information for the purpose of receiving regular The Green Organic Dutchman updates. The company is working to enhance its communications strategy through the provision of research coverage, progress reports, weekly video updates, information about international market developments and corporate structure/managerial updates.

The launch of the new website is just the latest TGOD project aimed at streamlining the medical cannabis experience in the digital age.

On December 13, the company announced a partnership with HelloMD, a company that provides solutions for patients looking for online medical cannabis access in Canada (http://ibn.fm/AomCb).

Once the sale of premium organic cannabis begins, The Green Organic Dutchman is expected to ensure integration with HelloMD’s online clinic services. The white-label patient service platform will provide patients interested in medical cannabis with practitioner-led advice and education about the benefits and uses of medical cannabis.

“Making Life Better” is the tagline under which The Green Organic Dutchman operates, and it demonstrates the commitment to addressing the needs of every single consumer, according to Pollock.

Through the launch of the new website and the partnership with HelloMD, The Green Organic Dutchman hopes to ensure easy access to premium organic cannabis and a much more effective and personalized client onboarding process.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.TGOD.ca

• Plus Products is a top cannabis-infused edibles producer focused on edibles that are both compliant and dosable while offering unsurpassed taste and texture
• The company produces its edibles through the organized efforts of experts in a variety of fields
• Plus Products continues to introduce a range of popular limited edition products

Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS) is a leading branded products manufacturer. The company’s focus is on making cannabis-infused edibles that are better than the competition, in addition to being compliant, dosable and delicious. All of its products are produced in its dedicated food-safe cannabis manufacturing facility in southern California. Plus products are exclusively available in California and are for the regulated medicinal and adult-use recreational markets. Plus was one of the first brands to bring fully compliant products to the legal market.

Plus Products is building a food manufacturing facility, enabling $150 million in annual production. There is the potential to expand to $450 million in annual production with a phase 3 build-out, according to the firm’s investor presentation (http://ibn.fm/0hnUK). The company is positioning itself to take advantage of the blossoming cannabis edibles market. Analytical Cannabis (http://ibn.fm/BhQnU) noted in its recent article, ‘Cannabis Trends to Expect in 2019’, that, “Thanks to increasing social acceptance and new safety regulations that match those expected of food products, cannabis is finally graduating from brownies and entering the edibles market.” The article states that CBD and THC are shaping up to be 2019’s staple ingredients.

Plus Products makes its edibles from scratch. The company uses only carefully sourced, high-quality extracts and kosher ingredients. The production of its edibles relies on the collaboration of experts in diverse fields. Its production team consists of Michelin-star chefs, Ivy League chemists, food manufacturing experts, engineers, machinists, visionaries, creatives and strategists.

Plus Products is one of the leading edibles brands in California. In Q3 2018, Plus Products was ranked the number one edibles brand in the state (http://ibn.fm/ktjpm). The opportunity for further growth is in place, because, in 2019, California is forecast to grow to $5 billion in legal sales (http://ibn.fm/kNiIT). In a news release, Plus Products Chief Executive Officer Jake Heimark, said, “We are grateful to the California consumers who have made PLUS the leading cannabis product in California, the largest and most competitive cannabis market in the world.”

Recently, Plus Products completed the acquisition of all of the assets of California-based cannabis-infused baked goods brand GOOD Co-Op, Inc. GOOD is a cannabis-focused food brand that creates high quality, low-dose products for mass-market consumers (http://ibn.fm/IK1ud). This acquisition represents a strategic entry for Plus Products into the third largest edibles category – baked goods.

Furthermore, Plus continues to launch limited edition products. It recently introduced the fourth limited edition of its market-leading infused gummies – Pink Lemonade. This product is available at select dispensaries in California for a limited time, with a portion of the proceeds from the launch being donated to the National Parks Foundation. Plus Pink Lemonade flavored gummies are dosed with 3.5mg THC and 1.5mg CBD.

With more than 40 years’ experience in food manufacturing, the Plus Products team continues to innovate in the cannabis-infused edibles space. The company aims to foster growth by using the knowledge garnered from scaling in California to enter new markets with proven products and brands.

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

• Sub-Saharan Africa is last unexplored hydrocarbon frontier
• Region comprises an area larger than India, China and the U.S. combined
• Aziza owns $100 million stake in Namibian hydrocarbon project

Pioneering outfit Aziza Project LLC is boldly going where few have gone before by investing in oil and gas businesses operating in sub-Saharan Africa, a vast underdeveloped sector of the hydrocarbon cosmos. At stake are claims in Namibia valued at $100 million. Its investment approach is also crossing frontiers, as Aziza is hosting a tokenized investment fund. It plans to raise $60 million in capital through the sale of Aziza Coins, an asset-backed security token compliant with the Ethereum blockchain ERC20 standard.

Sub-Saharan Africa is the last unexplored frontier in the hydrocarbon world. It is a region of promise, if for no other reason than its size. In total, the area covers roughly 27 million square kilometers, or 10 million square miles (http://ibn.fm/LUBBg), and it includes those African countries south of the Sahara. This is a landmass larger than the U.S. (3.8 million square miles), China (3.7 million sq. mi.) and India (1.3 million sq. mi.) put together. Despite its immensity, political and military turmoil have kept investment in the region by oil and gas explorers down to a minimum. Sub-Saharan Africa’s oil production is a mere seven percent of world output, and even the region’s top producers are minor players on the global stage. Nigeria accounts for around three percent of global oil output, while Angola produces about 2.5 percent. The rest of Sub-Saharan oil production comes from around a dozen or so countries, including South Africa, which contribute less than two percent of global supply.

Natural gas from sub-Saharan Africa is even less of a factor in global supply. In 2014, the region accounted for a mere 3.19 percent of global output, most of which (2.74 percent) came from Nigeria. However, large finds like the 160 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas discovered in the Rovuma Offshore Basin of Mozambique over the past decade signal that, in natural gas at least, there is more to the region than meets the eye.

The Aziza Project is venturing into this vast uncharted territory. It owns one-fifth of Africa New Energies (“ANE”), which has concessions from the government of Namibia to explore for hydrocarbons offshore. To commence its drilling program, the Aziza Project is out to raise funds through the sale of Aziza Coins. The tokens represent an indirect fractional ownership interest in the Aziza Project, meriting, perhaps, the term “digital shares.” Aziza Coin holders, in effect, will own part of the Aziza Project and will become economic beneficiaries, able to share in any of the profits made by the organization.

ANE was founded in November 2012 to take up an offer from the Namibian government to search for natural gas and other hydrocarbons. The company initiated an exploration program that utilized a variety of innovative, non-industry standard exploration techniques. ANE developed an algorithm that analyzed multiple layers of data gathered from satellite, light aircraft and ground surveys, for example. The techniques and data have since been back-tested on thousands of proven wells around the world, with promising results. The company believes that the back-testing and integration of several layers of data has substantially improved the probability of drilling success while reducing costs to around 10 percent of industry standard methods. Search costs have also been reduced by enlisting the help of local communities, who report natural spillages of petroleum.

This approach has yielded 32 potential oil and gas fields, with potentially billions of barrels of oil equivalent (BOE). As a result, ANE has applied for (and been awarded) further concessions on some of the most advantageous terms that industry experts have seen in 40 years. Based on a recent unsolicited offer, interest in the ANE claims are valued at $100 million.

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

• TransCanna Holdings, through affiliate TCM Distribution Inc. (“TCMD”), has secured local licenses in Adelanto, California, and recently received a California temporary distribution license
• The company closed an IPO funding share sale on January 8 to bring in aggregate gross proceeds of C$2.2 million
• TransCanna’s affiliate, TCMD, is leasing a small permitted facility and negotiating with its landlord to lease a new 20,000 sq. ft. facility when construction is completed
• TransCanna received approval to commence trading on the Frankfurt Exchange using ticker symbol ‘TH8’

TransCanna Holdings Inc. (CSE: TCAN) recently completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 4.4 million units at a price of C$0.50 per unit, for total gross proceeds of C$2.2 million. The funds are expected to help finance the company’s entry into California’s cannabis transportation and branding market.

Each unit sold in the IPO consisted of one common share of the company and one share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of C$1.00 per warrant share for a period ending one year from the date of issuance. The company may accelerate the expiration date of the warrants if the daily volume-weighted average share price of the its common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (or such other exchange on which the company’s common shares are then trading) is equal to or greater than C$1.50 for 10 consecutive trading days, according to a news release about the completion of the IPO (http://ibn.fm/Rtt2t). The funds will be used to fund the company’s general working capital for the next 12 months according to a prospectus filed on SEDAR in December (http://ibn.fm/o8JBt).

On January 18, the company was approved to commence trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under ticker symbol ‘TH8’.

The British Columbia, Canada-based company was incorporated in October 2017 and expects its principal business to be the provision of branding, transportation, distribution, logistics and fulfillment services to the medical and adult-use cannabis industry in California — an emerging market space that it intends to manage through wholly owned California subsidiaries GF Group Inc. (“GF”) and TransCanna Management Inc. (“TCMI”). TCMI manages TCMD, an affiliate of the company.

California is among nine states and the District of Columbia that have legalized recreational marijuana use in the United States, creating the potential for TransCanna’s expansion beyond California at some future point. For now, however, the company is focused on creating and growing its enterprise in California.

Transporting cannabis products in California remains challenging in the months following full legalization because of a patchwork variety of local and state regulations. Companies regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation are barred from transporting the material, because cannabis sales remain illegal under federal law.

“Cannabis distribution and transportation is a relatively new sector of the overall cannabis industry in California, as a result of the state of California regulating all cannabis related activities effective January 1, 2018,” the prospectus reads. “There are various types of licenses issued by the state of California in the cannabis industry, of which TCMD is applying for a cannabis distributor and transportation license. Currently there is a limited pool of distribution and transportation companies operating in this area.”

TCMD has already entered into three exclusive distribution agreements with licensed operators on the condition that the company gets all the necessary distribution and transportation licenses and California state permits.

Owing to the potential appeal of transportation operations to criminal elements, TCMD is preparing to undertake security measures for its transports, including the establishment of full-time monitoring of its facilities under contract with an independent security firm, GPS tracking of vehicles and state-of-the-art communications and video equipment to facilitate the alerting of authorities if any such problems arise. Personnel will also be screened using an extensive vetting process, according to the company prospectus.

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

• Piedmont Lithium is developing spodumene and lithium hydroxide facilities in North Carolina
• The company’s Piedmont Lithium Project is within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene belt
• The lithium market continues to experience considerable growth

Piedmont Lithium Ltd. (NASDAQ: PLL) is focusing on becoming a strategic domestic supplier of lithium to the growing U.S. electric vehicle and battery storage markets. With its 100 percent-owned Piedmont Lithium Project, the company is developing spodumene and lithium hydroxide facilities in North Carolina. A specialty chemical company, Piedmont Lithium is headquartered in New York City.

The lithium market is poised for significant growth. Energy and Capital notes in its ‘Special Report: Lithium Investment Outlook 2019’ (http://ibn.fm/0rB7j) that, “…even though the EV business has grown significantly over the past several years, the market is just now prepared to really take off. Global electric vehicle production is expected to increase by more than 30x in the next 15 years alone! And as a result, lithium demand is expected to follow.”

Piedmont Lithium is positioned to leverage this demand and provide investors the opportunity to earn potential significant return on investment (ROI) from this trend. Its Piedmont Lithium Project is within the world-class Carolina Tin-Spodumene belt and along trend to the Hallman Beam and Kings Mountain mines. The company’s North Carolina facilities will provide a low capex/low opex, high IRR/NPV sustainable U.S.-based source of the fastest-growing lithium-battery-critical mineral.

Piedmont Lithium’s emphasis is on fast tracking the Piedmont Lithium Project toward production as a fully-integrated domestic source of lithium. A first mover in restarting exploration in an historic lithium producing region, the company recently announced that it boosted its exploration land position, bringing it to a total of 1,383 acres.

In a news release, Piedmont Lithium President and Chief Executive Officer Keith Phillips, said, “We continue to pursue our strategy of adding to our dominant land position in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt (TSB). We have found high-grade mineralization in over 90 percent of the holes we’ve drilled on the TSB, and our expectation is that the larger our land position the larger our ultimate resource and mine life will be.”

The Piedmont Lithium Project lies in the Inner Piedmont belt next to the Kings Mountain shear zone. The company may potentially begin mining at the site in early 2020 (http://ibn.fm/zszlI). Piedmont’s aim is to restore the Kings Mountain region to its prominence in lithium mining.

Piedmont Lithium has established the presence of four major, high grade lithium corridors on the project. It accomplished this with the completion of a Phase 1 drill program, together with the historical drill program and exploration campaigns (http://ibn.fm/tqrFX). Howard Klein, a strategic adviser for the company, noted that the proposed mines and lithium processing plant in the area would bring some of the least costly lithium to the market as early as 2023.

With a leadership team boasting a track record of successful mining ventures, Piedmont Lithium is on course for sustained growth. The company is actively and assertively adding further options to expand its presence in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene region. The future is now for Piedmont’s strategic initiatives as the company works to become the leading domestic supplier of lithium.

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

• The company secured the number one market position in the California edibles market, becoming the state’s most successful seller of cannabis-infused edibles
• Plus Products acquired cannabis-infused baked goods brand GOOD CO-OP, merging like-minded attitudes about product quality and ingredient authenticity
• The company oversees over 16,000 square feet of manufacturing space in order to meet the demand for its products

Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS), the leading cannabis edibles brand in California, increased its edibles market position from number four in Q2 of 2018 to number one in Q3, according to data released from BDS Analytics. This marks (http://ibn.fm/y3u33) the company as the number one best-selling cannabis-infused edibles brand in California, “the largest and most competitive cannabis market in the world.”

Cannabis-infused food and drink has been a growing sector of the marijuana industry, particularly in California, as legalization legislation has moved slowly through both the country and the world. In 2017, consumers in the Golden State purchased $180 million worth of cannabis-infused food and drink (10 percent of the state’s total marijuana sales). That percentage grew to 18 percent in February 2018, and, with the increasing quality and innovation seen with baked good edibles, that figure is likely to rise in 2019.

One strategic element of Plus’s rise to the top of the industry relates to its acquisition of cannabis-infused baked goods brand GOOD CO-OP, a smaller company which has been featured in Fortune and Vice magazines, among others. GOOD CO-OP (www.GOOD-COOP.com) pledges transparency in its ingredients list, using whole grain organic flour, 72 percent cacao chocolate, and “cannabutter… straight from Humboldt County.”

The Plus team saw in GOOD CO-OP the same guiding principles that helped it attain the top market position: an intense focus on quality product that would win over customer loyalty and enlarge its growing client base. In a news release, Jake Heimark, co-founder and CEO of Plus, noted (http://ibn.fm/3pjcf), “We have focused on manufacturing consistent, high quality edibles that resonate with customers… [t]he GOOD team has been focused on the same.” Plus itself offers over 40 years of experience in food manufacturing and makes all of its edible products from scratch, using carefully sourced, high-quality, kosher ingredients. Its team includes Michelin-star chefs, Ivy League chemists and food manufacturing experts, among others.

As the largest and most prominent edibles brand in California, the company has been focused on taking the lead in the largest edibles category – gummies. In this vein, Plus maintains a 12,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Southern California, and it has also secured an extra 4,800 square feet of manufacturing space and equipment in Northern California, maximizing its market penetration potential.

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

• China has a centuries-old tradition of promoting herbs and other earthy, natural health remedies
• The village of Bama in China’s southern region has gained renown for the percentage of centenarians amid its population, and as the source of hemp rice wine
• ChineseInvestors.com recently announced the launch of a branded Hemp Wine product by its cannabis industry subsidiary, CBD Biotech
• The Hemp Wine launch in collaboration with tourism-friendly Bama’s Institute of Longevity of the Elderly is taking place amid preparations for Chinese New Year festivals

Chinese-language investment news outlet ChineseInvestors.com Inc. (OTCQB: CIIX) is launching its first self-branded rice wine alcohol product, Hemp Wine, under the auspices of its wholly owned cannabis industry subsidiary, CBD Biotechnology Co. Ltd., less than a month before the advent of Chinese New Year, which will mark the commencement of the “Year of the Pig.” In Chinese culture, pigs (http://ibn.fm/gWUJE) are the symbol of wealth, and the elemental cycle of Earth that will occur with the new year portends a season of “social butterflies with friends from all walks of life” who “have fortunate lives and can find happiness” – certainly a cause for celebration.

“This launch coincides with the upcoming Chinese New Year, a holiday surrounded by celebrations and gifting, setting the stage for the Hemp Wine gift sets to be a huge success,” CBD Biotech CEO Summer Yun stated in a January 16 news release announcing the new product (http://ibn.fm/F4n26).

CIIX’s subsidiary is drawing on centuries of Chinese herbal health heritage in collaborating with The Institute of Longevity of the Elderly in Bama, a village in the south China autonomous region of Guangxi, for the official product launch. Hemp rice wine originated in Bama historically, and Yun stated that Bama is often referred to as the “longevity capital of China” and is “one of the world’s five longevity towns” in terms of the percentage of centenarians among its population, which has made the village an attraction for health-conscious tourists (http://ibn.fm/RWExv).

CBD Biotech will begin offering Hemp Wine gift sets offline immediately, with an official online sales launch to follow in the near future, according to the news release. Hemp Wine joins the company’s leading alcoholic product — a baijiu grain liquor called Wuliangye Nafu.

“Over the past year, CBD Biotech has put many drivers in place for future growth,” CBD Biotech CFO Alex Hamilton stated in a news release. “We are excited about the progress that CBD Biotech has made in China with our hemp product offerings, beginning with our industrial hemp-infused CBD skincare line, and now including our newly launched hemp rice wine beverage.”

ChineseInvestors.com continues to move closer to spinning off the growing company to create an independent cannabis industry channel – a move that’s aimed at allowing CIIX to refocus its attention on its core financial services and media business.

ChineseInvestors.com is a financial information online service for Chinese-speaking investors throughout the United States, Canada and China, and the development of new product lines such as Hemp Wine constitute a small part of a much larger, globally-focused business plan. The company generates real-time market commentary, analysis and education-related services in both traditional and simplified Chinese language character sets, and it provides advertising and public relations-related support services for its clients.

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