NA Proactive news snapshot: GlobeX Data, Gold Resource, OTC Markets Group, Hill Street Beverage UPDATE ...

GlobeX Data Ltd (CSE:SWIS) (OTCMKTS:SWISF), a provider of cybersecurity platforms, announced Monday the signing of a new reseller in New Zealand, Fiji and the South Pacific Islands for its cybersecurity and secure communications, and data management cloud services. In a statement, the company said DigitalSafe, PrivaTalk, Custodia and Sekur — GlobeX's latest service geared for executives and high net-worth individuals and C level executives and government high ranking officials — will be launched in the second quarter of 2020. The company said it has signed a three-year exclusive agreement for Fiji and the Pacific Islands and a three-year non-exclusive agreement for New Zealand with Solace Data Management Group Limited (SDMG) to resell all its cybersecurity and secure communications and secure data management cloud services.  Gold Resource Corporation (NYSEAMERICAN:GORO) updated Monday its annual reserve estimates, increasing its consolidated proven and probable gold reserve grade by 20.1% and consolidated proven and probable gold reserve ounces by 1.1%. The gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and Nevada has returned $113 million back to its shareholders in consecutive monthly dividends since July 2010 and offers its shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver and take delivery.As of December 31, proven and probable reserves at the Nevada Mining Unit’s Isabella Pearl Mine totaled 2,247,400 tonnes grading 3.05 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, Gold Resource said in a statement. Proven and probable reserve gold ounces included in the reserve report increased year-over-year by 2.5% to 220,100 ounces, an increase of 5,300 gold ounces, while gold grade increased 33.8% to 3.05 g/t.   OTC Markets Group Inc(OTCQX:OTCM) announced plans to co-host an exclusive forum on Tuesday in Oslo, Norway to discuss the benefits for Norwegian companies of cross-trading on US capital markets. The “Accessing the US Capital Markets” forum is designed to bring together companies, industry experts and investors in the region to share best practices, address challenges and offer insight on OTC Markets Group’s solutions. The other co-host is Advokatfirmaet Raeder, a law firm with broad financial expertise in Oslo and the first OTCQX sponsor representing the Nordic region. Hill Street Beverage Company Inc (CVE:BEER) reported fiscal second-quarter results that showed 85% year-over-year growth in sales. For the three months ended December 31, the company posted $973,710 in revenue, up from $527,652 in the same period in 2018. Over the same period, Hill Street’s net loss narrowed 39% to $882,000 from $1.4 million. The Toronto company credited the growth in part to holiday sales of its Entertainer's Pack, a gift pack of three bottles of Vin(Zero) alcohol-free wines. Going forward, Hill Street has made the pack available year-round and expects it to appear on more retail shelves. Security Devices International Inc (CSE:SDZ) (OTCMKTS:SDEV) announced Monday that it will officially change its name to Byrna Technologies Inc. And effective at the start of trading on March 4, the company's shares will trade on both the CSE and OTCQB under the new name and the new stock symbol will be BYRN, according to a statement. The company's website will remain accessible at its current domains at https://byrna.com/ and https://securitydii.com/. The Wakefield, Massachusetts-based company develops the Byrna HD, a handgun-like device that dispenses chemical irritants. The small, lightweight 0.68 caliber device is equipped with a five-round magazine capable of accurately hitting a target at up to 60 feet — without causing serious injury. Its chemical payload is designed to burn an assailant’s eyes and respiratory system. Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC), a provider of liquid biopsy tests, has arranged a financing plan to raise about $9.2 million. The announcement Monday comes as the San Diego-based company advances the usage of its flagship Target Selector technology platform. Target Selector collects and analyzes molecular markers linked to tumors in circulating tumor cells, as well as plasma, to identify cancer mutations. The assays detect lung, breast, gastric, colorectal and prostate cancers as well as melanoma. Under the registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, Biocept has entered into a securities purchase agreement with several institutional investors for the issuance and sale of 23 million shares of its common stock at a price of $0.40 per share. The stock currently trades around $0.50 a share.  Canntab Therapeutics Limited (CSE:PILL) (OTCMKTS:CTABF) is getting ready to move into full-scale manufacturing of its cannabinoid pills after receiving its processing and sales license from Health Canada on Friday. The Toronto-based company manufactures and distributes a suite of hard pill CBD formulations in multiple doses and time-release combinations. Last week the firm received its research license from the Canadian regulator, allowing it to continue the research and development of its pharmaceutical-grade cannabis hard pill formulations at its Markham, Ontario facility.  BioCorRx Inc (OTCMKTS:BICX), which is developing treatments for addictions and related disorders, announced Monday two senior management promotions. Lourdes Felix has been named president with Tom Welch taking on the executive vice president post, effective immediately. Felix will retain her role as chief financial officer, a position she’s held since 2012, and membership on the board of directors. Previously, Welch served as vice president of operations starting in 2016. “We are pleased to recognize Lourdes’ and Tom's leadership and vital contributions to our organization as we position BioCorRx for future success,” said CEO Brady Granier. “We anticipate many catalysts coming up and these key leadership changes were made to accommodate the next phase of BioCorRx’s growth.” Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (CVE:GRG) (OTCMKTS:GARWF) revealed it is closer to identifying strong drill targets at its Flecha de Oro gold project in Argentina as it posted the latest positive exploration findings. The project comprises the Esperanza and Puzzle properties, where Golden Arrow is carrying out extensive mapping, sampling, and ground magnetic surveying. Follow-up trenching planned in the next three months. At Esperanza, sampling in January this year, showed four chip samples ranging from 0.15 metres (m) to 0.70 m which returned 18, 5.05, 4.12 and 4.10 grams per ton (g/t) gold, the firm said, while visible gold was seen in the vein sample, which threw up the assay of 18 g/t of the precious metal. Meanwhile, at Puzzle, a previously identified a 2.3-kilometre-long and more than 150-metre-wide magnetic low anomaly has been extended, via surveying, in both directions. Namaste Technologies Inc (CVE:N) (OTCMKTS:NXTTF) announced Monday that its subsidiary, CannMart Inc, has signed a licensing agreement to bring IGNITE International Brands Ltd products to its e-commerce site. The deal allows CannMart to use certain IGNITE brand trademarks on legal cannabis-based products in exchange for certain royalty payments. The company will collaborate with IGNITE's quality control and product development teams to source dried flower and other products from craft Canadian cannabis producers. Broadly speaking, CannMart will handle the sales and distribution of IGNITE Products in Canada, and IGNITE will tackle the marketing. Mota Ventures Corp (CSE:MOTA) (OTCMKTS:PEMTF) told investors Monday that it has opted not to go forward with its planned strategic merger with Stillcanna Inc, citing difficult market conditions. The letter, dated February 26, would have seen Mota acquire the outstanding share capital of the large-scale CBD oil extraction company to further its own operations in the European market. "After assessing the current market conditions and the sentiment of our shareholders, we have mutually decided with Stillcanna to terminate our letter of intent,” Mota CEO Ryan Hoggan said in a statement. Otso Gold Corp (CVE:OTSO) (OTCMKTS:FIEIF) said Monday that it has appointed Christopher Towsey as a non-executive independent director to the company’s board and also expects to deploy a mine manager, training safety officer and geologist to the site in Raahe in Finland in the next fortnight. In a statement, Otso, formerly Nordic Gold, said Towsey brings “significant” geological expertise to the board and will further the board’s commitment to “independence and transparency.” Towsey is currently managing director of a private geological consulting company. He was an independent director of Black Dragon Gold and until April 2016, a director of Citigold Corporation Limited Australia. He was also a director of Great Mines Ltd and the Queensland Resources Council, the top mining industry representative body in Queensland. CytoDyn Inc (OTCMKTS:CYDY) a late-stage biotechnology company, said that it is seeing continued positive data from its clinical trials evaluating its lead drug leronlimab (PRO 140) for the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) and metastatic breast cancer (MBC). CytoDyn CEO Nader Pourhassan, said the findings are “solidifying” the company’s belief in the four mechanism of actions for leronlimab in the treatment of cancer, as previously verified through preclinical animal studies and in published papers. “These MOAs indicate that leronlimab may potentially stop metastasis in many types of solid tumor cancers, trigger the body’s immune response system to destroy the cancer tumor and perhaps more,” said Dr Pourhassan. MegumaGold Corp (CSE:NSAU) (OTCMKTS:NSAUF) told investors it was "very pleased" with the ground geophysics work at its Touquoy West property in Nova Scotia. Some of the results "indicate the presence of disseminated sulphide mineralization similar in style" to the adjacent Touquoy gold mine deposit, a few kilometers to the east, along the Moose river anticline trend, the resource group said on Monday. The work has included a high resolution, combined ground magnetometer and VLF-EM survey completed late last year, and an induced polarization  survey completed in February 2020. Co-Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CODX) has made its COVID-19 (coronavirus) detection kits available to a swatch of certified laboratories following a Change in US Food and Drug Administration policy. The new policy allows labs that meet a set of standards known as the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to use coronavirus detection tests that have been developed and validated before the FDA has reviewed their Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) submission.  AgraFlora Organics International Inc (CSE:AGRA) (OCTMKTS:AGFAF) revealed it is to acquire a portfolio of elite live-plant cannabis genetics from an award-winning cultivator to disrupt the Canadian dried flower market. The deal has been struck by subsidiary Propagation Services Canada Inc (PSC), which is co-owned by AgraFlora and the Houwelings Group. The latter is one of North America’s leading greenhouse vegetable producers. PSC’s investment in elite Live-Plant Genetics is expected to generate a positive impact on the three key drivers of profitability for a cultivator: improved sales prices, greater per-plant yields and shorter flowering time, Vancouver-based AgraFlora said. Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc (CVE:TBRD) (OTCMKTS:THBRF) said its growing kids and family division contributed to a 21% growth in revenue during its fiscal second quarter. The Vancouver-based producer of titles like The Last Kids on Earth and Kim’s Convenience posted C$14.3 million in revenue during the three-month period ended December 31, up from C$11.6 million a year prior. CEO Jennifer Twiner McCarron said the company was making “steady progress” across its divisions throughout the quarter, which saw the producer deliver 32 half-hour episodes and 15 hour-long episodes of factual, scripted, and kids and family content. Gatling Exploration Inc (CVE:GTR) (OTCMKTS:GATGF) unveiled more positive news from its Larder gold project in Ontario where it has found two new gold trends from first drilling at the Kir Vit exploration prospect. Kir Vit is a recent addition to the Larder property and lies 6km north of the main trend that hosts Gatling's three deposits - Cheminis, Bear and Fernland. ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd (OTCMKTS:IPATF) (CVE:IPA), through its subsidiary, Talem Therapeutics, and New York-based EVQLV Inc announced a new collaboration aimed at accelerating the development of vaccine candidates against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In a statement, Victoria, British Columbia-based ImmunoPrecise said Monday that it has teamed up with EVQLV, an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on accelerating the discovery and optimization of antibody therapies, as the companies work together to augment and accelerate Talem's coronavirus discovery program. Media Central Corporation Inc (CSE:FLYY) closed its purchase of a leading Vancouver-based publication the Georgia Straight, it said Monday. The Toronto-based firm acquired The Straight’s owner, Vancouver Free Press Corp, which operates the 53-year old alternative media publication, in a cash-and-share deal worth C$1.25 million. With the addition of the Straight's dedicated 4.5 million monthly readers, Media Central now reaches the largest targeted audience of prized alternative urban media consumers across Canada. Energy Fuels Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) (CVE:EFR) has filed an updated technical report, including a preliminary feasibility study, for its Sheep Mountain uranium project in Wyoming. The Sheep Mountain project consists of the Congo pit, a proposed open-pit mine, and the reopening of the Sheep underground mine. The Congo pit is estimated to contain a total of 3,955,000 tons of probable mineral reserves with an average grade of 0.115% eU3O8, containing 9,117,000 pounds of uranium. The Sheep underground mine is estimated to contain 3,498,000 tons of probable mineral reserves, with an average grade of 0.132% eU3O8, containing 9,248,000 pounds of uranium. The updated PFS estimates that, based on an assumed uranium selling price of $60 per pound, the project will recover an average of about 1.4 million pounds of uranium per year over a 12-year mine life at an average operating cost of $36.80 per pound of recovered uranium. EuroLife Brands Inc (CSE:EURO) (OTCMKTS:EURPF) said Monday that its distribution partner Champignon Brands Inc is showcasing its line of teas at a Toronto boardgame café. Vitality Superteas are formulated with the goal of revolutionizing conventional organic tea through the infusion of a proprietary blend of artesian mushrooms with medicinal properties.The lines available for sampling at Toronto’s Spielhaus Boardgame Café include Nourish Force Supertea, Mighty Recharge Supertea and Brain Enhance Supertea. Mawson Resources Limited (TSX:MAW) (OTCMKTS:MWSNF) announced the filing of an amended technical report, entitled "Rajapalot Property Mineral Resource Estimate NI 43-101 Technical Report dated December 14, 2018, as amended on February 20, 2020. It said the amended report does not change the mineral resources outlined in the original report. The amended report is available for review on the company's website. ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. (NASDAQ:SOLO), a designer and manufacturer of electric vehicles, said its management will attend the 32nd Annual ROTH Conference in Dana Point, California, which is being held on March 15-17, 2020. At the event, ElectraMeccanica will also be showcasing its all-electric, single-seat SOLO EV, which is expected to begin commercial production in mid-2020 with the company’s strategic contract manufacturing partner, Zongshen Industrial Group. The company added that Bal Bhullar, its chief financial officer, will host one-on-one investor meetings throughout the conference and is scheduled to participate in the Electric Vehicle Panel at The Ritz Carlton (One Ritz-Carlton Drive, Dana Point, California 92629) on Tuesday, March 17 at 9:30am–10:30am Pacific time in the Green–Salon 3. BioLargo, Inc. (OTCMKTS:BLGO), developer of sustainable products and a full-service environmental engineering company, will be presenting at the third annual LD Micro Virtual Conference on Tuesday, March 3 at 10:40am PST/1:40pm EST. BioLargo president & CEO Dennis P. Calvert will be giving the presentation and answering questions from investors. Chris Lahiji, president of LD Micro. "While virtual events will never replace the experience of sitting in the same room as other humans, it is a great format for updating the investor community and getting increased exposure." RNC Minerals Corp (TSE:RNX) announced Monday that mining-industry veteran Barry Dahl has been appointed chief financial officer. "I am pleased to welcome Barry Dahl to the RNC team. Barry is a seasoned CFO in the mining sector, with over 30 years of accounting and finance experience,” said CEO Paul Andre Huet in a statement.  Information Services Corporation (TSX:ISV) said it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2019 on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 after the market close. The company also said it will hold an investor conference call on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 11:00 am ET to discuss the results. Participants may join the call by dialing toll-free 1-844-419-1765 or 1-216-562-0470 for calls outside North America. Simultaneously, an audio webcast of the conference call will also be available on the company’s website. Gold Resource Corporation (NYSEAMERICAN:GORO) said its CEO Jason Reid will host a conference call on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 11:00am Eastern Time to discuss the firm's year-end results and an update on current operations, and the company will also answer questions during a live Q&A period. The conference call will be recorded and posted to the company’s website in three to five business days from recording. NetCents Technology Inc. (CSE:NC) (OTCMKTS:NTTCF), a disruptive cryptocurrency payments technology solutions provider, has announced that, effective February 28, 2020, it has appointed Davidson & Company LLP to serve as auditor until the next annual general meeting of shareholders. Back on November 29, 2019, NetCents disclosed that its previous auditor, Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP had resigned, at its own initiative, effective on November 20, 2019. eWellness Healthcare Corporation (OTCMKTS:EWLLD), a provider of the state of the art PHZIO platform for the digital-physical therapy (PT) and telehealth physical markets has urged all contracted TPA’s insurers and self-insuring company clients to use its Telehealth Platform to treat all patients to significantly reduce the chance of exposure to coronavirus. Darwin Fogt, Ewellness's MPT and CEO stated, ”We are advising our partners that they should implement a Plan of Care option for the transference of patients from in-clinic treatment plans to virtual care treatment plans in the face of the Coronavirus continuing to spread globally. Our objective is to provide plan options for our partners that can be implemented into an emergency preparedness operating model. Specifically, to ensure the continuity of care, mitigate patient infection and the further spread of the virus.”