NA Proactive news snapshot: Revive Therapeutics, Newgioco Group, KULR Technology, Phunware, Killi UPDATE …

Revive Therapeutics Ltd (CSE:RVV) (OTCMKTS:RVVTF) announced a key step forward ahead of its Phase 3 clinical trial of Bucillamine, a potential coronavirus treatment for patients with mild-to-moderate forms of COVID-19. The firm said Wednesday it had submitted the trial protocol for independent review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval. Phase 3 of the global study will look at up to 1,000 patients that will be randomized 1:1:1 to receive 100 milligrams (mg) of Bucillamine, 200 mg or a placebo three times a day for up to 14 days, in order to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the drug. Newgioco Group Inc (NASDAQ:NWGI), a global sports betting and gaming technology company, told shareholders on Wednesday that it had completed a $10 million financing, eliminated debt and was expanding its footprint in the US. The Toronto-based company which operates in 12 countries, with licensed online and land-based gaming operations in Italy, said that it successfully closed on a $10 million offering on August 17. The company used the proceeds to repay a total of $1,495,395 which includes principal and accrued interest. The company now has around $484,795 to repay which it expects to clear by September 28. The company said it currently has a “strong balance” with net cash and cash equivalents of $10 million and “no significant debt remaining.” KULR Technology Group Inc (OTCQB:KULR) announced Wednesday that NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has awarded the company a contract to build 3D-printed battery systems for manned and robotic space applications. The company’s passive propagation resistant (PPR) and internal short circuit (ISC) technologies will be used to develop battery systems — while in space — that meet the safety standard created by NASA for crewed space missions. Phunware Inc (NASDAQ:PHUN), a fully integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile, announced Wednesday that it has upwardly revised the financial guidance previously provided for its Application Transactions business. In a statement, the company said it now projects that its non-recurring media transaction revenues will increase by more than 60% quarter-over-quarter, with strong growth specific to new media sales wins on mobile. Phunware said the majority of its Application Transactions business growth in the current quarter has largely been attributable to the travel industry, where the company has seen a 90% increase in campaign wins as more markets and geographies begin reopening from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shutdowns within the hospitality and real estate sectors.  Killi Ltd (CVE:MYID) (OTC:MYIDF) announced Wednesday that its Fair-Trade Data audiences are now available in the LiveRamp data store and can be delivered to any preferred data management or social platform. When a company purchases a Killi Fair-Trade Data segment for a particular demographic, 50% of the proceeds are distributed to those consumers via their Killi accounts. The LiveRamp data store is a marketplace where companies can buy data that is grouped and sorted by a variety of demographics. LeanLife Health Inc (CSE:LLP) said on Wednesday that it has initiated a product analysis with regulatory authorities ahead of launching boxing giant Mike Tyson’s Iron Energy drink in the US and Canada. Vancouver-based LeanLife Health, which is developing Omega-3 products as oil, powder or emulsion to be used as food additives, noted that “compliant packaging is vital for obtaining market access” for the classic energy drink. Digital platform and viral app, Triller earlier announced that Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.'s highly anticipated boxing return is set for November 28 with new additions to the robust fight card. "It is now our priority to fast track the market entry of the Iron Energy Drink in the US as Mike Tyson's fight is November 28, 2020. We cannot think of a better platform to promote both the Iron Energy brand and LeanLife Flax Oil," LeanLife Health CEO Stan Lis said in a statement. Fireweed Zinc Ltd (CVE:FWZ) (OTCMKTS:FWEDF) has appointed capital markets advisor Marcus Chalk to its board of directors as it continues to advance its giant Macmillan Pass zinc project in Yukon. Chalk has more than 25 years' experience as a capital markets advisor in the global metals and mining industry, the explorer noted. Before founding GenCap Mining Advisory in May 2020, he led the Vancouver mining investment banking team at Scotiabank for 14 years. Prior to that, he was at Macquarie North America (Toronto and Vancouver) and CIBC Wood Gundy (Toronto, Sydney and Vancouver). Q BioMed Inc (OTCQB:QBIO) announced Wednesday that a GMP production contract has been initiated for MAN-19, a clinical-grade therapeutic intended to treat complications caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Phase 1 clinical trial, which will be conducted with technology partner Mannin Research, is slated to begin patient enrollment in February 2021. Q BioMed said the accelerated development of this novel virus-agnostic and host-directed therapeutic is being supported in part by funding from the Canadian and German governments under various research and development incentives and COVID-19 response initiatives.  Nomad Royalty Company Ltd (TSE:NSR) (OTCQX:NSRXF), which began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in May, has notched up another milestone as it outlined its dividend policy on Wednesday and declared a first quarterly payment. A quarterly dividend of C$0.005 per share will be payable on October 15 this year to Nomad shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 30. The board has adopted an annual dividend policy of C$0.02 per share, to be paid quarterly. "The implementation of our dividend policy marks an important milestone for Nomad. As part of its long-term strategy, Nomad is firmly committed to returning capital to shareholders through a regular dividend in order to generate lasting, reliable and consistent returns for its shareholders," the gold and silver royalty firm said in a statement. CytoDyn Inc (OTCQB:CYDY) announced Tuesday that it has enrolled the requisite 195 patients in its Phase 3 trial of leronlimab in severe-to-critical coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. Now that the patient threshold has been reached, the company will provide its first analysis after 28 days of treatment. Final results are expected in mid-October. The Phase 3 double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of leronlimab in patients with severe or critical symptoms of respiratory illness caused by COVID-19. Patients are randomized 2:1 (two leronlimab:one placebo) to receive weekly doses of either 700 milligrams of leronlimab or a placebo through subcutaneous injection. China Xiangtai Food Co Ltd (NASDAQ:PLIN) announced Wednesday that its subsidiary Chongqing Ji Mao Cang Feed Co Ltd (JMC) has completed about US$5 million in sales of soybean meal in one week. The company entered into a purchase contract with China Grain Reserve Corporation’s (Sinograin) Zhenjiang Branch to sell it 12,000 tons of soybean meal, which is produced by the residue after oil extraction and is used in food and animal feed as a protein supplement. “We are pleased to generate such significant sales in one week’s time and expect to maintain a stable sale to Sinograin in the future,” China Xiangtai Food CEO Zeshu Dai said in a statement. Thoughtful Brands Inc (CSE:TBI) (FWB:1WZ1:GR) (OTCQB:PEMTF), previously called Mota Ventures, has said its strategy is paying off as it revealed US-based CBD brand Nature's Exclusive has gained 134,861 new customers so far this year. The e-commerce firm put the strong performance of the Nature's Exclusive brand to the fact it has added innovative products and made "significant" investment in customer acquisition. "By investing in our established brands and forging agreements to sell new brands through our recently acquired eCommerce sales platform, we are charging ahead with our goal to be the global leader in the natural health products industry. With our drive and experience, we are excited to make quality CBD products more accessible than ever before to both experienced and new consumers. We look forward to an even stronger fourth quarter across our brands" said Thoughtful Brands chief executive Ryan Dean Hoggan in a statement. FansUnite Entertainment Inc (CSE:FANS) said it is fortifying its board of directors with the addition of online gaming pioneer James Keane. Keane was a founding member of the early gaming site ParadisePoker.com, which started in 2001 and grew into one of the top poker sites in the world before its acquisition by Sportingbet in 2005. He is currently the CEO of King Show Games LLC, a full-service game development and marketing studio that has designed over 200 games. "We are thrilled to welcome someone of James's calibre to our team as he brings decades of experience in the gaming industry to the FansUnite board of directors," said Scott Burton, CEO of FansUnite in a statement. Todos Medical Ltd (OTCQB:TOMDF) said it has appointed Marsha Fontanive as vice president of sales and Chris Gross and as vice president of sales operations. The in-vitro diagnostics company, which focuses on solutions for coronavirus screening and diagnosis and developing blood tests for the early detection of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, said the two new appointees will be working to “significantly increase” its national sales capabilities by delivering a 25-person salesforce of seasoned laboratory sales representatives to market its combination of coronavirus testing equipment, reagents and supplies to national and international markets. Fontanive is currently president of Expansion Medical Consulting, a consulting company she founded in 2010, while Gross previously served as managing director and co-founder of consumer healthcare firm WellNova. Codebase Ventures Inc. (CSE:CODE) (FSE:C5B) (OTCQB:BKLLF) notes that World High Life PLC (AQSE:LIFE) (OTCQB:WRHLF), in which the company has invested, has announced that brand ambassador Georges St-Pierre will be showcased on BT Sport, one of Europe's largest sport networks and rights holder for UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championships) in the UK. Georges "Rush" St-Pierre, also known as "GSP," is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and 3-time UFC world champion who holds black belts in both Kyokushin karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. As Brand Ambassador, he facilitates and provides promotional services, including branding, social media, product placement, endorsement and overall support of the World High Life and the Love Hemp brand. The showcase special on BT Sport will serve to provide a retrospective on Georges' incredible history in the UFC and provide significant exposure for the Love Hemp brand, a World High Life wholly-owned subsidiary. Pacific Empire Minerals Corp (CVE:PEMC) (OTCQB:PEMSF) has revealed it is set to partner up to advance its Pinnacle copper-gold project in north-central British Columbia. The prospect generator said it has inked a non-binding letter of intent to grant 1111 Acquisition Corp an exclusive option to earn up to a 70% interest in the 14,040-hectare asset. "Our hybrid business model gives shareholders the opportunity to have partner-funded drilling in addition to PEMC-funded drilling, resulting in multiple ongoing drill programs and opportunities for discovery," Brad Peters, the CEO of Pacific Empire said in a statement. Altai Resources Inc. (CVE:ATI) said an aeromagnetic survey has been carried out by Novatem on its Malartic Township gold property, Quebec. Altai owns 50% of the property and Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. (TSX:GMX) is Altai's joint venture partner and the operator of the project, which it has named the Blackcliff gold property. To date, Altai saqid it has received the vertical gradient map of the aeromagnetic survey but has not received a report on the survey. Globex Mining has told Altai that it will study and analyze the survey report when it is available in due course and then proposes to Altai a work program if it is warranted. Mirasol Resources Ltd. (CVE:MRZ) (OTCPINK:MRZLF) announced that the company's chairperson, Dana Prince, has advised the board that he will be retiring as chair effective August 31, 2020. Prince has been Mirasol's chair for the past five years and has confirmed his willingness to continue as an ordinary director of the company. The company said its board has formed an ad hoc committee to immediately commence the search for a new director who will assume the chair. In the interim, director Patrick Evans will serve as the group's chair. Mirasol's President and CEO, Norm Pitcher commented: "We thank Dana for his long service as Chair of Mirasol and are pleased that he will continue serving as a non-executive director of the Company. As Chair, Dana successfully guided the Company through a period of transition, which has secured Mirasol's position as a leading project generator and explorer in Chile and Argentina". DXI Energy Inc. (CVE:DXI) said that, further to the announcement on April 7, 2020, that it is to discontinue operations in the oil and gas exploration and development industry, it has received a notice of demand from Hodgkinson Ventures Inc. (HVI) for repayment of the company's indebtedness to HVI under the terms of an amended and restated loan agreement dated as of June 5, 2017, in the principal sum of $2 million, plus all accrued interest, failing which HVI was at liberty to realize upon its security interest and seized the company's shareholdings in the company's US subsidiary, Dejour Energy (USA) Inc., a Nevada corporation. DXI noted that at any time following August 25, 2020, HVI is at liberty to sell the shares of Dejour Energy (USA) in partial satisfaction of the company's indebtedness, by private sale to an arm's-length purchaser. All proceeds received by HVI reduce the remaining indebtedness by DXI, which will be converted to shares in due course, as approved by disinterested shareholders at the annual special and general meeting on August 20, 2020. Following this transaction, DXI - which is being renamed DXI Capital Corp. - will retain over $49 million in tax loss carryforwards, usable within the next seven and 10 years. Vox Royalty Corp. (CVE:VOX) said the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing the documentation relating to the agreement dated, June 29, 2020, between the company and RPM Automotive Group Ltd., an arm's-length party to the company, in connection with the acquisition of a 1% net smelter return royalty over the Bulong gold project, located 25 kilometers east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:MTNB) has announced that Jerome D. Jabbour, its chief executive officer, has been invited to present a company overview and host one-on-one meetings during two upcoming virtual investor conferences: The LD Micro Virtual Conference on September 2, 2020, at 12pm ET; and the HC Wainwright 22nd Annual Global Investment Conference on September 16, 2020, at 12.30pm ET. Investors interested in arranging a virtual meeting with the company's management during either conference should contact the respective conference coordinator. A live webcast of both presentations will be available on the IR Calendar page of the Investors section of the company’s website - www.matinasbiopharma.com - and a webcast replay will be accessible for 90 days following each live presentation. OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX:OTCM), the operator of financial markets for over 10,000 US and global securities, has announced that Labrador Gold Corp. (CVE:LAB) (OTCQX:NKOSF), a Canadian based junior mining company, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market and has today upgraded from the OTCQB Venture Market. To qualify for OTCQX, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws. Graduating to the OTCQX Market from the OTCQB Market marks an important milestone for companies, enabling them to demonstrate their qualifications and build visibility among US investors. "We are excited to begin trading on OTCQX and to continue bringing the Labrador Gold story to an ever increasing audience," said Roger Moss Labrador Gold president and CEO. "The Company is fully funded for an aggressive exploration program that recently commenced on our Kingsway Project in Newfoundland. We look forward to providing the market with frequent updates as we rapidly advance the project to the drill stage this fall," he added. Ceylon Graphite Corp. (CVE:CYL) (OTCMKTS:CYLYF) (FSE:CCY) said it has been granted an extension to close its proposed private placement by the TSX Venture Exchange to permit the company to obtain the requisite disinterested shareholder approval. Further to its press release of August 6, 2020, the company said it intends to raise gross proceeds of up to C$8,100,000 or US$6,000,000 from a consortium of four international investors through the issuance of an aggregate of 90,000,000 units. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share in Ceylon Graphite and 0.3073 of a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share in Ceylon Graphite at any time up to three years from the date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.15. The warrants shall only be exercisable in the event that the currently issued and outstanding warrants, options and/or convertible debentures are exercised or converted into common shares. Esports Entertainment Group Inc (NASDAQ:GMBL) said it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Esports Gaming League (EGL), a UK-based provider of esports events and tournaments. EGL is a business-to-business operator of live and online events where its more than 350,000 registered gamers can compete and enjoy esports content on a proprietary technology platform. Its services include full turnkey esports events, live broadcast production, game launches and online branded tournaments. “At our IPO we committed to having a tournament platform up and operational before the end of the calendar year, and with this transaction, we have delivered on this commitment,” Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports Entertainment said in a statement. DRDGOLD Limited (NYSE:DRD) (JSE:DRD), the gold producer, said it expects to report a near sevenfold increase in earnings per share for its fiscal year to end-June as revenue rise amid a rising gold price. In a trading statement on Wednesday, the South Africa mine tailings retreatment specialist also revealed it held cash and cash equivalents of R1,715.1 million (US$101.9 million) compared to R279.5 million (US$16.6 million) as at June 30, 2019. It also has a revolving credit facility with ABSA Bank of R175 million (US$10.4 million) available if needed and no bank debt. Its liquidity is further enhanced by current high Rand gold price levels. Fura Gems Inc (CVE:FURA) (OTCMKTS:FUGMF) (FRA:BJ43) said it has successfully completed the acquisition of Australian mining firm Great Northern Mining Pty Ltd. The acquisition includes 73 mining leases and tenements in Australia as well as certain related buildings, plants, fixtures and other equipment. As consideration for the acquisition, Fura said it has paid around A$2.46mln to the vendor, Mosley Mining, as well as A$239,060 to an Australian bank to release a security interest on certain assets included in the acquisition and A$262,067 to the Queensland Treasury as a cash surety in connection with rehabilitation obligations related to the tenements. A further A$293,093 previously paid to the vendor as a deposit has also been released. Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (CVE:TBRD) (OTCPINK:THBRF) has announced that the company will be presenting at the LD Micro 500 Conference, taking place September 1-4, 2020. The conference will be held via webcast and will feature over 321 companies in the small/micro-cap space. Thunderbird's chief executive officer Jennifer Twiner McCarron is scheduled to present at 10.40am EST/7.40am PST on September 3, 2020. Interested parties looking to attend the webinar can register in advance at the following link: https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2019/36210. Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing potentially life-changing technologies for patients with cancer and diabetes, has announced that it will be presenting at the LD 500Virtual Investor Conference on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1.20pm ET. Rodney Varner, chairman and chief executive officer of Genprex, will present virtually to an online audience and will deliver a company overview and provide updates on its product pipeline, including its lead drug candidate, GPX-001, which received Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in combination with AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso in late stage lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations whose tumors progress on Tagrisso. Varner will also provide an overview of the company’s preclinical diabetes gene therapy candidate that may have the potential to cure Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The presentation will be webcast live and available for replay on the LD 500 conference website here and via the investor relations section of the company's website at Genprex.com. Registration Link:https://ld-micro-conference.events.issuerdirect.com/; Webcast Link: https://bit.ly/31b1i20 American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC), a supplier of raw materials to the rapidly growing global infrastructure marketplace, has announced that Mark Jensen, its chairman and CEO will present at The LD 500 investor conference on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at 2.20pm PM ET. As part of his live video presentation, Jensen will provide an overview of American Resources' business strategy that has begun to disrupt the industry, as well as discuss how the company is well-positioned for a surge in global infrastructure initiatives as economies recover post-coronavirus ( COVID-19). A live video webcast of the presentation will be available on the conference website, as well as the Investor Relations section of the company's website (americanresourcescorp.com). A webcast replay will be available two hours following the live presentation and will be accessible for one year. In addition to the presentation, management will be available for one-on-one meetings during the virtual event. To schedule a one-on-one with management, interested parties may submit a request through the conference website or contact the conference coordinator. For more information about the conference, visit: ld500.ldmicro.com. Aequus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CVE:AQS) (OTCQB: QSZF), a specialty pharmaceutical company with a focus on developing, advancing and promoting differentiated products, has announced a grant of 1,000,000 stock options to its chief commercial officer. These stock options are exercisable at a price of $0.13 per share, for a term of eight years.