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Newsfile Corp. Opens the Market at the CSE Media Centre

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The CSE was proud to welcome Newsfile Corp. to open the market at the CSE Media Centre on December 9th, 2019.

Established in 1997, Newsfile is Canada’s customer-first newswire and regulatory filing team that offers broad access to key media channels. Using innovative technology, easy-to-use platforms, and comprehensive circuits, Newsfile helps law firms, stock exchanges, and investment managers distribute news to a worldwide audience of investors, analysts, and institutions. To ensure compliance with all Stock Exchanges, Newsfile reaches out to major broker terminals, financial databases, aggregators, media and more.

“Newsfile is a news dissemination provider for publicly listed companies, and we’re really excited to be here today because we work with so many CSE-listed companies, and we love working with the CSE. So it’s great to be here and open the market today,” remarked Ian Tennant, Director & Co-Founder.

“I think what really makes our team great is that we specialize in working with small cap companies. That’s really the engine that drives Newsfile, is giving those small cap companies the type of service that large cap companies are probably used to expecting.”

Joining Tennant at the Market Open were other key members of the Newsfile team, Wasim Thaha and Helen Bilhete.

Check out a #HashtagFinance Podcast with Helen Bilhete here or our episode with Ian Tennant here.

For more details about the CSE Media Centre, including information on upcoming Market Opens, please visit the CSE website, or follow us on social media.

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Mota Ventures Corp. Opens the Market at the CSE Media Centre

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The CSE gladly welcomed Mota Ventures Corp. (CSE:MOTA) to the CSE Media Centre on December 6th, 2019 for the 25th Market Open hosted by the CSE. Not only did this event mark an important moment for Mota Ventures, it is also an exciting new milestone for the CSE.

Mota Ventures Corp. is a vertically integrated low-cost producer and exporter of CBD products worldwide. With a cultivation asset in Colombia, the company specializes in the production of high-quality CBD oil for wholesale distribution. Mota has developed a team of industry professionals experienced in both the public markets and in the cultivation and distribution of medical cannabis, and looks to capitalize on progressive government legislation aimed at making Colombia the number one low cost producer of cannabis in the world.

“We are extremely excited to be able to ring the bell here today. It means a lot that we are able to finally be listed publicly,” remarked Mota Ventures President and CEO Joel Shacker. “I’m really proud of the team that we have. They’ve really done a lot to get to this point: our team down in Colombia, who’s handling that entire cultivation side, and then the team up in Vancouver, who has brought all the public market sides.”

“We’re really looking forward to building out this facility to its full potential and being able to really cultivate, extract, and export non-psychoactive cannabis,” Shacker added.

For more details about the CSE Media Centre, including information on upcoming Market Opens, please visit the CSE website, or follow us on social media.

View the podcast for this Market Open featuring Joel Shacker here.

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Ingrid Hibbard on How the Future of Mining Hinges on Tradition AND Innovation

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CSE’s Grace Pedota recently sat down with Ingrid Hibbard, CEO & President of Pelangio Exploration Inc., to reflect on her career as an explorer, including a 23 year run as CEO of Pelangio Exploration.

In this discussion, Ingrid shares why “location, location, location” is still the name of the game in prospecting (1:15), how many people misunderstand the technical sophistication of the industry (4:38), and the technique she and her father used to stake claims when she was younger. (Hint: it involved an airplane and toilet paper.) (6:31)

Listen until the end to hear her thoughts on ecological sustainability in the industry, how the price of gold is going to influence this year’s PDAC Convention, and why millennials should care about investing in the mining sector!

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Anthony Brown on the Cloud Technology Powering “Rick and Morty”

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CSE’s James Black recently sat down with Anthony Brown, CEO at AMPD Ventures Inc., to discuss how they are “AMPing” up the internet with a high-performance cloud that deals with latency sensitive applications like eSports and virtual reality (1:11), the realities of competing with the “big guys” like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft (3:40), and the importance of ecologically sustainable computation (5:49).

Listen until the end to hear about Anthony’s experience as an entrepreneur, including the success he had at Infinite Game Publishing with the award-winning game MechWarrior Online. Finally, learn how AMPD’s technology is being utilized to bring popular characters to life, including Cartoon Network’s Rick and Morty.

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AMPD Ventures Inc. Opens the Market at the CSE Media Centre

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The CSE was happy to welcome AMPD Ventures Inc. (CSE:AMPD) to the CSE Media Centre on November 28th, 2019 to open the market.

AMPD Ventures Inc. provides high-performance cloud and computing solutions specializing in low-latency applications, including video games and eSports, digital animation and visual effects, and big data collection, analysis, and visualization. Based out of Vancouver, the AMPD leadership team has been designing and building game infrastructure for more than 10 years, and takes a collaborative approach to ensure that solutions are specifically tailored for each client.

“We’re very happy to be opening the market today. We’re a next generation infrastructure company, basically bringing the next generation of cloud computing to the market – really amazing stuff, for things like eSports, AI, and virtual reality,” remarked AMPD Ventures Inc. CEO Anthony Brown.

“We’re very proud of the fact that we’ve signed Bardel Entertainment to access our new render farm platform, and Rick and Morty is now going to get rendered on our servers – I mean, how cool is that?” said Brown of the company’s recent achievements. “And we also announced recently [that we’re] working with the Canadian Digital Technology Supercluster in Vancouver, where we’re building a digital twin of an aircraft factory and that’s pretty impressive as well.”

Joining Brown to ring the bell at the Market Open were several other key members of the AMPD Ventures Inc. team.

View the podcast for this Market Open featuring Anthony Brown here.

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W.D. Latimer Co. Ltd. Opens the Market at the CSE Media Centre

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The CSE welcomed W.D. Latimer Co. Ltd. to a Market Open at the CSE Media Centre on November 26th, 2019.

W.D. Latimer Co. Ltd. is a privately owned and highly regarded Canadian broker-dealer, with over 50 years of specialized experience in market making on Canadian equities. Employing over 30 traders, Latimer applies its strong business ethics, collective trading experience, and low latency trading solutions to all industries within Canada.

“It’s an honour for W.D. Latimer to open the market today for the CSE. We’re a privately owned market making house –  proprietary trading shop –  which basically makes us a perfect partner for the CSE,” remarked Joshua Cauz, Director & Head Trader at W.D. Latimer.

“Our model of market making is still very people driven. W.D. Latimer employs almost 40 traders – most of them are market makers. Basically, we employ human eyes on your stocks. So, if a listed issuer wants to get a hold of us, all they have to do is pick up the phone and call us. And we’ll be there to speak with them,” Cauz added about their services.

Steve Fontaine, International Trader & Marketer at W.D. Latimer, and other key members from the W.D. Latimer team were also in attendance at the Market Open.

View the podcast for this Market Open featuring Joshua Cauz here.

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Joshua Cauz on Standing in the Line of Fire – the Necessary Life of the Market Maker

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CSE’s Barrington Miller recently sat down with Joshua Cauz, Director & Head Trader at W.D. Latimer Co. to discuss the role his firm plays in facilitating orderly markets and providing liquidity for listed securities as a market maker.

In this discussion, Josh talks about how market makers can soften the volatility of major market events such as flash crashes (1:43), the distinct differences between Canadian and US market making (3:11), W.D. Latimer’s long-standing history and experience with the CSE since 2003 (5:27), and the important distinctions between exchange designated market making and paid-for marketing making (10:35).

Listen until the end to learn more about how market markers “clean up” odd and mixed lot orders and the obligation of providing a guaranteed minimum fill (GMF).

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The Passport to Canada’s Cannabis Sector is Coming to MJBizCon 2019

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CSE’s Barrington Miller recently sat down with Sherri Altshuler (Partner and Co-Chair, Capital Markets and Cannabis Groups at Aird & Berlis) and Glenn Fraser (National Leader, Cannabis Services and Food & Beverage Processing at MNP) to discuss their respective firm’s Passport to Canada Alliance at the upcoming MJBizCon in Las Vegas.

In this discussion, the “Alliance” discusses their “Passport to Canada’s Cannabis Sector” value proposition (1:29), Cannabis sector themes to expect at this year’s MJBizCon (4:01), and defining the traits of “Cannabis 2.0”.

Listen until the end to hear how international listing applicants are creating new opportunities in a slower domestic cannabis market.

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Johnson Joseph on Solving the Massive Lending Gap in China with Technology

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Johnson Joseph, President and CEO at Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. (CSE:PKK), recently joined Barrington Miller to discuss his company’s history, recent developments, and overall mission to make commercial lending more efficient in China.

In this conversation, Johnson shares how a major of component of his business operates essentially like a financial “dating app” for lenders and borrowers (1:41), the key factors that he assess when scouting an acquisition (9:22), and the truth about Canada-China relations and the current climate for doing business in China (10:50).

Listen until the end to lean more about Johnson’s efforts to learn Mandarin as well as what food he always orders when he visits China!

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Market Open

InnoCan Pharma Corporation Opens the Market

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The CSE was happy to join InnoCan Pharma Corporation (CSE:INNO) for a Market Open from a special international location, with members of the InnoCan team ringing the bell on a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel.

InnoCan Pharma Corporation is an Israel-based speciality pharmaceutical company that uses cannabis products to target health issues. The company specializes in the research, development, marketing, and sales of InnoCan-branded over the counter pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products. InnoCan believes that by merging pharma, science, and the therapeutic benefits of cannabinoids, it is possible to create a truly effective over the counter topical treatments product line.

“We are proud to open the market from the beautiful beach of Tel Aviv,” said InnoCan Pharma Corporation CEO Iris Bincovich.

“We are honoured and happy to be the first Israeli cannabis company that has filed in the CSE and concluded a successful round of fundraising,” remarked Innocan Pharma Corporation Executive Chairman Ron Mayron. “InnoCan is a unique value proposition company which can offer a wide range of products and a wide range of system deliveries, and we hope we’ll be one of the leading companies in this area in Canada.”

Joining Bincovich and Mayron at this momentous Market Open were other key members of the InnoCan Pharma Corporation team, as well as Mark Francis, Capital Markets Consultant and Senior Advisor at the CSE.

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