When a globally renowned technology company (PyroGenesis) with an $800 million  market cap signs a Development Agreement with your Company (HPQ  Silicon) to develop Silicon capable of replacing graphite for  Lithium-ion batteries, investors are forced to stand up and take notice.

When the CEO of HPQ then says the following, you have to start wondering what the 2 companies know that the rest of us don't:

“This  agreement allows us to devote all our efforts in a dedicated entity  focused on starting, as soon as possible, the PUREVAPTM NSiR and  shipping samples of our Silicon nanomaterials."

There is no shortage of small cap  companies claiming they want to supply materials to the Lithium-Ion  battery market .... but only one of them is pursuing the material that  can increase capacity by as much as 10X ..... Silicon.

HPQ Silicon (HPQ:TSXV) isn't just  pursuing Silicon, they are on the verge of providing the market with  multiple high-value silicon products sought after by Corporations  building the next generation of Lithium-ion batteries, including not one  but TWO (2) undisclosed companies that are already under NDA  with HPQ Silicon.

One of the best  parts?  HPQ Silicon doesn't have to worry about capital expenditure  barriers that come with mining battery metals .... because Silicon is  manufactured and HPQ has a patented process to manufacture Silicon at  some of the lowest prices in the world.  A process that is fully funded  all the way through to their pilot plant.

If you believe in a future driven  by electric vehicles and renewable energy, grab your favourite beverage  and watch this video interview with CEO Bernard Tourillon.

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The headline pretty much speaks for itself this morning and it looks  like the smallcap world is about to wake up to the FinTech potential of  KABN.

What does KABN do that warrants such a significant financing at 100% premium to its' closing price yesterday?

KABN Turns The Problem Of Data Privacy Into A Profit For Individuals,  While Providing Big Businesses With New & Compliant Business  Models.

Rather than trying to get you to understand what that exactly means  by reading it here, be prepared to be blown away by KABN in this  interview with Company President David Lucatch.

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The  dawn of the psychedelics industry could not have come at a more needed  time for humanity, as global events have served to exacerbate mental  health issues related to anxiety and depression. Investors will need  help identifying best of breed psychedelics companies and a review of  the Red Light Holland story is all you need to know about where the  Company is going.

Red Light Holland (TRIP:CSE) is a psychedelics company focused on the development of premium “magic” truffles in the Netherlands. More than just lip service the Company already has these two very strong pillars in place:

TEAM - In order to help guide the company’s development and operations in the psychedelics space, TRIP has signed former Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton as chair of its advisory board and Former Canadian Health Minister, Tony Clement, as Senior Advisor.   Company President Hans Derix is a native of the Netherlands and an  expert in the space with over a decade of accomplished experience.

BUSINESS - The Company's recreational brand of magic truffles are expected to be sold in the Netherlands through existing Smart Shops soon, as well as, its e-commerce platform through microdose packs.   To this end, TRIP has already  commenced growing its first crop of magic truffles months ahead of schedule.  The initial batch of approximately 100,000 grams of magic truffles available in late October, 2020.

As  if that wasn't enough, TRIP has also produced a virtual reality  experience for prospective customers who want to experience the effects  of their products before actually trying it.  The AGORACOM thesis of  small cap wealth this decade is the convergence of emerging technologies  - but even we didn't foresee the explosive intersection of virtual  reality and psychedelics!

If you believe in the future of Psychedelics and Psilocybin in particular, then this interview with Todd Shapiro, CEO of Red Light Holland will be a TRIP.

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AGORACOM prides itself on becoming the discovery platform of  emerging disruptive companies .... and we've discovered another one  today in Vegaste Technologies, an e-commerce driven platform that is  delivering all things plant-based to customers across Canada right  now.

Vegaste has already started with both plant-based food meals  directly to homes, thanks to partnerships right across the country - but  isn't stopping there as it adds hundreds of products to the platform.   More than just lip service, Vegaste is already on a $US 3,000,000 run  rate and that will probably accelerate in the coming months as marketing  and additional products kick in.

Vegaste Founder, Sean Dollinger, is no stranger to AGORACOM  followers as he was the Co-Founder behind wildly successful Namaste  Technologies before it fell on hard times experienced by the cannabis  industry.  In addition to bringing back his immense e-commerce  capabilities, he's also implemented some valuable lessons learned at  Namaste when it comes to corporate governance and share structure.

One of those lessons was appointing Julia Frank as CEO and giving  her the team necessary to focus on doing the best job possible.  Julia's  experience combines both start-up and big corporation structures thanks  to being part of start-up teams within both BMW and Daimler in  Germany.

Vegaste is hot off the listing press, so if you ever wanted to get a  jump on your fellow investor it doesn't get much fresher than this  ..... unless you're ordering a plant based meal off their platform at www.PlantX.com

If you believe in the paradigm shifting nature of plant based foods,  be sure to watch and share this great interview with Vegaste CEO Julia  Frank CEO & Founder Sean Dollinger.

If you were a small cap Augmented Reality company from Vancouver  that needed to appoint an old media / new media powerhouse to head up  your European sales operations, we really don't think you could have  found someone better credentialed than Michael Anderson - and that's  exactly what ImagineAR (IP:CSE) (IPNFF:OTCQB) did.

Anderson is a highly regarded leader in the world of digital with  his roots firmly based in UK media. Part entrepreneur, part corporate  animal, he quickly rose through the ranks ending up as Managing Director  of News UK. He worked for Rupert Murdoch and Les Hinton during his rise  to the top and made the Board room of both News UK and Associated  Newspapers (publishers of the Daily Mail).

Sensing the changing winds of the media business, Anderson was a driving force on the launch team of Metro, which overtook The Sun in 2018 as the largest circulation of any newspaper in the UK.  At  Metro, he was instrumental in the paper being cited as a new business  case with commercial results not seen previously in the newspaper  industry, growing revenue from £100k a week to £1m per week in just 12  months.  Additionally, Mike was the founder of the Chelsea APPS Factory  which included UK clients KPMG, Ladbrokes, Standard Life, TfL, Vanquis  and Waitrose.

..... And now he is sensing another change in the winds to put his  considerable talents and team behind the Augmented Reality solutions of  ImagineAR.

If you don't know what Augmented Reality (AR) is, this quote from  Apple CEO Tim Cook is all the motivation you need to get up to speed:

Anderson wholeheartedly agrees, stating "ImagineAR is the most  advanced AR platform in the market today and I am excited to launch the  company's sales and marketing initiatives in the UK and Europe."

That quote is just the tip of the iceberg.  Watch what Anderson has  to say about the "unlimited possibilities of Augmented Reality" and  some pretty good hints about whose doors he will be knocking on first  .... which is pretty impressive given the fact August is vacation season  in Europe :-)

If our interview with CEO Alen Paul Silverrstieen and Michael  Anderson is any indication, it sounds like the Company's growth into  the UK and Europe is all but assured in 2020 and well beyond.

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Moreover, they've signed a major deal wth Toyota (Tsusho Canada), targeting 200 plants requiring up to $1 million each in automation retrofits.If  Google NEST is the leader in smart home technology, then Kontrol Energy  (KNR:CSE) is the small cap equivalent for smart building technology.   More than just lip service, their established Blue Chip customer base  includes:

CONCLUSION?  When Kontrol Energy says they are entering a 4-week testing phase - with an independent lab - to determine if their technology can detect COVID-19 in the air of big buildings,  you need to take the news seriously.  You know who else took it  seriously?  The National Research Council, who granted Kontrol $50,000  to conduct the test.  The amount may seem small but that's because KNR  has already done most of the leg work already and is now in the final  4-week testing phase.

If  successful, the implications could be enormous for their Tier-1 client  base, as well as, all commercial buildings, government buildings,  schools and other big essential locations that need to find a way to  start bringing people back.  In short, Kontrol Energy's BioCloud Analyzer could have a major impact on the North American economy.

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American Creek Resources Ltd. (TSXV: AMK) sits  down to discuss the exceptional assay results on Treaty Creek that have  already exceeded last years results resulting in en expansion to 6  drills and 40,00m. Sit down and grab your favorite beverage and find out  why Eric Sprott believes Treaty creek may have 50 Million ounces. His  words not ours.

"Eric  Sprott has stated regarding Treaty Creek “I was just doing some numbers  the morning and I figured, Man, they certainly look like they’ve got 20  (million ounces gold) and they could easily get to 30 or 40 or 50  million”

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The  Tortoise and the Hare is the famous fable most of us grew up with that  teaches this very important lesson - you can be more successful by doing  things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.  Said  another way, slow and steady wins the race.

Avicanna (AVCN:TSX) (AVCNF:OTCQB) (0NN:Frankfurt) is the Hare.  The company very few paid attention to because it started  off the Cannabis stock market race slowly and surely, while all the  other rabbits ran so quickly to win the race that they ended up tripping  over themselves or getting so exhausted they couldn't finish the race.

You know who those companies are.  All flash, big promises, big promotions, big stock prices ..... and HUGE disappointments.

Avicanna  has surpassed all of them and is starting to pick up speed.  When  Avicanna says it is vertically integrated, it isn't a buzz word, it's  the real story with 4 fully operating divisions that are hitting on all  cylinders including, Tier-1 National Partnerships, Global Distribution,  Medical Acceptance and History Making Sales.

Here  is a snapshot of what we are referring to, followed by an incredible  interview with CEO, Aras Azadian, whose quiet confidence sends the  following powerful message -

"Watch Us Cross The Finish Line"

CONSUMER RETAIL - COSMETICS

MEDICAL CANNABIS

PHARMACEUTICALS

CULTIVATION

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Sometimes, you just have to let the numbers speak for themselves.  With 165,000 patients, Empower Clinics (CBDT:CSE) (EPWCF:OTCQB) has a database that almost every medical cannabis and CBD company would kill for …

but then these numbers came in for:   2019 – Year Ended DEC 31, 2019  Q4 – Quarter Ended DEC 31, 2019 Q1 – Quarter Ended MAR 31, 2020

Patient Visits

Revenues $USD

Do you see a trend?

We can’t wait for Q2 numbers (April, May, June) because we already know patient visits for April alone were up over 870%.

Looking even further forward into Q3 (July, August, September), we  already know that July patient visits are going to set a record.

Though CBDT had a very short cease trade order due to the delay in  getting these financials filed…. the wait was clearly worth it, as was  this interview with CEO, Steven McAuley,  who is Six Sigma certified  under the quality initiative of legendary GE (General Electric) Chairman  Jack Welch. We’ve never seen a Six Sigma certified CEO in the Canadian  small cap markets. Never …. which explains how McAuley has been able to  guide Empower Clinics through the most disruptive retail environment in  recent history and turn it into significant growth.

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Three years ago, Harry Barr couldn't get anyone to even look at New  Age Metals (NAM:TSXV) flagship property, the 100% owned River Valley  Project, one of North America's largest undeveloped Platinum Group  Metals Projects, situated 100 kilometres from Sudbury.

But with Palladium at $US 2,100/oz and River Valley sitting on  2.9Moz Palladium Equivalent (Measured & Indicated), things have  changed significantly, including the fact that  Eric Sprott has become a  strategic shareholder with 18.56% ownership.

WAIT ... THERE'S MORE

NAM's 2019 Preliminary Economic Assessment highlights include a 14  year mine life, resulting in an annual average payable Palladium  Equivalent production of 119,000 ounces.

WAIT ..... THERE'S ONE MORE THING

The PEA assumed a Palladium price of $US 1,200, which is now 75% higher at $US 2,100.

With NAM now using their war chest to further drill River Valley  and follow-up on recommendations from the PEA, there is reason to  believe this story is only going to get better.

Grab your favourite beverage and watch this interview with NAM CEO, Harry Barr.

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