Month: April 2020

TORONTO, April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marathon Gold Corporation (“Marathon” or the “Company”; TSX: MOZ) is pleased to report additional drill results from recent exploration drilling at the Valentine Gold Project, central Newfoundland (the “Project”). These latest results represent fire assay data from sixteen drill holes located in the high priority Berry Zone area and northeastwards along an 850 metre strike length towards the Frozen Ear Pond Road. These were the last exploration holes completed prior to the COVID-19 related closure of the exploration camp on March 14, 2020.Highlights include:VL-20-806 intersected 8.06 g/t Au over 14.0 metres, including 21.94 g/t Au over 3.0 metres and 13.61 g/t Au over 1.0 metre;VL-20-813 intersected 8.03 g/t Au over 12.0 metres, including 16.90 g/t Au over 2.0 metres and 36.11 g/t Au over...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Empire Industries Ltd. (TSX-V: “EIL”, “Empire” or the “Company”) today announced that it intends to file its 2019 audited annual results and related management discussion and analysis on or before May 29, 2020, which is two weeks before the extension deadline granted to all Canadian public companies.The Company intends to file its interim financial statements and related management discussion and analysis for the first quarter of 2020 at the same time, which will be 45 days earlier than the temporary extension filing deadline. These two reports will give a detailed assessment of 2019, Q1 2020 and the outlook for the balance of 2020. The Company is relying on the exemption provided by the local blanket orders of the Alberta, BC, and Ontario Securities Commissions, permitting Reporting...

CALGARY, Alberta, April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sugarbud Craft Growers Corp. (TSXV: SUGR, SUGR.WT) (“Sugarbud“) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a third-party licensing and distribution agreement (“Agreement”) with Agro-Greens Natural Products Ltd. (“Agro-Greens”) to sell and distribute Sugarbud’s Craft Cannabis Collection to authorized provincial wholesalers and retailers in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The agreement with Agro-Greens is subject to customary regulatory, licensing and new product notification requirements.Under the terms of the agreement, Sugarbud will process and package its own craft cannabis dried flower products and Agro-Greens will act under a license from Sugarbud as the authorized sales and distribution intermediary between Sugarbud and authorized provincial wholesalers...

HARTSVILLE, S.C., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sonoco (NYSE: SON) today announced it is implementing a $50 per ton price increase for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments beginning May 13, 2020. According to Tim Davis, division vice president and general manager, Paper and Adhesives, U.S./Canada, it has been nearly two years since Sonoco’s last URB market price increase, and since that time the Company has experienced inflation on input costs such as starch and other papermaking chemicals, labor and fringes, repair costs and repair materials, and most recently significant increases in recycled fiber costs.Contact:Roger Schrum +843-339-6018

TORONTO, April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (“RioCan”) (TSX: REI.UN) today announced a distribution of 12 cents per unit for the month of April. The distribution will be payable on May 7, 2020 to unitholders of record as at April 30, 2020.About RioCanRioCan is one of Canada’s largest real estate investment trusts, with a total enterprise value of approximately $15.0 billion as at December 31, 2019. RioCan owns, manages and develops retail-focused, increasingly mixed-use properties located in prime, high-density transit-oriented areas where Canadians want to shop, live and work. As at December 31, 2019, our portfolio is comprised of 220 properties with an aggregate net leasable area of approximately 38.4 million square feet (at RioCan’s interest) including office, residential rental and 14...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:EVLO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a new modality of orally delivered, systemically acting biologics, today announced the appointment of biopharmaceutical industry veteran Neil Graham, M.D., M.B.B.S., M.P.H., as Chief Development Officer and a member of the Evelo Executive Team. Dr. Graham’s most recent experiences include strategic program leadership and drug development roles at Regeneron and Vertex.“Neil is a great addition to our Executive Team as we move our programs into later stages of drug development and continue to build Evelo into a fully integrated biotech company. Neil has an exceptional track record and deep experience in leading the development of innovative biologic therapies for inflammatory disease, and in...

ALACHUA, Fla., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or transection to peripheral nerves, today announced that it will report first quarter 2020 financial results on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 after the market closes. Axogen management will host an investment-community conference call and webcast following the release at 4:30 p.m. ET.Investors interested in participating in the conference call by phone may do so by dialing toll free at (877) 407-0993 or use the direct dial-in number at (201) 689-8795. Those interested in listening to the conference call live via the Internet may do so by visiting the Investors page of the company’s website at www.axogeninc.com and clicking on the webcast link.Following the conference call,...

MADISON, Wis., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) in Cleveland, Ohio is a leader in online learning with Mediasite. So, when it had to shut its physical doors due to the pandemic, it was well-prepared to instantly convert to 100 percent remote course delivery. Since March 16, faculty already created nearly 3,000 lecture videos, and they are also re-purposing the more than 18,100 videos created with Mediasite over the past few years.     “We’ve been engineering an online learning environment for four years now to create a more friendly and seamless way to offer virtual classes to students. With the college’s decision to switch to remote learning due to COVID-19, the structure was already there, the Mediasite technology was in place,” said Michelle Reed, Online Video Strategist, Tri-C Online Learning...

HANGZHOU, China, April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) (“Canaan” or the “Company”), a leading high-performance computing solutions provider, today announced that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2020 Eastern Time. The annual report can be accessed on the Company’s investor relations website at investor.canaan-creative.com. The Company will also provide a hard copy of the annual report containing its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.About Canaan Inc.Established in 2013, Canaan Inc. provides high-performance computing solutions to efficiently solve complex problems. In 2016, Canaan successfully initiated...

TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (TSX: PMN) (OTCQB: ARFXF), a company with a unique, core technology to predict novel targets on the molecular surface of complex proteins, announced today a collaboration with Dr. Hans Frykman and his team to develop a high-throughput, highly specific serological assay to accurately detect the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. A test for COVID-19 immunity is essential to understanding patterns of immunity in the community and support an effective surveillance program, which public health authorities suggest is necessary to restart society.A specific and sensitive test that could identify who has virus immunity and who remains at risk would enable normal societal function to recommence...