Day: September 13, 2021

MONTREAL, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Imperial Mining Group Ltd. (“Imperial” or the “Corporation”) (TSX VENTURE: IPG) is pleased to announce that it closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) of 5,460,000 units (each, a “Unit”) at a price of $0.15 per Unit, for an aggregate gross proceeds $819,000. The Offering is set for an aggregate gross proceeds of a maximum of $1,500,000. Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share (each a “Share”) and one (1) a Share purchase warrant (each a “Warrant”), with each Warrant entitling the holder to acquire one (1) additional Share of the Corporation at a price of $0.20 over a period of twenty-four (24) months from the closing date. The Corporation will use the proceeds of the Offering to complete exploration on the Corporation’s Crater Lake TG Zone...

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacifico Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: PAFOU, the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 5,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) and trade under the ticker symbol “PAFOU” beginning tomorrow, September 14, 2021. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a share of common stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the common stock and rights will be listed on NASDAQ under the symbols “PAFO” and “PAFOR,” respectively. The underwriters have been granted a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000...

ATLANTA, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that it has purchased Third Rail Studios in Doraville, Georgia, from The Integral Group for $27.5 million. Third Rail Studios, a movie and television production facility developed by The Integral Group in 2016, is located adjacent to, and now will be integrated into, Gray’s entertainment-centric studio and community development, called Assembly. Assembly is currently under construction at the former site of the General Motors Assembly Plant, which is conveniently located inside the I-285 perimeter. Integral purchased the property in 2014 and master developed the site before selling to Gray in March 2021. Since it opened its doors in 2016, Third Rail Studios has attracted top-notch clients. Its high-quality stages, mill and support...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TaskUs, Inc. (NASDAQ: TASK), a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to innovative and disruptive technology companies, today celebrated its founding anniversary and announced office expansion plans across the globe. Over the past 13 years, TaskUs has grown exponentially, from five employees in a one-room office in Manila to over 31,500 employees across more than 20 sites in eight different countries. TaskUs continues its growth with six new office locations—on top of growing its existing presence in Mexico and its global headquarters, New Braunfels, TX.  TaskUs’s newest U.S. location in Rio Grande Valley will be a training and meeting hub for teammates who work in Cirrus, TaskUs’s work-from-home platform. The 9,717-square-foot space...

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nielsen and PubMatic announced today that Nielsen’s audience data is now available through PubMatic’s Audience Encore™ permitting advertisers to buy premium omnichannel inventory layered with quality data for precision targeting and better performance. Brands can benefit from PubMatic’s extensive reach, enabling advertisers to engage audiences wherever they may be across all digital channels. Through this collaboration, brands may now access Nielsen’s premium audience data, along with insights into consumer behaviour, preferences, and purchasing decisions. Nielsen’s rich audience data has a unique breadth and depth and includes proprietary fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) data, credit card transaction data, psychographic data, intent, and interest data. Nielsen’s data may be...

Insurer accelerates its digital transformation, leveraging the Duck Creek Suite OnDemand to improve the service it provides to the New South Wales, ACT, and Northern Territory legal communities in Australia Sydney, Australia, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies (Nasdaq: DCT) announced today that Lawcover, a provider of professional indemnity insurance to law firms in New South Wales, ACT, and NT, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Law Society of NSW, has gone live with the Duck Creek Suite, implementing it via Duck Creek OnDemand, the provider’s SaaS solution for the P&C and general insurance industry. Lawcover’s goal was to transform its business by, among other initiatives, replacing its aging legacy systems and migrating its legacy policy, party, and claims data to its new Duck Creek solutions. Despite...

TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprott Asset Management LP (“Sprott Asset Management”), on behalf of the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (TSX: U.UN) (TSX: U.U) (the “Trust” or “SPUT”), a closed-ended trust created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical uranium, today announced that it has updated its at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”) to issue up to an additional US$1.0 billion of units of the Trust (“Units”) in Canada. Distributions under the ATM Program, if any, will be completed in accordance with the terms of an amended and restated sales agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) dated September 13, 2021 between Sprott Asset Management (as the manager of the Trust), the Trust, Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation and Virtu ITG Canada Corp. (collectively, the “Agents”). The Sales Agreement...

MIAMI, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO) announced today that Barry Logan, Executive Vice President, is scheduled to present at the Morgan Stanley 2021 Virtual Laguna Conference on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. (EDT). Internet users can listen to a live webcast of the presentation at the Investor Relations section of Watsco’s website at http://www.watsco.com. About Watsco, Inc. Watsco is the largest distribution network for heating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) products with locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, and on an export basis to Latin America and the Caribbean. Watsco estimates that over 350,000 contractors and technicians visit or call one of its 655 locations each year to get information, obtain technical support and buy products. The Company...

MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) to undertake a clinical study of the Company’s investigational kidney cancer therapy, TLX250 (177Lu-DOTA-girentuximab). The STARLITE 2 study is a single arm, investigator-led Phase II study in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common and aggressive form of kidney cancer. TLX250 targets carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9), a protein that is highly expressed in patients that are likely to demonstrate a more limited response to cancer immunotherapy.1 The study will evaluate TLX250-delivered radiation as an immune system “primer” in combination...

$300 million in green bonds will be due in 2031 MADISON, Wis., Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wisconsin Power and Light Company (“WPL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT), announced the pricing of its public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 1.950% debentures. The debentures will be due on September 16, 2031. An amount equal to or in excess of the net proceeds from this offering will be allocated to disbursements for the construction and development of wind and solar electric generating facilities. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on September 16, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The offering was marketed through a group of underwriters consisting of Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC,...