Year: 2021

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAW CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — High Arctic Energy Services Inc. (TSX: HWO) (“High Arctic” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a mortgage arrangement (the “Mortgage Financing”) with Business Development Bank of Canada (“BDC”) secured by land and buildings owned and occupied by High Arctic (the “Mortgage Security”). The Mortgage Financing provides the Corporation with long term liquidity. It supplements the Corporation’s net cash position which was $20.2 million as of September 30, 2021 before taking in to account a special dividend of $9.7 million paid on November 5, 2021. The $8.1 million...

WARREN, N.J., Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing differentiated products that address patients’ unmet needs and solve therapeutic problems, announced today that, regarding the review of the New Drug Application (NDA) for Libervant™ (diazepam) Buccal Film for the treatment of breakthrough seizures and seizure clusters, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) sent the following notice to the Company; “Please refer to your NDA 212641 Libervant resubmission dated June 23, 2021. The purpose of this e-mail is to notify you that the Agency is still considering the regulatory issues related to the approvability of Libervant, and will not be ready to take an action by December 23, 2021. No additional information is needed...

New creator-led, digital platform is live with founding creator community LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Playboy, the globally-recognized, iconic lifestyle brand owned by leading pleasure and leisure lifestyle company PLBY Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLBY), today launched CENTERFOLD, the new home for the world’s top creators to interact directly with their fans, expand their communities and build their own personal content and commerce businesses. CENTERFOLD is dedicated to creative freedom, artistic expression, and sex positivity, as the next evolution of Playboy’s long history at the intersection of culture and sex. CENTERFOLD’s founding creator community represents hundreds of millions of social media followers. Hailing from the worlds of music, fashion, fitness and adult entertainment, CENTERFOLD’s founding launch creators...

NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAW. CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Moss Kadey, an independent director of Titanium Corporation Inc. (the “Company” or “Titanium“) residing in Toronto, Ontario, reports that on December 20, 2021, Mr. Kadey agreed to subscribe for 5,000,000 units (“Units“) of the Company in connection with a non-brokered private placement of the Company of a minimum of 15,000,000 (the “Minimum Offering“) and a maximum of 25,000,000 Units (the “Maximum Offering“) at $0.20 per Unit. Each Unit is comprised of one common share (“Common Share“) of Titanium and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (“Warrant“)....

TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — STORAGEVAULT CANADA INC. (“StorageVault”) (SVI-TSX-V) is pleased to announce that, further to its October 13, 2021 and November 16, 2021 news releases, it has completed the acquisition of 2 stores (collectively, the “Acquisitions”) from two arm’s length vendor groups (collectively, the “Vendors”), for an aggregate purchase price of $31 million. The purchase price for the Acquisitions in the amount of $31 million, subject to customary adjustments, was paid with funds on hand.        This completes the purchase of all of the $130 million of transactions announced on October 13, 2021 resulting in StorageVault completing $270.2 million of transactions in fiscal 2021 and over $500 million when combined with fiscal 2020 purchases. Issuance of OptionsStorageVault has granted, subject to regulatory...

Building a stronger foundationFigure 1Longitudinal section of the Stock Property including grade x true thickness contouring of mineralization and intercept pierce pointsFigure 2Longitudinal section of Froome Mine looking north including grade x true thickness contouring of mineralization and select intercept locationsTORONTO, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX) is pleased to announce that drilling continues to deliver good widths and grades at the Fox Complex, both from exploration at Stock and delineation at Froome. Highlights include:Assay results show the potential of the Stock mineralized zones to extend to depth and down plunge. What has been outlined to date will contribute to our immediate growth plans. Drilling is planned for 2022 to investigate...

Deal Enables Ongoing Growth of Oportun® Visa® Credit Card SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT), an A.I.-driven fintech company, announced it closed a $150 million credit facility secured by credit card receivables arising under the company’s Oportun® Visa® Credit Card issued by WebBank. WebBank is the lender under the new facility, which carries a two-year revolving term and replaces Oportun’s existing retention facility. Oportun says the new facility will be used to meet the continuing demand and growth of the credit card program. Oportun announced in August of this year that the unsecured credit card is available nationwide, and that it expects credit cards to account for $50 million in receivables by year end. About OportunOportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is a financial services company that leverages...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX/NYSE: PVG) (“Pretivm” or the “Company”) today announced that it has mailed and filed a management information circular and related meeting materials (the “Meeting Materials”) for its special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of shareholders and optionholders of Pretivm (“Securityholders”) to be held January 20, 2022, in connection with the proposed acquisition of Pretivm by Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX/TSX/PNGX: NCM) (“Newcrest”) announced on November 8, 2021 (the “Transaction”). To proactively deal with the ongoing public impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to mitigate risks to the health and safety of our communities, Securityholders, employees, directors and other stakeholders, the Special Meeting will be held in a virtual-only format conducted...