Month: June 2022

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC), a specialty clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of therapies to treat disorders of the central nervous system (the “Company” or “SciSparc”), today announced that the Company’s board of directors resolved to initiate a process to review potential strategic transactions with the goal of maximizing shareholder value. Potential strategic transactions to be explored and evaluated during the review process may include additional investments in innovative companies, acquisitions, a strategic partnership with one or more parties, or the licensing of one or more of the Company’s proprietary technologies or indications. If any such transaction results in equity consideration, the Company may consider...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pegasus Resources Inc. (TSX-V: PEGA: Frankfurt – OQS2, OTC/Pink Sheet symbol: SLTFF) (the “Company” or “Pegasus”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced an application for exploration permits and mobilization of a crew on the Chord Uranium Project located approximately 5.5 kilometres southwest of the enCore Energy Corp., licensed Dewey–Burdock ISR Uranium deposit. Mineralization is hosted within typical roll front–type deposits in the Cretaceous-age Fall River and Lakota formations. The contiguous claim block covers Uranium mineralization drilled by Union Carbide Corp (UC) in the late 1970s. Union Carbide-defined, non-43-101 compliant historical measured and indicated resources (“UC Mining Reserves”) total 2,379,990 lbs. U3O8. Mineralization occurs in three areas...

St. James Gold Corp. Location of St. James’ Florin Gold Project, Yukon Territory.Vancouver, British Columbia, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — St. James Gold Corp. (TSXV: LORD) (OTCQB: LRDJF) (FSE: BVU3),( the “Company” or “St. James Gold”) is pleased to announce that its Operator at the Florin Gold Project (as defined below), has assisted in securing and paying deposits to an established drill contractor to complete 7,000 meters and up to 8,500 meters of HQ-NQ2-NQ diameter diamond drilling with the option to add a second drill to expand the program to in excess of 12,000 meters for the 2022 drill season, at its district-scale, 89 square-kilometer Florin Gold Project (the “Florin Gold Project”) located in the prolific Tombstone gold belt of the Yukon Territory, Canada (Figure 1).Fig 1. Location of St. James’ Florin Gold Project,...

BATON ROUGE, La., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), a leading provider of home health, hospice, personal care and high-acuity care, has released its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report for the year 2021, detailing actions, achievements and goals in each critical area. “We are in the early stages of mapping our progress with the goal of being a good corporate citizen and to act responsibly in the way we treat our patients, our employees, our communities and the environment that we all share,” stated President and CEO Chris Gerard. “We wholly embrace our responsibility to advance social and environmental causes for the betterment of our communities and commit to operating with the highest standards of compliance and ethics.” Amedisys participated in an ESG materiality assessment with...

Lichen Property Mag Survey Lichen Property Mag SurveyMONTREAL, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mosaic Minerals Corporation (CSE: MOC) (“Mosaic” or “The Company”) announces that it has completed the first part of its 2022 drilling program. The objectives of this 1000-meter campaign were to test by drilling (holes GA-22-10 and GA-22-11) the western extension of the Pike Ouest nickel showing as well as hole GA-22-09 an area located between holes GA-21-07 and GA-21-08 which led to the discovery of this index in 2021. The portable XRF (X-ray fluorescence) sampler was able to trace an anomalous nickel zone over approximately 100 meters in hole GA-22-09. This anomaly is however intersected by several metric bands of lamprophyres. Anomalies in magnesium and chromium have also been identified along this anomaly. The Company also notes...

SAN DIEGO, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Exagen Inc. (Nasdaq: XGN), a leading provider of autoimmune testing solutions, announced today the addition of Exagen Inc. to MediNcrease Health Plans, LLC’s national provider network, providing enhanced care to their approximately 7.5 million commercial lives. The agreement, effective July 1, 2022, with MediNcrease will make AVISE® tests, including AVISE® Lupus and AVISE® CTD accessible through MediNcrease’s client base of regional and national health plans, insurance companies, employers, municipalities, third-party administrators, unions, and other companies involved in the management of medical claims. “Our partnership with MediNcrease is an exciting step forward. This partnership will provide the client base, members, and providers of MediNcrease Health Plans, access to a timely...

Figure 1 Figure 1. Geophysical responses at Lacsha including IP Chargeability, Resistivity, and Magnetic responses defining four priority target areas, which are highlighted as circular dashed lines.Figure 2 Figure 2: Talus copper, molybdenum, zinc, and lead geochemistry at Lacsha, showing patterns typically seen in certain porphyry deposits; anomalous copper and molybdenum high and lead-zinc low. Four targets are highlighted as circular dashed lines.VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Latin Metals Inc. (“Latin Metals” or the “Company”) – (TSXV: LMS) OTCQB: LMSQF) is pleased to announce the results of the Induced Polarization (“IP”) survey at its 100% own Lacsha project, located in the Coastal Copper Belt, Peru. The objective of the recently completed survey was to determine the distribution...

Patent covers composition and methods of treating degenerative diseases via administration of IL-4 and IL-13 Empowered SuperkinesDelivery of selected Bcl-2 family of proteins can prevent cell death, repair cell damage and restore cellular function in various diseases.TORONTO and HOUSTON, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MDNA TSX: MDNA), a clinical stage immunotherapy company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 11,352,402 titled, “Interleukin-4 Receptor-Binding Fusion Proteins And Uses Thereof.” The patent provides intellectual property (IP) protection for composition and methods of treating degenerative diseases via administration of a fusion protein comprising an IL-4 or IL-13 Superkine and an anti-apoptotic...

Vancouver, BC, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rockridge Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ROCK) (OTCQB: RRRLF) (Frankfurt: RR0) (“Rockridge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its fully funded Summer 2022 diamond drill program is set to commence in mid-July at the Knife Lake Copper VMS Project located in Saskatchewan, Canada (the “Knife Lake Project” or “Property”). Using the results and interpretation from the 2021 geophysical programs, as well as the 2021 drill and field programs, the upcoming program will focus on Geophysical VTEM targets at the Gilbert Lake zones. Furthermore, the Company is evaluating other targets across the property as well as infill and expansion drill targets at the deposit. The Knife Lake Project, consisting of 82 claims totaling 56,865 hectares (140,516 acres), is an advanced-stage copper, silver,...