Month: June 2024

LAS VEGAS, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (CSE: PLTH) (OTCQX: PLNH) (“Planet 13” or the “Company”), a leading vertically-integrated multi-state cannabis company, today announced the following results for each item of business considered at Planet 13’s Annual General Meeting of Stockholders held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Election of Directors The following table sets out the percentage of shares of common stock voted in respect of the election of directors.Nominee % For % WithheldRobert Groesbeck 98.63% 1.37%Larry Scheffler 98.54% 1.46%Lee Fraser 97.31% 2.69%Adrienne O’Neal 98.99% 1.01%Kevin Martin 99.33% 0.67%Ratification of Auditors The following table sets out the percentage of shares of common stock voted in respect of the ratification of the appointment of Davidson & Company...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company”), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering and a concurrent registered direct offering of 53,719,009 shares of its Class A ordinary shares at a price of $2.42 per share, before applicable underwriting discounts and commissions. In addition, the underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the underwritten public offering. All of the Class A ordinary shares in the underwritten public offering and concurrent registered direct offering are being sold by the Company. The public offering and the concurrent registered direct offering are...

Financing extends Opthea’s cash runway through Phase 3 topline data readout for both pivotal trials of sozinibercept in wet AMD Phase 3 topline data readout accelerated for COAST to early Q2 calendar year 2025, and anticipated for ShORe in mid-calendar year 2025 MELBOURNE, Australia and PRINCETON, N.J., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Opthea Limited (ASX/NASDAQ: OPT, “Opthea”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to treat highly prevalent and progressive retinal diseases, including wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), today announced that the Company is seeking to raise up to approximately A$227.3 million (US$150.0 million1) via an approximately A$10.0 million (US$6.6 million1) placement (“Placement”) and an approximately A$217.3 million (US$143.4 million1) Accelerated...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FIREWEED METALS CORP. (“Fireweed” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FWZ; OTCQX: FWEDF), is pleased to announce the results of voting at its annual general and special meeting of shareholders which was held on June 11, 2024, in Vancouver, BC (the “Meeting”). Full details of all the voting results for the 2024 Meeting are available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. A total of 78,544,062 common shares, representing 52.93% of the votes attached to all outstanding shares as at the record date for the Meeting, were represented at the Meeting. All of the matters submitted to the shareholders for approval as set out in the Company’s Notice of Meeting and Information Circular dated May 3, 2024, were approved by the requisite majority of votes cast at the Meeting. The nominees for directors...

CALGARY, Alberta, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questor Technology Inc. (“Questor”, the “Company”), (TSX Venture Exchange: QST) is pleased to announce Mr. Quentin Kyliuk, has joined the company as Vice President of Operations and Engineering and Ms. Stephanie Setiawan has joined as our team as Director of Sales and Marketing.   “Quentin’s diverse background in engineering and manufacturing will be a valuable asset to Questor’s leadership team. His experience in our client’s world, at engineering companies and manufacturing, will provide insightful perspectives and help drive our growth” said Ms. Audrey Mascarenhas.  Mr. Kyliuk brings over 25 years of experience in executing strategic projects and enhancing program profitability. Before joining Questor, Mr. Kyliuk was a Program Manager at Startec Compression and Process. Prior...

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or the “Company”), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, today announced that it has entered into a commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”) with Perigrove LLC and Graf Holdings (collectively the “Lender”) for a $100 million 5-year term financing with royalty-based payments (“Commitment”). The Company intends to use the funds to repay the outstanding amount of its existing senior secured loan provided by Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is approximately $85 million. The Company intends to use the rest of the funds raised, which is estimated to be $15 million, for general corporate purposes. In...

14-month data show treatment with setrusumab resulted in a large, sustained 67% reduction in annualized fracture rate and persistent median annualized fracture rate of 0.00 (p=0.0014) Treatment resulted in continued, substantial improvements in bone mineral density (BMD) with a mean increase from baseline of 22% (p

TORONTO, June 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM) (“DPM” or “the Company”) today announced that the Company has filed a technical report for its Čoka Rakita gold project in Serbia (the “Report”). The purpose of the report was to support the preliminary economic assessment for Čoka Rakita, as previously disclosed in the Company’s news release dated May 1, 2024. The Report has been prepared pursuant to the Canadian Securities Administrator’s National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. The Report and the May 1, 2024, news release are both available for review on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and on the Company’s website (www.dundeeprecious.com). About Dundee Precious Metals Dundee Precious Metals Inc. is a Canadian-based international gold mining company with operations and...