NA Proactive news snapshot: Dyadic, Hillcrest Petroleum, Dunnedin Ventures, Ceylon Graphite UPDATE …

Dyadic International Inc (NASDAQ:DYAI) told investors Monday that it is pleased with the preliminary results from its ZAPI animal study. The firm said that initial results from the study indicated that Dyadic’s C1 antigen showed strong performance in protecting cattle and mice from the devastating Schmallenberg virus, which causes congenital malformations in certain animals. The positive news means ZAPI is expanding the scope of Dyadic’s involvement in the program. Dyadic expects to get more funding from the ZAPI consortium to support the production of two additional targets. Hillcrest Petroleum Ltd (CVE:HRH) (OCTMKTS:HLRTF) announced Monday it has appointed Aaron Triplett as its chief financial officer and corporate secretary. Triplett is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), and has accumulated experience in the field of financial management and accounting, specializing in forecasting, compliance and risk management, and the development and monitoring of control systems, the company said in a statement. Most recently, Triplett served as CFO of Grande West Transportation Group Inc (CVE:BUS), a Canadian manufacturer of mid-sized multi-purpose transit vehicles for sale in Canada and the US.  Dunnedin Ventures Inc (CVE:DVI) (OTCMKTS:OCPFF) CEO Claudia Tornquist told shareholders that 2019 was a transitional year for the Vancouver firm, which now has three advanced copper-porphyry projects with “significant” discovery potential. In a letter to shareholders, Tornquist said the company seized the opportunity to capitalize on market sentiment shifting in favor of copper porphyry assets over diamond exploration. The firm's recent focus has been the MPD copper-gold porphyry project, from where newsflow has been encouraging. “The samples from Dunnedin's drill program are currently in the lab and assay results are expected this month,” said Tornquist. “We are optimistic about this early round of drilling.” Ceylon Graphite Corp (CVE:CYL) (OTCMKTS:CYLYF) announced that long-time graphite expert and c-suite executive Don Baxter has joined the board of directors. Baxter is one of the premier graphite experts outside of China, having built one of only two producing graphite mines in North America. He is currently CEO and director of Applied Graphite Technologies Corp. Baxter has also served as president, CEO and executive director of Alabama Graphite Corp, successfully completing the company’s disruptive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and introducing a new, battery-focused strategy. “Don brings to Ceylon experience, ideas and capabilities we cannot find anywhere else,” said Ceylon Graphite CEO Bharat Parashar. “Now that we are in commercial production, we will benefit from his expertise as we invest to ensure we have top quality upgraded graphite for the growing lithium-ion battery market.” Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (CVE:GRG) (OTCMKTS:GARWF) has renegotiated its option agreement with the owner of the Indiana gold-copper project in Chile, the company said Monday. The Indiana Project represents a near-term production target with upside potential and includes a permit for mining in the area of a historic resource with two ramps allowing access for exploration and development, the company said in a statement. Golden Arrow said it now has the right to earn 100% of the project over a 74-month period, expiring in December 2024, and the total cost of US$15.1 million has not changed. Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) has completed significant upgrades to its International Remanufacturing Facility (IRF) in the UK. The facility, located in the southern English city of Gosport, was opened in 2011 as a hub for field service engineers to provide remanufactured parts for its turbines. Now, as the expansion of its distributor network has ended the need for on-site engineers, the operation has been retooled as a turbines system test facility. Work has been ongoing since 2016, the company said, and on December 18, Capstone opened the new facility alongside its UK distributor Pure World Energy. RNC Minerals Corp (TSE:RNX), the Western Australia-focused gold miner, has bolstered its board with the appointment of Chad Williams as a director. Williams is the chairman and founder of Red Cloud Securities, and has extensive experience in mining finance and management, having previously been CEO at Victoria Gold Corp, the head of mining investment banking at Blackmont Capital Inc and a top-ranked mining analyst at TD Bank and other Canadian brokerage firms, said RNC. Great Panther Mining Limited (NYSEAMERICAN:GPL) (TSE:GPR) announced Monday that it has entered into a US$11.25 million gold doré prepayment agreement with a subsidiary of multinational conglomerate Samsung Group. In consideration of delivery and sale of approximately 3,000 ounces of gold contained in doré per month over a two-year period from Great Panther’s Tucano Gold Mine in Brazil, Samsung C&T UK Ltd has agreed to advance the prepayment. Great Panther said the gold deliveries will be sold at a 0.65% discount to the benchmark price of gold at the time of delivery and will be used to offset repayments of the advance, which are scheduled to occur between 11 to 24 months after the date of the advance. GlobeX Data Ltd (CSE:SWIS) (OTCMKTS:SWISF) has signed a new reseller agreement with a Toronto-based cybersecurity firm that will provide small businesses with GlobeX’s proprietary data protection technology. The agreement with Darn IT Group will see the firm offer GlobeX’s DigitalSafe, PrivaTalk, Custodia and the soon-to-be-available PrivaTalk Messenger applications to businesses across Canada. Under GlobeX’s encryption technology, user data is stored in Switzerland under multiple layers of protection using a proprietary system known as VirtualVaults, which segregates users to create an individual barrier of protection in case a data breach occurs. Avalon GloboCare Corp (NASDAQ:AVCO), a clinical-stage global developer of cell-based technologies and therapeutics, said Monday that CEO Dr David Jin will present at the Biotech Showcase 2020 conference to be held January 13-15 in San Francisco. Dr Jin will speak on January 13 at 11 am PST in Yosemite C at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel. Avalon will also host one-on-one meetings with investors and industry stakeholders during the event. Immunoprecise Antibodies Ltd (CVE:IPA) (OTCMKTS:IPATF) announced it will also be attending the upcoming 38th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. CEO Jennifer Bath plans to take investor and business development meetings throughout the conference, held January 13-16 at the Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco. The JP Morgan Healthcare conference began 38 years ago with only 20 companies in attendance. This year it’s expected to draw roughly 450, in addition to more than 9,000 attendees. MegumaGold Corp (CSE:NSAU) revealed it had discovered three main arsenic-gold targets so far at its flagship Touquoy West project in Nova Scotia and the firm has now received all sampling results from 2019. The final assays from the 6,230-hectare property showed a third large target area, which lies along the interpreted trend, which is host to the Touquoy deposit (part of St Barbara Ltd's (ASX:SBM) Touquoy gold mine. Parallax Health Sciences Inc (OTCMKTS:PRLX) has announced plans to assert its intellectual property rights, a process which could include litigation, in the face of what it says is more than $500 million in potential infringement damages. The company claims to have obtained third-party confirmation of the infringement within the human diagnostics and behavioral healthcare markets and is compiling a validity report from an IP valuation group.  Nano One Materials Corp (CVE:NNO) (OTCMKTS:NNOMF) revealed Monday that it had been granted a Taiwanese patent relating to a lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNMO) cathode material, also known as high voltage spinel. In a statement, the company said patent number I672852 issued for Nano One's lithium nickel manganese oxide not only boosts durability but also eliminates cobalt from the battery. Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) posted preliminary fiscal third-quarter results Monday that saw the company’s aftermarket service, distributor support system (DSS) program, and long-term rental business continue to grow. In a statement accompanying the company’s latest numbers, Capstone CEO Darren Jamison said: “Our aftermarket service, DSS program, and long-term rental business continues to grow as we planned and is driving the majority of our future margin expansion.” Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) announced Monday that it has scheduled a meeting with federal regulators as it advances its SLS-002 intranasal racemic ketamine depression drug. In a statement, the company said in March, it will seek guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an adaptive Phase III trial of SLS-002 for Acute Suicidal Ideation and Behavior (ASIB) in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). PotBotics Inc, which operates as RYAH Medtech, is planning a listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the company announced Monday.  The listing is in conjunction with its reverse takeover of Prime Blockchain Inc, which was announced in June 2019.  Renaissance Gold Inc (CVE:REN) (OTCQB:RNSGF), the USA-focused prospect generator, enters the new year strongly, with high hopes for its silicon project in Nevada, where it is partnered with major AngloGold Ashanti (JSE:ANG). AngloGold has significantly advanced the property and sunk 47 drill holes so far, the firm noted. It has plans to carry out further drilling under a new plan of operations permit and if it chooses to complete the purchase option, its final payment of US$2.4 million (C$3.1 million) would be due in June this year. Renaissance Gold would hang on to a 1% net smelter royalty (NSR)."The payment would be very meaningful and would fund the company for nearly two additional years and the royalty could potentially be very material for the company as the Silicon project progresses and the NSR becomes monetized," noted RenGold in Monday's statement. Blackrock Gold Corp (CVE:BRC) says 2020 is shaping up to be a good year as it continues to better understand the geological potential of its Silver Cloud project in Nevada, USA. On Monday, the company posted latest drill results and geologic findings from the property in the Northern Nevada Rift in Elko County. "Our drill campaign, the first completed on the project in almost 15 years, set out to establish the existence of an east-west epithermal vein system at the Silver Cloud mine and Northwest Canyon," said Andrew Pollard, the group's president and CEO. Pollard highlighted in the statement that initial results had confirmed an epithermal vein system heading in an east-west direction. He added."This is a crucial step forward in deciphering the mystery of Silver Cloud". eWellness Healthcare Corporation (OTCMKTS:EWLL), a provider of the state of the art PHZIO platform for the physical therapy and telehealth markets announced that its FY2020 conference schedule launch’s with the January 9-10, 2020 Validation Institute’s Healthcare Benefits Summit in Grapevine Texas. The group noted that the Validation Institute is partnering with some of the most forward-thinking healthcare purchasing organizations to deliver its Certified Health Value Professional (CHVP) to its members, particularly the HR and benefits professionals who face the complexity of today’s healthcare system every day. It pointed out that the Validation Institute advocates for a results-based, outcome-driven market with a three-pronged approach: validating vendor performance, educating the buyers of healthcare, and creating an exclusive community where the two can connect. Codebase Ventures Inc. (CSE:CODE)(OTCMKTS:BKLLF) announced, after the market close on Friday, that it has completed the first closing of a non-brokered private placement. The company said it issued 24,786,904 units at a price of $0.021 per unit, for gross proceeds of $520,525. Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant which entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at $0.05 for a period of two years from the date of closing. It added that securities issued pursuant to this financing are subject to trading restrictions until May 4, 2020, and net proceeds from the private placement will be used for general working capital and to fund future investments. Arizona Silver Exploration Inc (CVE:AZS) said, after the close on Friday, that the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to its non-brokered private placement, announced on January 3, 2020, which will see the issue of 6,827,617 shares at a purchase price of 10 cents per share, together with 3,413,809 share purchase warrants at an initial exercise price of 15 cents with a term to expiry of two years, with 22 placees. Armenia- focused gold mine developer Lydian International Ltd (TSX:LYD) said its previously announced protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) had been extended until January 23 this year. It means creditors and others are stayed from enforcing any rights against the company and subsidiaries Lydian Canada, Lydian UK and a number of its direct subsidiaries, including Lydian Armenia, for this period. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd (CVE:MTA) (OTCMKTS:MTAFD) is heading to the NYSE American stock exchange after its shares were approved for listing, the company said Friday. CEO Brett Heath previously said that the move would “materially increase” Metalla’s exposure to a more diverse group of institutional and retail investors. The Vancouver-based precious metals company’s shares will trade under the ticker symbol ‘MTA’ on the US exchange and continue trading using the same symbol on the TSX Venture Exchange. Shares of Metalla will cease trading on the OTCQB market. FSD Pharma Inc (CSE:HUGE) (OTCMKTS:FSDDF) informed investors Monday that its shares are approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. "It is exciting to realize that once we begin trading on NASDAQ, we will be included in a select group of 12 Canadian-domiciled cannabis companies trading on either the NYSE or NASDAQ, and the first company in the history of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) to be dual-listed on a major U.S. exchange," said Raza Bokhari, FSD’s CEO. The Toronto-based company’s shares, which will trade under the symbol ‘HUGE’, are expected to start trading on January 9. Agile Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AGRX), a women’s healthcare company, will present at the upcoming 38th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. CEO and Chairman Al Altomari will present at 10:30 am PT (1:30 pm ET) on Thursday, January 16 at the Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco. The JP Morgan Healthcare conference is expected to bring together some 400 public and private companies in front of more than 9,000 attendees. Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company, said it will present at the three-day Biotech Showcase 2020 to start on January 13 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, in San Francisco. Genprex chief operating officer Julien Pham will lead the presentation and along with CEO Rodney Varner will be available for investor meetings. Genprex will make its presentation on January 13 at 11:30 am PT at the Yosemite C at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel.