NA Proactive news snapshot: Arcadia Biosciences, Esports Entertainment, TPCO Holding, Recruiter.com, American Manganese ...

Arcadia Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:RKDA) (FRA:17DN) reports that first-quarter revenue for 2021 increased by triple digits year-over-year. In a statement, the company said it generated $828,000 in 1Q revenue, compared to $309,000 in the year-ago period.  That is nearly a 300% jump.  California-based Arcadia said the increase was driven by GoodWheat grain sales and higher GLA product sales. Esports Entertainment Group Inc (NASDAQ:GMBL) (FRA:40Y1) has announced the financial results for its fiscal 2021 third quarter ended March 31, which included revenue that improved sequentially and kept the company on pace to meet its full-year guidance. The company saw $5.4 million in revenue during the period more than double from its fiscal second-quarter revenue of $2.4 million. Gross profit was $3.1 million, triple its $1 million profit in the prior quarter. The company attributed its revenue bump in part to its recent acquisitions of online casino operator Lucky Dino and live event provider Esports Gaming League. TPCO Holding Corp (dba The Parent Company) (NEO:GRAM.U) (OTCQX:GRAMF) reported its first quarterly results since its IPO in January that showed the cannabis firm had US$281 million in cash and equivalents. Net sales since January 15, 2021 came in at $39.9 million, a figure that would have been closer to $45.6 million if adjusted for the full quarter beginning in January. Gross profit in 1Q 2021 was $7.2 million, a gross margin of 18%, while its adjusted EBITDA loss came in at $11.4 million. Recruiter.com Group Inc (OTCQB:RCRT) reported that its first-quarter 2021 revenue rose 39% quarter-over-quarter to $3.2 million, primarily from increased use of the company’s Recruiters on Demand business. Recruiter.com also said 28,570 recruiters joined its virtual AI- and video-enabled hiring platform in the quarter ending March 31.  American Manganese Inc (CVE:AMY) (OTCQB:AMYZF) (FRA:2AM) told investors it had now received its patent covering its ground-breaking battery recycling process in South Korea, strengthening its patent portfolio. As reported in March 2021, the company revealed it had received a 'notice of allowance' from the Korean intellectual property (IP)  Office for the National Phase Patent Application. Gungnir Resources Inc (CVE:GUG) (OTCPINK:ASWRF) (FRA:AMO1) told investors that around 2,500 metres (m) of diamond drilling is due to kick off at its Swedish assets in the week beginning May 24. The work will initially focus on the Knaften property and the Knaften 300 Gold Zone (Knaften 300), where drill results have included shallow intersections of high-grade gold including 59.6 grams per ton (g/t) of the yellow metal in one hole and numerous wide zones of gold mineralization. After drilling at Knaften, around 1,250m of drilling is earmarked for the nearby nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE (platinum, palladium and gold) projects - Lappvattnet and Rormyrberget. CytoDyn Inc (OTCQB:CYDY) plans to submit the topline results of its CD12 Phase 3 clinical trial of Vyrologix (leronlimab-PRO 140) for severe to critically ill COVID-19 patients to regulatory agencies, including those in India and the Philippines. Patients in the CD12 trial were administered two doses of leronlimab, the first on day zero and another on day seven. Results showed that over that initial span, critically ill patients receiving leronlimab on day zero experienced a mortality rate 78% lower than patients receiving placebo.  Further, patients receiving the second dose of leronlimab on day seven achieved a peak benefit of 82% lower mortality, the company said. That said, the effects diminished from day 14 to day 21 and from day 21 to day 28, as the mortality rate decreased to 50% and 31%, respectively, which the company attributed to patients not receiving leronlimab after day 7.  Loop Insights Inc (CVE:MTRX) (OTCQB:RACMF) said it has completed the integration of the Loop Wallet pass platform with a new Universal Digital Coupon standard from non-profit The Coupon Bureau (TCB). The data analytics company said following the integration, when TCB Digital 8112 coupons are delivered through its Wallet pass platform, it will allow users to use their mobile phones to redeem coupons in a contactless and secure manner.  Willow Biosciences Inc (TSE:WLLW) (OTCQX:CANSF) (FRA:3D7) said it has been added to The Cannabis ETF (NYSE:THCX), an exchange-traded fund listed on the NYSE Arca, which tracks the Innovation Labs Cannabis Index, a portfolio of 33 stocks that are expected to benefit from the growth of the legal global marijuana, cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp industries.  Sassy Resources Corporation (CSE:SASY) (OTCQB:SSYRF) (FRA:4E7) has closed a non-brokered private placement financing in its subsidiary Gander Gold Corporation, including a strategic investment by well-known Canadian resource investor and gold bull Eric Sprott. Sassy said the private placement of 45,425,000 special warrants, issued at $0.05 each, generated gross proceeds of $2,271,250. The special warrants will be converted into common shares of Gander Gold at a date to be determined by the board of directors of the wholly-owned subsidiary, but no later than two weeks after Gander Gold becomes a reporting issuer, Sassy added. “We are very pleased to complete this financing in Gander Gold and to welcome Mr. Eric Sprott as a significant shareholder in Gander Gold,” said Sassy CEO Mark Scott. CO2 GRO Inc (CVE:GROW) (OTCQB:BLONF) (FRA:4021) announced that Canada's Hague (Netherlands), Bern (Brussels), and Madrid (Spain) Trade Commission Offices have selected the company to present on "Collaborations in Sustainable Technologies in Agriculture." In a statement, CO2 GRO said this is the first of a series of presentations organized by the Canadian trade commissioners in Europe, who are tasked amongst other matters with facilitating introductions for leading Canadian companies to their local business audiences. The virtual webinar on May 25 will start at 4pm Netherlands (10am EST) and 30 minutes of virtual networking is to be followed by an overview of Canadian solutions and innovation. Three companies from Canada will present their technologies and benefits to potential business partners followed by a Q&A session and another 30 minutes of virtual networking. Global Energy Metals Corporation (CVE:GEMC) (OTCMKTS:GBLEF) (FRA:5GE1) said the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pertaining to a mineral claim purchase agreement between the company and DG Resource Management. According to the agreement, Global Energy can acquire a 50% interest in the Monument Peak copper-silver-gold project in Lemhi county in Idaho; the Chance Lake nickel-copper-cobalt property in the Hollinger North Shore region of Quebec; and the Amiral nickel-copper-PGE property in Quebec. The firm will acquire the interests by paying $200,000 in cash and issuing 1.75 million shares and 1.75 million warrants. Each warrant will be exercisable into one share at a price of $0.30 cents per share for a two-year period, subject to an acceleration right. The vendors have agreed to spend $100,000 on a work program on the Monument Peak property.  CytoDyn Inc (OTCQB:CYDY), a late-stage biotechnology company developing Vyrologix (leronlimab-PRO 140), said CEO Nader Pourhassan and Chairman Scott Kelly and Chris Recknor, who is the chief operating officer will host an investment community webcast on May 18, 2021. Management will provide an update on ongoing work with the US Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies on using sub-population data to ensure future adequate trial design, in order to continue to further its clinical development of leronlimab in the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Management will spend 60 minutes to address questions submitted online by analysts and investors on May 18, 2021, at 1:00 pm PT/4:00 pm ET. Prior to the webcast, questions can be submitted online to cydy_team@cytodyn.com. During the webcast, questions can be submitted through the webcast link HERE.   Vox Royalty Corp (CVE:VOX) (OTCMKTS:VOXCF) revealed that it has struck a non-binding letter of intent with Electric Royalties Ltd (CVE:ELEC) (OTCMKTS:ELECF) for it to acquire a portfolio of two graphite royalties from Vox. The rapidly growing Toronto-based royalty company with a portfolio already spanning several continents, said the graphite portfolio consists of a 2.5% gross concentrate sales royalty on graphite production at the Graphmada Graphite Mining Complex in Madagascar; and a 0.75% gross revenue royalty on the Yalbra graphite exploration project in Western Australia.  "The total consideration for the transaction is C$2,850,000 in shares of Electric Royalties and a C$50,000 cash non-refundable exclusivity payment," said the company.  Fury Gold Mines Ltd (TSE:FURY) (NYSEAMERICAN:FURY) (FRA:AUN) has posted encouraging results from drilling at its Eau Claire deposit in Quebec, expanding the Snake Lake structure, which sits 1 kilometre (km) east of the known resource. The results come from four of five holes at Snake Lake and one hit 94.1 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 0.5 metres (m), which extended high-grade mineralization 840m down dip. Another hit 7.51 g/t of the yellow metal over 2m, which was a 150m step-out hole from historical high-grade holes.  Xigem Technologies Corporation (CSE:XIGM) (FRA:2C1) says its patent-pending iAgent technology is well-positioned to take advantage of the large shift towards remote working, which has been prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the company pointed to a host of recent reports, which have underlined the sudden transition to working from home, including a poll of 30,000 US workers, which concluded it would lift productivity in the US economy by 5%.