Argo Gold (CSE: $ARQ) Update on the Rockstar Gold Project in the Wawa Area

 

Toronto, Ontario--(March 16, 2017) – (Investorideas.com Newswire) Argo Gold Inc.'s (CSE: ARQ) ("Argo Gold" or the "Company") Rockstar Gold Project is located 50 kilometres north - northeast of Wawa, Ontario in the Michipicoten Greenstone Belt and covers 2,656 hectares comprised of 16 mineral claims in Jacobson and Riggs Townships. The Michipicoten Greenstone Belt hosts Richmont's Island Gold Mine and past producers including the Magino, Edwards, Cline and Renabie Mines. Argo Gold's Rockstar Gold Project contains six known areas of gold mineralization including the Rockstar Vein and the Tracanelli Vein.

The Rockstar Vein was discovered early in 2004 by two prospectors who noted visible gold mineralization in a quartz carbonate vein system hosted in a carbonate alteration zone within mafic volcanics. This vein system was mechanically stripped over a strike length of approximately 80 metres, with surface widths varying from 0.3 to 1.5 metres. Surface grab samples collected in 2004 and 2008 along strike by Band-Ore Resources and Upper Canada Explorations, respectively, had assay results ranging from 1 to 7.89 grams gold per tonne. Grab samples were analyzed by iPL Laboratories and Accurassay Laboratories in Thunder Bay - respectively - using standard fire assay with an AA finish. The grab samples are selected samples and are not necessarily representative of the mineralization hosted on the property. No channel sampling has been completed on the mineralized vein and altered shear zone.

In 2004 - 2005, Band-Ore Resources completed a sixteen-hole, 1,285 metre diamond drill program to test the Rockstar vein over a strike length of 250 metres and to a depth of 250 metres. The continuity of the Rockstar Vein was also noted by the fact that all drill holes intersected the vein structure. Average intersections ranged from 1-3 grams per tonne over 2 to 3 metres for most intersections with several intersection containing higher grade sections averaging 5 grams per tonne over 1 metre. The Rockstar Vein was intersected to a down-dip length of 250 metres with a consistent dip of -60^o. The surface extrapolation of drill hole intersections extends the vein and related structure and alteration for a distance of 250 metres along strike. Figure 1 is a Section view of the Rockstar Gold Vein demonstrating the continuity of the vein.

At the time of drilling of the Rockstar Vein (2004 -2005), the strike length of the Rockstar Vein was limited by the property boundary. The adjacent property is now incorporated into the Rockstar Gold Property. Argo Gold has noted that the Rockstar Vein correlates to a linear magnetic anomaly that extends for 5 kilometres on the current Rockstar Gold Property. Figure 2 notes the 5 kilometre linear magnetic anomaly that correlates with the Rockstar Vein.

In summary, the continuity of gold mineralization associated with the Rockstar Vein is impressive and the vein system is open down-dip from 250 metres and the horizon is interpreted to extend for 5 kilometres on the Rockstar Gold Property. The east-northeast trending linear magnetic anomaly associated with the Rockstar Vein has been mapped as a gabbro-quartz gabbro (Ontario Geological Survey, Sage, 1990) in contact with mafic metavolcanics. The deposit model under consideration is a shear-hosted quartz vein system at or near the contact between mafic metavolcanics and a gabbro sill.

Figure 1 - Rockstar Gold Project - Drill Hole Cross Section (looking westerly)

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ALS Chemex Chimitec in Val d'Or, Quebec completed all the core sample analyses for the 2004 drill program. Gold assaying was by standard fire assay techniques with standard internal laboratory quality control typical of Canadian labs. All gold assaying was performed using a 30g standard fire assay with an AA finish and/or gravimetric finish. Band-Ore maintained a regular quality control, quality assurance program for the Rock Star drilling consisting of one blank and one certified standard per hole which were blindly placed into the sample stream and sent to the lab.

Swastika Laboratories of Swastika, Ontario completed all the core sample analyses for the 2005 drill program. Gold assaying was by standard fire assay techniques with standard internal laboratory quality control typical of Canadian labs. All gold assaying was performed using a 30g standard fire assay with an AA finish and/or gravimetric finish.

Figure 2 - Rockstar Gold Project and Area — Total Magnetic Intensity

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The Company has not yet completed the work necessary to verify the past exploration results and since some of these results are historical in nature and some results predate National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") standards. In addition, a qualified person has not completed sufficient work to verify these historical results. The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101 and reviewed and approved by Delio Tortosa, P.Eng., a "Qualified Person" as defined by NI 43-101 and a Technical Advisor for Argo Gold.

Argo Gold believes follow-up exploration activity is warranted at the Rockstar Gold Project.

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About Argo Gold Inc.

Argo Gold is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker ARQ. Argo Gold is focused on gold exploration projects central and northwestern Ontario. All of Argo Gold's projects are 100% owned and have indications of economic viability. Argo Gold's website is www.argogold.ca.

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President
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Algae Dynamics Corp (OTCQB: $ADYNF) Announces Memorandum Of Understanding With Company Licenced By Health Canada To Test, Extract, Purify, Import/ Export And Sell Cannabis Oil

Algae Dynamics Corp (OTCQB: $ADYNF) Announces Memorandum Of Understanding With Company Licenced By Health Canada To Test, Extract, Purify, Import/ Export And Sell Cannabis Oil

TORONTO, CANADA - March 16, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) ALGAE DYNAMICS CORP (OTCQB: ADYNF) (the "Company"), a development stage company focused on the development of unique health products and pharmaceuticals utilizing cannabis and algae oils, today announced a memorandum of understanding with Avanti Rx Analytics Inc. ("ARA") to collaborate on a range of topics as outlined below. ARA is uniquely positioned to test, extract, develop, produce and supply cannabinoids that can enable and enhance the delivery and commercial success of medicinal cannabis products. As such, ARA will play a key role in supplying the University of Waterloo and Western University with cannabis oil for the previously announced sponsored research programs, in addition to contributing to the product development and formulation opportunities that combine the benefits of algae and cannabis oils.

Paul Ramsay, Chairman and President of the Company said, "This collaboration is a vital piece of our corporate development strategy. Our relationship with ARA will assist us immensely in the development of unique products both in the medical cannabis category, as well as in unique formulations utilizing cannabis and algae oils. It dove-tails beautifully with our recently announced research relationships with two universities, and we believe will help fast-track us to revenue."

The key aspects of the strategic collaboration between the Company and ARA are as follows:

• ARA agrees to test, formulate, manufacture, and package cannabis and algae based products as requested and developed by ADC under the current and/or future medical and recreational cannabis regulations, it being understood that products containing both cannabis oil and algae oil, or derivatives therefrom, will be processed exclusively for ADC.
• ARA agrees to assist ADC to develop marketing channels including but not limited to: website development and internet promotion, medical doctors, product distributors, as appropriate and in compliance with the regulatory requirements.
• ARA agrees to assist ADC where possible in obtaining regulatory approval for its license pursuant to the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations ("ACMPR") and licensed recreational products.
• ARA agrees to assist ADC with market development and product distribution to Health Canada ACMPR licensed producers.

• ARA agrees to collaborate with the universities on the sponsored research programs which ADC has negotiated with the Universities of Waterloo and Western Ontario, and supply cannabis based materials, according to specifications.

As reported earlier, the Company is continuing to seek opportunities to partner with or take ownership in existing Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) licensed producers to allow for access to the marketplace.

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About Avanti Rx Analytics

Avanti Rx Analytics is the first Health Canada GMP and OCDS approved Contract Organization specializing in the field of controlled drugs and substances particularly in the area of medicinal cannabis, HEMP, cannabinoids, and cannabis based concentrated products. Avanti Rx Analytics Inc. offers a comprehensive menu of services ranging from analytical R&D and QC testing, cannabis extraction under controlled environment, cannabinoids purification, cannabis infused-product formulation, and cannabis waste management by means of material denaturation, as well as the QA and regulatory consulting. Avanti Rx Analytics, as a Health Canada GMP approved and OCS licensed organization, does not grow, distribute, nor sell/commercialize cannabis. Our focus is in the provision of a broad range of sophisticated, state-of-the-art services to Health Canada approved licensed producers (LPs), authorized pharmacies, medical practitioners, Health Canada approved patients, government enforcement and regulatory agencies, and regulatory approved allied cannabis communities, and to continue to remain at the forefront of the healthcare industry, building an enviable reputation.

About Algae Dynamics Corp

ADC is currently engaged in the development of unique health products and pharmaceuticals that utilize hemp, cannabis and algae oils. This is an extension of our plan to commercialize our proprietary BioSilo(R) algae cultivation system for the high volume, low cost production of pure contaminant-free algae biomass which is high in Omega-3 fatty acids. We have engaged two Canadian universities to provide research into the use of extracts from cannabis oil, which we plan to use to develop products that combine the significant health benefits of Omega-3s derived from algae oil and extracts from cannabis oil. Our research is focusing on the use of cannabis oil in the context of cancer, and the use of cannabis derivatives for the development of novel pharmacotherapies for mental health.   

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Gopher Protocol (OTCQB: $GOPH) Introduce Sigma EDA Software - electrical connectivity & analysis of an integrated circuit block

Gopher Protocol (OTCQB: $GOPH) Introduce Sigma EDA Software - electrical connectivity & analysis of an integrated circuit block

San Diego, California, March 15, 2017 – (Investorideas.com Newswire) Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB:GOPH) (“Gopher” and the "Company”), a development-stage company, which specializes in the development of real-time, heuristic-based – mobile technologies; and its partner, Alpha EDA, LLC (“Alpha”) announce today the completion of development of its software package “SIGMA EDA” (“Sigma”) - tool that checks and corrects electrical connectivity mismatches in an integrated circuit, custom layout block. The tool reads an IC Layout Block, its Netlist and automatically corrects all connectivity mismatches. In addition, the tool provides a layout performance and DFM structural improvements by optimizing polygonal connectivity.

Nanometer designs contain millions of devices and operate at very high frequencies. To meet the challenges posed by such large-scale circuits, techniques have been developed to represent integrated circuit designs at various levels of abstraction. According to these techniques, an integrated circuit design may be represented by an electrical schematic containing devices and nets interconnecting the devices and by geometric layout data that describes patterns of regions or elements to be formed in and/or on an integrated circuit substrate. (e.g., wafer) Techniques for managing highly integrated circuit designs include hierarchical design techniques. These hierarchical techniques can be essential to the efficient performance of computer-assisted integrated circuit design verification. Such verification may include operations to perform layout versus schematic comparison (LVS) using computer-based design tools.

Today, any mismatches are corrected manually by a layout designer. The layout designer first must find the correct connection and then determine how to create the correct electrical connection in the mask layout database. This process of adding/modifying an electrical connection(s) may take several hours or days to complete. Furthermore, the layout designer may introduce design rule errors in the mask layout database when adding the new connection.  Eliminating the design rule errors may additionally require several more hours or days and thus, increase the design time for the integrated circuit furthermore. Using Sigma these electrical connection mismatches are automatically eliminated within minutes which resulting a massive reduction in the entire chip design time. In addition, the tool includes an Auto-Correct option to automatically correct a completed IC layout block. One of the key advantages of the software is its statistical analysis and violations mapping feature. The program prepares violation statistics including a detailed report of each violation and an automatic correction solution(s). Upon user's approval, Sigma automatically corrects the violation(s), saving hours or days of manual work. After the correction, Sigma rechecks the microchip block to verify that all violations are fixed.

“The new method and system deployed via Sigma supports the industry’s newest manufacturing design processes and standards. With Sigma, designers can potentially save weeks and months of IC custom layout design time. This tool especially benefits Analog and Mixed Signal design styles and can eliminate the stress and time of solving a major challenge.”, stated Dr. Rittman the Company and Alpha CTO.

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About Gopher Protocol Inc.

Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB: GOPH) (“Gopher” and the "Company") (http://gopherprotocol.com/) is a development-stage company developing a real-time, heuristic-based mobile technology.  Upon development, the technology will consist of a smart microchip, mobile application software and supporting software that will run on a server.  The system contemplates the creation of a global network.  Gopher believes this will be the first system that is developed using a human, heuristic-based analysis engine.  Since the core of the system will be its advanced microchip technology that will be capable of being installed in any mobile device worldwide, Gopher expects that this will result in an internal, private network between all mobile devices utilizing the microchip by providing mobile technology for computing power enhancement, advanced mobile database management/sharing and other additional mobile features.

Corporate Site: http://gopherprotocol.com

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Contact:

Dr. Danny Rittman CTO
Gopher Protocol Inc.
VM Only 888-685-7336

Media: press@gopherprotocol.com

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Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC Added to the 420 Cannabis Investor Ideas of 2017; 420cannabisinvestorideas.com

Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC Added to the 420 Cannabis Investor Ideas of 2017; 420cannabisinvestorideas.com

Investorideas.com – March 14, 2017 – www.Investorideas.com, a global news source covering leading sectors including marijuana and hemp stocks, and www.420cannabisinvestorideas.com announce the most recent addition to the 420 Cannabis Investor Ideas of 2017; Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC.

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 Viridian Capital Advisors

Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC (www.viridianca.com) is a financial and strategic advisory firm dedicated to the cannabis market. We are a data- and market intelligence-driven firm that provides investment banking, M&A, corporate development, and investor relations services to emerging growth companies and qualified investors in the cannabis sector. Our banking practice, through broker-dealer Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, provides capital and M&A to fund the growth of our clients, while our advisory practice helps to position and build their businesses. Our team’s decades of high level operating and transactional experience on Wall Street in a variety of emerging sectors, allows Viridian to provide comprehensive strategic and financial solutions that assist cannabis enterprises in realizing their full potential.

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New Frontier Data, the authority in business intelligence for the cannabis industry, forecasts the legal cannabis market to grow to $24.1 billion by 2025 with a compound annual growth rate of 16%.

Their Cannabis Industry Annual Report: 2017 Legal Marijuana Outlook also found that if all the states which are currently legal continue their projected growth, they could generate $2.3 billion in state tax revenue from retail sales by 2020 and the U.S. Cannabis Market will Create 283,422 Jobs by 2020.

Canadian marijuana sales could top $11-billion within three years, according to recent data from Echelon Wealth.

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How NXT-ID (NASDAQ: $NXTD) Could Be a Big Player in IoT: Q&A with CEO Gino Pereira

​How NXT-ID (NASDAQ: $NXTD) Could Be a Big Player in IoT: Q&A with CEO Gino Pereira

March 14, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The next wave of innovative technologies is already making its way into the mainstream. From digital payments to wearables and even the Internet of Things (IoT), consumers have been longing for a new tech cycle to succeed the maturing smartphone revolution. Now, they're finally getting it. But underneath the surface of sleek interfaces and simple functionality are very complex issues that companies developing these technologies have to wrestle with. In order for a new technology product to succeed, consumers have to be able to trust that it works and that they'll be safe using it.

This creates opportunities for a company like NXT-ID (NASDAQ:NXTD), which specializes in developing solutions for identity verification, security and privacy, encryption and data protection, payments, miniaturization and sensor technologies. Equities.com had the opportunity to speak with Gino Pereira, CEO of NXT-ID, to learn more about how the company is leveraging its core technology to ride the next wave of tech innovations.

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EQ: NXT-ID is a security technology company that provides solutions to enable users to better manage their digital footprint in key areas such as finance, healthcare and mobile computing. As the world is becoming increasingly more digital, how does NXT-ID's long-term mission align with growing trends like IoT and cybersecurity?

Pereira: Well, I think that all this growth and all of these interconnected devices are going to require one critical thing for the whole ecosystem to be successful, and that is essentially trust and security. All of the innovation won't be helping anyone if you don't trust that transactions being done through IoT are secure and your identity is safe. Whether they be payments or simple things like access to your home and your car, that's an essential part of the IoT ecosystem and that's the piece that we feel we can play a big part in.

We provide a number of things on the security and authorization front, basically recognizing whether the person using a device is supposed to be using it. We can also provide encryption services to ensure that transmissions in these apps and devices are secure, as well as an authentication and decryption service that gets data to where it needs to go. As long as you have these things, then you can really interconnect devices and be confident in the security of the information that's being transmitted. We think we can be a big piece of that.

EQ: As recently as just a few years ago, NXT-ID was known almost exclusively for its Wocket Smart Wallet. Today, the company seems to be getting into several different markets, particularly those in the emerging technology space. How are you able to use the same underlying technology of the Wocket to markets like IoT and digital security so quickly?

Pereira: Sure. At heart, our background is in the skills that identify with security technologies. So, we're good at technologies like payments and miniaturization. We have an expertise in biometrics and in encryption technologies as well as sensor technologies. All of these elements are things that work together to help provide security in different features. They could be physical security or they could be digital security. So, the reason why the Wocket was the initial product offering for the company was that we felt that it was the area that had potentially the quickest growth. The whole transition to the digital payment space is constantly evolving underscored by tremendous innovation and we wanted to play in that.

We developed some very successful technologies with Wocket, particularly a technology that we called WiMag, which is a wireless magnetic stripe signal that enables us to make wireless transactions at regular magnetic point-of-sale terminals. We leveraged our expertise in miniaturization and developed some tremendously promising technologies during the course of developing the Wocket. We developed some valuable technologies and it's that technology base that we are expanding across a number of industries right now.

EQ: While the Wocket doesn't define your company, the underlying technology is the key to what NXT-ID can do. To the point of diversifying your markets, NXT-ID partnered with travel club WorldVentures for the development of the Flye Smart Card. Beta testing for the “next-generation smart card” has been ongoing for several months now. Can you bring us up to speed how it works and the current status?

Pereira: Absolutely. WorldVentures is a terrific partner and it's the first one of what we hope to be several of our B2B contracts as we go forward. We have a $15 million purchase order from WorldVentures against which we have started to make deliveries. The concept is one that was really derived straight from Wocket. Essentially, this is now a multi-purpose card with a lot of innovation on it that allows you to make payments in multiple forms. It's also to be used by the members of WorldVentures rewards points card. It also has a Bluetooth beacon on it that allows their members to be recognized when they go to particular establishments, so they receive the appropriate level of service. The reality is that it should be unprecedented as a smart card. We're not aware of any of its caliber and certainly no commercialized cards to date that have the multi-functionality. We have started to deliver these cards to WorldVentures and to build out additional inventory before they go live with their public launch. Currently, they are doing extensive beta testing with hundreds of users in which we're gathering feedback every day and making small tweaks to the card.

VIDEO: NXTD (Nasdaq:NXTD) and WorldVentures Demo flye Smart Card

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF8kLkLJD8I

EQ: At the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, NXT-ID debuted a new module for Internet of Things devices, a product culminating from a cooperative effort with Nordic Semiconductor. You say that this is the first time Bluetooth Low Energy and Near-Field Communications have been integrated on the same chip. What's the importance of this and what are some possible applications that could generate demand for the NXTD/Nordic chip?

Pereira: First of all, the application – the whole system-on-chip concept – is designed for wearables and IoT devices where real estate is at a premium most of the time. What we've developed allows you to do something on one chip that normally may take three chips. So, with that manufacturers certainly save in costs. They also save in overall complexity, most definitely in manufacturing complexity. Moreover, there are savings in the number of potential areas where there could be manufacturing or use problems. Ultimately, the new technology presents the opportunity to achieve a great deal on a very low power device. This means you don't have to charge it as frequently and it will be available for a vast range of IoT devices. It's something that we envision white labelling for a number of companies.

EQ: Last summer, NXT-ID moved into the personal emergency response systems (PERS) business with the acquisition of LogicMark. IndustryARC forecasts that market to grow to an $8.4 billion market by 2020. What attracted you to the PERS market? How do you intend to capture market share from the bigger players here?

Pereira: The reason why we invested in a PERS company is because it fits within our security technology portfolio. In this case, it's personal security as opposed to digital or identity security. We intend to apply our technology to next-generation devices to make them smaller, slimmer, more appealing and much more in the context of what is available today as wearables. That's our technological contribution to that area.

Having said that, we're dealing with existing products. We are currently the only contract supplier to the VA Hospital with this product, which represents the majority of the LogicMark business today. Our intention is to take these product lines and roll them out into extended retail distribution. We have a distribution model that I feel is potentially a game changer in the space. Understand that in the PERS business, there are monitored and non-monitored PERS. LogicMark is a leader in the non-monitored space. Most larger companies, I think the vast majority of the industry, are in the monitored space where they charge an initial fee with a monthly payment after that. In this monitored model, the customer tends to have the device and services on average for about three years. So, it's fairly expensive to have one of these devices over a period of time.

VIDEO: LogicMark Non-Monitored medical alert system video

https://vimeo.com/96212654

EQ: How will your model be different from most other competitors?

Pereira: Our model is to sell the products outright where calls are automatically routed to 911 if someone needs assistance. This way, there is no need for us to have a call center, which removes the need for monthly fees. We think that there is a certain niche out there for those individuals that are hesitant to sign up for monthly payment deals and would readily respond to the ability to purchase the device one time only. A lot of the buyers for these products are actually the children of people that may need this type of device.

Children feel a lot better if their parents have this type of protection and it's a much simpler act to just go and purchase a product outright and give it to the parent as opposed to signing up on a contract and making monthly payments. Obviously, there is a huge difference in the overall costs during a three-year period. So, we think we have something that will certainly appeal to a significant segment of this market.

Also, we're selling the units through contracts with the VA Hospitals, and we're looking towards big box stores and other forms of retail distribution. The acquisition cost is something that can really be optimized to specific campaigns with specific purposes. So, I think there is a lower acquisition cost per customer for the non-monitored model, and once our customers have the product then they will have it for a while.

EQ: We've discussed how NXT-ID's technology can be applied in the finance, travel and health markets now. You also have products like 3D-ID, FaceMatch, VoiceMatch and BioCloud. How does the portfolio all fit together?

Pereira: We are definitely in expansion mode. We are actively looking to increase our resources to allow us to fully exploit all our opportunities. That's something that can take quite a bit of time, but we are looking to do that. I feel confident that we will be starting to exploit these new opportunities in the coming year. Certainly, the payment space is something that we are heavily concentrated on as well as the PERS space.

3D-ID is kind of the third leg of our business. A lot of the technology here was developed to support high-level security applications for end-users like the Department of Defense and law enforcement agencies. Currently, we are a subcontractor to a major defense contractor on a large contract. That will be the next growth component as part of our initiatives to build out that division more fully in order to take advantage of opportunities there.

EQ: For investors and readers interested in following NXT-ID's growth, what are some key metrics that you think are very significant to track to gauge your growth?

Pereira: I laid out a plan at the end of last year of where we would like to take the business. We have started to do that. We have executed on our first B2B contract, which is significant for propelling us forward. We expect to do more in the payment space. We also have said that we want to be a factor in the IoT space. So, my suggestion is, as with most companies, to follow the company and see if the management team delivers on what it says it's going deliver on.

We expect to expand our payment applications. We expect to have meaningful relationships in the IoT space that results in revenue for the company. We expect to grow our PERS business and we will begin to develop the DOD enforcement business as resources allow throughout the course of the year. We're trying to do it on an accelerated basis, but we certainly have to concentrate on what we have in front of us right now. So, it's really a matter of following our results of delivering on what we say we're going to do and judging our performance on those metrics.

EQ: Wonderful. Do you have any closing thoughts you'd like to leave for our readers?

Pereira: We have a number of technologies that are potentially extremely valuable commercially, and we're moving forward on that. If you track our financial results over the course of 2016—we issued some pro forma results for 2016, and the actual 10-K filing will be available at the end of March—readers can see a progression to profitability. We expect to continue that pattern on a much more accelerated basis throughout the course of 2017.

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