KAYS Marijuana Company Kaya Holdings (OTCMKTS:KAYS) Announces Property Purchase Agreement
(OTCMKTS:KAYS) Marijuana Company Kaya Holdings 10-Q Details Increase in Institutional Financing Agreement to $6.3M, Targets Property Purchase for Cannabis Production Facility
Aug 22, 2017
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kaya Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:KAYS), filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 yesterday afternoon. This confirmed KAYS’ continued growth and detailed an agreement for an increase in funding with the Cayman Venture Capital Fund. This will be used for KAY’s purchase of property to build a Cannabis Production Facility in central Oregon.
“KAYS is pleased to confirm the filing of our 10Q for the period ending June 30, 2017. We are very excited by the growth components that we have developed over the quarter. As we look forward to completing a targeted property purchase, on which we plan to relocate our grow and establish a state-of-the-art medical and recreational cannabis manufacturing facility,” stated Kaya Holdings CEO Craig Frank. “Additionally, we secured additional financing to support the launch of Kaya Shack™ delivery services.”
“Difficulty in transitioning our Portland store from an OHA to an OLCC license resulted in a decline in sales for Q2, year over year, of approximately $50,000. However our cash and other assets have increased by nearly $1mm for the same period. As of June our monthly numbers are on pace to exceed last year’s average monthly revenues by 20%, on an annualized basis. We now have 3 OLCC Licensed Kaya Shack™ marijuana retail outlets, with the 4th location expected to open in Q-3”, continued Frank. “With our growth plan in place, including introducing home delivery service and relocating and expanding our grow and production facility, the Company is taking steps to broaden its market and increase revenues, while lowering costs through more in-house production.”
The Company expects to release full details of the property purchase within the next 2 weeks.
About Kaya Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:KAYS)
Kaya Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:KAYS) owns and operates Kaya Shack™ legal marijuana dispensaries in Oregon as well as grow and manufacturing operations, which produce, distribute and/or sell premium legal cannabis products under the Company’s own brands, including flower, concentrates, and cannabis-infused baked goods and candies. KAYS is the first publicly-traded U.S. company to own and operate legal marijuana dispensaries and a vertically integrated legal cannabis grow and manufacturing operation.
Important Disclosure
KAYS is planning execution of its stated business objectives in accordance with current understanding of State and Local Laws and Federal Enforcement Policies and Priorities as it relates to Marijuana (as outlined in the Justice Department’s Cole Memo dated August 29, 2013). Also a plan to proceed cautiously with respect to legal and compliance issues. Potential investors and shareholders are cautioned that the Company will obtain advice of counsel prior to actualizing any portion of its business plan. This (including but not limited to license applications for the cultivation, distribution or sale of marijuana products, engaging in said activities or acquiring existing cannabis production/sales operations). Advice of counsel with regard to specific activities of KAYS, Federal, State or Local legal action or changes in Federal Government Policy and/or State and Local Laws may adversely affect business operations and shareholder value.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking” statements, usually containing the words “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect” or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, acceptance of KAYS’ current and future products and services in the marketplace.
For more information please review our periodic and current filings available at www.sec.gov, call 561-210-5784 or visit www.kayaholdings.com or sign up to receive updates.
FCBK Receives Business Enterprise Award
CERRITOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Choice Bank (OTCQX: FCBK) (the “Bank”) is honored to be recognized once again for the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund’s Business Enterprise Award. The Bank has been a recipient every year since 2011.
Editors Comment : FCBK current ppc is $23.50, with very low daily volume. Don’t expect to see much change over the near future.
The Bank is pleased that its commitment and dedication to financing and supporting community activities, especially for low and moderate income communities, is recognized by the US Treasury Department’s CDFI. The CDFI’s 2016 grant award recognizes and rewards the Bank’s continuing efforts to increase its lending and service activities within the economically distressed communities that the Bank serves.
First Choice Bank is a community focused financial institution serving diverse consumers and commercial clients, as a CDFI bank. Peter Hui, the Bank’s Chairman, said, “We are very proud of all of our efforts to make our community prosper. It is gratifying to receive this award as recognition of that commitment.”
ABOUT FIRST CHOICE BANK
First Choice Bank, headquartered in Cerritos, California, is a community focused financial institution, serving diverse consumers and commercial clients and specializing in loans to small businesses, Private Banking clients, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) loans, and commercial real estate loans with a niche in providing finance for the hospitality industry. The Bank is a Preferred Small Business Administration (SBA) Lender. Founded in 2005, First Choice Bank has quickly become a leading provider of financial services that enable our customers to grow, maintain strength, and reach unprecedented levels of success. We strive to surpass our clients’ expectations through our efficiency and professionalism and are committed to being “First in Speed, Service, and Solutions.” First Choice Bank stock is traded on the Over the Counter (OTCQX); our Ticker Symbol is FCBK.
The Bank’s web site is www.FirstChoiceBankCA.com.
WSTRF Shareholder Update News
TORONTO and NUCLA, Colo., Aug. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Western Uranium Corporation (CSE:WUC) (OTCQX:WSTRF) (“Western” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update to shareholders and the market.
WSTRF Western is investigating re-starting its vanadium-rich mines as the result of the higher vanadium price, currently $9.50 per pound. The 2017 forecast global production of vanadium is about 80,000 tonnes compared to the forecast consumption of 88,000 tonnes, implying a supply deficit of approximately 8,000 tonnes in the global vanadium market. As vanadium inventories have been depleted, global steel mills are competing against the growing vanadium redox battery (VRB) industry for consistent vanadium supplies. The VRB market could represent another 7,000 to 30,000 tonnes of vanadium demand per annum over the next ten years.
The reason for the decrease in supply and increase in price of vanadium is the Chinese government forcing some factories and iron ore mines to curtail operations to reduce air pollution. Vanadium is a unique commodity market, as China is both the largest producer and consumer of vanadium. China accounts for about 45% of the world’s vanadium production while Russia and South Africa account for approximately another 30% of global vanadium production.
WSTRF has begun discussions on the economics of building a vanadium and ferro-vanadium processing plant. Ferro-vanadium is a higher value product than vanadium pentoxide, enhancing margins for the Company and shareholders.
Finally, discussions have begun with potential vanadium offtake partners both domestically and internationally.
The aforementioned discussions are early stage and the Company will update the market when further news can be released.
Further, WSTRF Western also announces it has received a bonus payment of $120,000 from signing an oil and gas lease on one of its properties in a hydrocarbon rich region. If oil and/or gas is found, the Company will receive a significant royalty percentage which will be reinvested in the Company’s core vanadium and uranium mining operations. The oil and gas leasing agreement allows the Company to retain full property rights to vanadium, uranium, and other mineral resources.
These strategic positioning decisions are being evaluated relative to cash flow generation potential. Western is seeking to capitalize on the vanadium and royalty opportunities to generate meaningful cash flow by optimizing and advancing the asset package, in spite of the current low uranium price environment. These actions would have the added benefit of advancing uranium operations in preparation for when the cycle turns and the market recognizes the imminent global uranium supply deficit.
About Western Uranium Corporation
Western Uranium Corporation is a Colorado based uranium and vanadium conventional mining company focused on low cost near-term production of uranium and vanadium in the western United States and development and application of ablation mining technology.
Why is MGTI Continuing to Climb (OTCMKTS:MGTI)
There’s been a lot of news and almost as much movement with MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (OTCMKTS:MGTI) over the past month. First off, the price has almost tripled from where it sat in May ($0.62 on May 15) to $2.35 where it closed on August 18th. The other news is that MGTI just announced yesterday (August 17) that they have obtained and are in the process of deploying 650 state of the art Bitcoin mining rigs which will be located at a new multi-Megawatt facility in the state of Washington. They have said that the new miners will be fully operational within the next two-weeks.
Some background:
Bitcoin’s value rested at about $580 at this time last year (August 2016) just a few months after the latest Mt. Gox issues had hit the market. Anyone who follows Bitcoin knows that the cryptocurrency market is really hot and that Bitcoin currently is in the midst of a steady, high-delta year-long growth spurt which has its value near an all-time high of $4510 on Thursday, August 17 2017.
As of Friday, August 18 Bitcoin is still hovering around $4170. This is important for a few reasons: 1) Bitcoin has experienced a strong valuation increase in the past one-month period, which equals its greatest increase since its spike earlier this year between March and June. In July it dived to $1938. 2) The recent split with Bitcoin Cash (called “BCash to avoid confusion) has indirectly caused Bitcoin, with its more established trading infrastructure and global exchange network, to experience increased blockchain activity, trading and value. See, there have been several clonecoins in the past, but BCash also copied the blockchain, meaning that at the time of the fork, every person who owned a Bitcoin also owned a unit of BCash. But there are issues with BCash, not the least of which is its inherent instability and slow blockchain transaction speeds. In addition, 76% of all bitcoin cash that may ever possibly exist, is already in the hands of miners and waiting to be sold. Any time an alternative currency is released, it bolster’s Bitcoin as the de-facto standard crypto, pushing up its price accordingly.
Back to MGTI – Before even announcing their new mining rigs, they surpassed the 1,000 Bitcoins mined milestone – which they have accomplished in less than one year. So we know they’re capable players in this market.
They are also reportedly working on a new suite of cyber security technologies in collaboration with industry visionary John McAfee. They aim to develop and launch a series of protection tools for individuals (mobile) and corporations (WANs). MGTI has one such product undergoing beta testing – Sentinel, an enterprise class network intrusion detector – which they will likely release prior to the end of Q3, 2017.
Also, they have formed a JV with Nordic IT with the goal of bringing to market a new mobile phone platform with strong inherent protections for privacy and hacker-thwarting features. Various statements indicate that they intend for development and marketing for this platform to be complete by February of 2018.
The numbers: MGTI is sitting at a humble $2.35 as of close on August 18. This is down from a high of about $3.40 a year ago, but up from a long-term trough which had them languishing as low as $0.68 and volumes hovering in the low 1M range. Average volume is significantly lower at 728,062 which makes current volume of 1,831,411 all the more impressive. Market cap sits at 91.753M and both PE and EPS are negative at -2.07 and -1.14 respectively.
What does this mean? We’re not sure, but we don’t see another dropoff like last year’s. In fact it would be within reason to think that MGTI can ride the Bitcoin wave long enough to bring their other revenue generating strategies online and surpass their all-time high of $3.19 from August of last year. Definitely keep an eye on these guys – and on the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news.