OTC Markets Group Welcomes Newly Verified OTCQB Companies – March 30

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced the following companies are verified for trading on the OTCQB® Venture Marketplace: 

3PEA International, Inc. (OTCQB: TPNL) – 3PEA International is an experienced and trusted prepaid debit card payment solutions provider as well as an integrated payment processor that has millions of prepaid debit cards in its portfolio.  Through its PaySign brand, 3PEA designs and develops payment solutions, prepaid card programs, and customized payment services. 3PEA manages programs for many of the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers with co-pay assistance products designed to maximize new patient acquisition, retention, and adherence.  3PEA’s corporate incentive prepaid cards are changing the way corporations reward, motivate, and engage their current and potential customers, employees, and agents. 3PEA’s customizable prepaid solutions offer significant cost savings while improving brand recognition and customer loyalty.  3PEA’s customers include healthcare companies, major pharmaceutical companies and source plasma providers, large multinationals, prestigious universities, and social media companies.  PaySign is a registered trademark of 3PEA Technologies in the United States and other countries.

AJGreentech Holdings Ltd. (OTCQB: AJGH) – AJGreentech is a full-service environmental technologies and research and development firm dedicated to providing innovative solutions to communities, industry and governments addressing issues of green energy, environmental protection and sustainability.  AJGreentech offers innovative solutions for green transportation, green energy and sustainability.  AJGreentech integrates its own native advanced technologies along with third-party technologies and systems to provide its customers with the most effective and economical solutions.

American Cannabis Company, Inc. (OTCQB: AMMJ) – American Cannabis Company (“ACC”) owns and operates three vertically integrated businesses: American Cannabis Consulting, Cube Root Inc. and The Trade Winds Inc., which deliver a fully integrated offering of services and products for their customers and clients seeking to start or expand their cannabis-based businesses and product offerings.  Through these businesses, ACC provides industry-specific advisory and management services, manufactures and sells products supporting all aspects of regulated cannabis operations, and in addition provides supply chain management solutions through group purchasing delivering efficiency and effectiveness.  ACC has successfully procured licensing agreements for its clients in several states and is accessing existing and new growth opportunities in both domestic and international cannabis markets.

Andrea Electronics Corp. (OTCQB: ANDR) – Andrea Electronics is a pioneer of digital audio input enhancement software, computer headsets, array microphone technologies and is an industry leading developer of product solutions which optimize the performance of voice user interfaces for applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, speech recognition, computer gaming, in-car computing and 3D audio recording among others.

Auxellence Health Corp. (OTCQB: AXHLF) – Auxellence is a technology company engaged in the provision of biomedical online services for common health problems.  The company offers an extensive platform for physiologically interactive computing supporting therapeutic-diagnostic (theranostic) devices, expert systems, and recommender applications for personal health management.  The initial focus is on weight management and skin conditions.

BIO-key International, Inc. (OTCQB: BKYI) – BIO-key International is a leading provider of fingerprint biometric identification, secure mobile credentialing and user identity verification solutions.  It helps customers reduce risk, protect and enhance the value of their services and assets, while minimizing the ongoing costs for access control and identity management.  BIO-key provides the most effective, reliable and efficient strong authentication capabilities available today.

BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQB: BLGO) – BioLargo makes life better by delivering technology-based products that help solve some of the world's most important problems that threaten water, food, agriculture, healthcare and energy.  The company invents, patents, proves and partners.

BioLargo’s subsidiary, BioLargo Water, Inc., showcases the Advanced Oxidation Systems, including its AOS Filter, a product in development specifically designed to eliminate common, troublesome, and dangerous (toxic) contaminants in water in a fraction of the time and cost of current technologies.  It is the winner of the Technology Star award by New Technology Magazine for its breakthrough innovation for the oil industry.  BioLargo also owns a 50% interest in the Isan System, which was honored with a Top 50 Water Company for the 21st Century award by the Artemis Project.  The subsidiary Odor-No-More Inc. features award-winning products serving the pet, equine, and consumer markets, including the Nature's Best Solution and Deodorall brands.  The subsidiary Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc., focuses on advanced wound care management and is preparing to make FDA 510(k) applications in 2015.

China Du Kang Co., Ltd. (OTCQB: CDKG) – China Du Kang manufactures, sells, and distributes a proprietary line of white wines and distilled spirits in the People’s Republic of China.  It offers Baishui Dukang, Thirteen Dynasties, Shen Zhou Nectar, Guo Bin Special, and Jiu Zu Gong series of products.  The company sells its liquor through long-term liquor distributors. China Du Kang Co., Ltd is based in Xi'an, the People’s Republic of China.

Crimson Forest Entertainment Group Inc. (OTCQB: CRIM) – Crimson Forest Entertainment is a publicly traded, global independent motion picture studio that finances, produces and acquires theatrical quality feature films and television series with budgets up to $25 million for worldwide distribution.

Energie Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: ELED) – Energie Holdings is focused on acquiring and growing companies that provide specialized LED lighting solutions to the architecture and interior design markets.  The company is headquartered in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.  Its first wholly owned subsidiary, Energie LLC, is currently targeting the multi-billion dollar architectural, specification-grade lighting fixture segment of the North American lighting fixture market with innovative, differentiated LED lighting products.  Energie Holdings is continuing to identify and acquire other companies that have proven expertise in LED technology. Targets include: lighting fixture manufacturers that complement the Energie LLC product offering, LED component manufacturers who own solid intellectual property, and internationally recognized consulting firms with experts in the current and future direction of LED technology.

Envision Solar International, Inc. (OTCQB: EVSI) – Envision Solar International designs and manufactures structural support structures for solar energy.

Generation Zero Group, Inc. (OTCQB: GNZR) – Generation Zero specializes in premium technology and businesses with strong growth potential.  The company's current primary business focus is to monetize the Find.com URL as an e-commerce site.

ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) – ImageWare Systems is a leading provider of identity management solutions driven by multi-modal biometrics.  It delivers multi-modal biometric identity management solutions for user authentication on premises and in the cloud. Its patented, agnostic, plug-n-play technology promotes interactive communication and out-of-band authentication on mobile platforms and brings security to an all new level.  The company’s innovative products, such as GoCloudID and GoMobile Interactive, enable modular, flexible, and scalable identity solutions across a variety of markets, including mobile, wireless, financial services, and healthcare.  ImageWare's identity management system allows customers to easily add a secure layer of biometric authentication to a variety of platforms and services. 

Inergetics, Inc. (OTCQB: NRTI) – Inergetics is a leading developer of advanced proprietary nutritional products that improve overall health, physical recovery, athletic performance and quality of life for patients and consumers.

Net Talk.com Inc. (OTCQB: NTLK) – NET TALK.COM, INC. ("netTALK") is a telecommunications company which provides and sells residential telecommunication services, including services utilizing voice over internet protocol ("VoIP") technology, session initiation protocol ("SIP") technology, wireless fidelity technology, and other similar type technologies. Its main offerings are: (1) analog telephone adapters ("device or devices") that provide connectivity for analog telephones for home or home office.   Its devices and the telecommunication services are a cost effective solution for individuals and telecommuters connecting to any analog telephone, or private branch exchange ("PBX").  Its main Device, the DUO, provides one USB port, one Ethernet port, and one analog telephone port.  The DUO Wifi adds a WiFi interface.  A full suite of internet protocol features is available to maximize universal connectivity.  In addition, analog telephones attached to the company’s device are able to use advanced calling features such as call forwarding, caller ID, 3-way calling, call holding, call retrieval, and call transfer.

Protea Biosciences Group Inc. (OTCQB: PRGB) – Protea Biosciences Group is a commercial stage, molecular information company incorporated in the state of Delaware on May 24, 2005. "Molecular information" refers to the identification and characterization of the proteins, metabolites and other biomolecules, which are the products of all living cells and life forms.  The company is applying its technology to the development of next generation, "direct molecular imaging" technology and service capabilities that it believes enable more rapid and comprehensive molecular profiling of living cells and biofluids, thereby providing better molecular information that helps to define normal and disease processes.  The company believes that its proprietary technology is useful to support medical research and pharmaceutical development.

Standard Metals Processing, Inc. (OTCQB: SMPR) – Standard Metals seeks to capitalize on rising precious metal prices, greater mineral exploration in combination with a lack of independent toll milling capacity and a dearth of specialized milling expertise by becoming the leading provider of toll, specialty and custom milling services for precious and rare earth metals to mining companies and their investors throughout the world. 

Sterling Consolidated Corp. (OTCQB: STCC) – Sterling Consolidated, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sterling Seal and Supply has been a leading supplier of hydraulic and pneumatic seals to the automotive and industrial marketplace for more than 40 years.  Through a combination of leveraging its logistical expertise and sophisticated, experienced management, the company intends to be an active and strategic consolidator of small- and mid-sized businesses within the highly-fragmented, multi-billion dollar seal industry.  Currently serving more than 3,000 customers, Sterling offers acquisition targets a unique growth opportunity and competitive advantage through logistical expertise, strong regional branding and industry-specific distribution centers.

SwissINSO Holding Inc. (OTCQB: SWHN) – SwissINSO Holding's core business is solar energy.  The company has a wholly owned subsidiary named SwissINSO SA based in Lausanne, Switzerland, working alongside the renowned Solar Energy Department of the Swiss Polytechnic Institute of Lausanne in the Research and Development of ground breaking renewable energy technologies.

After a 10-year partnership with the EPFL, SwissINSO has developed a unique patented glass treatment for photovoltaic and thermal solar panels that enables them to be produced in virtually any color.  This technology breakthrough has created a paradigm shift in the solar panel market by developing a product that eliminates the current trade-off between aesthetics, energy efficiency and cost.  For the first time, solar panels are now available in a range of colors and no more only in black or dark blue.

The surface of the panel is uniform in color with a mat finish and no glare.  In addition, the internal components of the panels are invisible.  As a result, these panels with or without a frame can now be applied to all surfaces of a building, entire facades and entire roofs, opening up a new world of opportunities in architectural design, and of course, energy savings.

In 2014 SwissINSO Holding entered into a major joint venture with Glass LLC, a group company of Dubai Investments, which will be providing the production capability and equipment required for the glass coating process.  The joint venture, named Emirates Insolaire, will be the global production and sales hub for the Kromatix’s product range. 

Takung Art Co., Ltd. (OTCQB: TKAT) – HongKong Takung Assets and Equity of Artworks Exchange Co. Ltd. (hereinafter "Takung AE") provides a platform for trading of various artwork interests such as property rights of arts and copyrights. 

Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (OTCQB: THMG) – Thunder Mountain Gold is a 75-year old company and holds a 100% interest in several U.S. gold projects.  The company's principal assets are The South Mountain Project - a historic former producer of polymetallic ore located in southern Idaho, just north of the Nevada border - and its Trout Creek Project - a grass roots gold target in the Eureka-Battle Mountain trend of central Nevada.  

UMED Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: UMED) – UMED Holdings established for acquisitions in energy, mining, aerospace and media.  UMED owns two issued patents and one pending patent and is performing research on technology to convert natural gas into diesel and jet fuel which will be a tremendous asset to our country as the USA has the largest supply of natural gas in the world and such conversion would lead the USA to being energy independent.  UMED has placer claims filed with the BLM on 1,440 acres in Mohave County, Arizona and is developing an operating plan to mine the claims.  UMED has a 26 acre mamaki tea plantation on the Big Island in Hawaii.

Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. (OTCQB: YEWB) – Yew Bio-Pharm Group is a major grower and seller of yew trees and manufacturer of products made from yew trees in China, including potted yew trees for display in homes and offices, and handicrafts.  It also sells branches and leaves of yew trees for the manufacture of traditional Chinese medicine CM containing taxol, which traditional Chinese medicine has been approved in the PRC for use as a secondary treatment of certain cancers, meaning it must be administered in combination with other pharmaceutical drugs.  The yew industry is highly regulated in the PRC because the Northeast yew tree is considered an endangered species.

U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for these companies on www.otcmarkets.com.

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