OTC Markets Group Welcomes Newly Verified OTCQB Companies – Dec. 22

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced the following companies are verified for trading on OTCQB®, the venture marketplace for entrepreneurial and development stage companies, effective December 22, 2014:

China Shouguan Mining Corp. (OTCQB: CHSO) – China Shouguan Mining Corporation is an emerging gold exploration and gold mining company that was incorporated in Nevada in 2010. It was the first Chinese gold mining corporation listed on a U.S. exchange in 2012.  Its headquarters are based in Shenzhen, China. Its current operations cover over 6,000 acres in the famous gold rich zones of China, namely Zhao-Ping gold rich zone in Shandong Province and Daxinganling gold rich zone in Heilongjiang Province.  With its experience in international mining project management, the company is equipped with a top-level management team and professional technical experts.  In collaboration with large integrated mining companies, it aims to explore and develop gold mining projects with promising reserves in China’s gold rich zones, multiply their value with the help of advanced technologies, and bring high returns to shareholders. 

China Shouguan Mining is approved to continue trading on OTCQB. 

Contact Minerals Corp. (OTCQB: CNTM) – Contact Minerals currently has no business operations or significant assets.  It is an exploration stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties.  It plans to identify and acquire an interest in a mineral property.  The acquisitionof a mineral property will be dependent upon its possessing sufficient capitalresources at the time to purchase such mineral property.  It has not entered into any discussions, understandings, arrangements or other agreements, preliminary or otherwise, for acquiring any mineral property and/or funding arrangements for the purpose of acquiring a mineral property.

Contact Minerals is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

Lithium Corporation (OTCQB: LTUM) – Lithium is an early stage mining company based in Nevada and devoted to the exploration for lithium and associated elements primarily in its home state.

Lithium Corp. is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

Oculus VisionTech, Inc. (OTCQB: OVTZ) – Oculus VisionTech has developed and implemented patented faster-than-real-time invisible forensic video watermarking technology used by some of the biggest names in the media industry. 

Oculus VisionTech’s premiere products, MediaEscort™ (offline physical video file watermarking) and MediaEscort™ Streaming Edition (online real-time video watermarking distribution system) are industry first, IP-centric, real-time online watermarking solutions, with their own administrative infrastructure which can be fully integrated into customer's video servers.  They automatically and seamlessly embed SmartMarks™ (imperceptable forensic information into every-single frame of video content) during pre-distribution/Internet delivery, providing the proof courts need to protect property rights, indicting and convicting the individuals who steal the original material.

Oculus VisionTech is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

Progen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (OTCQB: PGLA) – Progen Pharmaceutical is engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecule therapeutics primarily for the treatment of cancer.

Progen is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

TX Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: TXHG) –TX Holdings is involved in rail and mining supplies.

TX Holdings is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

United Tennessee Bankshares, Inc.(OTCQB: UNTN) – United Tennessee has served Cocke County and the surrounding area since 1934 and has assisted generations of families in home ownership, providing loans, deposit accounts and other financial needs.

Wondering what sets United Tennessee Bankshares apart from other financial institutions? It's its employees.

United Tennessee Bankshares is proud of its family atmosphere and wants you to be a part of its family and feel right at home.

The bank’s common sense approach to banking has helped it stay fiscally strong, standing the tests of time and economic downturns.  As a result, it has continued to grow with its community. It takes pride in the fact that so many customers have turned to the bank for their financial needs.

United Tennessee Bankshares is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.

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

About OTC Markets Group Inc.

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities.  Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities.  We organize these securities into marketplaces to better inform investors of opportunities and risks – OTCQX®, The Best Marketplace; OTCQB®, The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink®, The Open Marketplace.  Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors.  To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

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