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 19, 2014:
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.(OTCQB: BNET) – Bion's patented technology platform provides comprehensive and cost-effective treatment of livestock waste and recovers valuable assets from the waste stream, including renewable energy, nutrients and clean water. Bion's technology can deliver substantial cost savings and improved efficiencies in two separate but related industries: water treatment and dairy/livestock production.
Bion produces large-scale,verified reductions of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) that EPA calls "the greatest water quality problem in the U.S.A." Billions of dollars are already being spent to reduce nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico; costs are escalating dramatically. To deal with looming compliance costs in the hundreds of billions of dollars, many states are developing policies that address agriculture, the largest unregulated source of nutrients in most watersheds.
Bion systems can remove and recover up to 95% of the nutrients in livestock wastewater at a fraction of the cost of traditional downstream treatment. Bion's technology is the only one at this time that generates verified nutrient reductions from wet livestock waste dairy, beef, and swine that can be used as a qualified offset to EPA nutrient reduction mandates. Livestock waste is among the largest contributors of excess nutrients, representing a very large potential market. Additionally, greenhouse gases are reduced by 90%, ammonia emissions are virtually eliminated, and pathogens, antibiotics and hormones in the waste stream are greatly reduced. The livestock industry is under increasing scrutiny for these impacts as well.
Realization of livestock production's environmental issues, coupled with higher energy costs and climate change-related drought, has significantly impacted the industry's economics as well. Using Bion's technology, new state-of-the-art production facilities can be permitted and developed in strategic locations (that substantially reduce transportation costs) that enjoy both improved resource/operational efficiencies as well as a dramatically reduced environmental footprint. Waste stream assets that have traditionally been wasted or under-utilized nutrients, energy and water can be recovered in a stable usable form, creating new revenue sources through the production of value-added by-products.
Bion's treatment solutions are proven in commercial operations and have been accepted by EPA, USDA and other regulatory agencies. Bion's core biological processes are protected by seven U.S. patents, with one pending, and six international patents, with applications pending in the EU, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. There is no other known cost-effective technology that provides Bion's level of treatment of wet livestock waste. Bion-"powered" facilities will produce clean, safe dairy/meat products that can be branded to appeal to increasing consumer demand for food safety and environmentally-sustainable practices.
The U.S. livestock industry must reduce its footprint while simultaneously improving its efficiencies if it is to remain environmentally and economically sustainable in the modern world. Bion's technology platform addresses both of these inescapable challenges. Bion's tested and proven technology coupled with its unique expertise and respect among stakeholders, positions the company to capitalize on policy changes to its country's clean water strategies that have already begun and the inevitable change that is coming to the livestock industry.
Bion is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Bright Mountain Acquisition Corporation (OTCQB: BMAQ) – Bright Mountain Acquisition Corporation is a holding company consisting of online assets serving a unique demographic. The company’s mission is to become the world’s top provider of content, services and products for military and public safety through organic growth and acquisitions of websites.
Bright Mountain is dedicated to providing “those that keep us safe” places to go online where they can do everything from stay current on news and events affecting them to look for jobs, share information, communicate with the public and more. The company has grown from one website in March, 2013, to 16 websites as of December 4, 2014.
Bright Mountain is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Future Healthcare of America (“FHA”) (OTCQB: FUTU) – Through trained health care professionals, FHA provides home care services including senior care and pediatric nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy. FHA offices deliver qualityhome care and treat each patient with genuine compassion, kindness and respect. FHA provides healthcare professionals at all skill levels, including registered nurses, therapists, LPN's and certified home health aides. FHA derives its revenue from multiple payer sources. Theseinclude Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance, Medicaid LTW, and Private Payers. Because the company’s offices are located in areas that do not contain a large population base (less than 200,000 residents), it continually explores opportunities to increase its revenue with its current payer sources and expand through new sources of revenue. The healthcare team is utilized across all payer sources, including staffing services. The company’s customer base comes from referrals from hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and previous patients.
In additional to the company’s professional team, it employs a management team at each facility to handle the day to day direction of the office. This is provided by the company’s administrators. It also has a Director of Nursing in each location. This person is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the service providers and ensuring the certified professionals obtain the necessary training to maintain their certificates as well as the training necessary to be in compliance with all regulating organizations.
FHA also provides nurses, nurse aides and management services to hospitals, prisons, schools,corporations and other health care facilities. FHA’s success is based on its ability to recruit the best health care professionals and the responsiveness of its local managers to fill the needs of our clients in a timely manner. Additionally, it works with its clients should they decide they would like to hire the company’s service professionals on a full time basis. Another key to the company’s success is the personal relationship that its management and sales team build with each of its existing and new clients. As noted previously, in order to reduce turnover of its service team by providing as many hours as possible, similar to the hours of a full-time employee, the company utilizes the same service team members across all payer sources.
Future Healthcare of America is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Ironclad Performance Wear Corp. (OTCQB: ICPW) – Ironclad Performance Wear is a brand leader in technical, task-specific, performance work gloves, having created the performance work glove category in 1998. The company continues to leverage its leadership position in the safety, construction and industrial markets through the design, development and distribution of specialized task-specific gloves for numerous industries, including oil and gas exploration, automotive and construction, as well as police, fire, first-responder and military. Ironclad engineers and manufactures its products with a focus on innovation, design, advanced material science and durability. Ironclad's gloves are available through industrial suppliers, hardware stores, home-centers, lumberyards, auto parts stores and sporting goods retailers nationwide, and through authorized distributors in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Ironclad is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Jiu Feng Investment Hong Kong, Ltd. (OTCQB: JFIL) – Jiu Feng Investment Hong Kong provides equipment to hospitals in Shanghai, China.
Jiu Feng is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Northern Minerals & Exploration Ltd. (OTCQB: NMEX) – Northern Minerals & Exploration is a natural resource company focused on both domestic and international exploration and development projects. The company is currently dedicated to building cash flow from oil and gas production in central Texas and exploration for gold on the Winnemucca Mountain Property in Nevada.
Northern Minerals & Exploration is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Skinvisible, Inc. (OTCQB: SKVI) – Skinvisible conducts research and development for patented topical drug delivery technology. The company develops Rx, OTC & cosmeceutical products using proprietary delivery technology, Invisicare. It also markets a line of anti-aging skincareproducts using Invisicare through a wholly-owned subsidiary Kintari Int. Inc. in both the U.S. and Canada.
Skinvisible is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the companies on www.otcmarkets.com.
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