Spectroscopy

Midland Retirement Distributors® Launches Summit Journey℠ 10

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Finance, Consulting, Professional Services, Asset Management, Insurance, LPA, IRS, Life, Retirement, Spectroscopy, Life insurance

Midland Retirement Distributors , a division of Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc., and member company of Sammons Financial Group , has launched Summit Journey℠ 10, a new fixed index annuity.

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Midland Retirement Distributors , a division of Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc., and member company of Sammons Financial Group , has launched Summit Journey℠ 10, a new fixed index annuity.
In a world of financial uncertainty, clients are seeking ways to create guaranteed income streams for retirement, protect their premium against market downturns, and allow opportunities for upside potential.
Issued by Midland National® Life Insurance Company , the Summit Journey offers a built-in guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) rider providing income payments clients cannot outlive1.
The Summit Journey allows more flexibility of a client’s income stream, helping them to financially prepare for the many challenges faced in retirement.

Ampersand Capital Partners Acquires Specac, Ltd.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

FTIR, Acquisition, Spectroscopy, OEM, Investment

ORPINGTON, England, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ampersand Capital Partners ("Ampersand"), a private equity firm specializing in growth equity investments in the life sciences and healthcare sectors, announced today the acquisition of Specac Limited ("Specac"), an industry leader in the design and manufacture of spectroscopy accessories and sample prep solutions.

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ORPINGTON, England, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ampersand Capital Partners ("Ampersand"), a private equity firm specializing in growth equity investments in the life sciences and healthcare sectors, announced today the acquisition of Specac Limited ("Specac"), an industry leader in the design and manufacture of spectroscopy accessories and sample prep solutions.
"On behalf of the entire Specac organization, we are excited to partner with the Ampersand team and join its diverse portfolio of companies.
Specac employs around 80 people with offices in the US and UK, supported by a global network of distributors and dealers.
David Patteson, Partner at Ampersand, adds, "We are thrilled to partner with the entire Specac team.

Symphony hails US Environmental Protection Agency report on pro-oxidants

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Depolymerization, TGA, FTIR, Spectroscopy, GC, Microplastics, Water, Fourier, Plastic, Environment, Ageing, PP

LONDON, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc. have commented on this important statement from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Blending plastics with pro-oxidants could be a promising solution, as they accelerate photooxidation to obtain degradable materials whose final ecological and physical footprint are much smaller."
"In this study, two pro-oxidants, iron stearate (FeSt3) and cobalt stearate (CoSt2), were melt-blended with polypropylene (PP) at concentrations of 1 and 2 wt%.
After 500 h of aging plastics plates showed significant reduction in melting and re-crystallization points - indicating polymer-chain breaking, rapid depolymerization."
The study offers a successful approach where benign filler could significantly reduce the persistence of plastic pollution without creating undesired by-products."

Alamos Gold Intersects Additional High-Grade Mineralization Near Existing Infrastructure at Island Gold which is Expected to Drive Further Growth in Mineral Reserves and Resources

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Island Gold Main zone exploration highlights: high-grade mineralization extended outside of Mineral Reserves and Resources in the E1E and C-Zones.

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Island Gold Main zone exploration highlights: high-grade mineralization extended outside of Mineral Reserves and Resources in the E1E and C-Zones.
These zones are the main structures which host the majority of currently defined Mineral Reserves and Resources at Island Gold.
New highlights include1:
Island Gold Hanging wall and Footwall exploration highlights: high-grade gold mineralization intersected within several recently defined hanging wall and footwall zones across the main Island Gold Deposit.
These zones represent a significant opportunity to add near mine Mineral Reserves and Resources which would be low-cost to develop and produce given their proximity to existing infrastructure.

Collective Metals finds High Priority Targets at the Lamont Ridge-Findlay Target on its Princeton Property

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Property, News, Potassium, Lead, MPD, Interpretation, LAM, Iron, Soil, Copper, Geology, Rice, Late Triassic, Thorium, Fugro, Donald Duck filmography, Silver, Tellurium, COMT, Princeton Project, Anomaly, Spectroscopy, Gold, Cobalt, IP, Selenium, Thallium, Lithium, Bismuth, Uranium, Antimony, Tungsten, Cadmium, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Report, Mercury, Rare-earth element

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COLLECTIVE METALS INC. (CSE: COMT | OTC: CLLMF | FSE: TO1) (the “Company” or “Collective”) is pleased to provide a review of the Lamont Ridge target area in its flagship Princeton Project (the “Project” or the “Property”), in south-central B.C. The Property hosts several alkalic Cu-Au porphyry targets associated with Triassic diorite intrusions analogous to those associated with the currently producing Copper Mountain Mine, located approximately 10 km east of the Project. While the Trojan-Condor Corridor remains the highest priority target area, results from Phase II of the Company’s two-phase soil geochemical survey (the “Program”), completed in 2023, confirmed four (4) promising prospects (see News Release dated January 8, 2024) with favourable geology, geophysical signatures, and/or historic geochemistry.

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We have demonstrated that the Princeton Property has multiple viable target areas in addition to the drill-ready Trojan-Condor Corridor.
Lamont Ridge to Findlay Target Corridor with Aeromagnetic anomalies, propylitic and inferred potassic alteration, diorite intrusions, and 2023 soil geochemical results for copper.
The Company notes Kodiak Copper has successfully used 3D IP to generate drill targets at their MPD Property 20 km northeast of the Property.
Ballantyne, T., Geophysical Modelling & Interpretation of Airborne and Ground Geophysics West Princeton Project, BC on behalf of Collective Metals Inc. by in3D Geoscience Inc.

Employees at Award-Winning New Jersey Cannabis Dispensary Credit Labor Peace Agreement With Smooth and Swift Organizing Campaign

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Public Policy, Government, Cannabis, Retail, State, Local, Natural Resources, Specialty, Labor, UFCW, Puffin, Pinelli, AFL-CIO, Spectroscopy, Sale, LPA, Drug

Workers at Puffin reached out to Local 360 based on its expertise and prominence in the cannabis industry, and its successful effort to include a Labor Peace Agreement (LPA) mandate as a requirement for any business applying for a cannabis industry license.

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Workers at Puffin reached out to Local 360 based on its expertise and prominence in the cannabis industry, and its successful effort to include a Labor Peace Agreement (LPA) mandate as a requirement for any business applying for a cannabis industry license.
LPAs kick in whenever a majority of workers express interest in a bona fide labor organization, and stop employers from disrupting efforts by the labor organization to communicate with, attempt to organize and represent their workers.
“We’re all invested in the future success of this great, young company, and of this industry,” said Kirsten Bennett, who led the organizing effort at Puffin.
“The workers at Puffin are passionate about their jobs, about their customers, and about the broader cannabis business community,” said Pinelli.

SLAM Acquires Dam Lake Gold Project

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Niobium, Fundy, Queensway, Advisory board, Metallurgical assay, Zinc, SLAM, Soil, Agreement, Sand, Clay, NSR, TSX, OTC, Belleisle Bay, Menneval, Gold, Spectroscopy, Jake Lee, Mining

MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SLAM Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V:SXL) (OTC: SLMXF) (“SLAM or the “Company”) is pleased to report it has entered into an option agreement (the “Agreement”) signed February 6, 2024 with Edge Exploration Inc. (“Edge”) to acquire the Dam Lake gold project adjacent to SLAM’s wholly-owned Jake Lee gold project 30 kilometres west of Saint John in the mineral-rich province of New Brunswick.

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MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick, Feb. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SLAM Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V:SXL) (OTC: SLMXF) (“SLAM or the “Company”) is pleased to report it has entered into an option agreement (the “Agreement”) signed February 6, 2024 with Edge Exploration Inc. (“Edge”) to acquire the Dam Lake gold project adjacent to SLAM’s wholly-owned Jake Lee gold project 30 kilometres west of Saint John in the mineral-rich province of New Brunswick.
Edge reported two gold discoveries grading 4.76 g/t (grams/tonne) gold and greater than 5.00 g/t gold in basal till samples collected in 2021 from two overburden drill holes 420 metres apart.
SLAM discovered anomalous gold in soil samples on a grid 1,000 m to the northeast and previous workers discovered boulders with visible gold and assays up to 302.5 g/t gold at a site 4,100 m northeast of the gold discoveries by Edge.
SLAM has discovered additional float grading up to 39.2 g/t gold and soil samples grading up to 0.900 g/t gold 12 kilometres further east within the boundary of the Jake Lee gold project.

Sodium-Ion Batteries: The Future of Sustainable Energy Storage

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Monday, January 8, 2024

Lithium, Advanced Functional Materials, Electrolyte, Attention, Potential, Research, Chemistry, SIB, Engineering, Dongguk University, Spectroscopy, Professor, Sibs, Sodium, Electric battery

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become essential for energy storage systems.

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SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become essential for energy storage systems.
With the rapid increase in global energy demand and a growing shift toward renewable energy sources, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become an indispensable part of our daily lives.
The team also highlighted future research directions, urging to eliminate the use of toxic substances in cathodes and design of volume-controlled anodes.
Title of original paper: Unleashing the Potential of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Current State and Future Directions for Sustainable Energy Storage

Endeavour Increases Indicated Resources at Its Tanda-Iguela Greenfield Property by 303% to 4.5moz

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Furthermore, the length of the Indicated resource envelope has increased from 0.6 kilometres to 3.0 kilometres.

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Furthermore, the length of the Indicated resource envelope has increased from 0.6 kilometres to 3.0 kilometres.
The 2023 drill programme also identified deep mineralisation below 250 metres depth, below the maiden November 2022 resource pit shell.
This QA/QC program was audited by a consultant, independent from Endeavour Mining and has been verified to follow industry best practices.
The resource estimation was completed by Kevin Harris, CPG, Vice President - Resources for Endeavour Mining and "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

noco-noco to Acquire Japanese Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Assemblepoint

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Monday, November 27, 2023

Sale, Partnership, Acquisition, BESS, APP, CleanTechnica, Spectroscopy, Projection, Longevity, Transport, Carbon, NCNC, EV, Renewable energy

Assemblepoint’s EV buses are designed with swappable battery packs to avoid the long hours needed to charge a bus.

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Assemblepoint’s EV buses are designed with swappable battery packs to avoid the long hours needed to charge a bus.
The acquisition would initiate with the deployment of 28 units and a 29th vehicle earmarked for Sri Lanka, as a starting point.
Masataka Matsumura, CEO of noco-noco, said, “The collaboration between noco-noco and Assemblepoint is not just about combining products; it's about creating a comprehensive offering.
To ensure that the vehicle sales are profitable, the manufacturing process must be carefully planned and designed – execution is key with cost management tightly controlled.