I received the following reply via email today concerning the IXOS Gold extraction technology from Sherman G. McGill Executive Vice President/CDO. Sounds promising. Market cap of SIXW seems very low imo... "Our relationship and planned pilot testing with RIO2 remains strong and viable. The limits are COVID restrictions in Chile and winter weather at altitude. Our relationship is rock solid. Further, we are working on a “green alternatives” project in Canada with CTRI (https://www.ctri.qc.ca/) and a world top five gold mining company that shows tremendous promise based on recent test results."
Sixth Wave Expands AMIPs™ Applications and Provides Update on NSERC Grant Project Halifax, Nova Scotia – (July 27, 2021) https://sixthwave.com/sixth-wave-ex...s-and-provides-update-on-nserc-grant-project/ “The NSERC Project has made significant progress in advancing the capabilities of Sixth Wave’s AMIP technology” explained Dr. Garrett Kraft, Vice President of Innovation at Sixth Wave. “The collaboration has progressed to producing prototype detection elements for electrochemical and fluorescent detection. These detection elements have been designed to be compatible with advanced microfluidic devices such as those developed and patented by our collaborator Dr. Pouya Rezai, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York University. The prototypes have demonstrated selective binding and detection of multiple pathogenic agents including bacteria and viruses.” --- The ability to develop the platform for different pathogens is a major milestone for SIXW. The imprinting and selective detection of multiple viruses and bacteria validate the claims of platform flexibility.
Sixth Wave AMIPS Detects Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 3, 2021) https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/91916/Sixth-Wave-AMIPS-Detects-Delta-Variant-of-SARSCoV2 The ability to detect the presence of Delta or other variants will therefore be crucial. "In the span of just a few months, we have validated detection of the critical variants of the COVID-19 virus and have moved significantly toward detection levels that are clinically relevant," said Dr. Jon Gluckman, President, and CEO of Sixth Wave. "The continued successes in the development of the AMIPs platform are compelling and a testament to the work of the combined Sixth Wave and University of Alberta team." ... "By imprinting and detecting the whole virus, AMIPs can be highly resistant to virus mutation compared to technologies such as immunoassay-based techniques that use antibodies that bind a small region of the virus spike protein," said Dr. Gluckman. "The project is now focused on achieving additional sensitivity, and is testing selectivity against other viruses and potential interferents that would be present in clinical samples."
Aug 4, 2021 Sixth Wave Innovations Sponsored Post This Under-the-Radar Company is Using Mind-Blowing Sci-Fi Nanotechnology Sixth Wave Innovations (CSE:SIXW) (OTCQB:SIXWF) could soon use its patented Molecularly Imprinted Polymer technology to dominate the three mega industries – and that’s just the start https://microsmallcap.com/sixth-wave-innovations/sixw-1/mind-blowing-nanotechnology/lp-g1/ And with Sixth Wave Innovations’ (CSE:SIXW) (OTCQB:SIXWF) valued at just C$26.2 million as of July 2, 2021, an opportunity like this may never come again for these cannabis companies – or for investors. Because once the Affinity™ product is rolled out and the company gains momentum, it could soon become a leading extraction company worth hundreds of millions. In fact, Sixth Wave Innovations (CSE:SIXW) (OTCQB:SIXWF) could become a superior version of The Valens Company, a leading Canadian cannabis extraction company worth C$526.9 million as of July 2, 2021.
Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. Starts Configuration Testing of Affinity™ for First Delivery Halifax, Nova Scotia – (August 5, 2021) https://sixthwave.com/sixth-wave-in...ation-testing-of-affinity-for-first-delivery/ “I’m excited that we have reached the last phase of testing before rolling out our first Affinity units ¬to our commercial partner,” said Dr. Jonathan Gluckman, President, and CEO of Sixth Wave. “All the data from our research and development work indicates that Affinity units can eliminate winterization and produce high-purity, full-spectrum distillates that consumers demand, both for recreational and medicinal purposes.” The cannabis market continues to grow and evolve. Licensed producers like Green Envy aggressively look for ways to optimize their operations and improve the quality and consistency of the products they offer. Sixth Wave continues to regularly receive new inquiries on the availability of the Affinity™ System and the company plans to convert these opportunities into hard sale orders in the coming months. The market for Affinity™ is shifting as well. Sixth Wave originally tested its technology on crude hemp extracts, where it successfully eliminated the need for winterization and achieved purity levels that exceeded conventional multi-stage distillation. The company has built upon those successes by widening its focus to the cannabis market, where demand grows for purer products across the spectrum of users, from those who prefer edibles or tinctures to connoisseurs desiring a superior taste or vapers looking for consistency in the performance of their cartridges. Bench-scale testing has already indicated that Affinity is capable of superior adsorption kinetics for THC over the CBD extracted from hemp. Final configuration work is aimed toward optimization of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for cannabis extracts. Recent improvements in the polymer beads and optimizing procedures indicate that Affinity will achieve the goal of enabling entry-sized machines to process 20kg of finished distillate per day. Sixth Wave envisions potential revenue generation in excess of $1.25M annually from each machine when used at capacity while providing the licensed producer the opportunity to capture between 20-40% more cannabinoids from the crude extract and with a higher quality product adding directly to their bottom line.
Sixth Wave Innovations Ceo Jonathan Gluckman (SIXW) (SIXWF) (AHUH) August 10, 2021 One Innovative Tech Stock To Watch Now? Sixth Wave Innovations CEO Interview (CSE:SIXW) August 10, 2021 7:10 “…we have piloted with Agnico-Eagle, with Barrick, with Kinross and some smaller mines… we have been able to show we can increase the yield of Gold, we can do it cheaper and faster, and save them carbon footprint… savings of $100-150 per ounce… Lithium next…”
NSERC GRANT UPDATE: SIXTH WAVE AND YORK UNIVERSITY SIGN AMENDMENT TO RESEARCH AGREEMENT Halifax, Nova Scotia – (August 11, 2021) https://sixthwave.com/nserc-grant-u...versity-sign-amendment-to-research-agreement/ Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. (CSE:SIXW) (OTCQB:SIXWF) (FSE:AHUH) (“Sixth Wave” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a signed amendment to the research agreement and grant sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (“NSERC”) titled: Point-of-need Microfluidic Biosensor for Detecting Airborne Viruses using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Towards COVID-19 Virus Monitoring (the “NSERC Project”). The goal of the grant is to develop a portable, low-cost technology for rapid on-site air sampling and detection of aerosol and droplet-encapsulated viruses indoors and outdoors. The project is a collaboration between the Company and its partners, York University (“York”) and the Centre Technologique des Residus Industriels (“CTRI”). The project had a start date of August 1, 2020. A copy of the proposal submitted to NSERC can be found here: https://sixthwave.com/NSERC2020.pdf
Rio2 Limited and Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. Sign Contract for Further IXOS® Mining Technology Trials Rio2 Limited Mon, August 16, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rio2-limited-sixth-wave-innovations-120000873.html ... The Fenix Gold Project is currently the largest undeveloped gold heap leach project in the Americas and we look forward to working alongside Sixth Wave during the development phase of the project,” stated Mr. Alex Black, President and CEO of Rio2 Limited.
Sixth Wave’s AMIPs Technology Achieves High-Sensitivity Detection of Covid-Causing Virus Halifax, Nova Scotia – (August 19, 2021) https://sixthwave.com/sixth-waves-a...sensitivity-detection-of-covid-causing-virus/ “Reaching sensitivity measurements of 1,000,000 virus particles/mL is a huge technical achievement,” says Dr. Michael Joyce, a virologist who carried out the research at the University of Alberta’s Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology. “At this level, infectious persons who are actively shedding the virus can be detected.” “Hitting this level of detection is a huge achievement for us,” says Dr. Garrett Kraft, Vice President of Innovation at Sixth Wave. “With this technical milestone we are fulfilling the sensitivity requirements for many of our intended end-use applications for high throughput screening. These types of applications are of special interest to Sixth Wave because they take advantage of the robust and low-cost nature of the AMIPs technology and address an unmet need in the marketplace.”
Further validation of SIXW technology https://sixthwave.com/sixth-wave-in...ing-for-gold-mining-with-outstanding-results/ Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. and Mining and Process Solutions Complete Phase 1 “Green Lixiviant” Testing for Gold Mining with Outstanding Results Halifax, Nova Scotia – (September 8, 2021) – Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. (CSE:SIXW) (OTCQB:SIXWF) (FSE:AHUH) (the “Company” or “Sixth Wave”) is pleased to report results that demonstrate the extraction of gold at high capacity with lower reagent costs. These results were achieved during the successful completion of Phase 1 of the “Green Alternatives for Gold Leaching and Recovery” initiative (the “Green Initative”) undertaken with the Centre Technologique des Résidus Industriels (“CTRI”) and Australian company Mining and Process Solutions (“MPS”). The Company has worked closely with MPS and CTRI for the past 7 months to test the efficacy of Sixth Wave’s IXOS® molecularly imprinted polymer for gold extraction in conjunction with the MPS GlyCat™ process. IXOS® has previously been proven effective in the extraction of gold from cyanide leach solutions and the completion of Phase 1 of the Green Initiative has demonstrated the ability of IXOS® to extract gold from the pregnant leach solution generated by MPS’ GlyCat™ technology. IXOS® has proven superior to traditional activated carbon technology by demonstrating a higher selectivity for gold relative to other gangue materials, resulting in a higher gold capture than activated carbon. A major Canadian mining company participating in the research project provided the requisite ore samples. Phase 1 tests used IXOS® with the GlyCat™ technology to determine Glycat’s characteristics and capabilities while confirming IXOS® can adsorb gold from solution with typically an order of magnitude lower cyanide usage. IXOS® used in combination with the GlyCat™ process achieved outstanding gold recovery and the test results demonstrated a much lower reagent cost. Additionally, the use of IXOS® beads for adsorption during the stirred-batch-reactor testing showed excellent adsorption performance in combination with the glycine catalysed leaching process; achieving recoveries that were on par or slightly higher than recoveries using a more traditional cyanide-leach process. With the successful completion of Phase 1, Phase 2 testing will focus on meeting Canadian ecotoxicity guidelines. Upon successful completion of Phase 2, Phase 3 testing will involve the design of a process circuit that validates the performance of IXOS® and GlyCat™ in a full-scale pilot plant at an operating gold mine in Canada. MPS has conducted environmental impact studies for the deployment of the GlyCat™ Process in Australia. The overall project goal is to develop an environmentally friendly flow sheet for the gold mining industry. “Our collaboration with MPS and CTRI is a major focal point of our mining division activities,” said Sherman McGill, Executive Vice President for Sixth Wave. “We are keenly aware of the need for environmental innovation and safeguards. Phase 1 test results indicate that we can successfully leverage our technology with the benefits of MPS’’ GlyCat™ Process. The CTRI project is an important initiative for Sixth Wave and our IXOS® high performance gold extraction products. It is clear that the mining industry is aggressively seeking new and innovative approaches to leach and recover gold as a replacement, in whole or in part, for conventional processes. We believe gold mining companies will have significant interest in learning more about our results and how the technology may benefit their operations.” “We are very pleased to be in collaboration with Sixth Wave”, states Mr. Ivor Bryan, Managing Director of MPS. “Our respective technological approaches can bring tremendous value to prospective customers by significantly cutting cyanide usage along with the associated costs and environmental impact.”
Sixth Wave and York University Successfully Pass Mitacs Accelerate Research Review September 22, 2021 Point-of-need Microfluidic Biosensor for Detecting Airborne Viruses using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Towards COVID-19 Virus Monitoring https://www.streetinsider.com/Newsf...tacs+Accelerate+Research+Review/18967735.html Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2021) - Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. (CSE: SIXW) (OTCQB: SIXWF) (FSE: AHUH) ("Sixth Wave" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional grant funding for its joint research project with York University. The grant will provide continuity by funding the retention of current Ph.D staff interns prior to another Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ("NSERC") proposal slated for submission prior to December 2021. "Mitacs" is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 20 years. Working with 70 universities, 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments, Mitacs builds partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. The funding for the positions is not repayable. Work to date has focused on designing a prototype of the Company's AMIP technology to detect pathogens in airborne, water, and wastewater environments. The collaboration is part of Sixth Wave's multi-pronged R&D approach to revolutionize virus detection by being able to test individual patients (home tests) as well as monitoring entire populations through proactive measures such as pathogen detection in a variety (buildings, ships, aircraft, etc.) of air handling systems (HVAC) and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. Microfluid devices or lab-on-a-chip devices are promising platforms to achieve rapid and sensitive immunological detection of pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. Inside these sub-microliter reactors, sample and reagent consumption can be significantly reduced, and the reaction time for target immobilization and identification can be shortened from hours to minutes or less. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) provide selective binding sites to specific cells used as imprinting templates during their fabrication. Over the past year, York University and Sixth Wave Innovation Inc. (SIXW) have used an NSERC-MITACS COVID Grant to develop MIP formulations that are appropriate and selective towards microorganisms. The research partners developed effective methods for coating microparticles and microelectrodes with MIPs and recently worked on integrating the microstructures into microfluidic sensors. The proposed research in this application aims to finalize the design of microfluidic sensors based on the above technologies. This approach will open a new window of interest in the exploration of novel molecular-recognition polymers in microfluidic biosensors. The Company's AMIPs technology allows for novel product configuration not possible with traditional testing techniques. As a result, AMIPs has greater stability and significantly less susceptibility to environmental variables such as heat, light, and other factors which may impact traditional testing methods. Sixth Wave is using its expertise in MIP technology to bring innovative products to market and address the insufficiencies of current technologies exposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. "The grant provides the Company a significant opportunity to continue our research in conjunction with Dr. Pouya Rezai and his team at York University" states Sherman McGill, Executive Vice-President, and Chief Development Officer for Sixth Wave. Further, "We greatly value our relationship and the ground-breaking research that is forthcoming as a result of collaborative efforts ." The Company is not making any express or implied claims that its product has the ability to eliminate, cure or contain the COVID-19 (or SARS-2 Coronavirus) at this time.
