Day: July 23, 2021

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Upper Canada Mining announces Mr. James Beals as Interim Chairman and CEO

CALGARY, Alberta, July 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Management and Directors of Upper Canada Mining Inc (UCM), a private Canadian company in the business of mining, exploration and production, primarily in gold and silver, are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James Beals as Interim Chairman and CEO effective immediately.As Interim Chairman and CEO, Mr. Beals will be overseeing all aspects of operations of the company. Mr. Beals has been acting in the capacity of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and will succeed James Crawford and Paul Haber who have left the company through mutual agreement to pursue other interests. Management was quoted as saying, “We are sad to see these two highly valued and professional individuals part company with us and we wish them both the utmost success in their respective future undertakings.”

Management was also quoted as saying, “We are looking forward to working with Mr. Beals in this role as we have known and worked with him previously and always found him to be a dedicated professional who is committed and diligent in all his endeavours.”

Mr. Beals brings over 30 years of experience in High Tech and Telecommunications consulting. In addition, he has over 15 years of management consulting experience. He has held positions in administration and management, and financial consulting. He has worked with two of the largest technology companies (Dell, HP) prior to making his career change to financial/investment management, business consulting and technology integration. He has held licenses in the insurance and financial consulting industries in Ontario and is a graduate of Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada, in Electronics Engineering Technology.

He is currently Chairman of his own international private management consultancy, The Dunn Group, where he is involved in a number of consulting projects ranging from technology to minerals & mining to sales & marketing to finance and international trade. From that role he brings a wealth of both technology experience and management & financial consulting experience as well as a substantial network of contacts in the sales & marketing and financial sectors.

His relationship with the resources industry goes back to the days of his father who was an executive and manager for many years working with INCO and Sherritt International. His interests in, and experience with, the Canadian natural resources industry continues to this day culminating in this most recent appointment.

Management went on to say, “Mr. Beals is an experienced executive manager and leader and we are looking forward to his continued contribution to the company in this capacity.”

About Upper Canada Mining Inc.
Upper Canada Mining is a private company incorporated and registered in Canada that is in the business of mining, exploration and production, primarily in gold and silver.
UCM recently executed an Option Agreement with Strategic Metals and is focused on the Mt. Hinton project in Yukon Territory.

For further information and updates contact:
Investor Relations: Christina Rao, VP IR, 604-723-7480
ir@ucmining.com

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BrandSafway Announces New EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Imran Hayat brings global strategic general counsel experience to leading access and industrial services company

Kennesaw, Georgia, USA, July 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BrandSafway, a global leader in access and industrial services, has announced that Imran Hayat has joined the company as executive vice president (EVP) and chief legal officer (CLO), effective July 19, 2021.

“Imran has an excellent track record as a global strategic general counsel,” said Karl Fessenden, president and CEO of BrandSafway. “He has extensive experience building and managing legal, risk, compliance and governance teams, and developing strong partnerships internally and externally to drive enterprise and shareholder success. His strategic mindset coupled with his deep domain expertise makes him a great addition to our team.”

Most recently, Hayat served as EVP, general counsel and chief strategy officer for CHC Helicopter Corporation. Prior to CHC, Hayat was in private practice where he advised some of the world’s preeminent public and private companies.

Hayat is looking forward to working with the BrandSafway leadership and legal teams. “I’m excited to join the BrandSafway team,” said Hayat. “BrandSafway is a dynamic and growing company with a strong executive team and a great internal legal and risk team. The company is well-positioned for continued success.”

Hayat earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and holds a bachelor’s degree in both economics and diplomacy and world affairs from Occidental College in Los Angeles.

About BrandSafway
With a commitment to safety as its foremost value, BrandSafway provides the broadest range of solutions with the greatest depth of expertise to the industrial, commercial and infrastructure markets. Through a network of 360 strategic locations across 30 countries and more than 38,000 employees, BrandSafway delivers a full range of forming, shoring, scaffolding, work access and industrial service solutions. BrandSafway supports maintenance and refurbishment projects as well as new construction and expansion plans with unmatched service from expert local labor and management. Today’s BrandSafway is At Work For You® — leveraging innovation and economies of scale to increase safety and productivity, while remaining nimble and responsive. For more information about BrandSafway, visit www.brandsafway.com.

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Karla Cuculi
BrandSafway
262-523-6580
KCuculi@BrandSafway.com
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Skullcandy Taps Channel Signal to Amp Up Its Reviews Landscape and Gain Critical Customer Insights

PARK CITY, Utah, July 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Channel Signal, the leading aggregator of product reviews and analysis, today announced its working with Skullcandy Inc., the #1 selling North American brand in stereo headphones and true wireless earbuds under $100 – to increase conversion rates. Channel Signal is now helping Skullcandy systematically monitor, measure and understand their online reviews to improve its customer service and product development, while generating additional revenue.

According to a study by Womply, businesses with more than the average number of reviews across all review sites bring in 54% more in annual revenue. With its explosive growth in ecommerce, Skullcandy realized the importance of gathering product reviews from multiple platforms, centralizing that data and making it accessible to a variety of different business stakeholders to help it better serve their growing customer base.

Skullcandy recognized Channel Signal’s unique ability to not only aggregate reviews from across the internet (Amazon, major retailers, etc.) but to then clean and validate each. Next, using enhanced analytics, Channel Signal allows Skullcandy to better understand the needs of its customers in order to drive product development and growth and ultimately increase revenue.

“We looked at a number of different solutions to monitor and aggregate our reviews data,” said Mark Hopkins, Chief Information Officer, Skullcandy, Inc. “We partnered with Channel Signal because their platform gives us the detailed visibility we need in an easy to use package.  In addition, we can seamlessly integrate the data into our advanced analytics platform.  This opens the door for next level insights to help us understand things like themes and sentiment.  We are using this data to better understand what our customers like, what we can improve, and to drive our product roadmap.”

To learn more about Channel Signal’s offerings, including its Consumer2Consumer (C2C) Score, the first independent and unbiased review score located at the buy button, please visit www.channelsignal.com

About Channel Signal
Channel Signal empowers retailers and brands to expedite the path to purchase by giving consumers trusted information for more confident buying decisions at the point of purchase, with fewer clicks – reducing cart abandonment and increasing conversion rates by 25%.

As an independent aggregator and verifier of online product reviews, Channel Signal collects, cleans, and validates reviews from all major sites. An accurate and reliable score at the buy button drives faster and more confident decisions with fewer clicks. While other vendors simply syndicate reviews, Channel Signal ensures the reviews are real, relevant, and ready to drive confident buying decisions.

About Skullcandy®
Skullcandy is the original lifestyle audio brand, born in 2003 through an idea that was discovered while riding a chairlift in Park City, Utah. Fast forward to today where Skullcandy is the #1 selling brand in Stereo Headphones1 and True Wireless Earbuds2 under $100, is on a mission “to unleash the visceral power of music for all.” Skullcandy headphones and earbuds are created, tuned and tested to deliver music you can feel, specially engineered to provide a deeper, more immersive listening experience. The brand supports charitable causes through its Music With A Mission program where dedicated campaigns and a portion of proceeds from limited-edition product sales help make an impact. Skullcandy designs, markets, and distributes its audio products through a variety of distribution channels globally. The company’s website can be found at www.Skullcandy.com.

Contact:

Matt Berry
Conversion Marketing
201-370-9133
matt@conversionam.com
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332,000 of Japan-donated 1 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Arrive in Phnom Penh

The first batch of 332,000 doses of Japan-donated AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport tonight.

The handover-receiving ceremony took place at the airport under the presidency of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia H.E. Mikami Masahiro.

Japan has recently announced to donate some 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which Japan is licensed to produce, to support the Royal Government of Cambodia's efforts to defeat COVID-19 as well as help to relieve some of the anxieties of the Cambodian people.

To date, the Japanese Government has provided a total of more than US$50 million worth assistance to Cambodia. This includes the donation of medical equipment, the renovation of hospitals, support for infection prevention measures at the borders through international organisations, and equipment to properly carry and store vaccines. It has also provided a loan of approximately US$227 million, which is being used to provide cash benefit to people affected by COVID-19 and to strengthen the medical care provision system.

With the newly arrived vaccines, Cambodia has received in total nearly 18 million doses of vaccines through purchase and donations: 6.2 million doses of Sinopharm, 10.5 million doses of Sinovac, and 656,000 doses of AstraZeneca.

The Kingdom has set to vaccinate around 10 million people or 62 percent of the total population against COVID-19 and the target is expected to achieve by November this year.

As of yesterday, 6,454,601 adult people have got their first jab, or 64.55 percent of the planned 10 million people for the vaccination, among them 4,304,932 have been fully vaccinated.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Press

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Cambodian PM to Preside over the Launch of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign for Younger Citizens

Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen will preside over the launch of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for the children aged between 12 and 17 years old to be held at Calmette Hospital on Aug. 1.

The Premier made the announcement while presiding over the handover-receiving ceremony of 332,000 of Japan-donated 1 million doses of AstraZeneca, at Phnom Penh International Airport tonight.

After the launch, Samdech Techo Hun Sen will also give a press conference.

The vaccination of younger citizens will start from Phnom Penh capital, he underlined, adding that when we have enough vaccines, the provinces can conduct the vaccination both for adults and children at the same time.

According to the Prime Minister, there are around 2 million children between 12 and 17 years old in Cambodia.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen once again called on all parents and guardians to be ready to bring their children to get vaccinated against COVID-19 so as to build community immunity for socio-economic resumption.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Press

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PM: Cambodia’s Goal is to Vaccinate 80% of Total Population

The goal of Cambodia is to vaccinate about 80 percent of the total population of 16 million, affirmed Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen in his remarks at the handover-receiving ceremony of 332,000 of Japan-donated 1 million doses of AstraZeneca, at Phnom Penh International Airport tonight.

With the 10 million adults, whose vaccination campaign is expected to end not later than October this year, and the 2 million children aged between 12 and 17 years old, whose vaccination will begin on Aug. 1, Cambodia's vaccination coverage will reach 75 percent, he said.

"If we vaccinate 13 million people, the coverage will rise to 81.5 percent," he added. "At all costs, we will look for ways to find vaccines for all Cambodians reaching the age of vaccination and being allowed to get vaccinated by the medical team."

The first priority is the right to life, not the freedom of expression, Samdech Techo Hun Sen underlined, continuing that he did not care who criticises the Cambodian laws because the laws have been made to protect the people's lives.

The Premier expressed his gratitude to the Government and people of Japan for their material and financial support for Cambodia in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Samdech Techo Prime Minister took the opportunity to remind all relevant ministries and institutions to continue enforcing the Royal Government's preventing measures with high accountability in order to ensure the people's health and safety, and re-appealed to the public to stick to the "3 Dos, 3 Don'ts" measure even though they have already been vaccinated against the COVID-19.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Press

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DALI University Scholarships Opened for Cambodian Students

DALI University of the People's Republic of China is granting scholarships for Cambodian students interested in pursuing undergraduate degree for the academic year 2021-2022.

The opening was circulated recently by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, noting that it offers ten seats for high performing Cambodian students.

Awarded students will receive full support for accommodation fee and some stipend during their studies in China.

The application is opened from July 20 to Aug. 24, 2021, and detailed information could be accessed at https://bit.ly/3zl0l5m.

According to the Cambodian Students Association in the People's Republic of China, there are over 2,000 Cambodian studying in the country, and about 300 graduated annually.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Press

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Ministry Acknowledges Hard work of Forest Rangers

Ministry of Environment has acknowledged the hard work of the Cambodian forest rangers, including those who are female.

The ministry has publicly recognised them recently stressing their courage and national conscience to preserve Cambodia's natural resources.

Cambodia currently has more than 1,200 forest rangers, including 42 females, stationed in 20 protected areas across the country.

The work as forest rangers is quite challenging and risky, nevertheless, our male and female rangers are fulfilling their role very well, continued the ministry.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Press