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Almost seven in ten of the 2,926 candidates who took the CFP Certification exam in July passed.

The CFP Board stats show that the 67% pass rate was the highest since July 2015 (70%), although the exam blueprint has been updated twice since, in March 2016 and March 2022.

Ten states accounted for more than half (1,562) of those taking the exam last month – California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts – although the individual states’ pass rates is not reported.

Asked after the exam why they wanted to gain CFP Certification, 41% said to demonstrate experience on the job (41%), and 25% said to distinguish themselves as a fiduciary.

Firms showed strong support for their candidates with 77% of exam takers saying they had received some financial support from their employer during the examination process.

“As CFP Board continues to foster growth in the financial planning profession, we are committed to providing access to the tools CFP® certification candidates need to prepare for the exam,” said CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller, CAE. “Congratulations to candidates from across the country for passing this rigorous exam.”

Prepping for the exam

Exam takers from last month’s round were asked how they prepared for the examination.

The top answers included:

• CFP Board Practice exam 1
• the exam Candidate Handbook
• the Candidate Preparation Toolkit.

Other resources used included CFP Board supplementary resources and guidance documents, the CFP Board Candidate Forum and webinars.

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Calculate How Much Life Insurance You Need

A no-exam life insurance policy may not be able to provide the full coverage amount you need, especially if you’re looking to cover many working years or the years of raising a family.

Before you start getting life insurance quotes, calculate how much life insurance you need. A no-exam policy alone may not be able to provide sufficient coverage.

Assess Your Chances Before You Apply

Getting life insurance without a long application process is appealing, but don’t jump into a no-exam life insurance application without understanding your chances of getting approved. Many no-exam policies require very good or excellent health for approval. A denial goes on your insurance record and could hinder future applications.

Don’t be surprised if you end up doing a more traditional application process, including a life insurance medical exam if you’ve had some health issues.

Look Beyond the Cost

Of course you don’t want to overpay for life insurance, but research more than cost. There are coverage options that can be very valuable long after you buy the policy, such as the option to convert term life to permanent life insurance. Also, look at whether there’s an accelerated death benefit, which gives you access to money from your own death benefit if you become terminally ill.

Be Truthful On the Application

No matter what type of life insurance you’re applying for, be thorough and truthful on the application.

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Continued Strong Liquidity, Improved Licensing Revenues Through First Half of Year

Corsicana, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - August 17, 2023) - Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (TSXV: MEEC) (OTCQB: MEEC) ("ME₂C Environmental "or the "Company"), a leading environmental technology firm, has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Financial Highlights

• Cash of $1.9 million on hand at June 30, 2023, and working capital of $1.7 million

• Q2 total revenues of $4.1 million

• Q2 Adjusted EBITDA positive $251,000

Management Commentary

Richard MacPherson, Chief Executive Officer of ME₂C Environmental, commented, "Our solid base of supply customers, including several significant utilities, has maintained a stable revenue base in what is historically our company's lowest revenue quarter due to lesser coal demands and plant shutdowns scheduled annually each Spring. The increase in licensing revenues of our core technology for the six months ended June 30, 2023, have offset the lower product supply revenues that much of our industry felt this Spring. Technology licensing revenue increased by 165% or $386,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to the prior year period."

"Moving into the last half of the year, we expect to add additional technology licensees and potential supply customers to our strong customer base due to our continued IP efforts leading to trial this fall," continued MacPherson. "The coal-fired power market remains stable in the U.S., and we expect that our product supply revenues will continue to increase during the last half of this year."

"During this second quarter of 2023, we have focused on expanding growth opportunities in new markets, emerging technologies under development, and growing our outreach across the Canadian market in support of our Company's common shares now trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. We are pleased in our current position midway into this year and look forward to providing updates to the market addressing these growth opportunities in the near term," concluded MacPherson.

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About ME2C® Environmental

ME₂C Environmental is a leading environmental technologies company developing and delivering patented and proprietary solutions to the global power industry. ME₂C's leading-edge mercury emissions technologies and services have been shown to achieve emissions removal at a significantly lower cost and with less operational impact than currently used methods, while maintaining and/or increasing power plant output and preserving the marketability of byproducts for beneficial use. ME₂C Environmental is a trade name of Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. For more information, please visit http://www.me2cenvironmental.com/.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, this press release includes references to Adjusted EBITDA, a Non-GAAP financial measure. We view Adjusted EBITDA as an operating performance measure and, as such, we believe that the GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to it is net income (loss). We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income adjusted for interest and financing fees, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation, and other non-cash income and expenses. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides us an important measure of operating performance. Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and this measure should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP, as the excluded items may have significant effects on our operating results and financial condition. Additionally, our measure of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from other companies' measure of Adjusted EBITDA. When evaluating our performance, Adjusted EBITDA should be considered with other financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net income, and other GAAP results. In the future, we may disclose different non-GAAP financial measures in order to help our investors and others more meaningfully evaluate and compare our future results of operations to our previously reported results of operations.

Safe Harbor Statement

With the exception of historical information contained in this press release, content herein may contain "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or forward-looking information under applicable Canadian securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements are generally identified by using words such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "expect," "intend," "will," and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause genuine results to differ materially from the statements made. Matters that may cause genuine results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, among other factors, the ability to satisfy the conditions to listing on the TSX-V; the loss of major customers; dependence on availability and retention of key suppliers; changes, or lack of changes, in environmental regulations; risks related to advancements in technologies; lack of diversification in the Company's business; risks related to intellectual property, including the ability to protect intellectual property and the success of the ongoing patent litigation; competition risks; changes in demand for coal as a fuel source for electricity production; ability to retain key personnel; absence of a liquid public market for our common stock; share price volatility; and, the potential that dividends may never be declared. In addition, this release contains time-sensitive information that reflects management's best analysis only as of the date of this release. ME₂C Environmental does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events, information or circumstances that arise after the date of this release. Further information concerning issues that could materially affect financial performance or other forward-looking statements contained in this release can be found in ME₂C Environmental's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or Canadian securities regulators.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

ME₂C Environmental Contact:
Stacey Hyatt
Corporate Communications
ME₂C Environmental
Main: 614-505-6115 x-1001
Direct: 404-226-4217
shyatt@me2cenvironmental.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Jessica Butt
IR Representative
Adelaide Capital
Direct: 416-844-6202
jessica@adcap.ca

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/177531

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Mining Corp. (“Prime”, or the “Company”) (TSX.V: PRYM) (OTCQX: PRMNF) (Frankfurt: O4V3) is pleased to report its operating and financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. Prime is focused on the exploration and development of its wholly owned high-grade Los Reyes Gold-Silver Project in Sinaloa State, Mexico (“Los Reyes” or the “Project”).

The Company also announces a change to its board of directors: effective August 16, 2023, Mr. Kerry Sparkes is appointed to the board of directors, replacing Mr. Paul Larkin who has stepped down. Mr. Sparkes is a Technical Advisor to Prime, with over 30 years’ experience in mineral exploration as an exploration geologist and mining executive. He was past Vice President Geology for Franco-Nevada Corporation, where he was responsible for evaluating global mineral deposits, and co-founder and director of Orla Mining Ltd. Mr. Sparkes is a registered professional geologist and Qualified Person.

Prime Chief Executive Officer Daniel Kunz commented, “We thank Paul Larkin for his many contributions to the Company and wish him the best in his future endeavours. We have already benefitted tremendously from Kerry Sparkes’ significant geology and project experience, and continue to look forward to his additional involvement as a member of our Board of Directors.   Prime concluded a very productive second quarter 2023. We materially increased our cash balance which currently stands at $41 million, published a new 2023 Los Reyes Mineral Resource Estimate, initiated Prime’s annual ESG sustainability reporting, and welcomed a new member to our senior management team. At Los Reyes, drilling encountered wide and high-grade intercepts in Z-T and Central Zones resource areas. We are drilling in areas that can increase the current resource size and quality through discovery of adjacent and new zones of gold-silver mineralization. We have already completed more than 37,000 metres of our drilling in 2023. Work is also ongoing in several technical areas including metallurgical test work.”

Corporate Highlights During the Quarter
(Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are presented in Canadian dollars.)

On April 17^th, the Company released its inaugural 2022 ESG Sustainability Report.

On May 9^th, the Company received $28 million from an acceleration of 14,025,410 common share purchase warrants that were issued as part of the December 22, 2022 financing.

On May 11^th, the Company announced the appointment of Indi Gopinathan as Vice President of Capital Markets and Business Development, effective April 24, 2023.

On June 13^th, the Company announced the issuance of 63,025 units at a deemed price of $1.785 per unit to an arms-length advisor in payment of services.

On June 13^th, the Company filed its NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Los Reyes gold-silver project.

Exploration Highlights During the Quarter

On May 2^nd, the Company announced the doubling of the resource at the Los Reyes gold-silver project.
At the resource gold cut-off grade of 0.22 grams per tonne (“gpt”), Prime’s updated open pit Mineral Resource Estimate¹ contains:

• 1.47 million Indicated AuEq² ounces at a 1.68 gpt average grade. This represents a 73% increase in Measured and Indicated AuEq ounces, and 26% increase in AuEq grade. This is 1.0 million ounces of gold at 1.16 gpt and 35 million ounces of silver at 40.4 gpt.
• 0.73 million Inferred AuEq ounces at a 1.26 gpt average grade. This represents a 175% increase in AuEq ounces and 8% increase in AuEq grade. This is 0.5 million ounces of gold at 0.85 gpt and 18.4 million ounces of silver at 31.5 gpt.

On May 24^th, the Company reported multiple new wide, high-grade intercepts in the Z-T area, including bonanza-grade intervals.

Highlight intercepts include:

• 6.19 gpt AuEq (3.33 gpt Au and 220.9 gpt Ag) over 11.6 m estimated true width (“etw”), including 41.92 gpt AuEq (24.9 gpt Au and 1,385.0 gpt Ag) over 1.0 m etw;
• 1.84 gpt AuEq (1.52 gpt Au and 24.8 gpt Ag ) over 9.8 m etw, including 8.73 gpt AuEq (7.94 gpt Au and 61.4 gpt Ag) over 1.5 m etw;
• 1.31 gpt AuEq (0.96 gpt Au and 27.3 gpt Ag) over 13.8 m etw, and 1.02 gpt AuEq (0.84 gpt Au and 14.4 gpt Ag) over 8.5 m etw;
• 1.22 gpt AuEq (0.74 gpt Au and 36.9 gpt Ag) over 15.9 m etw, including 4.73 gpt AuEq (2.72 gpt Au and 155.4 gpt Ag) over 1.4 m etw.

On June 20^th, the Company announced the discovery of new wide zones of high-grade mineralization in the Z-T area significantly below resource pit bottom.

Highlight intercepts include:

• 5.10 gpt AuEq (3.96 gpt Au and 88.0 gpt Ag) over 11.4 m etw in hole 23TA-67, located 200 m below the MRE resource pit, including:
  • 27.20 gpt AuEq (24.50 gpt Au and 209.0 gpt Ag) over 1.5 m etw.
• 4.86 gpt AuEq (3.80 gpt Au and 82.0 gpt Ag) over 13.3 m etw in hole 23TA-69, located 100 m below the MRE resource pit, including:
  • 9.30 gpt AuEq (8.15 gpt Au and 89.2 gpt Ag) over 3.7 m etw.

Maintaining Health and Safety Protocols

The Company has avoided possible health issues that may have had a material effect on the Company’s activities. Prime remains engaged with local stakeholders and is proactive in monitoring employees and contractors concerning general health conditions. The Company continues to closely adhere to the directives of all levels of government and relevant health authorities in Mexico and Canada.

Community Engagement and Environmental Stewardship Strategy

We continued to gather environmental and community data in the quarter to help support our ESG programs, including completion of a materiality assessment, strategic plan, and disclosure matrix. We strive to minimize the environmental footprint of our activities and ensure that Los Reyes has a positive impact on our host communities.

The Company released its initial sustainability report during April 2023 which establishes a baseline and a new yardstick to measure our progress in meeting our commitments regarding sustainability and stewardship of the environment, relevant social issues, and corporate governance.

Selected Financial Data

The following selected financial data is summarized from the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto (the “Financial Statements”) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. A copy of the Financial Statements and MD&A is available at www.primeminingcorp.ca or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Notes

1. Mineral Resource Estimate is based on economically constrained pits using a $US 1700/ounce gold price, $US 22/ounce silver price, and an assumed 0.22 gpt gold cutoff grade. For more information and other assumptions, please see Prime’s May 2, 2022 press release, or our website.
2. Gold equivalent (“AuEq”) grades are calculated as in-situ contained grades, applying the assumed ratio of gold to silver prices using the following formula: AuEq grade (gpt) = Gold grade (gpt) + Silver grade (gpt) x ($US 22 / $US 1700). Relative recoveries are not considered in the in-situ contained grade estimate but are assumed to have mill recoveries of 93% and 83% for gold and silver, respectively and heap leach recoveries of 73% and 25% for gold and silver, respectively. For more information and other assumptions, please see Prime’s May 2, 2022 press release, or our website.

Qualified Person

Scott Smith, P.Geo., Executive Vice President of Exploration, is a qualified person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical content in this news release.

Los Reyes Gold and Silver Project

Los Reyes is a rapidly evolving high-grade, low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver project located in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Historic operating results indicate that an estimated 1 million ounces of gold and 60 million ounces of silver were recovered from five separate operations at Los Reyes between 1770 and 1990. Prior to Prime’s acquisition, accurate operators of Los Reyes had spent approximately US$20 million on exploration, engineering, and prefeasibility studies. The Project remains underexplored and holds potential for additional discovery and resource expansion.

Since acquiring Los Reyes in 2019, Prime has spent approximately US$30 million on direct exploration activities and has completed two phases of comprehensive drilling totaling over 110,000 m. Results to date suggest the three known main deposit areas, Guadalupe, Central and Z-T are much larger than previously reported. Potential exists for new discoveries outside of the current defined resource areas.

About Prime Mining

Prime Mining is an ideal mix of successful mining executives, strong capital markets personnel, and experienced local operators focused on unlocking the full potential of the high-grade Los Reyes Gold-Silver Project in Mexico. Prime Mining has a well-planned capital structure with significant team and insider ownership.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
Daniel Kunz 
Chief Executive Officer

For further information, please contact:

Daniel Kunz
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Prime Mining Corp.
1307 S. Colorado Ave.
Boise, Idaho 83706
Telephone: +1 (208) 926-6379 office
email: daniel@primeminingcorp.ca

Scott Hicks
Executive Vice President
Prime Mining Corp.
710 – 1030 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC, V6E 2Y3
Telephone: +1 (604) 428-6128 office
email: scott.hicks@primeminingcorp.ca

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward Looking Information

This news release contains certain “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation as may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation, statements regarding the perceived merit of the Company’s properties, including additional exploration potential of Los Reyes, potential quantity and/or grade of minerals, the potential size of the mineralized zone, metallurgical recoveries, the timing and results of permitting and the Company’s exploration and development plans in Mexico. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts which address events, results, outcomes or developments that the Company expects to occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the date the statements are made, and they involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Certain material assumptions regarding such forward-looking statements were made, including without limitation, assumptions regarding the price of gold, silver and copper; the accuracy of mineral resource estimations; that there will be no material adverse change affecting the Company or its properties; that all required approvals will be obtained, including concession renewals and permitting; that political and legal developments will be consistent with current expectations; that currency and exchange rates will be consistent with current levels; and that there will be no significant disruptions affecting the Company or its properties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such statements will prove to be accurate and genuine results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause genuine results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to: risks related to uncertainties inherent in the preparation of mineral resource estimates, including but not limited to changes to the cost assumptions, variations in quantity of mineralized material, grade or recovery rates, changes to geotechnical or hydrogeological considerations, failure of plant, equipment or processes, changes to availability of power or the power rates, ability to maintain social license, changes to interest or tax rates, changes in project parameters, delays and costs inherent to consulting and accommodating rights of local communities, environmental risks, title risks, including concession renewal, commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations, risks relating to COVID-19, delays in or failure to receive access agreements or amended permits, risks inherent in the estimation of mineral resources; and risks associated with executing the Company’s objectives and strategies, including costs and expenses, as well as those risk factors discussed in the Company's most recently filed management's discussion and analysis, as well as its annual information form dated April 22, 2022, available on www.sedar.com. Except as required by the securities disclosure laws and regulations applicable to the Company, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

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