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X Machina Capital Strategies Announces Transitional Energy-Gradient Geothermal Merger

November 28, 2023

The new commercial venture will serve as the sector’s first sustainable, market driven operation that specializes in the production of energy derived from geothermal heat extracted from existing oil & gas infrastructure.

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Gradient Geothermal CEO Delivers Remarks at Wall Street Green Summit

March 14, 2024

In an address at the New York City-based event, Gradient’s Dr. Benjamin Burke underscored geothermal’s potential to power the energy transition

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Pompano Resource Transformation Acquires Gulf Coast Oil Field From Paloma Resources

May 23, 2023

Pompano Resource Transformation (“Pompano”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of XMC Strategies, today announced that it has acquired a Gulf Coast oil asset, including 33 operated oil wells, from Paloma Natural Gas, LLC, which is owned in part by Houston-based private equity firm EnCap Investments.

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Zefiro Methane Corp. Announces Quarterly Earnings Report and Provides Corporate Activities Update

May 16, 2024

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) today announced the Company’s consolidated financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 (“FQ3 2024”).

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Zefiro Registers its First Methane Reduction Project on American Carbon Registry

April 29, 2024

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its first listing on American Carbon Registry (“ACR”).

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Zefiro Methane Corp. Commences Trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

May 6, 2024

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that its common shares are now listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (“FSE”) under the symbol “Y6B”. Zefiro’s shares officially began trading on the FSE on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

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Zefiro Methane Corp. Co-Hosts U.S. Department of the Interior & New York State Officials at Successfully Plugged Oil Well Site

October 26, 2023

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) which works to reduce methane emissions by plugging orphaned oil and gas wells across the U.S., yesterday co-hosted U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI") Infrastructure Coordinator Winnie Stachelberg and several officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) at an oil well the Company helped successfully plug in South Wales, New York.

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Zefiro Methane Corp. Announces Presale of Certified Carbon Credits to Mercuria Energy America, LLC

July 13, 2023

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that it has pre-sold a portion of its methane emission offset portfolio to Mercuria Energy America LLC (“Mercuria”), the United States-based division of one of the world’s largest independent energy and commodities groups.

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Zefiro Methane Corp. Subsidiary Acquires Appalachian Well Surveys, Inc.

December 4, 2023

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”), which works to reduce methane emissions by plugging orphaned oil and gas wells across the country, today announced that Plants & Goodwin (“P&G”), a leading Pennsylvania-based orphaned well plugging organization and a subsidiary of the Company, has acquired Appalachian Well Surveys, Inc. (“AWS”), a Cambridge, Ohio-based wireline company.

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Zefiro Methane Acquires Pennsylvania-Based Oil/Gas Well-Plugging Company Plants & Goodwin

May 19, 2023

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority ownership stake in Plants & Goodwin, Inc. (“P&G”), a third-generation family business with more than 100 employees that specializes in oil and gas plugging and abandonment operations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

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Zefiro Opens a New Operations Facility in West Virginia to Service Growing Demand,Providing Increased Operational Capacity, Efficiency and Enhanced Profit Margins

May 7, 2024

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Plants & Goodwin, Inc. (“P&G”) has opened another facility in Appalachia.

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Zefiro Methane Corp. & X Machina Capital Strategies to Co-Host 2023 NYC Climate Week Event

September 21, 2023

ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) and X Machina Capital Strategies (“XMC”) today announced that they will be co-hosting an event this evening as part of Climate Week 2023 in New York City.

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Navigating a Rapidly-Improving Financial Ecosystem

May 12, 2021

In a new piece for RealClearMarkets today, Talal Debs, managing partner of X Machina Capital Strategies, explores the courses we must chart for technology and regulation in the evolving financial ecosystem. Debs writes, “Advancements in fintech are providing greater access to financial services for more people, from the non-finance savvy to those trading or paying digitally for the first time. This expansion is especially relevant when it comes to investing and transaction services. The underlying story here is an innovative one that can potentially revolutionize key components of economic activity for the better.”

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A New Risk Factor: “Dynamical Risk”

October 26, 2020

In his latest post, Talal Debs, managing partner of X Machina Capital Strategies, unveils a new risk factor. Debs writes, “A new category is emerging. Into the fray of what increasingly looks like a kind of “non-financial risk revolution,” it is clear there are now whole new realms of risk and opportunity for an investor to understand. The one that has captured my attention most and which I now propose as a brand-new risk factor — more properly a genus of related risk factors — is dynamical risk.

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X Machina Capital Strategies Launches

October 27, 2020

With global energy markets facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities, X Machina Capital Strategies (“XMC”) today announced its formation. The firm will employ a new systematic, quantitative approach to private investing in energy and commodities. X Machina Capital Strategies seeks superior returns without relying on commodity price appreciation or taking credit risk to the operator.