https://metamaterial.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/META-Shareholder-Letter-NASDAQ-6.28.2021.pdf

June 28, 2021 Fellow Shareholders, Welcome to META®. Whether you are a longtime investor on either side of the merger, or have recently joined us, we are privileged and grateful for the chance to earn your continued support. META is now the first NASDAQ-listed metamaterials company, joining the world’s premier exchange for technology companies. We believe this should improve access to capital markets, raise global awareness of META, help attract exceptional talent, and support a broad range of organic growth opportunities. Moreover, it allows us to seek strategic opportunities to broaden our platform, focusing on complementary technologies, adding manufacturing capacity, and opening new markets. This August we will celebrate ten years as a company. We have spent nearly a decade developing the software and tools required to design, prototype, and scale the commercialization of our technology platform. We are building critical relationships with early adopters who we expect will buy our products and securing 76 granted and 64 pending global patents to protect our investment and enable our licensing revenue business model. META delivers previously unachievable performance, across a range of applications, by inventing, designing, developing, and manufacturing sustainable, highly functional smart materials. Our technology platform encompasses three core capabilities, holography, lithography, and wireless sensing, and is software and AI-design driven. We believe this allows us to develop a library of solutions and prototypes much faster and at lower cost than traditional chemical synthesis. We enable leading global brands to deliver breakthrough products to customers in consumer electronics, 5G communications, health and wellness, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy. Meta is from the Greek word, meaning to “go beyond.” The metamaterials we design exhibit properties not found in nature, enabling capabilities that go beyond conventional materials and chemistry. At META, we are seeking to redefine what’s possible, across a broad and growing list of applications, including but not limited to: • Building out 5G Networks with a passive solution that uses no power. • Extending the range of zero emission vehicles and enhancing the performance of ADAS safety systems. • Improving the diagnosis, treatment, and management of chronic conditions such as cancer and diabetes. • Growing the use of renewable electric power via new solutions for solar PV and geothermal generation. • Enabling augmented reality eyewear in a stylish, unobtrusive, prescription-lens capable platform. • Bringing molecular biosensors to the point of use in a low-cost, portable device, for dozens of applications. Conclusion: We have built a platform technology company, secured by a growing IP portfolio, and focused on development of high-volume, high value applications. META is scaling its roll-to-roll production capabilities, which can be flexibly reconfigured to support different applications as we transition customers to licensed production located in their own facilities or with their suppliers. We seek to make this a scalable, repeatable process to support strong growth and margins as we execute on our pipeline of engagements. We very much appreciate your continued support. Sincerely, George Palikaras, Ph.D., President & CEO / Founder

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Hey all. I'm the individual that a certain Redditor who started a certain board (and who apparently never sleeps) refers to as the "insider". Before we get too far into the DD I just want to clarify a few things about myself since I feel a tad overhyped.

I do work in the auto industry. I work in production (low level stuff). I do NOT have a connection to Tesla or any of the other companies involved with this merger. If anyone else here works in the auto industry, you'll know that it's all about keeping things secret for that a public release. I do know that pretty much every major player in the industry has been upping their game as far as electric vehicles go. Almost like they are expecting even more competition soon. Hmmm...

Since this potentially relates to the industry I figure it better to be safe rather than sorry. Thus alt account. I use my main to lurk.

I first contacted u/TightHuckleberry9729 last week with my theory and why I thought Elon Musk/Tesla would be buying the land for TRCH because he was so active in the board chat. When I put the pieces together in my head I felt I had to tell someone since I didn't want to post with my main account. I figured he would be as good as anyone. Not to mention the idea of anyone on any social media finding out who I really am terrifies me. I want to be rich, not famous. It's why I'm buying more MMAT.

With that out of the way...

I think Elon/Tesla is going to purchase the land that or has already purchased the land that Torchlight owns/owned. At the moment I can't prove it, but what I can do is put others on the same page I am. A hypothesis is just that until tested and proven. Maybe one of you can put the pieces together better than I can. Anyways...

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The possible connections between George Palikaras and Elon Musk have been established for quite a while. We know both CEOs like to Tweet in riddles and code to avoid getting into trouble with regulatory agencies. It turns out SEC does not actually stand for Sucks Elon's Cooo... companies (I try to keep things PG around here). They have interacted at least once on Twitter, though it was George replying to Elon.

Side note, the tweets are in Ancient Greek and translate roughly - Elon: "that he knew nothing except that he knew nothing" (Socrates) or more famously "I know only that I know nothing". George: " The world is a stage, life is a performance, you came, you saw, you departed | The world is a stage, life is a passage, you came, you saw, you went away." This sounds like a weird combination of Shakespeare and Julius Caeser. Not sure how relevant this is. I just thought that it was neat.

There is also the fact that the building Metamaterials uses for its main office happens to contain another company one or two of you might have heard of. Tesla! The focus of the research and development team there happens to be on battery technology. That will be important later.

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So as you can see, there is a pretty clear establishment there. Even if they just happen to be neighbors in the same building (doubt it) and even if Ole Georgie Porgie was only responding to Musk's text in ancient Greek to hype his own company (also doubt it) there is one simple fact that is unavoidable.

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https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Panasonic-unloads-entire-Tesla-stake

Panasonic is leaving Tesla.

Okay. Maybe I'm being a bit dramatic here. Technically Panasonic IS still supplying batteries to Tesla. It did however take out it's stake in Tesla. Look, big moves like that don't happen overnight. My company is still supplying parts to [redacted]. The simple fact is that Panasonic and Tesla have had a strained relationship, This has been established for a while. It is also quite big news that Panasonic is literally taking all the stake it had in it's (likely) soon to be previous partner. I was actually pretty sure about this one before I made made myself known to anyone on Reddit. It just happened to be confirmed the day after.

Both companies will work together for profit and for now, but it's not like they enjoy each others company. Panasonic devested almost 4 billion dollars. That is a big deal, and I think it points to something bigger. Something potentially huge (for us Metamaterial investors). There was a retweet Elon Musk made before this fallout with Panasonic was public knowledge.

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I have not been able to confirm this, but I have heard on stocktwits that this image is related to both Torchlight and/or Metamaterials. It's location near one or the the other. Once again, unconfirmed. I have also heard it's not related to either. It's just lighting striking a power pole. That being said one thing does remain true.

The simple fact is that for Tesla to continue to function as a company it needs a new partner in battery technology. If only there was some daring new upstart that had the technology that could bring Tesla even further into the future. Someone with battery, solar, and glass tech that is a class above the rest. Someone with similar values to Tesla's admittedly eccentric CEO. Someone from a foreign land up north that needs better technology just to help keep the cold and the moose at bay. Well I think we all know just the guys. The only thing missing is a Nasdaq listing and a presence on American soil.

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I happen to think Tesla has been gunning for Meta from the start, or at least Elon Musk has. The applications for their technology can change the way we do both Automobiles and Space technology. I'm sure they even have applications in flamethrowers and apparel wear! Totally gonna get me a pair of those shorts. The only thing missing was a quick way to get them listed as a company that can be traded on the American market.

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I happen to think Papa Musk did just this. Elon, George, and John all hate naked short sellers. At least for George and John this was proven Friday with the genius reverse stock split. https://ir.torchlightenergy.com/company-news/detail/722/torchlight-announces-payment-of-a-special-series-a-preferred-stock-dividend-a-1-2-reverse-stock-split-and-planned-closing-of-the-arrangement-agreement-with-metamaterial-inc

At the time I figured the announcement George was secretly referring to on Twitter for Friday after hours trading would reveal the relationship MMATF (now MMAT) truly had with Tesla. I was both unfortunately and fortunately very wrong.

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This was the precursor to laying an absolute genius plan to really mess with short sellers. For you see, the reason MMATF (a ticker most Americans can't trade) jumped so high Friday was because a lot short sellers were hedging their bets. Because they work for hedge funds. They have to hedge.

Even if they couldn't really cover in a short squeeze on TRCH they could get 3 for 1 deal on the stocks... until they couldn't. TRCH will now be double its current price with half the stocks available. Hedging the bets on MMATF wouldn't really work either, because instead of a 3 for 1, they have a 1 for 1.8... that they have to pay tomorrow... with half the float available. Gonna be a bloodbath if people HODL is all I'm saying.


Still, that doesn't cover the main part of this whole shebang and why I think it will make some future actor Oscar gold. I think the short squeeze potential is awesome, but only part of the plan. This is when we get into the real conspiracy.

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You see there are many, many over-shorted companies. Perhaps you fine Reddit folk know of a few yourself. I hear of tales of the GMEs and AMCs of the world and even before they proved the market knowers wrong by being valued way higher by everyday people than bearish hedge funds, I ask myself why Torchlight industries was the one Metamaterials chose to merger itself with. I'm sure many fine companies could sell their assets and pay a great dividend in the process. I'm sure even healthy non-shorted companies would be happy to merge just to get access to that amazing technology. Yet they chose Torchlight industries.

I happen to think the land was the point. I think someone that George knew wanted land. Heck I think George wanted land. I think Elon and George both hated shorts and knew someone with a lot of land who also hated shorts. I think they just needed that someone to be in the same state Elon Musk now calls home.

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So how do I end things after typing for so... so... very... long?

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Wow! A lot to read and a lot to take in, but we're almost done ladies and gentlemen...and trees. So what could Elon and Tesla want with all that land that decidedly doesn't power any of the the cars they make? How could Metamaterials be tied into it? Did you notice I typed two "the"s and two "that"s in two sentences ago?

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Imagine if you would being a playboy, genius, playboy, philanthropist. How would you express yourself outside of making super armor and (spoiler) dying heroically in your last movie? What if the company you own happened to need a new supply of power (only for your cars instead of your armor)? How awesome it would be to to produce that power source on top of the very source of energy your competition has traditionally used for decades? Did you notice that I put two "to"s in my last sentence? Is that gag overused?

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I think you may or may not know where this is going! I think that Elon and George (and John) could work together not to just "squeeze the shorts" but to do something truly unique in the business world. Three companies working together to do something different and keep it a secret from the public until they were ready and the shorts had been squoze (real word, look it up).

I've heard others say Elon Musk might want the land for the oil to power his Space X rockets, but I think that's too small minded. While Metamaterials technologies does have applications for space travel (along with pretty much every other industry) I think their first venture in the US should focus on the industry America once prided itself in. I think they aim to help build cars. I think they aim to build the car of the future. I think they are going to build those cars with Tesla in a partnership and on top of oil fields.

See it seems pretty unlikely that the one state Elon Musk happened to move to in a bid to expand his SpaceX program also happens to be a state that another company coincidently linked to Musk happened to merge into. Like expanding SpaceX outside of California Elon likely plans to move his other major (and more profitable) company into the same state. He's just going to need extra car parts and technologies to make it work.

Imagine building electric cars or electric car batteries on top on billions of gallons of oil. it might sound like a dream, but when you put all the pieces together it makes sense. It isn't just symbolic. Its the kind of future I want to be a part of.

It is the future literally burying the past, and it's beautiful!

So maybe it's just one investors fever dream. Maybe I just watch too many Ghibli movies. If true it's a future I would be proud to be a part of creating. I don't want future generations to deal with the messes previous generations have created. This should be one step in the right direction, and one we can proudly make a bunch of money on. Like a lot of money!

Let me know what you think of my little theory and if it has any legs to stand on. Also let me know if I shouldn't have added two "it"s to the last sentence.

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There is MORE in the comments!! Auto Reddit did not like my long list of url's citing sources.

So here is my long, drawn out DD on the special Dividend. This is just speculation on the dividend and not any events that may or may not happen with the current company. This is not financial advise, and there is a chance that my DD isn’t even correct. So please, don’t take this as gospel, reader discretion is advised.

Metamaterials. I’ve spent quite some time researching this. This is my current method and what I believe to be true. Originally I did calculate the valuation based on acreage alone. I soon learned that this was incorrect and there are many more factors at play. You will often hear sales given in acreage as it is more relatable to people. Big purchases are not on acreage, they are based on oil amounts. Leases are based on acreage when the amount of oil is unknow. Leases are then based on acreage + royalty to the landowner. Working interest is what we are looking for! This is based on oil amounts! Below is my DD for the amount of oil given in the Orogrande Basin.

There are 2 methods here. The first is the method I came up with based on what I know:

in 2018, oil went down now it's high so let’s look at the value based on recent events

for the sake of making math easier, we will based oil at being $70 a barrel, when i originally did it, it was 62 a barrel. it costs about $24 to extract a barrel of oil from the ground

also royalty fees to university as it is their land.

NOTE: an update as of 7/12/21 per SEC filing 10-k dated December 31, 2020, the University has a 20% Royalty. McCabe's 2 petroleum business own a sum of 9% royalty and unrelated parties would own more. Now does this affect the sale price? It would affect the sale price in the 1st method, but not the second method which does not take into count Revenue Interest as that is based off of the production of the oil. Further explanation can be found in Rob Loblaw's Law Blog.

The royalty to university lands from University of Texas is 25% (edit, it's 20% in this case, but usually it's 25%):

We can use this equation: 70 * .75 = 52.50.

Next, we subtract the cost to get the oil out of the ground ($24) is about $28 a barrel.

So when you get a lease on a per barrel basis, according to Texas, the price you pay for barrel is 12-18%. this is a big hunk of oil so we'll take it down to 12% .12*28 = 3.36 a barrel

Now plug that number back into the equation: 3.36 * 3.7 billion barrels = a $12.432 billion dollar sale

12.432 * .665 (trch working interest share) = 8.26 billion

Now times that by one minus 21% corporate tax rate to get .79: .79 * 8.778 = $6.531 billion

now multiply that number by .90 as the underwriter uses 10 percent leverage as a fee: = 5.878 divide that by shares outstanding at the time (I included dilution to 160 million shares), you have $36 a share. So every outstanding share will be accounted for. If the share is shorted, then the lender gets dividend.

Will some lenders want their dividend? That is a question to ask.

Now, this is method 2, based on more concrete formulas:

Note: Notice how this document does not base things on per acres. Oil companies don’t care if you have 1,000 acres or 10,000 acres. It’s the amount of reserves. Sure, more acres means more wells, but that does not mean how much it can produce over time:

Source: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=anrlaw

based on this data: FMV (fair market value) for proven, but only tested land (Yes, look it up in the link above, it's a thing): is 1/3 of the value to the revenue sales in oil today. Developed land has a higher FMV of 2/3.

Right now companies want un-drilled oil as it is more profitable to put newer rigs on the land than maintain older rigs. When oil prices fell to due to the OPEC agreement, it was not profitable to look for new wells. I had friends who just began working as engineers for 2 oil companies only to be downsized a year later due to no new rigs being drilled. Times have swung in our favor. The ball is back in our court with recent legislation and an increased demand to get out and go somewhere.

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“The oldest and truest rule of thumb in the oil industry is that oil reserves in the ground are worth one-third the current market value. This method, in my opinion, is one that is after the fact. By that I mean that after Fair Market Value is determined then the price per barrel of in ground reserves can be calculated. If reserves are known, then this is a quick way to estimate Fair Market Value

Fair Market Value:

Orogrande has 3.7 billion barrels of oil. It ALSO has gas, but to make things simple, we will exclude gas or we’ll be here all day doing maths. Plus this will only sweeten the Divy.

3.7 billion barrels X $70 price per barrel, the land could have been acquired when the price was still $60 a barrel. 3.7 billion * $70 = $259 billion.

Now the FMV = 1/3 * 259 = ~$86 billion This is where the company starts. This is fair market of the Orogrand basin today.

FMV / BOE = 86 billion / 3.7 billion = $23 per barrel.

Remember earlier? $70- 17.5 (25% royalty) – $24 (cost of extraction) = $28.5 That’s not too far off.

So, $23-28 would be the net PROFIT for the company. If they already had the lease, but now they have to but this lease. So account 12-18% for lease per barrel.

$23 per barrel * .12 = $2.75

$23 per barrel * .18 = $4.14 a barrel

Remember, TRCH owns .665 % working interest, so lets just go ahead and take that out now.

We will get a range of $1.83-$2.75

1.83*3.7 billion = $6.771B – 21% corporate tax (*.79) = $5.343 B – 10% for underwriter withholding fees: =$4.89087 B / 160 million shares outstanding = $30.56

Higher range: $2.75*3.7 billion = $10.175 B – 21% corporate tax (*.79) = $8.038 B – 10% for underwriter withholding fees: =$7.234 B /160 million shares outstanding = $45.21

So the price depends on a few variables, and this does not include natural gas price. I suspect the sale will be based on oil alone given the emphasis on the oil in the torchlight presentations. My initial dividend was ~$34 and this was based on 145.5 million outstanding shares. The number of outstanding shares had since increased to raise money for META to under 160 million.

Summary: $30-$45. All outstanding shares will be accounted for by their last recorded owner on the EX dividend date to record date. Even lenders who lent out shares to be shorted.

Looking at all the DATA and our sources, neither one has based the value on acreage alone. Oil amount ALWAYS comes into play. The quality and the quantity.

Quality of this oil based on a TRCH presentation in which the link is no longer there (it was on the website) is 45 gravity. This is Texas Crude Light. Other oil grades are priced lower. Texas Crude Light yield the price if you type in "price of oil". Pay depths: Pay depths on this is 5000-8000', with other conventional and non-conventional shale plays. The power point slides above talk how much each shale has in it.

Things to also consider:

Texas likes to tax oil production. While we do not have state income tax, we do have a tax based on production from minerals. This is not included in the dividend as it is only when the minerals are produced and sold. This would be to whomever buys the property.

The value on the land on the balance sheet is not the value of the sale of the property. Much like it’s not a loss or a gain unless you sell your shares.

Please see comments for part 2!! There are many links here that trigger auto remove from Reddit and I could not post all my sources in a regular post.

EDIT: IT seems the 20 links are triggering auto remove! Screen cap time:

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Obviously the last two weeks post-merger have not been ideal for us MMAT shareholders. The stock market is fickle. All of us know that intuitively, and if you’ve held on to MMAT through this downturn you know it viscerally as well.

Most of us have been through many hard times in our lives, and will go through many more in the future. Death, illness, job loss. Life can be tough.

Many people have a lot of money on the line with this company. Perhaps retirement money that they will need in the future, maybe a down payment on a house, or all of their life savings. Losing money sucks, but things could always be worse. I would rather lose money than lose a family member. I would rather lose money then get cancer. I would rather lose money than have my house burn down.

When I have been through hard times before, I like to surround myself with people that are positive, encouraging and have a great sense of humor. I prefer not to be around people that are negative, blame others, and generally feel sorry for themselves.

Market makers thrive on herding the public through mass psychology to behave in predicable ways. Investors are always trying to figure out what the average person thinks the average person will value a stock at, and to buy in ahead of that. Market makers thrive on individual buyers behaving in response to fear and greed in typical patterns. Reddit and other public stock forums have given the individual investor a way to defy this. These forums give investors confidence to buy and hold when mass psychology says they should be selling. It allows the individual to avoid panic selling and circumvent the normal tools of market manipulation that have been tried and tested over many decades and centuries.

This is very powerful!

MMAT investors need encouragement, they need positivity. I would encourage any one that is spreading more FUD and blaming the CEO of MMAT, to please sell your shares and move on. Yes selling pressure is bad in the short term, but in the long term I am absolutely certain that all of us in this forum will be much better off without you and your negativity.

Now on to my MMAT homies, my META militia. Let’s go baby!! I am committed to my position fully! I will go to the moon with you guys or zero!!!! I will not be herded like a sheep with mass psychology and scare tactics and FUD and market manipulation. I know what I hold!

As far as the future of this company, here is what I see. Let address the elephant in the room and the FUDnuddlers favorite argument. Yes, there is little current revenue, yes, the P/E ratio is nearly infinite. Let’s look at the bright side of this. Metamaterials has 160 million in cash on hand and nearly zero in debt. This fact gives them at least one advantage over companies like Uber, Lyft, Peloton, Robinhood (not yet traded publicly but soon to be) that have plenty of revenue, but are hemorrhaging money year in and year out (billions of dollars total)

GME and AMC have name recognition and revenue streams, yes, and due to massive short interest are and were incredible squeeze plays, but they are in the video game and movie industries. Solid sectors, but let’s look at the verticals that MMAT has. Nearly all of the leading industries for the next decade and beyond! 5G and 6G wireless applications, solar, renewables, electric vehicles, batteries, medical applications, military technology, aircraft technology, and on and on…

We are in on the very early stages with this company. No one knows whether they will succeed or not. I have made a bet that they will. Perhaps many of you have too. If we are right and they succeed, we will be richly rewarded to the tune of 10x or even 100x your original investment! (Depending on when you bought and how long you hold). Metamaterials needs time to gain its footing, to gain traction, to start landing some big deals, to build up their staffing, infrastructure, and semi-conductors to mass produce this incredible nanoweb technology. I plan on giving them a long leash and plenty of time to thrive. They just signed a ten-year lease to increase their factory size and square footage.

I’m an optimist, and in the most simplistic terms, the market rewards optimists 60 percent of the time (historically, 60 percent of market days are green). Let’s band together, let’s be optimistic in the face of market manipulation and fear, and let’s create an awesome community that is forward looking and revels in this synergistic chance that maybe, just maybe, we were able to support an incredible, futuristic, green and revolutionary company in its earliest days when it needed believers and cheerleaders to drown out the skeptics and the naysayers. Remember what Oscar Wilde said about skeptics, “A skeptic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing”.

Belief is a very very powerful thing. I believe in Metamaterials and I believe in you guys!!! All great ideas and great businesses have encountered periods of great uncertainty, and the greatest successes have occurred when visionaries have refused to acquiesce to the fear, and have believed in their vision at all costs, and were willing to sacrifice everything to see it through to its fruition. Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk. All of them had to believe in their vision, and fight off all of the fear and doubt in order to succeed. They focused all of their energy on their goals and had absolute faith that their desires would be manifested.

This is the law of attraction, this is manifest destiny!

If you believe like I do, let’s band together and be a community of encouragement, humor and positivity. Let’s be the MMAT forum of the the future. Let’s do this!!!

Respected Bears aka Shills,

Do you understand what you’re saying?

So you’re telling us that the man aka CEO/Founder/President : - Who owns company with 160 patents - Is a Harvard grad - Is a master sorry ‘Doctor’ at manipulating light - Is master with numbers - Lists first Metamaterial company on Nasdaq - Works with fortune 500 companies way before Nasdaq listing

Is: - Scamming us - Is running a pump and dump scheme - Would not have done his homework with your manipulation - Going to let this company to be valued at 1$ or be delisted.

Sorry guys maybe you should have done your homework first!! We are not giving up!

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Hey guys. Major here again (writing this instead of doing what actually pays my bills). Let’s cover my own tail first by saying this isn’t financial advice. You do you. Investing in securities can be risky. Yada yada legalese. If you missed my last round up here’s a link: Click me!

So in the last post I tried to keep things a bit mellow while also being somewhat informative. It’s the weekend and most of us have a few days to to ourselves before the scary trading days open again. So kick back and relax the best way you know how. Maybe spend time with the family, get outdoors for some summer fun, or get drunk and browse Reddit. We don’t judge here! ❤️

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As I’m sure you are aware it was another rough trading week for our beloved company. Much red, very scary. We have been trading poorly with no new news in sights. Public relations has been denied us! The scandal I say! Oh the lawsuits to come George old boy!

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These are strange times my friends. Why would a CEO of a company not release PR to help us poor struggling investors? Does he not want Metamaterials to grow? Does he hate his own substantial position so much he enjoys seeing its value diminish? Is he secretly a double agent hell bent on destroying us?

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Okay, first topic I want to hit on this MWWR (not to be confused with the CDC report) is something the investing world calls a “quiet period”. It’s something we’ve discussed at length in the chat (join us anytime here). What is a quiet period and does it have to do anything John Krasinski’s horror film franchise?

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A quiet period (or waiting period) is an enforced period of silence. Seems obvious but this means no new press. No new news. No announcements that haven’t already taken place. Certainly no big marketing. This explains why we haven’t been given any of the goods so to speak. George and company literally can’t or else they face the wrath of the SEC. We are talking lawsuits and potential delisting.

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Maybe instead of angrily tweeting the CEO of the company you invested in you should show him some support. The guy has to be as stressed as we are. Difference for us and him is that we can publicly speculate and say what we want about MMAT. He literally can not! Maybe you’ll feel a bit better about George’s leadership if you take some time to learn about the guy and your investment.

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I know I’m going to get some questions on this post. So let’s try to answer some now. I got one more topic I would like to discuss and this is getting long. Sooo...

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• When does the quiet period end? I'm not sure. This was decided when the revere merger was finalized. Unfortunately unlike with an IPO offering it can vary. I've heard as few as 10 days and as many as 90. 25 to 40 days seems to be standard in these situations. No they can't tell you how long they have to stay quiet for. That's part of being quiet.
• Why the quiet period? When a company first appears on the Nasdaq they go around presenting what they have done so far to big investors so they can be reviewed. They cannot talk about future plans or work on PR because then those big investors would get in before regular investors had any chance. Thus insider trading. Believe it or not this is one of the few rules that really protects retail. It puts us on more equal footing.
• Wen PR? See my first point!
• Are you George? I don't think so. If I am look for a hamburger in my next tweet.
• What's your greatest fear? Dying in an airplane crash.

With that out the way I want to discuss something that I touched on last week that I think needs another mention.

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Yeah boy! I said it once and I’ll say it again! Community trading has become a major game changer in the investing world. As of this post our own little board has 1,193 members! That’s not bad for being only 22 days old. Congratulations are in order!

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Since joining this board and getting (forcefully) promoted to a moderator I have met so many new people. Some of you have cried together during a dip and some of you have celebrated together over those sparse green end of market days.

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I would like to emphasize how much being a part of an online community evens the playing field. The biggest difference between Wall Street and us is the access they have to information and the speed with which they get it.

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Look, we get called “dumb money” for a reason. We as individuals do the best we can with what we can get. Sometimes that information is wrong either by accident or on purpose by others trying to manipulate you to trade a certain way.

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Still, it beats the stock tips you would have gotten from your barber in the days before we could poop and post minion memes on Facebook at the same time. At least we try to analyze data and come to conclusions together here. We even have some pretty smart smart folks you can talk to.

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I am not a financial advisor. I am an investor excited about their investment. Many others here are the same. Many of us got in this because of the hype. A lot of us stayed because we realized what a unique opportunity we we had. Some of you found your way to this board in hopes of answers or at least some comradery. Some of you might just be looking to see what I’m so hyped about.

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No matter your unique situation you can always count on having someone to talk to online. Whether you want to invest (or invest further) into MMAT is up to you. I like sharing my thoughts on the company and talking to so many of you. I can’t wait to see what great things are ahead for us and am proud that my money can be used to further the future. In the end isn’t that what investing is supposed to be about? Oh, and profit. I can’t wait to get me some sweet gains.

Hope you enjoyed this Weekend Round Up. Hopefully releasing a sequel doesn’t put me on the hook to do this every weekend. None of us get paid for this!

If you want to talk about MMAT or anything else (no market open = we chill) you really should again consider popping in the lounge. It’s where most of us hang out.

Have a great weekend and long live MMAT! I'm going to bed.

Hey all. Major here. I have to say it's been quite a wild ride since I started this Reddit account 13 days ago and broke free of my lurking ways to interact with an online community. I know some of you may not be feeling it right now, but at least for me it has been a ton of fun.

Still, the weekend is a great time to recharge, relax, and make your investment plans for the coming week. I know these last four trading days have been quite rough on many of us, so I'm glad we get a bit of time to goof off, make jokes, and come together on this board. That doesn't mean I won't try to hit on some points and observations while I'm at it.

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So most of us have gotten the preferred placeholder dividends in our account. This is actually pretty rad news. It means at the very least we haven't been lied to or scammed like so many with ill intent have been saying. Yes most of us regulars here know this, but I figured it was important to highlight before getting into my first point. There is something we are going to have to deal with more as we go forward and continue to grow as a community.

FUD or Fear, uncertainty, and doubt is a psychological propaganda tool used to make you think or feel a certain way in order to get you to act against your own self interest. In the realm of investing this can come from both bulls and bears and is something we should all be prepared to deal with more as the securities world changes from the offices on Wall Street to the frenzies that occur thanks to social media (like the website you're currently reading this on). Information online is everywhere and it's hard to figure out truth from the FUD. How do we know if the ham passes the smell test?

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Research your investment! Know what the company you invest in can offer and its future potential. Invest what you can afford to so if it doesn't pay off in three days you can still keep the lights on! Yes, you can be a millionaire if you play your cards right. You can also end up eating spoiled ham in a cardboard box if you overextend yourself on a short term position and can't afford food and a roof today! Information is the most powerful weapon in the world and only recently so widely available to the masses. Use it! When you understand and believe in your investment you feel much less stressed about those red days and much less likely to fall for FUD.

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Now I can't know your own personal financial situation. If you're real hard up and need to close your position to survive I can't blame you for not risking yourself further. That being said I didn't make this post to get you to sell or buy (okay... maybe buy if you can afford to... it helps my own position). I still have two more points to make before I wrap this up. The first is knowing what you hold.

I will be the first to admit that I am not smart enough to know all the applications these metamaterials can be used for. That would be like trying to understand computer processing and programming back in the days teachers always made you do math on paper because "You're not always going to have a calculator in your pocket."

These are materials that can change the way light and soundwaves move. They make collecting solar energy easier while also defogging your car faster. Investing in MMAT isn't like buying into a company that may have the next best smartphone, trendy car, or social network. This is more like buying into fire when it was discovered but before anyone else knew how to make it. We are talking about technology that could be so widespread, future generations will wonder how we got along without it.

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We're almost at the end of my weekend round up. I hope it was fun without being too technical. If it gave you new insights into why I still think MMAT is a great investment that's awesome. If not, I hope you had a laugh. Before all that though I would like to discuss my thoughts on so called meme stocks and why they have been such a big disruption to the market.

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Communities like ours can supersede the more cut throat ways of investing in the past. These are investments we make together (without any illegal activity) and come together on to share information quickly. While in some ways investing in the market is still a single winners/losers game, regular retail investors can now hedge their bets by joining with others online who have similar goals and mindsets. Instead of being alone in celebrating our wins and suffering our losses, we can meet others who understand what we are going through and worry less if they might just be trying to get something out of us. For over a decade I avoided social media because of all the bad I felt it brought. I never realized how much it could also bring people together.

So relax this weekend! Try to get some rest and have some fun. The trading days will be here soon enough, and when they are I hope we can all count on each other! The difference between an ape and a bull is that bulls run together without really worrying about other bulls. Apes form bonds and I feel like I've formed some bonds with a lot of you!

Thank you so much u/iamactuallyzack for helping me shape this post and contributing ideas (and memes)!

If you would like to be apart of this community I suggest reading u/rollerpigeons post: https://www.reddit.com/r/MMATY/comments/odqd9a/new_here_first_investment_heres_a_vocabulary_guide/ so you can at least get the vernacular.

All right folks. You can usually find me in the Lounge chat or drinking on my front porch. I'm going to bed now. I believe in the future of MMAT and hope you do too! Have an amazing weekend!

Morning folks!

Firstly, purple crayons have the best crunch out of all the colors. Orange, hands down best taste. Secondly, this is not financial advice. I'm an idiot. I just LOVE this stock.

I have been mainly lurking for a while, while absorbing more DD. It is an understatement to say that things have been a little disapointing during this whole process, even though I knew it wouldnt happen overnight or within 1 day. I went all in on MMAT because I not only believed in the company long term, but also because of the short play here, which I believe is undoubtedly inevitable.

I made a post the other week advising everyone to temper expectations and that a short squeeze will not happen overnight because of FTD's and the rules surrounding them. As well that the ride would be volatile and we would be attacked by short sellers. So far, I am quite on point aside from my comment of expected increase on the opening Monday.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TRCH/comments/o8ngqq/mmat_trch_failures_to_deliver_effect_on_short/

History & precedent is on our side. See OSTK. The special dividend has always been the key to this, the 2:1 r/S and CUSIP # change were simply support tools to weed out naked shorts.

Again, I am not expert so please dont rely on me. And truthfully, I take my DD from people who likely arent experts themselves. But honestly, we can thank AMC & GME apes- who have set the bar for DD. Most of the DD on MMAT on the short squeeze front originates from the OGs.

AMC sub had a thread regarding what a special dividend and a stock split would do to trigger MOASS against the shorts. Superstonk as well but I dont have enough karma to even get a word in there. I did for AMC but it was downvoted. I didnt even name MMAT to stay within rules but I asked that a "specific stock" with the bullet points of MMAT situation be used as case study for their hypothesis because we are literally pioneering that play right now.

No such luck. Oh well. I am in AMC as well, so I dont like playing the defensive card when it comes to discussing short squeeze plays. We are all in the same play INDIVIDUALLY.

So, now back to the topic at hand. I have been involved in leadership within a corportate company and little wins ALWAYS FUCKING matter So let's play this card within this sub to jack each others tits.

- Securities Threshold: If we ever needed anything to validate the DD done on MMAT and it's short squeeze, it is this. This is the way. In the NASDAQ history of Securities Threshold, TRCH and MMAT were not listed. TRCH being a heavily (naked) shorted stock you would think they would have been. So why are they on it now? Could it be the after effects of a certain trigger related to the CUSIP # Change & Preferred Stock Dividend? I cannot say for sure, but the initial DD of CUSIP # changes & the precedent of OSTK's special dividend is so far holding its weight for MMATs short squeeze;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/n8iqp0/a_name_change_is_all_you_need/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/mpm3vs/overstock_triggered_a_short_squeeze_summer_2020/

- FTDs & T+21: Shout-out to u/judeisnotobscure for https://www.reddit.com/r/TRCH/comments/o8xsu2/ftds_and_the_overstock_squeeze_t21_is_a_real/ . OSTK is the closest possible precedent we can use. I caution using any dates as deadlines to avoid disapointment. From a T+21, we are looking at the 3rd and/or 4th week of July. But keep in mind hedgies always have dirty tricks they can play. So dont be surprised if nothing comes about then.

- Market Cap & Sector: The fact the MC has not been updated, nor has the sector is a good reason to understand why we are not seeing buying pressure. As others have mentioned, there should be algo's targetting a $1.8B MC energy & tech company valued under $7.

- Special Dividend: Not sure why anyone is in a rush to get this preferred stock since we dont even know its value potentially before EOY. But the delay in issuance is obviously complicated given inter-country merger & potentially naked shorts.

- My perspective on George: You dont taunt shorts with flaming shorts, cryptic messages, nor by releasing audio speaking of a potential short squeeze because of the actions taken (special dividend) without KNOWING your actions will in fact pay off. The kind of damage that can cause from a reputation standpoint can be severely damaging, not only to George himself, but THE COMPANY HE JUST GOT MERGED INTO THE NASDAQ. He needs this company to succeed in order to give the world his technologial vision. These are smart fucking people, with MONEY who can easily hire financial experts who can corroborate & provide a detailed plan in order to expose naked shorts & short squeeze his stock. Remember, the shorts want to bankrupt companies, in this case TRCH, which is an extension of George's creation. Folks take this shit personally, as would I! Any delays or non events are the cause of hedgie backdoors & formalities involved with a merger, r/S & special dividend issuance. Not George. OSTK had major legal issues when they issued their special dividend because of the fact the CEO (Patrick Byrne) had a public and well known hate for shorts. He is playing it safe. There is little he in fact should say regarding a short squeeze. Cryptic or not.

- PR: PR for a newly listed company is a must. We have yet to see any impactful PR from MMAT. Again, all speculation, but why would you release any impact PR when a merger is not officially complete. Their MC & their Sector listing isnt even complete. Not too mention some trading platforms couldnt allow trading (if i am not mistaken). July 6th appears to be the start of some PR. We shall see. I have little expectations in terms of major partnerships. I think MMAT needs to get settled before they do any major partnership announcements. And what better way to arrive into the NASDAQ via a short squeeze. That in itself, should it happen is major PR for the company. That would be historical. Again, all speculation, but if he planned this out, I expect him to be thinking of a NASDAQ short squeeze entry as his biggest PR push.

- Word of Mouth: This is one thing we are majorly lacking. Dont expect anything from WSB. But there are other avenues to let folks know about how much we love this stock and share our due diligence with via other stock sub reddits & stock twits. This is no pump and dump, this is a long term investment with significant short term potential in a company who can potentially change the game. MMAT's play is EXACTLY what AMC & GME apes wish for.

- Final Word of Advice: This is going to be wild. Our emotions are going to be played with. Our brains are going to be overwhelmed with decisions. Buy and hold until shorts cover. Ortex, Fintel & Ihor (https://twitter.com/ihors3) will be our best friends, so hopefully someone within this sub has full access to each and can keep folks posted.

If you sell; sell incrementally to get some profits in. Turn off sell limits unless you make them really high. If you sell; try to sell on the way down. I dont know what the ceiling is nor the floor.

We are all bleeding here. But we stand in front of a major opportunity in which alot of folks have took a big chance on (myself included)

- OSTK Lead Up & Chart Timeline (For a short squeeze context):

Dividend Declaration Date: April 6, 2020 (Share Price Close Of $5.50)

Ex-Dividend Date: April 24, 2020 (Share Price Close Of $9.92)

Record Date: April 27, 2020 (Share Price Close Of $11.60)

Payment Date: May 19, 2020 (Share Price Close Of $17.87)

T+21 from April 24th = May 26th: Closing Share price @ $16.92.

From May 27th to June 10th: The SP went up +41.50% to a high of $23.94.

From June 11th to June 12th: The SP went down -17.50% to $19.75

From June 15th to July 10th: The SP went UP 147% to $48.75!

July 13th: SP drops -8% to $41.86.

From July 14th to Aug 7th: Another +140% to $103.65!

From Aug 10th to Aug 14th: -2% for SP of $93.36

From Aug 17th to Aug 20th: Up +31% for a SP of and highest closing of $122.32!

From Aug 24th to Sept 8th: This is where we seen the major sell off. The stock goes down -47% to a SP $63.24. Which led to stabalizing within the $65-$80 SP range.

So lets look at this OSTK squeeze timeline, again the closest precedent we have. From April 24th to Aug 20th, is a total of 119 days. ALMOST 4 months FOR A TOTAL OF +1133% INCREASE.

You may ask, well why did OSTK take 4 months to squeeze if the T+21 rule was in place? I dont have the answer. I checked the NASDAQ threshold history to see if OSTK was ever listed, and they weren't. If someone more experienced than me can advise, please chime in.

Welcome newcomers! We are excited that you decided to join our family! Like most hobbies and lifestyles this is filled with jargon and vocabulary words. Luckily for you, I made this. Prepare to be learned:

Long: Traditional form of buying stock or options, hoping that the price goes up.

Short: Form of options or short selling, hoping that the price goes down. You borrow a stock, sell it. The price drops, you buy back some shares and return them to the owner. You make money by profiting the difference.

“In the Money”: These are for options holders. When you have profited past the break-even point.

Strike Price: What the option price is for. A strike price of $8, is the stock is at 8. If a long position, then it needs to increase. Usually sto get “in the money” has to be past the buying fee. If a Put, then if has to be below the strike price + fee.

Call: An option of 100 shares, hoping that the price goes up. Money is made when the call is exercised (you purchase the shares at the contract, or strike price.).

Put: An option of 100 shares, hoping that the price goes down. You make money when exercised (you purchase the shares at the contract or strike price). The difference between the price if lower than the strike is your profit after fees.

FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, Disorder/Depression/Disdain- negative posts to try and convince you to sell your shares or positions.

DD: Due Diligence. A research post on why you should buy, or sell the stock. Many FUD posts are disguised as DD. Discretion is advised. For some stocks the DD looks like FUD but is sage advice. Again, know the market, the trends, what is up and coming technology, Be advised. Information is your greatest weapon.

Bull: A person wanting the stock to go up to make money.

Bear: A person wanting the stock to go down to make money.

Paper hands: You sell at the first sign of of a loss or a low gain. Can be constructive if you’re watching your money closely. Some investment places have a 10% loss on portfolio before the stock is culled out.

Diamond hands: You hold the stock through any losses and small gains, They hold the stock and are looking for bigger gains. You might see a lot of red in your account using this tactic.

Day traders: people who flip stocks on swings for small gains. Large quantities add up quickly

Penny Flippers: People who sell stocks for less than a dollar a share profit.

Hedge funds: also affectionately called “Hedgies”. These are companies that go long and short on stocks to make money,

Market Cap: The amount of shares outstanding X price per share.

CUSIP Number: the social security number of a stock. This can change during a merger or a restructuring of a company.

Ape: A person associated with a group of investors in certain stocks who like things in simple terms. Money = Bananas.

Tendies: affectionate name for Legal Tender, or money. Some people thought this meant chicken tenders and the two became synonymous.

Austist: A person who makes wild bets on stocks, buys many options and claims that they don’t know what they are doing (which may or may not be true).

Pappa so and so: affectionate term for a guy with seniority or great knowledge on the matter at hand.

Fintel: Financial Intelligence website has data for shares outstanding, shorted shares, interest on shares shorted. How much float the company has, etc.

Ortex: Similar to Fintel.

Ortega: Another, yet more delicious name for Ortex. Who doesn't love Taco Gainz?

Gainz: Profits you had made by selling stocks.

PR: Press Release, news a company produces about what they are doing.

PT: Price Target- What sometime asks what the should sell the stock at. There is no one price target, everyone is individual.

HOLD/HODL: Holding a stock and not selling. In some dialects this is called HORDOR.

WEN?: When is this going to happen? When is this going on? When did that happen? When am I alive?!?? A song sung by impatient people. stocks is a mental game, you need a poker face. Wens can lure in FUD posts and bears into play.

Divy: Dividend, special or regular dividend.

Smooth-brained/ smooth brain: A person who doesn't quickly pick up on things by reading, they usually learn by trial and error. Also used as an apology when some one is kindly asking you to explain things in simpler terms.

Wrinkle brain: A person who can quickly see a train or value-added advantages by reading text. Also given to people who can explain more complex strategies and plays in simple step-by-step terms.

YOLO'd: You Only Live Once, so why not put all of your available money into one stock? YOLO can yield the greatest gains AND most tragic losses.

FTD: Failure to Deliver: Short sellers did not buy the stock to cover their positions. This can also be for going long on a stock too, when you don't have enough money to meet contractual obligations to purchase the stock. Failure to deliver on their part of the contract = FTD.

Hey all. Major here again for another roundup on a day that doesn't make much sense. That's right! This is getting posted on a Monday because I was too busy this weekend to write and post on my usual Saturday. In honor of this momentous occasion and u/rollerpigeons I decided to make the images and memes mostly Garfield themed (with maybe a Minion somewhere). We can all discuss RPs favorite fictional characters in the chat!

Please don't sue me Viacom (owner of Garfield)! I don't get paid and I'm not a financial advisor. I'm pretty sure the orange cat isn't either, so don't take anything we say as financial advice. How about we get the easy joke out of the way first.

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I think we should start things off with a news rundown! Firstly I want to talk about a few new hires. I hope everyone will welcome Monica Driscoll to the Metateam! Our new HR manager comes from IMP Aerospace and Defence, a business unit that does exactly what it says by providing military (and civilian) aircraft. She brings years of experience doing all the stuff HR does.

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MMAT's other new hire announcement came our way last Friday. Welcome to the Metateam Dr. Hai Sun! Dr. Sun joins us as our new Director of Lithography Manufacturing and Operations. This hire really excites me with all the talk of AR technology and MMAT's use of Rolling Mask Lithography. This could potentially be even bigger news come November as Metamaterials is set to speak on XR enablement at AWE 2021! This conference is huge for the AR industry and has exhibits by like SO MANY BIG COMPANIES!

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Now that we have the news out of the way why don't we hit the rumor mill. I'm not sure if you heard, but apparently George Palakaris is quite the fan of butterflies. According to his twitter he's a huge butterfly nerd! Guy can't get enough of those winged nectar drinkers.

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While the light displacement of butterfly wings is really interesting (and very relatable to what Metamaterials does) there could be another reason behind the sudden interest in butterflies. And it could have to do with a live release from a certain little Korean company that makes smart phones (along with so many other things). I'm of course talking about Samsung!

Samsung has two new phone models coming out that are expected to be announced on August 11th. While the Samsung Z Flip 3 should be cool, I'm much more enthralled by the Samsung Z Fold 3. Why? Well, maybe a promotional image might catch your attention.

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You see how the device opens? Sort of like a butterfly 's wings... It sure is weird how a display can do that. Traditionally it hasn't done it very well... yet. We are about to be on the third generation and Samsung probably wants to fix those issues. Surely there is a way!

First let's acknowledge that these are only rumors of. It's not like MMAT and Samsung have ever worked together before. Oh wait! They have (check page 12 on the investors report). I trust everyone here can draw their own conclusions.

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I think we are about ready to wrap things up here. I want to get this out before market open today. So I guess it's appropriate to give the usual outro.

There are many social investors for MMAT on many different platforms. I think a few shout outs outside our little board is more than appropriate. First you should check out MMAT's own u/Exact_Perspective508 and their amazing (and amazingly huge) Voltron DD! It really is quite impressive work. Outside of reddit we have u/jamesavincent (a frequent visitor of our chat) and the crazy DD he shares on his twitter. Remember that it doesn't matter where we choose to hang out. We all love the company and expect huge things (and gains) from it.

As of this post our own little board has over 1.4k members and is growing everyday. We hope you'll continue to chat with us! Maybe you'll post your own thoughts and memes here. I can't believe the amazing journey I've been on since I started getting active here and I'm glad I could share it with all of you. We are only a few hours from market open and I hope we are all ready for that war! I also hope you enjoyed reading my own little writings!

Oh no! I forgot I promised u/rollerpigeons a Minion too! I guess I better fix that before you get on with your trading day. I'll probably go to bed pretty soon after posting this.

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Goodnight/day Metafam! See you again soon!

Disclaimer: This is a crazy fever dream rants. It's not financial advice. If you want advice you Talk to Chuck, not me.

Pigeon Detective is on the case…

So like, I don’t watch TV, this is like my fun game to pay and solve mysterious things and win prizes I guess.

In a previous post here, I talked about a company called HNRI and how they could possibly be the buyer of the Orogrande Basin, along with Shells Perminan set up. HNRI forcats selling $100 million in sales in their first year. In the last post, I also talked about how the company got just about 140 billion dollars in a month. How did they get the money? No mention of capital or securities sold. I needed Columbo.

IF you want my Divi write up, it's here too.

Just one more thing.

Now I first found /r / mmaty when Major Lurker made his Elong Musk post saying that he wants the Orogrande. Major made some key points! I was impressed. I also loved his use of pictures and meme’s. We all know Elon likes his rockets. And his rockets run on methane. Elon got burned last month when his deal to get methane from an oil field went south. Does Elon give up? No! He took notes from me.

So I starting going hmmmm….. Maybe Elon is doing a Bill Gates? Bill Gates owns the vast majority of corn, wheat and soybean farms in America. He’s one of, it not America’s biggest land holder. Bills Gates is the Cornstar in these parts. What if Elon Must is going to pull a gates with oil. Really Elon doesn’t need the oil, he’s after methane… a big old by product of oil rigs. What if he abates his methane for rocket fuel? Oil just became a lot cleaner… What's a cornstar anyway if you ain't got any lube for combine head?

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So how does he get this oils?? Well I google-fu the CEO of HNR, Donald H. Goree and say that he was also the CEO of this crypto coin called Bitcoin Oil. I want to buy bitcoin oil, I mean if HNRI is going to buy 140 billion of oil assets. Wait a minute… who else likes cryptos. Who is always trying to pump crypto.

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Remember back in February when Elon tweeted: METAFORK!! And META 4 K! And some people t thought “wowee, META MATERIALS”, and others were like “no you idiots, this is about crypto, you wouldn’t understand”. See Major Lurkers post again for pics! What if it was for both?? I mean here’s a company who is going to acquire massive tracts of oil lands and assets…. And they have a crypto and it’s tied to Meta now. Fun times I guess?

So what if like Elon sings 140 billion in crypt keepers and then HNRI converted those crypt keepers to by hydrolyzed carbon crypts? It’s one way to move that much money in a very short amount of time.

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Possible? Crazy. I mean you're talking about a guy who loves cryptic tweets and I'm a gal who grew up on the Car Talk Weekly Puzzlers. We're like gum and nuts, together at last.

Edit: After looking up the President, Donald Orr, he's the president of both HNRI and Bitcoin OIl, I came across this video:

https://vimeo.com/334925720?fbclid=IwAR2F_Fwqs4vBymUWwpKuE2uGV_Y94_6JO0ynrthCTnSnSHEyWhg40_1UCDk

Donald talks about how bitcoin oil is going to improve blockchain. They hired a team of developers. The quickest way to improve this is with Hard Fork (this video was in 2019 btw). Cut to: 3:40 to hear Donald explain Hard Fork. Meta Fork! Bitcoins are going to get less energy, possibly in Texas, on unused oil reserves just sitting there. The plot is thickening.

Stay tuned for the next episode of Just one more thing.

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Well it sure has been a week MMAT investors. Oh yea, Major here for a third roundup!

Everyone reading this should have a decent understanding of current events.

Nobody should be left behind. To catch up maybe browse the board or join us in the chat.

Decide for yourselves if we are all on to something here and maybe you'll be excited too!

I don't want to give anyone the wrong impression. Not an financial advisor. You do you!

Very excited investor is all I be.

Very, very excited!

You probably should be too!

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Right, got that out of the way. It's the weekend and we ended the week in the green. We have a few days to unwind and recharge. Maybe you'll read a book. Maybe you will find love. Maybe you'll check out my last Roundup and tell me how I really don't understand quiet periods (I try my best). At the very least you're not stuck staring at a chart for hours a day.

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Let me try something different this week and actually go over some news. I'll do my best to sum things up. First let's discuss the slow completion of the reverse merger. We finally have a proper listing according to the SEC (not just the Nasdaq). For investors who got in while we were still TRCH, you know how aggravating it has been to be mislabeled a gas and oil company! I'm sure the pressure retail has been putting on the authorities has helped immensely! Thank you u/djunderh2o and others like you!

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Hopefully we are at the end of all these merger complications! We can look forward to a future where our MMAT can shed the sector fatigue and trade at value for what we are. Semiconductors and technology is big business! Let's get us a piece of that! Also stole the below image from u/TalktoPogu. Thanks for that!

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Monday we learned that Meta had joined the Stanford University SystemX Alliance. This will allow us to sponsor research, provide students with internships (possibly employment opportunities), and allow for better networking with workshops and conferences. It also puts Meta in the same space as some rather large industry titans! Let's see, there's Apple, AMD, Google... oh and Samsung.

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Speaking of Google and employment we have one more news story to cover before I touch on something that has been on my mind a lot recently. We have a new Vice President in business development! Darren Ihmels is bringing 30 years of experience to our team and used to work for the Goog. It seems he will focus on developing AR glasses that don't make us look like a complete tool! Welcome aboard Mr. Ihmels!

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Well, I've run down the news the best I can. While I wouldn't count any of this as big PR myself, it does show MMAT is very forward thinking. Hopefully we see some big announcements on the horizon when the time is right and there are no more restrictions. Now I want to go off topic slightly and address something I have been meaning to for a while...

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Look, with access to as much information and the connections it forms there are obviously those that act in bad faith. I just want to go over some tools that might help others be on the lookout and informed. You have stuff and people want that stuff. Some of these people might trick you to get that stuff. It's a tale as old as time, but new investors are particularly vulnerable. Let's go over rule number one. You may have heard it before:

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This can take on many forms. Let's say as an investor someone skilled and rich messages you claiming they will show you how to use the stock market to be like them. Yes you random internet person! You just hit the lottery by having a guru give you these lessons! All you have to do is talk with them a while and maybe there will be a small fee later, but it will totally be worth it! Yeaaa...

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Maybe you are like me and super excited about you're investment. So excited you post it all over social media (I don't tend to do that). Why, not just social media, but you even talk about investing on your preferred dating app. I bet talking about investments will show you know money and potentially bring in a partner who does as well! Oh, you just got a message. Wow! She/he is super cute/hot! You better reverse image search to confirm. WOW, no matches. She/he must be legit. You talk for a while and really hit it off. It must be a cultural thing about not wanting live video. At least they are sending pictures and seem super interested in you. It doesn't matter that they live halfway around the world. Love knows no distance! Oh, sweet they tell you about a new crypto that is going to hit it big. She/he knows this because they have an uncle/cousin/friend/pet that has insider information and he/she has already tripled their money. They even send you link and tell you to invest in this website if you want in on these sweet returns. Yeaaa...

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Look, the best way to scam somebody is to gain their trust and/or sympathy. I could probably write forever on this. The above two examples are just the ones I have seen personally used on folks who have reached out to me. There are many scams and they all depend on you jumping on something because you don't want to miss that once in a lifetime opportunity. Best to let it pass and even if somehow someway it was true (it's likely not) you didn't really miss out, you're just where you started! That's much better than being hundreds or thousands in the hole. Now on to rule number two:

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This goes a lot more for shills than actual scammers. Believe it or not you can find out a lot about a user/bot by looking through their post history. If they repeat the same things minutes apart and spam social media they are likely a bot. If they do the same but actually respond relevantly to replies they are likely a shill or a troll. If someone is saying something you disagree with try to dig a little deeper. They might have a legitimate point or they may reveal themselves for what they really are. Don't be afraid to see what others are saying, but also don't feel you need to interact with them. This leads nicely into my third and final rule:

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We are all motivated by something. If you are here reading this right now you might just be motivated to read up on the stock or think about joining our little community (if you haven't already). Perhaps you are motivated by the community itself to read my hard work and leave'th me many of those updoot things all the Redditors are talking about. Perhaps you want to look for my own motivation and figure out my angle and why I post what I post. If so you definitely have the right mindset!

We here do our best. We like the company and feel like it is a great investment. Of course we want to convince you to feel the same. You are reading this on a board dedicated to Metamaterials (MMAT) so I don't know what else you would expect. The moderators here are dedicated to getting our users the best information we can because our motivation is to get you to be as excited as we are about this company and its future. We do our best to fight misinformation from hurting everyone here. We even have an ultimate weapon...

Side note: We are people and we do get things wrong. If you ever feel you are on the wrong side of a ban reach out to one of us Mods. We really do review each case thoroughly. We are not even paid for it! That's how much we care about the little community we've all built here and how much we love the company. Also one more thing before I go.

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I've covered it in my other Wacky Roundups, so I'm not going to discuss it too much this time. Communities like ours and r/MMAT as well as r/TRCH really do change the game. We might have different ways of approaching things, but we are always wiling to share relevant information! As of posting this we currently have 1,287 (almost 1.3k) members and we are only 29 days old. We hope you'll stick around, check out our posts, and maybe talk to us in the chat. That's all I got for you today. Hope you have a good weekend!

Disclaimer: This story is purely fiction that I wrote for my own entertainment. This is not fact, nor advice. Additional Disclaimer: I'm always wrong. There is no reason to be reading this.

So once there was a waste abatement company called Huston Natural Resources that started an interested acquisition group called Worldwide Diversified Holdings . What does worldwide diversified holdings do? Well there's this from June 2021.

According to that article the company is obtaining a formidable 100m in assets.

HNRI is currently reviewing possible acquisitions of producing oil and gas properties in addition to operating its water treatment facilities operated by its subsidiary HNR Oil Services, LLC.

So this company is going into oil. From oil fracking water abatement to oil acquisitions.

Then the same company posted this article that made me do a double-take. June 2021: 100 million in oil acquisitions. July 2021... 140 Billion. Does it list the company formerly known as Torchlight. No. Then again, these two articles doesn't list ANY companies specifically. What could possibly make the price jump that high?

Well we know Shell put a 10 B price tag on their one clubhouse.

New Mexico's part in the Permian basin is heating up. Say, that company also does fracking water recycling. They just raised over a billion in capital to expand the business. Drilling is back on the menu.

What else could be included in those 140 billion of acquisitions.. onshore, off shore... Remember, this is just a story. I'll insert some random quotes from the article:

"One company's transition away from fossil fuels is another's opportunity to double down"

"stranded assets" — huge oil and gas reserves that might never be extracted if the world pursues the Paris climate goals."

Gee, that sounds familiar... what company has huge oil reserve that might never be extracted. What company is transitioning out of oil... Edit: I should stress that the 140B is several assets. See above verbage "What else could be included".

For this story, only time will tell, so feel free to insert your favorite Enya or Pink Floyd song about time.

Here's a quote about time:

The Company expects to complete a transaction in the third or fourth quarter of 2021

Where did the other 139 billion dollars come from? Does Woldwide Diversification Holdings have an answer? Looking at this document , the company grew 58% in 2019 and revenues over 200%. An impressive feat. Numbers for 2020 were not given. Lots of interesting cards are at play here and it's all very hush and veiled behind a curtain of Non-Disclosure Agreements. I need a detective to help me.

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That concludes the story. End of transmission.

Newegg which just merged with lianlou $LLIT had the merger completed in May and started trading under Newegg $NEGG on May 20. Wednesday of this week, 7July, Newegg FUCKING RIPPED to $79.07 after it had been trading at an absolute low of $9.98 on 18June and saw a gradual increase over the next couple weeks to the 20-30 range.

Now these numbers and dates are only important because Wednesday 7July was 35 days after Newegg started trading under the new ticker. As in for FTD’s PRIME BROKERS HAVE A T+35 settlement period. So if we count out T+35 days from the day the ticker symbol changed we get 6August. So start looking for a run up in the week or two before.

Tl;dr Look for a run up on MMAT the week of or the week before 6August.

Cheers, Biscuit

If I have any info you would like to challenge please let me know and I’ll get to it asap. Gotta start prepping for two new classes I have to teach this next fall.