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Business School Graduates Enter White-Hot Job Market as Employers Signal Growth, Confidence in Their Credentials

RESTON, Va., June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its annual hiring report, the GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey "" 2022 Summary Report. The report explores the state of employer demand for graduate business school talent (MBA and business master's degree recipients) in the context of the COVID–19 pandemic and includes responses from nearly 1,000 corporate recruiters and staffing firms around the world. While rising inflation and the war in Ukraine were just at the onset during the time when the survey was conducted in February and March 2022, hiring projections of graduate management education (GME) graduates remain bullish this year, with 92 percent of corporate recruiters expecting to hire newly minted MBAs. Promisingly, 2 in 3 responding corporate recruiters describe the current direction of their organization as expanding or growing (67%) and a similar proportion plan to increase their overall headcount (65%). Also, most recruiters (63%) project that demand for new business school talent will increase in the next five years, with business master's hiring intention the highest among recruiters for East and Southeast Asia and Middle East companies.

"The latest GMAC findings of the Corporate Recruiters Survey show that nearly 9 out of 10 corporate recruiters feel confident or highly confident in the ability of business schools to prepare students to be successful in their organizations," said Sangeet Chowfla, president and CEO of GMAC. "That's an extraordinary figure. It shows that despite the pandemic and the limitations it brought on student mobility, public and mental health, and remote learning, business schools managed to find ways to build an impressive cohort whom corporate recruiters and staffing agencies worldwide continue to bank on as prime sources for talent."

Other Key Findings

MBA starting salaries continue to provide a premium and Business master's median starting salaries are on the rise

Recruiter responses suggest companies in the United States plan to offer increased starting salaries to business master's graduates in 2022 compared to last year. In addition, median MBA starting salary levels eclipse those being offered to bachelor's graduates by 22 percent to 40 percent across the world regions for which there is sufficient sample to report. Median starting salaries are largest in the United States, where the median starting salary offered to new MBA hires this year " US$115,000 "" has remained unchanged for the past three survey years. In the current inflationary environment, the relative stability of median MBA salaries suggested by the survey findings means the real value of MBA salaries is declining.

In a likely response to combat the effect of inflation, corporate recruiters look to benefits packages""including educational assistance""to meet the changing needs of new graduates. Educational assistance like tuition reimbursement and scholarships has become an increasingly common benefit, with 54 percent offering it in 2022""up from 35 percent last year.

U.S. international hiring bounced back to pre–pandemic levels with potential of continued growth for 2022

The world regions with the highest percentage of recruiters affirming that they plan to hire international candidates in 2022 are the Middle East (52%) and Western Europe (40%). In the United States, this year's survey results suggest an improving situation for international MBA and business master's graduates. Looking back at last year's actual hiring, 43 percent of U.S. recruiters confirmed they hired international talent in 2021""a bounce back from 35 percent in 2020 and 41 percent in 2019. In this year's survey, 56 percent of U.S. recruiters say that they either plan to make international hires in 2022 (35%) or are willing to (21%), up from 48 percent that said the same in the 2021 survey. Furthermore, 83 percent of U.S. tech companies say they either plan to make international hires in 2022 (62%) or are willing to (21%)""the most of any U.S. industry.

"As travel restrictions ease around the world and student mobility continues to bounce back, we are thrilled to have more international students back on campuses across the country. Our mission is to help our students find success and our graduates reap the benefits of the strong job market in the U.S.," said incoming GMAC Board Member and Dean of Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business Isabelle Bajeux–Besnainou.

Global corporate recruiters appear to be becoming more accepting of online degrees""with the noteworthy exception of the United States

The percentage of global recruiters who view graduates of online and in–person GME programs equally increased from 34 percent in 2021 to 60 percent in 2022, suggesting a significant growth in the acceptance of online programs. However, the notable outlier is corporate recruiters in the United States""where the lion's share of the world's online MBA enrollments are. Among responding U.S. corporate recruiters, just 29 percent agree that they view graduates of online and in–person GME programs equally, the lowest of any world region and down from 33 percent of respondents from the 2021 sample.

"The growth of online MBA programs has been so strong in the United States that for the first time, the total number of enrollments in online programs exceeded that of full–time, in–person MBA enrollments in the 2020–21 academic year, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)," said Sabrina White, vice president of school and industry engagement at GMAC. "Business schools are presented a unique opportunity to align expectations and outcomes for graduates and employers as online delivery emerges from the pandemic as an important part of the graduate management education industry."

About the Report
First launched more than two decades ago, the Corporate Recruiters Survey of 2022 was conducted by GMAC, together with survey partners EFMD and the MBA Career Services and Employer Alliance (MBA CSEA), in association with the career services offices at participating graduate business schools worldwide. In a change from previous years, GMAC Research worked with a market research firm to recruit additional participants to make the overall sample more globally representative. In total, 941 respondents from 38 countries completed this survey, including 539 corporate recruiters and 402 from staffing firms. Recognizing that nearly all responses in previous years came from corporate recruiters, only 2022 responses from corporate recruiters were leveraged to create multi–year comparisons. However, the robust sample of corporate recruiters and staffing firms allowed us to develop geographical snapshots in 2022 that were less apparent in previous years.

About GMAC

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is a mission–driven association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. Founded in 1953, GMAC provides world–class research, industry conferences, recruiting tools, and assessments for the graduate management education industry, as well as resources, events, and services that help guide candidates through their higher education journey. Owned and administered by GMAC, the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam is the most widely used graduate business school assessment.

More than 12 million prospective students a year trust GMAC's websites, including mba.com, to learn about MBA and business master's programs, connect with schools around the world, prepare and register for exams and get advice on successfully applying to MBA and business master's programs. BusinessBecause and The MBA Tour are subsidiaries of GMAC, a global organization with offices in China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

To learn more about our work, please visit www.gmac.com

Media Contact:

Teresa Hsu
Sr. Manager, Media Relations
202–390–4180 (mobile)
thsu@gmac.com

A PDF accompanying this announcement is available at http://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/3388f75b–1d4e–4329–be0c–ca4a494b76ce


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Business School Graduates Enter White-Hot Job Market as Employers Signal Growth, Confidence in Their Credentials

RESTON, Va., June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, today released its annual hiring report, the GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey "" 2022 Summary Report. The report explores the state of employer demand for graduate business school talent (MBA and business master's degree recipients) in the context of the COVID–19 pandemic and includes responses from nearly 1,000 corporate recruiters and staffing firms around the world. While rising inflation and the war in Ukraine were just at the onset during the time when the survey was conducted in February and March 2022, hiring projections of graduate management education (GME) graduates remain bullish this year, with 92 percent of corporate recruiters expecting to hire newly minted MBAs. Promisingly, 2 in 3 responding corporate recruiters describe the current direction of their organization as expanding or growing (67%) and a similar proportion plan to increase their overall headcount (65%). Also, most recruiters (63%) project that demand for new business school talent will increase in the next five years, with business master's hiring intention the highest among recruiters for East and Southeast Asia and Middle East companies.

"The latest GMAC findings of the Corporate Recruiters Survey show that nearly 9 out of 10 corporate recruiters feel confident or highly confident in the ability of business schools to prepare students to be successful in their organizations," said Sangeet Chowfla, president and CEO of GMAC. "That's an extraordinary figure. It shows that despite the pandemic and the limitations it brought on student mobility, public and mental health, and remote learning, business schools managed to find ways to build an impressive cohort whom corporate recruiters and staffing agencies worldwide continue to bank on as prime sources for talent."

Other Key Findings

MBA starting salaries continue to provide a premium and Business master's median starting salaries are on the rise

Recruiter responses suggest companies in the United States plan to offer increased starting salaries to business master's graduates in 2022 compared to last year. In addition, median MBA starting salary levels eclipse those being offered to bachelor's graduates by 22 percent to 40 percent across the world regions for which there is sufficient sample to report. Median starting salaries are largest in the United States, where the median starting salary offered to new MBA hires this year " US$115,000 "" has remained unchanged for the past three survey years. In the current inflationary environment, the relative stability of median MBA salaries suggested by the survey findings means the real value of MBA salaries is declining.

In a likely response to combat the effect of inflation, corporate recruiters look to benefits packages""including educational assistance""to meet the changing needs of new graduates. Educational assistance like tuition reimbursement and scholarships has become an increasingly common benefit, with 54 percent offering it in 2022""up from 35 percent last year.

U.S. international hiring bounced back to pre–pandemic levels with potential of continued growth for 2022

The world regions with the highest percentage of recruiters affirming that they plan to hire international candidates in 2022 are the Middle East (52%) and Western Europe (40%). In the United States, this year's survey results suggest an improving situation for international MBA and business master's graduates. Looking back at last year's actual hiring, 43 percent of U.S. recruiters confirmed they hired international talent in 2021""a bounce back from 35 percent in 2020 and 41 percent in 2019. In this year's survey, 56 percent of U.S. recruiters say that they either plan to make international hires in 2022 (35%) or are willing to (21%), up from 48 percent that said the same in the 2021 survey. Furthermore, 83 percent of U.S. tech companies say they either plan to make international hires in 2022 (62%) or are willing to (21%)""the most of any U.S. industry.

"As travel restrictions ease around the world and student mobility continues to bounce back, we are thrilled to have more international students back on campuses across the country. Our mission is to help our students find success and our graduates reap the benefits of the strong job market in the U.S.," said incoming GMAC Board Member and Dean of Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business Isabelle Bajeux–Besnainou.

Global corporate recruiters appear to be becoming more accepting of online degrees""with the noteworthy exception of the United States

The percentage of global recruiters who view graduates of online and in–person GME programs equally increased from 34 percent in 2021 to 60 percent in 2022, suggesting a significant growth in the acceptance of online programs. However, the notable outlier is corporate recruiters in the United States""where the lion's share of the world's online MBA enrollments are. Among responding U.S. corporate recruiters, just 29 percent agree that they view graduates of online and in–person GME programs equally, the lowest of any world region and down from 33 percent of respondents from the 2021 sample.

"The growth of online MBA programs has been so strong in the United States that for the first time, the total number of enrollments in online programs exceeded that of full–time, in–person MBA enrollments in the 2020–21 academic year, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)," said Sabrina White, vice president of school and industry engagement at GMAC. "Business schools are presented a unique opportunity to align expectations and outcomes for graduates and employers as online delivery emerges from the pandemic as an important part of the graduate management education industry."

About the Report
First launched more than two decades ago, the Corporate Recruiters Survey of 2022 was conducted by GMAC, together with survey partners EFMD and the MBA Career Services and Employer Alliance (MBA CSEA), in association with the career services offices at participating graduate business schools worldwide. In a change from previous years, GMAC Research worked with a market research firm to recruit additional participants to make the overall sample more globally representative. In total, 941 respondents from 38 countries completed this survey, including 539 corporate recruiters and 402 from staffing firms. Recognizing that nearly all responses in previous years came from corporate recruiters, only 2022 responses from corporate recruiters were leveraged to create multi–year comparisons. However, the robust sample of corporate recruiters and staffing firms allowed us to develop geographical snapshots in 2022 that were less apparent in previous years.

About GMAC

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is a mission–driven association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. Founded in 1953, GMAC provides world–class research, industry conferences, recruiting tools, and assessments for the graduate management education industry, as well as resources, events, and services that help guide candidates through their higher education journey. Owned and administered by GMAC, the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam is the most widely used graduate business school assessment.

More than 12 million prospective students a year trust GMAC's websites, including mba.com, to learn about MBA and business master's programs, connect with schools around the world, prepare and register for exams and get advice on successfully applying to MBA and business master's programs. BusinessBecause and The MBA Tour are subsidiaries of GMAC, a global organization with offices in China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

To learn more about our work, please visit www.gmac.com

Media Contact:

Teresa Hsu
Sr. Manager, Media Relations
202–390–4180 (mobile)
thsu@gmac.com

A PDF accompanying this announcement is available at http://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/3388f75b–1d4e–4329–be0c–ca4a494b76ce


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Asante Gold to Commence Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Asante Gold Corporation (CSE:ASE | GSE:ASG | FRANKFURT:1A9 | U.S.OTC:ASGOF) ("Asante" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its application for a secondary listing by introduction on the Main Market of the Ghana Stock Exchange (the "GSE"), the Company has received final approval from the Ghana Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ghana Stock Exchange to commence trading.

Trading will commence under the symbol "ASG' at the opening on June 29, 2022.

A copy of the *Prospectus "SECONDARY LISTING BY INTRODUCTION ON THE GHANA STOCK EXCHANGE OF EXISTING 315,007,462 COMMON SHARES OF ASANTE GOLD CORPORATION" is available on the Company's website indicated below.

Listing Statistics

Price on CSE(as at date on day of Listing) CAD$1.58
Initial Listing Price on GSE1 GHS 8.87
Number of Ordinary Shares listed by Introduction2 315,007,462
Market capitalization at Listing Price (CAD$) 497,711,780
Market capitalization at Listing Price (GHS) 2,793,158,565

Notes:
1. Based on exchange rate of price on CSE at CAD$ 1.00 = GHS 5.6120 as at June 28, 2022 (Bank of Ghana)
2. Number of shares outstanding as at May 31, 2022, the date of the prospectus.

Douglas MacQuarrie, Non–Executive Chairman stated, "It is with a great sense of "having arrived' that Asante is now listed on Ghana's premier stock exchange, one of the best performing stock exchanges in Africa in 2021. This listing complements our listings in Canada and in Germany and provides our Ghanaian shareholders, and potential new investors, the opportunity to invest and trade their shares locally in Ghana."

Asante's CEO, Dave Anthony, added, "Asante has significant ownership by both private Ghanaian investors and Ghanaian institutions, and the Company is excited to be able to offer Ghana's investment community and all interested investors the opportunity to participate in our growth as we work to achieve our vision of becoming a Tier–1 gold producer in West Africa."

Black Star Advisors Limited and Black Star Brokerage Limited acted as Arranger and Sponsoring Broker respectively to Asante in respect of the Listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

About Asante Gold Corporation

Asante is a gold exploration, development, and operating company with a high–quality portfolio of projects in Ghana. Asante is currently focused on closing the acquisition of the Chirano Gold Mine from Kinross Gold Corporation and developing to production its Bibiani and Kubi Gold mines located on the prolific Bibiani and Ashanti Gold Belts. Asante has an experienced and skilled team of mine finders, builders and operators, with extensive experience in Ghana.

Asante is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the Ghana Stock Exchange and quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Asante is also exploring its Keyhole, Fahiakoba and Betenase projects for new discoveries, all adjoining or along strike of major gold mines near the centre of Ghana's Golden Triangle. Additional information is available on the Company's website at www.asantegold.com.

About the Bibiani Gold Mine

The Bibiani Gold Mine is a historically significant Ghanaian gold mine situated in the Western North region of Ghana. Bibiani has previous production of +4Moz, is fully permitted with available mining and processing infrastructure on site consisting of a 3 million tonne per annum mill and processing plant.

The Current Mineral Resource Estimate for Bibiani, effective as of November 7, 2021, as set out in the Technical Report titled "Technical Report on the Bibiani Gold Mine, Ghana", prepared by Ian M. Glacken (FAusIMM (CP), FAIG, CEng) of Optiro Pty Limited and assisted by Dan Bansah (MSc, MAusIMM (CP), FWAIMM, MGIG) of Minecon Resources and Services Ltd. as Qualified Person and filed on SEDAR, is Measured and Indicated for the Bibiani main pit and the Satellite pits at 20.8 million tonnes at 2.71 grams of gold per tonne for 1.81 Moz of gold; and Inferred 8.41 million tonnes at 2.78 grams of gold per tonne for 0.753 Moz of gold. The Mineral Resource has been reported above a 0.65 g/t gold cut–off and has been depleted for both historical open pit and underground development as of August 31, 2017. The Technical Report was prepared using accepted industry practices in accordance with the JORC Code (JORC, 2012). There are no material differences between the definitions of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources under the CIM Definition Standards and the equivalent definitions in the JORC Code. The Satellite pit resource is an update completed in 2018 by Resolute Mining Limited, the former owner of the Bibiani Gold Mine. The Satellite pit resource is also reported above a cut–off grade of 0.65 g/t gold inside a pit shell defined at a gold price of US$1,950. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.

About the Chirano Gold Mine

Chirano is an operating open–pit and underground mining operation located in southwestern Ghana, immediately south of the Company's Bibiani Gold Mine. Chirano was first explored and developed in 1996 and began production in October 2005. The mine comprises the Akwaaba, Suraw, Akoti South, Akoti North, Akoti Extended, Paboase, Tano, Obra South, Obra, Sariehu and Mamnao open pits and the Akwaaba and Paboase underground mines. Gold Equivalent Production in 2021 was 154,668 oz on a 100% basis (source Kinross Gold Corporation).

For further information please contact:

Dave Anthony, President & CEO: dave@asantegold.com
Malik Easah, Executive Director: malik@asantegold.com
Frederick Attakumah, Executive Vice President: frederick@asantegold.com
Alec Rowlands, Capital Markets Consultant, alec@asantegold.com
Valentina Gvozdeva, Manager IR, valentina@asantegold.com
Kirsti Mattson, Media Relations, kirsti.mattson@gmail.com

Cautionary Statement on Forward–Looking Statements

This news release contains forward–looking statements. Forward–looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward–looking statements, including statements regarding the structure and terms of the Chirano Acquisition, timing for completion of the Chirano Acquisition, the ability of the Company to complete the Chirano Acquisition on the terms announced, the ability of the parties to satisfy all administrative matters required in order to consummate the Chirano Acquisition, anticipated synergies, the resources, reserves, exploration results, and development program at Chirano, Bibiani and Kubi, including timing of future mine development and the start of production. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward–looking statements include, but are not limited to, the inability to satisfy any condition required to complete the Chirano Acquisition, termination of the share purchase agreement, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located, the Company's inability to obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for its planned activities, and the Company's inability to raise the necessary capital or to be fully able to implement its business strategies. The reader is referred to the Company's public disclosure record which is available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward–looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except as required by securities laws and the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward–looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

LEI Number: 529900F9PV1G9S5YD446. Neither IIROC nor any stock exchange or other securities regulatory authority accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


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Jax.Network has released Layer-2 stablecoins on BscScan, Polygonscan, Etherscan, Avalanche C-Chain

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jax.Network, a blockchain project focused on building an energy–standard monetary system, has minted WJAX, JAXUD, and JAXRE on its DeFi platform. The Layer–2 stablecoins are available on Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, Polygon and Avalanche C–Chain now.

WJAX (Wrapped JAX), JAXUD (JAX Dollar), and JAXRE (JAX Rupee) are stablecoins, minted by the smart contract on Jax.Money. This DeFi platform can be used to issue localized derivatives soft–pegged to an energy token JAX, which retains its stable value thanks to a unique reward function. At the moment, tokens can be tracked at BscScan, Etherscan, Polygonscan, and Snowtrace (Avalanche C–Chain).

Token

 Network
BSC Ethereum Polygon Avalanche C–Chain
WJAX 0xf07352E8e3b88e8500D24301f5FC05A916d708cc 0x2Df380cD3eeB7F1Ee5deB087Fe9FbCF8959095Ee 0x1d60AA1D6137Dcb1306C8A901EBd215Ca661d0cb 0xdd32f4dba92b04f2d4ade25dfad7a127027c379d
JAXUD 0xeff49aED7baaBa69DCBdA577b34850c41e8F5226 0x935b0bF173552cd55E53AD651a783430a5700cD4 0x9e79696a4c1163d35f01d71dcbbc5c139691c6d3 0x1d60aa1d6137dcb1306c8a901ebd215ca661d0cb
JAXRE 0x86ECE7D9cdA927B3Ec4044Df67B082FA55A1c198 0x88d7FE32284f1dBD398D58222DE8DFd87dD75460 0xd85a8b4964850ae85121d5652e6f0696512feb10 0x9E79696a4C1163D35f01d71DcbBc5C139691C6D3

"The current debt–facilitating monetary system manipulates people into working for currencies that are subject to inflation. We took several years to come up with a currency backed by energy, reflecting efforts put into its mining and launched a whole new energy–standard monetary system to serve people's needs all around the world," Vinod Manoharan, the Founder of Jax.Network, revealed in a comment.

Apart from their transactional use, localized stablecoins such as JAXRE and JAXUD offer an excellent arbitrage opportunity with their fiat representations, as Jax.Money provides better exchange rates. Feel free to try out energy tokens fully backed by on–chain reserves at Jax.Money now!

About Jax.Network

Jax.Network provides the technological infrastructure for a decentralized energy–standard monetary system. The Jax.Network blockchain is anchored to the Bitcoin network and issues two digital currencies JAX and JXN. JAX is a stablecoin pegged to the energy spent on mining, while JXN is an asset coin representing the value of the whole network. The Jax.Network team aims at making these coins a universal standard for the quantification of economic value.

About Jax.Money

Jax.Money is a stablecoin payments system with 100% on–chain reserves backed by energy spent or Proof–of–Work. Its primary function is issuing localized derivatives soft–pegged to an energy–underwritten stablecoin (Wrapped JAX). Such a solution helps to maintain the stable value of a localized derivative and to simplify the payment process itself.

CONTACT Viktoriya Nechyporuk, Marketing Communications Lead
COMPANY Jax.Network
PHONE +380 67 657 0029
EMAIL viktoriya@jax.net
WEB https://jax.network


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