ON Semiconductor has achieved CE certification for its AX-SIP-SFEU System in Package solution. This means that the device conforms to health, safety and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area. The AX-SIP-SFEU provides ready-to-use Sigfox connectivity for industrial IoT applications including building and home automation as well as sensor and asset tracking. Greatly simplifying supply chain and improving overall device quality through integration, the SiP includes a Sigfox radio IC, discrete RF matching, all required passive components, and firmware into a single, miniature solution. The RF transceiver is Sigfox verified for the RC1 zone network.

Pan American Silver announced a major exploration discovery at its La Colorada mine in Mexico. Successful exploration drilling at La Colorada has discovered wide zones of mineralization below the current production levels: high-grade mineralization in limestone replacement mantos and thick intercepts of skarn mineralization at depth. The Company will invest an additional $2.5M in exploration drilling at La Colorada over the remainder of 2018, and will budget a major drilling program for 2019, which is expected to result in a first resource estimate later in 2019. Larger underground drill rigs capable of drilling longer holes have now been mobilized. To date, 15 drill holes have been completed from three underground locations for a total of 6,080 metres of drilling. All holes intersected vein and manto mineralization, while substantial lengths of polymetallic skarn mineralization were intersected in six holes, with each of the three deepest ending in mineralization.

eXp World Holdings, the holding company for eXp Realty, announced at its annual EXPCON conference that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire VirBELA, LLC's core group of products and services, and bring its team and technology in-house to the eXp World Holdings family of companies. "Nothing comes close to VirBELA's virtual world technology and we are excited about the possibilities for eXp Realty and beyond," said eXp World Holdings CEO, Chairman and Founder Glenn Sanford. "Our excitement is not just for the day-to-day, in-world collaboration that we do at eXp Realty, but for a myriad of opportunities to expand the product offering for agents, teams and others who could benefit from their own, always-available environments for collaboration."