Hello all, Bruce here a.k.a “Alchemist” as in fact I was a research Chemist for 8 years after 8 years of university then 2+ decades as a US OTC Markets/SEC public security advisor/consultant.
My introduction to the Steemit Community is the story of my ICO journey continuing from March 15th 2017 after acquiring a 50% equity and board control of our Ecuador Joint Venture gold mining company Alquimia y Explotación Minera San Juan Alquiexmi S.A. Perhaps you’ve experienced a similar journey either way, I hope you all enjoy the reading.
Currently I’m @ the Reddit & Bitcointalk communities contributing to their platforms and learning as I graduate to full member status whence I’ll announce our upcoming Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin© ICO TSE dates and release our offering and initiate our s.m. campaigns once we have also completed the Team.
June 2017 saw myself author and file with the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) a Form C pursuant to Reg (CF) crowdfunding on behalf of our 2015 Nevada incorporated benefit for profit Jr. gold mining company Alchemy Mining Group, Inc., providing an exemption from registration to raise the maximum allowed $USD 1.0 Million equity financing to fund our joint venture hard rock underground gold mine operations in Ecuador.
Once filed, we never pursued that funding venue and in fact abandoned equity crowdfunding to be replaced with the yet unknown ICO funding venue. At that time neither I nor my partners had any knowledge of bitcoin’s, cryptocurrency or cryptography as it relates to digital currency or fiat currency or Satoshi Nakamoto other than newsworthy items however, we didn’t want to miss a potential funding venue.
Even w/o any cryptocurrency knowledge we proudly displayed on our corporate site “bitcoin ACCEPTED HERE”
not knowing what that meant and so the journey began.
November 2017 - five months later saw the completion of our 1st White Paper (W.P.) draft V1.0 titled “The World’s First Cryptocurrency Gold Bullion Blockchain Futures Contract - Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin “unique gold coin backed. Our offering terms were based on a previous rewards crowdfunding offering we published @ the same time as the Form C was filed which we also abandoned for crypto financing.
Amongst other budget line items including ICO and operational costs, we are raising the capital to fund the resumption and modernization of gold production from our Ecuador joint venture hard rock underground gold mine MINA SAN JUAN and developmental funding for our “Green, Sustainable and Profitable” cyanide free, safe LASER drilling gold mining community initiatives.
March 20, 2018 we’ve arrived @ the base of Mt. Everest armed with the creation of our Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin© digital cryptocurrency – “AlchemyLGCoin” utility token http://wavesexplorer.com/tx/7NVKBCaMhtBEvtJvMXX9bvNwsUb7mL2faLGGiemNPadZ
uniquely gold coin asset backed with 2,000 ounces of gold ore to be extracted from our Ecuador Joint Venture gold mine processed and crafted to create 2,000 unique one-ounce (95%+gold purity) Limited-Edition collectible Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin©s
to be used as currency and exchanged with our token holders
during our 
and listed & operating on the Waves – DEX open blockchain platform for crowdfunding
Now the preparation for the “long and winding road” ascent to the completion of our ICO.
April 2018 – saw the publication of our final W.P. draft V3.30 (hundreds of redactions later LOL!) with a new title and fresh look “Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin© - A Cryptocurrency Blockchain Smart Futures Contract”
along with the marketing material organically created and the population of our material on all requisite social media accounts, official ico site with hundreds of tweets to establish the initial following on this phase of the journey.
These past 2 months saw my 1st foray into social media other than the De facto standard FB with my friends to whom I have never posted until now. We all understand the value and impact of well-structured s.m campaigns as the economic value to ICO community is omnipresent and critical to the success of the crowdfunding as there must continuous communication before, during and after which brings me to Steemit here today.
Having said that it appears Steemit may also have reached the base of Mt. Everest as of April 10th news https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/youtube-and-facebook-are-losing-creators-to-blockchain-powered-rivals, YouTube and Facebook are losing Creators to Blockchain-Powered Rivals suspected due to privacy concerns, censorship, and a coming ban on cryptocurrency ads are driving them away from the big names creating massive opportunities to benefit the Steemit Community.
Currently at this early pre-sale capital raise stage we are seeking additional Team members to provide services including advisors, social media campaign manager, bounty and airdrop venues, IT support for our web site, bot development (Telegram/web site), smart contract coding and social media accounts manager and any other resources in support of our ICO.
I look towards gaining insight, knowledge, meeting cool people, exploring the so many venues and being a part of Steemit community and contributing to this growth.
Thank you for your time and “I hope we’ve passed the audition” *.
Alchemy Mining Group, Inc.
Bruce A. Cosgrove, M.Sc., Pres./CFO
Founder- Alchemy Liquid Gold Coin©
*John Lennon circa 1970