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''Business & Beyond'' Show to Feature Sovereign Exploration Associates International, Inc.; Recovering Historical Treasures from Under the Sea.


DEERFIELD BEACH Deerfield Beach, town (1990 pop. 46,325), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1925. The development of high-technology industry and commerce expanded the town and more than doubled its population between 1970 and 1990. , Fla. -- Platinum Television Group is pleased to announce the selection of Sovereign Exploration Associates, Inc. (SVXA) for its innovative, educational television series, Business & Beyond. The company will be featured in a segment on "Artifacts of Historical and Financial Value" in the 2006 Series to be aired nationally on Bloomberg news.

Sovereign Exploration Associates International, Inc., (SVXA), based in Newtown, PA, is a business development company that invests in companies conducting shipwreck shipwreck, complete or partial destruction of a vessel as a result of collision, fire, grounding, storm, explosion, or other mishap. In the ancient world sea travel was hazardous, but in modern times the number of shipwrecks due to nonhostile causes has steadily  exploration and recovery initiatives. SVXA has portfolio companies focused on shipwrecks This list of shipwrecks is of those ships whose have been located. Africa
East Africa
  • Globe Star grounded off Mombasa, Kenya in April 1973
  • H.M.S.
 dating from 1500 to 1900 and operates with licenses and finders' rights granted by government authorities. SVXA has identified portfolio companies that clearly differentiate themselves from other players in the business sector in several important areas. It has portfolio companies with exclusive access to what appears to be the largest identified grouping of valuable shipwrecks in the world. Bloomberg's research indicates that the ship inventory of SVXA's portfolio companies consists of many historically important vessels that will generate revenue from intellectual property to include but not be limited to books, movies and tours. SVXA's portfolio companies have already signed a five film documentary agreement with Principle Pictures to begin filming this summer. The series will be called "Shipwrecks that Changed the World.

SVXA's operating companies are required to develop cost effective models for conducting site recovery. With its portfolio companies focused on shallow water See:
  • Shallow water blackout
  • Waves and shallow water
  • Shallow water equations
  • Shallow Water, Kansas
, inshore in·shore  
adv. & adj.
1. Close to a shore.

2. Toward or coming toward a shore.


inshore
Adjective

in or on the water, but close to the shore:
 projects that produce a high artifact yield to recovery cost ratios, SVXA has been instrumental developing a more diversified, predictable business model for each of its portfolio companies.

The firm is dedicated to changing the image and professionalism of maritime artifact exploration, discovery, and recovery. SVXA's operating companies are well structured, relying on a foundation going back more than 25 years to a core team of explorers, divers, historians and marine archaeologists. Their vision has grown over time to include a variety of business roles as well.

SVXA's portfolio companies have recovered many coins and artifacts dating back to the 1600s and 1700s. These treasures have been conserved by leading industry scientist and can now reveal some of the story behind the ships they were carried on. Current projects include the recovery of Le Chameau, a French ship lost in 1725 off the rocks of Cape Breton The term Cape Breton appears in several different things: Geographic locations
  • Cape Breton Island, a Canadian island on the Atlantic Ocean coast
  • Cape Breton Highlands, a mountain range in northern Cape Breton Island.
, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography
 that was carrying hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins, religious pieces, ornate artillery and other artifacts associated with the prominent and wealthy passengers who perished with the vessel.

Artifact Recovery & Conservation, Inc. (ARC), a SVXA operating company, is working on the recovery of HMS Fantome HMS Fantome was a British Royal Navy brig which sunk near the village of Prospect, Nova Scotia on November 24, 1814. Fantome was escorting a convoy from British-occupied Castine, Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia during the War of 1812. , one vessel in a convoy of "plunder TO PLUNDER. The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder. See Booty; Prize.  ships", which evidence indicates was carrying looted treasures from Washington, DC landmarks after the British invasion in 1812. The HMS HMS
abbr.
Her (or His) Majesty's Ship

HMS (Brit) abbr (= His (or Her) Majesty's Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine
 Tilbury Tilbury (tĭl`bərē), part of the urban district of Thurrock, Essex, E England. Tilbury Fort originated under Henry VIII; it was rebuilt and strengthened in the 17th cent.  is another ship likely to have been carrying an estimated half-million silver Spanish pillar dollars before it was lost in a hurricane in 1757. The partnership with Principle Pictures, a documentary film company, will provide SVXA's operating companies with a well respected channel to reveal the historical impact of these lost ships through a series of television documentaries, books, educational tools, and an interactive website.

Led by an experienced team, SVXA represents a high value investment opportunity to individuals seeking to participate in the recovery and preservation of historical finds that will produce significant intellectual property opportunities. SVXA is now moving forward to focus on the development of and investment into companies that provide a compelling business opportunity in the area of maritime exploration and artifact recovery.

For more information, please visit www.sea-int.com.

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