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CANADA’S PUBLIC EQUITIES MARKETS. YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 11 10
Mining: From the ground up
TSX and TSXV provide vibrant markets for more than half of the world’s public
mining companies, enabling investors to buy and sell shares in more than
1,490 mining companies – more than any other exchange group in the world.
Canada is one of the largest producers of zinc and uranium in the world, and a major
producer of gold, nickel, aluminum and lead. Canadian companies are involved in
exploration, development and production of all of these resources. Altogether, over
1,200 companies listed on TSXV and almost 300 companies listed on TSX operate
more than 5,530 mining operations in Canada and elsewhere globally,
accounting for more than 25% of the world’s active mining projects.
Mining companies look to Canada to raise capital because of the world-
class expertise of bankers, analysts and other financial professionals
in Canada’s financial ecosystem. That’s also why investors across
Canada and around the world look to our markets to find investment
opportunities in the mining sector.
Thanks to the two-tier structure of TSX and TSXV, investors interested
in the mining sector can buy stocks in companies at all stages of
development, from grassroots explorers to some of the largest mining companies
in the world. More than half of the world’s mining companies are listed on TSX and
TSXV. In 2014, 50% of all global mining equity financings were completed on the two
Exchanges, and almost two-thirds of the equity capital raised globally for mining
originated from companies listed on TSX and TSXV.
Smaller companies like Fission Uranium Corp. (TSX – another recent graduate
of TSXV – raised $43 million for projects in Saskatchewan, while Probe Mines Limited
(TSXV ) raised $26 million for its gold exploration activities in Ontario and Quebec.
TSX and TSXV are proud to be the largest public mining marketplace in the world by
the number of listed companies and equity capital raised in the sector. The Exchanges
will continue to provide a vibrant and diverse stock list for investors from Canada and
around the world to find their next investment in the mining sector.
SECTOR OVERVIEW
• TSX and TSXV rank #1
in the world in equity
capital raised by the
mining sector over the
past five years
• The Exchanges rank
#1 globally by the
total number of listed
mining companies
• TSX and TSXV account
for 60% of the equity
capital raised in the
world for mining
companies*
DISCOVER SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN THIS SECTOR
Detour Gold Corporation (TSX owns the Detour Lake Mine
in northeastern Ontario, near Cochrane and Timmins. With more
than 15.5 million ounces of reserves, the property ranks fourth
among North American gold deposits and began commercial
production in August 2013.
--> Toronto, ON
Merrex Gold Inc. (TSXV is a mineral exploration company with
two advanced exploration projects, including one in Mali, West
Africa, in partnership with IAMGOLD Corporation (TSX ) as well
as a high-grade zinc-lead project in Nova Scotia.
--> Bedford, NS
Odin Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSXV is involved in
precious and base metals exploration and development in Ecuador.
In 2011, after years of political and social upheaval in the country,
the government invited international investment in the extraction
of mineral wealth and Odin received permits to drill on formally-
approved properties.
--> Vancouver, BC
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (TSX is a gold-focused royalty
and stream company who receives a 5% net smelter return (NSR)
royalties from the Canadian Malartic Mine in Western Québec. The
company was spun off from Osisko Mining Corp., the mine’s former
owner. In November 2014, the company entered into a definitive
agreement to merge with Virginia Mines Inc. (TSX . The
combined entity will own two of the biggest gold royalties in the
business: Canadian Malarctic and Eleonore.
--> Montréal, QC
1,490 +
MINING COMPANIES
LISTED ARE ON TSX
AND TSXV
* As of November 30, 2014. Source: Gamah International Ltd.