Market Opens

Isaac Maresky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gold Hart Copper Corp. (“Gold Hart Copper Corp.” or the “Company”) (TSXV: HART) and his team, joined Dean McPherson, Head, Business Development, Global Mining, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company’s new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. Gold Hart Copper is one of the largest independent land owners surrounding major miners where the famous Maricunga Gold Belt meets the emerging Vicuña Copper Belt in Chile. HART is actively acquiring, exploring and developing its portfolio of gold, copper & silver properties adjacent to the largest gold and copper assets on the continent. HART’s team of geologists were personally involved in pioneering exploration in the region, leading to some of its greatest gold, copper, and silver deposits, and include the country’s former National Geological Survey head. HART has rolled-up a portfolio of historically significant assets surrounding majors, in some cases personally staked by the very same geologists who made the adjacent mega-discoveries, since the early 1990s. HART believes it may be sitting on one of the only fully-preserved untested large-scale gold-copper-silver porphyry targets in the Vicuña District.

Yulena Wan, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Hamilton Community Foundation and her team, joined Karoline Hunter, Director, Business Transformation, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open the market to welcome the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (“SHARE”) and promote the value of more diverse and inclusive capital markets and the participation by diverse leaders and businesses. For 25 years, SHARE has been a Canadian leader in responsible investment services, providing shareholder engagement, advisory services, research, leadership development, and policy advocacy for a growing network of Canadian pension plans, universities, foundations, Indigenous trusts and other institutions. With SHARE’s support, these organizations are advocating for better corporate sustainability practices, exercising their proxy voting rights responsibly, and promoting greater transparency and accountability across capital markets.

John Pagliacci, VP Investment Programs & National Accounts, Guardian Capital LP (“Company”), and his team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the launch of the Company’s new ETF: Guardian i3 Global Dividend Premium Yield Fund (TSX: GIDY). Based on their flagship Guardian i3 Global Dividend Growth Fund, GIDY aims to mirror the stock picks of Guardian Capital LP’s i3 InvestmentsTM Team who are at the forefront of AI-utilization screening for and analyzing some of the best stock opportunities globally. Rather than reaching for yield from global equities and having investors taxed at the highest marginal tax rate in Canada, GIDY targets attractive global stocks demonstrating strong and consistent dividend-growth rates, while seeking to boost the Fund’s monthly distribution yield through tax-efficient covered call premiums.

Kevin Strain, President & Chief Executive Officer, and Tim Deacon, Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Sun Life Financial Inc. (“Sun Life” or the “Company”) (TSX: SLF) and their team, joined Lara Donaldson, President and Chief Executive Officer of TSX Trust, TMX Group, to open the market to celebrate the Company’s 25th listing anniversary on Toronto Stock Exchange and their 160th anniversary of incorporation. Founded in 1865, Sun Life has grown from a Canadian-owned insurance company into a global force in asset management and insurance, serving individual and institutional clients. The Company began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange on March 23, 2000 and over the past decade the company has returned $16.2 billion to shareholders. Operating in 28 markets and serving more than 85 million clients around the world, Sun Life’s Purpose ─ to help clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives ─ is driven by its people and deeply rooted culture. Transforming lives and creating meaningful impact are at the heart of Sun Life, and this steadfast commitment will continue to guide the company for the next 160 years and beyond.