Market Opens

Stephane Ouellette, Chair, Canadian Security Traders Association Inc. (“CSTA”) along with members of his team joined Jeff Foster, Director, Equity Markets, TMX Group, to celebrate the kick-off of the CSTA’s Annual Winter Vendor Fair and close the market. The CSTA Annual Winter Vendor Fair provides CSTA members and industry guests the opportunity to learn about new products and services, ask vendors questions in a one on one format and liaise with peers. The Canadian Security Traders Association, Inc. was formed in 2000 to serve as a national voice for our affiliate trading organizations: Institutional Equity Traders Association (of Toronto); Association des Arbitragistes Institutionnels de Montreal (Montreal Institutional Equity Traders Association); Prairie Securities Traders Association; and Vancouver Security Traders Association.The CSTA is comprised of over 850 equity traders nationwide and is led by Governors from each of our four distinct regions. The CSTA Trading Issues Committee forms opinions from buy side and sell side members to reply to Request for Comments from Regulators. The CSTA hosts educational seminars and one national conference annually.

Neil Woodyer, Chief Executive Officer, Aris Gold Corporation. (“Aris Gold” or “the Company”) (TSX: ARIS), and his team joined Arne Gulstene, Head, Company Services, TMX Group, to celebrate the Company’s graduation from TSX Venture Exchange to Toronto Stock Exchange and open the market. Aris Gold is a Canadian mining company listed on the TSX under the symbol “ARIS”. The Company is led by an executive team with a demonstrated track record of creating value through building globally relevant gold mining companies. Aris Gold operates the Marmato mine in Colombia, where a modernization and major expansion program is underway, and the Juby project, an advanced exploration stage gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone belt of Ontario, Canada. Aris Gold’s objective is to build the next globally relevant gold producer, with management having successfully created Endeavour Mining and Leagold, and members of the Board having successfully created Wheaton River Minerals, Goldcorp, and Yamana Gold. Aris Gold will continue to pursue a strategy of acquiring operating gold mines and projects nearing construction with the aim of creating value through diversification, mine and corporate-level optimizations, investing in expansions and near-mine exploration, and active portfolio management.

Wade Barnes, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Farmers Edge Inc. (“Farmers Edge” or the “Company”) (TSX: FDGE), his team, the board and Petar Zelic, Director, Investment Banking at National Bank of Canada, joined Dani Lipkin, Director, Global Business Development, TMX Group, to celebrate the Company’s new listing on Toronto Stock Exchange and open the market. Farmers Edge is leading the next agricultural revolution with the industry’s broadest portfolio of proprietary technological innovations, spanning hardware, software and services. Powered by a unique combination of connected field sensors, machine learning, big data analytics, and agronomic expertise, the Company’s digital platform turns data into actions and intelligent insights, delivering unprecedented value to all stakeholders of the agricultural ecosystem. Farmers Edge disruptive technologies accelerate digital transformation on the farm and beyond, protecting our global resources and ensuring sustainable food production for a rapidly growing population.

Shaun Maine, Chief Executive Officer, Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (“Converge” or “the Company”) (TSX:CTS), and his team joined Dani Lipkin, Director, Global Business Development, TMX Group, to celebrate the Company’s graduation from TSX Venture Exchange to Toronto Stock Exchange and open the market. Converge Technology Solutions Corp. is a North American software-enabled, Hybrid IT solution provider focused on delivering industry-leading solutions and services. Converge’s regional sales and services organizations deliver advanced analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services offerings to clients across various industries. The Company supports these solutions with talent expertise and digital infrastructure offerings across all major IT vendors in the marketplace. This multi-faceted approach enables Converge to address the unique business and technology requirements for all clients in the public and private sectors.