Market Opens

Vlad Tasevski, Chief Innovation Officer, Purpose Investments (“Purpose” or the “Company”) and his team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to close the market to celebrate their new listing of the Purpose Credit Opportunities Class (TSX: CROC). The Purpose Credit Opportunities Class provides access to the diversified, high-conviction fixed income strategy of the Purpose Credit Opportunities Fund (TSX: CROP) through a corporate class structure that seeks to enhance after-tax returns for investors. Through corporate credit investment strategies grounded in deep fundamental analysis, the fund invests primarily in debt and equity securities of non-investment-grade-rated, publicly traded issuers. It features an actively managed approach designed to enhance returns and help investors retain more of what they earn. Purpose Investments is an asset management company with more than $30 billion in assets under management. Purpose has an unrelenting focus on client-centric innovation and offers a range of managed and quantitative investment products. Purpose Investments is led by well-known entrepreneur Som Seif and is a division of Purpose Unlimited, an independent technology-driven financial services company.

Jonathan Needham, President, Canada Advisor and Intermediary Solution, Russell Investments (“Company”) and their team, joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to open the market to celebrate the Company's new listing of five new ETFs: Russell Investments Fallen Angels ETF (TSX: HALO), Russell Investments Core Plus Fixed Income ETF (TSX: RBND), Russell Investments Multi-Factor Canadian Equity Pool (TSX: RQCA), Russell Investments Multi-Factor US Equity Pool (TSX: RQUS), Russell Investments Multi-Factor International Equity Pool (TSX: RQIN). Russell Investments is a leading global investment solutions partner providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Since 1936, Russell Investments has been building a legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, working every day to improve people’s financial security. The firm has $370 billion in assets under management (as of 9/30/2025) for clients in 30 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Russell Investments has offices in 17 cities around the world.

Ken Gray, President and Chief Executive Officer, Petrus Resources Ltd. (“Petrus” or the “Company”) (TSX: PRQ) and their executive team, joined David Chelich, Sector Head, Business Development, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to close the market and celebrate the Company's 10th anniversary of being listed on TSX. Petrus is a Calgary-based oil and gas company focused on the exploration, development and production of natural gas and light oil assets in Western Canada, concentrated in Alberta’s Deep Basin. The Company’s strategy combines disciplined capital allocation, measured organic growth and strategic acquisitions to support a strong and profitable production base with long-term development opportunities, while preserving financial flexibility across commodity cycles. Through the successful execution of this strategy, Petrus continues to build on its track record of delivering consistent returns and creating shareholder value.

Rick Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Blossom Gold Inc. (“Blossom Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX: BGAU), and its executive management team, joined Robert Peterman, Chief Commercial Officer, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to open the market and celebrate the Company's new listing on TSX. Blossom Gold is fast tracking advanced exploration at the Rosebud Project in Pershing County, Nevada hosting a NI 43-101 open pit inferred resource of 70.8Mtons @ 0.68gAuEq/ton (0.02opt). Permitting is underway to allow construction of a major open-pit, heap-leach operation to commence the second half of 2028. An expected 24,384m (80,000 feet) of drilling within the open-pit grade shell for metallurgical sampling and resource expansion and upgrading the resource classification is expected to begin in March. Additionally further upgrade resource classification drilling is expected to begin in November from underground drill stations along with evaluating the potential for nearer term cash flow from an underground mine. Blossom's objective is to confirm, expand, optimize and develop.