Market Opens

Tim Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Arras Minerals (TSXV: ARK), joined Monica Hamm, Manager, Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the Company’s listing to TSX Venture Exchange. Arras Minerals is focused on helping to fill the gap globally for the critical minerals that each of us uses in our daily life. We are advancing a portfolio of copper assets in one of the most mineralogically endowed countries in the world – Kazakhstan, where the Company has assembled a highly prospective, and one of the largest mineral license packages in the country next only to some of the largest mining companies in the world.

Kelly Scrivens, Regional Director, VP, East & West Ontario, RBC Dominion Securities (RBC DS), and his team joined David Arnold, Chief Financial Officer, TMX Group, to open the market and recognize the RBC DS investment advisor network. RBC DS investment advisors will be participating in TMX Connects, a key initiative within the TSX Company Services Corporate Access Program, providing a platform for direct engagement between listed issuers and retail capital. RBC Dominion Securities directly serves over 400,000 affluent, high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients across Canada with full-service investment management, wealth planning and banking solutions. RBC Dominion Securities is the largest wealth management firm in the country, backed by Canada’s leading financial institution with more than 2,000 advisors. For more information, please visit RBC Dominion Securities.

To mark International Women's Day and the close of the World’s premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention (PDAC), representatives from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) joined Tanya Rowntree, Vice-President, Global Head of Client Success, to close the market and celebrate the women and industry allies leading the way in the mining sector, as well as the 9th Annual Ring the Bell for Gender Equality campaign. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day is one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness about women's equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity, and fundraise for female-focused charities.

Australia’s High Commissioner to Canada, The Hon. Scott Ryan, joined Dean McPherson, Head, Global Mining Business Development, TMX Group, to open the market and celebrate the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2023 Convention and Australia’s visiting delegates. Currently, there are 46 companies mining in Australia, with over 100 properties, listed on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. In 2023, these companies raised approximately $1.4 billion in equity capital. Since its inception in 1932, the PDAC Convention has grown to be the world’s premier mineral exploration and mining event. As the leading voice of Canada’s mineral exploration and development community, PDAC’s mission is to promote a globally responsible, vibrant and sustainable mineral industry. With over 6,500 members and more than 100 countries attending each, PDAC helps to propel leading practices in technical, environmental, safety and social performance in Canada and internationally.