Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, September 30, 2011:

        --  U.S. Silver Corporation. (TSXVN:USA) will be removed from the
            index as well as the S&P/TSX Venture Select Index. The company
            will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
        --  Parex Resources Inc. (TSXVN:PXT) will be removed from the
            index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same
            ticker symbol.

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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