Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&p/tsx Canadian Indices

A Deletion from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

TORONTO, June 7, 2012 /CNW/ - S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Yellowhead Mining Inc. (TSXVN:YMI) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Monday, June 11, 2012. The ticker symbol will remain "YMI" and the CUSIP number will remain 98563A 10 0. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, June 8, 2012.

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