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

    




 TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following  changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of  trading on Tuesday, October 11, 2011: 




        --  Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (TSXVN:ADV) 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.




 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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