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

TORONTO, Nov. 18 /CNW/ -- 
TORONTO, Nov. 18 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following
 changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of
 trading on Thursday, November 18, 2010: 


    --  Romarco Minerals Inc. (TSXV:R) will be removed from the index.
        The company will graduate to TSX to trade 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.


About S&P Indices


S&P Indices, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide
 variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of
 investor needs. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard &
 Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most
 followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices,
 the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index
 with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's
 most closely-watched commodities index and the S&P National AMT-Free
 Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal
 bonds. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.


About Standard & Poor's 


Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:
 MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings,
 indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data.  With offices
 in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of
 the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for
 nearly 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks
 they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial
 decisions. For more information, visit: www.standardandpoors.com.










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