The TSX and AIM-the investment landscape for Canadian exploration companies

摘要

Toronto is currently the largest mining finance marketplace in the world. The statistics for the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) over the first half of 2006 were impressive with approximately 1,200 listed mining issuers and 53 per cent (6 billion US dollars) of the mining equity capital raised globally. Concurrently, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) enjoyed a year of remarkable progress in 2006. Over 2,500 companies were admitted to AIM and a significant number were non-UK companies. Liquidity on AIM increased, with market turnover in 2006 of 58 billion pounds and average funds raised at 21.5 million pounds.