Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, October 27, 2011:

• Inca Pacific Resources Inc. (TSXVN:IPR) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange having been acquired by Compania Mineral Milpo SAA (Lima:MIL).

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.