Standard & Poor's Launches S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index

Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today the launch of the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index. The S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index is designed to provide investors with an investable index of global securities involved in the production or extraction of base metals.

The S&P/TSX Global Base Metal Index is a subset of the existing S&P/TSX Global Mining Index, an investable index which provides investors with a broadly representative benchmark for global mining portfolios. Eligible securities for the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index are classified under two Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) subindustries: Diversified Metals and Mining and Aluminum.

The S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index includes companies engaged in the extraction of industrial metals such as aluminum, zinc, copper and nickel. The Index complements the existing S&P/TSX resource based indices which includes the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index.

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