The Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Closings For Civic Holiday

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-VEN) headquarters in Toronto, and division offices in Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver, will be closed on Monday, August 5, 2002 for the civic holiday. The TSX Group's national call centre will remain open for inquiries, and may be reached at 1-888-873-8392, info@tsx.ca, or information@tsxventure.com.

Trading will resume on Tuesday, August 6th, 2002 when the markets re-open at 9:30am Eastern Time.