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Today, NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX), welcomed Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE: AUY), a transfer from the American Stock Exchange and a global leader in the production and exploration of gold and copper-gold development properties, to the world’s leading equity market.
Yamana Gold Inc.’s listing positions the company among NYSE-listed leaders in the gold mining industry: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG), AngloGold Ashanti Limited (NYSE: AU), Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI) and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE: HMY ).
“We are proud to welcome Yamana Gold Inc. to our family of listed companies,” said NYSE Group, Inc. President & co-COO Catherine R. Kinney. “Yamana Gold is an outstanding addition to the 83 leading Canadian companies listed on the NYSE. We look forward to our partnership with the company and to providing them with the superior market quality and unsurpassed brand visibility that issuers from around the world have come to expect from listing on the New York Stock Exchange.”
“We are very pleased to be listed on the NYSE, the pre-eminent stock exchange in the world,” said Yamana Gold Inc. President & CEO Peter Marrone. “Yamana has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years and for us to qualify for listing on this premier exchange further validates how we have grown into the leading intermediate gold producer.”
Yamana Gold Inc. marks the first non-U.S. listing and transfer to NYSE Group, Inc. year-to-date.
To celebrate this special occasion, Yamana Gold Inc. President & CEO Peter Marrone rang today’s Opening Bell.
