Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian indices.

The shareholders of Anvil Mining Ltd. have accepted the $8-cash-per-share offer from Minmetals Resources Ltd. Anvil Mining will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining and Global Base Metals, and the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals indices, effective after the close of Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.

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.