TORONTO, May 25, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following
changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of
trading on Thursday, May 26, 2011:
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Rare Element Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:RES) will be removed from the index.
The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
Rare Element will remain a constituent of the S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index
until the next index rebalancing at the end of July, 2011.
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.
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