Mr. Rob Cook reports

CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE LAUNCHES CSE25 INDEX

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has introduced a new index comprising the securities of the largest companies trading on the exchange.

The CSE25 Index is a subgroup of the CSE Composite Index. The composite index launched in 2015 and includes almost half of the exchange's listed companies and covers over 75 per cent of the trading activity on the exchange. The new index includes the top 25 securities by market capitalization contained in the composite index. These companies account for over 50 per cent of the weighting in the larger index and are typically stocks that attract considerable trading volume.

Richard Carleton, chief executive officer, observed that: "As the exchange has grown rapidly in terms of trading volumes and market capitalization it is appropriate that we give market participants a benchmark that monitors the performance of our largest and most liquid issues. As the 'exchange for entrepreneurs' we are proud of their success in the Canadian capital markets."

Trading volumes on the CSE have been exceptionally robust in 2016 and 2017. The turnover of the entire market measured by the value of trading divided by the total market cap has averaged 6.6 per cent per month in the year to date, which represents a level of market activity unrivalled in the Canadian exchange space.

A complete list of the constituent securities of the CSE25 Index appears below.

Symbol                                     Security name    CSE 25 weighting

LHS                         Liberty Health Sciences Inc.              14.31%
TRST                             CannTrust Holdings Inc.              13.00%
URB.A                                  Urbana Corp. A NV               6.25%
AHG                               Alternate Health Corp.               5.69%
MARI                                 Maricann Group Inc.               5.13%
CRZ                                   CannaRoyalty Corp.               4.90%
BCC                       The Canadian Bioceutical Corp.               4.11%
MDM                              Marapharm Ventures Inc.               3.96%
URG     Oriental Non-Ferrous Resources Development Corp.               3.68%
GLH                            Golden Leaf Holdings Ltd.               3.56%
XMG                                    MGX Minerals Inc.               3.13%
FLT                          Drone Delivery Canada Corp.               2.99%
THC                                 THC Biomed Intl Ltd.               2.88%
ISOL                          Isodiol International Inc.               2.82%
IN                            InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc.               2.76%
BLO                           Cannabix Technologies Inc.               2.54%
N                              Namaste Technologies Inc.               2.22%
IAN                        iAnthus Capital Holdings Inc.               2.22%
VGW                                Valens Groworks Corp.               2.22%
MTA                   Metalla Royalty and Streaming Ltd.               2.15%
SNA                   Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd.               2.02%
LDS                      Lifestyle Delivery Systems Inc.               1.95%
MYM                              MYM Nutraceuticals Inc.               1.91%
MRM                           Micromem Technologies Inc.               1.81%
RSS                                 RESAAS Services Inc.               1.80%
  

About the Canadian Securities Exchange

The CSE is home to more than 300 uniquely listed issues covering a broad range of industry sectors. The exchange provides trade execution, smart routing, risk management, compliance and market information services for Canadian-listed instruments.

Recognized as an exchange by the Ontario Securities Commission in 2004, the CSE is designed to facilitate the capital formation process for public companies through a streamlined approach to company regulation that emphasizes disclosure and the provision of efficient secondary market trading services for investors.