Canadian Financing Bulletin (CFB) reports over 3500 closings by more than 1400 companies in 2009

Canadian capital markets raise over $57 billion in metals, energy, and technology sectors. Fund raising by gold stocks dominates major rebound in financing activity

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The Canadian Financing Bulletin published its year-end report for 2009 today. It is a comprehensive documentation of financing activity in the metals, energy, and technology sectors. We tracked over 3500 closings by more than 1400 companies last year trading on the TSX, TSX-V, NEX, and/or CNSX boards. Over 3000 of these closings were non-brokered placements and nearly 800 were ‘flow-through’ placements. These financings were used to help development of 40 different commodities ranging from Aluminum to Zinc, with monies being allocated to properties in 83 different countries across six continents. In total, Canadian capital markets raised over $57 billion for these three sectors.

These numbers help illustrate the important global role Canadian capital markets currently hold. Companies – and investors – worldwide look to Canada’s exchanges to get maximum exposure to commodity vehicles. Be it green field explorers or giant multinational conglomerates, Canada is an open door for international finance – putting money where it can be used effectively and efficiently. The Canadian Financing Bulletin stays on top of potential new issuances of equity with daily updating of current financing activities. Domestic and foreign investors alike have come to depend on our unique service while looking for the next great opportunity to invest in primary offerings.

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The Canadian Financing Bulletin has been a leader in tracking financing activities of Canadian capital markets in the mining, energy and technology sectors for over five years. Our unparalleled service offers unique insight into small and micro cap stocks, as well as comprehensive comparative reports detailing the worldwide reach of Canadian companies in these sectors. With the listings of active proposed placements, investors and companies that might not otherwise receive analyst coverage are potentially brought together. As well, we offer coverage of activity in the bond market for users to be made aware of lower-risk opportunities.

Since CFB began offering its weekly report over five years ago, it has developed other more wide reaching reports that have now been published. Our quarterly and year-in-review reports provide charts, graphs and other comparative tables that exhibit sophisticated capital market intelligence. The data in these reports has been read by thousands of executives, investment advisors, fund managers, and investors from around the world. CFB has also recently begun offering specialized monthly reports, focusing on individual segments within the sectors CFB covers (i.e., gold, uranium, oil, etc.) To date, there have been 123 reports created by CFB; several of these reports are currently posted on the CFB website.

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As one can see, CFB offers an important perspective into Canadian capital markets. These markets play a crucial role in the financing of companies active worldwide in various business sectors, specifically for natural resources exploration and development. Canada maintains a leadership role due to a number of factors:

• A history of significant natural resources;
• Efficient and transparent capital markets;
• Strong backing from the investment community; and
• Regional clusters of the world’s most innovative, organized and aggressive exploration and development personnel, in cities like Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.