Notice to Media – TSX Venture Exchange Events.docVIP

TSX Venture Statistics – May 2005 TSX Venture Statistics (including NEX) ? ? ? ? May 2005 April 2005 May 2004 ? Value $793,674,708 $1,029,042,736 $569,360,645 Volume 1,257,868,519 1,417,505,471 996,128,413 Transactions 192,113 237,704 167,928 Issuers Listed 2,225 2,217 2,259 Number of New Listings* 15 11 6 New Equity Financing 1 $359,018,862 $603,811,994 $302,371,404 Market Cap of Listed Equity Issuers ($ Billion) 2 $25.3 $25.8 $21.5 ? Daily Averages (including NEX) Value $37.8 million $49.0 million $28.5 million Volume 59.9 million 67.5 million 49.8 million Transactions 9,148 11,319 8,396  TSX Venture Exchange Year-to-Date Statistics (including NEX) ? ? ? ? May, 2005 May, 2004 % Change Value $6,624,085,769 $5,433,700,513 +21.9 Volume 9,075,894,103 8,002,617,725 +13.4 Transactions 1,498,177 1,431,480 +4.7 Issuers Listed 2,225 2,259 -1.5 Number of New Listings* 61 58 +5.2 New Equity Financing 1 $2,238,603,185 $1,896,760,336 +18.0 Market Cap of Listed Equity Issuers ($ Billion) 2 $25.3 $21.5 +17.7 Daily Averages (including NEX) Value $63.7 million $51.7 million +23.2 Volume 87.3 million 76.2 million +14.6 Transactions 14,406 13,633 +5.7 Full statistical information for TSX Venture Exchange for the month of May 2005 is available in the TSX Venture Monthly Review on . Follow this link: /Publications/CDNXReviews/2005/ About TSX Group Inc. (TSX-X) TSX Group operates Canadas two national stock exchanges, Toronto Stock Exchange serving the senior equity market and TSX Venture Exchange serving the public venture equity market as well as Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), a leading North American exchange for the trading and clearing of natural gas and electricity contracts. TSX are the initials attached to the core equity operations of TSX Group (): Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Markets, TSX Datalinx, TSX Technologies. TSX Group is headquartered in Toronto and maintains offices in Montreal, Wi