TSX Market Open - Sep 17 2009

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African mining delegates open trading at the TSX on Sep 17, 2009

Mark Bristow (CEO, Randgold), Janis Koyanagi (Director, Business Development, TSX) & Bruce Shapiro (President, MineAfrica and Can-SA Chamber)

Mark Coetzee (President, Drake International) & Nicholaas Scoombie (South African Consul General, Toronto)

The TSX and TSX Venture are home to 1,429 listed mining companies - more than any other exchange in the world

Mark Bristow (CEO, Randgold Resources), Kim Harris (CEO, Midlands Minerals) & Ilja Graulich (VP, Corporate Affairs, Gold One Limited) - presenters at MineAfrica's Sep 18 seminar

Sara Kopamees (Editor, International Resource Journal), Wayne Floreani (Vice President MineAfrica) & Bill Burton (CEO, Mag Industries)

John Ffooks (Partner, John. W. Ffooks & Co)

Steven Deck (Boart Longyear) & Ilja Graulich (VP, Corporate Affairs, Gold One)

Wayne Floreani, Mark Bristow & Bruce Shapiro

The South African contingent

Approximately 160 TSX listed mining companies are active in Africa

The Chamber's Indaba dinner has become the premier African business event on the Canadian calendar

The event held on Sep 17 drew 155 participants including Calvin White who won the trip for two to South Africa

Keynote Speaker Mark Bristow, CEO, Randgold Resources delivered an inspired speech to an appreciative audience

Caricaturist David Anderson presents Mark Bristow with a personalized gift

Bert Wasmund (Hatch) and David Creighton (Cordiant Capital) winner of the Chamber Business Person of the Year Award sponsored by Hatch

Wayne Floreani (MineAfrica and Chamber Board Member) and Bruce Shapiro (MineAfrica and Chamber President)