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TORONTO, June 3, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, June 3, 2011:

• Harte Gold Corp. (TSXVN:HRT) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
• Stans Energy Corp. (TSXVN:RUU) will trade under the new ticker symbol "HRE". There is no change in the company name or CUSIP number and no consolidation of capital.

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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