Market Opens
TMX Newsfile exclusively distributes all Market Open and Market Close press releases.
Lumira Ventures & The Terry Fox Foundation Close the Market
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Peter van der Velden, Managing General Partner, Lumira Ventures (鈥淟umira鈥) and Michael Mazza, Executive Director, Terry Fox Foundation, and their teams, joined Omar Khafagy, Head, Client Success, 兔子先生 (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), to close the market to celebrate the launch of The Cancer Breakthrough Fund, a bold new partnership committed to accelerating innovation and commercialization driven by ground-breaking research. Lumira Ventures is a leading North American life sciences venture capital firm with a long and deep track record of building transformative companies that impact patients globally, while generating strong returns for investors. In the past six quarters, Lumira has participated in $1.4B of financings, added 8 new companies to its portfolio, enjoyed 5 exits / realizations, and its portfolio companies have received 5 FDA approvals for novel therapies. Lumira is actively raising the Cancer Breakthrough Fund, in partnership with the Terry Fox Foundation, in parallel with its core fund, Lumira Ventures Fund V. The Cancer Breakthrough Fund will invest in companies led by mission-driven entrepreneurs focused on the goal of delivering novel therapies to patients in the fight against cancer. The Terry Fox Foundation honours the vision and spirit of an iconic Canadian while raising critical funds for cancer research. As a leading national charitable organization, the Terry Fox Foundation plays a vital role in building community, funding innovative cancer research projects, and bringing hope and health to millions of Canadians. Together, the two organizations are combining capital, expertise, and vision to bring new hope and solutions to cancer patients worldwide. 
First Nations Major Projects Coalition Opens the Market
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Mark Podlasly, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Major Projects Coalition (鈥淔NMPC鈥), along with members representing over 170 First Nations across Canada, joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to open the market to celebrate the 8th Annual FNMPC Conference. This year鈥檚 event, themed 鈥淰aluing Reconciliation in Global Markets鈥, focused on the shifting paradigm in capital markets, which require the stability and competitive advantage that First Nations equity partnerships can add to major projects. As Canada and the world navigate economic uncertainty, FNMPC and its members are proving that Indigenous partnerships have incredible potential to de-risk projects and attract new investments. The First Nations Major Project Coalition is a national collective of 170+ First Nations communities and organizations who have to come together to advance their shared interest in participating and, where appropriate, gaining equity positions in the major projects taking place in their territories. Advancing major projects is at the core of FNMPC鈥檚 service delivery, and is currently providing business capacity support to its members on over 20 major projects located across Canada, each with a First Nations equity investment component. 
PTX Metals (TSXV: PTX) Opens the Market
Friday, April 25, 2025
Greg Ferron, Chief Executive Officer and President, PTX Metals (鈥淧TX鈥 or the 鈥淐ompany鈥) (TSXV: PTX), joined Tim Babcock, President, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Group, to open the market to celebrate the Company鈥檚 new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. PTX is a mineral exploration company focused on high-quality strategic metal assets in northern Ontario, allowing exposure for shareholders to Copper, Gold, Nickel, and PGEs. The Province of Ontario is renowned as a world-class mining jurisdiction for its abundance of mineral resources and investment opportunities. PTX鈥檚 corporate objective is to advance its assets, and unveil the potential of its two Flagship Projects, the W2 Cu-Ni-PGE located in the strategic Ring of Fire, and the Shining Tree Gold Project, which neighbours multi-million ounce gold deposits in the Timmins Gold Camp. PTX is based in Toronto, Canada, with a primary listing on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PTX. The Company is also listed in Frankfurt under the symbol 9PF and on the OTCQB in the United States as PANXF. 
CI Global Asset Management (TSX: SOLX.B, SOLX.U) Closes the Market
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Jennifer Sinopoli, EVP, Head of Distribution, CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM), Nirujan Kanagasingam, SVP, Head of ETF Strategy, CI GAM, and their team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, 兔子先生 (TSX), to close the market and celebrate the launch of CI Galaxy Solana ETF (TSX:SOLX.B, SOLX.U). SOLX invests directly in Solana tokens (鈥淪OL鈥), one of the world鈥檚 largest digital currencies by market capitalization and the cryptocurrency that powers the Solana blockchain network. The ETF is managed by CI GAM and sub-advised by Galaxy Asset Management. SOLX is also launching with a management fee of 0%, as CI GAM is fully waiving the management fee of 0.35% until July 16, 2025. CI GAM is Canada鈥檚 fifth-largest ETF provider with approximately $21.9 billion in assets under management in more than 80 ETFs (as at March 31, 2025). CI GAM鈥檚 ETF lineup is highly diversified and includes beta, smart beta, asset allocation, managed volatility, actively managed, liquid alternatives, digital assets, covered calls, ESG and other thematic mandates. 
Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (TSX: NOU) Opens the Market
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Eric Desaulniers, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.(鈥淣ouveau Monde Graphite鈥 or the 鈥淐ompany鈥) (TSX: NOU), and his team joined Dean McPherson, Head, Business Development, Global Mining, 兔子先生 (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company鈥檚 graduation to 兔子先生.
Nouveau Monde Graphite is an integrated company developing responsible mining and advanced manufacturing operations to supply the global economy with carbon-neutral active anode material to power EV and renewable energy storage systems. The Company is developing a fully integrated ore-to-battery-material source of graphite-based active anode material in Qu茅bec, Canada. With recognized ESG standards and structuring partnerships with anchor customers, NMG is set to become a strategic supplier to the world鈥檚 leading lithium-ion battery and EV manufacturers, providing advanced materials while promoting sustainability and supply chain traceability. 