Tsx Works: Venture Exchange and Equity Market

tsx works: Members of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Venture Exchange , which represents most of the North American mining investment community, have been on a roadshow in boardrooms across Australia, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The TSX works in the senior equity market while the TSXV is a public venture capital marketplace for emerging companies. Related Story: Traditional commodities still needed to support 'lifestyle' metals Related Story: Diggers and Dealers hear 'death of mining greatly exaggerated'Related Story: Resolute Resources offers dividends in gold as local bullion price soars Map: Perth 6000 The uptick in the mining sector has global investors on the hunt for junior Australian miners and explorers with attractive prospects. Orlee Werthheim, a business development manager for the global mining sector, said both exchanges represented global capital options. "They not only attract Canadian investors, but also we have a large number of international investors, specifically from North America and Europe. "Forty per cent of daily trading volume on TSX actually comes from outside of Canada. "So far this year, 58 per cent of all global mining transactions by public companies were done on our markets." Ms Wertheim said junior miners and explorers were starting to see the benefits of investors being willing to take greater risks. "We're seeing mining starting to pick up again, so before companies were very much putting projects on hold, on care and maintenance, waiting to see what happen, but now more money has become available. "At the beginning of the year, most of the financing was for advanced projects but for the past number of months we've been seeing that trickle down to the junior companies. "Particularly in the precious metals space, gold and silver and as well, in lithium." Australian miner listed on the ASX and TSX West Africa Resources is an Australian gold explorer listed on both the ASX and the TSX. Managing director Richard Hyde said has witness the competition between Australian and Canadian investors and funds. "I've just got back from two conferences in Colorado, a precious metals conference in Beaver Creek and the Denver gold forum in Colorado Springs. Mr Hyde concedes it is more administration but says it gives the company, which has a gold project in Burkina Faso, exposure to more capital. "Their funds are just so much bigger," he said. "I've been on a trip to Vancouver, Toronto and New York. Rural news in your inbox Subscribe to get the national headlines of the day. "The Australian companies that were over there were definitely being courted by the North American brokers, they were obviously discussing dual listing. "I know some of the juniors who're in our space gold are considering it, because there access to more funds and generally speaking, when the markets are up, the North American company valuations are higher than the Australian valuations." West Africa Resources listed on the TSX as a 'back-door listing' to secure Canadian investment. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.