WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE

"I think the Vancouver Stock Exchange is a great start off Exchange. It is very difficult to raise seed capital anywhere else when you really have nothing only a piece of land or a concept."
Wayne McClay, President of AMEX listed Dayton Mining.

"The VSE has pioneered the raising of venture capital and large amounts of this have been for American companies. The American Designated Security Rule has to a large degree wiped out the ability of small American companies to raise seed capital, especially for resources companies."
Brian Ashton, President of Georgia Pacific Securities.

"The hardest money to raise is the first million dollars and that's why the VSE is such a great place to operate. In Toronto, New York or Europe nobody wants to talk to you if you just want to raise a million."
Gordon Blankstein of GST Telecommunications.

"We have to accept the fact that the VSE will be a stepping stone, much like the minor leagues in baseball, providing good players and good companies for the senior exchanges."
Brian Harwood of Canaccord Capital Corporation.

"All the bad publicity the VSE gets irritates me to no end. What goes on here is miniscule compared to what goes on down in the States."
Keith Aune, President of McDermid St. Lawrence Securities.

"In the past you could rarely find a mining engineer or geologist or a geological engineer running a VSE junior company. The venture capital aspect of Vancouver is much better now, probably because of the quality of the people running the companies."
Peter DeLancey, President of Atna Resources