Proactive Investors - The Canadian Securities Exchange unveiled performance statistics for February 2023, which included 10 total new listings and 5 initial public offerings.
The total trading volume of CSE-listed securities was 1.4 billion shares and total trading value was $336 million.
During the month, CSE issuers also completed 78 financings that raised an aggregate $80 million.
"February was a particularly busy month for initial public offerings on the CSE, as five of our 10 new listings during the month arrived via IPO," CSE CEO Richard Carleton said in a statement.
PDAC and podcasts
"On the financing and listing front, mining has been the leader on the exchange so far this year. We were pleased to see so many of our mining issuers at this year's PDAC conference, where attendance was high and investor interest was evident."
The CSE team was active at this year's Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference In Toronto, exhibiting at the event and hosting an investor lunch headlined by the president of First Phosphate Corp (CSE:PHOS).
CSE issuers were very well represented at the conference, with more than 30 of them hosting booths at the show.
Elsewhere, the third season of the CSE's Exchange for Entrepreneurs podcast is ongoing. A recent episode marked International Women's Day with a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges women face in a career in the Canadian capital markets featuring CSE chief financial officer Mary Anne Palangio and chief legal officer Tracey Stern.
Another recent episode featured an interview with Todd Shapiro, CEO of Red Light Holland Corp, who discussed his company's expansion from psychotropic mushrooms into the world of exotic mushrooms.