On Friday, September 8th, S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services announced that as a result of the annual review of indices, there would be some changes made to the constituent companies that make up the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index. While there will be over 40 new companies added to the list, there will also be over 30 companies removed from the list. As you will see below, there are handfuls of mining-related companies being added and removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index. What really caught our eye was the marijuana stock that was being added!

Companies Being Added

• Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX:AAV)

• Agellan Commercial REIT (TSX:ACR.UN)

• Alio Gold Inc. (TSX:ALO)

• Americas Silver Corporation (TSX:USA)

• Aritzia Inc. (TSX:ATZ)

• Arizona Mining Inc. (TSX:AZ)

• AuRico Metals Inc. (TSX:AMI)

• Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX:AUP)

• Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX:AUG)

• Automotive Properties REIT (TSX:APR.UN)

• CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED)

• Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX:CS)

• Delphi Energy Corp. (TSX:DEE)

• eCobalt Solutions Inc. (TSX:ECS)

• Energy Fuels Inc. (TSX:EFR)

• First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX:FR)

• Freshii Inc. (TSX:FRII)

• GoldMoney Inc. (TSX:XAU)

• High Arctic Energy Services Inc. (TSX:HWO)

• Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX:HCG)

• InterRent REIT (TSX:IIP.UN)

• Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC)

• Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC)

• Mag Silver Corp (TSX:MAG)

• Marathon Gold Corporation (TSX:MOZ)

• Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (TSX:MPVD)

• Nemaska Lithium Inc. (TSX:NMX)

• NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX:NXE)

• North American Energy Partners Inc. (TSX:NOA)

• Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)

• Pivot Technology Solutions, Inc. (TSX:PTG)

• Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX:PD)

• ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX:PLI)

• Semafo Inc (TSX:SMF)

• Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX:TKO)

• TMAC Resources Inc (TSX:TMR)

• Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV)

• Trilogy International Partners Inc. (TSX:TRL)

• Trisura Group Ltd. (TSX:TSU)

• True North Commercial REIT (TSX:TNT.UN)

• UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR)

• Western Copper and Gold Corporation (TSX:WRN)

• Yangarra Resources Ltd. (TSX:YGR)

Companies Being Removed

• Athabasca Oil Corporation (TSX:ATH)

• Black Diamond Group Limited (TSX:BDI)

• Boralex Inc. 'A' (TSX:BLX)

• Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX:CHE.UN)

• Cona Resources Ltd. (TSX:CONA)

• Concordia International Corp. (TSX:CXR)

• Dream Global REIT (TSX:DRG.UN)

• Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL)

• Freehold Royalties Ltd. (TSX:FRU)

• Granite Oil Corp. (TSX:GXO)

• Great Canadian Gaming Corp (TSX:GC)

• HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM)

• Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III)

• Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN)

• Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. (TSX:KL)

• Laurentian Bank Canada (TSX:LB)

• Mandalay Resources Corp (TSX:MND)

• Newalta Corporation (TSX:NAL)

• North West Company Inc. (TSX:NWC)

• Paramount Resources Ltd. (TSX:POU)

• Pengrowth Energy Corporation (TSX:PGF)

• PHX Energy Services Corp. (TSX:PHX)

• Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX:PTM)

• Primero Mining Corp. (TSX:P)

• Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (TSX:AAR.UN)

• Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX:RKN)

• Reitman's (Canada) Ltd. A NV (TSX:RET.A)

• Russel Metals Inc. (TSX:RUS)

• Supremex Inc. (TSX:SXP)

• Transcontinental Inc. A SV (TSX:TCL.A)

• Trez Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSX:TZZ)

• Western Energy Services Corp. (TSX:WRG)

The new cannabis company being added to the index is CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (TSX:CMED) (OTC:CMMDF). It's a huge deal for stocks whenever they're added to a widely tracked index. It's going to be a while until we see a pot stock in the Dow, but we've already seen handfuls added to the CSE Composite Index in Canada. Just so you're aware, these changes will become effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, September 18, 2017.

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