CNQ APPROVES DUNDEE SECURITIES CORPORATION AS A NEW CNQ DEALER





TORONTO – May 18, 2006 – CNQ, Canada’s New Stock Exchange, announced today that Dundee Securities Corporation has joined the exchange as a participating dealer.



Dundee Securities Corporation is a full service investment dealer engaged in wealth management & financial advisory services, retail brokerage, institutional sales & trading, equity research and investment banking. Dundee Securities Corporation is a member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and CIPF.

Dundee Securities Corporation’s head office is located at 20 Queen St W Suite 400 in Toronto, Ontario. Additional information about Dundee Securities Corporation may be found at www.dundeewealth.com or by telephone 416-350-3489.

Dundee’s trading number is 027.



CNQ's participating dealers now include:



Blackmont Capital Inc.

BMO Nesbitt Burns Incorporated

Byron Securities Limited

Canaccord Capital Corporation

Desjardin Securities

Dundee Securities Corporation

e3m Investments Incorporated

Global Securities Corporation

GMP Securities LP

Haywood Securities Incorporated

Integral Wealth Securities Limited

Jones, Gable & Company Limited

Laurentian Bank Securities

Leede Financial Markets Incorporated

MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier Inc.

National Bank Financial

Northern Securities Incorporated

Octagon Capital Corporation

Pacific International Securities Incorporated

Penson Financial Services Canada Inc.

Research Capital Corporation

Scotia Capital Incorporated

TD Securities Incorporated

Union Securities Limited

Wolverton Securities Limited

W.D. Latimer Co. Limited





Additional Investment Dealers Association of Canada members participate through correspondent arrangements with CNQ Dealers.



CNQ commenced operations in July 2003 and became recognized by the Ontario Securities Commission as a stock exchange in May 2004, the first new stock exchange in Canada in over 70 years. CNQ's innovative market addresses the needs of emerging companies and their investors by providing a transparent, electronic trading system with full protection of client priority. There are over 50 companies listed, 26 investment dealers with direct access to the market and additional dealers participating indirectly. Most recently, CNQ announced its intention to launch Pure Trading, an alternative market to trade securities listed on other Canadian exchanges. Information about the Pure Trading marketplace may be found at www.puretrading.ca.



For further information please visit www.cnq.ca or contact:





Terrence Puskas, Dealer Relations

403-470-4823 or [email protected]