SolGold one of AIM's top 50 companies

Australian gold and copper miner SolGold is to become one of the top 50 companies on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s junior market.

The miner is to join the FTSE AIM 50 index, which is made up of the largest AIM companies by market capitalisation, on 12 December.

Going forward, its shares will be traded on SETS, the exchange’s electronic order book system for trading FTSE and liquid AIM securities

Managing director Nick Mather said: "We are delighted that SolGold is now one of the largest 50 companies on AIM resulting from a year of considerable achievement and development.”

Shares in SolGold were down 1.35% to 23.80p at 1021 GMT.