Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF

VAS

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Limited

SOL

Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd. engages in the ownership of shares, coal mining, distribution and retail of pharmaceutical products; and manufacture of building products. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 51 full-time employees. Its segments include Strategic Investments Portfolio, Large Caps Portfolio, Private Equity Portfolio, Credit Portfolio, Emerging Companies Portfolio and Property Portfolio. The Strategic Investments Portfolio segment includes significant investments in uncorrelated listed companies where it generally has board representation. Large Caps Portfolio segment is an actively managed, Australian listed equities portfolio. The Private Equity Portfolio segment includes long-term investments in unlisted companies to support their future growth. The Credit Portfolio segment includes investments in corporate loans, bonds, and structured instruments. The Emerging Companies Portfolio segment includes investments in attractive, early stage and high growth companies that are listed, about to undertake an Initial Public Offering (IPO) or are at a pre-IPO stage. Property Portfolio segment comprises direct property investments.

Argo Investments Limited

ARG

Argo Investments Ltd is a AU-based company operating in industry. The company is headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia. Argo Investments Limited is an Australia-based listed investment company (LIC). The firm manages a diversified portfolio of Australian shares with an internally managed business model. The principal activities of the Company include the investment of funds in Australian listed securities and short-term interest-bearing securities. Its investment objective is to maximize long-term shareholder returns through reliable fully franked dividend income and capital growth. Its investment portfolio comprises approximately 90 Australian companies from across a range of industries. Its portfolio includes investments in various sectors, such as materials, other financials, banks, healthcare, consumer staples, industrials, energy, consumer discretionary, property, utilities, listed investment companies, and others. Its subsidiary, Argo Service Company Pty Ltd, is engaged in providing investment management and administration operations for the Company.

Pilbara Minerals Limited

PLS

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 768 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm is primarily engaged in the exploration, development, and mining of minerals in Australia. Its 100% owned Pilgangoora hard-rock lithium operation is located approximately 120 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region. The operation consists of two processing plants: the Pilgan Plant, located on the northern side of the Pilgangoora area and produces spodumene and tantalite concentrates, and the Ngungaju Plant is located to the south produces spodumene concentrate. The company owns 70% of the Mt Francisco project, which is located 50 km south-west of the Pilgangoora Project and hosts the large occurrence of outcropping pegmatites located nearby to Port Hedland. The company is also pursuing a proposed downstream joint venture (JV) for the development of an approximately 43,000 tons per annum (tpa) lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) lithium chemical conversion facility in South Korea.

Sayona Mining Limited

SYA

Sayona Mining Ltd. engages in sourcing and developing raw materials required for constructing lithium-ion batteries. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. The company went IPO on 2004-03-30. The firm's projects include Authier Lithium Project, Tansim Lithium Project, Moblan Lithium Project, Lac Albert Lithium Project, Western Australia Lithium Projects, Western Australia Gold Projects, and Western Australia Graphite Projects. The Authier Lithium project is situated approximately 45 kilometers (km) northwest of the city of Val d'Or, a mining service center in Quebec. The project area comprises 19 mineral claims totaling 653 hectares and extends approximately 3.4 km in the east-west, and 3.1 km in a north-south direction, respectively. The Tansim Lithium project is situated approximately 82 km southwest of the Authier Lithium Project. The project comprises 355 mineral claims spanning 20,546 hectares (ha) and is prospective for lithium, tantalum, and beryllium. The Moblan Lithium project is located in the Eeyou-Istchee James Bay region of northern Quebec.