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.

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 917 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.

Renascor Resources Limited

RNU

Renascor Resources Ltd. engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral property. The company is headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia. The company went IPO on 2010-12-15. The firm's projects include Siviour, Carnding, Marree, and Olary. The Carnding Project contains several near-surface, high-grade gold prospects (up to 16 g/t from previous drilling) in South Australia's Central Gawler Craton. At Carnding, the Company is targeting shallow, high-grade gold occurrences. Within the project area, the Company has identified multiple high priority gold targets based on shallow drilling. The Marree Project is a copper-prospective ground position within South Australia's Adelaide Fold Belt. Its exploration program is focused on identifying and drilling prospects for large tonnage Zambian Copper Belt-style, sedimentary copper deposits. The company holds 100% interest in the remaining Marree Project exploration licenses, EL 6170 and EL 6403.

Latin Resources Limited

LRS

Latin Resources Ltd. engages in the identification and definition of mineral resources in Latin America. The company is headquartered in Leederville, Western Australia. The company went IPO on 2010-09-21. The firm is focused on developing mineral projects in commodities with projects in South America and Australia. Its segments include Australia, Peru, Argentina, Singapore, and Brazil. Its projects include Salinas Lithium project, Catamarca Lithium project, Cloud Nine Halloysite-Kaolin Deposit, CRC CARE Emissions Reduction Research project and MT-03 Copper project. The Salinas project is located approximately 10 km outside the town of Salinas. The project is located in the north-east of Minas Gerais, approximately 600 km north-east of Belo Horizonte. The Catamarca Lithium project has accumulated hard rock spodumene landholding in Argentina, totaling over 70,000 hectares. Cloud Nine Halloysite-Kaolin deposit is located approximately 300 kilometers (km) east of Perth in Western Australia and has demonstrated large scale resources of both halloysite and kaolin.

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd

ARU

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of mineral resource properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The company went IPO on 2003-11-05. The firm produces rare earth products from the Nolans Project. The Nolans Project consists of a mine, process plant, including beneficiation, extraction and separation plants, and related infrastructure to be constructed and located at the Nolans site, approximately 135 kilometers north of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. Its rare earth products are Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) oxide, and Mixed middle-heavy rare earths (SEG/HRE) oxide. NdPr oxide is the Company's flagship product, which is used by magnet and magnet alloy customers. The Company’s primary products from the Nolans project are rare earths, which are used in catalytic converters in automobiles, consumer electronics, energy efficiency lighting, optics, alloys, advanced ceramics and permanent magnets that enable e-mobility and renewable energy applications.