S&P Aussie 300

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.

Core Lithium Ltd

CXO

Core Lithium Ltd. is an Australian based mineral exploration company, which engages in the acquisition, exploration, evaluation, and development of copper, gold, uranium, and iron ore properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The company went IPO on 2011-02-11. The company owns and operates Finniss Lithium project, which is located south of Darwin Port in the Northern Territory. The project lies within a prospective area for lithium in the NT, the Bynoe Pegmatite Field, and covers approximately 500 square kilometers (km2) of granted tenements. The project is approximately 88 kilometers (km) by sealed road from Darwin Port, Northern Territory. Its other projects include Shoobridge Lithium, Anningie and Barrow Creek Lithium, Napperby Uranium, Yerelina and Mt Freeling, and Blueys-Inkheart. The Shoobridge Lithium Project is located approximately 80 km south-southeast of Finniss near Darwin in the Northern Territory. The Anningie and Barrow Creek encompass eight exploration licenses over approximately 2,000 km2 in and around the Anningie and Barrow Creek tin-tantalum pegmatite fields in the Northern Territory. Napperby is an advanced uranium project within the central Northern Territory.

Evolution Mining Limited

EVN

Evolution Mining Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, operations, and the sale of gold and gold-copper concentrate. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 3,101 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2002-08-20. The firm operates five wholly owned mines, namely Cowal in New South Wales, Ernest Henry and Mt Rawdon in Queensland, Mungari in Western Australia, Red Lake in Ontario, Canada and an 80% share of Northparkes in New South Wales. The Cowal operation is an open pit gold operation located approximately 350 kilometers (km) west of Sydney. The Cowal operation is situated within the Bland Shire. The Mungari operation is located approximately 600 km east of Perth and 20 km west of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The Mt Rawdon Operation is located approximately 75 km south-west of Bundaberg, Queensland. The Ernest Henry copper-gold operation is located approximately 38 km north-east of Cloncurry, Queensland. The Red Lake operation is an underground gold mine in northwestern Ontario and is situated in one of the highest-grade Archean gold camps in Canada. Northparkes is a copper-gold mine located 27 kms north-west of Parkes.

Novonix Limited

NVX

NOVONIX Ltd. is an integrated developer and supplier of materials, equipment and services for the global lithium-ion battery industry with operations in the U.S. and Canada. The company is headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. The company went IPO on 2015-12-02. The firm manufactures battery cell testing equipment, is growing its synthetic graphite anode material manufacturing operations, and has developed an all-dry, zero-waste cathode synthesis process. The Company’s segments include Battery Materials, Battery Technology and Graphite Exploration. The Battery Materials segment develops and manufactures battery anode materials. The Battery Technology segment develops battery cell testing equipment, performs consulting services and carries out research and development in battery development. The Graphite Exploration segment manages the maintenance and future development of Mount Dromedary natural graphite deposit. The company provides battery materials and development technology for battery manufacturers, materials companies, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and consumer electronics manufacturers at the forefront of the global electrification economy.