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 provision of 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 owns 100% of an independent hard-rock lithium operation, the Pilgangoora operation in Australia, and the Colina Project in Brazil. Its Pilgangoora operation is located 140 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource rich Pilbara region on Nyamal and Kariyarra Country. Spodumene concentrate from its Pilgangoora operation is shipped from Port Hedland, the bulk export port, to lithium chemical converters primarily in China. The firm's Colina project is located 10 kms from the town of Salinas in the world class mining jurisdiction of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The firm is also integrated into the lithium value chain through its joint venture with POSCO in South Korea, which manufactures battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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 and currently employs 202 full-time employees. 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.

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 six mines, being five wholly owned mines: Cowal in New South Wales, Ernest Henry and Mt Rawdon in Queensland, Mungari in Western Australia, and Red Lake in Ontario, Canada, and an 80% share of Northparkes in New South Wales. The Cowal open pit and underground gold operations is located 350 kilometer (km) west of Sydney, New South Wales, on the lands of the Wiradjuri people. The Ernest Henry is a large-scale, long-life underground copper-gold asset located 38 km north-east of Cloncurry, Queensland. The company holds 80% interest in Northparkes underground and open pit copper-gold mine located 27 km north-west of Parkes, New South Wales. The Red Lake is an underground gold mine in north-western Ontario. The Mungari is a gold mining hub located 600 km east of Perth and 20 km west of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The Mt Rawdon is an open pit gold mine located 75 km south-west of Bundaberg, Queensland.

Core Lithium Ltd

CXO

Core Lithium Ltd. is a hard-rock lithium mining company. 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.