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 877 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.

Fortescue Ltd

FMG

Fortescue Ltd. engages in the development of iron ore deposits. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The firm's segments include Metals and Energy. Metals segment includes exploration, development, production, processing, sale and transportation of iron ore, and the exploration for other minerals. Its metals business comprises its iron ore operations in the Pilbara as well as a pipeline of exploration projects globally including in Gabon in Africa, Latin America and Australia. The firm's metals business includes Hedland operations, Chichester Hub, Western Hub, Iron Bridge, Green Metal Project, integrated operations, Belinga Project, Blacksmith Project and Pilbara Energy Connect (PEC) project. Energy segment undertakes activities in the global development of green electricity, green hydrogen, green ammonia projects, as well as green technology development and manufacturing. Its energy business includes Arizona Hydrogen project, Holmaneset project, Pecem project and Gladstone PEM50 Project.

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.

Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited

AFI

Australian Foundation Investment Company Ltd is a AU-based company operating in industry. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited is an investment company, which is focused on investing in Australian and New Zealand equities. Its investment objective is to pay a stable to growing dividend over time and to provide attractive total returns over the medium to long term. The company has two portfolios of securities: the investment portfolio and the trading portfolio. The investment portfolio holds securities which the Company intends to retain on a long-term basis and includes a small sub-component over which options may be written and an additional small sub-component of international (non-Australian/New Zealand listed) stocks. The trading portfolio consist of securities that are held for short term trading only, including call option contracts written over securities that are held in the specific sub-component of the investment portfolio and on occasion put options, and is relatively small in size. Its investment sectors include banks, industrials, healthcare, and others.