Joachim-Wilhelm Berlenbach

Earth Resource Investments AG (ERI) is the fund management subsidiary of Earth Resource Investment Group (ERIG), a group of Swiss niche investment fund advisory firms which was established in 2006 by Dr. Joachim Berlenbach. In 2008 ERIG entered into a joint venture with MRI Resources AG and developed a Luxembourg-based SICAV SIV fund structure with Universal-Investment GmbH to invest directly in companies in the resources sector. ERI is the fund advisor to the Earth funds and has a partnership with Universal-Investment as fund administrator.

Earth Gold Investments AG is a fund advisor to three funds, namely Earth Exploration Fund UI, Earth Gold Fund UI, and Earth Sustainable Resources Fund. The company is based in Walchwil, Switzerland, and was founded in 2008 by Joachim-Wilhelm Berlenbach. The Swiss company provides technical, mining, geological, and portfolio advisory expertise to these funds. The lead advisor evaluates investment cases, and the team has been working together for over a decade to pick undervalued stocks in the natural resources sector.

Tiberius Asset Management AG (TAM) is an independent Swiss asset management firm which was founded in 2005 by Markus Mezger and Christoph Eibl and specializes in the asset management of investments in the commodity market sector. Located in Zug, with representative offices in Stuttgart and London, the firm offers a range of products including pension funds and mutual commodity futures funds in addition to European and international bond funds. In 2007, they sold their shareholding stake in Tiberius Exploration AG to the group's commodity equities trading management team. The Commodity Alpha OP is their flagship fund.

Craton Capital Pty Ltd. (Craton Capital) is an independent investment management firm located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Craton Capital was established in 2003 and opened an office in London in 2006. They also have an office in Melbourne and created an alternative investments division in 2005. Craton Capital specializes in commodity investing and manages Liechtenstein-domiciled traditional and alternative funds including the Craton Capital Precious Metal Fund and the Craton Capital Global Resource Hedge Fund.

Founded in 1995, Citigroup Global Markets (Pty) Ltd. is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in Sandton, South Africa and is a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc.

GCMP AG is a company based in Zug, Switzerland.