Source: VanEck.
It is designed to capture global mining exposure across multiple geographies, focusing on publicly traded miners involved in extracting widely used metals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, zinc, iron ore and lithium. Indian companies are excluded, and additional selection filters are applied using ESG data, including revenue-based screens related to thermal coal exposure.
Main risk factors include the risk of investing in natural resources companies, emerging markets risk, and the risk of investing in smaller companies. Please refer to the KID and the Prospectus for other important information before investing. You can lose money by investing in the Funds; the value of investments may go up or down and investors may not get back the amount invested.