Pure Gold Mining, Inc.

CQS is an active, fundamentals-based manager which follows a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach focused on fundamental research, quantitative analysis and investment expertise, seeking adjacencies across all areas in which they invest.The firm employs a bottom-up approach and invests in strategies that offer the most attractive risk-adjusted returns. Their risk management platform, operational infrastructure and margin and liability management framework form the core of their investment platforms and activities.CQS places significant emphasis on communication with investors and seeks to communicate regularly and effectively with them.

Merk Investments manages a group of no-load mutual funds that offer investors the benefits of diversification through exposure to investments in the currencies markets. The firm's investment approach determines and periodically revises currency exposure allocations based on quantitative and qualitative analysis. They seek to achieve positive absolute returns from exposure to currencies.^^The Merk Absolute Return Currency Fund (MABFX) seeks to generate positive absolute returns by investing in currencies. The Fund is a pure play on currencies that seeks to profit regardless of the direction of the US dollar or traditional asset classes.^^The Merk Hard Currency Fund (MERKX) seeks to profit from a rise in hard currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. The Fund typically invests in a basket of hard currencies. ^^The Van Eck Merk Gold Trust (OUNZ) is an ETF that seeks to provide investors with an opportunity to invest in gold through the shares and be able to take delivery of physical gold bullion (physical gold) in exchange for their shares. The Trust’s secondary objective is for the shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold less the expenses of the Trust’s operations.

Konwave invests in global equity across market caps with a strong focus on small- to mid-cap companies. The firm's portfolios are geographically highly diversified, with the majority of their holdings in Canada and Australia, complemented with investments in the US, South Africa, the UK, Brazil, Peru, Papua New Guinea, the Russian Federation, etc.Konwave invests in companies engaged in exploration, extraction, subsequent treatment, handling and trading of gold and other precious metals. They focus on gold mining companies with growth potential, likely to perform when gold prices stagnate. Companies with high production costs are screened for cost reduction potential. Exploration ventures should be well capitalized and hold identified resources. The firm aims at taking advantage of consolidations within the gold sector, brought about by the need for large mining operations to maintain production levels.The firm's investment process is strictly bottom-up within the predefined sector.