Societe Generale is a European financial services group offering a broad range of banking and financial services, including retail, corporate, and investment banking, as well as securities services, asset management, and payment and cash management. The group serves individuals, businesses, financial institutions, and public sector clients through a global network and emphasizes sustainable finance and the energy transition, financing renewable energy, infrastructure, and related projects. Its activities cover advisory, capital markets, structured finance, and financing solutions across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, technology, and financial services. The company pursues responsible innovation and strong governance, with focus on risk management, compliance, and transparency. By leveraging digital solutions and cross-asset expertise, Societe Generale aims to deliver stable, long-term value for clients while promoting financial inclusion and stakeholder engagement.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, that backs deep-tech startups across seed to growth stages with emphasis on human and planetary health. It provides founders with labs, offices, expert teams, mentorship, investor networks, and accelerator-style programs to accelerate product development, testing, commercialization, and fundraising. SOSV operates three deep-tech facilities, including SOSV SF & NY (IndieBio) and HAX in Newark, and supports a portfolio of more than 800 companies across 58 countries. The firm has a broad global footprint with offices in San Francisco, New York, Newark, and Princeton, has raised over 7.5 billion for its portfolio, and makes approximately 60 pre-seed investments annually alongside many follow-on rounds. It seeks co-investors and limited partners to join its network, and pursues cross-border opportunities, notably in Asia, to accelerate growth and fundraising for its startups.

Eldorado Gold is a Canadian gold and base metals producer with decades of experience developing and operating mines in Canada, Greece, and Türkiye. The company maintains a balanced portfolio of operating mines and growth projects, including Kisladag, Efemcukuru, Skouries, Perama Hill, and Certej, with activities across Türkiye, Canada, and Greece. It emphasizes safety, environmental responsibility, and engagement with local communities, pursuing sustainable resource development and long-term value creation through responsible operations and ongoing exploration. The Skouries project is advancing toward first concentrate production, reflecting the company’s focus on efficient asset development and a safe, inclusive workplace.

BDC is a government-owned financial institution in Canada that supports small and medium-sized enterprises with financing, consulting, and investment services. It provides business loans, working capital, equipment and real estate financing, asset-backed and syndicated financing, subordinate financing, and growth investments through its investment arm. It also offers strategic planning, human resource management, and international expansion assistance. Operating nationwide with offices in both official languages, BDC focuses on helping SMEs grow, innovate, and create jobs across industries.

Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a Quebec-based private equity and venture capital firm that invests in small and medium-sized businesses across a wide range of sectors in Quebec, including manufacturing, information technology, life sciences, environment, tourism, and culture. It provides equity financing and unsecured debt and can take minority or majority stakes, including in business succession transactions, and operates regional funds across Quebec to support local growth. Investments typically target mid-sized projects and growth financings, with loans available alongside equity where appropriate, and horizons generally span five to ten years for equity and longer for succession financing. The firm focuses on projects that strengthen the Quebec economy and job creation, often supporting modernization, market development, and export-oriented initiatives. It began operations in 1983 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Evok Innovations is a climate-focused venture capital firm based in Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2016. It invests in hard-tech solutions for heavy industry across North America, with focus areas including energy, mining and minerals, industrial optimization, and adaptation and resilience. Beyond capital, Evok provides technical expertise, real-world operating experience, and access to a network of strategic partners to help portfolio companies bridge innovation to market adoption, accelerate commercialization, and scale toward exit. It offers hands-on support, mentoring, and guidance on fundraising, operations, and people to act as an extension of management teams, enabling entrepreneurs to develop transformative technologies that redefine industries.

Breakthrough Energy is a global platform dedicated to accelerating innovation in clean energy to address climate change and meet the world’s growing energy demand. Established in 2016 and based in Kirkland, Washington, the organization invests in and partners with companies across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings to develop and deploy breakthrough technologies such as carbon removal, sustainable materials production, green hydrogen, and advanced energy storage, with the goal of providing affordable and reliable energy while minimizing environmental impact. It promotes a public-private approach to mobilize governments, research institutions, engineers, and investors, and supports minority investments across seed to later stages through venture activities managed by an executive team.

Chrysalix Venture Capital is a Vancouver-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on industrial innovation and energy efficiency. Founded in 2001, it backs technologies that address market-driven problems in resource-intensive sectors such as energy, manufacturing and agriculture, investing in clean-tech, renewable technologies, artificial intelligence, data analytics, sensor components, the Internet of Things, robotics, blockchain, advanced materials and related industries. The firm supports portfolio companies with deep industry and technical knowledge, management and board assistance, intellectual property management, and access to a global network of industrial and financial partners to accelerate commercialization. By aligning strategy, execution and scale, Chrysalix aims to deliver long-term value for its partners and investors and operates globally to help companies scale across Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe.

Sustainable Development Technology Canada is an independent, government-funded organization that funds Canadian cleantech projects and coaches the companies that lead these projects to market. It supports cleantech initiatives by creating jobs, enabling growth and exports for Canadian firms, and delivering environmental, economic and health benefits to Canadians. The organization operates at arm's length and builds networks with private industry, academia and governments at home and abroad to advance clean technology deployment within Canada.

Desjardins Group is Canada's largest cooperative financial group, headquartered in Montreal, offering a broad range of financial services to individuals and businesses. The group provides personal banking and loans, credit cards, fixed-rate investments, insurance, savings and investments, wealth management, and advisory services, as well as business services such as cash management, working capital financing, trade and international financing, and payroll and HR solutions. It operates through multiple divisions and subsidiaries, including asset management, securities, and venture capital activities, and supports corporate, public, and institutional clients with financing, capital markets, and advisory services. The cooperative structure emphasizes member governance, community development, and responsible investing, with a focus on local economic development and youth programs. AccèsD online and mobile platforms enable remote management of accounts and policies, reflecting emphasis on innovation and customer support.

Lion Selection Group is a specialist listed investment company on the Australian Securities Exchange that concentrates on junior mining opportunities, providing investors with exposure to early-stage and developing mining projects. The company pools capital from investors to build a diversified portfolio of mining equities and related opportunities, aiming for long-term value in the minerals sector. It maintains active investor relations and regularly communicates strategy, performance, and opportunities within the junior mining space, reflecting a focus on long-horizon investments in exploration and development activities rather than immediate production.

EIT RawMaterials is a knowledge and innovation community in Europe that connects the raw materials sector with academia, research, and industry to address challenges, access funding, and develop talent. It supports a broad range of initiatives, including open innovation challenges, startup portfolios, and educational programs, and provides strategic guidance and collaboration opportunities for startups, SMEs, and established companies. The network concentrates on circular economy, critical raw materials, and sustainable mining, aiming to strengthen Europe's competitiveness and resilience through diversified supply chains and advanced materials ecosystems. Its activities include education from school level to higher qualifications and the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) to foster innovation and cross-sector collaboration across the raw materials value chain.

InnoEnergy is an industrial organization and impact investor established in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to industrialize clean tech innovation and advance a global net‑zero economy. It focuses on early‑stage and seed investments in climate tech and energy sectors in Europe, aiming to de‑risk and accelerate commercialization while building resilient clean tech value chains. The organization supports portfolio companies through added‑value services, workforce upskilling, and ecosystem development, operating with a broad network of partners across Europe and the United States. By fostering collaboration and education, InnoEnergy seeks to scale sustainable technologies and drive economic growth in the clean energy transition.

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles that invests in climate technology companies from early stages to pre-IPO, supporting real-world solutions across energy, manufacturing, and climate resilience. The firm backs startups across sectors such as energy, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture and funds technologies including solar, wind, compute clusters, carbon capture, and alternative chemical processes. It provides hands-on support through strategic guidance and access to a network of experts to accelerate growth, with a focus on helping portfolio companies develop scalable, sustainable solutions.

DCVC is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that backs deep-tech startups. The firm focuses on investing in artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, security, and related frontier technologies, spanning early-stage and growth-stage opportunities. DCVC operates through a family of funds, such as DCVC V and DCVC VI, and specialized vehicles including DCVC Bio and DCVC SynBioBeta Fund, reflecting an emphasis on life sciences and data-driven approaches. The firm emphasizes scientists and entrepreneurs as core contributors, leveraging data, compute, and algorithmic advantage to accelerate research and product development. With headquarters in Palo Alto and activities in San Francisco, DCVC positions itself as a deeply technical investor that supports portfolio companies from concept to scale, aiming to solve global challenges while reducing costs and enhancing innovation through deep tech.

Calibre Mining is a Canada-based mining company focused on the exploration, development and production of gold properties in Nicaragua. It maintains a portfolio of assets including the Pan Gold Mine, Borosi Gold Project, Valentine Gold Mine, Limon Mine and Mill, Libertad Mine and Mill, and Gold Rock, with operations primarily in Nicaragua and additional activity in the United States. The company derives revenue from the sale of gold and silver.

Main Sequence Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Eveleigh, Australia, that funds deep‑tech and frontier technology startups. It backs ambitious founders across sectors including artificial intelligence, space, decarbonisation, food, healthcare, biotech, and industrial tech, with a focus on companies tackling highly ambitious challenges. The firm emphasizes leveraging leading public research from Australian organizations, including CSIRO and universities, in its investment approach. Its backing comes from government science agencies, the Australian Federal Government, and private investors, aligning funding with strong research ecosystems. Through its investments, Main Sequence aims to translate world‑class Australian research into global industries, supporting portfolio companies that push the boundaries of technology and industrial productivity.

Gaingels is a global venture investment syndicate focused on supporting LGBTQ-founded and led companies and advancing inclusive leadership across stages from early to growth. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it maintains a portfolio of 130+ companies and about $70 million deployed, and it co-invests with other venture capital partners. Beyond capital, Gaingels assists portfolio firms in recruiting diverse talent for C-suite and board roles and fosters a worldwide community of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs dedicated to positive social change through business.

Soma Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco. It focuses on early-stage investments, with an emphasis on software and B2B SaaS, as well as fintech, artificial intelligence, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech, and consumer sectors globally. The firm aims to build close partnerships with founders from day one and supports portfolio companies through growth. Its track record includes seed investments in companies that have achieved substantial valuations, including several unicorns in its portfolio, reflecting a history of identifying high-potential startups.

Impact Science Ventures is an early-stage industrial venture capital firm based in the United States that funds and builds hard-tech companies across energy, materials, manufacturing, and agriculture in trillion-dollar markets. The firm focuses on commercially viable scientific breakthroughs and partners with university, corporate, and national lab ecosystems to accelerate de-risking, validate market fit, and reduce time-to-market. It employs a model that leverages incubation programs and non-dilutive funding from state and federal programs to support portfolio companies from concept to scale. ISV works closely with founders to translate research into industrial applications, aiming to drive breakthrough innovation while addressing climate and sustainability goals. The team includes industry veterans and advisors with deep connections across academia and corporate and venture ecosystems to support entrepreneurs.

Novo Resources is an Australian-based gold explorer focused on evaluating, acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral properties with the potential to host multi‑million-ounce gold deposits. The company operates primarily in Western Australia, with projects including the Egina Gold Camp, Toolunga, Karratha, Balla Balla, and Belltopper, and maintains active exploration in Victoria and New South Wales. Novo also advances paleo‑placer targets in Western Australia, notably the Beatons Creek and Marble Bar prospects, pursuing development opportunities and a robust exploration pipeline to convert discoveries into value. The firm emphasizes disciplined exploration, ongoing project advancement, and transparent communication with investors about progress and sustainability initiatives across its Australian portfolio and select international targets.

Endeavour Silver is a Canadian mineral company engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, development, and exploitation of precious metal properties in Mexico and Chile. Its operations include the Guanacevi and Bolanitos mines and El Cubo in Mexico, with Terronera under development and Minera Kolpa in Peru as part of its portfolio, and exploration assets such as Pitarrilla in Mexico. The firm has pursued growth through acquisitions, notably Mexgold Resources, and focuses on expanding its operating mines and advancing development projects while pursuing exploration in the region. It emphasizes sustainable mining practices, environmental stewardship, community engagement, and transparent reporting to investors.

Overture Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture investment firm that funds and advises early-stage startups in energy, artificial intelligence, resilience, and industrial transformation. It supports seed and early-growth companies, helping founders win government support, navigate regulatory complexity, and access public-sector programs that aid commercialization. The firm combines capital with policy and government engagement, providing strategic guidance, network access, and collaboration with a government affairs partner to address policy-related challenges. By focusing on technologies that drive industrial and economic transformation, it helps portfolio companies scale solutions across energy, infrastructure, and climate-related systems.

Platina Resources is an Australian mineral exploration and development company focused on precious and base metals, with a portfolio of gold-focused projects primarily in Western Australia, along with strategic assets in Greenland and New South Wales. The company seeks to acquire, explore, and develop mineral deposits, including major Western Australian gold projects such as Challa, Jubilee, Beete, Brimstone, Mt Narryer, Mt Morgans South, Sunrise Bore, and Binti Binti, as well as Mt McKenna and Skaergaard in Greenland and a Platina Scandium project in New South Wales. It also holds a minority stake in the Munni Munni project in the Pilbara. Through exploration, joint ventures, and feasibility studies, Platina Resources aims to unlock value from its endowment-rich targets and capitalize on established mining infrastructure and a favorable regulatory environment in Western Australia.

Troilus Gold is a Canadian-based development-stage mining company focused on restarting and expanding the former Troilus gold and copper mine and advancing the Troilus Project in Quebec. The project lies in the Frotêt-Evans Greenstone Belt, with a focus on gold and copper resources.

Earthshot Ventures is an early-stage venture firm based in San Francisco that backs technologies in energy, AI, and critical minerals to drive climate-friendly industrial transformation. The firm targets Pre-Seed to Series B rounds and invests globally, with a focus on software, hardware, robotics, and other systems that offer clear advantages over existing solutions. Its approach blends founder-led commercialization and rapid growth, supporting category-defining teams as they scale, deploy technology, and pursue sizable markets. Founded in 2021, Earthshot Ventures aims to unlock outsized returns while delivering positive climate impact by advancing solutions that improve efficiency, resilience, and security across energy and industrial sectors.

Premier African Minerals is a mining company focused on developing mineral assets across Southern Africa. Its portfolio concentrates on lithium, tantalum and tungsten, with project activity in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Mauritius, and a strategic stake in Vortex Limited tied to the Danakil Potash Project in Ethiopia. Core projects include the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project and the RHA Tungsten Project in Zimbabwe, the Li3 Lithium Project in Zimbabwe, and the Otjozondu Manganese Project in Namibia (via MN Holdings). The company pursues technical operations and asset development through its subsidiaries and aims to deliver shareholder value through progress on these assets.

WovenEarth Ventures is a cleantech venture capital firm focused on early-stage disruptive innovation across energy, the built environment, mobility, and resource management. It seeks to provide early access to promising cleantech companies through a diversified portfolio designed to capture growth while managing risk, with the aim of delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns.

Taronga Group is a Sydney-based investment firm and venture investor focused on technology-enabled real assets and the built environment. It pursues sustainable and responsible investment by backing innovations at the intersection of technology and tangible assets, particularly in RealTech and smart-city solutions. The firm deploys capital globally into sectors including office and retail, living, industrial and logistics, digital and physical infrastructure, energy, health and aged care, smart assets and cities, and agriculture and natural capital, with emphasis on leveraging transformative technologies to enhance asset performance. It also provides advisory services to institutional real asset owners and operators. The group draws funding from a network of real estate corporations and institutional investors seeking to accelerate technology adoption in the built environment.

Virescent Ventures is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm specializing in climate tech and cleantech startups. It invests in deep tech software and hardware that enable zero-emission solutions across sectors such as clean energy, mobility, food and agriculture, and the circular economy. The firm supports startups across early to growth stages and prioritizes technology-led innovation and scalable business models. Portfolio breadth includes hydrogen production, EV charging, sustainable agriculture, and carbon capture technologies.

Equity Venture Partners is a Sydney-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs software companies in Australia and New Zealand, with a focus on B2B software and AI-first solutions poised for global scale. The firm pursues conviction-driven investments in early rounds, supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance and an active founder network, and takes a concentrated approach to building a sustainable software investment portfolio.

GFG Resources is a North American-focused precious metals exploration company with a district-scale portfolio of gold projects in Ontario, Canada, and Wyoming, United States. Its assets include the Pen gold project southwest of Timmins, Ontario; the Dore gold project in Ontario; and the Rattlesnake Hills gold project in Natrona County, Wyoming. The company pursues aggressive progress of its districts and aims to maximize shareholder value through discovery and development of gold systems, leveraging an experienced management team and active exploration for regional growth.

Oxford Science Enterprises is an independent venture builder and investment company that partners with the University of Oxford to commercialize fundamental technologies from university research. It focuses on life sciences, health tech, AI and software, and deep tech to create companies addressing global challenges such as infectious diseases and quantum computing. The firm identifies promising scientific innovations, provides patient capital, and actively builds companies with the support of a broad network of investors, entrepreneurs, and sector experts. Since its founding, it has built a portfolio of dozens of companies and achieved notable exits, underscoring its role in translating Oxford's scientific breakthroughs into deployable technologies.

Veriten is a Houston-based firm that provides data-driven, economics-based analysis and long-term outlooks on energy, power, technology, and environmental trends. It combines research with public engagement and strategic advisory, sharing expert views through programs such as C.O.B. Tuesday and Super-Spiked, and offers partnerships to help companies formulate energy strategies. The firm also conducts energy venture and growth investments, deploying capital into promising energy trends and solutions. Adopting a truth in energy approach, Veriten aims to deliver unbiased insights to businesses navigating the evolving energy landscape.

Sarama Resources is an exploration-stage company focused on gold, engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. It operates two belt-scale projects in Western Australia’s Laverton Gold District in the Eastern Goldfields, spanning about 1,000 square kilometers with over 100 kilometers of strike on under-explored greenstone belts, representing substantial exploration potential. The company has historically pursued West African assets in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mali, including the Sanutura project, and has conducted activities related to that portfolio. Currently, its emphasis is on Australian projects and advancing exploration opportunities through systematic work aimed at unlocking gold resources within its portfolio.

New Pacific Metals Corp. is a Canadian-based exploration and development company focused on silver and gold projects in Bolivia and Canada. The Bolivian portfolio includes the Silver Sand project in Potosí and the Carangas Silver–Gold project in Oruro, with potential to become major silver mines. In Canada, the company owns the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, acquired in 2010 through the full acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., and comprising a sizeable land package and existing mining infrastructure. With more than a decade of Bolivian operating experience, New Pacific Metals anchors its growth strategy on advancing its precious metal properties and building value through resource development.

Cerulean Ventures is an early-stage technology investment firm founded in 2022 and based in Santa Barbara, California. It backs AI-driven startups that aim to create a nature-positive economy across supply chains, energy, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, oceans, satellites and sensors, and related finance applications. The firm focuses on digital technology and capital-light, domain-specific companies that own operational workflows and proprietary physical-world data, with an emphasis on climate solutions and biodiversity protection. It pursues a hands-on approach to support portfolio companies with customer acquisition and team building, leveraging founder experience to accelerate growth. Its thesis emphasizes measuring the physical world with AI to enable pricing, financeability, and scalable impact, aligning investment with reducing externalities.

Global Energy Metals is a resource exploration company focused on cobalt and other battery metals for the electrified economy. It builds and manages a diversified portfolio of exploration and growth-stage assets across North America, Europe and Australia, targeting cobalt, nickel, copper and lithium. The portfolio includes the Lovelock Mine and Treasure Box in Nevada, Monument Peak in Idaho, Råna Nickel in Norway, and Millennium and Mount Isa in Australia, with ongoing exploration and development programs. The company seeks to capitalize on rising demand from rechargeable batteries and electric vehicles by advancing projects through exploration and development and by pursuing partnerships and supply-chain arrangements with downstream manufacturers. It operates across Canada, the United States, Norway and Australia, evaluating opportunities in cobalt, nickel, copper, gold and base metals, and aims to deliver value through a diversified asset base in key battery metal regions.

KORE Mining is a Canadian-based precious metals exploration and development company focused on gold assets in North America. It owns 100% interests in the Imperial Gold Project and the Long Valley project in California, USA, both planned for open-pit heap-leach development, with Imperial advancing toward mine permitting and exploration ongoing in the Mesquite–Imperial–Picacho district. In addition, KORE holds exploration projects in British Columbia, including FG Gold and Gold Creek in the Cariboo region, which together offer multi-million-ounce development potential. The portfolio emphasizes near-surface deposits with low technical risk and expandable upside through high-grade targets, reflecting a strategy to advance economically robust gold opportunities while pursuing responsible environmental practices.

Great Quest Fertilizer is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing the Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali. Since 2009, it has acquired several phosphate concessions, defining an initial resource of 32.6 million tonnes at a grade of 23.4% P2O5.

Aruma Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on gold and other minerals, with a portfolio spanning Western Australia, New South Wales and beyond. In Western Australia’s Pilbara region it targets the Saltwater and Melrose gold projects, with additional opportunities in the Scotia South project in south‑east WA and the Capital project near Goulburn, NSW. The company also holds copper assets, including the Tillex Copper-Silver Project in Ontario, Canada, and copper interests in Queensland. Its project suite includes Mt Deans Lithium and several gold prospects such as Salmon Gums, Saltwater, Melrose and Carter Well, reflecting a diversified multi‑commodity approach. Aruma pursues systematic exploration to unlock high‑grade deposits and create value for shareholders.

Alpha Future Funds is a venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, focusing on technology-driven projects in energy, sustainability, artificial intelligence, robotics, digitalization, software, mining equipment and related services. The firm pursues early- to growth-stage investments across Europe and beyond, with a mandate that emphasizes the energy transition, low-carbon technologies and the EV and battery supply chains. It supports companies from seed to scale, typically investing a range from several hundred thousand to tens of millions of euros, and actively participates in value-chain innovation through automation, electrification, and supply-chain transparency. The approach combines proactive hands-on partnership with entrepreneurs to realize sustainable impact and scale, aligning to broader ESG considerations in project execution.

Volta Energy Technologies is a venture capital firm that focuses on battery and energy storage technologies, identifying and supporting entrepreneurs to solve critical technical challenges while offering strategic investors access to breakthrough innovations. It collaborates with corporate partners and has research partnerships, including with Argonne National Laboratory, to rigorously evaluate opportunities from both technical and commercial perspectives. The firm aims to connect promising innovators with corporate investors and strategic partners to enable the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and renewable power. Notable investments include Our Next Energy, Solid Power, and NanoGrafTech, reflecting a hands-on approach to scaling next-generation battery technologies and manufacturing capabilities.

Magna Terra Minerals is a Toronto-based precious and critical metals exploration company focused on acquiring and advancing mining properties in Canada and Argentina. The company maintains a diverse portfolio of projects across Atlantic Canada, including the Humber Copper-Cobalt, Rocky Brook, and Cape Spencer projects, as well as the Great Northern and Viking projects. In Argentina, it pursues opportunities within the Deseado Massif in Santa Cruz and holds assets such as Boleadora, Luna Roja, Piedra Negra, Cerro Covadonga, Gertrudis, El Meridiano, La Rosita and Signos, among others. Magna Terra emphasizes expansion through exploration, partnerships, and strategic acquisitions to generate shareholder value, aiming to advance its portfolio toward development and potential production.

Zynik Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Vancouver, Canada. It focuses on investments in industrial sectors including automotive, construction, mining, oil and gas, and aerospace, as well as related services. The firm seeks opportunities in underperforming assets and markets, and pursues strategies such as turnarounds, buyouts, leveraged finance, and venture capital startups, supported by a global perspective and local insight to identify value and generate returns through a professional, responsive approach.

Great Western Exploration is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on copper, gold, nickel and other base metals. It conducts exploration across Western Australia, pursuing projects such as Yerrida North and Yerrida South near the DeGrussa copper-gold belt, the Golden Corridor and Yandal West gold projects, the Lake Way Potash Project near Wiluna, and the Finlayson Gold Target and Atley Gold Project, among others. The company aims to identify and evaluate mineral properties through fieldwork, mapping, sampling and drilling, targeting VHMS-style copper-gold and other deposits. It operates through mineral exploration and finance and administration activities and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

Provident Capital Partners is a Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm founded in 2004, headquartered in Singapore with an office in Indonesia. It targets investments across telecommunications, infrastructure, mining, real estate, plantations, and biofuels, and pursues sizable investments in businesses where strong in-house management capabilities have been developed within the group. The firm concentrates its activity in Indonesia and seeks to back growth-oriented companies in the region.

Underground Ventures is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm that concentrates on geothermal technologies. Founded in 2024, it invests in early-stage geothermal technology companies across the entire value chain, from subsurface data analysis and drilling technologies to reservoir engineering and power production. The firm focuses exclusively on geothermal energy, supporting differentiated and transformative technologies and partnering with founders to accelerate the global adoption of geothermal solutions. While its activities emphasize collaboration, the firm seeks to scale the industry beyond traditional markets and advance projects across various geothermal resource types, including enhanced, conventional, and other innovative approaches.

Centamin is a gold mining company with its flagship Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt, operating both open-pit and underground mining to supply ore feed. The company engages in exploration, development, and production of precious metals across multiple regions, including Egypt and projects in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Jersey, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Centamin emphasizes responsible mining practices and aims to build long-term value through partnerships with local communities and stakeholders. Based in Saint Helier, Jersey, the firm has a history dating to 1970 and focuses on expanding its resource base while maintaining safety and environmental standards.

Lexington Gold is a gold exploration and development company focused on world-class projects in the United States and South Africa. Its portfolio includes the Jones Keystone and Loflin (JKL) Project, the Carolina Belle Project, the Argo Project, and the Jennings-Pioneer Project, with exploration activities in the Witwatersrand gold fields and other assets such as the Ventersburg Gold Asset. The company pursues exploration programs and early development across a geographically diverse asset base, aiming to advance high-potential gold opportunities while maintaining governance practices and investor disclosures.