RCF Management, LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in buyouts, early venture, later stage, emerging growth, growth capital, bridge, industry consolidation, PIPES, development capital, rollup, and distress situations. The firm does not invest in oil and gas sector. It typically invests in opportunities that arise due to corporate financial issues and not project related technical issues. The firm also provides bridge loans and credit support. It invests in all hard rock mineral commodities and in mining and metal companies, growth oriented mining companies, mining industry software, enterprise software, metal and mineral mining machinery and equipment and precious metals and mineral. The firm seeks to invest in junior mining companies with projects at the scoping study or pre-feasibility stage. The firm prefers to invest in innovation, emerging technologies, commercialization and/or market expansion of innovative mining technology products. It also invests in a range of debt-oriented funding alternatives to both development and operating stage companies. It seeks to invest globally with a focus on Australia, Europe, Canada and United States. It seeks to invest up to $500 million in a single transaction but prefers to invest initially from approximately $1 million to approximately $300 million and third party funding up to $1 billion. It also invests in the form of convertible debt, equity, royalties, letters of credit and direct project interests. The firm also focuses on earlier stage risk in exploration, early project de-risking, scoping studies, and strategic opportunities and provide funding across capital spectrum. The firm also participates in equity placements or on-market acquisitions of common stock and seeks to acquire controlling stakes and majority and minority. It seeks to exit its investments between three and five years through merger and acquisition, block sales to institutional investors, or market sales into liquidity and holds minority and majority stakes in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take a seat on the Board of its portfolio companies. RCF Management, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional offices in Perth, Australia; Toronto, Canada; Jericho, New York; Santiago, Chile; and London, United Kingdom.