The Company has been established to provide a lower volatility investment solution for Canadian investors in the global resource sector. The company invests in publicly listed metals and materials companies, including those primarily engaged in the discovery, development or processing of precious metals, base metals, fertilizers and related agri-chemicals, uranium and other resources.
Investment Objectives
The Company’s investment objectives are to provide shareholders with: (i) monthly distributions targeted to yield 6% per annum or $0.05 per month based on the issue price of $10.00 per Share; and (ii) the opportunity for capital appreciation.
The Manager believes that option writing has potential to add value in certain sectors that have sustained volatility. The Manager believes that the equities of metals and materials companies have historically maintained a high degree of volatility and are well suited to an option writing strategy. In order to generate additional returns and to reduce risk, the Manager writes covered call options on securities held in the portfolio and cash secured put options on securities desired to be held in the portfolio. Writing a call option tends to decrease the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing put options tends to increase the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument.