Orion Resource Partners is a New York-based alternative investment manager that provides flexible capital solutions to mining and natural resource companies worldwide. The firm focuses on debt, structured equity, and production-linked financing, with capabilities in convertibles, offtake agreements, streaming, and royalty investments. It targets publicly traded mining entities in base and precious metals and uses a disciplined, risk-adjusted investment process. By offering tailored capital structures and active portfolio management, Orion supports growth and resilience in the metals sector across global markets.

CIBC Capital Partners is a Toronto-based investment firm specializing in direct, fund, and mezzanine investments. It provides subordinated debt and equity to mid- and late-stage private or public companies for growth financing, acquisitions, management buyouts, and recapitalizations. The firm prefers investments in later-stage companies undergoing financial restructurings, with a focus on sectors such as Industrials, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Financials, and Technology. It typically invests CAD10-20 million ($9.81-$19.61 million) per company, based primarily in Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Montreal, Canada, with additional offices in Quebec. Established in 1983, the firm specializes in investing in small and medium-sized businesses across various sectors, including natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, life sciences, and culture. It primarily focuses on projects that require funding of $3 million or more and provides loans up to $2 million. The firm actively seeks investment opportunities in Quebec, particularly in regions such as Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Montérégie. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in a range of activities, including business succession, financial restructuring, and market development, while avoiding sectors like retail, real estate, and biotechnology. It typically engages in equity financing and unsecured debt with investment horizons ranging from five to ten years. The firm aims to support projects that positively impact the Quebec economy and often takes either minority or majority stakes in its portfolio companies.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development finances projects and provides advisory services to the public and private sectors. It supports new ventures and expansion in existing companies through project financing, loans, and equity or quasi-equity investments, including equity funds and guarantees, and it partners with private entities to invest across sectors such as banking, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, information technology, and services. The bank also helps publicly owned entities privatize and restructure municipal services and engages in policy reform dialogue and advisory services, along with trade finance and loan syndication. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in London, it operates across regions including Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Central Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, aiming to foster market-oriented change and private sector development by mobilizing capital for sustainable investments. It has invested more than €130 billion in over 5,200 projects.

Desjardins Capital is the private equity and venture capital arm of Mouvement des caisses Desjardins, based in Quebec, Canada. It provides growth capital, mezzanine, and select debt financing to early-stage through mature companies across industrial, manufacturing, technology, and service sectors, with emphasis on health care, life sciences, and biotechnology. The firm also supports cooperatives, including worker-owned and housing cooperatives, and network cooperatives, financing development, acquisitions, expansions, and succession plans. It primarily invests in Quebec and surrounding regions, and can finance growth, acquisitions, management buyouts, and modernization. Investments may be equity or debt, including unsecured loans, with instruments ranging from senior debt to equity, and tenures typically five to eight years for equity and three to five years for debt. The firm often takes minority stakes with board participation. It does not invest in natural resource exploration or financial services. Desjardins Capital traces its roots to 1974 and operates within the Desjardins Group.

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.

Eldorado Gold is a Canadian gold and base metals producer with mining, development and exploration activities in Turkey, Canada and Greece, operating a portfolio of assets including Kisladag, Efemcukuru, Skouries, Perama Hill and Certej, and maintaining long-term partnerships with local communities, while emphasizing responsible operations with high safety and environmental standards and engaging with stakeholders to support the communities where it operates.

Established in 2001, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is a Canadian organization that funds and supports innovative cleantech projects. It focuses on moving groundbreaking technologies to market, creating jobs, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental benefits. SDTC operates independently but collaborates with various stakeholders from private industry, academia, and governments.

Endeavour Silver Corp is a Canadian mineral company engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, development, and exploitation of precious metal properties in Mexico and Chile. It operates the Guanacevi and Bolanitos silver mines in Mexico and the El Cubo silver-gold mine in Guanajuato; it is developing the Terronera project and maintains exploration programs in Mexico, Chile, and the United States. In 2012 it acquired Mexgold Resources and its subsidiaries, expanding its producing assets in the Guanajuato district.

Founded in 2001, Chrysalix is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Vancouver. It invests in and supports innovative technologies addressing global industrial demands, with a focus on clean-tech, renewable energy, agriculture, AI, data analytics, and advanced materials.

Calibre Mining is a Canadian exploration-stage company focused on precious metals. It operates primarily in Nicaragua's Mining Triangle, with a portfolio including the Borosi Concessions, Pan Gold Mine, Valentine Gold Mine, and other properties.

Founded in 2011, DCVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm invests in early-stage companies utilizing deep tech to solve complex problems across sectors such as artificial intelligence, exascale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense, and security.

Novo Resources is a gold exploration company focused on evaluating, acquiring, and exploring properties in Australia. Its primary projects include the Beatons Creek and Marble Bar paleoplacer gold projects in Western Australia.

Founded in 1953, BDC Capital is a Canadian investment firm specializing in growth and expansion financing. It focuses on information technology, technology, energy, cleantech, and healthcare sectors across Canada.

Troilus Gold is a Canadian development-stage resource company focused on the potential restart and mineral expansion of the former producing Troilus gold and copper mine in Quebec.

Lion Selection Group, established in 1997, is a Melbourne-based investment company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. It specializes in long-term investments, primarily in early-stage mining exploration and development sectors. The company pools investors' capital to build a diversified portfolio of junior mining companies, aiming to generate returns through strategic, long-term investments.

Established in 2015, EIT RawMaterials fosters innovation within Europe's raw materials sector by bridging academia, industry, and investment. It supports disruptive innovations through collaborative projects and invests in education initiatives to cultivate future innovators.

Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia, that provides seed-to-late-stage funding to startups across Australia and New Zealand. The firm invests in technology-driven companies spanning software, hardware, space, healthcare, consumer products, autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence, infrastructure, clean energy, and quantum technology, supporting them from early idea stages through growth.

Premier African Minerals Ltd explores, evaluates, and develops mineral properties across Africa, focusing primarily on tungsten, lithium, and tantalum elements.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.

Evok Innovations is a Vancouver-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on cleantech and accelerating the energy transition. It invests across North America in early-stage decarbonization technologies, including carbon management, clean fuels, electrification, and critical minerals.

GFG Resources is a North American precious metals exploration company focused on advancing district-scale gold projects in tier-one mining jurisdictions. Its primary assets include the Rattlesnake Hills project in Wyoming and the Pen Gold and Dore Gold projects in Ontario.

Foundamental is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage companies building real-world, vertical technologies for construction, mining and related sectors. Founded in 2019 and based in Berlin, it operates globally with offices in San Francisco and Singapore and invests across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. The firm focuses on 3D design, construction, blue-collar workforce, robotics, supply chains and industrial manufacturing, seeking to partner with ambitious builders from inception through Series A. Foundamental has backed notable early-stage companies such as Infra.Market, Speckle, Snaptrude, Wiz Freight, Tul and Welcome Homes, and is described as a leading investor in ConstructionTech and design technology. It manages a substantial early-stage portfolio across global markets, reflecting an emphasis on helping founders navigate early growth and scale in the real-world tech stack while maintaining a global footprint.

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.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

Minaurum Gold is an exploration company focused on high-grade gold and silver projects in Mexico. Its portfolio includes the Biricu Project, Vuelcos del Destino Project, Adelita Project, Aurena Project, Santa Marta Project, Taviche Project, Alamos (Quintera) Project, and others.

Golden Predator Mining is a Canada-based exploration-stage mining company focused on acquiring and exploring gold and base metal properties. It holds interests in the Brewery Creek project in Yukon, a past-producing heap-leach gold operation with expanded oxide resources; the 3 Aces project in Yukon, a large land package being delineated; the Marg polymetallic deposit in Yukon, currently under option; and the Gold Dome and Grew Creek projects in Yukon, as well as the Castle West project in Nevada. The company aims to advance advanced-stage assets toward production and seeks joint ventures to fund development. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Vancouver, Golden Predator pursues monetization of its Yukon assets through partnerships while exploring additional opportunities.

Sarama Resources is an exploration company focused on discovering gold deposits in West Africa. It holds exploration licenses in Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Mali.

New Pacific Metals Corp. is a Canadian-based exploration and development company focused on precious metal properties in Bolivia and Canada. It explores for silver and gold, and also targets lead and zinc. The company’s Silver Sand project is located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. It also holds the Tagish Lake Gold Project in Yukon, Canada, with extensive mineral claims and established infrastructure including a mill and support facilities. Other Bolivian projects include Carangas and Silverstrike. The company aims to advance its mineral discoveries through continued exploration and eventual development.

Cantos Ventures is a United States-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco. It specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments across technology-driven sectors, including climate, biotechnology, aerospace, and computing, as well as related applications such as real estate, health care, logistics, and finance. The firm targets early-stage startups applying technology to address broad challenges, including climate change, disease, poverty, conflict, and other systemic risks, and typically writes checks in the range of about $25,000 to $50,000 per investment. Cantos Ventures has approximately $90 million under management and pursues opportunities from founders with the ambition to change the world.

Global Energy Metals focuses on acquiring and developing high-quality cobalt assets to provide investors exposure to the growing demand for cobalt in rechargeable batteries and electric vehicles. The company's portfolio includes projects in Canada, Australia, and the United States, with a strategic partnership with Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co. for project finance, metallurgical support, and material purchase.

KORE Mining focuses on precious metal exploration and development in North America. It holds the Imperial and Long Valley gold development projects in California, United States, and the FG Gold and Gold Creek exploration projects in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. The projects offer multimillion-ounce gold development opportunities and have the potential for near-surface, open-pit, heap-leachable deposits. The exploration portfolio shows strong discovery potential within an established mining district, combining relatively low technical risk with meaningful advancement potential.

Aruma Resources is an Australian gold exploration company focused on discovering high-grade sediment-hosted gold deposits. Its primary projects are located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, covering a total area of approximately 1,572 square kilometers.

Platina Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing projects rich in precious metals such as gold, platinum group metals, zinc, and base metals. Its primary assets include the Challa Gold Project in Western Australia and the Skaergaard Project in Greenland.

Zynik Capital Corp., established in 1983 and based in Vancouver, Canada, is a venture capital firm that focuses on identifying and investing in under-performing opportunities across various sectors, including banking, health and wellness, technology, and industrial markets such as automotive, construction, mining, and oil and gas. With a proven track record of over $3 billion in completed transactions, Zynik Capital employs a strategic approach that combines global vision with local insight to deliver strong returns for stakeholders. The firm is recognized for its professional and flexible investment strategies, allowing it to navigate complex situations effectively. Zynik's balanced philosophy and meticulous investment process provide a competitive advantage in the dynamic business landscape.

Magna Terra Minerals is a Toronto-based precious metals exploration company focused on advancing highly prospective gold projects in top-tier mining jurisdictions. With a significant interest in Argentina's Deseado Massif, the company aims to capitalize on the country's improving political environment and experienced management team.

Pareto Holdings is an early-stage investment firm founded in 2020 by Jon Oringer and Edward Lando, based in New York. The company focuses on pre-seeding exceptional entrepreneurs across various industries and geographies, executing dozens of investments each month. With over 500 investments to date, Pareto Holdings distinguishes itself by investing solely its own capital and maintaining a lean operational team. In addition to its investment activities, the firm also offers support to startups, functioning as a venture studio to help foster growth and innovation.

Antioquia Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on gold resources in Colombia. Its primary asset is the Cisneros project, an underground mine covering approximately 5,630 hectares in Antioquia, about 80 kilometers northeast of Medellín.

Great Western Exploration is an Australian mineral exploration company focused on gold, copper, nickel and base metals. It holds interests in multiple Western Australian projects, including Finlayson Gold Target, Golden Corridor, Atley Gold, Lake Way Potash near Wiluna, Yerrida South, and the Yerrida North joint venture, as well as the Yandal West gold project. The company operates through Mineral Exploration and Finance and Administration segments and has been active since 2007, based in Perth. It evaluates and develops mineral properties, pursuing acquisition and exploration of assets with potential for gold, copper, zinc and sulfide deposits.

Founded in 2004, Provident Capital Partners is a principal investment firm primarily focused on Southeast Asia. It invests substantially in businesses with strong management capabilities across various industries such as telecommunications, infrastructure, mining, real estate, plantation, and biofuels.

Founded in 2015, Liquid 2 Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments for technology startups.

Lexington Gold is a company engaged in gold exploration and development. Its primary focus lies on projects in the United States and South Africa.

Group 11 Technologies develops a sustainable in-situ recovery process for mineral extraction. This process minimizes environmental issues and carbon footprint by extracting precious metals like gold while reducing noise, dust, and greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional open pit or underground mining.

Centamin is an established gold producer renowned for its Sukari Gold Mine in Egypt. It operates responsibly, prioritizing partnerships with local communities and stakeholders to create enduring value.

Winshear Gold is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on advancing its SMP Gold Project in Tanzania towards production. The project, covering 238 km², is adjacent to the New Luika Gold Mine and has an indicated mineral resource of over 1 million ounces of gold.

Golden Goliath Resources is an exploration-stage company whose principal business activity is the acquisition and exploration of resource properties. It holds projects in Ontario, Canada, including the KWAI property and the SLF property in the Red Lake District, and the Wish Ore property in the Wishat and Palmer townships. The company also has exploration interests in Mexico, notably the San Timoteo property and the NSR Royalties property.

Solstice Gold is a gold mining company with three district-scale projects in tier-one mining jurisdictions. It leverages management's expertise to create value by identifying opportunities, making discoveries, and advancing them through exploration to development.

Westwater Resources is a company focused on developing energy-related materials, including battery-grade graphite and uranium projects. It advances battery materials through its Coosa Graphite Project and Coosa Graphite Mine in Alabama and holds lithium-bearing mineral properties in Nevada and Utah, with expansion following the acquisition of AGC. The company also develops uranium projects in Texas, New Mexico and the Republic of Turkey, reflecting diversification into energy minerals and related mining activities.

Midnight Sun Mining explores and evaluates mineral properties in Africa, focusing on the discovery of world-class copper deposits within the prolific Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. Its primary asset is the Solwezi Project in Zambia, strategically located adjacent to major mining operations.

CMC Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring and developing precious metal properties with high potential for becoming mines. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, the company explores for silver-zinc-lead deposits primarily in Yukon Territories and Newfoundland, Canada.