Juan Carlos Artigas

Teachers Advisors LLC (TAL) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1993 and formerly known as Teachers Advisors, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Nuveen Finance LLC, ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. TAL provides services to individual and institutional separately managed account clients primarily through investment advisory programs such as wrap-fee and dual contract arrangements, and Exchange Traded Funds. On occasion, the firm provides portfolio recommendations to sponsors of unit investment trusts which are sold by the sponsor through broker-dealers and other firms.

Part of BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock Investments LLC is a brokerage services provider. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1994. Abigail Tate Reynolds has been the CEO of the company since 2006.

Klondex Mines ULC is a junior–tier gold and silver mining company, which engages in the mining, exploration, development, and production of mineral resources. It operates through the following segment: Fire Creek; Midas; Hollister; Aurora; True North; and Corporate and Other. The Fire Creek, Midas, Hollister, Aurora, and True North segments include the operations, development, and exploration activities of each respective segment. The Corporate and Other segment comprises of general and administrative costs of the company. The company was founded on August 25, 1971 and is headquartered in Couer d'Alene, ID.

Hard Asset Partners LP is an investment fund based in New York, NY. Hard Asset Partners functions as an investment fund. The private company was founded by Jason Toussaint and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

abrdn ETFs is an open-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Zacks Earnings Large-Cap U.S. Index. The company was founded on January 9, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

Santander Investment Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Santander Central Hispano Investment Securities. They are a subsidiary of Santander Investment I SA and their ultimate parent is Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN). Santander Investment Securities offers a full array of investment services with a particular focus on Latin American companies in various sectors.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

UBS Securities Asia Ltd. (UBS Asia) is a brokerage firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of UBS AG, which is owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. UBS Asia provides corporate and institutional clients which include intermediary and alternative asset managers with financial advisory services, access to the world's capital markets and securities products and research in the field of equity, fixed-income, rates, foreign exchange, energy and metals.

abrdn ETFs Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded as ETF Securities Advisors LLC in 2009 by Graham Tuckwell. They changed their name from Aberdeen Standard Investments ETFs Advisors LLC to abrdn ETFs Advisors LLC in 2022. The firm is a subsidiary of abrdn, Inc., ultimately held by abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN) in Great Britain. abrdn ETFs Advisors provides investment advisory services to institutional clients, private investors, sub-advised funds and pooled investment vehicles, that consists of both affiliated and unaffiliated US and non-US Registered Funds and US and non-US unregistered funds, among others.

Corplex Management Services, Inc. provides advisory services. The company was founded by Larry E. Phillips and is headquartered in Canada.

Partners Behavioral Health Management operates a behavioral health care system. It offers services for people with mental health, substance abuse, intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company is headquartered in Gastonia, NC.

World Gold Trust operates as a trust. It consists of series of fund which include SPDR Long Dollar Gold Trust, which is designed to provide investors with the economic effect of holding gold in terms of the reference currencies. The company was founded on August 27, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

WGC USA Asset Management Co, LLC provides asset management services. The private company is based in the United States and has subsidiaries across the country. The CEO of the American company is Joseph Roland Cavatoni.

GraniteShares Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by William “Will” Rhind in 2016 and is a subsidiary of GraniteShares, Inc. GraniteShares Advisors offers ETF to various types of investors.

GraniteShares ETP Trust is a trust organized into separate series. It may from time to time offer to sell common units of beneficial interest of either of the series. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ETFS Capital Ltd. is a British strategic investment company that focuses on growth opportunities across the investment ecosystem. ETFS Capital is based in St. Helier, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company provides more than just capital to its investee firms, actively supporting their growth and development by providing strategic advice, operational guidance, and access to their growing network. The company conducts in-depth technical and commercial due diligence on the companies where it chooses to deploy capital and engages in a hands-on approach as a partner to management teams and boards, bringing its unparalleled industry-specific expertise for the benefit of those companies. The company was founded by ETF industry veterans and is chaired by Graham Tuckwell, an ETF industry pioneer and founder of ETF Securities. Martyn James has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

GraniteShares, Inc. provides financial services. The firm offers portfolio management and financial planning services. The company was founded by William Rhind and is headquartered in New York, NY.