Pilbara Minerals Limited

PLS

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 446 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm is primarily engaged in the exploration, development, and mining of minerals in Australia. Its 100% owned Pilgangoora hard-rock lithium operation is located approximately 120 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region. The operation consists of two processing plants: the Pilgan Plant, located on the northern side of the Pilgangoora area and produces spodumene and tantalite concentrates, and the Ngungaju Plant is located to the south produces spodumene concentrate. The company owns 70% of the Mt Francisco project, which is located 50 km south-west of the Pilgangoora Project and hosts the large occurrence of outcropping pegmatites located nearby to Port Hedland. The company is also pursuing a proposed downstream joint venture (JV) for the development of an approximately 43,000 tons per annum lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) lithium chemical conversion facility in South Korea.

Santos Limited

STO

Santos Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, transportation, and marketing of natural gas. The company is headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia and currently employs 3,550 full-time employees. The firm's segments include five key assets/operating areas of the Cooper Basin, Queensland and New South Wales, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Northern Australia and Timor-Leste, and Western Australia. The Cooper Basin produces natural gas, gas liquids and crude oil. Its gas is sold primarily to domestic retailers, industry and for the production of liquefied natural gas, while gas liquids and crude oil are sold in domestic and export markets. The GLNG project in Queensland produces liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export to global markets from the LNG plant at Gladstone and is also sold into the domestic market. PNG LNG produces LNG for export to global markets, as well as sales gas and gas liquids. Northern Australia and Timor-Leste is centered on the Bayu-Undan/Darwin LNG (DLNG) project. The firm is a producer of domestic natural gas in Western Australia and is also a significant producer of natural gas liquids and oil.

Vanguard Australian Shares Index Etf

VAS

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Westpac Banking Corporation

WBC

Westpac Banking Corp. engages in the provision of banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and currently employs 34,749 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Consumer, which provides a range of banking products and services, including mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, and savings and at call deposits to customers in Australia; Business segment, which provides banking services and products to Australian small business, agribusiness and commercial businesses and offers savings, transaction and lending products, including specialist services; Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB), which provides a range of financial services to commercial, corporate, institutional and government customers operating in Australia and New Zealand, Westpac New Zealand segment, which provides banking and wealth products and services for consumer, business and institutional customers and specialist businesses.

RIO Tinto Limited

RIO

Rio Tinto Ltd. engages in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 53,726 full-time employees. The firm owns and operates open pit and underground mines, mills, refineries, smelters, power stations, and research and service facilities. Its segments includes Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals. The Iron Ore segment is engaged in iron ore mining, salt, and gypsum production in Western Australia. The Aluminium segment is engaged in bauxite mining; alumina refining; aluminium smelting. The Copper segment is engaged in the mining and refining of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, and other by-products; exploration activities together with the Simandou iron ore project. The Minerals segment includes businesses with products, such as borates, lithium, and titanium dioxide feedstock together with the Iron Ore Company of Canada (iron ore mining and iron concentrate/pellet production). The company also includes diamond mining, sorting, and marketing. The company also use its own railways, ports and ships to deliver materials.