VanEck Funds
GDXJ
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
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http://www.vaneck.com/index.cfm?cat=3192&tkr=GDXJ&LN=3-02
The Junior Gold Miners ETF seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index. The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to investors exposure to small- and medium-capitalization companies in the gold or silver mining industry.
Top 10 Holdings (%)as of 08/31/14
Total Holdings: 62
| | Holding Name | Ticker | Shares | Market Value
(US$) | | | % of Net
Assets |
| | Torex Gold Resources Inc | TXG CN | 86,955,096 | 141,885,706 | | | 5.34 |
| | Semafo Inc | SMF CN | 28,862,033 | 128,778,280 | | | 4.85 |
| | Oceanagold Corp | OGC CN | 40,540,305 | 111,371,384 | | | 4.19 |
| | Northern Star Resources Ltd | NST AU | 67,508,988 | 111,277,982 | | | 4.19 |
| | Primero Mining Corp | PPP US | 15,689,768 | 106,847,320 | | | 4.02 |
| | Rio Alto Mining Ltd | RIO CN | 35,979,096 | 102,157,747 | | | 3.84 |
| | Silver Standard Resources Inc | SSRI US | 10,524,390 | 98,613,534 | | | 3.71 |
| | China Gold Inttl Resources Corp Ltd | CGG CN | 33,040,444 | 93,813,844 | | | 3.53 |
| | Sandstorm Gold Ltd | SAND US | 13,477,261 | 80,054,930 | | | 3.01 |
| | Endeavour Silver Corp | EXK US | 13,963,111 | 77,774,528 | | | 2.93 |
| Top 10 Total (%) | 39.61 |
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Investment Case for Junior Miners
