Index Description

The Sprott Zacks Gold Miners Index was co-developed by Sprott Asset Management LP and Zacks Index Services. The Index uses a transparent, rules-based methodology that is designed to identify gold stocks with attractive investment merit. The methodology was developed by leveraging Sprott’s experience as a long-time gold sector investor and Zacks research capabilities. The Index is designed to incorporate the factors that have historically been strong predictors of long-term performance of gold stocks. The 4-step process of selecting the stocks, weighting them in the Index and rebalancing quarterly ensures that the Index reflects the most current factor scores.

Index Symbol (Price-Return) ZAXSGDM
Index Symbol (Total-Return) ZAXSGDMT
Number of Companies 25
Index Inception Date 5/19/2014
Rebalance Frequency Quarterly
Sprott Gold Miners ETF (SGDM) www.sprottetfs.com
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Number of Positions 25
Largest Market Capitalization $22.46 bil
Smallest Market Capitalization $535 mil
Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization $8.09 bil
Dividend Yield 1.00%
Beta vs NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index 1.04
Correlation vs NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index 0.99

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