Investment objective & strategy
As of Oct. 16, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Sprott Gold Miners ETF (the Fund or SGDM) seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the performance of its underlying index, the Solactive Gold Miners Custom Factors Total Return Index (ticker symbol SOLGMCFT) (the Underlying Gold Miners Index).
Strategy. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Underlying Gold Miners Index. The Underlying Gold Miners Index aims to track the performance of gold companies located in the U.S. and Canada whose common stocks or American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The Underlying Gold Miners Index is compiled by Solactive AG (the Index Provider). In order to be included in the Underlying Gold Miners Index, companies must be an index component of the Solactive Equal Weight Global Gold Index The Solactive Equal Weight Global Gold Index includes all companies classified under any of the following FactSet RBICS industries: Americas … The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Underlying Gold Miners Index. The Underlying Gold Miners Index aims to track the performance of gold companies located in the U.S. and Canada whose common stocks or American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The Underlying Gold Miners Index is compiled by Solactive AG (the Index Provider). In order to be included in the Underlying Gold Miners Index, companies must be an index component of the Solactive Equal Weight Global Gold Index The Solactive Equal Weight Global Gold Index includes all companies classified under any of the following FactSet RBICS industries: Americas Gold Mining, Asia/Pacific Gold Mining, Other Gold Mining and Precious Metals Streaming and Royalties that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the form on common stocks or ADRs. On selection days, existing index members of the Solactive Equal Weight Global Gold must have free float market capitalization of USD $375 million. New index members need to have a free float market capitalization of USD $750 million. Furthermore, new index members must have a minimum Average Daily Traded Value of at least USD $2 million, while existing index members must have a minimum Average Traded Value of at least USD $1 million over the past 1-month and 6-month periods. The Underlying Gold Miners Index employs a modified market capitalization weighted methodology such that each constituent comprises no more than 18% of the weight of the Underlying Gold Miners Index as of each rebalance, no more than 50% of the weight of Underlying Gold Miners Index may consist of constituents comprising greater than 4.5% of the weight of the Underlying Gold Miners Index. A company in the Underlying Gold Miners Index will be classified as a gold mining company if it earns over 50% of its revenue from the mining of gold. The Underlying Gold Miners Index has significant exposure to non-U.S. companies in emerging and frontier markets. The Underlying Gold Miners Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly after the close of the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) will consist of securities issued by gold mining companies, and at least 80% of the Underlying Gold Miners Index will consist of such companies. The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets in securities that comprise the Underlying Gold Miners Index. The Fund may engage in securities lending.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD | — | $80.70M | 11.47% |
| BARRICK MINING CORP | — | $59.58M | 8.47% |
| NEWMONT CORP | — | $56.29M | 8.00% |
| WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP | — | $53.93M | 7.67% |
| FRANCO-NEVADA CORP | — | $47.66M | 6.78% |
| KINROSS GOLD CORP | — | $40.48M | 5.75% |
| LUNDIN GOLD INC | — | $28.50M | 4.05% |
| ENDEAVOUR MINING | — | $26.87M | 3.82% |
| COEUR MINING INC | — | $25.29M | 3.60% |
| IAMGOLD CORP | — | $23.10M | 3.28% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| Select Gold Portfolio · FSAGX, FGDIX, FGDAX, FGDCX, FGDTX, FIJDX | 65% | 0.60% |
| VanEck Gold Miners ETF · GDX | 59% | 0.51% |
| Victory Precious Metals and Minerals Fund · USAGX, UIPMX, UPMMX | 57% | 1.01% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| ALPS Advisors, Inc. | Sub-adviser |
| Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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