John Plaxton Embry

Sprott Asset Management LP (Sprott AM) is a Canadian alternative investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded by Eric Sprott in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Sprott Asset Management GP, Inc., which is owned by Sprott, Inc. (NYSE, TSX: SII). Sprott AM offers a wide variety of investment solutions to Canadian and international investors.

RBC Global Asset Management, Inc. (RBC GAM) is an investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX, NYSE: RY). The firm was founded in 2008 following the merger of RBC Asset Management and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management in Canada, together with the US-based institutional asset management company, RBC Global Asset Management (US). RBC GAM provides global investment management services and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and individual investors through separate accounts, pooled funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, exchange-traded funds and specialty investment strategies.

Sprott Resource Corp. is a Canada based investments holding company, which invests and operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries in the natural resource sector. It has investments and operations in oil and gas, agriculture and agricultural nutrients as well as a large position in physical gold bullion. The company operates its business through three segments: Energy, Agriculture and Mining. The Energy segment operates through its energy subsidiaries, which involves in the exploration and production of oil and gas in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Montana. The Agriculture segment holds interest in the One Earth Farms Corp., which farms on privately leased farmland in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. The Mining segment include investments in Corsa, a public company that owns a uranium deposit in southern Virginia, U.S., a public company in the exploration and development stage of developing a mine and processing facility to produce SOP and a public company engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring and developing agricultural nutrient projects. Sprott Resource was founded by Kevin T. Bambrough, Lawrence Allan Dick and Ralph G. Fitch on August 19, 1994 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Central GoldTrust is a passive, self-governing, single purpose, closed-end trust with voting Units. The trust invests primarily in long-term holdings of gold bullion and does not speculate in gold prices. Its purpose is to acquire, hold and secure gold bullion on behalf of its Unitholders. Central GoldTrust was founded on April 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Ancaster, Canada.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust operates as a closed-end investment trust, which engages in investing and holding all of its assets in physical gold bullion. Its investment objective is to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors through investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices. The company was founded on August 28, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sprott Physical Silver Trust is a closed-end investment trust company, which engages in the provision of a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical silver bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical silver bullion. The Trust invests and intends to continue to invest primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical silver bullion, and does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in silver prices. The company was founded on June 30, 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sprott Resource Lending Corp. provides lending and financing services to mining, oil, and gas companies. The firm specializes in providing temporary specific purpose loans with security and interest yields with equity participation. The company was founded on October 27, 1980 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.