
Rick Rule has devoted over 35 years to natural resource investing. His involvement in the sector is as broad as it is
long; his background includes mineral exploration, oil & gas exploration and production, water, agriculture, and
hydro-electric and geothermal energy. Mr. Rule is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, and a frequent
contributor to numerous media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business News, and BNN. He founded Global Resource
Investments in 1993 and is now a Senior Managing Director of Sprott, Inc., a Toronto-based investment manager;
and CEO and President of Sprott US Holdings, Inc., where he leads a team of skilled earth science and finance
professionals who enjoy a worldwide reputation for resource investing.
Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc. is a holding company made up of three separate and distinct companies: Sprott Global
Resource Investments Ltd., a FINRA Registered Broker/Dealer; Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc., an SEC
Registered Investment Adviser offering managed accounts; and Resource Capital Investment Corp., an SEC
Registered Investment Adviser that manages Limited Partnerships. These three companies make up the U.S.
Subsidiaries of Sprott Inc., and are active in securities brokerage, segregated account money management and
investment partnership management involving both equity and debt instruments, across the entire spectrum of the
natural resource industry.