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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-23177

 

GOEHRING & ROZENCWAJG INVESTMENT FUNDS

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

110 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005-5991

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (646) 216-9777

 

Adam A. Rozencwajg

Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC

110 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005-5991

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

With copies to:

 

James M. Forbes, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston St.

Boston, MA 02199-3600

 

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

 

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2019

 

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

Goehring & Rozencwajg Resources Fund - Schedules of Investments

As of August 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Security Description  Shares   Value 
COMMON STOCKS (97.7%)
ENERGY (37.6%)
Exploration & Production (24.5%)          
Berry Petroleum Corp. - Class A   66,690   $532,853 
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(a)   29,690    669,806 
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(a)   49,800    412,842 
Centennial Resource Development, Inc. - Class A(a)   50,750    244,615 
Concho Resources, Inc.   5,322    389,304 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.   8,252    809,356 
Encana Corp.   83,413    370,354 
Matador Resources Co.(a)   54,640    855,116 
Parsley Energy, Inc. - Class A(a)   53,220    953,170 
PDC Energy, Inc.(a)   27,230    867,276 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   11,290    1,393,411 
Range Resources Corp.   134,900    480,244 
Roan Resources, Inc.(a)   40,350    45,596 
Tellurian, Inc.(a)   56,160    366,725 
         8,390,668 
Oil & Gas Services & Equipment (13.1%)          
AKITA Drilling Ltd. - Class A   52,531    69,442 
Apergy Corp.(a)   47,340    1,229,893 
Basic Energy Services, Inc.(a)   37,280    49,582 
CES Energy Solutions Corp.   73,900    107,126 
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.(a)   92,400    599,676 
Jones Energy II, Inc.(a)   152    1,672 
Noble Corp. PLC(a)   178,820    286,112 
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)   76,800    995,328 
Transocean Ltd.(a)   152,455    693,670 
Valaris PLC   100,533    468,484 
         4,500,985 
MATERIALS (60.1%)          
Agricultural Chemicals (15.3%)          
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   27,990    1,348,838 
Corteva, Inc.   32,820    962,282 
Mosaic Co.   56,730    1,043,265 
Nutrien Ltd.   37,190    1,872,889 
         5,227,274 
Base Metals (26.8%)          
Amerigo Resources Ltd.(a)   556,110    246,436 
Cameco Corp.   194,190    1,703,047 
Copper Mountain Mining Corp.(a)   384,870    193,678 
ERO Copper Corp.(a)   62,330    943,330 
Excelsior Mining Corp.(a)   276,910    195,505 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.   49,240    301,786 
Hudbay Minerals, Inc.   88,510    297,161 
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. - Class A(a)   231,950    648,080 
Lundin Mining Corp.   106,530    508,086 
Mako Mining Corp.(a)   1,168,090    153,534 
NAC Kazatomprom JSC(b)   93,104    1,401,215 
Southern Copper Corp.   14,800    467,680 
Trilogy Metals, Inc.(a)   367,520    659,736 
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.(a)   99,230    43,701 
Uranium Participation Corp.(a)   458,390    1,463,240 
         9,226,215 

 

 

 

Security Description  Shares   Value 
Other Mined Minerals (0.6%)          
Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc.   266,760   $208,375 
           
Precious Metal Mining (17.4%)          
Barrick Gold Corp.   87,090    1,687,804 
Detour Gold Corp.(a)   78,930    1,413,911 
Endeavour Mining Corp.(a)   29,410    573,223 
Golden Star Resources, Ltd.(a)   245,460    756,017 
IAMGOLD Corp.(a)   69,250    257,610 
Marathon Gold Corp.(a)   392,180    406,496 
Maverix Metals, Inc.(a)   54,640    274,554 
Roxgold, Inc.(a)   423,010    422,565 
TMAC Resources, Inc.(a)   37,760    154,852 
         5,947,032 
TECHNOLOGY (0.0%)(c)          
Application Software (0.0%)(c)          
Arias Intel Corp.(a)   1,386    17,048 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $43,782,398)        33,517,597 
           
WARRANTS (0.2%)          
ENERGY (0.2%)          
Oil & Gas Services & Equipment (0.2%)          
Jones Energy II, Inc., Expires 05/17/2024, Strike Price $31.67   672    3 
Tidewater, Inc., Expires 11/14/2042, Strike Price $0.01   3,561    56,086 
         56,089 
           
TOTAL WARRANTS          
(Cost $132,718)        56,089 

 

Security Description  Shares   Value 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (1.9%)          
Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management, Institutional Class (7 day yield 1.927%)   643,161    643,161 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS          
(Cost $643,161)        643,161 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - (99.8%)          
(Cost $44,558,277)        34,216,847 
           
Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities - (0.2%)        56,332 
           
NET ASSETS - (100.0%)       $34,273,179 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Securities were originally issued pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration.  Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.  As of August 31, 2019, the aggregate market value of those securities was $1,556,067, which represents approximately 4.54% of net assets.
(c) Less than 0.05%.

 

See Notes to Quarterly Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

Goehring & Rozencwajg Resources Fund

 

Notes to Quarterly Schedule of Investments August 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

The Goehring & Rozencwajg Resources Fund (the "Fund") is a no-load investment portfolio of Goehring & Rozencwajg Investment Funds (the “Trust”), an open-end series management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust on July 14, 2016, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund commenced operations on December 30, 2016. The Fund is a diversified investment company with an investment objective which seeks to maximize total return, which consists of income on its investments and capital appreciation. The Fund currently offers Retail Class Shares and Institutional Class Shares. Each share class of the Fund represents an investment in the same portfolio of securities, but each share class has its own expense structures. The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) may establish additional funds and classes of shares at any time in the future without shareholder approval. The Fund’s Investment Adviser is Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC (the “Adviser”).

 

The Fund will concentrate its investments in the securities of natural resources companies and other investments which provide economic exposure to natural resources or natural resources companies. When a Fund concentrates its investments in a particular sector or in particular industries, financial, economic, business, and other developments affecting issuers in that sector or in those industries will have a greater effect on that Fund than if it had not concentrated its assets in that sector or in those industries. The Fund’s concentration in natural resources investments exposes it to the price movements of natural resources to a greater extent than if it were more broadly diversified. By investing primarily in natural resources investments, the Fund runs the risk of performing poorly during an economic downturn or a decline in demand for natural resources.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company for financial reporting purposes under U.S. GAAP. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in preparation of its financial statements.

 

Investment Valuation: The Fund generally values its securities based on market prices determined at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading.

 

For equity securities that are traded on an exchange, the market price is usually the closing sale or official closing price on that exchange, or if there is no closing price or official closing price, the last sale price. If there have been no sales on that day, the securities are valued at the mean of the current bid and ask price. U.S. and non U.S. government and corporate debt securities are typically traded in the over-the-counter market internationally, and are generally valued using prices supplied by a pricing vendor approved by the Board of Trustees based on the mid point of quotes from multiple dealers and other factors deemed relevant by the pricing vendor. In the case of other securities not traded on an exchange, or if closing prices are not otherwise available, the market price is typically determined by independent third-party pricing vendors approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees using a variety of pricing techniques and methodologies. U.S. government and agency securities are valued by a third-party pricing vendor at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Other than with respect to the debt securities discussed above, the market price for debt obligations is generally the price supplied by an independent third-party pricing service approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, which may use, instead of quotes from dealers, a matrix, formula or other method that takes into consideration market indices, yield curves and other specific adjustments. Derivatives are valued using market quotations, a price supplied by a pricing service or counterparty, or using the fair value procedures discussed below, depending on the type of derivative and the availability of market quotations. Short-term debt obligations that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Investments in the underlying funds are based on the underlying fund’s net asset value. Available cash is generally invested into a money market fund by the Fund’s custodian, and is valued at the latest net asset value per share as reported to the Fund’s administrator.

 

When the price quotations described above are not available, or when the Adviser believes that they are unreliable, the Fund’s assets may be priced using fair value procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Because the Fund invests in investments that may be thinly traded or for which the price quotations described above may not be readily available or may be unreliable – such as securities of small capitalization companies, securities of issuers located in emerging markets, high yield securities and derivatives – the Fund may use fair valuation procedures more frequently than funds that invest primarily in securities that are more liquid – such as equity securities of large capitalization domestic issuers. The Fund may also use fair value procedures if the Adviser determines that a significant event has occurred between the time at which a market price is determined and the time at which the Fund’s NAV is calculated. In particular, the value of non-U.S. securities may be materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market on which they are traded, but before the Fund prices its shares.

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements: he Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
   
Level 2 – Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
   
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

The following is a summary of each input used to value the Fund as of August 31, 2019:

 

Investments in Securities at Value*  Level 1 - Quoted Prices   Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
GOEHRING & ROZENCWAJG RESOURCES FUND
Common Stocks

Oil & Gas Services & Equipment

  $4,499,313   $1,672   $   $4,500,985 
Other   29,016,612            29,016,612 
Warrants       56,089        56,089 
Short Term Investments   643,161            643,161 
Total  $34,159,086   $57,761   $   $34,216,847 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for industry classification.

 

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the investments are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are reported on an identified cost basis. Interest income, which includes accretion of discounts, is accrued and recorded as earned. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign securities, as soon as information is available to the Fund. All of the realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income, are allocated daily to each class in proportion to its average daily net assets.

 

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Report.

 

(b)There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Separate certifications for the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Goehring & Rozencwajg Investment Funds
       
  By: /s/ Adam A. Rozencwajg  
    Adam A. Rozencwajg  
    President  
       
  Date: October 21, 2019  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

  Goehring & Rozencwajg Investment Funds
       
  By: /s/ Adam A. Rozencwajg  
    Adam A. Rozencwajg  
    Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer  
       
  Date: October 21, 2019