ADR | – American Depositary Receipt |
CDI | – CREST Depository Interest |
Rts. | – Rights |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of the value pledged and/or designated as collateral to cover margin requirements for open options contracts. |
(c) | The Fund holds securities which have been issued by the same entity and that trade on separate exchanges. |
(d) | Security valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). See Note 1. |
(e) | Affiliated issuer. The issuer is affiliated by having an investment adviser that is under common control of Invesco Ltd. and/or is an "affiliated person" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), which defines “affiliated person” to include an issuer of which a fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. For the Investments in Other Affiliates below, the Fund has not owned enough of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer to have control (as defined in the 1940 Act) of that issuer. The table below shows the Fund’s transactions in, and earnings from, its investments in affiliates for the nine months ended January 31, 2023. |
Value April 30, 2022 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sales | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Realized Gain (Loss) | Value January 31, 2023 | Dividend Income | |
Investments in Affiliated Money Market Funds: | |||||||
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class | $18,271,907 | $79,616,701 | $(80,750,721) | $- | $- | $17,137,887 | $172,129 |
Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio, Institutional Class | 13,023,355 | 56,869,073 | (57,653,763) | (346) | 3,110 | 12,241,429 | 123,348 |
Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class | 20,882,179 | 90,990,516 | (92,286,538) | - | - | 19,586,157 | 188,100 |
Investments in Other Affiliates: | |||||||
Karora Resources, Inc. | 52,574,624 | 1,658,047 | - | (12,000,141) | - | 42,232,530 | - |
Osino Resources Corp.* | 6,835,964 | - | (4,403,322) | (1,555,942) | (876,700) | - | - |
Westgold Resources Ltd.* | 29,053,879 | - | (13,610,215) | 6,863,795 | (22,307,459) | - | - |
Total | $140,641,908 | $229,134,337 | $(248,704,559) | $(6,692,634) | $(23,181,049) | $91,198,003 | $483,577 |
* | At January 31, 2023, this security was was no longer an affiliate of the Fund. |
(f) | Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at January 31, 2023 represented 2.30% of the Fund’s Net Assets. |
(g) | The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of January 31, 2023. |
Open Exchange-Traded Equity Options Written(a) | ||||||||
Description | Type of Contract | Expiration Date | Number of Contracts | Exercise Price | Notional Value* | Value | ||
Equity Risk | ||||||||
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 4,700 | CAD | 78.00 | CAD | 36,660,000 | $(720,604) |
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 65.00 | USD | 13,000,000 | (195,000) |
Alamos Gold Inc. | Call | 06/16/2023 | 5,000 | USD | 12.50 | USD | 6,250,000 | (275,000) |
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 18.00 | USD | 5,400,000 | (1,035,000) |
Barrick Gold Corp. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 4,000 | USD | 18.00 | USD | 7,200,000 | (772,000) |
Cameco Corp. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 5,000 | USD | 29.00 | USD | 14,500,000 | (700,000) |
Eldorado Gold Corp. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 5,000 | USD | 8.00 | USD | 4,000,000 | (937,500) |
Endeavour Mining PLC | Call | 03/17/2023 | 7,000 | CAD | 32.00 | CAD | 22,400,000 | (452,445) |
Ero Copper Corp. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 2,000 | CAD | 19.00 | CAD | 3,800,000 | (488,520) |
Open Exchange-Traded Equity Options Written(a)—(continued) | ||||||||
Description | Type of Contract | Expiration Date | Number of Contracts | Exercise Price | Notional Value* | Value | ||
Filo Mining Corp. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 1,000 | CAD | 28.00 | CAD | 2,800,000 | $(92,067) |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | Call | 07/21/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 180.00 | USD | 18,000,000 | (272,500) |
Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 50.00 | USD | 5,000,000 | (79,500) |
Gold Fields Ltd. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 5,000 | USD | 10.00 | USD | 5,000,000 | (875,000) |
Hecla Mining Co. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 12,000 | USD | 6.00 | USD | 7,200,000 | (654,000) |
Hudbay Minerals Inc. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 9,000 | USD | 5.00 | USD | 4,500,000 | (990,000) |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 14,000 | CAD | 12.00 | CAD | 16,800,000 | (1,052,197) |
K92 Mining Inc. | Call | 05/19/2023 | 3,000 | CAD | 8.25 | CAD | 2,475,000 | (127,391) |
Karora Resources Inc | Call | 04/21/2023 | 6,000 | CAD | 6.00 | CAD | 3,600,000 | (110,481) |
Kinross Gold Corp. | Call | 05/19/2023 | 5,000 | USD | 5.50 | USD | 2,750,000 | (77,500) |
Lithium Americas Corp. | Call | 05/19/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 32.50 | USD | 3,250,000 | (110,000) |
Lithium Americas Corp. | Call | 02/17/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 30.00 | USD | 9,000,000 | (67,500) |
Lundin Gold Inc. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 5,000 | CAD | 14.00 | CAD | 7,000,000 | (667,017) |
MAG Silver Corp. | Call | 05/19/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 17.50 | USD | 5,250,000 | (135,000) |
Mineral Resources Ltd. | Call | 02/16/2023 | 1,000 | AUD | 95.00 | AUD | 9,500,000 | (67,409) |
Newmont Corp. | Call | 02/17/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 52.50 | USD | 10,500,000 | (357,000) |
Northern Star Resources Ltd. | Call | 03/16/2023 | 14,000 | AUD | 12.50 | AUD | 17,500,000 | (657,146) |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | Call | 06/16/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 100.00 | USD | 10,000,000 | (405,000) |
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 15.00 | USD | 4,500,000 | (105,000) |
Pan American Silver Corp. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 4,000 | USD | 19.00 | USD | 7,600,000 | (470,000) |
Piedmont Lithium, Inc. | Call | 05/19/2023 | 1,600 | USD | 80.00 | USD | 12,800,000 | (872,000) |
Royal Gold, Inc. | Call | 04/21/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 130.00 | USD | 39,000,000 | (1,920,000) |
Sandstorm Gold Ltd. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 7,000 | USD | 6.00 | USD | 4,200,000 | (192,500) |
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. | Call | 07/21/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 12.50 | USD | 2,500,000 | (135,000) |
SSR Mining Inc. | Call | 06/16/2023 | 6,000 | USD | 18.00 | USD | 10,800,000 | (750,000) |
Teck Resources, Ltd. | Call | 02/17/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 42.00 | USD | 4,200,000 | (229,500) |
Torex Gold Resources Inc. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 1,000 | CAD | 18.00 | CAD | 1,800,000 | (92,067) |
Tronox Holdings PLC | Call | 05/19/2023 | 11,000 | USD | 16.00 | USD | 17,600,000 | (2,475,000) |
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 3,000 | CAD | 8.75 | CAD | 2,625,000 | (4,509) |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Call | 03/17/2023 | 3,000 | USD | 45.00 | USD | 13,500,000 | (750,000) |
Subtotal – Equity Call Options Written | (20,368,353) | |||||||
Equity Risk | ||||||||
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | Put | 04/21/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 50.00 | USD | 5,000,000 | (127,500) |
Alcoa Corp. | Put | 07/21/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 35.00 | USD | 3,500,000 | (125,000) |
Endeavour Mining PLC | Put | 05/19/2023 | 2,000 | CAD | 29.00 | CAD | 5,800,000 | (198,414) |
Filo Mining Corp. | Put | 04/21/2023 | 2,000 | CAD | 21.00 | CAD | 4,200,000 | (206,682) |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | Put | 03/17/2023 | 1,000 | CAD | 22.00 | CAD | 2,200,000 | (23,674) |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | Put | 07/21/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 115.00 | USD | 11,500,000 | (170,000) |
Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Put | 03/17/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 40.00 | USD | 8,000,000 | (169,000) |
Gold Fields Ltd. | Put | 04/21/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 7.00 | USD | 1,400,000 | (15,000) |
Lithium Americas Corp. | Put | 05/19/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 17.50 | USD | 1,750,000 | (67,500) |
MAG Silver Corp. | Put | 05/19/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 15.00 | USD | 3,000,000 | (415,000) |
Mineral Resources Ltd. | Put | 02/16/2023 | 1,000 | AUD | 85.00 | AUD | 8,500,000 | (93,525) |
Newmont Corp. | Put | 03/17/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 45.00 | USD | 4,500,000 | (39,500) |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | Put | 06/16/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 75.00 | USD | 7,500,000 | (157,500) |
Royal Gold, Inc. | Put | 04/21/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 115.00 | USD | 11,500,000 | (282,500) |
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. | Put | 07/21/2023 | 2,000 | USD | 10.00 | USD | 2,000,000 | (195,000) |
SSR Mining Inc. | Put | 06/16/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 15.00 | USD | 1,500,000 | (75,000) |
Open Exchange-Traded Equity Options Written(a)—(continued) | ||||||||
Description | Type of Contract | Expiration Date | Number of Contracts | Exercise Price | Notional Value* | Value | ||
Teck Resources Ltd. | Put | 05/19/2023 | 1,000 | USD | 35.00 | USD | 3,500,000 | $(104,000) |
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. | Put | 05/19/2023 | 2,000 | CAD | 6.00 | CAD | 1,200,000 | (64,635) |
Subtotal – Equity Put Options Written | (2,529,430) | |||||||
Total Open Exchange-Traded Equity Options Written | $(22,897,783) |
(a) | Open Exchange-Traded Options Written collateralized by $79,714 cash held with Morgan Stanley. |
* | Notional Value is calculated by multiplying the Number of Contracts by the Exercise Price by the multiplier. |
Abbreviations: | |
AUD | —Australian Dollar |
CAD | —Canadian Dollar |
USD | —U.S. Dollar |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
Investments in Securities | ||||
Australia | $52,560,563 | $477,058,718 | $— | $529,619,281 |
Bosnia Hercegovina | — | 7,173,892 | — | 7,173,892 |
Brazil | 57,157,190 | — | — | 57,157,190 |
Burkina Faso | 34,705,561 | — | — | 34,705,561 |
Canada | 950,607,680 | — | 719,198 | 951,326,878 |
China | — | 92,118,214 | — | 92,118,214 |
Colombia | 7,894,376 | — | — | 7,894,376 |
Indonesia | — | 28,708,143 | — | 28,708,143 |
South Africa | 66,856,833 | — | — | 66,856,833 |
Turkey | 29,554,759 | — | — | 29,554,759 |
United States | 222,168,779 | — | — | 222,168,779 |
Zambia | 18,166,330 | — | — | 18,166,330 |
Money Market Funds | 48,965,473 | — | — | 48,965,473 |
Total Investments in Securities | 1,488,637,544 | 605,058,967 | 719,198 | 2,094,415,709 |
Other Investments - Liabilities* | ||||
Options Written | (22,897,783) | — | — | (22,897,783) |
Total Investments | $1,465,739,761 | $605,058,967 | $719,198 | $2,071,517,926 |
* | Options written are shown at value. |