Nero Resource Fund Pty Ltd

Overview

Nero Resource Fund Pty Ltd is an Australian investment firm specializing in natural resources and energy sectors. The firm focuses on small capitalization resource explorers with emerging projects, targeting investments during the discovery and development phases of resource projects. It emphasizes significant expert due diligence to identify deep value opportunities. The firm's investment strategy includes disciplined commodity exposure selection and the use of proprietary tools such as a Knowledge Management System and a geological database. These tools facilitate early analysis of exploration project characteristics against globally significant deposit attributes. Additionally, Nero employs an innovative translation of country risk to an additional discount rate, delivering more conservative and appropriate valuations. Since its inception in 2013, Nero Resource Fund has demonstrated substantial market outperformance, achieving a 1,023% absolute performance and outperforming both the ASX Small Resources Index and relevant global resource fund peers. This success is attributed to its rigorous primary investment model and fee structure that encourages performance over building funds under management, ensuring client outcomes drive decision-making.

Investment Focus

• Significant expert due diligence
• Focus on small capitalization resource explorers
• Targeting discovery and development phases of resource projects
• Use of proprietary tools for analysis
• Emphasis on conservative and appropriate valuations

Portfolio Companies