General Description of Advisory Firm
RCF Management L.L.C. is a Delaware limited liability company established in 1998 primarily to
provide management and investment advisory services to private equity funds specializing in
investment in the mining and minerals industry. In general, the Advisor’s investment activities
encompass investments across all hard rock mineral sectors, base and ferrous metals, precious metals,
industrial minerals, energy minerals, bulk materials, as well as engineering, equipment, technology,
and service companies related to the mining industry.
The Advisor is 100% owned by two members, RCFM-EU Holdings L.P., a Delaware registered limited
partnership and RCFM GP L.L.C (“RCFM GP”), a Delaware registered limited liability company. The
managing member of the Advisor is RCFM GP. The managing member of RCFM GP is James
McClements. The capital of RCFM GP is allocated entirely to the sole capital member, Brett M. Beatty.
Except for special actions requiring the consent of various non-economic voting members of RCFM
GP, the managing member is responsible for the management and control of the business and affairs of
RCFM GP. The managing member, James McClements, is supported by a team of 51investment
professionals within the advisor and its global affiliates, all of whom have specific technical experience
and expertise in financial analysis or the mining and minerals industry.
Description of Advisory Services
As of December 31, 2023, the Advisor has eleven (11) Clients, ten (10) of whom are private equity
funds (the “RCF Funds”), organized as Cayman Island exempted limited partnerships or as Delaware
limited partnerships, which
invest on a global basis in businesses and assets relating to the mining
industry.
Related persons of the Advisor act as the general partner of each RCF Fund (“General Partners”). Six
of the RCF Funds are traditional multi-holding private equity funds (“Private Equity RCF Funds”), two
of the RCF Funds have an economic arrangement in which they are treated as a single private equity
fund program to facilitate investments in holdings that are eligible venture capital investments under
Australian law (“Innovation RCF Fund Program”), one of the RCF Funds is an annex fund established
to provide follow-on capital to the holdings of one of the Private Equity RCF Funds (“Annex Fund”)
and one RCF Fund is a single holding co- investment fund (“Co-Investment RCF Fund”). One client is
a state employees retirement program who has engaged the Advisor to manage a standalone co-
investment in one of the portfolio companies of an RCF Fund (“State Program”).
The Advisor tailors its investment services to the specific investment objectives and restrictions
applicable to each RCF Fund. Investment objectives and restrictions of each Fund are set forth in the
confidential private placement memorandum, limited partnership agreement and other governing
documents applicable to each such Fund (the “Governing Documents”). Investors and prospective
investors should refer to the Governing Documents for more complete information on the investment
objectives and investment restrictions with respect to each Fund.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, the Advisor managed approximately US$2.29 Billion in Regulatory Assets
Under Management, all on a discretionary basis.