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- VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR), a modified market-cap-weighted index tracking the performance of the most liquid small- and mid-capitalization companies primarily involved in gold and/or silver mining worldwide. The ETF provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of approximately 97 holdings, including pure-play junior miners that derive at least 50% of revenues from gold or silver mining, hold properties with potential to generate such revenues when developed, or primarily invest in these precious metals; top holdings as of December 2025 include Pan American Silver Corp. (7.41%), Equinox Gold Corp. (5.95%), Alamos Gold Inc. (5.67%), Royal Gold Inc. (5.59%), and Coeur Mining Inc. (4.86%), with sector weightings dominated by materials (98.95%) and geographic exposure led by Canada (49.06%), the United States (15.28%), and Australia (13.70%). Launched on November 10, 2009, and issued by VanEck, a global investment management firm founded in 1955 and headquartered in New York City, GDXJ features a net expense ratio of 0.51%, total net assets exceeding $9.46 billion, and high liquidity with leveraged beta exposure to gold prices. The fund targets institutional and retail investors seeking high-beta exposure to early-stage and small-cap gold and silver miners, offering greater upside potential compared to larger producers amid rising gold prices, while maintaining quarterly rebalancing and constituent caps at 8% to ensure diversification. In recent developments, institutional investors such as Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased their stakes by 36.5% in Q2 2025, Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd initiated a $42.9 million position in Q1 2025, and firms like ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd and LPL Financial LLC expanded holdings, reflecting strong inflows amid gold's bull market. Additionally, index inclusions such as Contango Ore in September 2025 highlight ongoing portfolio evolution driven by the MVIS index methodology, which was refined in prior years (e.g., June 2017 expansions) to better capture junior miners' growth potential. These changes coincide with robust 2025 performance, including YTD NAV returns of 154.57% and 1-year returns of 133.53% as of December 17, 2025.