- CEO
- Richard W. Gaenzle Jr.
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Shell Companies
- Address
- 1400 Sixteenth Street Denver CO United States of America 80202
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 2021
- Business
- RCF Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: RCFA) is a blank check company whose purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Incorporated in 2021 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company focuses on targets of scale across the critical minerals value chain, including copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, manganese, graphite, and rare earths, to capitalize on opportunities from the global energy transition. It offers no current products or services beyond its SPAC structure and sponsor support from Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a mining private equity pioneer that has raised $4.9 billion across multiple funds, invested in over 200 companies across 50+ countries, and possesses in-house expertise in 30+ commodities.
In November 2023, Perception Capital Partners IV LLC acquired the managing sponsorship from RCF Sponsor VII LLC, with Rick Gaenzle appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer; the company's ordinary shares, warrants, and units continue trading on the NYSE under RCFA, RCFA.WT, and RCFA.UN. Subsequently rebranded or referenced as Perception Capital Corp. IV, it entered a definitive business combination agreement with Blue Gold Holdings Limited, a gold mining platform, which completed the acquisition of RCF Acquisition Corp. in a reverse merger transaction on June 25, 2025. This transaction positions the combined entity for public listing on the NYSE, with Blue Gold focusing on premier assets in Ghana's Ashanti gold belt. The company reported an error in its 2023 annual and Q1 2024 financial statements, planning amendments alongside delayed Q2 2024 filings.