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Fund Objective

The Fund aims to provide a return on your investment (generated through an increase in the value of the assets held by the Fund and/or income received from those assets) with an above average income from its equity investments (i.e. shares), compared to the income produced by the natural resources sector. The S&P Global Natural Resources Index is currently used as the reference measure for the average level of income yield. The Fund invests at least 70% of its total assets in the equity securities (e.g. shares) of companies whose predominant economic activity is in the natural resources sector which includes, but is not limited to, mining, agriculture and energy. The Fund has the flexibility to invest outside of the asset class.

Fund Managers

Tom Holl

Thomas Holl, Director and portfolio manager, is a member of the Natural Resources team within the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock's Alpha Strategies Group. He is responsible for covering the mining and gold sectors. Mr. Holl moved to his current role in 2008. His service with the firm dates back to 2006, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. At MLIM, Mr. Holl was a member of the Global Equity team and the Real Estate team as a member of the graduate training program. Mr. Holl earned a BA degree, with honors, in Land Economy from Cambridge University in 2006.

Alastair Bishop

Alastair Bishop, Director and Portfolio Manager, is a member of the Natural Resources equities team within the Fundamental Equity division. Mr Bishop co-manages the BGF World Energy Fund, the BGF New Energy Fund, the BlackRock All Cap Energy & Resources Fund and the BlackRock Energy & Resources Trust. Mr Bishop joined BlackRock in 2010 from Piper Jaffray where he was a Senior Research Analyst covering Clean Technology. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray in 2009, he covered the Renewable Energy and Industrial sectors for 8 years at Dresdner Kleinwort. Mr. Bishop earned a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham in 2001.