ST BARBARA LIMITED — Major Shareholding Notification 2018

Sep 25, 2018

604

Form 604 Corporations Act 2001

Section 671B

Notice of change of interests of substantial holder

To Company Name/Scheme	St Barbara Limited
ACN/ARSN	009 165 066
Details of substantial holder (1) 1. Name			Van Eck Associates Corporation (and its associates referred to in paragraph 6).
ACN/ARSN (if applicable)	N/A
There was a change in the interests of the substantial holder on		21/09/2018
The previous notice was given to the company on		17/08/2018
The previous notice was dated		16/08/2018

2. Previous and present voting power

The total number of votes attached to all the voting shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in when last required, and when now required, to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme, are as follows:

Class of securities (4) Ordinary shares	Previous notice		Present notice
	Person's votes	Voting power (5)	Person's votes	Voting power (5)
	63,765,495	12.25%	69.209.730	$13.30\%$

3. Changes in relevant interests

Particulars of each change in, or change in the nature of, a relevant interest of the substantial holder or an associate in voting securities of the company or scheme, since the substantial holder was last required to give a substantial holding notice to the company or scheme are as follows:

Date of change	Person whose relevant interest changed	Nature of change (6)	Consideration given in relation to change (7)	Class and number of securities affected	Person's votes affected
	[Van Eck Associates] See Annexure A Corporation (VEAC)

4. Present relevant interests

Particulars of each relevant interest of the substantial holder in voting securities after the change are as follows:

Holder of relevant interest	Registered holder of securities	Person entitled to be registered as holder (8)	Nature of relevant interest (6)	Class and number of securities	Person's votes
VEAC	lBank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors lGold Miners ETF	Miners ETF (GDX)	VanEck Vectors Gold VEAC holds its relevant interest by having the power to exercise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voting powers or disposal of the securities to which the relevant linterest relates in the ordinary course of linvestment management lbusiness.	Ordinary shares 28,700,469	5.51%
VEAC	IBank of New York Mellon as custodian lfor VanEck Vectors Uunior Gold Miners IETF	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF ( GDXJ )	lSame as above.	Ordinary shares 38,963,436	7.49%

Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF	Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF (HAP)		Ordinary shares 29,302	0.01%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Australian Resources ETF	VanEck Vectors Australian Resources ETF (MVR.AU)		Ordinary shares 215,851	0.04%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Small Cap Dividend Payers ETF	VanEck Vectors Small Cap Dividend Payers ETF (MVS.AU)	Same as above.	Ordinary shares 324,461	0.06%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck UCITS ETF	VacEck Vectors ETF (UCTGDIG)	Same as above.	Ordinary shares 1,790	lo.oo%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Gold Miners UCITS ETF	Miners UCITS ETF (UCTGDX)		Ordinary shares 373,948	0.07%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF	VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF (UCTGDXJ)	Same as above.	Ordinary shares 599,809	0.12%
Bank of New York Mellon as custodian for VanEck Vectors Natural Resources UCITS ETF	VanEck Vectors Natural Resources UCITS ETF (UCTHAP)	Same as above.	Ordinary shares 664	0.00%
		Global Mining UCITS Vectors Global Mining	Same as above. lSame as above. VanEck Vectors Gold Same as above.

5. Changes in association

The persons who have become associates (2) of, ceased to be associates of, or have changed the nature of their association (9) with, the substantial holder in relation to voting interests in the company or scheme are as follows:

Name and ACN/ARSN (if applicable)	Nature of association

6. Addresses

The addresses of persons named in this form are as follows:

Name	Address
VEAC	666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Van Eck Securities Corporation	666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers, Inc.	666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017
VanEck Australia Pty Ltd	Level 4 Aurora Place, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000
VanEck Investments Limited	Level 4 Aurora Place, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Signature

print name ANDREW TILZER	capacity	AVP
sign here	date	25/09/2018

DIRECTIONS

Holder of relevant			Consideration	Consideration
interest	Date of Acquisition	B/S	Cash	Non-Cash	Number of Securities
GDX	08/15/2018 S			In-Kind	17,765
GDX	08/16/2018 S			In-Kind	142,120
GDX	08/17/2018B			In-Kind	248,710
GDX	08/20/2018B			In-Kind	198,968
GDX	08/22/2018B			In-Kind	85,272
GDX	08/23/2018B			In-Kind	88,825
GDX	08/24/2018 B			In-Kind	266,400
GDX	08/27/2018B			In-Kind	71,060
GDX	08/28/2018 S			In-Kind	468,864
GDX	08/30/2018 S			In-Kind	17,780
GDX	09/04/2018 S			In-Kind	10,674
GDX	09/05/2018S			In-Kind	234,894
GDX	09/07/2018S			In-Kind	67,640
GDX	09/12/2018B			In-Kind	177,950
GDX	09/13/2018B			In-Kind	213,780
GDX	09/17/2018S			In-Kind	185,276
GDX	09/18/2018B			In-Kind	3,562
GDX	09/19/2018B			In-Kind	113,984
GDX	09/21/2018S		10,442,808.14		2,686,407
GDXJ	08/15/2018 B			In-Kind	174,258
GDXJ	08/20/2018 S			In-Kind	290,190
GDXJ	08/24/2018S			In-Kind	96,730
GDXJ	08/27/2018S			In-Kind	77,376
GDXJ	08/28/2018B			In-Kind	212,784
GDXJ	08/29/2018 S			In-Kind	67,753
GDXJ	09/05/2018S			In-Kind	203,469
GDXJ	09/07/2018S			In-Kind	310,208
GDXJ	09/11/2018S			In-Kind	96,940
GDXJ	09/13/2018B			In-Kind	232,752
GDXJ	09/17/2018S			In-Kind	572,418
GDXJ	09/18/2018B			In-Kind	9,700
GDXJ	09/21/2018B		33,687,264.53		8,645,462
HAP	09/05/2018S			In-Kind	484
HAP	09/21/2018B		17,949.35		4,611
MVRAU	08/22/2018B		959.66		234
MVRAU	08/27/2018B		3,288.06		794
MVRAU	08/30/2018B		1,531.82		380
MVRAU	09/03/2018 B		1,211.28		299
MVRAU	09/05/2018B		1,414.14		375
MVRAU	09/12/2018B		1,736.88		481
MVRAU	09/20/2018B			In-Kind	12,561
MVRAU	09/20/2018B			In-Kind	8,374
MVRAU	09/21/2018B		123,129.01		31,644

This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 - Notice of change of interests of substantial holder.

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Holder of relevant			Consideration	Consideration
interest	Date of Acquisition	B/S	Cash	Non-Cash	Number of Securities
UCTGDX	08/15/2018B		15,527.43		3,721
UCTGDX	08/22/2018B		15,256.86		3,721
UCTGDX	08/27/2018B		45,687.88		11,028
UCTGDX	08/27/2018B		15,219.40		3,676
UCTGDX	09/05/2018B		56,227.41		14,904
UCTGDX	09/20/2018S		14,177.09		3,731
UCTGDX	09/21/2018 S		136,940.99		35,228
UCTGDXJ	09/21/2018B		515,505.52		132,428
MVSAU	08/16/2018 S		2,527.89		629
MVSAU	08/22/2018 S		4,385.79		1,070
MVSAU	08/23/2018 S		1,000.12		244
MVSAU	08/27/2018 S			In-Kind	9,815
MVSAU	09/03/2018B		2,114.68		522
MVSAU	09/04/2018 S			In-Kind	9,831
MVSAU	09/07/2018B		1,562.83		420
MVSAU	09/11/2018B		1,744.04		479
MVSAU	09/13/2018B		18,552.30		5,152
MVSAU	09/21/2018B		28,439.83		7,309
MVSAU	09/21/2018B		253,124.27		65,064
UCTHAP	09/21/2018B		400.95		103
UCTGDIG	08/17/2018B		130.77		33
UCTGDIG	09/18/2018 S		2,664.29		726
UCTGDIG	09/20/2018B		2,759.08		726
UCTGDIG	09/21/2018S		34.99		9

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This is Annexure A of 1 page referred to in Form 604 - Notice of change of interests of substantial holder.

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