The company's purpose is to provide services in the fields of geoscientific information and research. It prepares expert opinions, soil analyses, topographic cartography, evaluations of extraction areas, as well as applications for and procurement of licenses. The company may also participate in, finance, broker transactions for, and provide further services to companies in this industry. The company may establish or acquire branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, manage, hold, and sell participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, in particular in real estate companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, sell, rent, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company may hold, manage, and exploit intellectual property rights, and grant loans or other financing to affiliated companies and third parties, and create securities of all kinds for the direct or indirect benefit of affiliated companies or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets. The company may conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes.