The company's purpose is to provide advice on economic and corporate matters, as well as to arrange financing in Switzerland and abroad, to acquire and dispose of participations in companies of any kind, particularly in the field of precious metal production. The company may centrally manage these companies, broker transactions for them, or conclude them on their behalf and for their account; to conduct trust transactions of all kinds, to trade in goods of all kinds, including import and export; to manage, broker, acquire and dispose of real estate, as well as to operate a general contracting business. Furthermore, to acquire patents and other intangible rights, to grant licenses, to establish subsidiaries, and to participate in similar or identical companies.