VANECK VIP GLOBAL RESOURCES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
| | Number of Shares | | | Value |
COMMON STOCKS: 98.9% | | | | | | | | |
Australia: 4.7% | | | | | | | | |
Allkem Ltd. * | | | 383,077 | | | $ | 3,068,868 | |
Ecograf Ltd. * † | | | 616,380 | | | | 72,725 | |
Glencore Plc (GBP) | | | 2,346,200 | | | | 13,500,540 | |
Jervois Global Ltd. * † | | | 2,261,400 | | | | 100,648 | |
| | | | | | | 16,742,781 | |
Brazil: 3.3% | | | | | | | | |
Vale SA (ADR) | | | 626,100 | | | | 9,879,858 | |
Yara International ASA (NOK) | | | 41,100 | | | | 1,786,229 | |
| | | | | | | 11,666,087 | |
British Virgin Islands: 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Talon Metals Corp. (CAD) * | | | 1,633,500 | | | | 435,117 | |
Canada: 10.0% | | | | | | | | |
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (USD) | | | 111,122 | | | | 5,663,888 | |
Alamos Gold, Inc. (USD) | | | 299,300 | | | | 3,660,439 | |
Barrick Gold Corp. (USD) | | | 396,974 | | | | 7,371,807 | |
Euro Manganese, Inc. (AUD) * | | | 893,435 | | | | 131,430 | |
Franco-Nevada Corp. (USD) | | | 40,900 | | | | 5,963,220 | |
Kinross Gold Corp. (USD) | | | 932,500 | | | | 4,392,075 | |
Nouveau Monde Graphite, Inc. (USD) * † | | | 76,100 | | | | 390,393 | |
Nutrien Ltd. (USD) | | | 103,965 | | | | 7,677,815 | |
| | | | | | | 35,251,067 | |
China: 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
PetroChina Co. Ltd. (HKD) | | | 7,384,000 | | | | 4,361,980 | |
Finland: 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Neste Oyj | | | 48,600 | | | | 2,401,028 | |
Ghana: 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (USD) * | | | 520,000 | | | | 3,868,800 | |
Italy: 2.8% | | | | | | | | |
Eni SpA † | | | 517,000 | | | | 7,210,270 | |
Saras SpA * | | | 1,648,600 | | | | 2,561,629 | |
| | | | | | | 9,771,899 | |
Netherlands: 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
OCI NV | | | 194,656 | | | | 6,598,807 | |
Norway: 2.6% | | | | | | | | |
Equinor ASA (ADR) | | | 194,400 | | | | 5,526,792 | |
FREYR Battery SA (USD) * † | | | 221,710 | | | | 1,971,002 | |
FREYR Battery SA (USD) * ø | | | 185,000 | | | | 1,644,650 | |
| | | | | | | 9,142,444 | |
South Africa: 3.8% | | | | | | | | |
Anglo American Plc (GBP) | | | 270,500 | | | | 8,997,233 | |
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. (ADR) † | | | 514,800 | | | | 4,283,136 | |
| | | | | | | 13,280,369 | |
Spain: 2.2% | | | | | | | | |
Repsol SA | | | 486,600 | | | | 7,482,867 | |
Soltec Power Holdings SA * | | | 51,000 | | | | 336,745 | |
| | | | | | | 7,819,612 | |
Turkey: 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (USD) * | | | 218,500 | | | | 2,263,660 | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Value |
United Kingdom: 5.4% | | | | | | | | |
Endeavour Mining Plc (CAD) † | | | 191,000 | | | $ | 4,602,937 | |
Shell Plc (ADR) | | | 133,800 | | | | 7,698,852 | |
TechnipFMC Plc (USD) * | | | 500,900 | | | | 6,837,285 | |
| | | | | | | 19,139,074 | |
United States: 55.1% | | | | | | | | |
5E Advanced Materials, Inc. * † | | | 59,200 | | | | 320,864 | |
Array Technologies, Inc. * † | | | 171,100 | | | | 3,743,668 | |
Baker Hughes Co. | | | 190,300 | | | | 5,492,058 | |
Benson Hill, Inc. * † | | | 220,790 | | | | 253,908 | |
Bunge Ltd. | | | 105,700 | | | | 10,096,464 | |
ChampionX Corp. | | | 142,200 | | | | 3,857,886 | |
Chart Industries, Inc. * † | | | 43,300 | | | | 5,429,820 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. † | | | 65,300 | | | | 4,965,412 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 22,900 | | | | 3,736,364 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 81,943 | | | | 8,129,565 | |
Corteva, Inc. | | | 155,233 | | | | 9,362,102 | |
Darling Ingredients, Inc. * | | | 49,600 | | | | 2,896,640 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | 58,178 | | | | 2,944,389 | |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | 40,547 | | | | 5,480,738 | |
Enphase Energy, Inc. * | | | 26,800 | | | | 5,635,504 | |
EQT Corp. | | | 168,800 | | | | 5,386,408 | |
EVgo, Inc. * † | | | 132,800 | | | | 1,034,512 | |
Excelerate Energy, Inc. | | | 89,900 | | | | 1,990,386 | |
FMC Corp. | | | 31,225 | | | | 3,813,509 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | 235,000 | | | | 9,613,850 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 184,800 | | | | 5,847,072 | |
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. † | | | 57,223 | | | | 1,636,578 | |
Hess Corp. | | | 74,700 | | | | 9,885,798 | |
Kirby Corp. * | | | 75,800 | | | | 5,283,260 | |
Liberty Energy, Inc. | | | 285,780 | | | | 3,660,842 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 157,900 | | | | 3,783,284 | |
Mosaic Co. | | | 81,200 | | | | 3,725,456 | |
MP Materials Corp. * † | | | 139,200 | | | | 3,924,048 | |
Newmont Corp. | | | 142,896 | | | | 7,004,762 | |
Ormat Technologies, Inc. † | | | 68,680 | | | | 5,822,004 | |
PDC Energy, Inc. | | | 59,500 | | | | 3,818,710 | |
Piedmont Lithium, Inc. * † | | | 60,300 | | | | 3,621,015 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | 15,844 | | | | 3,235,979 | |
Schlumberger NV | | | 126,900 | | | | 6,230,790 | |
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. * † | | | 39,700 | | | | 12,066,815 | |
Solid Power, Inc. * † | | | 36,900 | | | | 111,069 | |
Stem, Inc. * ø | | | 177,000 | | | | 992,085 | |
Stem, Inc. * † | | | 331,632 | | | | 1,880,353 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 10,500 | | | | 2,113,230 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 115,100 | | | | 16,067,960 | |
| | | | | | | 194,895,157 | |
Zambia: 3.4% | | | | | | | | |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (CAD) † | | | 515,500 | | | | 11,850,969 | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $259,569,212) | | | | | | | 349,488,851 | |
VANECK VIP GLOBAL RESOURCES FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
(unaudited) (continued)
| | Number of Shares | | | Value |
WARRANTS: 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Norway: 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
FREYR Battery SA, USD 11.50, exp. 09/01/27 | | | 55,100 | | | $ | 157,586 | |
United States: 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Benson Hill, Inc., USD 11.50, exp. 12/24/25 | | | 38,225 | | | | 3,329 | |
Total Warrants (Cost: $106,931) | | | | | | | 160,915 | |
| | | | | | | | |
MONEY MARKET FUND: 3.4% (Cost: $11,936,271) | | | | | | | | |
Invesco Treasury Portfolio - Institutional Class | | | 11,936,271 | | | | 11,936,271 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 102.3% (Cost: $271,612,414) | | | | 361,586,037 | |
| | | | | | | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES ON LOAN: 5.7% | | | | | |
Money Market Fund: 5.7% (Cost: $20,015,934) | | | | | | | | |
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio | | | 20,015,934 | | | | 20,015,934 | |
Total Investments: 108.0% (Cost: $291,628,348) | | | | | | | 381,601,971 | |
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (8.0)% | | | | (28,212,356) | |
NET ASSETS: 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 353,389,616 | |
Definitions:
ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
AUD | Australia Dollar |
CAD | Canadian Dollar |
GBP | British Pound |
HKD | Hong Kong Dollar |
NOK | Norwegian Krone |
USD | United States Dollar |
Footnotes:
* | Non-income producing |
† | Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $51,930,711. |
ø | Restricted Security – the aggregate value of restricted securities is $2,636,735, or 0.7% of net assets |
Restricted securities held by the Fund as of March 31, 2023 are as follows:
Security | | Acquisition Date | | Number of Shares | | | Acquisition Cost | | | Value | | | % of Net Assets |
FREYR Battery SA | | 07/06/2021 | | | 185,000 | | | | $1,850,000 | | | | $1,644,650 | | | | 0.4 | % |
Stem, Inc. | | 04/28/2021 | | | 177,000 | | | | 1,770,000 | | | | 992,085 | | | | 0.3 | % |
| | | | | | | | | $3,620,000 | | | | $2,636,735 | | | | 0.7 | % |
Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding Collateral for Securities Loaned | | % of Investments | | Value | |
Oil & Gas | | | 38.7 | % | | $ | 140,062,115 | |
Base & Industrial Metals | | | 18.2 | | | | 65,907,559 | |
Agriculture | | | 12.8 | | | | 46,214,259 | |
Gold & Precious Metals | | | 12.5 | | | | 45,205,924 | |
Renewables & Alternatives | | | 11.0 | | | | 39,433,599 | |
Industrials & Utilities | | | 3.5 | | | | 12,826,310 | |
Taxable Treas/Repo-MMkt | | | 3.3 | | | | 11,936,271 | |
| | | 100.0 | % | | $ | 361,586,037 | |