The gold mining sector includes various kinds of companies. Some of them are focused directly on gold production, the aim of some of them is only to find a feasible gold deposit, develop it to an advanced stage and sell it to another company. There are also royalty and streaming companies that provide capital in exchange for share on gold production of other companies. There are also project generators, companies that stake a huge number of prospects, realize only the early exploration programs, and seek a majority partner that will finance the rest of exploration