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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-236278
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210908
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210804

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPROTT FOCUS TRUST INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000825202
		IRS NUMBER:				592876580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05379
		FILM NUMBER:		211143963

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SPROTT ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.
		STREET 2:		ROYAL BANK PLZ, SO. TOWER, STE 2700
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J2J1
		BUSINESS PHONE:		416-943-4065

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SPROTT ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.
		STREET 2:		ROYAL BANK PLZ, SO. TOWER, STE 2700
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J2J1

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE FOCUS TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990525

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYCE GLOBAL TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALL SEASONS GLOBAL FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950803
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;4, 2021 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(Rule&nbsp;14a-101)</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Amendment No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Preliminary Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Definitive Additional Materials</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Soliciting Material Pursuant <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;&#167;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPROTT FOCUS TRUST, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N/A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the
appropriate box): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPROTT FOCUS TRUST, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Bay Street, Suite 2600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER&nbsp;8, 2021 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.5pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the Stockholders of SPROTT FOCUS
TRUST, INC.: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of SPROTT FOCUS TRUST, INC. (the &#147;Fund&#148;)
will be held at the offices of Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc., 320 Post Road, Suite 230, Darien, Connecticut 06820, on September&nbsp;8, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), for the following purposes: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To elect two Directors to the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors: W. Whitney George and James R. Pierce, Jr.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment
thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors of the Fund has set the close of business on July&nbsp;19, 2021 as the record date for determining
those stockholders entitled to vote at the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, and only holders of record at the close of business on that day will be entitled to vote. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to hold the Meeting in person. We continue to actively monitor the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">coronavirus&nbsp;(COVID-19)&nbsp;situation</FONT> and are sensitive to the public health concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state and local governments may impose. In the event that it
is not possible or advisable to hold the Meeting in person, we will announce alternative arrangements for the Meeting as promptly as practicable, which may include holding the Meeting solely by means of remote communication. If we take this step, we
will announce the decision to do so in advance by filing the notice as Definitive Additional Materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission and by issuing a press release. We may impose safety protocols at the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-person</FONT> Meeting in accordance with federal, state and local guidance. We strongly encourage all stockholders&nbsp;to vote their shares prior to the Meeting. Further details on how to vote by Internet, by
telephone, or by mail are set forth in the accompanying Proxy Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IMPORTANT: To save the Fund the expense of additional proxy solicitation,
please mark your instructions on the enclosed proxy card, date and sign it and return it in the enclosed envelope (which requires no postage if mailed in the United States), even if you expect to be present at the Meeting. You may also authorize a
proxy to vote your shares via telephone or the Internet by following the instructions on the proxy card. Please take advantage of these prompt and efficient proxy authorization options. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The accompanying Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fund, is revocable and will not affect your right to vote in person if you
attend the Meeting. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By order of the Board of Directors,</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thomas W. Ulrich</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;4, 2021 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER&nbsp;8, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE NOTICE, PROXY STATEMENT AND PROXY CARD FOR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE FUND ARE AVAILABLE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">AT&nbsp;HTTPS://WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/SPR-32237</FONT> </B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPROTT
FOCUS TRUST, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Bay Street, Suite 2600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>September&nbsp;8, 2021 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the
Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund (the &#147;Meeting&#148;), to be held at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on September&nbsp;8, 2021, at
the offices of Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc., 320 Post Road, Suite 230, Darien, Connecticut 06820, and at any postponements or adjournments thereof. We expect to mail this Proxy Statement and the accompanying notice on or about August&nbsp;6,
2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on July&nbsp;19, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to hold the Meeting in person. We continue to actively
monitor the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">coronavirus&nbsp;(COVID-19)&nbsp;situation</FONT> and are sensitive to the public health concerns our stockholders may have and the protocols that federal, state and local governments may impose. In the
event that it is not possible or advisable to hold the Meeting in person, we will announce alternative arrangements for the Meeting as promptly as practicable, which may include holding the Meeting solely by means of remote communication. If we take
this step, we will announce the decision to do so in advance by filing the notice as Definitive Additional Materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) and by issuing a press release. We may impose safety protocols at the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-person</FONT> Meeting in accordance with federal, state and local guidance. We strongly encourage all stockholders to vote their shares prior to the Meeting. Further details on how to vote by Internet, by telephone, or
by mail are set forth in this Proxy Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has set the close of business on July&nbsp;19, 2021 as the record date (the &#147;Record
Date&#148;) for determining those stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, and only holders of record at the close of business on that day will be entitled to vote. Stockholders on
the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of Common Stock held (proportional voting rights for fractional shares held), with no shares having cumulative voting rights. Stockholders are not entitled to any appraisal
rights as a result of the proposal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All properly executed and submitted proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting in accordance
with the instructions marked thereon or otherwise as provided therein. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked, properly executed and submitted proxies will be voted &#147;<B>FOR</B>&#148; the election of the Class&nbsp;I Director nominees of
the Fund, W. Whitney George and James R. Pierce, Jr. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by sending written instructions to the Secretary of the Fund at the Fund&#146;s address indicated above, by properly submitting, either
by telephone, mail or Internet, a proxy bearing a later date, or by appearing at the Meeting and voting in person. Attendance at the Meeting will not itself constitute revocation of a proxy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Fund, which will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their expenses in
forwarding proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares of the Fund&#146;s common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;). Some officers and employees of the Fund and/or Sprott Asset Management LP, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, and Sprott Asset
Management USA Inc., the Fund&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser</FONT> (together with Sprott Asset Management LP, &#147;Sprott&#148;), may solicit proxies personally and by telephone, if deemed desirable. Stockholders may vote at
the Meeting by casting ballots in person at the Meeting or by submitting a proxy; all votes will be tabulated by one or two persons, appointed by the Board before the Meeting, who serve as Inspectors of voting at the Meeting and who have executed or
will execute an Inspectors&#146; Oath. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund expects that broker-dealer firms holding shares of the Fund in &#147;street name&#148; for the benefit
of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares on Proposal 1 before the Meeting. The Fund understands that, under applicable regulations, such broker-dealers may, without
instructions from such customers and clients, grant authority to the proxies designated by the Fund to vote on the uncontested election of Directors if no instructions have been received prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer firm&#146;s
request for voting instructions. Certain broker-dealer firms may exercise discretion over shares held in their name for which no instructions are received by voting such shares in the same proportion as they have voted shares for which they have
received instructions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shares as to which the proxies so designated are granted authority by broker-dealer firms to vote on the matters to be
considered at the Meeting, the shares as to which broker-dealer firms have declined to vote <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#147;broker&nbsp;non-votes&#148;)&nbsp;and</FONT> the shares as to which proxies are returned by record stockholders but
which are marked &#147;abstain&#148; or &#147;withhold&#148; on any matter will be included in the Fund&#146;s tabulation of the total number of votes present for purposes of determining whether the necessary quorum of stockholders exists.
Abstentions and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">broker&nbsp;non-votes,&nbsp;if</FONT> any, will not be counted as votes cast. Abstentions, withhold votes and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">broker&nbsp;non-votes,&nbsp;if</FONT> any, will not have
an effect on the election of Directors. The Board knows of no business other than that stated in Proposal 1 of the Notice of Meeting that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting. If any other matter is properly presented at the Meeting or
any postponement or adjournment thereof, it is the intention of the persons named on the enclosed proxy card to vote in accordance with their best judgment. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of the Record Date, there were 29,323,876 shares of Common Stock outstanding. The following are the only persons known to the Fund to be the beneficial
owners of 5% or more of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W. Whitney George</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Sprott Inc., 320 Post Rd., Suite 230, Darien, CT 06820</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">13,203,320</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1607 Capital Partners, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13 S. 13th Street, Suite 400, Richmond, VA 23219</P></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right">1,529,604</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Includes 7,078,694 shares held directly by Mr.&nbsp;George, 2,578,524 shares held by Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s
spouse and 159,798 shares held by Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s minor child, of which Mr.&nbsp;George may be deemed to beneficially own. Also includes 1,830,119 shares held by The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation, a charitable foundation
established by Mr.&nbsp;George and members of his family. As Chairman of the Foundation, Mr.&nbsp;George has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Foundation. Also 548,737 shares held in the Mallory Descendant&#146;s Trust
U/T/A DTD 12/31/2013 (the &#147;Mallory Trust&#148;) and 1,007,448 shares held in a family trust established for the benefit of Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s children. As trustee of both the Mallory Trust and the family trust, Mr.&nbsp;George has sole
voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the trusts. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The shares listed were reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;16, 2021. 1607 Capital
Partners, LLC, an investment adviser, reported sole voting and dispositive power over all 1,529,604 shares held. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shares held by
brokerage firms, banks and other financial intermediaries on behalf of certain beneficial owners are registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. Because brokerage firms and other institutions hold many of the Fund&#146;s shares on behalf of
beneficial owners, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by those record holders. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the Meeting, two members of the Board will be elected. The Board currently has five Directors divided into three classes, with each class having a term of
office of three years. The term of office of one class expires each year. W. Whitney George and James R. Pierce, Jr. currently serve as Class&nbsp;I directors, each for a three-year term which expires at the Meeting. Barbara Connolly Keady and
Peyton Tansill Muldoon currently serve as Class&nbsp;II directors, each for a three-year term to expire at the Fund&#146;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. Michael W. Clark
currently serves as a Class&nbsp;III director for a three-year term to expire at the Fund&#146;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Messrs. George and Pierce have been nominated by the Board for
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> as Class&nbsp;I directors for a three-year term to expire at the Fund&#146;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The classes of
Directors and their respective terms are further summarized below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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UNTIL<BR>2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF<BR>STOCKHOLDERS</B></P></TD>
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OF<BR>STOCKHOLDERS</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Interested Director)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Independent Director)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Independent Director)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Independent Director)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Independent Director)</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Messrs. George and Pierce have each agreed to continue to serve as a Director if elected, and the Fund&#146;s management has
no reason to believe that either of them will be unavailable for service as a Director. However, if either Mr.&nbsp;George or Mr.&nbsp;Pierce becomes unwilling or unable to serve, the persons named in the accompanying Proxy will vote for the
election of such other person(s), if any, as the Board may nominate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There are no family relationships between any of the Fund&#146;s Directors
(including the Fund&#146;s Director nominees at the Meeting) and officers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Interested Person </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W. Whitney George is an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act due to several relationships
including his position as President of Sprott Inc., the parent company of Sprott Asset Management USA Inc., the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fund&#146;s&nbsp;sub-adviser.&nbsp;Certain</FONT> biographical and other information concerning
Mr.&nbsp;George is set forth below, including information about Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills which the Board believes qualifies him to be an effective Director: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Sprott Inc.,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">320 Post Rd., Suite 230,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Darien, CT 06820</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Class&nbsp;I<BR>Director</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>1</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;George has served as the President of Sprott Inc. (TSX: SII), an alternative asset manager, since January 2019,
having previously served as its Executive Vice President from January 2016 to January 2019. He has served as the Chief Investment Officer of Sprott Asset Management, LP, a registered investment adviser, since April 2018, and as Chairman and Senior
Portfolio Manager of Sprott Asset Management USA Inc., a registered </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>


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investment adviser, since January 2017 and March 2015, respectively. He previously served as the Managing Director and Vice President of Royce&nbsp;&amp; Associates, LLC, a registered investment
adviser, from October 1991 to March 2015. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s qualifications to serve on the Board include his over 30 years
of extensive investment business experience, including as Senior Portfolio Manager of the Fund, and leadership experience. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Director Biographical
Information and Qualifications </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain biographical and other information concerning the Fund&#146;s Independent Directors as of the Record Date is
set forth below, including information about the experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills which the Board believes qualifies such Directors to be effective Directors: </P>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>61</B></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>4</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Clark has served as the President, Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and member of the Executive Committee
and Board of Directors of Chilton Investment Company, an investment management firm, since 2005. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that Mr.&nbsp;Clark&#146;s
qualifications to serve on the Board include his over 21 years of business experience, including extensive experience in the investing and financial services sectors. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>59</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Sprott<BR>Funds<BR>Trust</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Keady has served as the
Director of New Business Development at Ceres Partners, an investment fund that acquires and manages farmland, since 2010. The Board believes that Ms.&nbsp;Keady&#146;s qualifications to serve on the Board include her over 20 years of business
experience, including extensive experience in the investing and financial services sectors. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>4</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Sprott<BR>Funds<BR>Trust</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Pierce has served as the
Chairman of JLT Specialty Insurance Services, Inc., the U.S. platform of the specialty business advisory firm, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, since September 2014. He previously served as the Global Lead in Marine and Energy Operations at Marsh, a
global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, from 2006 to 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="21"> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that Mr.&nbsp;Pierce&#146;s
qualifications to serve on the Board include his over 30 years of business experience, including extensive experience in the insurance and financial services sectors.</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Peyton T. Muldoon**</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>2023</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>4</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Sprott<BR>Funds<BR>Trust</B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="13"> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Muldoon has served as a Licensed Salesperson at
Sotheby&#146;s International Realty since 2011.</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that
Ms.&nbsp;Muldoon&#146;s qualifications to serve on the Board include her experience in the financial services sectors, which includes marketing and client relationship management related to a variety of financial products, managing equity and
fixed-income portfolios of clients and performing research and valuation analysis of securities.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The address of each of Mses. Keady and Muldoon and Messrs. Clark and Pierce is c/o Sprott Asset Management LP,
200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Each of Mses. Keady and Muldoon and Messrs. Clark and Pierce is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board
and the Governance Committee of the Board. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that each Director&#146;s experience, qualifications, attributes and
skills should be evaluated on an individual basis and in consideration of the perspective such Director brings to the entire Board, with no single Director, or particular factor, being indicative of Board effectiveness. However, the Board believes
that Directors need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business
judgment in the performance of their duties; the Board believes that each of its directors satisfy this standard. Experience relevant to having this ability may be achieved through a Director&#146;s educational background; business, professional
training or practice, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Board) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-profit&nbsp;entities</FONT> or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. The charter for the Board&#146;s Governance Committee contains certain other specific factors considered by the
Governance Committee in identifying and selecting Director candidates (as described below under &#147;Governance Committee&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assist them in
evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Directors may engage other experts as appropriate. The Board evaluates each Director&#146;s performance on an annual basis. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board Composition and Leadership Structure </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 1940 Act
requires that at least 40% of the Fund&#146;s Directors not be &#147;interested persons&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and, as such, not be affiliated with Sprott (&#147;Independent Directors&#148;). To rely on certain exemptive
rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of the Fund&#146;s Directors must be Independent Directors, and for certain important matters, such as the approval of investment advisory agreements or transactions with affiliates, the 1940 Act or the rules
thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. Currently, 80% of the Fund&#146;s Directors are Independent Directors. The Board does not have a chairman, but Mr.&nbsp;George, an interested person of the Fund, acts as
chairman at the Board meetings. The Independent Directors have not designated a lead Independent Director due to the relatively small size of the Board. The Board has determined that its leadership structure is appropriate in light of the services
that Sprott and its affiliates provide to the Fund and potential conflicts of interest that could arise from these relationships. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Audit Committee
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has a standing Audit Committee, which consists of Independent Directors who also are &#147;independent&#148; as defined in the applicable
Nasdaq listing standards. The current members of the Audit Committee are Michael W. Clark, James R. Pierce, Jr., Barbara C. Keady and Peyton T. Muldoon. Mr.&nbsp;Clark serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and has been designated as an Audit
Committee Financial Expert, as defined under SEC regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The principal purposes of the Audit Committee are to (i)&nbsp;assist Board oversight of the
(a)&nbsp;integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements; (b)&nbsp;independent accountants&#146; qualifications and independence; and (c)&nbsp;performance of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants, and (ii)&nbsp;prepare, or oversee the
preparation of, any audit committee report </P>
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required by rules of the SEC to be included in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders. The Audit Committee has adopted an Audit Committee charter, a copy of which
is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Governance Committee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has a Governance Committee composed of four Independent Directors, Michael W. Clark, James R. Pierce, Jr., Barbara C. Keady and Peyton T. Muldoon.
Mr.&nbsp;Pierce serves as Chairman of the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee has adopted a Governance Committee Charter, a copy of which is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending to the Board individuals the Committee believes are qualified to become Board members
in the event that a director position is vacated or created. The Governance Committee will consider Director candidates recommended by stockholders. In considering potential nominees, the Governance Committee will take into consideration
(i)&nbsp;the contribution which the person can make to the Board, with consideration given to the person&#146;s business and professional experience, education and such other factors as the Committee may consider relevant, including but not limited
to whether a potential nominee&#146;s personal and professional qualities and attributes would provide a beneficial diversity of skills, experience and/or perspective to the Board; (ii)&nbsp;the character and integrity of the person;
(iii)&nbsp;whether or not the person is an &#147;interested person&#148; as defined in the 1940 Act and whether the person is otherwise qualified under applicable laws and regulations to serve as a Director or Independent Director of the Fund;
(iv)&nbsp;whether or not the person has any relationships that might impair his or her independence, such as any business, financial or family relationships with Fund management, the investment adviser of the Fund, Fund service providers or their
affiliates; (v)&nbsp;whether or not the person serves on boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing financial service organizations or their related investment company complexes; (vi)&nbsp;whether or not the person is willing to serve as,
and willing and able to commit the time necessary for the performance of the duties of, a Director of the Fund; and (vii)&nbsp;whether or not the selection and nomination of the person would be in the best interest of the Fund in light of the
requirements of the Fund&#146;s retirement policies. While the Governance Committee does not have a formal policy regarding diversity, as noted above, it may consider the diversity of skills, experience and/or perspective a potential nominee will
bring to the Board as part of its evaluation of the contribution such potential nominee will make to the Board. Such factors will be considered in light of the other factors described above and in the context of the Board&#146;s existing membership
at the time such potential candidate is considered. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To have a candidate considered by the Governance Committee, a stockholder must submit the
recommendation in writing and must include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee. The stockholder recommendation and information described above must be sent to the Fund&#146;s Secretary, Thomas&nbsp;W.
Ulrich, c/o Sprott Asset Management LP, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada&nbsp;M5J2J1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Board does not have a standing
compensation committee, the Independent Directors review their compensation annually. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board&#146;s Oversight Role in Management </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board&#146;s role in management of the Fund is oversight. As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating
companies), service providers to the Fund, primarily Sprott and its affiliates, have responsibility for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;day-to-day&nbsp;management</FONT></FONT> of the Fund, which includes
responsibility for risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk). As part of its oversight, the Board, acting at its
scheduled meetings, or the Chairman of the Audit Committee, acting between Board meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including the Fund&#146;s and Sprott&#146;s Chief
</P>
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Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel. The Audit Committee (which consists of four Independent Directors) meets during its scheduled meetings, and, as necessary, between meetings
the Chairman of the Audit Committee maintains contact with the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm and the Fund&#146;s Treasurer. The Board also receives periodic presentations from senior personnel of Sprott or its affiliates
regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas such as business continuity, anti-money laundering, personal trading, valuation, investment research and securities
lending. The Board also receives reports from counsel to Sprott regarding regulatory, compliance and governance matters. The Board&#146;s oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Fund&#146;s investments or activities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Committee and Board of Directors Meetings </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, the Board held four meetings, the Audit Committee held two meetings, and the Governance Committee held one meeting, and each of the Directors attended at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the total number of
meetings of the Board held during the period for which he or she was a director and the total number of meetings held by all committees of the Board on which he or she served during the periods that he or she was a member of that committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Director Attendance at Stockholder Meetings </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund has
no formal policy regarding Director attendance at stockholder meetings. All of the Directors attended the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Vote
Required to Elect Directors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the Meeting, a quorum consists of stockholders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
entitled to vote, who are present in person or by proxy. A plurality of all of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is sufficient to elect a Director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Board of Directors of the Fund recommends that all stockholders vote &#147;FOR&#148; the Director nominees. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Sprott Fund Complex (Current Fund Complex) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, each Independent Director received $2,929.83 from the Fund for service as a director. No Director received remuneration for services as a Director for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 in addition to or in lieu of
this compensastion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below is the aggregate compensation paid by the Fund and the total compensation paid by the Fund&#146;s current fund
complex (consisting solely of the Fund) to each current Independent Director of the Fund for services as a director for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Pension&nbsp;or&nbsp;Retirement<BR>Benefits&nbsp;Accrued&nbsp;as&nbsp;Part&nbsp;of<BR>Fund Expenses</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael W. Clark</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barbara Connolly Keady</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James R. Pierce, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peyton T. Muldoon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,929.83</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx135199_4"></A>INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND&#146;S OFFICERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board appoints the Fund&#146;s officers. The following sets forth information concerning the Fund&#146;s officers as of the Record Date: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name, Address* and Principal Occupations <BR>During Past Five
Years</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Age</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Office(s)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Officer<BR>of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fund<BR>Since</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Varinder (Vinny) Bhathal</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>50</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>Treasurer</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>2017</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Bhathal has served as Treasurer of the Fund
since August 2017. She also serves as Managing Director, Corporate Finance and Investment Operations of Sprott Inc. (since October 2017), as Chief Financial Officer of Sprott Capital Partners (since October 2016) and as Chief Financial Officer of
Sprott Asset Management LP (since December 2018). She previously served as Controller and Director, Finance of Sprott Inc. (from June 2007 to December 2015) and as Vice President, Finance of Sprott Inc. (from December 2015 to October 2017). </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Thomas W. Ulrich</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>57</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>President; Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><B>2015</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Ulrich has served as President of the Fund since June 2017 and Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Fund
since March 2015. He also serves as Managing Director of the Sprott Inc. group of companies (since January 2018), General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Sprott Asset Management USA Inc. (since October 2012),
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;In-House&nbsp;Counsel</FONT> and Chief Compliance Officer of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd. (since October 2012). He previously served as Chief Compliance Officer of Altegris Advisors, L.L.C. (from
July 2011 to October 2012) and as Principal, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Geneva Advisors (March 2005 to July 2011). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The address of each officer of the Fund is c/o Sprott Asset Management LP, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M5J2J1. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">7 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx135199_5"></A>SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information relating to ownership of shares of Common Stock by each Director and Director nominee as of the Record Date is set forth below: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name of Director or Director Nominee</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of<BR>Equity&nbsp;Securities<BR>in the Fund</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of&nbsp;Equity<BR>Securities&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;Sprott&nbsp;Funds&nbsp;Overseen&nbsp;or<BR>to Be Overseen by
Director or<BR>Director&nbsp;Nominee&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Sprott&nbsp;Family&nbsp;of&nbsp;Funds</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Interested Director:</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W.&nbsp;Whitney&nbsp;George</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Interested&nbsp;Directors&nbsp;and</FONT> Director
Nominees:</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael W. Clark</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">None</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barbara&nbsp;Connolly&nbsp;Keady</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$1,000&nbsp;-&nbsp;$10,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$1,000&nbsp;-&nbsp;$10,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James R. Pierce, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Over $100,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peyton T. Muldoon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,000&nbsp;-&nbsp;$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,000&nbsp;-&nbsp;$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information regarding ownership of shares of Common Stock by the Fund&#146;s Directors, Director nominees and executive
officers as of the Record Date is set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name and Address* of Beneficial Owner</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Common&nbsp;Shares<BR>Beneficially<BR>Owned</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Percent of<BR>Common<BR>Shares<BR>Outstanding</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Interested Directors:</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W. Whitney George, Director Nominee<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Sprott Inc., 320 Post Rd., Suite 230, Darien, CT 06820</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">13,203,320</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45.0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">
<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Interested</FONT></I><I></I><I>&nbsp;Directors</I>:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael W. Clark, Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Barbara Connolly Keady, Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">528.6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">**&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James R. Pierce, Jr., Director Nominee</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17,102</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">**&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peyton T. Muldoon, Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,129.418</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">**&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Interested Officers:</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Varinder Bhathal, Treasurer</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas W. Ulrich, President, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5,979.7611</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">**&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>All Current Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (7 Persons)</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">13,229,059.7791</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45.1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">%&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Other than Mr.&nbsp;George, the address of each Director, Director nominee and executive officer is c/o Sprott
Asset Management LP, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">**</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Includes 7,078,694 shares held directly by Mr.&nbsp;George, 2,578,524 shares held by Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s
spouse and 159,798 shares held by Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s minor child, of which Mr.&nbsp;George may be deemed to beneficially own. Also includes 1,830,119 shares held by The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation, a charitable foundation
established by Mr.&nbsp;George and members of his family. As Chairman of the Foundation, Mr.&nbsp;George has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Foundation. Also 548,737 shares held in the Mallory Descendant&#146;s Trust
U/T/A DTD 12/31/2013 (the &#147;Mallory Trust&#148;) and 1,007,448 shares held in a family trust established for the benefit of Mr.&nbsp;George&#146;s children. As trustee of both the Mallory Trust and the family trust, Mr.&nbsp;George has sole
voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the trusts. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other than as set forth above, each Director, Director nominee, and
executive officer has voting power and investment power as to the shares beneficially owned by him or her. As of the Record Date, no Independent Director or any of his or her immediate family members directly or indirectly owned any securities
issued by Sprott Inc. or any of its affiliates (other than registered investment companies). </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">8 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker LLP (&#147;Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker&#148;), which audited the Fund&#146;s financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2020, has been selected by the Audit Committee as the independent auditor to audit the Fund&#146;s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2021. It is not expected that a representative of Tait,
Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker will be present at the Annual Meeting to make a statement or respond to appropriate questions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Below is a summary of the fees
paid by the Fund to Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker for services rendered during the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and December&nbsp;31, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Fiscal Year Ended</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B><I>December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2019</I></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$30,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit Related Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tax Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(3)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$7,200</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$7,200</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Other Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(4)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">$0</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Represents the aggregate fees paid in connection with the annual audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements
and for services normally provided by Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings of the Fund for each of the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and December&nbsp;31, 2019, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">including&nbsp;out-of-pocket&nbsp;expenses.</FONT></FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No fees were paid to Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker in connection with assurance and related services related to
the annual audit of the Fund and for review of the Fund&#146;s financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and December&nbsp;31, 2019. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Represents the aggregate fees paid <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;tax-related&nbsp;services,</FONT>
including preparation of tax returns, tax compliance and tax advice, for each of the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and December&nbsp;31, 2019. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker did not bill any other fees to the Fund for the fiscal years ended
December&nbsp;31, 2020 and December&nbsp;31, 2019 and did not provide any other professional services to the Fund or the Adviser for either of those fiscal years. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Audit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Committee&#146;s&nbsp;Pre-Approval&nbsp;Policies</FONT> and Procedures </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee&#146;s policies and procedures require the Audit Committee <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;pre-approve&nbsp;all</FONT> audit <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> provided to the Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, and all audit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> provided
to the Fund&#146;s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund, to the extent that such services are directly related to the operations
or financial reporting of the Fund. On an annual basis, at the December meeting of the Audit Committee, the independent auditors of the Fund submit a schedule of proposed audit, audit-related, tax and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">other&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> to be rendered to the Fund and/or Sprott and its affiliates for the following year that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">require&nbsp;pre-approval&nbsp;by</FONT> the Audit
Committee. Such schedule includes the maximum fees that can be paid for such services without further Audit Committee approval. Any subsequent revision to preapproved services or fees will be considered at the next regularly scheduled Audit
Committee meeting. Services not presented <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;pre-approval&nbsp;at</FONT> the December meeting of the Audit Committee are submitted to the Treasurer of the Fund for a determination that the proposed services fit
within the independence guidelines and then considered <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;pre-approval&nbsp;at</FONT> the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting. A proposal to commence an engagement involving audit, audit-related or
tax services prior to the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting will be made in writing by the Treasurer to all Audit Committee members and include a summary of the engagement, estimated maximum cost, the category of services and the
rationale for engaging the Fund&#146;s independent auditor. Such proposed engagement can <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">be&nbsp;pre-approved&nbsp;by</FONT> any Audit Committee member who is an Independent
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Director.&nbsp;Pre-approval&nbsp;by</FONT> the Chairman of the Audit Committee is required for a proposed engagement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">involving&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> other than
audit-related or tax. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">9 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee of the Fund has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements of the Fund as of December&nbsp;31, 2020 and for the fiscal year
then ended with the Fund&#146;s management and has discussed with Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker, the independent public accounting firm for the Fund, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. Had any material concerns arisen during the course of the audit and the preparation of the audited financial statements mailed to stockholders and included in the Fund&#146;s 2020 Annual Report to
Stockholders, the Audit Committee would have been notified by Fund management or representatives of Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker. The Audit Committee received no such notifications. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee has (i)&nbsp;received the written disclosures and the letter from Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker, the independent public accounting firm
for the Fund, required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding Tait, Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker&#146;s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and (ii)&nbsp;discussed with Tait,
Weller&nbsp;&amp; Baker its independence. The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">of&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> by the Fund&#146;s independent auditor is compatible with maintaining its
independence. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the review and discussions referred to in the foregoing paragraphs, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 be included in the Fund&#146;s 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Audit
Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael W. Clark, James R. Pierce, Jr., Barbara C. Keady and Peyton T. Muldoon. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx135199_7"></A>STOCKHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stockholders may send written communications to the Board or to an individual Director by mailing such correspondence to the Secretary of the Fund (addressed
to c/o Sprott Asset Management LP, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1). Such communications must be signed by the stockholder and identify the number of shares of Common Stock held by the stockholder. Properly submitted
stockholder communications will, as appropriate, be forwarded to the entire Board or to the individual Director. Any stockholder proposal submitted pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-8&nbsp;under</FONT> the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), must continue to meet all the requirements of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-8.&nbsp;See</FONT> &#147;Additional Information &#150; Stockholder Proposals&#148; herein.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx135199_8"></A>DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the officers and Directors of the Fund and persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of a registered
class of the Fund&#146;s equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC. Based solely on the Fund&#146;s review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) filed electronically
with the SEC during and with respect to the Fund&#146;s most recent fiscal year and written representations from certain reporting persons that they were not required to file Form 5 with respect to the Fund&#146;s most recent fiscal year, the Fund
believes that all of its officers, Directors, greater than ten percent beneficial owners and other persons subject to Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act due to the requirements of Section&nbsp;30(h) of the 1940 Act (i.e., any investment adviser or
affiliated person of the Fund&#146;s investment adviser), have complied with all filing requirements applicable to them with respect to transactions in the Fund&#146;s shares during the Fund&#146;s most recent fiscal year. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">10 </P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx135199_9"></A>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Postponement or Adjournment of Meeting; Other Matters </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
the event that sufficient votes in favor of the election of the Director nominees named in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the sole proposal to be voted on at the Meeting) are not received by the time scheduled for the Meeting, the
persons named as proxies may propose one or more postponements or adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any such postponement or adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in
person or by proxy at the session of the Meeting to be postponed or adjourned, as applicable. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of such postponement or adjournment those proxies which they are entitled to vote in favor of the election
of the Director nominees and will vote against any such postponement or adjournment those proxies required to be voted against the election of the Director nominees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the Meeting has been called to transact any business that may properly come before it, the Directors know of no business other than the matter stated in
the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. However, if any additional matter properly comes before the Meeting and on all matters incidental to the conduct of the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed Proxy to vote the
Proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name and Address of Investment Advisers and Administrator </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s investment adviser is Sprott Asset Management LP. The investment adviser&#146;s principal office is located at 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1. The Fund&#146;s investment <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-adviser</FONT> is Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc., with its principal offices located at 1910 Palomar Point Way, Suite 200, Carlsbad, CA 92008. The
Fund&#146;s administrator is State Street Bank and Trust Company, located at 100 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report
Delivery </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 was previously mailed to stockholders and the
Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders for the six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2021 will be mailed to stockholders in late August 2021. The Fund will furnish, without charge, copies of the Annual Report and the Semi-Annual Report (when available in late
August 2021) to a stockholder upon request. Stockholders may request copies of the reports by writing to the Secretary of the Fund at 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1 or calling
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(203)&nbsp;656-2430.&nbsp;All</FONT> publicly released material information is also disclosed by the Fund on its website at&nbsp;<U>www.sprottfocustrust.com</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Stockholder Proposals </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s Bylaws generally
require advance notice be given to the Fund in the event a stockholder desires to nominate a person for election to the Board or to transact any other business from the floor at an annual meeting of stockholders. Notice of any such nomination or
other business intended to be presented at the Fund&#146;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be in writing and received at the Fund&#146;s principal executive offices no earlier than April&nbsp;8, 2022 and no later than May&nbsp;8, 2022.
Written proposals should be sent to the Secretary of the Fund, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J2J1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The deadline for stockholders
to submit proposals under the provisions of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-8&nbsp;of</FONT> the Exchange Act for inclusion in the proxy statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is April&nbsp;8, 2022. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Householding </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you and another stockholder share the
same address, the Fund may only send one proxy statement to that address unless you or the other stockholder(s) have requested otherwise. You may call or write to the Fund to </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">11 </P>


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request a separate copy of the proxy statement. Upon receipt of a written or oral request, the Fund will promptly mail a copy of the proxy statement to you. You may also call or write to the Fund
if you receive multiple copies of the proxy statement and wish to receive a single copy of the proxy statement in the future. For such requests, please
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">call&nbsp;1-800-337-3503,&nbsp;or</FONT></FONT></FONT> write to the Secretary of the Fund at 200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5J2J1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PLEASE FILL IN, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE OR VOTE YOUR SHARES VIA TELEPHONE OR
THE INTERNET BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas W. Ulrich</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Secretary</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: August&nbsp;4, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHARTER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF SPROTT FOCUS TRUST, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>I.<U></U></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Composition of the Audit Committee</U> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee shall be composed of at least three Directors, each of whom: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">shall not be an &#147;interested person,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), of the Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">shall not accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Fund
(other than fees for serving on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">shall be financially literate at the time of his or her appointment to the Audit Committee, as such
qualification is interpreted by the Board of Directors in its business judgment, or shall become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment to the Audit Committee; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">shall satisfy the applicable independence requirements for any national securities exchange or national market
quotation system on which Fund shares are or may become listed or quoted. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At least one Director who is a member of the Audit Committee
shall have accounting or related financial management expertise as the Board of Directors interprets such qualification in its business judgment. The Board of Directors shall determine annually: (i)&nbsp;whether at least one of the members of the
Audit Committee is an &#147;audit committee financial expert,&#148; as defined in rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and (ii)&nbsp;whether simultaneous service on more than three public company audit committees by a member of the Audit
Committee would not impair the ability of such member to effectively serve on the Audit Committee, and the Board must disclose any determination made under clause (ii)&nbsp;either on or through the applicable Funds website or in its annual proxy
statement. If the disclosure is made on the Fund&#146;s website, the Fund must disclose that fact in its annual proxy statement and provide the website address. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>II.<U></U></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Purposes of the Audit Committee</U> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee shall be responsible for: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">assisting Board oversight of the: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">independent accountants&#146; qualifications and independence; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">performance of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">preparing, or overseeing the preparation of, any audit committee report required by rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission to be included in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement for its annual meeting of stockholders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><U>Responsibilities and Duties of the Audit Committee</U> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s independent accountants shall report directly to the Audit Committee. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As may be necessary or appropriate to carry out its purposes, or to comply with applicable law or the
requirements of any securities exchange or market quotation system on which Fund shares are or may become </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">listed or quoted, the Audit Committee shall have
the following responsibilities and duties: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants,
including the resolution of disagreements between management and the independent accountants regarding financial reporting; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to (i)&nbsp;select an accounting firm to (1)&nbsp;serve as the Fund&#146;s independent accountants,
(2)&nbsp;audit the Fund&#146;s financial statements on an annual basis, and (3)&nbsp;provide an opinion on an annual basis with respect to the Fund&#146;s financial statements, and (ii)&nbsp;recommend that the members of the Board of Directors who
are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, ratify such selection; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;pre-approve&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;all</FONT> audit and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">permissible&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> to be provided to the Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent accountants and (ii)&nbsp;all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">permissible&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> to be
provided by the Fund&#146;s independent accountants to Sprott Asset Management LP, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, and Sprott Asset Management USA Inc., the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fund&#146;s&nbsp;sub-adviser&nbsp;(collectively,</FONT>
the &#147;Advisers&#148;) or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisers (&#147;Adviser Affiliate&#148;) that provides ongoing services to the Fund, if the engagement by the Adviser Affiliate relates directly to
the operations and financial reporting of the Fund; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">if determined to be advisable, to develop policies and procedures
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;pre-approval&nbsp;of</FONT> the engagement of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants to provide any of the audit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services</FONT> described in Section
III(c) above; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to consider whether <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">each&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;service</FONT> provided by the
Fund&#146;s independent accountants to the Fund and to the Fund&#146;s Advisers or any Adviser Affiliate that provides ongoing services to the Fund is compatible with maintaining the independence of such independent accountants;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to ensure that the Fund&#146;s independent accountants submit on a periodic basis to the Audit Committee a
formal written statement delineating all relationships between such independent accountants and the Fund, consistent with Independence Standards Board Standard No.&nbsp;1, and to actively engage in a dialogue with, and receive and consider specific
representations from, the Fund&#146;s independent accountants with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may affect the objectivity and independence of such independent accountants; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(g)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to review the arrangements for annual and special audits and the scope of such audits with the Fund&#146;s
independent accountants; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(h)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to meet to review and discuss the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements and, to the extent required by
applicable law or regulations, the Fund&#146;s semi-annual financial statements with Fund management and the Fund&#146;s independent accountants, including the Fund&#146;s disclosure of management&#146;s discussion of Fund performance;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to review with the Fund&#146;s independent accountants any audit problems or difficulties the accountants may
have encountered during or relating to the conduct of the audit, including any matters required to be discussed pursuant to rules of The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and other relevant regulatory and professional organizations, and
management&#146;s response; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(j)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to establish and administer policies and procedures relating to the hiring by the Fund, the Advisers, or any
administrator that is an Adviser Affiliate of employees or former employees of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(k)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to consider information and comments from the Fund&#146;s independent accountants with respect to the
Fund&#146;s accounting and financial reporting policies, procedures and internal control over financial reporting (including the Fund&#146;s critical accounting policies and practices) and management&#146;s responses to any such comments;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(l)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to request, receive and/or review from the Fund&#146;s independent accountants such other materials as may be
deemed necessary or advisable in the discretion of the Committee in the exercise of its duties under this Charter; such materials may (but are not required to) include, without limitation, any other material written communications relating to the
Fund&#146;s financial statements, or internal or disclosure controls, between the independent accountants and the Fund, the Advisers, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fund&#146;s&nbsp;sub-adviser(s),&nbsp;if</FONT> any, or other Fund service
providers, such as any management letter or schedule of unadjusted differences; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">at least annually, to obtain and review a report by the Fund&#146;s independent accountants describing:
(i)&nbsp;such independent accountants&#146; internal quality-control procedures; (ii)&nbsp;any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of such independent accountants, or by any inquiry or
investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by such firm, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (iii)&nbsp;all relationships
between the Fund&#146;s independent accountants and the Fund, the Advisers, Adviser Affiliates and members of management of such entities (to assess the independence of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants); to establish procedures for:
(i)&nbsp;the receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints received by the Fund regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters; and (ii)&nbsp;the confidential, anonymous submission of concerns by employees of the Advisers,
manager, administrator, principal underwriter, or any other provider of accounting related services for the Fund regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to address reports received from attorneys in accordance with procedures adopted by the Advisers relating to
the possible violation of federal or state law or fiduciary duty; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to discuss with Fund management and the Fund&#146;s independent accountants policies with respect to risk
assessment and risk management; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to discuss with Fund management the Fund&#146;s press releases that discuss earnings (if any), as well as
financial information or earnings guidance provided to analysts and ratings agencies (this may be done generally,<I>&nbsp;e.g</I>., the type of information to be disclosed and the type of presentation to be made); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to perform such other functions and to have such other powers consistent with this Charter, the Fund&#146;s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended and supplemented, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Fund&#146;s&nbsp;By-Laws,&nbsp;as</FONT> amended, and applicable law, as the Audit Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee may delegate any portion of its authority, including the authority to grant preapprovals of audit related services
and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">permitted&nbsp;non-audit&nbsp;services,</FONT> to a subcommittee of one or more members of the Audit Committee pursuant to preapproval policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee; provided,
however, that the Audit Committee may not delegate preapproval of the audit required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any decision of such subcommittee of the Audit Committee to grant preapprovals shall be presented to the full Audit
Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The function of the Audit Committee is oversight; it is the responsibility of Fund management to
maintain appropriate systems for accounting and internal control over financial reporting, and the responsibility of the Fund&#146;s independent accountants to plan and carry out a proper audit. Specifically, Fund management is responsible for:
(1)&nbsp;the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements; (2)&nbsp;the maintenance of appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies; and (3)&nbsp;the maintenance of internal control over
financial reporting and other procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and related laws and regulations. The Fund&#146;s independent accountants are responsible for planning and carrying out an audit consistent with
applicable legal and professional standards and the terms of their engagement letter. Nothing in this Charter shall be construed to reduce the responsibilities or liabilities of the Fund&#146;s service providers, including the Fund&#146;s
independent accountants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the Audit Committee is expected to review appropriately the matters that come before it, such review of a Fund&#146;s
financial statements by the Audit Committee is not an audit, nor does the Committee&#146;s review substitute for the responsibilities of the Fund&#146;s management for preparing, or the Fund&#146;s independent accountants for auditing, the financial
statements. Members of the Audit Committee are not employees of the Fund and, in </P>
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serving on the Audit Committee, are not, and do not hold themselves out to be, acting as accountants or auditors. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its
members to conduct &#147;field work&#148; or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In discharging their duties, the members of the
Audit Committee are entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1)&nbsp;one or more officers of the Fund whom the Board reasonably believes
to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; (2)&nbsp;legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters the Board reasonably believes are within the person&#146;s professional or expert competence; or (3)&nbsp;a committee
of the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IV. <U>Meetings</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit
Committee shall meet on a regular basis but no less frequently than annually. The Audit Committee periodically shall meet separately with the Fund&#146;s independent accountants, Fund management, and representatives of Fund management responsible
for the financial and accounting operations of the Fund. The Audit Committee may hold special meetings at such times as the Audit Committee believes necessary or appropriate. Members of the Audit Committee may participate in a meeting of the Audit
Committee by means of conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>V. <U>Assistance from Fund Management; Authority to Engage Advisers; Funding</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The appropriate officers of the Fund shall provide or arrange to provide such information, data and services as the Audit Committee may request. The Audit
Committee shall have the power and authority to take all action it believes necessary or appropriate to discharge its responsibilities, including the power and authority to retain independent counsel and other advisers. The Fund shall provide for
appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee as a committee of the Board, for payment of: (i)&nbsp;compensation to the Fund&#146;s independent accountants or any other accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an
audit report or performing other audit, review, or attest services for the Fund, (ii)&nbsp;compensation to any advisers employed by the Audit Committee under this Section V, and (iii)&nbsp;ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that
are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its responsibilities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VI. <U>Annual Performance Evaluation</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee shall perform a review and evaluation, at least annually, of the performance of the Audit Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VII. <U>Reporting</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee shall report
regularly to the Board. The Chairman of the Audit Committee shall report to the Board on the results of its deliberations, and make such recommendations as deemed necessary or appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIII. <U>Amendments</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Charter may be amended or
modified from time to time by vote of the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Dated:</B><B></B>&nbsp;August&nbsp;24, 2015 </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">A-4 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CHARTER OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPROTT FOCUS TRUST, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Governance
Committee Membership </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Governance Committee of Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) shall be composed of all of the Independent
Directors of the Company. Management, while not having representatives on the Committee, will nonetheless be expected to have a role in the nominating process by identifying and recommending potential candidates to the Committee for consideration.
The Board of Directors (&#147;Board&#148;) may remove or replace any member of the Committee at any time in its sole discretion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Board Nominations and
Functions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Committee shall recommend nominees to the Board for election to the Board. The Committee shall evaluate each candidate&#146;s
qualifications for Board membership and with respect to Independent Director nominees, the Committee shall evaluate each such nominee&#146;s independence from the investment adviser, affiliates of the adviser and other principal service providers.
In determining a nominee&#146;s qualifications for Board membership, the Committee may take into account a wide variety of factors (with no one factor being controlling) in considering candidates for membership on the Board, including (but not
limited to): (i) the candidate&#146;s knowledge in matters relating to the investment company industry; (ii)&nbsp;any experience possessed by the candidate as a director/trustee or senior officer of other public companies; (iii)&nbsp;the
candidate&#146;s educational background; (iv)&nbsp;the candidate&#146;s reputation for high ethical standards and personal and professional integrity; (v)&nbsp;any specific financial, technical or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the
extent to which such expertise would complement the Board&#146;s existing mix of skills and qualifications; (vi)&nbsp;the candidate&#146;s perceived ability to contribute to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;on-going&nbsp;functions</FONT> of
the Board, including the candidate&#146;s ability and commitment to attend meetings regularly, work collaboratively with other members of the Board and carry out his or her duties in the best interests of the Company; and (vii)&nbsp;such other
factors as the Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies or other factors. Additionally, with respect to evaluating candidates to serve as an independent member, the Board
shall consider the candidate&#146;s ability to qualify as an Independent Director for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any other standards of independence that may be relevant to the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Committee shall periodically review the composition of the Board to determine whether it may be appropriate to add individuals with different
backgrounds or skills from those already serving on the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. It is currently the policy of the Committee not to consider nominees recommended by
shareholders as candidates for Board membership. The Committee will periodically reevaluate the merits of this policy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The Committee shall recommend
the compensation of Independent Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Adopted: March&nbsp;9, 2015 </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">B-1 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>www.proxy-direct.com</U></B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vote, sign and date this Proxy</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Attend Stockholder Meeting</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sprott&nbsp;Asset&nbsp;Management&nbsp;USA,&nbsp;Inc.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>320 Post Office Road, Suite 230</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Darien, CT 06820</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>on
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned hereby appoints W. Whitney George, in any capacity, with full power of substitution as proxy or proxies of the
undersigned, to vote all shares of common stock of Sprott Focus Trust Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of the Fund to be held at the offices of
Sprott Asset Management USA, Inc., 320 Post Office Road, Suite 230, Darien, Connecticut 06820, on Wednesday, September&nbsp;8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time), and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. </P>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on September&nbsp;8, 2021. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Notice, Proxy Statement and Proxy Card for this Meeting are available at: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">https://www.proxy-direct.com/spr-32237</FONT> </U></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proposal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board of Directors recommends a vote <U>FOR</U> proposal 1.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8201;</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">To elect two Directors to the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W. Whitney George&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;02.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James R. Pierce, Jr.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B><U>INSTRUCTIONS:</U></B> To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark the box &#147;FOR ALL EXCEPT&#148; and write the nominee&#146;s number on the line provided below.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="9"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Authorized Signatures &#151; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.&#151; Sign and Date Below</B></TD></TR>
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