TRACE Resources AG

Zurich, Switzerland, 27 October 2026. ETH Commodities and Shipping Club (“the Club”) and TRACE Resources AG (“TRACE”) today announced that they have signed a sponsorship agreement. The Club is a student organisation at ETH Zurich, a world-leading university for technology, engineering, and scientific innovation. TRACE is a critical minerals merchant headquartered in Zug. TRACE becomes the Club’s first Founding Sponsor.

The partnership will connect ETH Zurich’s machine learning community with the physical minerals industry. Its focus is on applying new machine learning solutions as TRACE builds out its global merchant and logistics operations.

As part of this relationship, TRACE is welcoming its first ETH Zurich graduate with an MSc in Computer Science, majoring in Machine Intelligence. The graduate will join the team in Zug in November 2026 and will work on TRACE’s advanced technology stack.

“Our business is built on market knowledge, relationships and the ability to make well-informed decisions,” said Edouard Penot, Managing Director. “From day one, we have built the company on a Technology-enabled architecture, and ETH Zurich’s talent is exactly what that needs. We are proud to support the ETH Commodities and Shipping Club.”

“ETH Zurich has an outstanding pool of analytical and technical talent,” said Pablo Sanmartin Goyanes, President of the ETH Commodities and Shipping Club. “Bringing that perspective into the physical minerals industry creates real value, from trading and risk to logistics. Seeing one of our graduates join TRACE is a great start to this partnership, and we look forward to building a long-term relationship together.”