REG-BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust Plc: Portfolio Update

Blackrock Energy and Resources Income TrustAnnouncement

23/01/2026 16:00

BLACKROCK ENERGY AND RESOURCES INCOME TRUST plc (LEI:54930040ALEAVPMMDC31)                                                   
 All information is at  31 December 2025  and unaudited.                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
 Performance at month end with net income reinvested                                                                          
                                                                                                                              
                  One                               Three          Six                    One     Three                       
                  Month                             Months         Months                 Year    Years                       
 Net asset value  2.7%                              14.4%          33.3%                  35.5%   33.7%                       
 Share price      5.2%                              16.4%          39.7%                  42.5%   31.8%                       
 Sources: Datastream, BlackRock                                                                                               
                                                                                                                              
 At month end                                                                                                                 
 Net asset value – capital only:                                                  165.41p                                     
 Net asset value cum income 1 :                                                   166.07p                                     
 Share price:                                                                     156.50p                                     
 Discount to NAV (cum income):                                                    5.8%                                        
 Net yield:                                                                       3.0%                                        
 Gearing - cum income:                                                            2.0%                                        
 Total assets:                                                                    £184.7m                                     
 Ordinary shares in issue 2 :                                                     111,197,997                                 
 Gearing range (as a % of net assets):                                            0-20%                                       
 Ongoing charges 3 :                                                              1.15%                                       
                                                                                                                              
 1 Includes net revenue of 0.66p.  2 Excluding 24,388,197 ordinary shares held in treasury.  3 The Company’s ongoing charges are calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets and using the management fee and all other operating expenses excluding finance costs, direct transaction costs, custody transaction charges, VAT recovered, taxation and certain other non-recurring items for the year ended 30 November 2024.  In addition, the Company’s Manager has also agreed to cap ongoing charges by rebating a 
 portion of the management fee to the extent that the Company’s ongoing charges exceed 1.15% of average net assets.           
                                                                                                                              
 Sector Overview                                                                                                              
 Mining                            42.3%                                                                                      
 Energy Transition                 36.3%                                                                                      
 Traditional Energy                21.4%                                                                                      
 Net Current Liabilities           –0.0%                                                                                      
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 Sector Analysis                   % Total Assets^                        Country Analysis                % Total Assets^     
 Mining:                                                                  Global                          54.1                
 Diversified                       24.6                                   United States                   12.8                
 Copper                            5.2                                    Latin America                   7.3                 
 Gold                              4.9                                    Canada                          5.6                 
 Industrial Minerals               2.9                                    Germany                         5.3                 
 Steel                             1.2                                    United Kingdom                  3.9                 
 Aluminium                         1.1                                    Italy                           2.8                 
 Silver                            1.1                                    Other Africa                    1.7                 
 Platinum Group Metals             0.9                                    France                          1.6                 
 Nickel                            0.4                                    Spain                           1.5                 
 Subtotal Mining:                  42.3                                   Morocco                         1.1                 
                                                                          South Africa                    0.9                 
 Energy Transition:                                                       Australia                       0.9                 
 Renewables                        15.6                                   Ireland                         0.5                 
 Electrification                   12.9                                   Net Current Liabilities         -0.0                
 Storage                           5.5                                                                    100.0               
 Energy Efficiency                 2.3                                                                                        
 Subtotal Energy Transition:       36.3                                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
 Traditional Energy:                                                                                                          
 Integrated                        11.1                                                                                       
 Oil Services                      4.5                                                                                        
 E&P                               3.1                                                                                        
 Distribution                      1.7                                                                                        
 Refining & Marketing              1.0                                                                                        
 Subtotal Traditional Energy:      21.4                                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
 Net Current Liabilities           -0.0                                                                                       
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 ^ Total Assets for the purposes of these calculations exclude bank overdrafts, and the net current liabilities figure shown in the tables above therefore exclude bank overdrafts equivalent to 2.0% of the Company’s net asset value. 
                                                                                                                              
 Ten Largest Investments                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                              
 Company                                    Region of Risk                                % Total Assets                      
                                                                                                                              
 Vale - ADS                                 Latin America                                 6.3                                 
 Abaxx Technologies                         Global                                        5.9                                 
 Anglo American                             Global                                        4.9                                 
 Chevron Corporation                        Global                                        4.4                                 
 Glencore                                   Global                                        3.6                                 
 Siemens Energy AG                          Global                                        3.5                                 
 Shell                                      Global                                        3.4                                 
 SSE                                        United Kingdom                                3.0                                 
 Vestas Wind Systems                        Global                                        3.0                                 
 EDP Renovaveis                             Global                                        2.9                                 
                                                                                                                              
 Commenting on the markets, Tom Holl and Mark Hume, representing the Investment Manager noted:      Of the Company’s three components, mining delivered the strongest performance, energy transition generated positive but more moderate returns, and conventional energy declined. The Trust’s sector positioning relative to its neutral allocation of 40:30:30 proved beneficial in this environment.    Within mining, the diversified miners made the largest positive contribution to absolute returns. The sub sector 
 benefited from a 1.9% rise in the iron ore (62% Fe) price, reflecting a modest improvement in Chinese steel demand despite ongoing challenges in the property sector. Industrial activity in China strengthened, driven primarily by increased domestic orders, with the Caixin Manufacturing PMI rising from 49.9 in November to 50.1 in December. Meanwhile, gold equities continued their strong run, supported by a 3.0% increase in the gold price.    In energy transition, the European Union tightened its carbon border 
 levy to curb emissions from imports and launched a €30   billion public investment fund to accelerate clean energy deployment. These initiatives aim to reinforce Europe’s leadership in climate policy and the energy transition. In parallel, Google announced a $4.8   billion acquisition of Intersect Power, a U.S.-based developer of utility scale solar and battery storage projects. This appears to be a strategic move to secure dedicated renewable energy capacity for Google’s rapidly expanding AI and cloud data 
 centre operations, which face growing power constraints as electricity demand accelerates.    In conventional energy, crude prices fell over the period, driven by persistent oversupply. This aligns with our outlook for continued market surplus through the first half of 2026. Brent declined by 4.2% and WTI by 2.3%, ending the month at $61/bbl and $57/bbl respectively. This occurred despite concerns surrounding tanker disruptions in Venezuela and OPEC’s continued pause in restoring supply. Tensions between 
 Saudi Arabia and the UAE added further geopolitical uncertainty, with no immediate resolution expected.     23 January 2026  
 ENDS                                                                                                                         
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