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The fifteen acquisitions that Trident Royalties Plc (LON:TRR) has made in just over three years has been described as a "blistering pace" by its chief executive Adam Davidson. Positioned in the resource sector, Trident acquires royalties in mining companies, and in doing so is entitled to a percentage of generated revenue. "The mining royalty sector is not tiny,' says Davidson. "It's $80 billion in aggregate market cap of mining companies around the world." While other royalty companies focus mainly on gold, Davidson realised there was a gap in the market for "a multibillion-dollar market cap diversified mining royalty company that's got iron ore and copper and zinc as well as gold." Trident is building a pure diversified royalty business. This year it's made five acquisitions across copper, gold, silver, and mineral sands and Davidson is wanting to add nickel and zinc to the portfolio. "We're trying to come up with an index fund style exposure. You can get your exposure to real assets to mining c