TABLE-Holdings of SPDR Gold drop, iShares Silver rise

Oct 7 (Reuters) – Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York’s SPDR Gold Trust, fell 0.13% on Friday from Thursday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York’s iShares Silver Trust, rose 0.15% during the same period. Exchange-traded funds, the most widely recognized type of ETP, back each security issued with physical stocks of a given commodity, creating a product they say is free from counterparty risk. Name New Holdings Date Prev Holdings Prev Abs Change % chg YTD Abs GOLD (OZ)

(OZ) (OZ) Change (OZ) SPDR Gold Trust <HLDSPDRGT=XAU> 28,172,477.5 Oct 04 28,209,436.0 Oct 03 -36,958.5 -0.13% -1,330,562.8 COMEX Gold Trust <HLDCMXGOT=XAU> 12,001,403.1 Oct 04 11,961,736.0 Oct 03 39,667.0 0.33% -2,428,374.9 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) <HLDETFXUS=XAU> 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 — — -300,230.4 ZKB Physical Gold <HLDZKBPYG=XAU> ** 5,174,056.8 Sep 27 5,174,056.8 Sep 27 — — 116,802.8 Sprott Physical Gold Trust <HLDSPROPY=XAU> 3,268,726.0 Oct 04 3,268,726.0 Oct 03 0.0 0.00% 118,571.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold <HLDETFSCH=XAU> 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 — — 57,520.6 ABSA – NewGold ETF <HLDNEWGOT=XAU> 566,443.6 Oct 04 566,448.2 Oct 03 -4.6 0.00% 43,611.9 Total 59,321,751.6

59,319,047.7 2,703.9 0.00% -3,722,661.7 SILVER iShares Silver Trust <HLDISHAST=XAG> 466,461,466.2 Oct 04 465,777,398.7 Oct 03 684,067.5 0.15%

-999,812.6 Sprott Physical Silver <HLDSPROPY=XAG> 178,409,785.0 Oct 04 178,409,785.0 Oct 03 0.0 0.00% 7,879,736.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US <HLDETFXUS=XAG> 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 — — 27,135,104.7 ZKB Physical Silver <HLDZKBPYS=XAG> 90,049,179.6 Sep 27 90,049,179.6 Sep 27 — — -6,068,158.0 ETFS Physical Silver Shares <HLDETFSSF=XAG> 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 — — -17,105,014.8 Total 841,421,344.4

840,737,276.9 684,067.5 0.08% 10,841,855.3 PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares <HLDETFSPY=XPT> 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 — — -10,582.1 ABSA – NewPlat ETF <HLDNEWPLT=XPT> 395,339.6 Oct 04 394,386.1 Oct 03 953.5 0.24% 42,853.1 ETF Securities platinum ex-US <HLDETFXUS=XPT> 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 — — 32,609.5 ZKB Physical Platinum <HLDZKBPYP=XPT> 4,63,020.8 Sep 27 463,020.8 Sep 27 — — -10,429.3 Total 2,214,035.2

2,213,081.7 953.5 0.04% 54,451.1 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF <HLDSTNDRDB=XPD> # 2,994.3 Oct 04 2,994.3 Oct 03 0.0 0.00% -1,588.9 ETFS Physical Palladium Shares <HLDETFSPY=XPD> 23,425.8 Mar 20 23,425.8 Mar 20 — — -134,305.6 ETF Securities palladium ex-US 111,915.0 Nov 30 111,915.0 Nov 30 — — -959.5 ZKB Physical Palladium <HLDZKBPYP=XPD> 90,411.0 Sep 27 90,411.0 Sep 27 — — 25,169.9 ABSA – NewPalladium ETF <HLDNEWPLD=XPD> **** 7,923.6 Oct 04 7,923.6 Oct 03 -0.1 0.00% -1,981.5 Total 236,669.7

236,669.7 -0.1 0.00% -113,665.6 The figures above are those reported to Reuters by the organizations involved by telephone or email on the date shown, or those that are publicly available on their websites. ** ZKB physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium funds are fully backed by physical precious metal and investors are entitled to physical delivery of them. *** Shareholders in the GAM Gold fund can elect to hold “A class” shares, which are fully backed by physical gold. Investors in that class are entitled to physical delivery of the precious metal. Investors may also elect to hold “AX” class shares, which are fully backed by physical gold. Investors in that class are not entitled to physical delivery of the precious metal. **** Absa Capital’s NewPalladium Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) was listed on March 27, 2014 and is fully backed with South African palladium. # Standard Bank’s AfricaPalladium ETF, South Africa’s first listed palladium exchange traded fund, debuted on March 24, 2014. )) (Bengaluru Commodities desk)

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