TABLE -Holdings of SPDR Gold drop, iShares Silver rise

Dec 6 (Reuters) – Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York’s SPDR Gold Trust, fell 0.20 percent on Thursday from Wednesday, while the largest silver-backed ETF, New York’s iShares Silver Trust, gained 0.92 percent 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> 28,033,780.0 Dec 05 28,089,179.5 Dec 04 -55,399.5 -0.20% -1,469,260.2 COMEX Gold Trust <HLDCMXGOT=XAU> 12,617,656.1 Dec 05 12,617,656.1 Dec 04 0.0 0.00% -1,812,121.8 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> ** 5,026,805.7 Nov 29 5,026,805.7 Nov 29 — —

-30,448.3 Sprott Physical Gold Trust <HLDSPROPY=XAU> 3,290,193.0 Dec 05 3,290,193.0 Dec 04 0.0 0.00%

140,038.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold <HLDETFSCH=XAU> 844,902.3 Jan 06 844,902.3 Jan 06 — — 57,520.6 ABSA – NewGold ETF <HLDNEWGOT=XAU> 562,448.2 Dec 05 562,452.8 Dec 04 -4.6 0.00% 39,616.4 Total 59,669,527.7

59,724,931.8 -55,404.1 -0.09% -3,374,885.7 SILVER iShares Silver Trust <HLDISHAST=XAG> 475,047,429.9 Dec 05 470,718,697.9 Dec 04 4,328,732.0 0.92% 7,586,151.1 Sprott Physical Silver <HLDSPROPY=XAG> 180,312,771.0 Dec 05 180,312,771.0 Dec 04 0.0 0.00% 9,782,722.0 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> 87,348,902.7 Nov 29 87,348,902.7 Nov 29 — — -8,768,434.9 ETFS Physical Silver Shares <HLDETFSSF=XAG> 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 6,111,152.0 Mar 20 — — -17,105,014.8 Total 849,210,017.2

844,881,285.2 4,328,732.0 0.51% 18,630,528.1 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> 401,805.2 Dec 05 401,808.9 Dec 04 -3.8 0.00% 49,318.6 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> 457,042.1 Nov 29 457,042.1 Nov 29 — — -16,408.1 Total 2,214,521.9

2,214,525.7 -3.8 0.00% 54,937.9 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF <HLDSTNDRDB=XPD> # 2,992.0 Dec 05 2,987.5 Dec 04 4.5 0.15% -1,591.2 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> 97,373.6 Nov 29 97,373.6 Nov 29 — — 32,132.4 ABSA – NewPalladium ETF <HLDNEWPLD=XPD> **** 7,918.9 Dec 05 7,919.0 Dec 04 -0.1 0.00% -1,986.1 Total 243,625.3

243,620.8 4.4 0.00% -106,710.0 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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