April 20 (Reuters) – Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York’s SPDR Gold Trust rose 0.20% on Monday from Friday, while holdings of the largest silver-backed ETF, New York’s iShares Silver Trust fell 0.29% 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 Change (OZ) (OZ) (OZ) (OZ) GOLD SPDR Gold Trust 32,848,573.4 Apr 19 32,783,002.2 Apr 16 65,571.2 0.20% -4,791,732.5 COMEX Gold Trust 16,003,591.2 Apr 19 16,035,504.5 Apr 16 -31,913.3 -0.20% -878,060.4 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Gold ** 5,450,702.9 Apr 16 5,449,682.8 Apr 09 1,020.1 0.02% -159,401.8 Sprott Physical Gold Trust 2,606,190.0 Apr 19 2,606,190.0 Apr 16 0.0 0.00% 30,970.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 24 844,902.3 Jan 24 — — — ABSA – NewGold ETF 633,268.4 Apr 19 633,284.1 Apr 16 -15.6 0.00% — Total 67,680,970.6 67,646,308.2 34,662.4 0.05% -6,123,442.8 SILVER iShares Silver Trust 572,074,837.9 Apr 19 573,745,320.7 Apr 16 -1,670,482.8 -0.29% 13,358,955.5 Sprott Physical Silver 136,649,198.0 Apr 19 136,048,894.0 Apr 16 600,304.0 0.44% 45,540,543.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Silver 96,333,275.6 Apr 16 95,896,186.2 Apr 09 437,089.4 0.46% 2,291,094.4 ETFS Physical Silver Shares 22,908,298.3 Mar 20 22,908,298.3 Mar 20 — — — Total 928,355,371.4 928,988,460.8 -633,089.4 -0.07% — PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 — — — ABSA – NewPlat ETF 571,554.3 Apr 19 571,570.5 Apr 16 -16.2 0.00% -117,565.4 ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Platinum 446,532.6 Apr 16 446,532.6 Apr 09 0.0 0.00% 27,779.5 Total 2,373,761.6 2,373,777.8 -16.2 0.00% -67,758.5 PALLADIUM InvestPalladium ETF # 142,113.5 Mar 25 142,113.5 Mar 25 — — — ETFS Physical Palladium Shares 129,466.6 Mar 20 129,466.6 Mar 20 — — — ETF Securities palladium ex-US 111,915.0 Nov 30 111,915.0 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Palladium 78,329.7 Apr 16 78,329.7 Apr 09 0.0 0.00% 320.5 ABSA – NewPalladium ETF **** 27,464.7 Apr 19 27,465.5 Apr 16 -0.8 0.00% 1,128.0 Total 489,289.5 489,290.3 -0.8 0.00% -35,855.4 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.

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