April 1 (Reuters) – Holdings of the largest gold-backed exchange-traded-fund (ETF), New York’s SPDR Gold Trust, remained unchanged on Wednesday from Tuesday, while holdings of the largest silver-backed ETF, New York’s iShares Silver Trust, fell 0.67% 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 (OZ) Date Prev Holdings (OZ) Prev Abs Change % chg YTD Abs Change (OZ) (OZ) GOLD SPDR Gold Trust 33,356,508.7 Mar 31 33,356,508.7 Mar 30 0.0 0.00% -4,283,797.3 COMEX Gold Trust 16,202,344.8 Mar 31 16,277,134.4 Mar 30 -74,789.6 -0.46% -679,306.8 ETF Securities gold (ex-US) 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 9,293,742.4 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Gold ** 5,442,921.6 Mar 26 5,466,221.5 Mar 19 -23,299.8 -0.43% -154,867.9 Sprott Physical Gold Trust 2,606,214.0 Mar 31 2,606,214.0 Mar 30 0.0 0.00% 30,994.0 ETFS Physical Swiss Gold 844,902.3 Jan 24 844,902.3 Jan 24 — — — ABSA – NewGold ETF 634,304.7 Mar 31 634,309.9 Mar 30 -5.2 0.00% 10,629.3 Total 68,380,938.5 68,479,033.1 -98,094.6 -0.14% -5,319,058.4 SILVER iShares Silver Trust 575,124,211.9 Mar 31 579,022,878.7 Mar 30 -3,898,666.8 -0.67% 16,408,329.5 Sprott Physical Silver 131,439,026.0 Mar 31 131,038,777.0 Mar 30 400,249.0 0.31% 40,330,371.0 ETF Securities silver ex-US 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 100,389,761.6 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Silver 95,035,446.4 Mar 26 94,956,516.3 Mar 19 78,930.1 0.08% 1,591,365.5 ETFS Physical Silver Shares 22,908,298.3 Mar 20 22,908,298.3 Mar 20 — — — Total 924,896,744.2 928,316,231.9 -3,419,487.7 -0.37% 85,157,302.2 PLATINUM ETFS Physical Platinum Shares 738,343.9 Mar 20 738,343.9 Mar 20 — — — ABSA – NewPlat ETF 571,657.1 Mar 31 572,631.4 Mar 30 -974.3 -0.17% -447,651.5 ETF Securities platinum ex-US 617,330.8 Nov 30 617,330.8 Nov 30 — — — ZKB Physical Platinum 442,230.8 Mar 26 442,230.8 Mar 19 0.0 0.00% 18,976.3 Total 2,369,562.6 2,370,536.9 -974.3 -0.04% -406,647.8 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 78,361.8 Mar 26 78,361.8 Mar 19 0.0 0.00% 352.6 ABSA – NewPalladium ETF **** 29,414.6 Mar 31 29,414.9 Mar 30 -0.3 0.00% -12,452.9 Total 491,271.5 491,271.8 -0.3 0.00% -49,404.2 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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