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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001047469-14-003234
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-F
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		19
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20131231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sprott Physical Gold Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001477049
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [6221]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-F
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34638
		FILM NUMBER:		14730313

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		STE. 2700, SOUTH TOWER, ROYAL BANK PLAZA
		STREET 2:		200 BAY STREET
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2J1
		BUSINESS PHONE:		416-362-7172

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		STE. 2700, SOUTH TOWER, ROYAL BANK PLAZA
		STREET 2:		200 BAY STREET
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2J1
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=3><B>U.S.&nbsp;SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON,&nbsp;D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM 40-F  </B></FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=3><B>[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3> REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF&nbsp;1934 </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=3>OR </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=3><B>[<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#252;</FONT>]</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3> ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13(a) OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF&nbsp;1934 </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013</FONT></TD>
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 <P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SPROTT PHYSICAL GOLD TRUST<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)  </I></FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Province of Ontario, Canada</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><I>(Province or other jurisdiction</I></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><I>of incorporation or organization)</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B> 1040</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><I>(Primary Standard Industrial</I></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><I>Classification Code</I></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><I>Number (if&nbsp;applicable))</I></FONT></TD>
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 <P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower<BR>
Royal Bank Plaza<BR>
200&nbsp;Bay Street<BR>
Toronto, Ontario<BR>
Canada, M5J&nbsp;2J1</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)</I></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Anthony Tu-Sekine<BR>
Seward&nbsp;&amp; Kissel&nbsp;LLP<BR>
901&nbsp;K Street, NW Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Washington, DC 20001<BR>
(202)&nbsp;737-8833</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><I>(Name, address (including zip code) </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>and telephone number</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I> (including area code) of agent for service in the
United&nbsp;States)</I></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</B></FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Act:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>None </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>For
annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form: </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>[<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#252;</FONT>]</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> Annual Information
Form&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>[<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#252;</FONT>]</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> Audited annual financial statements </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Indicate
the number of outstanding shares of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual&nbsp;report: </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>188,353,275
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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by Section&nbsp;13 or&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12&nbsp;months
(for&nbsp;such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2)&nbsp;has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90&nbsp;days. </FONT></P>
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by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;405 of Regulation&nbsp;S-T (&sect;232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12&nbsp;months (or&nbsp;for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and
post such&nbsp;files). </FONT></P>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Annual Information Form of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.5 to&nbsp;this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F, and is incorporated
herein by&nbsp;reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Audited Financial Statements of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 are filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.6 to&nbsp;this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F, and are
incorporated herein by&nbsp;reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Management's
Discussion and Analysis for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.6 to&nbsp;this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F, and is incorporated herein
by&nbsp;reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  CERTIFICATIONS    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>See
Exhibits&nbsp;99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and&nbsp;99.4 to this Annual Report on Form&nbsp;40-F. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>As
of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as&nbsp;defined in Rule&nbsp;13a-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and
procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in reports that it files with or submits to the U.S.&nbsp;Securities and Exchange Commission is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>No
changes were made in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting or in other factors during the period covered by this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F that have materially affected
or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Management's
report on internal control over financial reporting is filed as exhibit&nbsp;99.7 to&nbsp;this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F, and is incorporated herein by&nbsp;reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  ATTESTATION REPORT OF THE REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
attestation report of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP on management's internal control over financial reporting is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.8 to&nbsp;this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F,
and is incorporated herein by&nbsp;reference. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>None. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>None. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to the provisions of Rule&nbsp;10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule&nbsp;5.3 of NYSE Arca, the Registrant is not required to have an audit committee. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Under
the applicable provisions of Rule&nbsp;5.3 of NYSE Arca, the Registrant is not required to adopt, and the Registrant has not adopted, a code of&nbsp;ethics. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young&nbsp;LLP have been the auditors of the Registrant since its inception. The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP to
the Registrant for the audit of the Registrant's financial statements for years ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and fees billed for other services rendered by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP,
during periods from January&nbsp;1, 2013 to December&nbsp;31, 2013, and from January&nbsp;1, 2012 to December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>
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<TH ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0pt;"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Year Ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2013 </B></FONT></TH>
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<TH COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:times;border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0pt;"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Year Ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2012 </B></FONT></TH>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>$109,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT"  VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>99,500</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Audit-related Fees<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>21,512</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>66,670</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Tax Fees<SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>0</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0pt;">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;border-bottom:solid #000000 1.0pt;">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>$130,512</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT"  VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>166,170</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:times;">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DT style='font-family:times;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Consist
of fees related to statutory audits, related audit work in connection with registration statements and other filings with various regulatory
authorities, quarterly reviews of interim financial statements and performing inventory count procedures.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:times;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Consist
mainly of fees related to prospectus filings.
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of fees for tax consultation and compliance services, including indirect&nbsp;taxes.
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mainly of fees for operational advisory and risk management services and French translation of certain filings with regulatory authorities. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant has no off-balance sheet arrangements as defined by Form&nbsp;40-F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as&nbsp;amended. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant has no long-term contractual obligations to be disclosed pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;B.12 of Form&nbsp;40-F. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to the provisions of Rule&nbsp;10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule&nbsp;5.3 of NYSE Arca, the Registrant is not required to have an audit committee. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>A
number of statements in the documents incorporated by reference in this Form&nbsp;40-F constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S.&nbsp;Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Please refer to disclosure under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in the Annual Information Form of the Registrant for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013, dated March&nbsp;31, 2014, incorporated herein and forming an integral part of this document, for a discussion of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause
actual results to vary from those forward-looking statements. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  INTERACTIVE DATA FILE    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
U.S.&nbsp;Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved taxonomy or standard list of tags necessary for financial reporting in interactive format for registrants that prepare their
financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. As a result, the Registrant is unable to make any filings in
interactive format, but will commence such filings once the taxonomy has been&nbsp;approved. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the
Commission staff, information relating to the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F arises or transactions in said securities. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Consent to Service of Process  </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
have previously filed a Form&nbsp;F-X in connection with the class of securities in relation to which the obligation to file this report&nbsp;arises. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>  SIGNATURES    <BR>    </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;40-F and&nbsp;has duly caused this Annual Report to be
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B> By:</B></FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Sprott&nbsp;Asset&nbsp;Management&nbsp;L.P.,&nbsp;by&nbsp;its&nbsp;general&nbsp;partner<BR>
Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP&nbsp;Inc., as manager of<BR>
Sprott Physical Gold Trust</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Date: March&nbsp;31, 2014</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2> By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;JOHN WILSON<BR>


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<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer under Section&nbsp;302 of the </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.2</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer under Section&nbsp;302 of the </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.3</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of the Chief Executive Officer under Section&nbsp;906 of the </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.4</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer under Section&nbsp;906 of the </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.5</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Annual Information Form of the Registrant dated March&nbsp;31, 2014.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.6</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Audited financial statements of the Registrant and notes thereto and Auditors' Report thereon, and Management's Discussion and
Analysis of the Registrant for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 dated March&nbsp;31, 2014.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.7</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.8</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Attestation Report of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP.</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:10pt;text-indent:-10pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>99.9</FONT></TD>
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<TD style="font-family:times;"><p align=left style="font-family:times;margin-top:12pt;margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP, independent auditors of the Registrant.</FONT></TD>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, John Wilson, certify that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4. The Trust&#146;s other certifying officer(s)&nbsp;and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(f)&nbsp;and 15d-15(f)) for the Trust and have:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Trust, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">disclosed in this report any change in the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5. The Trust&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Trust&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of the Trust&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Trust&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March&nbsp;31, 2014</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Steven Rostowsky, certify that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form&nbsp;40-F of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4. The Trust&#146;s other certifying officer(s)&nbsp;and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e)&nbsp;and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(f)&nbsp;and 15d-15(f)) for the Trust and have:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Trust, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">disclosed in this report any change in the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5. The Trust&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Trust&#146;s auditors and the audit committee of the Trust&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Trust&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Trust&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March&nbsp;31, 2014</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION&nbsp;1350</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with this Annual Report of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;) on Form&nbsp;40-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on or about the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;),&nbsp;I, John Wilson, Principal Executive Officer of Sprott Asset Management LP, the Manager of the Trust, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, as adopted pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This certification is made solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, and not for any other purpose.&nbsp; A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March&nbsp;31, 2014</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with this Annual Report of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;) on Form&nbsp;40-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on or about the date hereof (the &#147;Report&#148;),&nbsp;I, Steven Rostowsky, Principal Financial Officer of Sprott Asset Management LP, the Manager of the Trust, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, as adopted pursuant to Section&nbsp;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This certification is made solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1350, and not for any other purpose.&nbsp; A signed original of this written statement has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: March&nbsp;31, 2014</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The statements contained in this annual information form that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements.&#160; The Trust&#146;s forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding its or its management&#146;s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future.&#160; In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements.&#160; The words &#147;anticipates&#148;, &#147;believe&#148;, &#147;continue&#148;, &#147;could&#148;, &#147;estimate&#148;, &#147;expect&#148;, &#147;intends&#148;, &#147;may&#148;, &#147;might&#148;, &#147;plan&#148;, &#147;possible&#148;, &#147;potential&#148;, &#147;predicts&#148;, &#147;project&#148;, &#147;should&#148;, &#147;would&#148; and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The forward-looking statements contained in this annual information form are based on the current expectations and beliefs of the Trust and Sprott Asset Management LP (the &#147;Manager&#148;) concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Trust.&#160; There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Trust will be those that it or the Manager has anticipated.&#160; These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Trust&#146;s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.&#160; These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading &#147;Risk Factors&#148;.&#160; Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Trust&#146;s or the Manager&#146;s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward looking statements.&#160; Each of the Trust and the Manager undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless otherwise noted herein, all references to &#147;$&#148;, &#147;U.S.$&#148; or &#147;dollars&#148; are to the currency of the United States of America (the &#147;United States&#148; or the &#147;U.S.&#148;) and all references to &#147;Cdn$&#148; or &#147;Canadian dollars&#148; are to the currency of Canada.&#160; On March&nbsp;28, 2014, the noon rate of exchange as reported by the Bank of Canada for the conversion of U.S. dollars into Canadian dollars was U.S.$1.00 equals Cdn$1.1064 (Cdn$1.00 equals U.S.$0.9038).</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE TRUST</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">History and Development of the Trust</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;) was established on August&nbsp;28, 2009 under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, pursuant to a trust agreement between the Trust&#146;s settlor, Sprott Asset Management LP (the &#147;Manager&#148;) and RBC Investor Services Trust (&#147;RBC Investor Services&#148; or the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as trustee dated as of August&nbsp;28, 2009, as amended and restated as of December&nbsp;7, 2009 and as further amended and restated as of February&nbsp;1, 2010 (the &#147;Trust Agreement&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust was created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion.&#160; Many investors are unwilling to invest directly in physical gold bullion due to inconveniences such as transaction, handling, storage, insurance and other costs that are typical of a direct investment in physical gold bullion.&#160; The Trust seeks to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical gold bullion.&#160; The Trust invests primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices.&#160; The Trust does not anticipate making regular cash distributions to unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March&nbsp;3, 2010, the Trust closed its initial public offering with the sale of 40,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $400,000,000.&#160; On March&nbsp;8, 2010, the Trust issued 3,000,000 units for gross proceeds of $30,000,000 on the exercise by the underwriters of a portion of the over-allotment option of the initial public offering.&#160; On March&nbsp;25, 2010, the Trust issued 1,250,000 units for gross proceeds of $12,500,000 on the additional exercise by the underwriters of a portion of the over-allotment option of the initial public offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;26, 2010, the Trust issued 24,840,000 units at $11.25 per unit, for gross proceeds of $279,450,000 on the first follow-on offering of the units of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;17, 2010, the Trust issued 24,500,000 units at $11.37 per unit, for gross proceeds of $278,565,000 on the second follow-on offering of the units of the Trust.&#160; On September&nbsp;24, 2010, the Trust issued 3,488,555 units at $11.37 per unit, for gross proceeds of $39,664,870 on the exercise by the underwriters of a portion of the over-allotment option on the second follow-on offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;8, 2011, the Trust issued 24,821,000 units at $12.54 per unit, for gross proceeds of $311,255,340 on the third follow-on public offering of units of the Trust.&#160; On April&nbsp;12, 2011, the Trust issued 2,347,500 units at $12.54 per unit, for gross proceeds of $29,437,650 following the exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option on the third follow-on offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On July&nbsp;20, 2011, the Trust issued 19,000,000 units at $14.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $266,000,000 on the fourth follow-on public offering of units of the Trust.&#160; On August&nbsp;8, 2011, the Trust issued 2,850,000 units at $14.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $39,900,000 following the exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option on the fourth follow-on offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On February&nbsp;3, 2012, the Trust issued 20,000,000 units at $15.19 per unit, for gross proceeds of $303,800,000 on the fifth-follow-on public offering of units of the Trust.&#160; On February&nbsp;27, 2012, the Trust issued 3,000,000 units at $15.19 per unit, for gross proceeds of $45,570,000 following the exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option on the fifth follow-on offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;12, 2012, the Trust issued 26,450,000 units at $14.84 per unit, for gross proceeds of $392,518,000 which included the exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On March&nbsp;5, 2014, the Manager appointed John Wilson as Chief Executive Officer of the Manager and the general partner of the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust&#146;s office is located at Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1.&#160; The Manager&#146;s office is located at Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1 and its telephone number is (416) 362-7172.&#160; The Trustee is located at 155 Wellington Street West, Street Level, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3L3.&#160; The custodian for the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion, the Royal Canadian Mint (the &#147;Mint&#148;), is located at 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G8, and the custodian for the Trust&#146;s assets other than physical gold bullion, RBC Investor Services, is located at 155 Wellington Street West, Street Level, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 3L3.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mutual funds are subject to certain restrictions and practices contained in securities legislation, including National Instrument &#151; <i>Mutual Funds</i> (&#147;NI 81-102&#148;), which are designed in part to ensure that investments of the mutual fund are diversified and relatively liquid and to ensure the proper administration of the mutual fund.&#160; Subject to the specific exceptions from NI 81-102 set out under &#147;Exemptions and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approvals&#148; of this annual information form, the Trust is managed in accordance with these restrictions and practices.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In making investments on behalf of the Trust, the Manager is subject to certain investment and operating restrictions (the &#147;Investment and Operating Restrictions&#148;), which are set out in the Trust Agreement.&#160; The Investment and Operating Restrictions may not be changed without the prior approval of unitholders by way of an extraordinary resolution, which must be approved, in person or by proxy, by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, at a duly constituted meeting of unitholders, or at any adjournment thereof, called and held in accordance with the Trust Agreement, or a written resolution signed by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, unless such change or changes are necessary to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations or other requirements imposed from time to time by applicable securities regulatory authorities.&#160; See &#147;Responsibility for Operation of the Trust &#151; The Trustee &#151; Unitholder Approval&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Investment and Operating Restrictions provide that the Trust:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will invest in and hold a minimum of 90% of the total net assets of the Trust in physical gold bullion in London Good Delivery bar form and hold no more than 10% of the total net assets of the Trust, at the discretion of the Manager, in physical gold bullion (in London Good Delivery bar form or otherwise), gold coins, debt obligations of or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or a province of Canada or by the Government of the United States or a state thereof, short-term commercial paper obligations of a corporation or other person whose short-term commercial paper is rated R-1 (or its equivalent, or higher) by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited or its successors or assigns or F1 (or its equivalent, or higher) by Fitch Ratings or its successors or assigns or A-1 (or its equivalent, or higher) by Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s or its successors or assigns or P-1 (or its equivalent, or higher) by Moody&#146;s Investor Service or its successors or assigns, interest-bearing accounts and short-term certificates of deposit issued or guaranteed by a Canadian chartered bank or trust company, money market mutual funds, short-term government debt or short-term investment grade corporate debt, or other short-term debt obligations approved by the Manager from time to time (for the purpose of this paragraph, the term &#147;short-term&#148; means having a date of maturity or call for payment not more than 182 days from the date on which the investment is made), except during the 60-day period following the closing of additional offerings or prior to the distribution of the assets of the Trust.&#160; Pursuant to the Exemptive Relief (as defined in the section of this annual information form entitled &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;), the Trust is permitted to invest up to 100% of its net assets, taken at market value of the time of purchase, in physical gold bullion.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will store all physical gold bullion owned by the Trust at the Mint or in the treasury vaults of a Schedule I Canadian chartered bank or an affiliate or division thereof in Canada on a fully allocated basis, provided that the physical gold bullion held in London Good Delivery bar form may be stored with a custodian only if the physical gold bullion will remain London Good Delivery while with that custodian;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will not hold any &#147;taxable Canadian Property&#148; within the meaning of the <i>Income Tax Act</i> (Canada) (the &#147;Tax Act&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will not purchase, sell or hold derivatives;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will not issue units except: (i)&nbsp;if the net proceeds per unit to be received by the Trust are not less than 100% of the most recently calculated net asset value (&#147;NAV&#148;) per unit prior to, or upon, the determination of the pricing of such issuance; or (ii)&nbsp;by way of unit distribution in connection with an income distribution;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will ensure that no part of the stored physical gold bullion may be delivered out of safekeeping by the Mint or, if the physical gold bullion is held by another custodian, that custodian, without receipt of an instruction from the Manager in the form specified by the Mint or such other custodian indicating the purpose of the delivery and giving direction with respect to the specific amount;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will ensure that no director or officer of the Manager or the Manager&#146;s general partner, or representative of the Trust or the Manager will be authorized to enter into the physical gold bullion storage vaults without being accompanied by at least one representative of the Mint or, if the physical gold bullion is held by another custodian, that custodian, as the case may be;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will ensure that the physical gold bullion remains unencumbered;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will inspect or cause to be inspected the stored physical gold bullion periodically on a spot inspection basis and, together with a representative of the Trust&#146;s external auditor, physically audit the gold bars annually to confirm bar numbers;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will not guarantee the securities or obligations of any person other than the Manager, and then only in respect of the activities of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with requirements of the Tax Act, will not make or hold any investment that would result in the Trust failing to qualify as a &#147;mutual fund trust&#148; within the meaning of the Tax Act;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(l)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with requirements of the Tax Act, will not invest in any security that would be a tax shelter investment within the meaning of section 143.2 of the Tax Act;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(m)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with requirements of the Tax Act, will not invest in the securities of any non-resident corporation, trust or other non-resident entity (or of any partnership that holds such securities) if the Trust (or the partnership) would be required to include any significant amount in income under sections 94 or 94.1;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(n)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with requirements of the Tax Act, will not invest in any security of an issuer that would be a foreign affiliate of the Trust for purposes of the Tax Act; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(o)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in connection with requirements of the Tax Act, will not carry on any business and make or hold any investments that would result in the Trust itself being subject to the tax for specified investment flow-through (&#147;SIFT&#148;) trusts as provided for in section 122 of the Tax Act (the &#147;SIFT Rules&#148;).</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OVERVIEW OF THE GOLD SECTOR</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Introduction to the Gold Industry and its Participants</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The participants in the world gold market may be classified in the following sectors: the mining and producer sector, the banking sector, the official sector, the investment sector and the manufacturing sector.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The mining and producer sector includes mining companies that specialize in gold production, mining companies that produce gold as a by-product of other production (such as copper or silver producers), scrap merchants and recyclers.&#160; The banking sector is composed of bullion banks that provide a variety of services to the gold market and its participants, thereby facilitating interactions between other parties.&#160; Services provided by bullion banks include traditional banking products as well as physical gold purchases and sales, hedging and risk management, inventory management for industrial users and consumers, mine financing, and gold deposit and loan instruments.&#160; The official sector includes the activities of the various central banking operations of gold-holding countries.&#160; According to statistics released by the World Gold Council, central banks are estimated to have held approximately 31,980 tonnes of gold reserves as of December&nbsp;2013.&#160; Under the current Central Bank Gold Agreement (the &#147;CBGA&#148;), which was renewed by 19 central banks on August&nbsp;7, 2009 and took effect on September&nbsp;26, 2009, 19 central banks have agreed to sell, in total, not more than 400 tonnes per year in the aggregate, and not more than 2,000 tonnes over the life of the five-year agreement.&#160; The investment sector includes the investment and trading activities of both professional and private investors and speculators.&#160; These participants range from large hedge funds and mutual funds to day-traders on futures exchanges and retail level coin collectors.&#160; Finally, the manufacturing sector represents all the commercial and industrial users of gold for whom gold is a daily part of their business.&#160; The jewellery industry is a large industrial user of gold.&#160; Other industrial users of gold include the electronics and dental industries.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sources of Gold Supply</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sources of gold supply include both mine production and recycling or mobilizing of existing above-ground stocks.&#160; The largest portion of gold supplied into the market annually is from gold mine production.&#160; The second largest source of annual gold supply is from gold scrap, which is gold that has been recovered from jewellery and other fabricated products and converted back into marketable gold.&#160; From 2000 to 2009, sales by the official sector, which includes central banks, outstripped official sector purchases, creating additional supply of gold into the marketplace.&#160; However, since 2010, the official sector has been a net buyer of gold and has thus contributed to the net demand of gold.&#160; Net producer hedging accelerates the sale of physical gold and can therefore impact, positively or negatively, supply in a given year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Mine production</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mine production includes gold produced from both primary deposits and secondary deposits, where the gold is recovered as a by-product metal from other mining activities.&#160; Since 2000, the amount of new gold that is mined each year has been substantially lower than the level of physical demand.&#160; For example, from 2000 to 2013, new mine production was only 63% of the total demand for fabrication and retail investment.&#160; The shortfall in total supply has been met by additional supplies from existing above ground stocks, predominantly coming from the recycling of fabricated gold products, official sector sales and net producer hedging.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Gold Scrap</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold scrap is gold that has been recovered from fabricated products, melted, refined and cast into bullion bars for subsequent resale into the gold market.&#160; The predominant source of gold scrap is recycled jewellery, the supply of which is largely a function of price and economic circumstances.&#160; Other sources of gold scrap include electrical wiring and dental implants.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Official sector sales</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Historically, central banks, other governmental agencies and multi-lateral institutions have retained gold as a strategic reserve asset.&#160; However, over the past two decades, the official sector has been a net seller of gold to the private sector.&#160; According to Gold Fields Mineral Services Ltd. (&#147;GFMS&#148;), the official sector has supplied an average of 442 tonnes of gold per year from 2000 to 2009, inclusive.&#160; In 2010, however, the official sector once again became a net purchaser of gold for the first time since 1988. Official sector net purchases of gold have continued in 2011, 2012 and 2013.&#160; Gold&#146;s price performance, safe haven characteristics and concerns over the safety of the major reserve currencies (the dollar, euro and yen) are the primary reasons for this shift.&#160; The official sector is expected to continue to play an important role in the dynamics of the gold market.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Net producer hedging</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net producer hedging creates incremental supply in the market by accelerating the timing of the sale of unmined gold.&#160; A mining company wishing to protect itself from the risk of a decline in the gold price may elect to sell some or all of its anticipated production for delivery at a future date.&#160; A bullion dealer accepting such a transaction will finance it by borrowing an equivalent quantity of gold (typically from a central bank), which is immediately sold into the market.&#160; The bullion dealer then invests the cash proceeds from that sale of gold and uses the yield on these investments to pay the gold mining company the premium available on gold for future delivery (the &#147;contango&#148;).&#160; When the mining company delivers the gold it has contracted to sell to the bullion dealer, the dealer returns the gold to the lender or rolls the loan forward in order to finance similar transactions in the future.&#160; While over time the hedging transactions involve no net increase in the supply of gold to the market, they do accelerate the timing of the sale of gold sold prior to production, which has an impact on the balance between supply and demand at any given time.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sources of Gold Demand</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Demand for gold is driven primarily by demand for jewellery, which is used for adornment and, in much of the developing world, as an investment.&#160; Retail investment and industrial applications represent increasingly important, though relatively small, components of overall demand.&#160; Retail investment is measured as customer purchases of bars and coins.&#160; Gold bonding wire and gold plated contacts and connectors are the two most frequent uses of gold in industrial applications.&#160; Gold demand is widely dispersed throughout virtually all countries in the world.&#160; While there are seasonal fluctuations in the levels of demand for gold (especially jewellery) in many countries, variations in the timing of such fluctuations in different countries mean that seasonal changes in demand do not have a significant impact on the global gold price.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Jewellery</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The primary source of gold demand is gold jewellery.&#160; The motivation for jewellery purchases differs in various regions of the world.&#160; In the industrialized world, gold jewellery tends to be purchased purely for adornment purposes, while gold&#146;s attributes as a store of value and a means of saving provide an</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">additional motivation for jewellery purchases in much of the developing world.&#160; Price and economic factors, such as available wealth and disposable income, are the primary factors in jewellery demand.&#160; Jewellery purchased purely for adornment purposes is generally of lower caratage or purity, but with greater added value in terms of design input and improved finishes.&#160; In those parts of the world where the additional motivation of savings or investment applies to the purchase of jewellery (such as Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East), gold jewellery is generally of higher caratage, and the purchase price more closely reflects the value of the gold contained in each item.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Retail and institutional investment</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retail and institutional investment demand covers coins and bars meeting the standards for investment gold adopted by the European Union, extended to include medallions of no less than 99% purity, and bars or coins which are likely to be worn as jewellery in certain countries.&#160; Retail investment is measured as net purchases by the ultimate customer.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Electronics, dentistry and other industrial and decorative applications</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold bonding wire and gold plated contacts and connectors are the two most frequent uses of gold in electronics.&#160; Other uses include high-melting point gold alloy solders and gold thick film pastes for hybrid circuits.&#160; In conservative and restorative dentistry, gold is generally alloyed with other noble metals and with base metals for inlay and onlay fillings, crown and bridgework and porcelain veneered restorations.&#160; Increasingly, pure gold electroforming is being used for dental repairs.&#160; Other industrial applications of gold include the use of thin gold coatings on table and enamel ware for decorative purposes and on glasses used in the construction and aerospace industries to reflect infrared rays.&#160; Small quantities are also used in various pharmaceutical applications, including the treatment of arthritis, and in medical implants.&#160; Future applications for gold catalysts are in pollution control, clean energy generation and fuel cell technology.&#160; In addition, work is under way on the use of gold in cancer treatment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">World Gold Supply and Demand and End-Use Consumption</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold is a physical asset that is primarily accumulated, rather than consumed.&#160; As a result, virtually all the gold that has ever been mined still exists today in one form or another.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">World Gold Supply and Demand (January 1, 2003 &#150; December 31, 2013)</font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,592</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,463</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,522</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,481</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,473</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,409</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,584</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,709</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,836</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,864</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3018.6</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">11</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Old   gold scrap</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">944</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">834</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">889</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1107</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">977</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1217</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1672.2</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1640.7</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1668.5</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1590.8</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1371.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Official   Sector net sales</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">617</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">471</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">659</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">367</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">485</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">236</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">29.8</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total Supply</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,153</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,768</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,070</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,955</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,935</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,862</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,286</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,349</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,515</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,455</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">4,390</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">year-over-year</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-9.27</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">8.01</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-2.83</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-0.51</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.86</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">10.99</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.47</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">3.82</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.34</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.46</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Mine   Production %</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">65.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.7</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">60.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">62.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">64.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">68.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">%</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Demand (tonnes)</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fabrication</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.26%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Jewellery</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,522</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,618</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,704</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,283</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,401</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,187</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,760</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,017</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,972</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,951</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,198</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">385</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">410</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">429</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">458</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">461</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">436</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">373.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">466.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">452.9</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">407.5</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">405</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.26%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Total   Fabrication</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,907</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,028</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,133</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,741</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,862</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,623</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,134</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,483</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,425</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.5%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,358</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,603</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Official   sector net purchases</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">77</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">456.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">544.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">369</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Net   Producer de-hedging</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">279</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">427</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">86</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">373</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">447</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">379</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">252</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">108</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">-40</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">-50</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Bar   Hoarding&nbsp;&amp; Co in Demand</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">314</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">391</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">412</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">421</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">446</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">649</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">742.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,200</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,515</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,289</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,654</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Implied   net investment</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">653.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">-78.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">439.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">420.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">180.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">211.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,158.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">481.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">118.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.98%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">303.6</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">-185.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total Demand</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,153</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3,768</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,070</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3,955</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3,935</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3,862</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,286</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,349</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,515</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,455</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,390</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">year-over-year</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-9.27</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">8.01</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-2.83</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-0.51</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.86</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">10.99</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.47</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">3.82</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.34</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">-1.46</font></i></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-style:italic;">%</font></i></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Source: </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Supply and demand (tonnes)&#148; Thompson Reuters GFMS and World Gold Council, various years.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following are some of the characteristics of the gold market:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2003, gold supply has averaged 4,158 tonnes with primary production (new mine output) accounting for approximately 63%of the total;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From 2003 to 2013, scrap was the second largest contributor to supply, averaging approximately 1,265 tonnes per annum;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The supply of gold from the official sector (including central bank sales) has declined in recent years; from 2005 to 2009 this figure declined 95% from 659 to 304 tonnes annually, culminating in net purchases by the official sector in the past four years;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The largest source of demand for gold output over the period shown has come from the jewellery sector, which has accounted for an average of 59% of all demand.&#160; In some years, demand from this sector has exceeded annual world mine production, meaning additional sources of supply have been relied upon to fill the gap;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fabrication demand for gold accounted for approximately 65% of all demand over the same period; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Global bar hoarding and coin investment surged to a 22-year high in 2011, with China and India estimated to have reached 374 tonnes and 348 tonnes, respectively (Source: &#147;Gold Demand Trends Q4 and full year 2011&#148; World Gold Council, February&nbsp;16, 2012).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Operation of the Gold Market</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The global trade in gold consists of Over-the-Counter (&#147;OTC&#148;), transactions in spot, forwards, and options and other derivatives, together with exchange traded futures and options.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The OTC gold market includes spot, forward and option and other derivative transactions conducted on a principal-to-principal basis.&#160; While this is a global 24-hour per day market, its main centers are London, New York and Zurich.&#160; Ten members of the London Bullion Market Association (the &#147;LBMA&#148;), the London based trade association that acts as the coordinator for activities conducted on behalf of its members and other participants in the London bullion market, act as OTC market makers, and most OTC market trades are cleared through London. &#160;The LBMA plays an important role in setting OTC gold trading industry standards.&#160; The LBMA&#146;s &#147;London Good Delivery Lists&#148; identify approved refiners of gold.&#160; In the OTC market, gold that meets the specifications for weight, dimensions, fineness (or purity), identifying marks (including the assay stamp of an LBMA-acceptable refiner) and appearance set forth in &#147;The Good Delivery Rules&nbsp;for Gold and Silver Bars&#148; published by the LBMA are &#147;London Good Delivery Bars&#148;.&#160; A London Good Delivery Bar (typically called a &#147;400 ounce bar&#148;) must contain between 350 and 430 fine troy ounces of gold (1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams), be of a minimum fineness (or purity) of 995 parts per 1000 (99.5%), be of good appearance and be easy to handle and stack.&#160; The fine gold content of a gold bar is calculated by multiplying the gross weight of the bar by the fineness of the bar.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">London Bullion Market</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although the market for physical gold is distributed globally, most OTC market trades are cleared through London.&#160; In addition to coordinating market activities, the LBMA acts as the principal point of contact between the market and its regulators.&#160; A primary function of the LBMA is its involvement in the promotion of refining standards by maintenance of the &#147;London Good Delivery Lists,&#148; which are the lists of LBMA accredited smelters and assayers of gold.&#160; The LBMA also coordinates market clearing and vaulting, promotes good trading practices and develops standard documentation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Twice daily during London trading hours there is a &#147;fix&#148; which provides reference gold prices for that day&#146;s trading.&#160; These are referred to as the morning (A.M.) London fix and afternoon (P.M.) London fix.&#160; Many long-term contracts will be priced on the basis of either the morning (A.M.) or afternoon (P.M.) London fix, and market participants will usually refer to one or the other of these prices when looking for a basis for valuations.&#160; The London fix is the most widely used benchmark for daily gold prices and is quoted by various financial information sources.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The most significant gold futures exchanges are the COMEX, operated by Commodities Exchange,&nbsp;Inc., a subsidiary of New York Mercantile Exchange,&nbsp;Inc., and the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (&#147;TOCOM&#148;).&#160; The COMEX is the largest exchange in the world for trading metals futures and options and has been trading gold since 1974, while the TOCOM has been trading gold since 1982.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Market Regulation</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The global gold markets are overseen and regulated by both governmental and self-regulatory organizations.&#160; In addition, certain trade associations have established rules&nbsp;and protocols for market practices and participants.&#160; In the United Kingdom, responsibility for the regulation of the financial market participants, including the major participating members of the LBMA, falls under the authority of the United Kingdom&#146;s Financial Services Authority (&#147;FSA&#148;), as provided by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the &#147;FSM Act&#148;).&#160; Under the FSM Act, all U.K.-based banks, together with other investment firms, are subject to a range of requirements, including fitness and properness, capital adequacy, liquidity, and systems and controls.&#160; The FSA is responsible for regulating investment</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">products, including derivatives, and those who deal in investment products.&#160; Regulation of spot, commercial forwards, and deposits of gold and silver not covered by the FSM Act is provided for by The London Code of Conduct for Non-Investment Products, which was established by market participants in conjunction with the Bank of England.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Participants in the U.S. OTC market for gold are generally regulated by their existing market regulators.&#160; For example, participating banks are regulated by the banking authorities.&#160; In the United States, Congress created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the &#147;CFTC&#148;) in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States.&#160; The CFTC regulates market participants and has established rules&nbsp;designed to prevent market manipulation, abusive trade practices and fraud.&#160; The CFTC requires that any trader holding an open position of more than 100 lots (i.e., 10,000 ounces) in any one contract month on COMEX must declare his or her identity, the nature of his or her business (hedging, speculative,&nbsp;etc.) and the existence and size of his or her positions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Market integrity on the TOCOM is preserved by the TOCOM&#146;s authority to perform financial and operational surveillance on its members&#146; trading activities, scrutinize positions held by members and large scale customers, and monitor the price movements of futures markets by comparing them with cash and other derivative markets&#146; prices.&#160; To act as a Futures Commission Merchant Broker, which is a required certification for a broker that intends to trade in commodities and commodity futures, a broker must obtain a license from Japan&#146;s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry METI.&#160; METI establishes the rules&nbsp;for operation of TOCOM and administers the exchange and its members through legal requirements and various supervisory functions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Historical Price Movement and Analysis</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fluctuations in the price of gold are expected to influence the price of the units.&#160; Investors should be aware of the historical movements in gold prices and understand what events and forces may have caused these movements to occur.&#160; The following chart displays the historical performance of gold from August&nbsp;1971 (when the U.S. abandoned the gold standard) until December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11.9</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MSCI EAFE Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">22.8</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.7</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.5</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S&amp;P/TSX Global Gold Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-47.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-27.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Source: Bloomberg, December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The total return numbers for the indices are represented by the following: for the S&amp;P 500, the S&amp;P 500 Total Return Index; for the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index, the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Total Return Index; for the MSCI EAFE Index, the MSCI EAFE Gross Daily Total Return Index; and for the S&amp;P/TSX Global Gold Index, the S&amp;P/TSX Global Gold Total Return Index.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total return data not available for these time periods.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An investment in the Trust will not replicate the performance of spot gold prices, due to the fees and expenses associated with the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From March&nbsp;2001 to August&nbsp;2011, the price of gold had an upward trend.&#160; A rapid economic slowdown occurred in the world economy, while stock markets in the United States and other key countries were falling.&#160; In addition, the rapid sequence of interest rate cuts in the United States reduced the risk/reward ratio that had previously been experienced by speculators who had been trading in the gold market from the short side.&#160; Lower interest rates reduced the available contango, and this reduction, combined with steady prices, meant that such trades became increasingly unattractive.&#160; After the first quarter of 2001, some mining companies started to reduce their hedge books, reducing the amount of gold coming onto the market.&#160; Political uncertainties and the continuing economic downturn after the attacks of September&nbsp;11, 2001 added to demand for gold investments.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">After a period of consolidation in the latter half of 2011 and first half of 2012, gold prices suffered a period of drastic decline. The Manager believes that the significant decline in gold prices from 2012Q2 to 2013Q2 was unwarranted. Unusually large daily price movements in futures markets, coupled with exceptionally strong physical demand from customers in Asia and tight mine supply are suggestive of abnormal activity in the gold markets. Indeed, recent investigations by financial regulators into the LBMA gold fixing prices and related price movements in the futures markets give support to that thesis.&#160; Generally, risk-averse investors have remained in the gold market.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Rationale for Investing in Gold</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold ownership may help to protect a portfolio from inflation, deflation, stagflation, systemic failure, financial collapse and currency devaluation.&#160; Investors may purchase gold because of the view that, unlike other investments, gold&#146;s tangible physical properties, negative correlation to other asset classes and use as an inflation hedge provide a way to reduce the risk of a portfolio.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unlike traditional stocks, bonds and money market instruments, gold is an asset whose price generally is independent of earnings, future growth or promised payments due to its certain physical and tangible properties.&#160; These properties allow gold to be converted into other goods and investments, which may provide investors with more immediate liquidity than alternative investments.&#160; Unlike paper-backed assets, gold cannot be created at will.&#160; Many investors also see gold as a store of value in times of uncertainty and market duress because it generally is independent of country, industry and company specific issues.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Low correlation with other asset classes</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold&#146;s low historical correlation with other major asset classes has been held to offer an investor the opportunity to diversify across a portfolio&#146;s risk spectrum.&#160; Over the long-term, gold has historically retained value more effectively than other asset categories because gold is typically a stronger inflationary hedge.&#160; Although gold is a commodity and an investment asset, it tends to move independently of other key asset classes and commodities, especially during times of crisis.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gold as an investment has demonstrated a sustained, long-term low correlation to the S&amp;P 500 index, widely regarded as the standard for measuring the performance of large-cap U.S. companies.&#160; The following table displays gold&#146;s correlation with various equity indices (a value of 1 would indicate a perfect correlation and a value of &#150;1 would indicate a perfect inverse correlation):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Correlation of Gold Relative to Other Asset Classes</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">20-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">30-Year</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">43-Year<br>   (since<br>   1971)</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Equity</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S&amp;P&nbsp;500   Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.23</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.22</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.09</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.10</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.02</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">n/a</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">n/a</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canadian Equity</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S&amp;P/TSX   Composite Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.63</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.47</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.34</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.29</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.22</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.15</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.20</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">International Equity</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MSCI   EAFE Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.28</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.26</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.12</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.21</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.16</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.14</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.19</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Global Gold Equity</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">S&amp;P/TSX   Global Gold Index</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.81</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.79</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.77</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.81</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">n/a</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">n/a</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Source: Bloomberg, December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1 indicates a perfect correlation; &#150;1 indicates a perfect inverse correlation.&#160; Correlations are calculated using monthly returns.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The total return numbers for the indices are represented by the following: for the S&amp;P 500, the S&amp;P 500 Total Return Index; for the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index, the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Total Return Index; for the MSCI EAFE Index, the MSCI EAFE Gross Daily Total Return Index; and for the S&amp;P/TSX Global Gold Index, the S&amp;P/TSX Global Gold Total Return Index.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total return data not available for these time periods.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Use as an inflation and U.S. dollar hedge</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Historically, gold has been viewed as an effective hedge against a decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar and inflation.&#160; Gold has maintained its long-term value, as measured by purchasing power, more effectively than most currencies and fixed assets.&#160; In 1971, the U.S. moved away from the gold standard.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As gold prices have generally increased during times of U.S. dollar decline and during inflationary periods, gold may provide a hedge against money creation and purchasing power erosion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Historically, there is an approximate one-for-one relationship between the price of gold and the general price level in the United States, where a 1% rise in U.S. inflation has resulted in a corresponding 1% rise in the long-term price of gold.&#160; However, short-run gold prices have demonstrated much more volatility, and tend to fluctuate in response to any number of changes in the supply and demand forces, along with a number of other factors.&#160; These factors include political and financial shocks, as well as short-run changes in the U.S. inflation rate, inflation volatility, credit risk, the U.S. dollar trade weighted exchange rate, the gold lease rate and the relative beta for gold.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Quantitative Easing</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Quantitative easing describes monetary policy used to stimulate an economy where interest rates are either at or close to zero.&#160; Normally, a central bank stimulates the economy indirectly by lowering interest rates.&#160; When it cannot lower interest rates any further, it can attempt to seed the financial system with new money through quantitative easing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In practical terms, the central bank purchases financial assets, including treasuries and corporate bonds, from financial institutions (such as banks) using money it has created.&#160; The creation of this new money is intended to seed the increase in the overall money supply through deposit multiplication by encouraging lending by these institutions and reducing the cost of borrowing, thereby stimulating the economy.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Quantitative easing results in the creation of additional money by the central bank through an increase of the credit in the central bank&#146;s own bank account.&#160; Many economists believe that quantitative easing strategies could trigger higher inflation than desired, or even hyperinflation, if improperly used and if too much money is created.&#160; As noted above, gold represents an inflationary hedge that investors may seek as a protection against such inflation or hyperinflation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, various central banks around the world, notably the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank, have announced policies that represent forms of &#147;quantitative easing&#148; in order to counter the ongoing effects of the crisis.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of units in one or more classes and series of a class.&#160; Currently, the Trust has issued only one class or series of units.&#160; Each unit of a class or series of a class represents an undivided ownership interest in the net assets of the Trust attributable to that class or series of a class of units.&#160; Units are transferable and redeemable at the option of the unitholder in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Trust Agreement.&#160; All units of the same class or series of a class have equal rights and privileges with respect to all matters, including voting, receipt of distributions from the Trust, liquidation and other events in connection with the Trust.&#160; Units and fractions thereof are issued only as fully paid and non-assessable.&#160; Units have no preference, conversion, exchange or pre-emptive rights.&#160; Each whole unit of a particular class or series of a class entitles the holder thereof to a vote at meetings of unitholders where all classes vote together, or to a vote at meetings of unitholders where that particular class or series of a class of unitholders votes separately as a class.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust may not issue additional units of the class except: (i)&nbsp;if the net proceeds per unit to be received by the Trust are not less than 100% of the most recently calculated NAV per unit immediately prior to, or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Meetings of Unitholders</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each unitholder is entitled to one vote for each whole unit held by the unitholder.&#160; Meetings of unitholders will be held by the Manager or the Trustee at such time and on such day as the Manager or the Trustee may from time to time determine for the purpose of considering the matters required to be placed before such meetings in accordance with the Trust Agreement or applicable laws and for the transaction of such other related matters as the Manager or the Trustee determines.&#160; Unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement may requisition a meeting of unitholders by giving a written notice to the Manager or the Trustee setting out in detail the reason(s)&nbsp;for calling and holding such a meeting.&#160; The Trustee will, upon the written request of the Manager or the unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, requisition a meeting of unitholders, provided that in the event of a request to call a meeting of unitholders made by such unitholders, the Trustee will not be obligated to call any such meeting until it has been satisfactorily indemnified by such unitholders against all costs of calling and holding such meeting.&#160; Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws or stock exchange rules, the Trust need only hold meetings of unitholders as described above and is not required to hold annual or other periodic meetings.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Meetings of unitholders will be held at the principal office of the Trust or elsewhere in the municipality in which its office is located or, if the Manager so determines, at any other place in Canada.&#160; Notice of the time and place of each meeting of unitholders will be given not less than 21 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held to each unitholder of record at 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the day on which the notice is given.&#160; Notice of a meeting of unitholders will state the general nature of the matters to be considered by the meeting.&#160; A meeting of unitholders may be held at any time and place without notice if all the unitholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or represented by proxy or, if those not present or represented by proxy waive notice of, or otherwise consent to, such meeting being held.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of unitholders will be at least two unitholders holding not less than 5% of the outstanding units on such date present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat.&#160; The chairman at a meeting of unitholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any meeting of unitholders every person will be entitled to vote who, as of the end of the business day immediately preceding the date of the meeting, is entered in the register of the Trust, unless in the notice of meeting and accompanying materials sent to unitholders in respect of the meeting a record date is established for persons entitled to vote thereat.&#160; The Trust is permitted to establish a record date for distributions in accordance with the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the &#147;TSX&#148;) and NYSE Arca pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purpose of determining the unitholders who are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at any meeting or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of any action other than as provided in the Trust Agreement for valuation, computation and distribution of net income and net realized capital gains, any other additional distributions, and taxes, the Manager may fix a date not more than 60 days nor fewer than 30 days prior to the date of any meeting of unitholders or other action as a record date for the determination of unitholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to receive such distributions or to be treated as unitholders of record for purposes of such other</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">action, and any unitholder who was a unitholder at the time so fixed will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at, such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to be treated as a unitholder of record for purposes of such other action, even though he or she has since that date disposed of his or her units and no unitholder becoming such after that date will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to be treated as a unitholder of record for purposes of such other action.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any meeting of unitholders, any unitholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy and a proxy need not be a unitholder, provided that no proxy may be voted at any meeting unless it has been placed on file with the Manager, or with such other agent of the Trust as the Manager may direct, prior to the commencement of such meeting.&#160; If approved by the Manager, proxies may be solicited naming the Manager as proxy and the cost of such solicitation will be paid out of the property of the Trust.&#160; When any unit is held jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such unit, but if more than one of them is present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote will not be received in respect of such unit.&#160; The instrument appointing any proxy will be in such form and executed in such manner as the Manager may from time to time determine.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At any meeting of unitholders every question will, unless otherwise required by the Trust Agreement or applicable laws, be determined by an ordinary resolution on the question which must be approved by the vote, in person or by proxy, of unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement.&#160; See &#147;Responsibility for Operation of the Trust &#151; The Trustee &#151; Unitholder Approval&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement or applicable laws, any question at a meeting of unitholders will be decided by a show of hands unless a poll thereon is required or demanded.&#160; Upon a show of hands every person who is present and entitled to vote will have one vote.&#160; If demanded by any unitholder at a meeting of unitholders or required by applicable laws, any question at such meeting will be decided by a poll.&#160; Upon a poll each person present will be entitled, in respect of the units which the unitholder is entitled to vote at the meeting upon the question, to one vote for each whole unit held and the result of the poll so taken will be the decision of the unitholders upon the said question.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A resolution in writing forwarded to all unitholders entitled to vote on such resolution at a meeting of unitholders and signed by the requisite number of unitholders required to obtain approval of the matter addressed in such resolution is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of unitholders in accordance with the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any resolution passed in accordance with the Trust Agreement will be binding on all unitholders and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, other legal representatives, successors and assigns, whether or not such unitholder was present or represented by proxy at the meeting at which such resolution was passed and whether or not such unitholder voted against such resolution.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust Agreement provides that no unitholder will be held to have any personal liability as a unitholder and that there will be no resort to the unitholder&#146;s private property for satisfaction of any obligation or claim arising out of or in connection with any contract or obligation of any of the Trust, the Manager or the Trustee or any obligation that a unitholder would otherwise have to indemnify the Trustee for any personal liability incurred by the Trustee as such, but rather, only the Trust&#146;s assets are intended to be liable and subject to levy or execution for such satisfaction.&#160; If the Trust acquires any investments subject to existing contractual obligations, the Manager, or the Trustee on the direction of the Manager, as</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the case may be, will use its best efforts to have any obligations modified so as to achieve disavowal of contractual liability.&#160; Further, the Trust Agreement provides that the Manager will cause the operations of the Trust to be conducted, with the advice of counsel, in such a way and in such jurisdictions as to avoid, as far as possible, any material risk of liability on the unitholders of claims against the Trust and will, to the extent it determines to be possible and reasonable, including the cost of premiums, cause the Trust to carry insurance for the benefit of the unitholders in such amounts as it considers adequate to cover any such foreseeable non-contractual or non-excluded contractual liability.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unitholder Reporting</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager will forward to unitholders a copy of the audited annual financial statements of the Trust within 90 days of each fiscal year-end as well as unaudited interim financial statements of the Trust, which will be reviewed by the Trust&#146;s auditors, within 60 days of the end of each interim period.&#160; Within 45 days of the end of each fiscal quarter, the Manager will make also available to unitholders an unaudited quarterly summary of the assets of the Trust and the value of net assets of the Trust as of the end of such quarter.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The calculation of the value of net assets of the Trust is the responsibility of the Manager, who may consult with the Trust&#146;s valuation agent, the Mint, the Trust&#146;s custodians and the auditors.&#160; Pursuant to a valuation services agreement, the Manager appointed RBC Investor Services as valuation agent to calculate the value of the net assets of the Trust and the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value (as hereinafter defined) for each class or series of a class of units as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on each business day.&#160; In addition, the Manager may calculate the value of the net assets of the Trust, the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value and the NAV per unit at such other times as the Manager deems appropriate.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the value of the net assets of the Trust will be determined for the purposes of subscriptions and redemptions as of the valuation time on each business day in U.S. dollars.&#160; The value of the net assets of the Trust determined on the last day of each year that is also a valuation date of the Trust will include all income, expenses of the Trust or any other items to be accrued to December&nbsp;31 of such year and since the last calculation of the NAV or the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit (as hereinafter defined), for the purpose of the distribution of net income and net realized capital gains of the Trust to unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The value of the net assets of the Trust as of the valuation time on each business day is the amount obtained by deducting from the aggregate fair market value of the assets of the Trust as of such date an amount equal to the fair value of the liabilities of the Trust (excluding all liabilities represented by outstanding units, if any) as of such date.&#160; The value of net assets per unit is determined by dividing the value of the net assets of the Trust on a date by the total number of units then outstanding on such date.&#160; Subject to directions from the Manager as required, the value of the net assets of the Trust as of the valuation time on a date is determined by the Trust&#146;s valuation agent in accordance with the following:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The assets of the Trust are deemed to include the following property:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all physical gold bullion owned by or contracted for the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all cash on hand or on deposit, including any interest accrued thereon adjusted for accruals deriving from trades executed but not yet settled;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all bills, notes and accounts receivable;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all interest accrued on any interest bearing securities owned by the Trust other than interest, the payment of which is in default; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">prepaid expenses.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The market value of the assets of the Trust is determined as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the value of physical gold bullion is its market value based on the price provided by a widely recognized pricing service as directed by the Manager and, if such service is not available, such physical gold bullion is valued at a price provided by another pricing service as determined by the Manager, in consultation with the valuation agent;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the value of any cash on hand or on deposit, bills, demand notes, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and interest accrued and not yet received, is deemed to be the full amount thereof unless the Manager determines that any such deposit, bill, demand note, account receivable, prepaid expense or interest is not worth the full amount thereof, in which event the value thereof is deemed to be such value as the Manager determines to be the fair value thereof;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">short-term investments including notes and money market instruments are valued at cost plus accrued interest;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the value of any security or other property for which no price quotations are available or, in the opinion of the Manager (which may delegate such responsibility to the Trust&#146;s valuation agent under the valuation services agreement), to which the above valuation principles cannot or should not be applied, will be the fair value thereof determined from time to time in such manner as the Manager (or the Trust&#146;s valuation agent, as the case may be) will from time to time provide; and</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the value of all assets and liabilities of the Trust valued in terms of a currency other than the currency used to calculate the value of the net assets of the Trust is converted to the currency used to calculate the value of the net assets of the Trust by applying the rate of exchange obtained from the best available sources to the Trust&#146;s valuation agent as agreed upon by the Manager including, but not limited to, the Trustee or any of its affiliates.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The liabilities of the Trust are calculated on a fair value basis and deemed to include the following:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all bills, notes and accounts payable;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all contractual obligations for the payment of money or property, including distributions of net income and net realized capital gains of the Trust, if any, declared, accrued or credited to the unitholders but not yet paid on the day before the valuation date as of which the value of the net assets of the Trust is being determined;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all allowances authorized or approved by the Manager or the </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> for taxes or contingencies; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all other liabilities of the Trust of whatsoever kind and nature, except liabilities represented by outstanding units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">market quotations do not accurately reflect the fair value of an investment;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">an investment&#146;s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a trading halt closes an exchange or market early; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">other events result in an exchange or market delaying its normal close.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purposes of determining the value of physical gold bullion, the Manager relies solely on weights provided to the Manager by third parties.&#160; The Manager, the Trustee or the Trust&#146;s valuation agent are not required to make any investigation or inquiry as to the accuracy or validity of such weights.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Portfolio transactions (investment purchases and sales) are reflected in the first computation of the value of the net assets of the Trust made after the date on which the transaction becomes binding.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The value of the net assets of the Trust and NAV on any day are deemed to be equal to value of the net assets of the Trust (or per unit, as the case may be) on such date after accrual of all fees, including management fees, and after processing of all subscriptions and redemptions of units in respect of such date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV determined by the Manager (or, if so delegated under the valuation services agreement, the Trust&#146;s valuation agent) in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement is conclusive and binding on all unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager and any investment manager retained by the Manager may determine such other rules&nbsp;regarding the calculation of the value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV which they deem necessary from time to time, which rules&nbsp;may deviate from International Financial Reporting Standards (&#147;IFRS&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Calculation of Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value and Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per Unit</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The net asset value for a particular class or series of a class of units (the &#147;Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value&#148;), as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on each business day will be determined for the purposes of subscriptions and redemptions in accordance with the following calculation:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value last calculated for that class or series of a class; plus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the increase in the assets attributable to that class or series of a class as a result of the issue of units of that class or series of a class or the redesignation of units into that class or series of a class since the last calculation; minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the decrease in the assets attributable to that class or series of a class as a result of the redemption of units of that class or series of a class or the redesignation of units out of that class or series of a class since the last calculation; plus or minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the proportionate share of the net change in non-portfolio assets attributable to that class or series of a class since the last calculation; plus or minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the proportionate share of market appreciation or depreciation of the portfolio assets attributable to that class or series of a class since the last calculation; minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the proportionate share of the common expenses of the Trust (other than expenses that are specifically chargeable to a particular class) allocated to that class or series of a class since the last calculation; minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any expenses of the Trust (including management fees) that are specifically chargeable to a particular class or series of a class allocated to that class or series of a class since the last calculation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A unit of a class or series of a class of the Trust being issued or a unit that has been redesignated as a part of that class or series of a class will be deemed to become outstanding as of the next calculation of the applicable Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value immediately following the date at which the applicable Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit that is the issue price or redesignation basis of such unit is determined, and the issue price received or receivable for the issuance of the unit will then be deemed to be an asset of the Trust attributable to the applicable class or series of a class.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A unit of a class or series of a class of the Trust being redeemed or a unit that has been redesignated as no longer being a part of that class or series of a class will be deemed to remain outstanding as part of that class or series of a class until immediately following the valuation date as of which the applicable Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit that is the redemption price or redesignation basis of such unit is determined; thereafter, the redemption price of the unit being redeemed, until paid, will be deemed to be a liability of the Trust attributable to the applicable class or series of a class and the unit which has been redesignated will be deemed to be outstanding as a part of the class or series of a class into which it has been redesignated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On any valuation date that a distribution is paid to unitholders of a class or series of a class of units, a second Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value will be calculated for that class or series of a class, which will be equal to the first Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value calculated on that valuation</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">date minus the amount of the distribution.&#160; The second Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value will be used for determining the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit on such valuation date for purposes of determining the issue price and redemption price for units on such valuation date, as well as the redesignation basis for units being redesignated into or out of such class or series of a class, and units redeemed or redesignated out of that class or series of a class as of such valuation date will participate in such distribution while units subscribed for or redesignated into such class or series of a class as of such valuation date will not.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit of a particular class or series of a class of units as of any date is the quotient obtained by dividing the applicable Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value as of such date by the total number of units of that class or series of a class outstanding at such valuation date.&#160; This calculation will be made without taking into account any issuance, redesignation or redemption of units of that class or series of a class to be processed by the Trust immediately after the valuation time of such calculation on that valuation date.&#160; The Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit for each class or series of a class of units for the purpose of the issue of units or the redemption of units will be calculated on each valuation date by or under the authority of the Manager (which may delegate such responsibility to the Trust&#146;s valuation agent under the valuation services agreement) as of the valuation time on every valuation date as fixed from time to time by the Manager, and the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit so determined for each class or series of a class will remain in effect until the valuation time as of which the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit for that class or series of a class is next determined.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purposes of the foregoing disclosure the following capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Net change in non-portfolio assets&#148; on a date means:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the aggregate of all income accrued by the Trust as of that date, including cash dividends and distributions, interest and compensation since the last calculation of Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value or Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit, as the case may be; minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the common expenses of the Trust (other than expenses that are specifically chargeable to a particular class or series of a class) to be accrued by the Trust as of that date which have been accrued since the last calculation of Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value or Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit, as the case may be; plus or minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any change in the value of any non-portfolio assets or liabilities stated in any foreign currency accrued on that date since the last calculation of Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value or Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value per unit, as the case may be, including, without limitation, cash, accrued dividends or interest and any receivables or payables; plus or minus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any other item accrued on that date determined by the Manager to be relevant in determining the net change in non-portfolio assets.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Proportionate share&#148;, when used to describe (i)&nbsp;an amount to be allocated to any one class or series of a class of the Trust, means the total amount to be allocated to all classes or series of classes of the Trust multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value of such class or series of a</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">class and the denominator of which is the value of the net assets of the Trust at such time, and (ii)&nbsp;a unitholder&#146;s interest in or share of any amount, means, after an allocation has been made to each class or series of a class as provided in clause (i), that allocated amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of units of that class or series of a class registered in the name of that unitholder and the denominator of which is the total number of units of that class or series of a class then outstanding (if such unitholder holds units of more than one class or series of a class, then such calculation is made in respect of each class or series of a class and aggregated).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The calculation of the value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV for each class or series of a class of units as of the valuation time on each valuation date is for the purposes of determining subscription prices and redemption values of units and not for the purposes of accounting in accordance with IFRS.&#160; The value of the net assets of the Trust calculated in this manner will be used for the purpose of calculating the Manager&#146;s and other service providers&#146; fees and will be published net of all paid and payable fees.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Suspension of Calculation of Net Asset Value Per Unit</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During any period in which the right of unitholders to request a redemption of their units for physical gold bullion and/or cash is suspended, the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, will direct the Trust&#146;s valuation agent to suspend the calculation of the value of the net assets of the Trust, the NAV, the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value and the net asset value per unit for each class or series of a class of units.&#160; During any such period of suspension, the Trust will not issue or redeem any units.&#160; As noted in &#147;Redemption of Units&#151;Suspension of Redemptions&#148;, in the event of any such suspension or termination thereof, the Manager will issue a press release announcing the suspension or the termination of such suspension, as the case may be.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Reporting of Net Asset Value</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV is updated on a daily basis or as determined by the Manager in accordance with the Trust Agreement and is made available as soon as practicable at no cost on the Trust&#146;s website (www.sprottphysicalgoldtrust.com) or by calling the Manager at (416) 943-6707 or toll free at 1-866-299-9906 (9:00&nbsp;a.m. to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time).&#160; Information contained in, or connected to, the Manager&#146;s website is not incorporated into, and does not form part of, this annual information form.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust&#146;s units are traded on NYSE Arca and the TSX under the symbol &#147;PHYS&#148; and &#147;PHY.U&#148;, respectively.&#160; Purchases of units can be made on NYSE Arca and the TSX pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Manager&#146;s right to suspend redemptions in the circumstances described below, units may be redeemed at the option of a unitholder in any month for physical gold bullion or cash.&#160; All redemptions will be determined using U.S. dollars, regardless of whether the redeemed units were acquired on NYSE Arca or the TSX.&#160; Redemption requests will be processed on the last business day of the applicable month.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Redemptions for Physical Gold Bullion</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unitholders whose units are redeemed for physical gold bullion will be entitled to receive a redemption price equal to 100% of the NAV of the redeemed units on the last day of the month on which NYSE Arca is open for trading for the month in respect of which the redemption request is processed.&#160; Redemption requests must be for amounts that are at least equivalent to the value of one London Good Delivery bar or an integral multiple thereof, plus applicable expenses.&#160; A &#147;London Good Delivery bar&#148; weighs between 350 and 430 troy ounces (generally, most bars weigh between 390 and 410 troy ounces).&#160; Any fractional amount of redemption proceeds in excess of a London Good Delivery bar or an integral multiple thereof will be paid in cash at a rate equal to 100% of the NAV of such excess amount.&#160; The ability of a unitholder to redeem units for physical gold bullion may be limited by the sizes of London Good Delivery bars held by the Trust at the time of redemption.&#160; A unitholder redeeming units for gold will be responsible for expenses in connection with effecting the redemption and applicable delivery expenses, including the handling of the notice of redemption, the delivery of the physical gold bullion for units that are being redeemed and the applicable gold storage in-and-out fees.&#160; For delivery in the continental U.S. and Canada, delivery expenses are currently estimated to be $5 per troy ounce at current rates.&#160; Current gold storage in-and-out fees are approximately $5 per bar with a minimum charge of $50.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Procedure to Redeem for Physical Gold Bullion</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A unitholder that owns a sufficient number of units who desires to exercise redemption privileges for physical gold bullion must do so by instructing his, her or its broker, who must be a direct or indirect participant of DTC or CDS, to deliver to the transfer agent, Equity Financial Trust Company on behalf of the unitholder a written notice (the &#147;Gold Redemption Notice&#148;), of the unitholder&#146;s intention to redeem units for physical gold bullion (the transfer agent is permitted to directly accept redemption requests pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;).&#160; A Gold Redemption Notice must be received by the transfer agent no later than 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the 15th day of the month in which the Gold Redemption Notice will be processed or, if such day is not a business day, then on the immediately following day that is a business day.&#160; Any Gold Redemption Notice received after such time will be processed in the next month.&#160; Any Gold Redemption Notice must include a valid signature guarantee to be deemed valid by the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as provided under &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Suspension of Redemptions&#148; below, by instructing a broker to deliver to the transfer agent a Gold Redemption Notice, the unitholder will be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his, her or its units for redemption and appointed such broker to act as his, her or its exclusive settlement agent with respect to the exercise of such redemption privilege and the receipt of payment in connection with the settlement of obligations arising from such exercise.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Once a Gold Redemption Notice is received by the transfer agent, the transfer agent, together with the Manager, will determine whether such Gold Redemption Notice complies with the applicable requirements, is for an amount of gold that is equal to at least one London Good Delivery bar in the Trust&#146;s inventory at the Mint plus applicable expenses, and contains delivery instructions that are acceptable to the armored service transportation carrier.&#160; If the transfer agent and the Manager determine that the Gold Redemption Notice complies with all applicable requirements, it will provide a notice to such redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker confirming that the Gold Redemption Notice was received and determined to be complete.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any Gold Redemption Notice delivered to the transfer agent regarding a unitholder&#146;s intent to redeem units that the transfer agent or the Manager, in their sole discretion, determines to be incomplete, not in proper form, not duly executed or for an amount of physical gold bullion less than at least one London Good Delivery bar held by the Trust at the Mint, or in an amount that cannot be satisfied based on the bar</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">sizes of physical gold bullion owned by the Trust will for all purposes be void and of no effect, and the redemption privilege to which it relates will be considered for all purposes not to have been exercised thereby.&#160; If the transfer agent and the Manager determine that the Gold Redemption Notice does not comply with the applicable requirements, the transfer agent will provide a notice explaining the deficiency to the unitholder&#146;s broker.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Gold Redemption Notice is determined to have complied with the applicable requirements, the transfer agent and the Manager will determine on the last business day of the applicable month the amount of physical gold bullion and the amount of cash that will be delivered to the redeeming unitholder.&#160; Also on the last business day of the applicable month, the redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker will deliver the redeemed units to CDS or DTC, as the case may be, for cancellation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because London Good Delivery bars vary in weight from 350 to 430 troy ounces, the transfer agent and the Manager have some discretion on the amount of physical gold bullion the redeeming unitholder will receive based on the weight of gold bars owned by the Trust and the amount of cash necessary to cover the expenses associated with the redemption and delivery that must be paid by the redeeming unitholder.&#160; Once such determination has been made, the transfer agent will inform the broker through which the unitholder has delivered its Gold Redemption Notice of the amount of physical gold bullion and cash that the redeeming unitholder will receive.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on instructions from the Manager, the Mint will release the requisite amount of physical gold bullion from its custody to the armored transportation service carrier.&#160; See &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Transporting the Gold from the Mint to the Redeeming Unitholder&#148;.&#160; As directed by the Manager, any cash to be received by a redeeming unitholder in connection with a redemption of units for physical gold bullion will be delivered or caused to be delivered by the Manager to the unitholder&#146;s brokerage account within 10 business days after the month in which the redemption is processed.&#160; The Trust is permitted to pay the redemption price later than three business days after calculating the NAV per unit pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Transporting the Gold from the Mint to the Redeeming Unitholder</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A unitholder redeeming units for physical gold bullion will receive the physical gold bullion from the Mint.&#160; Physical gold bullion received by a unitholder as a result of a redemption of units will be delivered by armored transportation service carrier pursuant to delivery instructions provided by the unitholder to the Manager, provided that the delivery instructions are acceptable to the armoured transportation service carrier.&#160; The armored transportation service carrier will be engaged by or on behalf of, and the costs in connection therewith, will be borne by the redeeming unitholder.&#160; Such physical gold bullion can be delivered: (i)&nbsp;to an account established by the unitholder at an institution located in North America authorized to accept and hold London Good Delivery bars; (ii)&nbsp;in the United States, to any physical address (subject to approval by the armored transportation service carrier); (iii)&nbsp;in Canada, to any business address (subject to approval by the armored transportation service carrier); and (iv)&nbsp;outside of the United States and Canada, to any address approved by the armored transportation service carrier.&#160; Physical gold bullion delivered to an institution located in North America authorized to accept and hold London Good Delivery bars will likely retain its London Good Delivery status while in the custody of such institution; physical gold bullion delivered pursuant to a unitholder&#146;s delivery instruction to a destination other an institution located in North America authorized to accept and hold London Good Delivery bars will no longer be deemed London Good Delivery once received by the unitholder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Costs associated with the redemption of units and the delivery of physical gold bullion will be borne by the redeeming unitholder, and current rates are estimated to be $5 per troy ounce for delivery to addresses in the continental United States and Canada.&#160; Also, the redeeming unitholder will be responsible for</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reimbursing the Trust for in-and-out fees charged to the Trust by the Mint, currently $5 per bar plus an administrative fee of $50.&#160; Unitholders interested in redeeming units for physical gold should contact the Manager for current costs associated with the delivery of gold pursuant to the unitholder&#146;s delivery instructions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The armored transportation service carrier will receive physical gold bullion in connection with a redemption of units approximately 10 business days after the end of the month in which the redemption notice is processed.&#160; Once the physical gold bullion representing the redeemed units has been placed with the armored transportation service carrier, the Mint will no longer bear the risk of loss of, and damage to, such physical gold bullion.&#160; In the event of a loss after the physical gold bullion has been placed with the armored transportation service carrier, the unitholder will not have recourse against the Trust or the Mint.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Example of a Redemption for Physical Gold Bullion</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the following example of a redemption of units for physical gold bullion, we have assumed the following:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amount of physical gold bullion represented   by each unit</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$5</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In-and-out fee per bar charged by the Mint</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$50</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Gold Redemption Notice is received by the transfer agent before June&nbsp;15, so the redemption will be processed in the month ending June&nbsp;30 (for purposes of this example, we have assumed that June&nbsp;15, June&nbsp;30 and July&nbsp;1 are business days).&#160; The transfer agent and the Manager review the Gold Redemption Notice and determine that: (i)&nbsp;it complies with all applicable requirements; and (ii)&nbsp;the number of units redeemed is equal to 420 troy ounces of gold, which is sufficient in amount for one London Good Delivery bar plus expected expenses.&#160; For purposes of estimating the amount of physical gold bullion to be received by the redeeming unitholder, the Manager estimates the expenses at approximately $2,000; at $1,000 per troy ounce, such expenses equal approximately 2 ounces.&#160; Therefore, the Manager determines that the redeeming unitholder will receive approximately 418 troy ounces of physical gold bullion and notifies the Mint that a redemption of approximately 418 troy ounces is scheduled.&#160; The transfer agent then sends a notice to the redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker that the Gold Redemption Notice has been received and determined to be complete.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Mint reviews the list of London Good Delivery bars owned by the Trust and stored at the Mint.&#160; The Mint then determines that there are two bars that fall into the desired range, one weighing 400 troy ounces and one weighing 410 troy ounces, and informs the Manager of the available bars.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager then determines the delivery and in-and-out expenses for a gold bar weighing 410 troy ounces, which are $5 &#215; 410 plus $5, plus $50, for a total of $2,105.&#160; Since the redemption request is for an amount equal to 420 troy ounces of gold, the redeeming unitholder will receive one London Good Delivery bar weighing 410 troy ounces plus cash in an amount equal to 10 troy ounces of gold at NAV less delivery and in-and-out expenses, which equals $10,000 less $2,105, or $7,895.&#160; The London Good Delivery bar weighing 410 troy ounces will be received by the armored transportation service carrier within 10 business days of June&nbsp;30, and the $7,895 in cash will be delivered to the redeeming unitholder&#146;s brokerage account.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;30, the redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker will deliver 42,000 units to CDS or DTC and, on July&nbsp;1, the transfer agent will observe the newly adjusted CDS or DTC position and cancel the 42,000 redeemed units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Redemptions for Cash</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unitholders whose units are redeemed for cash will be entitled to receive a redemption price per unit equal to 95% of the lesser of: (i)&nbsp;the volume-weighted average trading price of the units traded on NYSE Arca or, if trading has been suspended on NYSE Arca, the volume-weighted average trading price of the units traded on the TSX, for the last five days on which the respective exchange is open for trading for the month in which the redemption request is processed; and (ii)&nbsp;the NAV of the redeemed units as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the last day of such month on which NYSE Arca is open for trading.&#160; The redemption price is permitted to be less than 100% of the NAV per unit pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.&#160; Cash redemption proceeds will be transferred to a redeeming unitholder approximately three business days after the end of the month in which such redemption request is processed by the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Procedure to Redeem for Cash</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To redeem units for cash, a unitholder must instruct the unitholder&#146;s broker to deliver a notice to redeem units for cash (the &#147;Cash Redemption Notice&#148;) to the transfer agent (the transfer agent is permitted to accept redemption requests pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;).&#160; A Cash Redemption Notice must be received by the transfer agent no later than 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the 15th day of the month in which the Cash Redemption Notice will be processed or, if such day is not a business day, then on the immediately following day that is a business day.&#160; Any Cash Redemption Notice received after such time will be processed in the next month.&#160; Any Cash Redemption Notice must include a valid signature guarantee to be deemed valid by the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as provided under &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Suspension of Redemptions&#148; below, by instructing a broker to deliver to the transfer agent a Cash Redemption Notice, the unitholder will be deemed to have irrevocably surrendered his, her or its units for redemption and appointed such broker to act as his, her or its exclusive settlement agent with respect to the exercise of such redemption privilege and the receipt of payment in connection with the settlement of obligations arising from such exercise.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any Cash Redemption Notice delivered to the transfer agent regarding a unitholder&#146;s intent to redeem units that the transfer agent or the Manager determines to be incomplete, not in proper form or not duly executed will for all purposes be void and of no effect and the redemption privilege to which it relates will be considered for all purposes not to have been exercised thereby.&#160; For each Cash Redemption Notice, the transfer agent will notify the redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker that such Cash Redemption Notice has been deemed insufficient or accepted and duly processed, as the case may be.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Upon receipt of the Cash Redemption Notice, the transfer agent and the Manager will determine on the last business day of the applicable month the amount of cash that will be delivered to the redeeming unitholder.&#160; Also on the last business day of the applicable month, the redeeming unitholder&#146;s broker will deliver the redeemed units to CDS or DTC, as the case may be, for cancellation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Canadian Tax Implications of Redemption</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Manager, in its sole discretion, may allocate and, where applicable, designate to a unitholder who has redeemed units during a year an amount equal to any net income or net realized capital gains realized by the Trust for the year as a result of the disposition of any of the Trust&#146;s property to satisfy the Gold Redemption Notice or the Cash Redemption Notice, as the case may be, given by such unitholder or such other amount that is determined by the Manager to be reasonable.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Suspension of Redemptions</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager, on behalf of the Trust, may suspend the right of unitholders to request a redemption of their units or postpone the date of delivery or payment of the redemption proceeds (whether physical gold bullion and/or cash, as the case may be) with the prior approval of Canadian securities regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, where required, for any period during which the Manager determines that conditions exist which render impractical the sale of assets of the Trust or which impair the ability of the Manager to determine the value of the assets of the Trust or the redemption amount for the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event of any such suspension, the Manager will issue a press release announcing the suspension and will advise the Trustee, the Trust&#146;s valuation agent and any other agents appointed by the Manager, as applicable.&#160; The suspension may apply to all requests for redemption received prior to the suspension, but as for which payment has not been made, as well as to all requests received while the suspension is in effect.&#160; All unitholders making such requests will be advised by the Manager of the suspension and that the redemption will be effected at a price determined on the first valuation date that the net asset value per unit is calculated following the termination of the suspension.&#160; All such unitholders will have, and will be advised that during such suspension of redemptions that they have, the right to withdraw their requests for redemption.&#160; The suspension will terminate in any event on the first business day on which the condition giving rise to the suspension has ceased to exist or when the Manager has determined that such condition no longer exists, provided that no other condition under which a suspension is authorized then exists, at which time the Manager will issue a press release announcing the termination of the suspension and will advise the Trustee, the Trust&#146;s valuation agent and any other agents appointed by the Manager, as applicable.&#160; Subject to applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws, any declaration of suspension made by the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, will be conclusive.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During any period in which the right of unitholders to request a redemption of their units for physical gold bullion and/or cash is suspended, the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, will direct the Trust&#146;s valuation agent to suspend the calculation of the value of the net assets of the Trust, the NAV, the Class&nbsp;Net Asset Value and the net asset value per unit for each class or series of a class of units.&#160; During any such period of suspension, the Trust will not issue or redeem any units.&#160; In the event of any such suspension or termination thereof, the Manager will issue a press release announcing the suspension or the termination of such suspension, as the case may be.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Manager</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the management agreement between the Trust and Sprott Asset Management LP dated as of February&nbsp;24, 2010 (the &#147;Management Agreement&#148;), the Manager acts as the manager of the Trust.&#160; The Manager is a limited partnership formed and organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, pursuant to the <i>Limited Partnerships Act </i>(Ontario) by declaration dated September&nbsp;17, 2008.&#160; The general partner of the Manager is Sprott Asset Management GP Inc. (the &#147;GP&#148;), which is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, on September&nbsp;17, 2008.&#160; The general partner is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprott Inc., which is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, on February&nbsp;13, 2008.&#160; Sprott Inc. is also the sole limited partner of the Manager.&#160; Sprott Inc. is a public company listed on the TSX under the symbol &#147;SII&#148;.&#160; Pursuant to an internal corporate reorganization of Sprott Inc. completed on June&nbsp;1, 2009, the Manager acquired the assets related to Sprott Asset Management Inc.&#146;s portfolio management business.&#160; On February&nbsp;4, 2011 Sprott Inc. completed its acquisition of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., Terra Resource Investment Management Inc., and Resource Capital Investments Corp. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sprott US Holdings Inc. On July&nbsp;3, 2012, Sprott Inc. completed its acquisition of Toscana Capital Corporation and Toscana Energy Corporation (collectively, the &#147;Toscana Companies&#148;). The Toscana Companies are based in Calgary and provide services and/or capital to oil and gas companies.&#160; On July&nbsp;23, 2013, Sprott Inc. completed its acquisition of Sprott Resource Lending Corp.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Manager, together with its affiliates and related entities, had assets under management totaling approximately Cdn$7.0 billion, and provided management and investment advisory services to many entities, including private investment funds, the Sprott Mutual Funds, the Sprott discretionary managed accounts, and management of certain companies through its subsidiary, Sprott Consulting LP.&#160; The Manager also acts as manager for the Sprott Gold Bullion Fund, a Canadian public mutual fund that invests in physical gold bullion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott Private Wealth GP Inc. is the general partner of SPW, which exists under the laws of the Province of Ontario.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott Resource Lending exists under the federal laws of Canada.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott Asset Management GP Inc. is the general partner of SAM, which exists under the laws of the Province of Ontario.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott GenPar Ltd. is the general partner of Sprott Hedge Fund L.P., Sprott Hedge Fund L.P. II, Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund L.P. and Sprott Enhanced Long Short Equity Fund L.P. Sprott GenPar Ltd. exists under the laws of the Province of Ontario.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TEC exists under the laws of Alberta.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TCC exists under the laws of Alberta.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SAMGENPAR,&nbsp;Ltd. is the general partner of Sprott Capital L.P. and Sprott Capital L.P. II and Sprott Macro Managers Master Fund L.P. SAMGENPAR,&nbsp;Ltd. exists under the laws of Ontario.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott U.S. was formed to acquire Rule&nbsp;Investment,&nbsp;Inc. (which in turn owns GRIL), SAM USA and RCIC. Sprott U.S. exists under the laws of the State of Delaware. Rule&nbsp;Investment,&nbsp;Inc., GRIL and SAM USA exist under the laws of the State of California. RCIC exists under the laws of the State of Nevada.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sprott Consulting GP Inc. is the general partner of SCLP, which exists under the laws of the Province of Ontario.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registered office of the Manager is located at Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1.&#160; Further contact information of the Manager is as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tel: (416) 943 6707</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fax: (416) 943 6497</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Email: invest@sprott.com</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Website: www.sprott.com</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toll free number: 1-866-299-9906</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The names, places of residence and present positions held by the directors and officers of the Manager and/or of the GP are listed below.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position&nbsp;with<br>   the&nbsp;Manager</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Position&nbsp;with<br>   the&nbsp;GP</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal&nbsp;Occupation</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eric S. Sprott</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oakville, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Portfolio Manager</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of   Sprott Inc.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Wilson</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toronto, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer   and Co-Chief Investment Officer</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer   and Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer of the Manager and   the GP and Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Manager.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James R. Fox</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toronto, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President of the Manager and the GP.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven Rostowsky</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thornhill, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer   and Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer of Sprott&nbsp;Inc.,   the Manager and the GP.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kirstin H. McTaggart</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mississauga, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Compliance Officer</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Secretary, Chief   Compliance Officer and Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Ciampaglia</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Caledon, Ontario,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Operating Officer</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Operating Officer</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scott Colbourne</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toronto, Ontario,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Manager.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each of the above persons has worked for the Manager (or Sprott Asset Management Inc., the manager of the Trust prior to June&nbsp;1, 2009) for the past five years except for John Ciampaglia, John Wilson and Scott Colbourne.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Ciampaglia joined the Manager in April&nbsp;2010. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr.&nbsp;Ciampaglia was a Senior Executive at Invesco Trimark Ltd. from 2001 to March&nbsp;2010.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Wilson joined the Manager in January&nbsp;2012. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr.&nbsp;Wilson was Chief Investment Officer at Cumberland Private Wealth Management from March&nbsp;2009 to January&nbsp;2012. Previously, Mr.&nbsp;Wilson was the founder of DDX Capital Partners, an alternative investment manager where he worked from September&nbsp;2004 to March&nbsp;2009.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Colbourne joined the Manager in March&nbsp;2010. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr.&nbsp;Colbourne was a Senior Portfolio Manager at TD Asset Management from October&nbsp;2007 to February&nbsp;2010. Previously, Mr.&nbsp;Colbourne was Senior Vice-President and Portfolio Manager at AGF Funds Inc. (now AGF Investments Inc.).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Duties and Services Provided by the Manager</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is responsible for the day-to-day business and administration of the Trust, including management of the Trust&#146;s portfolio and all clerical, administrative and operational services.&#160; The Trust maintains a public website that contains information about the Trust and the units.&#160; The internet address of the website is www.sprottphysicalgoldtrust.com.&#160; This internet address is provided here only as a convenience to you, and the information contained on or connected to the website is not incorporated into, and does not form part of, this annual information form.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Management of the Trust is overseen by Eric Sprott, Charles Oliver and Jamie Horvat.&#160; Messrs Oliver and Horvat joined the Manager&#146;s predecessor in January&nbsp;2008 with a focus on the Sprott Gold and Precious Minerals Fund and currently also manage the Sprott Opportunities Hedge Fund LP, the Sprott Opportunities RSP Fund, the Sprott Opportunities Offshore Fund,&nbsp;Ltd., the Sprott Opportunities Capital Fund, L.P., the Sprott Global Equity Fund and the Sprott All Cap Fund.&#160; The long-time experience in the gold industry of the Manager, its predecessor, Sprott Asset Management Inc., and its affiliates has permitted them to gain an extensive knowledge base in the business of gold, including buying, selling, valuing, pricing, securing or storing gold or gold-related assets.&#160; All physical gold bullion purchased by the Trust is or will be London Good Delivery bars.&#160; Based on compliance procedures established by the Manager over time, once the Trust has agreed to purchase gold bars and the order is executed, on delivery each bar is individually checked against its serial number.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Powers and Duties of the Manager</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement and Management Agreement, the Manager has the full authority and exclusive power to manage and direct the business and affairs of the Trust including, without limitation, to provide the Trust with all necessary investment management services and all clerical, administrative and operational services.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to determine the investment objectives and strategies applicable to the Trust, including any restrictions on investments which it deems advisable and to implement such investment objective, strategy and restrictions, provided that the investment objective, strategy and restrictions applicable to the Trust must concur with those set forth in the Trust Agreement or any current disclosure document or like offering document of the Trust, or in any amendment thereto, or the Management Agreement, and provided further that any material change in such investment objective, strategy and restrictions will be subject to the consent or approval of the unitholders in the manner provided for in the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to ensure that the Trust complies with applicable laws, including those relating to the investment of the property of the Trust, the distribution of the units and applicable stock exchange listing requirements;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to monitor the performance of the physical gold bullion and other property of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to provide services in respect of the Trust&#146;s daily operations, including the processing of and determination of procedures applicable to subscriptions and redemptions of units (including the acceptance and rejection of subscriptions, Gold Redemption Notices and Cash Redemption Notices) and to submit such subscriptions, Gold Redemption Notices and Cash Redemption Notices to the transfer agent for processing, and any other services not otherwise specifically contemplated by the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to offer units for sale to prospective purchasers including the power and authority to enter into arrangements regarding the distribution and sale of units, and other arrangements relating to the right to charge fees of any nature or kind (including, without limitation, sales commissions, redemption fees, distribution fees and transfer fees) in connection with the distribution or sale of units.&#160; Any such fees may be deducted from the amount of a subscription, redemption proceeds or a distribution if not paid separately by a unitholder;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to determine from time to time the form of certificates that will represent the units;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to conduct or cause to be conducted the day-to-day correspondence and administration of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(viii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to provide to the Trust, adequate for carrying on the undertaking and business of the Trust, all requisite office accommodation, office facilities and personnel, telephone and telecommunication services, stationery, office supplies, statistical and research services, record-keeping services, bookkeeping and internal accounting and audit services in respect of the operations of the Trust and other usual and ordinary office services that may be required to properly and efficiently carry out its duties set forth in the Trust Agreement and the Management Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ix)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to provide to the Trust all other administrative and other services and facilities required by the Trust in relation to the unitholders and be responsible for all aspects of the Trust&#146;s relationship with unitholders, including the preparation for and holding of meetings of unitholders, and other services for the provision of information to unitholders;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to establish general matters of policy and governance of the Trust subject, where specifically provided in the Trust Agreement, to the approval of the Trustee;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to establish the Trust&#146;s operating expense budgets and to authorize the payment of actual operating expenses incurred;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to appoint the auditors and to change the auditors of the Trust (with prior consent of the Trustee and independent review committee (the &#147;IRC&#148;) and after providing notice to the unitholders);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xiii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to maintain the accounting records for the Trust and to cause the financial statements of the Trust to be audited for each fiscal year;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xiv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to appoint the bankers of the Trust and to establish banking procedures to be implemented by the Trustee;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to appoint the Mint to hold the physical gold bullion and RBC Investor Services to hold property of the Trust other than the physical gold bullion, all of which appointments will be subject to the approval of the Trustee and any applicable securities authorities having jurisdiction over the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xvi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to calculate the value of net assets of the Trust, the NAV, the value of the net assets of a class and the net asset value per unit of such class in accordance with the Trust Agreement, to appoint the Trust&#146;s valuation agent and to review the valuation of the property of the Trust as calculated by such valuation agent on each business day and, from time to time, consider the appropriateness of the valuation policies adopted by the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xvii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to appoint a transfer agent and distribution disbursing agent (which may be the transfer agent or an affiliate thereof) to make distributions of net income and net realized capital gains and other distributions in accordance with the Trust Agreement and to pay cash redemption proceeds in accordance with the Trust Agreement on behalf of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xviii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to authorize, negotiate, enter into and execute all agreements, instruments or other documents relating to the affairs of the Trust including, without limitation, any loan agreement, granting of a security interest and supporting documentation, or to perform any act or deed which the Manager deems necessary or advisable in the best interests of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xix)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to apply for listing of the units on NYSE Arca, the TSX and/or other recognized stock exchange(s)&nbsp;and to prepare, execute and file with the appropriate securities regulatory authorities or stock exchanges any other documents that are required or appropriate under relevant securities legislation or stock exchange rules&nbsp;and regulations in respect of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xx)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to prepare, execute and file with the appropriate securities regulatory authorities the prospectus or similar offering document, annual information forms, management reports of fund performance or such other continuous disclosure documents relating to the Trust, and any amendments thereto, as may be required under applicable securities legislation;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to prepare, certify, execute and distribute to unitholders and file with the securities regulatory authorities and applicable tax authorities all such documents as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the issue, sale and distribution of units, including such interim financial statements, audited annual financial statements, reports to unitholders and other disclosure as may be required under applicable securities legislation, and to make all designations, elections, determinations, allocations and applications under the Tax Act as the Manager considers to be reasonable in the circumstances;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to determine and compute for distribution purposes the net income and net realized capital gains of the Trust and determine when, to what extent, and in what manner distributions will be made payable to unitholders, as well as determine whether distributions are payable out of the income, dividends received from taxable Canadian corporations, capital gains, capital or otherwise of the Trust;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxiii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to authorize the issuance of additional units pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the consolidation of the units outstanding after such a distribution;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxiv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to direct the transfer agent regarding the allotment and issue of units in accordance with the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to accept or reject any units tendered for redemption in accordance with the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxvi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">on or before March&nbsp;31 in each year, other than a leap year in which case on or before March&nbsp;30 in such year, to prepare and deliver to unitholders the information pertaining to the Trust, including all distributions and allocations which is required by the Tax Act or which is necessary to permit unitholders to complete their individual tax returns for the preceding year;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxvii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">on or before March&nbsp;31 in each year, other than a leap year in which case on or before March&nbsp;30 in such year, and such other date(s)&nbsp;in each year, to prepare and deliver to the appropriate taxation authorities in Canada and the United States, all relevant tax filings and/or returns for the Trust that are required by applicable laws;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxviii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">as set forth in full in the Trust Agreement, within 45 days from the end of each taxable year of the Trust, to provide unitholders with all information necessary to enable unitholders or beneficial owners of units, as applicable, to elect to treat the Trust as a qualified electing fund (a &#147;QEF&#148;) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, including a completed &#147;PFIC Annual Information Statement&#148;;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxix)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to use its best efforts to ensure that the Trust qualifies at all times as a &#147;unit trust&#148; pursuant to subsection 108(2)&nbsp;of the Tax Act and a &#147;mutual fund trust&#148; pursuant to subsection 132(6)&nbsp;of the Tax Act;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxx)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to keep proper records relating to the performance of its duties as Manager, which records will be accessible for inspection by the Trustee, its agents, or the Manager&#146;s agents, including the auditors of the Trust, at any time, upon reasonable notice, during ordinary business hours;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxxi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">on or before 90 days following June&nbsp;30 in each year, to provide the Trustee with an interim certificate of compliance as described in the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxxii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">on or before 90 days following December&nbsp;31 of each year, to provide the Trustee with a certificate of compliance and a copy of the audited annual financial statements of the Trust, together with the report of the auditors thereon;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxxiii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to delegate any or all of the powers and duties of the Manager contained in the Trust Agreement to one or more agents, representatives, officers, employees, independent contractors or other persons without liability to the Manager except as specifically provided in the Trust Agreement; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(xxxiv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to do all such other acts and things as are incidental to the foregoing, and to exercise all powers which are necessary or useful to carry on the business of the Trust, to promote any of the purposes for which the Trust is formed and to carry out the provisions of the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust may terminate immediately the Management Agreement if the Manager is, in the opinion of the Trustee, in material default of its obligations under Management Agreement or the Trust Agreement and such default continues for 120 days from the date that the Manager receives notice of such default from the Trustee and no successor manager has been appointed by the unitholders of the Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement.&#160; In addition, the Trust may terminate immediately the Management Agreement where: (i)&nbsp;the Manager has been declared bankrupt or insolvent or has entered into liquidation or winding-up, whether compulsory or voluntary (and not merely a voluntary liquidation for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction); (ii)&nbsp;the Manager makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or otherwise acknowledges its insolvency; or (iii)&nbsp;the assets of the Manager have become subject to seizure or confiscation by any public or governmental authority.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager has the right to resign as Manager of the Trust by giving notice in writing to the Trustee and the unitholders not less than 90 days prior to the date on which such resignation is to take effect.&#160; Such resignation will take effect on the date specified in such notice.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, no approval of, or notice to, unitholders is required to be provided by the Manager if a change in manager is the result of a reorganization of the current Manager which does not result in a change of control of the then current Manager.&#160; The Manager will appoint a successor manager of the Trust, and, unless the successor manager is an affiliate of the Manager, such appointment must be approved by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement.&#160; If, prior to the effective date of the Manager&#146;s resignation, a successor manager is not appointed or the unitholders do not approve of the appointment of the successor manager as required under the Trust Agreement, the Trust will be terminated and dissolved upon the effective date of resignation of the Manager and, after providing for the liabilities of the Trust, the property of the Trust will be distributed to the unitholders in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement and the Trustee and the Manager will continue to act as trustee and manager,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">respectively, of the Trust until such property of the Trust has been so distributed.&#160; See &#147;Termination of the Trust&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Standard of Care and Indemnification of the Manager</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is required to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the Trust and in connection therewith will exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent professional manager would exercise in comparable circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager may employ or engage, and rely and act on information or advice received from auditors, underwriters, other distributors, brokers, depositories, the Mint, custodians, electronic data processors, advisors, lawyers and others and will not be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of such persons or for any other matter, including any loss or depreciation in the value of the net assets of the Trust or any particular asset of the Trust, provided that the Manager acted in good faith in accordance with its standard of care set out in the Trust Agreement in relying on such information or advice.&#160; All information provided by the Manager to the Trust or the Trustee will be complete, accurate, and contain no misrepresentations; however, the Manager will be entitled to assume that any information received from the Trustee, the Mint, the custodian, or any sub-custodian, or their respective authorized representatives associated with the day-to-day operation of the Trust is accurate and complete and no liability will be incurred by the Manager as a result of any error in such information or any failure to receive any notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Trust Agreement, except to the extent that any such information provided to, or failure to receive any notices by, the Manager arises or results from the Manager&#146;s failure to comply with the terms of the Trust Agreement or the Management Agreement in providing any required directions or information related thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager will not be required to devote its efforts exclusively to or for the benefit of the Trust and may engage in other business interests and may engage in other activities similar or in addition to those relating to the activities to be performed for the Trust.&#160; In the event that the Manager, its partners, employees, associates and affiliates or any of them now or hereafter carry on activities competitive with those of the Trust or buy, sell or trade in assets and portfolio securities of the Trust or of other investment funds, none of them will be under any liability to the Trust or to the unitholders for so acting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager, its affiliates and agents, and their respective directors, partners, officers and employees will at all times be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust from and against all legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the Manager&#146;s services provided to the Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Management Agreement, provided that the Trust has reasonable grounds to believe that the action or inaction that caused the payment of the legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement was in the best interests of the Trust and provided that such person or entities will not be indemnified by the Trust where: (i)&nbsp;there has been negligence, willful misconduct, willful neglect, default, bad faith or dishonesty on the part of the Manager or such other person or entity; (ii)&nbsp;a claim is made as a result of a misrepresentation contained in this or in any prospectus or like offering document of the Trust or any document filed in connection with the Trust&#146;s periodic filing requirements distributed or filed in connection with the issue of the units or applicable securities laws; or (iii)&nbsp;the Manager has failed to fulfill its standard of care or its other obligations in accordance with applicable laws or the provisions as set forth in the Trust Agreement and the Management Agreement, unless in an action brought against the Manager or such persons or entities they have achieved complete or substantial success as a defendant.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is responsible for the management, administration and investment management of the portfolio held by the Trust.&#160; The Manager provides, and may in the future provide, management and/or investment advisory services to other corporations, limited partnerships or other investment funds or managed accounts in addition to the Trust including, without limitation, the Sprott Gold Bullion Fund.&#160; In the event that the Manager elects to undertake such activities and other business activities in the future, the Manager and its principals may be subject to conflicting demands in respect of allocating management time, services and other functions.&#160; The Manager and its principals and affiliates endeavor to treat each client, investment pool and managed account fairly and not to favor one client, investment pool or managed account over another.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To avoid any conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest, the Manager has adopted a policy pursuant to which any entity or account that is: (a)&nbsp;managed; or (b)&nbsp;for whom investment decisions are made, directly or indirectly, by a person that is involved in the decision-making process of, or has non-public information about, follow-on offerings of the Trust is prohibited from investing in the Trust, and no such decision-making person is permitted to invest in the Trust for that decision-making person&#146;s benefit, directly or indirectly. In addition, the policy requires that any sales of units of the Trust owned by such persons must be precleared by the IRC.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In executing its duties on behalf of the Trust, the Manager is subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement, the Management Agreement and the Manager&#146;s Code of Ethics (a copy of which is available for review upon request at the offices of the Manager), which provide that the Manager will execute its duties in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Trust and its unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is registered with the Ontario Securities Commission as an investment fund manager, a portfolio manager and as an exempt market dealer.&#160; The Manager&#146;s operations are subject to the rules, regulations and policies of the Canadian Securities Administrators.&#160; The distribution of the securities of the various investment funds managed by the Manager is also subject to regulation under the securities legislation of those jurisdictions where such funds are sold.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is subject to regulations that cover all aspects of the securities business, including sales methods, trading practices, use and safekeeping of funds and securities, capital structure, record keeping, conflicts of interest and the conduct of directors, officers and employees.&#160; The Ontario Securities Commission has jurisdiction over the Manager and its activities and is empowered to conduct administrative proceedings that can result in censure, fine, the issuance of cease-and-desist orders or the suspension of registration of the Manager or its directors, officers or employees.&#160; The Manager is also subject to rules&nbsp;respecting the maintenance of minimum regulatory working capital and insurance.&#160; The Manager regularly reviews its policies, practices and procedures to ensure that they comply with current regulatory requirements and employees are routinely updated on all relevant legal requirements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is also subject to Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of client information.&#160; The <i>Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act</i> (Canada) (&#147;PIPEDA&#148;), which is the Canadian federal privacy legislation governing the private sector, requires that organizations only use personal information for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances and for the purposes for which it is collected.&#160; The Trust complies with the applicable requirements of PIPEDA and all applicable provincial personal information laws.&#160; The Manager, on behalf of the Trust, collects personal information directly from the investors or through their financial advisor and/or dealer in order to provide such investor with services in</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">connection with their investment, to meet legal and regulatory requirements and for any other purposes to which such investor may consent.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager does not sell, lease, barter or otherwise deal with personal information collected by it with third parties.&#160; The Manager carefully safeguards all personal information collected and retained by it and, to that end, restricts access to personal information to those employees and other persons who need to know the information to enable the Manager to provide its services.&#160; Employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of all personal information they may access.&#160; Annually, each of the Manager&#146;s employees is required to sign a code of conduct, which contains policies on the protection of personal information.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trustee</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, RBC Investor Services is the trustee of the Trust.&#160; The Trustee is a trust company existing under the laws of Canada.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In general, the Trustee, subject only to the specific limitations contained in the Trust Agreement, has the full, absolute, and exclusive power, control and authority over the Trust&#146;s property to do all such acts and things as it, in its sole judgment and discretion deems necessary or incidental to, or desirable for, the carrying out of any of the purposes of the Trust or conducting the business of the Trust, including varying the investments of the Trust in accordance with the investment objectives, strategies or restrictions of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specifically, the Trustee has and may exercise, at any time and from time to time, the following powers and authorities which may or may not be exercised by it in its sole judgment and discretion, and in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it may from time to time deem proper:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to hold the property of the Trust other than the physical gold bullion that it may acquire exercising the same degree of care which it gives to its own property of a similar kind under its own custody;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to deliver any cash at any time held by it as directed by the Manager to purchase, or otherwise acquire, on behalf of the Trust, physical gold bullion and to retain the same in trust in its capacity as Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee will have no responsibility for the custody, authenticity or validity of title of any property of the Trust consisting of such physical gold bullion held by the Mint including, without limitation, the weight, amount, purity, contents or any assaying thereof;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">with any cash at any time held by it to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, on behalf of the Trust, any securities, currencies, assets or other property of the Trust (other than the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion) of a kind permitted pursuant to the Trust&#146;s investment objective, strategy and restrictions and to hold and retain the same in trust in its capacity as Trustee;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to enter into and settle foreign exchange transactions on behalf of the Trust for purposes of facilitating settlement of trades of property of the Trust held by it at any time and any such transactions may be entered into with such counterparties as the Trustee may choose, in its sole discretion, including its affiliates;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to commence, defend, adjust or settle suits or legal proceedings in connection with the Trust and to represent the Trust in any such suits or legal proceedings and to keep the Manager informed; provided, however, that the Trustee will not be obliged or required to do so unless it has been indemnified to its satisfaction against all expenses and liabilities sustained or anticipated by the Trustee by reason thereof;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">subject to applicable securities legislation, to lend money whether secured or unsecured;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to exercise any conversion privileges, subscription rights, warrants and/or other rights or options available in connection with any property of the Trust at any time held by the Trustee, and to make any payments incidental thereto; to consent to, or otherwise participate in or dissent from, the reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation or merger of any corporation, company or association, or to the sale, mortgage, pledge or lease of the property of any corporation, company or association, or of any of the securities of which may at any time be held by it, and to do any act with reference thereto, including the delegation of discretionary powers, the exercise of options, the making of agreements or subscriptions and the payment of expenses, assessments or subscriptions which it may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith; to hold any property of the Trust which it may so acquire and generally to exercise any of the powers of any owner with respect to property of the Trust, provided that where direction from the Manager is not provided within the time frame specified by the Trustee in any notice provided in accordance with the Trust Agreement, the Trustee will take no action;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to vote personally, or by general or by limited proxy, any property of the Trust which may be held by it at any time, and similarly to exercise personally or by general or by limited power of attorney any right appurtenant to any property of the Trust held by it at any time, provided that where direction is not provided by the Manager within the time frame as set out in the voting materials forwarded to it in accordance with the Trust Agreement, the Trustee will take no action;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to incur and pay out of the property of the Trust held by it at any time any charges or expenses and disburse any assets of the Trust, which charges, expenses or disbursements are, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Manager, as the case may be, necessary or incidental to or desirable for the carrying out of any of the purposes of the Trust or conducting the business of the Trust including, without limitation, the management fee, fees payable to the custodians, the valuation agent, and the registrar and transfer agent, custodian settlement fees, any expenses related to the implementation and ongoing operation of an IRC under applicable Canadian securities legislation, brokerage fees and commissions, applicable taxes, or other governmental levies, charges and assessments of whatever kind or nature, imposed upon or against the Trustee in connection with the Trust or the property of the Trust or upon or against the property of the Trust or any part thereof and for any of the purposes under the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(k)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to renew or extend or participate in the renewal or extension of any property of the Trust held by it at any time, upon such terms as it may deem advisable, and to agree to a reduction in the rate of interest on any property of the trust or of any guarantee pertaining thereto, in any manner and to any extent that it may deem advisable; to waive any default whether in the performance of any covenant or condition of any property of the Trust, or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(r)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to dispose of any property of the Trust for the purpose of paying obligations of the Trust or for repaying any loan authorized under the Trust Agreement, and the Trustee will give prompt notice to the Manager of any such disposition;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to hold such portion of the property of the Trust held by it at any time that is uninvested in cash and, from time to time, to retain such cash balances on deposit with the Trustee or any of its affiliates or with a chartered bank or other depository, in such account as the Trustee, in its sole discretion determines, whether or not such deposits will earn interest;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(t)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to delegate any of the powers and duties of the Trustee to any one or more agents, representatives, officers, employees, independent contractors or other persons without liability to the Trustee except as specifically provided in the Trust Agreement; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(u)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to do all such acts, to take all such proceedings and to exercise all such rights and privileges, although not specifically mentioned under the Trust Agreement, as the Trustee may deem necessary to administer the Trust, and to carry out the purposes of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The exercise of any one or more of the foregoing powers or any combination thereof from time to time will not exhaust the rights of the Trustee to exercise such power or powers or combination of them thereafter from time to time.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following powers set forth above can be exercised by the Trustee only on the direction of the Manager: subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j)&nbsp;as applicable, (k), (l), (n), and (q), and with respect to subsection (n), to the extent that the Trustee is required to execute any documents relating to such investments which the Trustee did not negotiate or in respect to which the Trustee is not responsible under the Trust Agreement, upon an indemnity being provided from the Manager acceptable to the Trustee in the circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee may, in its sole discretion, appoint, employ, invest in, contract or deal with any individual, firm, partnership, association, trust or body corporate with which it may be directly or indirectly affiliated or in which it may be directly or indirectly interested, whether on its own account or for the account of another (in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise) and, without limiting the foregoing, the Trustee may:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">purchase, hold, sell, invest in or otherwise deal with securities or other property of the same class and nature as may be held by the Trust, whether on the Trustee&#146;s own account or for the account of another (in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">use in other capacities, knowledge gained in its capacity as Trustee, provided that such use does not adversely affect the interests of the Trust and provided further that the Trustee may not make use of any specific confidential information for its own benefit or advantage that, if generally known, might be expected to affect materially the value of the property of the Trust or the units;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">retain cash balances from time to time on hand in the Trust and pay interest to the Trust on such balances and the Trustee may, in its sole discretion:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">hold the same on a pooled basis and pay interest thereon at the rate from time to time established by the Trustee and paid with respect to cash balances so held for similar accounts; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">hold such cash balances on deposit with a Canadian chartered bank or such other deposit taking institution in any jurisdiction, including itself or its affiliates, in such interest bearing account as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine; and,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provide financial, investment or brokerage services related to any securities which form part of the property of the Trust or to the issuer of any securities forming part of the property of the Trust, invest in the securities or other property of any body corporate with which the Trustee may be directly or indirectly associated, affiliated or interested, or earn profits from any of the activities listed above,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Standard of Care and Indemnification of the Trustee</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is required to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly and in good faith and in connection therewith exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent Canadian trust company would exercise in comparable circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust Agreement provides that the Trustee will:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">be fully protected in acting upon any instrument, certificate or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">be under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statement contained in any such writing but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of the statements therein contained;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not be responsible or liable except as provided in accordance with the Trust Agreement for:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the proper application by any unitholder of any part of its interests in the Trust if payments are made in accordance with written directions of such unitholder as provided in the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the adequacy of the Trust to meet and discharge any and all payments and liabilities in respect of a unitholder;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(C)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the compliance by any unitholder with the rules&nbsp;under the Tax Act or any applicable laws including limits on investments in non-Canadian securities;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(D)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the validity of title to any Trust assets which the Trustee did not arrange itself to have registered;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(E)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any act or omission (other than an act or omission related solely to the Trustee) required or demanded by any governmental, taxing regulatory or other competent authority in any country in which all or any part of the Trust assets is held or which has jurisdiction over the Trustee, the Manager or the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(F)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any loss or damage of any nature whatsoever resulting from official action, war or threat of war, insurrection or civil disturbance, interruption in postal, telephone, telegraph, telex or other electromechanical communication systems or power supply, or any other factor beyond the Trustee&#146;s control which obstructs, affects, prohibits or delays the Trustee, its directors, officers, employees or agents in carrying out the responsibilities provided for in the Trust Agreement, in whole or in part;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(H)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any property of the Trust which it does not hold or which is not directly controlled by it, its affiliates or its appointed agents (including any sub-custodians), including any assets pledged or loaned to a third party or any property of the Trust held by the Mint; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any compliance, reporting or filings in accordance with applicable securities legislation or U.S. tax laws, regulations, rules&nbsp;or policies that apply to the Trust, including for greater certainty the additional trustee duties.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee may rely and act upon any statement, report or opinion prepared by or any advice received from the Trust&#146;s auditors, solicitors or other professional advisors of the Trust and will not be responsible nor held liable for any loss or damage resulting from so relying or acting if the advice was within the area of professional competence of the person from whom it was received, the Trustee acted in good faith in relying thereon and the professional advisor was aware that the Trustee was receiving the advice in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust and the Trustee acted in good faith in relying thereon.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Trustee will in no way be responsible for, nor incur any liability based on, the action or failure to act or for acting pursuant to or in reliance on instructions of the Manager, any custodian of the physical gold bullion (if not the Trustee), any custodian of the other assets of the Trust (if not the Trustee), the Trust&#146;s valuation agent (if not the Trustee), the Trust&#146;s registrar and transfer agent (if not the Trustee), or any person or organization to whom its responsibilities are delegated pursuant to the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee will not be liable to the Trust or to any unitholder for any loss or damage relating to any matter regarding the Trust, including any loss or diminution in the value of the net assets of the Trust or to any particular asset of the Trust, except to the extent that the Trustee does not meet its standard of care described above.&#160; In no event will the Trustee be liable for indirect, consequential or special damages including, but not limited to, loss of reputation, good will or business.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except to the extent that any such claim has been directly caused by the negligence, willful misconduct or dishonesty on the part of the Trustee, its affiliates, nominees or agents or any of their respective directors, officers and employees or the Trustee&#146;s failure to meet its standard of care set forth above, the Trustee, its affiliates, nominees and agents and each of their respective directors, officers and employees will at all times be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust and to the extent that the property of the Trust is insufficient for such purpose, by the Manager, from and against:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all claims whatsoever (including costs, losses, damages, penalties, actions, suits, judgments, charges and expenses, including legal fees in connection therewith) brought, commenced or prosecuted against any of them for or in respect of any act, deed, matter or thing whatsoever made, done, acquiesced in or omitted in or about or in relation to the execution of the Trustee&#146;s duties as Trustee, and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all other liabilities, costs, charges and expenses which any of them sustains or incurs in or about or in relation to the affairs of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The commencement of formal legal proceedings will not be a precondition for indemnification under the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except to the extent that any such claim, cost, charge or expense has been directly caused by the negligence, willful misconduct or dishonesty on the part of the Trustee, its affiliates, nominees or agents or any of their respective directors, officers and employees or the Trustee&#146;s failure to meet its standard of care set forth above, with respect to any references in the Trust Agreement to: (i)&nbsp;distributions being at the discretion of the Trustee acting on the direction of the Manager; or (ii)&nbsp;the Trustee having the power to vary the investments of the Trust in accordance with the Trust&#146;s investment objective, strategy, and investment and operating restrictions, together with any duties, obligations or responsibilities related thereto, referred to herein as the additional trustee duties, the Manager agrees that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Trustee will not have any liability with respect to such additional trustee duties; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">in addition to the foregoing indemnity provided to the Trustee under the Trust Agreement, the Manager agrees to indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents for:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all claims whatsoever (including costs, losses, damages, penalties, actions, suits, judgments, charges and expenses, including legal fees in connection therewith) brought, commenced or prosecuted against any of them for or in respect of any act, deed, matter or thing whatsoever made, done, acquiesced in or omitted in or about or in relation to the additional trustee duties; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all other liabilities, costs, charges and expenses which any of them sustains or incurs in or about or in relation to such additional trustee duties,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that arise or result from any conflict between such additional trustee duties and the Trustee&#146;s defined duties, obligations and responsibilities as set out in the Trust Agreement (excluding such additional trustee duties) and agreed upon by the Manager.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From time to time, in order to provide services to the Manager pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee may be required to engage sub-custodians in certain markets that the Trustee has identified as being high risk and designated as &#147;Designated Markets&#148; in the Trust Agreement.&#160; The Trust Agreement contains a list of such Designated Markets, which the Trustee may amend from time to time, subject to the Manager&#146;s ability to raise any concerns about markets to be added to such list.&#160; Currently, the list contains the following four Designated Markets: Argentina, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, and Vietnam.&#160; Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, a Designated Market is a market where the risks of engaging a sub-custodian are significantly greater than they would be in more established markets.&#160; Under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is responsible for the negligence and wrongful acts of its sub-custodians.&#160; However, where the Trustee engages a sub-custodian in a Designated Market, the Trustee will not be responsible for the negligence or wrongful acts of such sub-custodians and such negligence or wrongful acts will not be considered to be a breach by the Trustee of its standard of care or negligence for the purposes of the Trust Agreement.&#160; Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the Trustee has agreed that it will continue to accept responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of its sub-custodians in all markets, except Designated Markets, in accordance with its standard of care.&#160; The Manager has agreed that it and any investment manager the Manager engages for the Trust will be responsible for apprising themselves of the specific risks to the Trust involved in the investment and reinvestment of the Trust&#146;s property in all markets in which such property is located from time to time.&#160; The Trustee currently does not intend to engage sub-custodians in these markets.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Resignation or Removal of the Trustee and Successor Trustees</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee or any successor trustee may resign as Trustee of the Trust created by the Trust Agreement by giving notice to the unitholders and to the Manager not less than ninety days prior to the date when such resignation takes effect.&#160; Such resignation will take effect on the date specified in such notice unless at or prior to such date a successor trustee is appointed by the Manager in which case such resignation will take effect immediately upon the appointment of such successor trustee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee may be removed by the Manager at any time by notice to the Trustee and the unitholders not less than ninety days prior to the date that such removal is to take effect, provided a successor trustee is appointed or the Trust is terminated and dissolved in accordance with the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the Trustee resigns or is removed or becomes incapable of acting or if for any cause a vacancy occurs in the office of Trustee, a successor trustee will forthwith be appointed by the Manager to fill such vacancy.&#160; Following such appointment of a successor trustee, the Trustee will execute and deliver such documents as the Manager may reasonably require for the conveyance of any Trust assets (other than the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion) held in the Trustee&#146;s name to the successor trustee, and will account to the Manager for all of the Trust assets which the Trustee retains as trustee and will thereupon be discharged as trustee.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the Manager fails to appoint a successor to the Trustee, the Trust will be terminated and dissolved upon the effective date of the resignation or removal of the Trustee and, after providing for liabilities of the Trust, the Trust&#146;s assets will be distributed to the unitholders <i>pro rata</i>.&#160; The Trustee will continue to act as trustee of the Trust until such Trust assets have been so distributed.&#160; Fees and expenses of the Trustee will be a charge, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on the assets of the Trust or the interests of the unitholders to secure payment thereof.&#160; See &#147;Termination of the Trust&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Amendments to the Trust Agreement</font></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any provision of the Trust Agreement may be amended, deleted, expanded or varied by the Manager, with the approval of the Trustee, upon notice to unitholders, if the amendment, in the opinion of counsel for either the Trustee or the Manager, does not constitute a material change and does not relate to any of the matters specified below under &#147;Unitholder Approval&#148;.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment may be made which adversely affects the pecuniary value of the interest of any unitholder or restricts any protection provided to the Trustee or impacts the responsibilities of the Trustee under the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust Agreement may also be amended by the Manager without the approval of or notice to unitholders for the following purposes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to remove any conflicts or other inconsistencies which may exist between any terms of the Trust Agreement and any provisions of any applicable law affecting the Trust;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to make any change or correction in the Trust Agreement which is of a typographical nature or is required to cure or correct any ambiguity or defective or inconsistent provision, clerical omission, mistake or manifest error contained therein;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to bring the Trust Agreement into conformity with applicable laws, rules&nbsp;and policies of securities regulatory authorities, stock exchanges on which the units are listed or with current practice within the securities industry, provided that any such amendment does not adversely affect the rights, privileges or interests of any unitholder;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to maintain, or permit the Manager to take such steps as may be desirable or necessary to maintain the status of the Trust as a &#147;mutual fund trust&#148; for the purposes of the Tax Act; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to provide added protection to unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Unitholder Approval</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certain matters relating to the Trust require approval by the unitholders.&#160; Such approval may be given at a meeting duly called for that purpose pursuant to the Trust Agreement or by written resolution.&#160; Any provision of the Trust Agreement may be amended, deleted, expanded or varied with the approval of the unitholders for the following purposes by resolution passed by an ordinary resolution, which must be approved by the vote, in person or by proxy, of unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, at a duly constituted meeting of unitholders, or at any adjournment thereof, called and held in accordance with the Trust Agreement, or a written resolution signed by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, other than items (i), and (ii), which require approval of unitholders by an extraordinary resolution, which must be approved by the vote, in person or by proxy, of unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, at a duly constituted meeting of unitholders, or at any adjournment thereof, called and held in accordance with the Trust Agreement, or a written resolution signed by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a change in the fundamental investment objective of the Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a change in the investment and operating restrictions of the Trust, unless such change or changes are necessary to ensure compliance with applicable laws or other requirements imposed from time to time by applicable securities regulatory authorities or stock exchanges on which the units are listed;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any change in the basis of calculating a fee or expense that is charged to the Trust or directly to its unitholders by the Trust or the Manager in connection with the holding of units which could result in an increase in charges to the Trust or to its unitholders other than a fee or expense charged by a person that is at arm&#146;s length to the Trust and the Trust has provided written notice to unitholders no later than 60 days before the effective date of such change;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the introduction of a fee or expense to be charged to the Trust or directly to its unitholders by the Trust or the Manager in connection with the holding of units which could result in an increase in charges to the Trust or to its unitholders;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a reduction in the frequency of calculating the value of net assets of the Trust, the NAV, the value of the net assets of a class or the net asset value per unit of a class;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a change in the Manager, unless the successor manager is an affiliate of the current Manager or the successor manager occurs primarily as a result of a reorganization of the current Manager;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Trust undertakes a reorganization with, or transfers its assets to, another investment fund, if (A)&nbsp;the Trust ceases to continue after the reorganization or transfer of assets, and (B)&nbsp;the transaction results in the unitholders becoming unitholders in the other investment fund, unless the IRC has approved such action according to applicable Canadian law, the action complies with applicable Canadian securities legislation and written notice of such action will be sent to unitholders at least 60 days before the effective date of such action; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(viii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Trust undertakes a reorganization with, or acquires assets from, another investment fund, if (A)&nbsp;the Trust continues after the reorganization or acquisition of assets, (B)&nbsp;the transaction results in the unitholders of the other investment fund becoming unitholders in the Trust, and (C)&nbsp;the transaction would be a material change to the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any reorganization or transfer of assets pursuant to clause (vii)&nbsp;or (viii)&nbsp;above, including a transaction approved by the IRC pursuant to clause (vii)(B), must satisfy the following criteria:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the reorganization of the Trust with another investment fund or the transfer of assets must be accomplished on a tax-deferred rollover basis for unitholders and for unitholders of the other investment fund and must be a tax-deferred transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for U.S. unitholders and for unitholders of the other investment fund;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the investment fund with which the Trust is reorganized or which receives the Trust&#146;s assets: (A)&nbsp;is classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (B)&nbsp;does not take any action inconsistent with its classification as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (C)&nbsp;does not elect to be treated as an entity other than a corporation for such purposes; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the investment fund surviving the reorganization or transfer of assets: (A)&nbsp;within 45 days from the end of each taxable year of the investment fund, determines, or causes to be determined, whether the investment fund was a passive foreign investment company (a &#147;PFIC&#148;) in such taxable year; (B)&nbsp;provides or causes to be provided to unitholders of the investment fund all information necessary to enable unitholders or beneficial owners of units of the investment fund, as applicable, to elect to treat the investment fund as a QEF for U.S. federal income tax purposes and to comply with any reporting or other requirements incident to such election; and (C)&nbsp;within 45 days from the end of each taxable year of the investment fund in which the investment fund is a PFIC, provides, or causes to be provided, to unitholders or beneficial owners of units of the investment fund, as applicable, a completed &#147;PFIC Annual Information Statement&#148; as required by U.S. Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.1295-1(g)&nbsp;and otherwise complies with the applicable requirements of the U.S. Treasury Regulations.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, any material amendment, modification or variation in the provisions of or rights attaching to a particular class or series of a class of units must be approved by an extraordinary resolution of the unitholders of that class or series of class of units, as the case may be.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The consent of the Trustee is required to any amendment if the amendment restricts any protection provided to the Trustee or impacts the responsibilities of the Trustee under the Trust Agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The auditors of the Trust may not be changed by the Manager unless the IRC has approved the change of auditors in accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation, and written notice will be sent to unitholders and the Trustee no later than 60 days before the effective date of the change of auditors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notice of any amendment to the Trust Agreement will be given in writing to unitholders, and any such amendment will take effect on a date specified therein and not less than 60 days after notice of the amendment is given to unitholders, except that the Manager and the Trustee may agree that any amendment will become effective at an earlier date if in the opinion of the Manager and the Trustee an earlier date is desirable, provided such amendment does not adversely affect the rights, privileges or interests of any unitholder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Custodian for the Trust&#146;s Physical Gold Bullion</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Mint acts as custodian of the physical gold bullion owned by the Trust pursuant to a gold storage agreement (the &#147;Gold Storage Agreement&#148;) between the Manager, for and on behalf of the Trust, and the Mint dated December&nbsp;20, 2012.&#160; The principal office of the Mint is located at 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G8.&#160; The Mint is permitted to act as the custodian for such purposes pursuant to the Exemptive Relief.&#160; See &#147;Exemptions and Approvals&#148;.&#160; The Mint is a Canadian Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada&#146;s circulation coins.&#160; An ISO 9001-2000 certified company, the Mint offers a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale.&#160; For its services under the Gold Storage Agreement, which has a term of five years (unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of the Gold Storage Agreement), the Mint receives a fee, currently $20.00 per bar per month, with a minimum of $75.00 per month.&#160; Such fee is subject to increase following a 30 calendar day written notice to that effect in the event of changes in economic conditions that increase the Mint&#146;s operating costs.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From time to time during the term of the Gold Storage Agreement, the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, shall provide the Mint with written notice of its intention to have any of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion delivered to the Mint (the &#147;initial notice&#148;). The initial notice shall specify the amount, weight, type, assay characteristics, bar numbers and bar brand(s)&nbsp;of the London Good Delivery bars as well as the identity of the armoured carrier company that will transport the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion to the Mint&#146;s facility.&#160; After verification, the Mint issues a &#147;Receipt of Deposit&#148; that confirms the bar count and the total weight in fine and gross troy ounces, and, as applicable, the bar numbers.&#160; The Mint reserves the right to refuse receipt of delivery in the event of storage capacity limitations or the Mint not having been provided in advance with an initial notice.&#160; In the event of a discrepancy arising during the verification process, the Mint will promptly notify the Manager.&#160; The Mint keeps the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion specifically identified as the Trust&#146;s property and keeps it physically segregated at all times from any other property belonging to the Mint or other of its customers.&#160; The Mint provides a monthly inventory statement, which the Manager reconciles with the Trust&#146;s records of its physical gold bullion holdings.&#160; The Manager has the right to audit the physical storage of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion at the Mint upon request and following a minimum of five business days&#146; prior written notice on any Mint business day (which means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday observed by the Mint) during the Mint&#146;s regular business hours, provided that such audit does not interrupt the routine operation of the Mint&#146;s facility.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as otherwise provided in the Gold Storage Agreement, upon the Mint&#146;s receipt and taking into possession and control of any of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion, whether through physical delivery or a transfer of the physical gold bullion from a different customer&#146;s account at the Mint, the Mint&#146;s liability commences with respect to such physical gold bullion.&#160; The Mint bears all risk of physical loss of, or damage to, physical gold bullion of the Trust in the Mint&#146;s custody, except, for example, in the case of</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">circumstances or causes beyond the Mint&#146;s reasonable control (including, without limitation, acts or omissions or the failure to cooperate of the Manager, acts or omissions or the failure to cooperate by any third party, fire or other casualty, act of God, strike or labour dispute, war or other violence, or any law, order or requirement of any governmental agency or authority) and has contractually agreed to replace or pay for lost, damaged or destroyed physical gold bullion in the Trust&#146;s account while in the Mint&#146;s care, custody and control.&#160; The Mint&#146;s liability terminates with respect to any physical gold bullion upon the termination of the Gold Storage Agreement, whether or not the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion remains in the Mint&#146;s possession and control, upon transfer of such physical gold bullion to a different customer&#146;s account at the Mint, as requested by the Manager, or at the time such physical gold bullion is remitted to the armored transportation service carrier pursuant to delivery instructions provided by the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event of physical loss, damage and/or destruction of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion in the Mint&#146;s custody, care and control, the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, must give written notice to the Mint within five Mint business days after the discovery of any such loss, damage and/or destruction, but, in the case of a discrepancy in the quantity of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion, no later than 60 days after the delivery by the Mint to the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, of an inventory statement in which the discrepancy first appears.&#160; The Mint will, at its option, either: (i)&nbsp;replace the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed as soon as practicable following receipt of a notice of loss, based on the advised weight and assay characteristics provided in the initial notice; (ii)&nbsp;compensate the Trust, through the Manager, for the monetary value of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed, within 15 calendar days from the date the Mint becomes aware of said loss and/or destruction, based on the advised weight and assay characteristics provided in the initial notice and the market value of such physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed, using the gold&nbsp;p.m. fixing of the LBMA expressed in U.S. dollars on the first Mint business day following receipt of the notice of loss; or (iii)&nbsp;replace a portion of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed as soon as practicable following receipt of a notice of loss, based on the advised weight and assay characteristics provided in the initial notice, and compensate the Trust, through the Manager, for the monetary value of the remaining portion of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed within 15 calendar days following receipt of the notice of loss, based on the advised weight and assay characteristics provided in the initial notice and the market value of the physical gold bullion that was lost and/or destroyed, using the gold&nbsp;p.m. fixing of the LBMA expressed in U.S. dollars on the first Mint business day following receipt of the notice of loss.&#160; Conditional upon the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, giving the Mint a notice of loss in accordance with the terms of the Gold Storage Agreement, where the Mint bears the risks of loss, destruction and/or damage, the Mint will restore the portion of the Trust&#146;s damaged physical gold bullion to at least as good a state as it was prior to being so damaged, including its form, purity and weight in fine ounces. If such notice is not given in accordance with the terms of the Gold Storage Agreement, all claims against the Mint will be deemed to have been waived.&#160; In addition, no action, suit or other proceeding to recover for any loss, damage and/or destruction may be brought against the Mint unless notice of such loss, damage and/or destruction has been given in accordance with the terms of the Gold Storage Agreement and unless such action, suit or proceeding shall have been commenced within 12 months from the time such notice is sent to the Mint.&#160; Except as otherwise specifically provided under the Gold Storage Agreement, the Mint will not be responsible for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect and/or punitive losses and/or damages (including lost profits and/or lost savings), except as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Mint and whether or not the Mint had knowledge that such losses and/or damages might be incurred.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Mint operates pursuant to the <i>Royal Canadian Mint Act</i> (Canada) and is a Canadian Crown corporation.&#160; Crown corporations are &#147;agents of Her Majesty the Queen&#148; and, as such, their obligations generally constitute unconditional obligations of the Government of Canada.&#160; A Crown corporation may be sued for breach of contract or for wrongdoing in tort where it has acted on its own behalf or on behalf of the Crown.&#160; However, a Crown corporation may be entitled to immunity if it acts as agent of the Crown</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">rather than in its own right and on its own behalf.&#160; Although the Mint has entered into the Gold Storage Agreement on its own behalf and not on behalf of the Crown, a court may determine that, when acting as custodian of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion, the Mint acted as agent of the Crown, and that the Mint may be entitled to immunity of the Crown.&#160; Consequently, a unitholder may not be able to recover for any losses incurred as a result of the Mint&#146;s acting as custodian of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion.&#160; See &#147;Risk Factors&#151;Under Canadian law, the Trust and unitholders may have limited recourse against the Mint&#148;.&#160; The Gold Storage Agreement does not establish a principal and agent relationship, partnership or joint venture between the Mint and the Manager nor does it establish a contractual relationship between the Mint and the unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Mint reserves the right to reject physical gold bullion delivered to it if, in the Mint&#146;s opinion, acting reasonably, the physical gold bullion contains a hazardous substance or if the physical gold bullion is or becomes unsuitable and/or undesirable for metallurgical, environmental or other reasons.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager, with the consent of the Trustee, has the authority to change the custodial arrangement described above including, but not limited to, the appointment of a replacement custodian and/or additional custodians.&#160; Either party may terminate the Gold Storage Agreement for convenience, by giving the other party 30 calendar days written notice to that effect. In addition, either party (the &#147;Non-Defaulting Party&#148;) may terminate the Gold Storage Agreement by giving written notice to the other party (the &#147;Defaulting Party&#148;) if: (i)&nbsp;the Defaulting Party has committed a breach of its obligations under the Gold Storage Agreement that is not cured within 10 Mint business days following the Non-Defaulting Party giving written notice to the Defaulting Party of such breach; (ii)&nbsp;the Defaulting Party is dissolved or adjudged bankrupt, or a trustee, receiver or conservator of the Defaulting Party or of its property is appointed, or an application for any of the foregoing is filed; or (iii)&nbsp;the Defaulting Party is in breach of any of its representations or warranties contained in the Gold Storage Agreement.&#160; The obligations of the Mint include, but are not limited to, maintaining an inventory of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion stored with the Mint, providing a monthly inventory to the Trust, maintaining the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion physically segregated and specifically identified as the Trust&#146;s property, and taking good care, custody and control of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion.&#160; The Trust believes that all of these obligations are material and anticipates that the Manager would terminate the Mint as custodian if the Mint breaches any such obligation and does not cure such breach within 10 Mint business days of the Manager giving written notice to the Mint of such breach.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Custodian for the Trust&#146;s Assets Other Than Physical Gold Bullion</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RBC Investor Services acts as the custodian of the Trust&#146;s assets other than physical gold bullion pursuant to the Trust Agreement.&#160; As compensation for the custodial services rendered to the Trust, RBC Investor Services receives such fees as mutually agreed upon with the Manager from time to time, currently approximately $5,000 per year.&#160; These fees are paid by the Trust out of the cash reserve held for ongoing expenses and cash redemptions.&#160; RBC Investor Services is responsible for the safekeeping of all of the assets of the Trust delivered to it and acts as the custodian of such assets.&#160; The Manager, in accordance with applicable law and with the consent of the Trustee, has the authority to change the custodial arrangement described above including, but not limited to, the appointment of a replacement custodian and/or additional custodians.&#160; RBC Investor Services carries such insurance as it deems appropriate for its businesses and its position as custodian of the Trust&#146;s assets.&#160; The Trust Agreement does not require RBC Investor Services to carry insurance in connection with any claims the Trust or unitholders may have against RBC Investor Services in its capacity as custodian of the Trust&#146;s assets.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The auditors of the Trust are Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants, and their principal office is located at Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young Tower, 222 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5K 1J7.&#160; The auditors will annually audit the financial statements of the Trust to determine whether they fairly represent, in all material respects, the Trust&#146;s financial position, results of operations and changes in equity and cash flows in accordance with IFRS.&#160; The auditors will also attend a count of the physical gold bullion owned by the Trust on an annual basis.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Transfer Agent And Registrar</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to a transfer agent, registrar and disbursing agent agreement dated as of February&nbsp;24, 2010 between Equity Financial Trust Company and the Manager, Equity Financial Trust Company was appointed as the transfer agent and registrar for the units.&#160; Equity Financial Trust Company&#146;s principal office is located at 200 University Avenue, Suite&nbsp;400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 4H1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The transfer agent, registrar and disbursing agent agreement may be terminated by either party to such agreement on 60 days&#146; notice in writing being given to the other at the address set out in such agreement or at such other subsequent address of which notice has been subsequently given.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer agent, registrar and disbursing agent agreement may be terminated by Equity Financial Trust Company on 30 days&#146; notice in writing to the Trust in the event the Trust refuses or fails to pay an invoice for fees and expenses, or other demand for payment issued or made pursuant to such agreement by Equity Financial Trust Company, within 60 days of the original invoice or demand.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Equity Financial Trust Company receives fees for the transfer agent and registrar-related services provided to the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Valuation Agent</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RBC Investor Services has been appointed as valuation agent of the Trust pursuant to a valuation services agreement between the Manager and RBC Investor Services as valuation agent dated as of February&nbsp;24, 2010.&#160; The valuation agent is responsible for providing valuation services to the Trust and calculates the value of the net assets of the Trust and NAV pursuant to the terms of the valuation services agreement.&#160; See &#147;Calculation of Net Asset Value&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In carrying out its duties as valuation agent, the valuation agent is required to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly and in good faith and, in connection therewith, must exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except to the extent any liability arises directly out of the negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good faith of the valuation agent, the valuation agent is not be liable for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering the services under the valuation services agreement or for loss to, or diminution of, the Trust&#146;s property.&#160; In no event will the valuation agent be liable for any consequential or special damages including, but not limited to, loss of reputation, goodwill or business.&#160; The Manager will indemnify and hold harmless the valuation agent, its affiliates and agents, and their respective directors, officers, and employees from and against all taxes, duties, charges, costs, expenses, damages, claims, actions, demands and any other liability whatsoever to which any such persons or entities may become subject, including legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement in respect of anything done or omitted to be done in connection with the valuation services provided under the valuation services agreement, except to the extent incurred as a result of the negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">faith of the indemnified party.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of the valuation agent under the valuation services agreement will in no event exceed the aggregate amount of fees received by the valuation agent from the Manager with respect to the services provided during the immediately preceding twelve months.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The valuation services agreement provides that it may be terminated by either party without penalty at any time by providing to the other party 60 days&#146; prior written notice of such termination unless the parties mutually agree in writing to a different period.&#160; Either party may terminate the valuation services agreement immediately upon notice in the event that either party is declared bankrupt or will be insolvent, the assets or the business of either party become liable to seizure or confiscation by a public or governmental authority, or the Manager&#146;s power and authority to act on behalf of, or to represent, the Trust has been revoked, terminated or is otherwise no longer in full force and effect.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The valuation agent receives fees for the valuation services provided to the Trust.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No person or company owns of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, or is known by the Manager to own beneficially, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the issued and outstanding units of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No person or company owns of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, or is known by the Manager to own beneficially, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the issued and outstanding units of the Manager, other than Sprott Inc. which owns of record approximately 579,963,463 units of the Manager, representing 99.99% of the issued and outstanding units of the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustee, and the directors and senior officers of the Manager beneficially own, in the aggregate: (i)&nbsp;less than 10% of the issued and outstanding units of the Trust; (ii)&nbsp;none of the issued and outstanding units of the Manager; and (iii)&nbsp;none of the voting or equity securities of any person or company that provides services to the Trust or the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The members of the IRC do not own, directly or indirectly, any securities of the Manager or any units of the Trust.&#160; Further, none of the IRC members beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any voting or equity securities in any person or company that provides services to the Trust or the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Generally</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager has established appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure the proper management of the Trust.&#160; The systems implemented monitor and manage the business and sales practices, risks and internal conflicts of interest relating to the Trust while ensuring compliance with regulatory and corporate requirements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IRC</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with applicable Canadian securities legislation, the Manager has established an IRC for all mutual funds and non-redeemable investment funds managed by the Manager or any of its affiliates, which includes the Trust.&#160; The IRC is composed of three members, each of whom is independent of the Manager and its affiliates, and free from any interest and any business or other relationship which could, or could be reasonably perceived to, materially interfere with the exercise of an IRC member&#146;s judgment.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The mandate of the IRC is to consider and provide recommendations to the Manager on conflicts of interest to which the Manager may be subject when managing the mutual funds and non-redeemable investment funds managed by the Manager.&#160; The Manager refers all conflict of interest matters to the IRC for its review and/or approval.&#160; The Manager has established a written charter for the IRC, which includes its mandate, responsibilities and functions, and the written policies and procedures it will follow when performing its functions, including dealing with conflict of interest matters.&#160; The Manager maintains records in respect of these matters and provides assistance to the IRC in carrying out its functions.&#160; The IRC conducts regular assessments and provides reports, at least annually, to the Trust and to unitholders in respect of its functions.&#160; The report prepared by the IRC is made available on the Trust&#146;s website (www.sprottphysicalgoldtrust.com) or, at a unitholder&#146;s request, sent to the unitholder at no cost.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The IRC:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reviews and provides input on the Manager&#146;s written policies and procedures that deal with conflict of interest matters;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reviews conflict of interest matters referred to it by the Manager and makes recommendations to the Manager regarding whether the Manager&#146;s proposed actions in connection with the conflict of interest matter achieve a fair and reasonable result for the Trust;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">considers and, if deemed appropriate, approves the Manager&#146;s decision on a conflict of interest matter that the Manager refers to the IRC for approval; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">performs such other duties as may be required of the IRC under applicable Canadian securities legislation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All fees and expenses of the IRC incurred in connection with its duties with respect to the Trust are paid by the Trust and the IRC has the authority to retain, at the expense of the Trust, independent counsel or other advisors if the IRC deems it appropriate to do so.&#160; The members of the IRC are indemnified by the Trust, except in cases of willful misconduct, bad faith, negligence or breach of their standard of care.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The current members of the IRC and their principal occupations are as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eamonn McConnell</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This table lists the fees and expenses that the Trust pays for the continued operation of its business and that unitholders may have to pay if they invest in the Trust.&#160; Payment of these fees and expenses will reduce the value of the unitholders&#146; investment in the Trust.&#160; The unitholders will have to pay fees and expenses directly if they redeem their units for physical gold bullion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust pays the Manager a monthly   management fee equal to 1/12 of 0.35% of the value of net assets of the Trust   (determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement), plus any applicable   Canadian taxes (such as HST). The management fee is calculated and accrued   daily and payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as otherwise described in this annual   information form and subject to the expense cap described below, the Trust is   responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the   ongoing operation and administration of the Trust including, but not limited   to: the fees and expenses payable to and incurred by the Trustee, the   Manager, any investment manager, the Mint, RBC Investor Services as   custodian, any sub-custodians, the registrar, the transfer agent and the valuation   agent of the Trust; transaction and handling costs for the physical gold   bullion; storage fees for the physical gold bullion; custodian settlement   fees; counterparty fees; legal, audit, accounting, bookkeeping and record   keeping fees and expenses; costs and expenses of reporting to unitholders and   conducting unitholder meetings; printing and mailing costs; filing and   listing fees payable to applicable securities regulatory authorities and   stock exchanges; other administrative expenses and costs incurred in   connection with the Trust&#146;s continuous disclosure public filing requirements   and investor relations; any applicable Canadian taxes payable by the Trust or   to which the Trust may be subject; interest expenses and borrowing costs, if   any; brokerage expenses and commissions; costs and expenses relating to the   issuance of units; costs and expenses of preparing financial and other   reports; any expenses associated with the implementation and ongoing   operation of the IRC of the Trust; costs and expenses arising as a result of   complying with all applicable laws; and any expenditures incurred upon the   termination of the Trust.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is responsible for the fees and   expenses of any action, suit or other proceedings in which, or in relation to   which, the Trustee, the Manager, the Mint, RBC Investor Services as   custodian, any sub-custodians, the valuation agent, the registrar and   transfer agent or the underwriters for its offerings and/or any of their   respective officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents is entitled   to indemnity by the Trust.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager has contractually agreed that, if   the expenses of the Trust, including the management fee, at the end of any   month exceed an amount equal to 1/12 of 0.65% of the value of net assets of   the Trust, the management fee payable to the Manager for such month will be   reduced by the amount of such excess up to the gross amount of the management   fee earned by the Manager from the Trust for such month. Any such reduction   in the management fee will not be carried forward or payable to the Manager   in future months.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In calculating the expenses of the Trust for   purposes of the expense cap, the following will be excluded: any applicable   taxes payable by the Trust or to which the Trust may be subject; and any   extraordinary expenses of the Trust.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has retained cash from the net proceeds of each of its offerings of units in an amount not exceeding 3% of the net proceeds of each of such offerings, which has been added to its available funds to be used for its ongoing expenses and cash redemptions.&#160; From time to time, the Trust will sell physical gold bullion to replenish this cash reserve to meet its expenses and cash redemptions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as set forth below, there are no   redemption fees payable upon the redemption of units for cash. However, if a   unitholder chooses to receive physical gold bullion upon redemption of units,   the unitholder will be responsible for expenses in connection with effecting   the redemption and applicable delivery expenses, including the handling of   the notice of redemption, the delivery of the physical gold bullion for units   that are being redeemed and the applicable gold storage in-and-out fees. See   &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Redemptions for Physical Gold Bullion&#148;.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No other charges apply. If applicable, the   unitholder may be subject to brokerage commissions or other fees associated   with trading the units.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Distribution of Net Income and Net Realized Capital Gains to Unitholders</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of the last business day of each fiscal year or such other time as the Manager otherwise determines, the Manager will determine the net income and net realized capital gains in accordance with the Trust Agreement.&#160; The initial distribution policy of the Trust will be to make an annual distribution of such net income and net realized capital gains, if any, to unitholders through a distribution of additional units to the extent that such income or gains is not being allocated to unitholders whose units were redeemed in the year.&#160; The Trust does not anticipate making regular cash distributions to unitholders.&#160; All distributions are at the discretion of the Trustee, acting on the direction of the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Distributions, if any, of net income or net realized capital gains will generally be made to unitholders who were unitholders of record as of 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the last business day prior to any relevant distribution date.&#160; The amounts to be paid to a unitholder will be the amount of net income or net realized capital gains determined pursuant to the Trust Agreement divided by the total number of units outstanding</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the distribution date multiplied by the number of units held by such unitholder as of 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the applicable distribution date.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may adopt a method of allocating an appropriate proportion of net income and net realized capital gains to unitholders that redeemed units during the year.&#160; All distributions, if declared and paid, will be calculated and, if a cash distribution, paid in United States currency.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">It is the intention that the total amount due and payable in any year will not be less than the amount necessary to ensure that the Trust will not be liable for income tax under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act for such year after taking into account the Trust&#146;s entitlement to a capital gains refund, if any, and amounts of realized capital gains or net income that are being allocated to unitholders whose units were redeemed in the year.&#160; The Manager may direct that such distribution or payment will be due and payable by the Trust in cash or in additional units.&#160; Where distributions are payable in additional units, the Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent, acting on the direction of the Manager, may round up or round down the number of units in order to avoid the Trust issuing fractional units.&#160; Any additional units that are issued in this manner will be of the same class or series of a class at a price equal to the NAV as of the valuation time on the applicable distribution date, and the units will be immediately consolidated so that the number of outstanding units following the distribution will equal the number of units outstanding prior to the distribution.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, where Canadian tax is required to be withheld in respect of a unitholder&#146;s share of a distribution paid in units, the consolidation will result in such unitholder holding that number of units equal to the product of: (i)&nbsp;the sum of the number of units held by such unitholder prior to the distribution and the number of units received by such unitholder in connection with the distribution (net of the total of the number of whole or fractional units withheld by the Trust to satisfy the Trust&#146;s withholding obligations and the number of whole or fractional units withheld pursuant to the Trust Agreement on account of the reasonable expenses incurred in respect of the sale of such units withheld on account of withholding taxes); and (ii)&nbsp;a quotient, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of units outstanding prior to the distribution, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of units that would be outstanding following distribution and before the consolidation if no withholding were required in respect of any part of the distribution payable to any unitholders.&#160; Such unitholder will be required to surrender the certificates, if any, representing such unitholder&#146;s original units in exchange for a certificate representing such unitholder&#146;s post-consolidation units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Additional Distributions, Designations, Determinations, Allocations and Elections</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition to any distributions made to unitholders as described above, on the direction of the Manager, the Trust will at such times and in such manner as directed by the Manager make such additional distributions of monies or properties of the Trust including, without restriction, returns of capital, in such amounts per unit, payable at such time or times and to unitholders of record on such distribution date, as from time to time may be determined by the Manager, and make such designations, determinations, allocations and elections for tax purposes of amounts or portions of amounts which it has received, paid, declared payable or allocated to unitholders and of expenses incurred by the Trust and of tax deductions of which the Trust may be entitled, as the Manager may, in its sole discretion, determine.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager will deduct or withhold from distributions payable to any unitholder all amounts required by applicable law to be withheld from such distributions, whether such distributions are in the form of cash, additional units or otherwise.&#160; In the event of a distribution in the form of additional units, the Manager may sell units of such unitholder to pay such withholding taxes and to pay all reasonable expenses in respect of such sale and the Manager will have the power of attorney of such unitholder to do</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">so.&#160; Any such sale will be made in compliance with applicable law on any stock exchange on which the units are then listed and upon such sale, the affected unitholder will cease to be the holder of such units.&#160; In the event that the net proceeds of any such sale of a unitholder&#146;s units exceed the statutory withholding required and the reasonable expenses incurred in respect of such sale, the Manager will remit such excess to the unitholder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On or before March&nbsp;31 in each year, or in the case of a leap year on or before March&nbsp;30 in such year, if applicable, or as otherwise required, the Manager will prepare and deliver or make available electronically, or cause to be prepared and delivered or be made available electronically, to unitholders information pertaining to the Trust, including all distributions, designations, determinations, allocations and elections, which is required by the Tax Act or which is necessary to permit unitholders to complete their individual income tax returns for the preceding year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that amounts that were allocated, distributed or paid to unitholders as capital gains or as non-taxable payments are, for any reason, subsequently determined (including as a result of an assessment or reassessment by any taxation authorities) to have been fully includible in the taxable income of the Trust for the relevant fiscal year, then the Manager shall have the discretion to declare that all or part of such amounts shall be retroactively deemed to have been allocated, distributed and paid to unitholders out of the income of the Trust, and the Manager may issue new or amended tax reporting slips to the relevant unitholders or former unitholders to report any such distributions to them.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Within 45 days from the end of each taxable year of the Trust, the Manager will provide or cause to be provided to unitholders all information necessary to enable unitholders or beneficial owners of units, as applicable, to elect to treat the Trust as a QEF within the meaning of Section&nbsp;1295 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes and to comply with any reporting or other requirements incident to such election, including, but not limited to, providing or causing to be provided to unitholders or beneficial owners of units, as applicable, a completed &#147;PFIC Annual Information Statement&#148; as required by U.S. Treasury Regulations Section&nbsp;1.1295-1(g).&#160; The Manager will comply and cause the Trust to comply with all applicable requirements of the U.S. Treasury Regulations necessary to enable unitholders or beneficial owners of units, as applicable, to elect to treat the Trust as a QEF.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent holds interest, dividends or other distributions which are unclaimed or which cannot be paid for any reason, the Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent will not be under any obligation to invest or reinvest the same but will administer such unclaimed amounts as directed by the Manager in accordance with applicable laws.&#160; Any unitholder making a claim in respect of any amount payable pursuant to the Trust Agreement is required to give notice in writing of such claim to the Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent and/or the Manager no later than the second anniversary of the date on which the amount was payable.&#160; Such notice must set out the basis for the claim, the amount claimed and the specific grounds for the claim.&#160; The Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent will, unless otherwise required by applicable law, pay over to the Trust any such amounts which have been held for more than six years.&#160; The Trust will indemnify and save harmless the Trust&#146;s registrar or transfer agent, as applicable, in respect of any claim made for such amounts.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following are the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of the ownership and disposition of units.&#160; This discussion does not purport to deal with the tax consequences of owning units to all categories of investors, some of which, such as dealers in securities, regulated investment companies, tax-exempt organizations, investors whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar and investors that own, actually or under applicable constructive ownership rules, 10% or more of the units, may be subject to special rules.&#160; This discussion does not address U.S. state or local tax, U.S. federal estate or gift tax or foreign tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of units.&#160; This discussion deals only with holders who hold the units as a capital asset.&#160; You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisors concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law of the ownership of units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following discussion of U.S. federal income tax matters is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), judicial decisions, administrative pronouncements, and existing and proposed regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the &#147;Treasury Regulations&#148;), all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">U.S. Federal Income Tax Classification of the Trust</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has filed an affirmative election with the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">U.S.&#160; Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As used herein, the term &#147;U.S. Holder&#148; means a beneficial owner of units that is a U.S. citizen or resident for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a U.S. corporation or other U.S. entity taxable as a corporation, an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a partnership (including an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds the units, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership.&#160; However, a U.S. person that is an individual, trust or estate and that owns units through a partnership generally will be eligible for the reduced rates of taxation described below that are applicable to U.S. Individual Holders (as defined below).&#160; If a unitholder is a partner in a partnership holding the units, such unitholder should consult with his, her or its tax advisor.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As discussed under &#147;Distribution Policy&#148;, the Trust does not anticipate making regular cash distributions to unitholders.&#160; Subject to the PFIC discussion below, any distributions made by the Trust with respect to the units to a U.S. Holder will generally constitute dividends, which will generally be taxable as ordinary income to the extent of the Trust&#146;s current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles.&#160; Distributions in excess of the Trust&#146;s earnings and profits will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder&#146;s tax basis in his, her or its units on a dollar-for-dollar basis and thereafter as gain from the disposition of units.&#160; Since the Trust will be a PFIC, as described below, dividends paid on the units to a U.S. Holder who is an individual, trust or estate, or a U.S. Individual Holder, will generally not be treated as &#147;qualified dividend income&#148; that is</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">taxable to U.S. Individual Holders at preferential tax rates.&#160; Any dividends generally will be treated as foreign source income for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As described under &#147;Redemption of Units&#148;, a U.S. Holder may have units redeemed for cash or physical gold bullion.&#160; Under Section&nbsp;302 of the Code, a U.S. Holder generally will be treated as having sold his, her or its units (rather than having received a distribution on the units) upon the redemption of units if the redemption completely terminates or significantly reduces the U.S. Holder&#146;s interest in the Trust.&#160; In such case, the redemption will be treated as described in the relevant section below depending on whether the U.S. Holder makes a QEF election, a mark-to-market election or makes no election and therefore is subject to the Default PFIC Regime (as defined below).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PFIC Status and Significant Tax Consequences</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Special U.S. federal income tax rules&nbsp;apply to a U.S. Holder that holds stock in a foreign corporation classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.&#160; In general, the Trust will be treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder if, for any taxable year in which such U.S. Holder held the units, either:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at least 75% of the Trust&#146;s gross income for such taxable year consists of passive income; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at least 50% of the average value of the assets held by the Trust during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of these tests, &#147;passive income&#148; includes dividends, interest, and gains from the sale or exchange of investment property (including commodities).&#160; The income that the Trust derives from its sales of physical gold bullion is expected to be treated as passive income for this purpose.&#160; Since substantially all of the Trust&#146;s assets will consist of physical gold bullion and the Trust expects to derive substantially all of its income from the sales of physical gold bullion, it is expected the Trust will be treated as a PFIC for each of its taxable years.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assuming the Trust is a PFIC, a U.S. Holder will be subject to different taxation rules&nbsp;depending on whether the U.S. Holder: (1)&nbsp;makes an election to treat the Trust as a QEF, which is referred to as a QEF election; (2)&nbsp;makes a mark-to-market election with respect to the units; or (3)&nbsp;makes no election and therefore is subject to the Default PFIC Regime.&#160; As discussed in detail below, making a QEF election or a mark-to-market election generally will mitigate the otherwise adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences under the Default PFIC Regime.&#160; However, the mark-to-market election may not be as favourable as the QEF election because a U.S. Holder generally will recognize income each year attributable to any appreciation in the U.S. Holder&#146;s units without a corresponding distribution of cash or other property.&#160; Assuming that the Trust is a PFIC, for taxable years beginning on or after March&nbsp;18, 2010, a U.S. Holder will be required to file an annual report with IRS reporting his, her or its investment in the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Making the Election.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; A U.S. Holder would make a QEF election with respect to any year that the Trust is a PFIC by filing IRS Form&nbsp;8621 with his, her or its U.S. federal income tax return.&#160; The Trust intends to annually provide each U.S. Holder with all necessary information in order to make and maintain a QEF election.&#160; A U.S. Holder who makes a QEF election for the first taxable year in which he, she or it owns units, or an Electing Holder, will not be subject to the Default PFIC Regime for any taxable year.&#160; We will refer to an Electing Holder that is a U.S. Individual Holder as a Non-Corporate Electing Holder.&#160; A U.S. Holder who does not make a timely QEF election would be subject to the Default PFIC Regime for taxable years during his, her or its holding period in which a QEF election was not in effect, unless such</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Holder makes a special &#147;purging&#148; election.&#160; A U.S. Holder who does not make a timely QEF election is encouraged to consult such U.S. Holder&#146;s tax advisor regarding the availability of such purging election.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current Taxation and Dividends.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; An Electing Holder must report each year for U.S. federal income tax purposes his, her or its <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s ordinary earnings and the Trust&#146;s net capital gain, if any, for the Trust&#146;s taxable year that ends with or within the taxable year of the Electing Holder, regardless of whether or not distributions were received from the Trust by the Electing Holder.&#160; A Non-Corporate Electing Holder&#146;s <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s net capital gain generally will be taxable at a maximum rate of 28% under current law to the extent attributable to sales of physical gold bullion by the Trust if the Trust has held the gold bullion for more than one year.&#160; Otherwise, such gain generally will be treated as ordinary income.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If any holder redeems his, her or its units for physical gold bullion (regardless of whether the holder requesting redemption is a U.S. Holder or an Electing Holder), the Trust will be treated as if it sold physical gold bullion for its fair market value in order to redeem the holder&#146;s units.&#160; As a result, any Electing Holder will be required to currently include in income his, her or its <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s gain from such deemed disposition (taxable to a Non-Corporate Electing Holder at a maximum rate of 28% under current law if the Trust has held the physical gold bullion for more than one year) even though the deemed disposition by the Trust is not attributable to any action on the Electing Holder&#146;s part.&#160; If any holder redeems units for cash and the Trust sells physical gold bullion to fund the redemption (regardless of whether the holder requesting redemption is a U.S. Holder or an Electing Holder), an Electing Holder similarly will include in income his, her or its <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s gain from the sale of the physical gold bullion, which will be taxable as described above even though the Trust&#146;s sale of physical gold bullion is not attributable to any action on the Electing Holder&#146;s part.&#160; An Electing Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units will be increased to reflect any amounts currently included in income under the QEF rules.&#160; Distributions of earnings and profits that had been previously included in income will result in a corresponding reduction in the adjusted tax basis in the units and will not be taxed again once distributed.&#160; Any other distributions generally will be treated as discussed above under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders &#151; Distributions&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Income inclusions under the QEF rules&nbsp;described above generally should be treated as foreign source income for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes, but Electing Holders should consult their tax advisors in this regard.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; An Electing Holder will generally recognize capital gain or loss on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of the units in an amount equal to the excess of the amount realized on such disposition over the Electing Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units.&#160; Such gain or loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss if the Electing Holder&#146;s holding period in the units is greater than one year at the time of the sale, exchange or other disposition.&#160; Long-term capital gains of Non-Corporate Electing Holders currently are taxable at a maximum rate of 15%, or 20% in the case of certain high income Non-Corporate Electing Holders.&#160; An Electing Holder&#146;s ability to deduct capital losses is subject to certain limitations.&#160; Any gain or loss generally will be treated as U.S. source gain or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An Electing Holder that redeems his, her or its units will be required to currently include in income his, her or its <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s gain from the deemed or actual disposition of physical gold bullion, as described above, which will be taxable to a Non-Corporate Electing Holder at a maximum rate of 28% under current law if the Trust has held the physical gold bullion for more than one year.&#160; The Electing Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units will be increased to reflect such gain that is included in income.&#160; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Electing Holder will further recognize capital gain or loss on the redemption in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the physical gold bullion or cash received upon redemption over the Electing Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units.&#160; Such gain or loss will be treated as described in the preceding paragraph.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Taxation of U.S. Holders Making a Mark-to-Market Election</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Making the Election.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; Alternatively, if, as is anticipated, the units are treated as marketable stock, a U.S. Holder would be allowed to make a mark-to-market election with respect to the units, provided the U.S.&#160; Holder completes and files IRS Form&nbsp;8621 in accordance with the relevant instructions and related Treasury Regulations.&#160; The units will be treated as marketable stock for this purpose if they are regularly traded on a qualified exchange or other market.&#160; The units will be regularly traded on a qualified exchange or other market for any calendar year during which they are traded (other than in de minimis quantities) on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter.&#160; A qualified exchange or other market means either a U.S. national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC, the NASDAQ, or a foreign securities exchange that is regulated or supervised by a governmental authority of the country in which the market is located and which satisfies certain regulatory and other requirements.&#160; The Trust believes that both the TSX and NYSE Arca should be treated as a qualified exchange or other market for this purpose.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Current Taxation and Dividends.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; If the mark-to-market election is made, the U.S. Holder generally would include as ordinary income in each taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the units at the end of the taxable year over such U.S. Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units.&#160; The U.S. Holder would also be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the U.S. Holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the units over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year, but only to the extent of the net amount previously included in income as a result of the mark-to-market election.&#160; Any income inclusion or loss under the preceding rules&nbsp;should be treated as gain or loss from the sale of units for purposes of determining the source of the income or loss.&#160; Accordingly, any such gain or loss generally should be treated as U.S. source income or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes.&#160; A U.S. Holder&#146;s tax basis in his, her or its units would be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amount.&#160; Distributions by the Trust to a U.S. Holder who has made a mark-to-market election generally will be treated as discussed above under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders &#151; Distributions&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition.</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; Gain realized on the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of the units would be treated as ordinary income, and any loss realized on the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of the units would be treated as ordinary loss to the extent that such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included by the U.S. Holder.&#160; Any loss in excess of such previous inclusions would be treated as a capital loss by the U.S. Holder.&#160; A U.S. Holder&#146;s ability to deduct capital losses is subject to certain limitations.&#160; Any such gain or loss generally should be treated as U.S. source income or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit limitation purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Taxation of U.S. Holders Not Making a Timely QEF or Mark-to-Market Election</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, a U.S. Holder who does not make either a QEF election or a mark-to-market election for that year, or a Non-Electing Holder, would be subject to special rules&nbsp;(the &#147;Default PFIC Regime&#148;), with respect to: (1)&nbsp;any excess distribution (i.e., the portion of any distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder on the units in a taxable year in excess of 125% of the average annual distributions received by the Non-Electing Holder in the three preceding taxable years, or, if shorter, the Non-Electing Holder&#146;s holding period for the units); and (2)&nbsp;any gain realized on the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the excess distribution or gain would be allocated rateably over the Non-Electing Holder&#146;s aggregate holding period for the units;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed tax deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any distributions other than &#147;excess distributions&#148;, by the Trust to a Non-Electing Holder will be treated as discussed above under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders &#151; Distributions&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Default PFIC Regime would not apply to a pension or profit sharing trust or other tax-exempt organization that did not borrow funds or otherwise utilize leverage in connection with its acquisition of the units.&#160; If a Non-Electing Holder who is an individual dies while owning the units, such Non-Electing Holder&#146;s successor generally would not receive a step-up in tax basis with respect to the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">3.8% Tax on Net Investment Income</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For taxable years beginning after December&nbsp;31, 2012, a U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate, or, in certain cases, a trust, will generally be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1)&nbsp;the U.S. Holder&#146;s net investment income for the taxable year; and (2)&nbsp;the excess of the U.S. Holder&#146;s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000).&#160; A U.S. Holder&#146;s net investment income will generally include dividends distributed by the Trust and capital gains from the sale, redemption or other disposition of the units.&#160; This tax is in addition to any income taxes due on such investment income.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under Treasury Regulations generally effective for taxable years after December&nbsp;31, 2013, income inclusions under the QEF rules&nbsp;would not be considered &#147;net investment income&#148; unless: (1)&nbsp;the Electing Holder holds the units in connection with a trade or business of trading in financial instruments or commodities; or (2)&nbsp;the Electing Holder elects to treat the income inclusion under the QEF rules&nbsp;as &#147;net investment income&#148;.&#160; If an Electing Holder does not make this election, such holder&#146;s tax basis in the units would not be increased by the amount of income inclusions under the QEF rules&nbsp;for purposes of calculating &#147;net investment income&#148; upon the sale, redemption or other disposition of the units.&#160; With respect to a U.S. Holder that has made a mark-to-market election with respect to the units, income inclusions under the mark-to-market election would be included in the calculation of &#147;net investment income&#148;.&#160; An excess distribution made to a U.S. Holder subject to the Default PFIC Regime would be included in &#147;net investment income&#148; to the extent that such distribution constitutes a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you are a U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate or trust, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of the 3.8% tax on net investment income to your units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Distributions, if any, by the Trust may be subject to Canadian withholding taxes as discussed under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canadian Taxation of Unitholders &#151; Unitholders Not Resident in Canada&#148;.&#160; A U.S. Holder may elect to either treat such taxes as a credit against U.S. federal income taxes, subject to certain limitations, or deduct his, her or its share of such taxes in computing such U.S. Holder&#146;s U.S. federal taxable income.&#160; No deduction for foreign taxes may be claimed by an individual who does not itemize deductions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payments made within the United States, or by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, of dividends on, or proceeds arising from the sale or other taxable disposition of, units generally will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding, currently at the rate of 28%, if a U.S. Holder fails to furnish its correct U.S. taxpayer identification number (generally on IRS Form&nbsp;W-9), and to make certain certifications, or otherwise fails to establish an exemption.&#160; Backup withholding tax is not an additional tax.&#160; Rather, a U.S. Holder generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules&nbsp;that exceed his, her, or its U.S. federal income tax liability by filing a refund claim with the IRS.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S. Holders may be subject to certain IRS filing requirements as a result of holding units in the Trust.&#160; For example, a U.S. person who transfers property (including cash) to a foreign corporation in exchange for stock in the corporation is in some cases required to file an information return on IRS Form&nbsp;926 with the IRS with respect to such transfer.&#160; Accordingly, a U.S. Holder may be required to file Form&nbsp;926 with respect to its acquisition of units in an offering.&#160; Depending on the number of units held, acquired or disposed of by a U.S. Holder, the U.S. Holder may also be required to file an information return on IRS Form&nbsp;5471 with the IRS.&#160; U.S. Holders also may be required to file Form&nbsp;TD F 90-22.1 (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) with respect to their investment in the Trust.&#160; Pursuant to Section&nbsp;6038D of the Code, U.S. Holders who are individuals (and to the extent specified in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain U.S. entities) may be required to file IRS Form&nbsp;8938 with the IRS with respect to their investment in the Trust.&#160; In addition, pursuant to recently enacted legislation, the Trust may be required to enter into an agreement with the IRS to disclose certain information about its U.S. Holders to the IRS.&#160; We suggest that U.S. Holders consult their own tax advisors with respect to any applicable filing requirements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following is, as of the date hereof, a general description of the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations generally applicable under the Tax Act to the acquisition, holding and disposition of units by a unitholder.&#160; This description is generally applicable to a unitholder who deals at arm&#146;s length and is not affiliated with the Trust and holds units as capital property.&#160; Units will generally be considered capital property to a unitholder unless the unitholder holds the units in the course of carrying on a business of trading or dealing in securities or has acquired the units in a transaction or transactions considered to be an adventure in the nature of trade.&#160; Canadian resident unitholders who are not traders or dealers in securities and who might not otherwise be considered to hold their units as capital property may be entitled to have their units (and every other &#147;Canadian security&#148; owned by them in that taxation year or any subsequent taxation year) treated as capital property by making the irrevocable election permitted by subsection 39(4)&nbsp;of the Tax Act.&#160; Such unitholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability and appropriateness of making this election having regard to their particular circumstances and the anticipated commodity holdings of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This description is not applicable to a unitholder that is a &#147;financial institution&#148;, that is a &#147;specified financial institution&#148; or that has elected to determine its Canadian tax results in accordance with the &#147;functional currency&#148; rules, or an interest in which is a &#147;tax shelter investment&#148; (as all such terms are defined in the Tax Act).&#160; This description assumes that the Trust is not subject to a &#147;loss restriction </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">event&#148;, as defined in the Tax Act.&#160; In addition, this description does not address the deductibility of interest by a unitholder who has borrowed to acquire units.&#160; All such unitholders should consult with their own tax advisors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This description is also based on the assumption (discussed below under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; SIFT Trust Rules&#148;) that the Trust will at no time be a &#147;SIFT trust&#148; as defined in the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This description is based on the current provisions of the Tax Act, the regulations thereunder, all specific proposals to amend the Tax Act and the regulations publicly announced by the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (the &#147;Tax Proposals&#148;), and an understanding of the current administrative and assessing policies of the Canada Revenue Agency (&#147;CRA&#148;).&#160; There can be no assurance that the Tax Proposals will be implemented in their current form or at all, nor can there be any assurance that the CRA will not change its administrative or assessing practices.&#160; This description further assumes that the Trust will comply with the Trust Agreement and that the Manager and the Trust will comply with a certificate issued to Canadian counsel regarding certain factual matters.&#160; Except for the Tax Proposals, this description does not otherwise take into account or anticipate any change in the law, whether by legislative, governmental or judicial decision or action, which may affect adversely any income tax consequences described herein, and does not take into account provincial, territorial or foreign tax considerations, which may differ significantly from those described herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">This description is not exhaustive of all possible Canadian federal tax considerations applicable to an investment in units.&#160; Moreover, the income and other tax consequences of acquiring, holding or disposing of units will vary depending on a taxpayer&#146;s particular circumstances.&#160; Accordingly, this summary is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute legal or tax advice to any unitholder or prospective purchaser of units.&#160; You should consult with your own tax advisors about tax consequences of an investment in units based on your particular circumstances.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purposes of the Tax Act, all amounts relating to the acquisition, holding or disposition of units (including distributions, adjusted cost base and proceeds of disposition), or transactions of the Trust, must be expressed in Canadian dollars.&#160; Amounts denominated in United States dollars must be converted into Canadian dollars using the rate of exchange quoted by the Bank of Canada at noon on the day on which the amount first arose or such other rate of exchange as is acceptable to the CRA.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Qualification as a Mutual Fund Trust</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This description is based on the assumptions that the Trust will qualify at all times as a &#147;unit trust&#148; and a &#147;mutual fund trust&#148; within the meaning of the Tax Act and that the Trust will validly elect under the Tax Act to be a mutual fund trust from the date it was established.&#160; The Manager expects that the Trust will meet the requirements necessary for it to qualify as a mutual fund trust no later than the closing of the Trust&#146;s initial public offering and at all times thereafter.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One of the conditions to qualify as a mutual fund trust for the purposes of the Tax Act is that the Trust has not been established or maintained primarily for the benefit of non-residents unless, at all times, all or substantially all of the Trust&#146;s property consists of property other than &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; (or if certain Tax Proposals released on September&nbsp;16, 2004 are enacted as proposed, &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; within the meaning of the Tax Act and certain other types of &#147;specified property&#148;).&#160; Physical gold bullion is not &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; or &#147;specified property.&#148;&#160; Accordingly, based on the investment objectives and investment restrictions, the Trust should not hold any such property.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, to qualify as a mutual fund trust: (i)&nbsp;the Trust must be a Canadian resident &#147;unit trust&#148; for purposes of the Tax Act; (ii)&nbsp;the only undertaking of the Trust must be (a)&nbsp;the investing of its funds in property (other than real property or interests in real property), or (b)&nbsp;the acquiring, holding, maintaining, improving, leasing or managing of any real property (or interest in real property) that is capital property of the Trust, or (c)&nbsp;any combination of the activities described in (a)&nbsp;and (b); and (iii)&nbsp;the Trust must comply with certain minimum requirements regarding the ownership and dispersal of units (the &#147;minimum distribution requirements&#148;).&#160; In this connection, the Manager intends to cause the Trust to qualify as a unit trust throughout the life of the Trust; that the Trust&#146;s undertaking conforms with the restrictions for mutual fund trusts; and that it has no reason to believe at the date hereof that the Trust will not comply with the minimum distribution requirements at all material times.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Canadian Taxation of the Trust</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each taxation year of the Trust will end on December&nbsp;31.&#160; In each taxation year, the Trust will be subject to tax under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act on any income for the year, including net realized taxable capital gains, less the portion thereof that it deducts in respect of the amounts paid or payable in the year to unitholders.&#160; An amount will be considered to be payable to a unitholder in a taxation year if it is paid to the unitholder in the year by the Trust or if the unitholder is entitled in that year to enforce payment of the amount.&#160; The Trust intends to deduct, in computing its income in each taxation year, such amount in each year as will be sufficient to ensure that the Trust will generally not be liable for income tax under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act.&#160; The Trust will be entitled for each taxation year to reduce (or receive a refund in respect of) its liability, if any, for tax on its capital gains by an amount determined under the Tax Act based on the redemption of units during the year.&#160; Based on the foregoing, the Trust will generally not be liable for income tax under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The CRA has expressed the opinion that gains (or losses) of mutual fund trusts resulting from transactions in commodities should generally be treated for purposes of the Tax Act as being derived from an adventure in the nature in trade, so that such transactions give rise to ordinary income rather than capital gains &#151; although the treatment in each particular case remains a question of fact to be determined having regard to all the circumstances.&#160; In the view of Canadian counsel, the holding by the Trust of physical gold bullion with no intention of disposing of such bullion except <i>in specie</i> on a redemption of units likely would not represent an adventure in the nature of trade so that a disposition, on a redemption of units, of physical gold bullion that previously had been acquired with such intention would likely give rise to a capital gain (or capital loss) to the Trust.&#160; As the Manager intends for the Trust to be a long-term holder of physical gold bullion and does not anticipate that the Trust will sell its physical gold bullion (otherwise than where necessary to fund expenses of the Trust), the Manager anticipates that the Trust generally will treat gains (or losses) as a result of dispositions of physical gold bullion as capital gains (or capital losses), although depending on the circumstances, the Trust may instead include (or deduct) the full amount of such gains or losses in computing its income.&#160; If the CRA were to assess or re-assess the Trust on the basis that gains realized on dispositions of physical gold bullion were not on capital account, then the Trust could be required to pay Canadian income tax on such gains under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act to the extent such gains were not distributed to unitholders, which could reduce the NAV for all unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust will also be required to include in its income for each taxation year all interest that accrues to it to the end of the year, or becomes receivable or is received by it before the end of the year, except to the extent that such interest was included in computing its income for a preceding taxation year.&#160; Upon the actual or deemed disposition of indebtedness, the Trust will be required to include in computing its income for the year of disposition all interest that accrued on such indebtedness from the last interest payment date to the date of disposition except to the extent such interest was included in computing the Trust&#146;s income for that or another taxation year, and such income inclusion will reduce the proceeds of disposition for purposes of computing any capital gain or loss.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the current provisions of the Tax Act, the Trust is entitled to deduct in computing its income reasonable administrative and other operating expenses (other than certain expenses on account of capital) incurred by it for the purposes of earning income (other than taxable capital gains).&#160; No assurance can be provided that administration expenses of the Trust will not be considered to be on account of capital.&#160; The Trust generally may also deduct from its income for the year a portion of the reasonable expenses incurred by it to issue units.&#160; The portion of the issue expenses deductible by the Trust in a taxation year is 20% of the total issue expenses, pro-rated where the Trust&#146;s taxation year is less than 365 days.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On October&nbsp;31, 2003, the Department of Finance (Canada) announced a tax proposal relating to the deductibility of losses under the Tax Act (the &#147;October&nbsp;Proposal&#148;).&#160; Under the October&nbsp;Proposal, a taxpayer will be considered to have a loss from a business or property for a taxation year only if, in that year, it is reasonable to assume that the taxpayer will realize a cumulative profit from the business or property during the time that the taxpayer has carried on, or can reasonably be expected to carry on, the business or has held, or can reasonably be expected to hold, the property.&#160; Profit, for this purpose, does not include capital gains or capital losses.&#160; If the October&nbsp;Proposal were to apply to the Trust, certain losses of the Trust or a unitholder could be limited.&#160; On February&nbsp;23, 2005, the Minister of Finance (Canada) announced that an alternative proposal to replace the October&nbsp;Proposal would be released for comment.&#160; No such alternative proposal has been released as of the date hereof.&#160; There can be no assurance that such alternative proposal will not adversely affect the Trust or a unitholder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Losses incurred by the Trust in a taxation year cannot be allocated to unitholders, but may be deducted by the Trust in future years in accordance with the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust will be a &#147;SIFT trust&#148; as defined in the Tax Act for a taxation year of the Trust if in that year the units are listed or traded on a stock exchange or other public market and the Trust holds one or more &#147;non-portfolio properties&#148;, as defined in the Tax Act.&#160; If the Trust were a SIFT trust for a taxation year of the Trust, it would effectively be taxed similarly to a corporation on income and capital gains in respect of such non-portfolio properties at a combined federal/provincial tax rate comparable to rates that apply to income earned and distributed by Canadian corporations.&#160; Distributions of such income received by unitholders would be treated as dividends from a taxable Canadian corporation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Physical gold bullion and other property of the Trust will be non-portfolio property if such property is used by the Trust (or by a person or partnership with which it does not deal at arm&#146;s length within the meaning of the Tax Act) in the course of carrying on a business in Canada.&#160; In some circumstances, significant holdings of &#147;securities&#148; (the term &#147;security&#148; is broadly defined in the Tax Act) of other entities could also be non-portfolio property.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is subject to investment restrictions, including a prohibition against carrying on any business, that are intended to ensure that it will not be a SIFT trust.&#160; The mere holding by the Trust of physical gold bullion as capital property (or as an adventure in the nature of trade) would not represent the use of such property in carrying on a business in Canada and, therefore, would not by itself cause the Trust to be a SIFT trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This part of the general description of the principal Canadian federal income tax considerations is applicable to a unitholder who, for the purposes of the Tax Act and any applicable tax treaty, is, or is </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">deemed to be, resident in Canada at all relevant times (a &#147;Canadian unitholder&#148;).&#160; This portion of the description is primarily directed at unitholders who are individuals.&#160; Unitholders who are Canadian resident corporations, trusts or other entities should consult their own tax advisors regarding their particular circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canadian unitholders will generally be required to include in their income for tax purposes for a particular year the portion of the income of the Trust for that particular taxation year, including net realized taxable capital gains, if any, that is paid or payable to the Canadian unitholder in the particular taxation year, whether such amount is received in additional units or cash.&#160; Provided that appropriate designations are made by the Trust, such portion of its net taxable capital gains as is paid or payable to a Canadian unitholder will effectively retain its character and be treated as such in the hands of the unitholder for purposes of the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The non-taxable portion of any net realized capital gains of the Trust that is paid or payable to a Canadian unitholder in a taxation year will not be included in computing the Canadian unitholder&#146;s income for the year.&#160; Any other amount in excess of the income of the Trust that is paid or payable to a Canadian unitholder in such year also will not generally be included in the Canadian unitholder&#146;s income for the year.&#160; However, where such other amount is paid or payable to a Canadian unitholder (other than as proceeds of disposition of units), the Canadian unitholder generally will be required to reduce the adjusted cost base of a unit to the Canadian unitholder by such amount.&#160; To the extent that the adjusted cost base of a unit would otherwise be less than zero, the negative amount will be deemed to be a capital gain realized by the Canadian unitholder from the disposition of the unit and the Canadian unitholder&#146;s adjusted cost base in respect of the unit will be increased by the amount of such deemed capital gain to zero.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Upon the actual or deemed disposition of a unit, including its redemption, a capital gain (or a capital loss) will generally be realized to the extent that the proceeds of disposition of the unit exceed (or are exceeded by) the aggregate of the adjusted cost base of the unit to the Canadian unitholder and any costs of disposition.&#160; For the purpose of determining the adjusted cost base to a Canadian unitholder of a unit, when a unit is acquired, the cost of the newly acquired unit will be averaged with the adjusted cost base of all units owned by the Canadian unitholder as capital property that were acquired before that time.&#160; For this purpose, the cost of units that have been issued as an additional distribution will generally be equal to the amount of the net income or capital gain distributed to the Canadian unitholder in units.&#160; A consolidation of units following a distribution paid in the form of additional units will not be regarded as a disposition of units and will not affect the aggregate adjusted cost base to a Canadian unitholder of units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Tax Act, one-half of capital gains (&#147;taxable capital gains&#148;) are included in an individual&#146;s income and one-half of capital losses (&#147;allowable capital losses&#148;) are generally deductible only against taxable capital gains.&#160; Any unused allowable capital losses may be carried back up to three taxation years and forward indefinitely and deducted against net taxable capital gains realized in any such other year to the extent and under the circumstances described in the Tax Act.&#160; Capital gains realized by individuals may give rise to alternative minimum tax.&#160; If any transactions of the Trust are reported by it on capital account but are subsequently determined by the CRA to be on income account, there may be an increase in the net income of the Trust for tax purposes and the taxable component of redemption proceeds (or any other amounts) distributed to unitholders, with the result that Canadian resident unitholders could be reassessed by the CRA to increase their taxable income by the amount of such increase.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If, at any time, the Trust delivers physical gold bullion to any Canadian unitholder upon a redemption of a Canadian unitholder&#146;s units, the Canadian unitholder&#146;s proceeds of disposition of the units will generally be equal to the aggregate of the fair market value of the distributed physical gold bullion and the amount of any cash received, less any capital gain or income realized by the Trust on the disposition of such </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">physical gold bullion and allocated to the Canadian unitholder.&#160; The cost of any physical gold bullion distributed by the Trust <i>in specie</i> will generally be equal to the fair market value of such physical gold bullion at the time of the distribution.&#160; Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trust has the authority to distribute, allocate and designate any income or taxable capital gains of the Trust to a Canadian unitholder who has redeemed units during a year in an amount equal to the taxable capital gains or other income realized by the Trust as a result of such redemption (including any taxable capital gain or income realized by the Trust in distributing physical gold bullion to a unitholder who has redeemed units for such physical gold bullion, and any taxable capital gain or income realized by it before, at or after the redemption on selling physical gold bullion in order to fund the payment of the cash redemption proceeds), or such other amount that is determined by the Trust to be reasonable.&#160; The Manager anticipates that the Trust will generally make such an allocation where the Manager determines that the Trust realized a capital gain on such redemption and the Trust had net realized capital gains for that year for which the Trust was not entitled to a capital gains refund (as described under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148;).&#160; Any such allocations will reduce the redeeming Canadian unitholder&#146;s proceeds of disposition for the purposes of the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager anticipates that the Trust generally will treat gains as a result of dispositions of physical gold bullion as capital gains (see above under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148;) and that it anticipates that when the Trust distributes physical gold bullion on the redemption of units by Canadian unitholders, any resulting taxable capital gains of the Trust (to the extent that there are resulting net realized capital gains of the Trust for the related taxation year) for which the Trust is not entitled to a capital gains refund, as described under &#147;Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148; generally will be designated as taxable capital gains of such unitholders.&#160; If any transactions of the Trust are reported by it on capital account but are subsequently determined by the CRA to be on income account, there may be an increase in the net income of the Trust for tax purposes and the taxable component of redemption proceeds (or any other amounts) distributed to unitholders, with the result that Canadian unitholders could be reassessed by the CRA to increase their taxable income by the amount of such increase.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This portion of the description is applicable to a unitholder who, at all relevant times for purposes of the Tax Act, has not been and is not resident in Canada or deemed to be resident in Canada and does not use or hold, and is not deemed to use or hold its units in connection with a business that the unitholder carries on, or is deemed to carry on, in Canada at any time, and is not an insurer or bank who carries on an insurance or banking business or is deemed to carry on an insurance or banking business in Canada and elsewhere (a &#147;Non-Canadian unitholder&#148;).&#160; Prospective non-resident purchasers of units should consult their own tax advisors to determine their entitlement to relief under any income tax treaty between Canada and their jurisdiction of residence, based on their particular circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any amount paid or credited by the Trust to a Non-Canadian unitholder as income of or from the Trust, whether such amount is received in additional units or cash (other than an amount that the Trust has designated in accordance with the Tax Act as a taxable capital gain, and including an amount paid on a redemption of units to a Non-Canadian unitholder that is designated as a distribution of income in accordance with the Trust Agreement) generally will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at a rate of 25%, unless such rate is reduced under the provisions of an income tax treaty between Canada and the Non-Canadian unitholder&#146;s jurisdiction of residence.&#160; Pursuant to the <i>Canada-United States Income Tax Convention</i>, as amended (the &#147;Treaty&#148;), a Non-Canadian unitholder who is a resident of the United States and entitled to benefits under the Treaty will generally be entitled to have the rate of Canadian withholding tax reduced to 15% of the amount of any distribution that is paid or credited as income of or from the Trust.&#160; A Non-Canadian unitholder that is a religious, scientific, literary, educational or </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">charitable organization that is resident in, and exempt from tax in, the United States may be exempt from Canadian withholding tax under the Treaty, provided that certain administrative procedures are observed regarding the registration of such unitholder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any amount paid or credited by the Trust to a Non-Canadian unitholder that the Trust has validly designated in accordance with the Tax Act as a taxable capital gain, including such an amount paid on a redemption of units, generally will not be subject to Canadian withholding tax or otherwise be subject to tax under the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust does not presently own any &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; (as defined in the Tax Act) and does not intend to own any taxable Canadian property.&#160; However, if the Trust realizes a capital gain on the disposition of a taxable Canadian property and that gain is treated under the Tax Act and in accordance with a designation by the Trust as being distributed to a Non-Canadian unitholder, there may be Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 25% (unless reduced by an applicable tax treaty) on both the taxable and non-taxable portions of the gain.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any amount in excess of the income of the Trust that is paid or payable by the Trust to a Non-Canadian unitholder (including the non-taxable portion of capital gains realized by the Trust) otherwise generally will not be subject to Canadian withholding tax.&#160; Where such excess amount is paid or becomes payable to a Non-Canadian unitholder, otherwise than as proceeds of disposition or deemed disposition of units or any part thereof, the amount generally will reduce the adjusted cost base of the units held by such Non-Canadian unitholder.&#160; (However, the non-taxable portion of net realized capital gains of the Trust that is paid or payable to a Non-Canadian unitholder will not reduce the adjusted cost base of the units held by the Non-Canadian unitholder.) If, as a result of such reduction, the adjusted cost base to the Non-Canadian unitholder in any taxation year of units would otherwise be a negative amount, the Non-Canadian unitholder will be deemed to realize a capital gain in such amount for that year from the disposition of units.&#160; Such capital gain will not be subject to tax under the Tax Act, unless the units represent &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; to such Non-Canadian unitholder.&#160; The Non-Canadian unitholder&#146;s adjusted cost base in respect of units will, immediately after the realization of such capital gain, be zero.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A disposition or deemed disposition of a unit by a Non-Canadian unitholder, whether on a redemption or otherwise, will not give rise to any capital gain subject to tax under the Tax Act, provided that the unit does not constitute &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; of the Non-Canadian unitholder for purposes of the Tax Act.&#160; Units will not be &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; of a Non-Canadian unitholder unless at any time during the 60-month period immediately preceding their disposition by such Non-Canadian unitholder, (i)&nbsp;25% or more of the issued units were owned by or belonged to one or more of the Non-Canadian unitholder and persons with whom the Non-Canadian unitholder did not deal at arm&#146;s length; and (ii)&nbsp;the units derived directly or indirectly more than 50% of their fair market value from any combination of &#147;Canadian resource properties&#148; (which definition in the Tax Act does not include gold bullion), real or immovable property situated in Canada, timber resource properties (as defined in the Tax Act) or options or interests in such properties or the units were otherwise deemed to be taxable Canadian property.&#160; Assuming that the Trust adheres to its mandate to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion, the units should not be taxable Canadian property.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Even if units held by a Non-Canadian unitholder were &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148;, a capital gain from the disposition of units may be exempted from tax under the Tax Act pursuant to an applicable income tax treaty or convention.&#160; A capital gain realized on the disposition of units by a Non-Canadian unitholder entitled to benefits under the Treaty (and who is not a former resident of Canada for purposes of the Treaty) should be exempt from tax under the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Non-Canadian unitholders whose units constitute &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148; and who are not entitled to relief under an applicable income tax treaty are referred to the discussion above under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of Unitholders &#151; Unitholders Resident in Canada&#148; relating to the Canadian tax consequences in respect of a disposition of a unit.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager anticipates that the Trust generally will treat gains as a result of dispositions of physical gold bullion as capital gains (see above under &#147;&#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151;Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148;) and that it anticipates that when the Trust distributes physical gold bullion on the redemption of units by Non-Canadian unitholders, any resulting taxable capital gains of the Trust (to the extent that there are resulting net realized capital gains of the Trust for the related taxation year) for which the Trust is not entitled to a capital gains refund, as described under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148; generally will be designated as taxable capital gains of such unitholders.&#160; If such treatment is accepted by the CRA, there will be no Canadian withholding tax applicable to such distributions, and Non-Canadian unitholders will not be subject to tax under the Tax Act on amounts so designated.&#160; However, if the CRA were to consider that such gains instead were gains from an adventure in the nature of trade, the distribution of such gains generally would be subject to Canadian withholding tax, as discussed above.&#160; Similarly, if the Trust disposed of physical gold bullion (or other assets) at a gain and designated one-half of that gain as a taxable capital gain of a Non-Canadian unitholder who had redeemed units for cash, the full amount of such gain generally would be subject to Canadian withholding tax if the CRA were to treat such gain as being from an adventure in the nature of trade rather than as a capital gain.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provided that either (i)&nbsp;the Trust qualifies as a &#147;mutual fund trust&#148; within the meaning of the Tax Act or (ii)&nbsp;the units are listed on a &#147;designated stock exchange&#148; for purposes of the Tax Act, the units, if issued on the date hereof, will be qualified investments under the Tax Act and the regulations thereunder for plan trusts.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding that the units may be qualified investments for TFSAs, RRSPs and RRIFs, the holder of a TFSA or the annuitant under an RRSP or RRIF, as the case may be, will be subject to penalty taxes in respect of the units if such properties are a &#147;prohibited investment&#148; (as defined in the Tax Act) for the TFSA, RRSP or RRIF, as applicable.&#160; Units will not generally be a prohibited investment provided that the holder of the TFSA or the annuitant under the RRSP or RRIF, as applicable, deals at arm&#146;s length with the Trust for purposes of the Tax Act and does not have a &#147;significant interest&#148; (within the meaning of the Tax Act) in the Trust or in any corporation, partnership or trust with which the Trust does not deal at arm&#146;s length for purposes of the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amounts of income and capital gains included in a plan trust&#146;s income are generally not taxable under Part&nbsp;I of the Tax Act, provided that the units are qualified investments for the plan trust.&#160; Unitholders should consult their own advisors regarding the tax implications of establishing, amending, terminating or withdrawing amounts from a plan trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">You should consider <b>carefully</b> the risks described below before making an investment decision.&#160; You should also refer to the other information of the Trust including the Trust&#146;s financial statements and the related note.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The value of the units relates directly to the value of the gold held by the Trust, and fluctuations in the price of gold could materially adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The principal factors affecting the value of the units are factors that affect the price of gold.&#160; Gold bullion is tradable internationally and its price is generally quoted in U.S. dollars.&#160; The price of the units depends on, and typically fluctuates with, the price fluctuations of gold.&#160; The price of gold may be affected at any time by many international, economic, monetary and political factors, many of which are unpredictable.&#160; These factors include, without limitation:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">global gold supply and demand, which is influenced by such factors as: (i)&nbsp;forward selling by gold producers; (ii)&nbsp;purchases made by gold producers to unwind gold hedge positions; (iii)&nbsp;central bank purchases and sales; (iv)&nbsp;production and cost levels in major gold-producing countries; and (v)&nbsp;new production projects;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">exchange rate volatility of the U.S. dollar, the principal currency in which the price of gold is generally quoted;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">unexpected global, or regional, political or economic incidents.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Changing tax, royalty, land and mineral rights ownership and leasing regulations in gold producing countries can also have an impact on market functions and expectations for future gold supply.&#160; This can affect both share prices of gold mining companies and the relative prices of other commodities, which are both factors that may affect investor decisions in respect of investing in gold.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">An investment in the Trust will yield long-term gains only if the value of gold increases in an amount in excess of the Trust&#146;s expenses.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust does not actively trade gold to take advantage of short-term market fluctuations in the price of gold or generate other income.&#160; Accordingly, the Trust&#146;s long-term performance is dependent on the long-term performance of the price of gold.&#160; As a result, an investment in the Trust will yield long-term gains only if the value of gold increases in an amount in excess of the Trust&#146;s expenses.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A redemption of units for cash will yield a lesser amount than selling the units on NYSE Arca or the TSX, if such a sale is possible.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because the cash redemption value of the units is based on 95% of the lesser of: (i)&nbsp;the volume-weighted average trading price of the units traded on NYSE Arca or, if trading has been suspended on NYSE Arca, the volume-weighted average trading price of the units traded on the TSX, for the last five days on which the respective exchange is open for trading for the month in which the redemption request is processed and (ii)&nbsp;the NAV of the redeemed units as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the last day of the month on which NYSE Arca is open for trading for the month in which the redemption request is processed, redeeming the units for cash will generally yield a lesser amount than selling the units on NYSE Arca or the TSX, assuming such a sale is possible.&#160; You should consider the manner in which the cash redemption value is determined before exercising your right to redeem your units for cash.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If a unitholder redeems units for physical gold bullion and requests to have the gold delivered to a destination other than an institution authorized to accept and hold London Good Delivery gold bars, the physical gold bullion will no longer be deemed London Good Delivery once it has been delivered.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">London Good Delivery bars have the advantage that a purchaser generally will accept such bars as consisting of the indicated number of troy ounces of at least .995 fine gold without assaying or otherwise testing them.&#160; This provides London Good Delivery bars with added liquidity as a sale of such bars can be completed more easily than the sale of physical gold bullion that is not London Good Delivery.&#160; The Trust will only purchase London Good Delivery bars, and the physical gold bullion owned by the Trust will retain its status as London Good Delivery bars while it is stored at the Mint.&#160; If a unitholder redeems units for physical gold bullion and has the gold delivered to an institution authorized to accept and hold London Good Delivery gold bars through an armored transportation service carrier that is eligible to transport London Good Delivery gold bars, it is likely that the gold will retain its London Good Delivery status while in the custody of that institution.&#160; However, if the redeeming unitholder instructs that gold be delivered to a destination other than such an institution, the physical gold bullion delivered to the unitholder will no longer be deemed London Good Delivery once it has been delivered pursuant to the redeeming unitholder&#146;s delivery instructions, which may make a future sale of such gold more difficult.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust may conduct further offerings of units from time to time, at which time it will offer units at a price that will be above NAV at the time of the offering but that may be below the trading price of units on NYSE Arca or TSX at that time.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust may conduct further offerings of units from time to time.&#160; Under the provisions of the Trust Agreement, the net proceeds to the Trust of any offering must be above NAV at the time of the offering.&#160; Follow-on offerings of securities of issuers that are traded on an exchange usually are priced below the trading price of such securities at the time of an offering to induce investors to purchase securities in the follow-on offering rather than through the exchange on which such securities are traded.&#160; Consequently, the price to the public at which such units are offered likely will be below the trading price of units of the Trust on NYSE Arca or TSX at the time of the offering, which may have the effect of lowering the trading price of units immediately after the pricing of such follow-on offering.&#160; In addition, if and as long as the trading price of the units is below NAV, it is unlikely that the Trust will be able to conduct a further offering of units, because the Trust Agreement governing the Trust provides such units would have to be offered at a price above the trading price of units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The trading price of units on NYSE Arca and the TSX is not predictable and may be affected by factors beyond the control of the Trust.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust cannot predict whether the units will trade above, at or below NAV. The trading price of units may not closely track the price of gold bullion, and units of the Trust may trade on NYSE Arca or the TSX at a significant premium or discount from time to time. In addition to changes in the price of gold bullion, the trading price of units may be affected by other factors beyond the control of the Trust, which may include the following: macroeconomic developments in North America and globally; market perceptions of attractiveness of physical gold bullion as an investment; the lessening in trading volume and general market interest in the Trust&#146;s units which may affect a unitholder&#146;s ability to trade significant numbers of units; and the size of the Trust&#146;s public float which may limit the ability of some institutions to invest in the Trust&#146;s units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The international gold bullion market has recently experienced large fluctuations in prices and there can be no assurance that the current trading price of gold will be sustained or that future prices of gold will not be subject to similar fluctuations and price volatility.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust anticipates that the price of physical gold bullion going forward and, in turn, the future value of net assets of the Trust, will be dependent upon factors such as global physical gold bullion supply and demand, investors&#146; inflation expectations, exchange rate volatility and interest rate volatility.&#160; In addition, recent investigations by U.S. and European financial regulators into the LBMA gold fixing prices may further contribute to movements in the price of gold. An adverse development with regard to one or more of the foregoing factors may lead to a decrease in physical gold bullion currency trading prices.&#160; A decline in prices of physical gold bullion would decrease the value of net assets of the Trust and the NAV.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Any sale of gold by the Trust to pay expenses and to cover certain cash redemptions will reduce the amount of gold represented by each unit on an ongoing basis irrespective of whether the trading price of the units rises or falls in response to changes in the price of gold.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each outstanding unit represents an equal, fractional, undivided ownership interest in the net assets of the Trust attributable to the units.&#160; As the Trust does not expect to generate any net income and will sell physical gold bullion over time on an as-needed basis to pay for its ongoing expenses and to cover certain redemptions, the amount of gold represented by each unit will and the NAV may, gradually decline over time.&#160; This is true even if additional units are issued in future offerings of units by the Trust from time to time, as the amount of gold acquired by the proceeds of any such future offering of units will proportionately reflect the amount of gold represented by such units.&#160; Assuming a constant gold price, the trading price of the units is expected to gradually decline relative to the price of gold as the amount of gold represented by the units gradually declines.&#160; The units will only maintain their original value if the price of gold increases enough to offset the Trust&#146;s expenses.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investors should be aware that, assuming no purchases of physical gold bullion are made by the Trust as a result of further offerings of units by the Trust, the gradual decline in the amount of physical gold bullion held by the Trust will occur regardless of whether the trading price of the units rises or falls in response to changes in the price of gold.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The sale of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion to pay expenses or to cover certain redemptions at a time of low gold prices could adversely affect the value of the net assets of the Trust.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager will sell physical gold bullion held by the Trust to pay Trust expenses or to cover certain redemptions on an as-needed basis irrespective of then-current gold prices, and no attempt will be made to buy or sell physical gold bullion to protect against or to take advantage of fluctuations in the price of gold.&#160; Consequently, the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion may be sold at a time when the gold price is low.&#160; Sales of physical gold bullion at relatively lower gold prices will require the sale of more physical gold bullion, which in turn will have an adverse effect on the value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust does not insure its assets and there may not be adequate sources of recovery if its gold is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust does not insure its assets, including the physical gold bullion stored at the Mint.&#160; Consequently, if there is a loss of assets of the Trust through theft, destruction, fraud or otherwise, the Trust and unitholders will need to rely on insurance carried by applicable third parties, if any, or on such third party&#146;s ability to satisfy any claims against it.&#160; The amount of insurance available or the financial resources of a responsible third party may not be sufficient to satisfy the Trust&#146;s claim against such party.&#160; Also, unitholders are unlikely to have any right to assert a claim directly against such third party; such</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">claims may only be asserted by the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.&#160; In addition, if a loss is covered by insurance carried by a third party, the Trust, which is not a beneficiary on such insurance, may have to rely on the efforts of the third party to recover its loss.&#160; This may delay or hinder the Trust&#146;s ability to recover its loss in a timely manner or otherwise.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A loss with respect to the Trust&#146;s gold that is not covered by insurance and for which compensatory damages cannot be recovered would have a negative impact on the NAV and would adversely affect an investment in the units.&#160; In addition, any event of loss may adversely affect the operations of the Trust and, consequently, an investment in the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If there is a loss, damage or destruction of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion in the custody of the Mint and the Trust does not give timely notice, all claims against the Mint will be deemed waived.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event of loss, damage or destruction of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion in the Mint&#146;s custody, care and control, the Manager, for and on behalf of the Trust, must give written notice to the Mint within five Mint business days (a Mint business day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday observed by the Mint) after its discovery of any such loss, damage or destruction, but in any event no more than 60&nbsp;days after the delivery by the Mint to the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, of an inventory statement in which the discrepancy first appears.&#160; If such notice is not given in a timely manner, all claims against the Mint will be deemed to have been waived.&#160; In addition, no action, suit or other proceeding to recover any loss or shortage can be brought against the Mint unless timely notice of such loss or shortage has been given and such action, suit or proceeding will have commenced within 12&nbsp;months from the time a claim is made.&#160; The loss of the right to make a claim or of the ability to bring an action, suit or other proceeding against the Mint may mean that any such loss will be non-recoverable, which will have an adverse effect on the value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RBC Investor Services, the Mint and other service providers engaged by the Trust may not carry adequate insurance to cover claims against them by the Trust.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unitholders cannot be assured that RBC Investor Services, the Mint or other service providers engaged by the Trust will maintain any insurance with respect to the Trust&#146;s assets held or the services that such parties provide to the Trust and, if they maintain insurance, that such insurance is sufficient to satisfy any losses incurred by them in respect of their relationship with the Trust.&#160; In addition, none of the Trust&#146;s service providers are required to include the Trust as a named beneficiary of any such insurance policies that are purchased.&#160; Accordingly, the Trust will have to rely on the efforts of the service provider to recover from their insurer compensation for any losses incurred by the Trust in connection with such arrangements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">All redemptions will be determined using U.S. dollars, which will expose redeeming non-U.S. unitholders to currency risk.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All redemptions will be determined using U.S. dollars.&#160; All redeeming unitholders will receive any cash amount to which the unitholder is entitled in connection with the redemption in U.S. dollars, and will be exposed to the risk that the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the other currency in which the unitholder generally operates will result in a lesser redemption amount than the unitholder would have received if the redemption amount had been calculated and delivered in such other currency.&#160; In addition, because any cash as a result of the redemption will be delivered in U.S. dollars, the redeeming unitholder may be required to open or maintain an account that can receive deposits of U.S. dollars.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">In the event the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion is lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed, recovery may be limited to the market value of the gold at the time the loss is discovered.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If there is a loss due to theft, loss, damage, destruction or fraud or otherwise with respect to the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion held by one of the Trust&#146;s custodians and such loss is found to be the fault of such custodian, the Trust may not be able to recover more than the market value of the gold at the time the loss is discovered.&#160; If the market value of gold increases between the time the loss is discovered and the time the Trust receives payment for its loss and purchases physical gold bullion to replace the losses, less physical gold bullion will be acquired by the Trust and the value of the net assets of the Trust will be negatively affected.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A redeeming unitholder that suffers loss of, or damage to, its physical gold bullion during delivery from the Mint will not be able to claim damages from the Trust or the Mint.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a unitholder exercises its option to redeem units for physical gold bullion, the unitholder&#146;s physical gold bullion will be transported by an armored transportation service carrier engaged by or on behalf of the redeeming unitholder.&#160; Because ownership of the physical gold bullion will transfer to such unitholder at the time the Mint surrenders the physical gold bullion to the armored transportation service carrier, the redeeming unitholder will bear the risk of loss from the moment the armored transportation service carrier takes possession of the physical gold bullion on behalf of such unitholder.&#160; In the event of any loss or damage in connection with the delivery of the physical gold bullion after such time, such unitholder will not be able to claim damages from the Trust or the Mint but will need to bring a claim against the armored transportation service carrier.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Because the Trust primarily invests in physical gold bullion, an investment in the Trust may be more volatile than an investment in a more broadly diversified portfolio.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is primarily invested at all times in physical gold bullion.&#160; As a result, the Trust&#146;s holdings are not diversified.&#160; Accordingly, the NAV may be more volatile than another investment vehicle with a more broadly diversified portfolio and may fluctuate substantially over time.&#160; An investment in the Trust may be deemed speculative and is not intended as a complete investment program.&#160; An investment in units should be considered only by persons financially able to maintain their investment and who can bear the risk of loss associated with an investment in the Trust.&#160; Investors should review closely the objective and strategy, the investment and operating restrictions and the redemption provisions of the Trust as outlined herein and familiarize themselves with the risks associated with an investment in the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Under Canadian law, the Trust and unitholders may have limited recourse against the Mint.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Mint is a Canadian Crown corporation.&#160; A Crown corporation may be sued for breach of contract or for wrongdoing in tort where it has acted on its own behalf or on behalf of the Crown.&#160; However, a Crown corporation may be entitled to immunity if it acts as agent of the Crown rather than in its own right and on its own behalf.&#160; The Mint has entered into the Gold Storage Agreement relating to the custody of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion on its own behalf and not on behalf of the Crown; nevertheless, a court may determine that, when acting as custodian of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion, the Mint acted as agent of the Crown and, accordingly, that the Mint may be entitled to immunity of the Crown.&#160; Consequently, the Trust or a unitholder may not be able to recover for any losses incurred as a result of the Mint&#146;s acting as custodian of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A notice of redemption is irrevocable.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to redeem units for cash or gold, a unitholder must provide a notice of redemption to the Transfer Agent.&#160; Except when redemptions have been suspended by the Manager, once a notice of redemption has been received by the transfer agent, it can no longer be revoked by the unitholder under any circumstances, though it may be rejected by the transfer agent if it does not comply with the requirements for a notice of redemption.&#160; See &#147;Redemption of Units&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Mint may become a private enterprise, in which case its obligations will not constitute the unconditional obligations of the Government of Canada.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the past, there has been speculation regarding whether the Government of Canada might privatize the Mint.&#160; The Mint will not remain a Crown corporation if the Government of Canada privatizes the Mint.&#160; If the Mint were to become a private entity, its obligations would no longer generally constitute unconditional obligations of the Government of Canada and, although it would continue to be responsible for and bear the risk of loss of, and damage to, the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion that is in its custody, there would be no assurance that the Mint would have the resources to satisfy claims of the Trust against the Mint based on a loss of, or damage to, the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion in the custody of the Mint.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust may terminate and liquidate at a time that is disadvantageous to unitholders.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Trust is required to terminate and liquidate or the Manager determines to terminate and liquidate the Trust, such termination and liquidation could occur at a time which is disadvantageous to unitholders, such as when gold prices are lower than the gold prices at the time when unitholders purchased their units.&#160; In such a case, when the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion is sold as part of the Trust&#146;s liquidation, the resulting proceeds distributed to unitholders will be less than if gold prices were higher at the time of sale.&#160; In certain circumstances, the Manager has the ability to terminate the Trust without the consent of unitholders.&#160; The Manager&#146;s interests may differ from those of the unitholders, and the Manager may terminate the Trust at a time that is not advantageous for the unitholder.&#160; See &#147;Termination of the Trust&#148; for more information about the termination of the Trust, including when the termination of the Trust may be triggered by events outside the direct control of the Manager, the Trustee or the unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The units may trade at a price which is at, above or below the NAV, and any discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV may widen as a result of non-concurrent trading hours between the COMEX, NYSE Arca and the TSX.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Units may trade in the market at a premium or discount to the NAV.&#160; This risk is separate and distinct from the risk that the NAV may decrease.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV may be influenced by non-concurrent trading hours between the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, which is the U.S. exchange on which gold for physical delivery is traded, and NYSE Arca and the TSX.&#160; While the units will trade on NYSE Arca and the TSX until 4:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern time, liquidity in the global gold market will be reduced after the close of the COMEX division of the New&nbsp;York Mercantile Exchange at 1:30&nbsp;p.m.&#160; Eastern time.&#160; As a result, during this time, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount to the NAV may widen.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust may suspend redemptions, which may affect the trading price of the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In certain circumstances, the Manager, on behalf of the Trust, may suspend the right of unitholders to request a redemption of their units or postpone the date of delivery or payment of the redemption</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">proceeds of the Trust (whether physical gold bullion and/or cash, as the case may be) with the prior approval of Canadian securities regulatory authorities having jurisdiction, where required.&#160; Such circumstances include any period during which the Manager determines that conditions exist which render impractical the sale of assets of the Trust or which impair the ability of the Manager to determine the value of the assets of the Trust or the redemption amount for the units.&#160; See &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Redemptions for Physical Gold Bullion&#148; and &#147;Redemption of Units &#151; Redemptions for Cash&#148;.&#160; This may affect the trading price of the units at a time when an investor wishes to sell its units on NYSE Arca or the TSX.&#160; Accordingly, units may not be an appropriate investment for investors who seek immediate liquidity.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Future governmental decisions may have significant impact on the price of physical gold bullion.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Generally, gold prices reflect the supply and demand of available physical gold bullion.&#160; Governmental decisions, such as the executive order issued by the President of the United States in 1933 requiring all persons in the United States to deliver physical gold bullion to the Federal Reserve or the abandonment of the gold standard by the United States in 1971, have been viewed as having significant impact on the supply and demand of physical gold bullion and the price of physical gold bullion.&#160; Future governmental decisions may have an impact on the price of physical gold bullion, and may result in a significant decrease or increase in the value of the net assets of the Trust and the NAV.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The market for units and the liquidity of units may be adversely affected by competition from other methods of investing in gold.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust competes with other financial vehicles, including traditional debt and equity securities issued by companies in the gold industry and other securities backed by or linked to gold, direct investments in gold and investment vehicles similar to the Trust.&#160; Market and financial conditions, and other conditions beyond the Manager&#146;s control, may make it more attractive to invest in other financial vehicles or to invest in gold directly, which could limit the market for the units and reduce the liquidity of the units and, accordingly, the price received for sales of units on NYSE Arca or the TSX.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Crises may motivate large-scale sales of gold, which could decrease the price of gold and adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The possibility of large-scale distress sales of gold in times of crisis may have a negative impact on the price of gold and adversely affect an investment in the units.&#160; For example, the 2008 financial credit crisis resulted in significantly depressed prices of gold due to forced sales and deleveraging from institutional investors such as hedge funds and pension funds.&#160; Crises in the future may impair gold&#146;s price performance which would, in turn, adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust will sell physical gold bullion to provide available funds for its expenses and for any cash redemptions.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has retained cash from the net proceeds of its offerings in an amount not in excess of 3% of the net proceeds of the offerings in order to provide available funds for expenses and any cash redemptions.&#160; If the Trust&#146;s expenses are higher than estimated, the Trust may need to sell physical gold bullion earlier than anticipated to meet its expenses and any cash redemptions.&#160; In addition, from time to time the Trust will sell physical gold bullion to replenish its cash reserve to meet its expenses and any cash redemptions. Such sales may result in a reduction of the NAV and the trading price of the units.&#160; There is no limit on the total amount of gold that the Trust may sell in order to pay expenses.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unitholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of units in an investment company registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or the protections afforded by the Commodity Exchange Act.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not required to register under such act.&#160; Consequently, unitholders do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies.&#160; The Trust does not and will not hold or trade in commodity futures contracts regulated by the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as administered by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the &#147;CFTC&#148;).&#160; Furthermore, the Trust is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act, and none of the Manager, the Trustee or the underwriters is subject to regulation by the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or a commodity trading advisor in connection with the units.&#160; Consequently, unitholders do not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in Commodity Exchange Act-regulated instruments or commodity pools.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Substantial sales of gold by the official sector could adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The official sector consists of central banks, other governmental agencies and multi-lateral institutions that buy, sell and hold gold as part of their reserve assets.&#160; The official sector holds a significant amount of gold, some of which is static, meaning that it is held in vaults and is not bought, sold, leased or swapped or otherwise available in the open market.&#160; Several central banks and multi-lateral institutions have sold portions of their gold reserves in recent years, with the result being that the official sector, taken as a whole, has been a net supplier of gold to the open market.&#160; In the event that future economic, political or social conditions or pressures require members of the official sector to liquidate their gold assets all at once or in an uncoordinated manner, the demand for gold may not be sufficient to accommodate the sudden increase in the supply of gold to the market.&#160; Consequently, the price of gold may decline which may adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Manager and its affiliates also manage other funds that invest in physical gold bullion and other assets that may be held by the Trust, and conflicts of interest by the Manager or its affiliates may occur.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager is responsible for the day-to-day business and operation of the Trust and, therefore, exercises significant control over the Trust.&#160; The Manager may have different interests than the unitholders and consequently may act in a manner that is not advantageous to unitholders at any particular time.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager and the GP, the GP&#146;s directors and officers, and their respective affiliates and associates may engage in the promotion, management or investment management of other accounts, funds or trusts that invest primarily in physical gold bullion.&#160; The Manager currently manages other mutual funds and hedge funds that may also include physical gold bullion as part of their portfolios.&#160; One of these mutual funds, a Canadian public mutual fund called the Sprott Gold Bullion Fund, has an investment objective and strategy to hold physical gold bullion, similar to the Trust.&#160; Although officers, directors and professional staff of the Manager devote as much time to the Trust as is deemed appropriate to perform their duties, the staff of the Manager may have conflicts in allocating their time and services among the Trust and the other accounts, funds or trusts managed by the Manager.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust&#146;s obligation to reimburse the Trustee, the Manager, the underwriters or certain parties related to them for certain liabilities could adversely affect an investment in the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under certain circumstances, the Trust might be subject to significant indemnification obligations in favor of the Trustee, the Manager, or an underwriter as a result of an offering or certain parties related to them.&#160; The Trust does not carry any insurance to cover such potential obligations and, to the Manager&#146;s knowledge, none of the foregoing parties are insured for losses for which the Trust has agreed to indemnify them.&#160; Any indemnification paid by the Trust would reduce the value of net assets of the Trust and, accordingly, the NAV.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unitholders are not entitled to participate in management of the Trust.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unitholders are not entitled to participate in the management or control of the Trust or its operations, except to the extent of exercising their right to vote their units when applicable.&#160; Unitholders do not have any input into the Trust&#146;s daily activities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The rights of unitholders differ from those of shareholders of a corporation.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because the Trust is organized as a trust rather than a corporation, the rights of unitholders are set forth in the Trust Agreement rather than in a corporate statute.&#160; This means that unitholders do not have the statutory rights normally associated with the ownership of shares in an Ontario corporation.&#160; For example, the Trust is not subject to minimum quorum requirements, is not required to hold annual meetings, and has no officers or directors.&#160; Unitholders have the right to vote on matters brought before unitholders in accordance with the Trust Agreement but do not have a right to elect the Manager, though unitholders do have the right to remove the Manager in certain circumstances.&#160; In addition, unitholders do not have the right to bring &#147;oppression&#148; or &#147;derivative&#148; suits.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The investment objective and restrictions of the Trust and the attributes of a particular class or series of a class of units may be changed by way of an extraordinary resolution of all unitholders and unitholders of such class or series of a class of units, respectively.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The investment objective and restrictions of the Trust and the attributes of a particular class or series of a class of units may be changed with the approval, in person or by proxy, of all unitholders and unitholders holding units of that class or series of a class, as the case may be, representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust or that class or series of a class of the Trust, respectively, as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, at a duly constituted meeting of unitholders, or at any adjournment thereof, called and held in accordance with the Trust Agreement, or a written resolution signed by unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">% of the value of the net assets of the Trust or of that class or series of a class of the Trust, as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement.&#160; Such changes to the investment objective or restrictions of the Trust or the attributes of the units may be more favorable or less favorable to unitholders than the investment objective or restrictions of the Trust or the attributes of the units, as the case may be, as described in this annual information form.&#160; The value of the units sold in a future offering of the Trust may decrease as a result of such changes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Substantial redemptions of units may affect the liquidity and trading price of units and increase the <i>pro rata</i> expenses per unit.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Substantial redemptions of units could result in a decrease in the trading liquidity of the units and increase the amount of Trust expenses allocated to each remaining unit.&#160; Such increased expenses may reduce the value of the net assets of the Trust, the NAV and the trading price of the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fluctuation</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> in foreign exchange rates may have an adverse effect on the Trust and on the trading price of the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust maintains its accounting records, purchases gold and reports its financial position and results in U.S. dollars.&#160; Because certain of the Trust&#146;s expenses are paid in Canadian dollars, an increase in the value of the Canadian dollar would increase the reported expenses of the Trust that are payable in Canadian dollars, which could result in the Trust being required to sell more physical gold bullion to pay its expenses.&#160; Further, such appreciation could adversely affect the Trust&#146;s reported financial results, which may have an adverse effect on the trading price of the units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Trust expects to be a PFIC, which may have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S.&#160; Holders who do not make certain elections.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on its method of operation, the Trust expects to be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.&#160; Therefore, a U.S. Holder of the units (as&nbsp;defined under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;) that does not make a QEF election or a mark-to-market election with respect to the units generally will be liable to pay U.S. federal income tax at the then prevailing income tax rates on ordinary income plus interest upon excess distributions and upon any gain from the disposition of the units as if the excess distribution or gain had been recognized ratably over the U.S. Holder&#146;s holding period for the units.&#160; A U.S. Holder generally may mitigate these U.S. federal income tax consequences by making a QEF election, or, to a lesser extent, a mark-to-market election.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148; for a more comprehensive discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders arising from the Trust&#146;s status as a PFIC and the procedures for making a QEF election or a mark-to-market election.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A U.S. Holder that makes a QEF election with respect to his, her or its units may be required to include amounts in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes if any holder redeems units for cash or physical gold bullion.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As noted above and described in detail under &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148;, a U.S. Holder generally may mitigate the U.S. federal income tax consequences under the PFIC rules&nbsp;of holding units of the Trust by making a QEF election.&#160; A U.S. Holder that makes a QEF election must report each year for U.S. federal income tax purposes his, her or its <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s ordinary earnings and the Trust&#146;s net capital gain, if any, regardless of whether or not distributions were received from the Trust by the U.S. Holder.&#160; If any holder redeems units for physical gold bullion (regardless of whether the holder requesting redemption is a U.S. Holder or has made a QEF election), the Trust will be treated as if it sold the physical gold bullion for its fair market value.&#160; As a result, all the U.S. Holders who have made a QEF election will be required to currently include in their income their <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s gain from such deemed disposition (which generally will be taxable to non-corporate U.S. Holders at a maximum rate of 28% under current law if the Trust has held the physical gold bullion for more than one year), even though such deemed disposition is not attributable to any action on their part.&#160; If any holder redeems units for cash and the Trust sells physical gold bullion to fund the redemption (regardless of whether the holder requesting redemption is a U.S. Holder or has made a QEF election), all the U.S. Holders who have made a QEF election similarly will include in their income their <i>pro rata</i> share of the Trust&#146;s gain from the sale of the physical gold bullion, which will be taxable as described above, even though the Trust&#146;s sale of physical gold bullion is not attributable to any action on their part.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material U.S.&#160; Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders &#151; Taxation of U.S. Holders Making a Timely QEF Election&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Unitholders may be liable for obligations of the Trust to the extent the Trust&#146;s obligations are not satisfied out of the Trust&#146;s assets.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust Agreement provides that no unitholder will be subject to any liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with the investment obligations, affairs or assets of the Trust and all such persons will look solely to the Trust&#146;s assets for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising out of or in connection therewith.&#160; Also, under the <i>Trust Beneficiaries&#146; Liability Act, 2004</i> (Ontario), holders of units of a trust governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario that is a reporting issuer under the <i>Securities Act</i> (Ontario) (as the Trust is) are not, as beneficiaries, liable for any act, default, obligation or liability of the trust.&#160; Notwithstanding the above, there is a risk that a unitholder could be held personally liable for obligations of the Trust to the extent that claims are not satisfied out of the assets of the Trust if a court finds: (i)&nbsp;that Ontario law does not govern the ability of a third party to make a claim against a beneficiary of a trust and that the applicable governing law permits such a claim; or (ii)&nbsp;that the unitholder was acting in a capacity other than as a beneficiary of the trust.&#160; In the event that a unitholder should be required to satisfy any obligation of the Trust, under the Trust Agreement, such unitholder will be entitled to reimbursement from any available assets of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Canadian registered plans that redeem their units for physical gold bullion may be subject to adverse consequences.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Physical gold bullion received by a Canadian registered plan, such as a registered retirement savings plan, on a redemption of units for physical gold bullion will not be a qualified investment for such plan.&#160; Accordingly, such plans (and in the case of certain plans, the annuitants or beneficiaries thereunder or holders thereof) may be subject to adverse Canadian tax consequences including, in the case of registered education savings plans, revocation of such plans.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If the Trust </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ceases</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> to qualify as a mutual f</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">u</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">nd trust for Canadian income tax purposes, it or the unitholders could become subject to material adverse consequences.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to qualify as a mutual fund trust under the Tax Act, the Trust must comply with various requirements contained in the Tax Act, including (in&nbsp;many or most circumstances) requirements to hold substantially all its property in assets (such as physical gold bullion and cash) that are not &#147;taxable Canadian property&#148;, and to restrict its undertaking to the investing of its funds.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Qualification as a Mutual Fund Trust&#148;.&#160; If the Trust were to cease to qualify as a mutual fund (whether as a result of a change of law or administrative practice, or due to its failure to comply with the current Canadian requirements for qualification as a mutual fund trust), it may experience various potential adverse consequences, including becoming subject to a requirement to withhold tax on distributions made to non-resident unitholders of any capital gains realized from the dispositions of physical gold bullion and the units not qualifying for investment by Canadian registered plans and units of the Trust ceasing to qualify as &#147;Canadian Securities&#148; for the purposes of the election provided in subsection 39(4)&nbsp;of the Tax Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If the Trust were to carry on a business in Canada in a taxation year or acquire securities that were &#147;non-portfolio properties&#148;, it could become subject to tax at full corporate tax rates on some or all of its income for that year.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager anticipates that the Trust will make sufficient distributions in each year of any income (including taxable capital gains) realized by the Trust for Canadian tax purposes in the year so as to ensure that it will not be subject to Canadian income tax on such income.&#160; Such income generally will become subject to Canadian income tax at full corporate rates if the Trust becomes a SIFT trust, even if distributed in full.&#160; If the Trust, contrary to its investment restrictions, were to carry on a business in</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Canada in a taxation year and use its property in the course of any such business, or acquire securities that were &#147;non-portfolio properties&#148;, it could become a SIFT trust.&#160; The anticipated activities of the Trust, as described in this annual information form, are intended to avoid having the Trust characterized as a SIFT trust.&#160; The CRA may take a different (and adverse) view of this issue and characterize the Trust as a SIFT trust.&#160; If the Trust were a SIFT trust for a taxation year of the Trust, it would effectively be taxed similarly to a corporation on income and capital gains in respect of such non-portfolio properties at a combined federal/provincial tax rate comparable to rates that apply to income earned and distributed by Canadian corporations.&#160; Distributions of such income received by unitholders would be treated as dividends from a taxable Canadian corporation.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; SIFT Trust Rules&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If the Trust treats distributed gains as being on capital account and the CRA later determines that the gains were on income account, then Canadian withholding taxes would apply to the extent that the Trust has distributed the gains to non-resident unitholders and Canadian resident unitholders could be reassessed to increase their taxable income.&#160; Any taxes borne by the Trust itself would reduce the NAV and the trading prices of the units.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Manager anticipates that the Trust generally will treat gains (or losses) as a result of dispositions of physical gold bullion as capital gains (or capital losses), although depending on the circumstances, it may instead include (or deduct) the full amount of such gains in computing its income.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of the Trust&#148;.&#160; If any transactions of the Trust are reported by it on capital account but are subsequently determined by the CRA to be on income account, there may be an increase in the net income of the Trust for tax purposes and the taxable component of redemption proceeds (or any other amounts) distributed to unitholders, with the result that Canadian-resident unitholders could be reassessed by the CRA to increase their taxable income by the amount of such increase, and non-resident unitholders potentially could be assessed directly by the CRA for Canadian withholding tax on the amount of net gains on such transactions that were treated by the CRA as having been distributed to them.&#160; Furthermore, any gains that had already accrued to the Trust on its holdings of gold bullion prior to an acquisition of units by a particular unitholder would generally have the effect of increasing such taxable component of redemption proceeds, on a subsequent redemption by that unitholder.&#160; The CRA can assess the Trust for a failure of the Trust to withhold tax on distributions made by it to non-resident unitholders that are subject to withholding tax, and typically would do so rather than assessing the non-resident unitholders directly.&#160; Accordingly, any such re-determination by the CRA may result in the Trust being liable for unremitted withholding taxes on prior distributions made to unitholders who were not resident in Canada for the purposes of the Tax Act at the time of the distribution.&#160; As the Trust may not be able to recover such withholding taxes from the non-resident unitholders whose units were redeemed, payment of any such amounts by the Trust would reduce the NAV and the trading prices of the units.&#160; See &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations &#151; Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Considerations &#151; Canadian Taxation of Unitholders &#151; Unitholders Not Resident in Canada&#148;.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">If the Trust experiences a &#147;loss restriction event&#148; it could result in unintended tax consequences for Unitholders.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Tax Act contains loss restriction rules&nbsp;that could result in unintended tax consequences for Unitholders, including an unscheduled allocation of income or capital gains that must be included in a Unitholder&#146;s income for Canadian income tax purposes. If the Trust experiences a &#147;loss restriction event&#148;, it will: (i)&nbsp;be deemed to have a year end for Canadian tax purposes whether or not the Trust has losses (which would trigger an allocation of the Trust&#146;s net income and net realized capital gains to Unitholders to ensure that the Trust itself is not subject to tax on such amounts); and (ii)&nbsp;the Trust will become subject to the Canadian loss restriction rules&nbsp;that generally apply to corporations, including a deemed realization</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of any unrealized capital losses and disallowance of its ability to carry forward capital losses. Generally, the Trust will be subject to a loss restriction event if a person becomes a &#147;majority-interest beneficiary&#148;, or a group of persons becomes a &#147;majority-interest group of beneficiaries&#148;, of the Trust, as those terms are defined in the affiliated persons rules&nbsp;contained in the Tax Act, with certain modifications. Generally, a majority-interest beneficiary of a Trust is a beneficiary in the income or capital, as the case may be, of the Trust who, together with the beneficial interests of persons and partnerships with whom the beneficiary is affiliated, has a fair market value that is greater than 50% of the fair market value of all the interests in the income or capital, as the case may be, of the Trust. A loss restriction event could occur because a particular Unitholder or an affiliate acquires Units of the Trust or because another person redeems Units of the Trust. Please see &#147;Material Income Tax Considerations&nbsp;&#151; Canadian Taxation of Unitholders&#148; for the tax consequences of a distribution to Unitholders.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A unitholder may be unable to bring actions or enforce judgments against the Trust, the Trustee, the Manager, the GP or any of their officers and directors under U.S. federal securities laws in Canada or to serve process on any of them in the United States.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each of the Trust, the Trustee, the Manager, and the GP is organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, and all of their executive offices and substantially all of the administrative activities and a majority of their assets are located outside the United States.&#160; In addition, the directors and officers of the Trustee and the GP are residents of jurisdictions other than the United States and all or a substantial portion of the assets of those persons are or may be located outside the United States.&#160; As a result, a unitholder may be unable to serve legal process within the United States upon any of the Trust, the Trustee, the Manager or the GP or any of their directors or officers, as applicable, or enforce against them in the appropriate Canadian courts judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States, or bring an original action in the appropriate Canadian courts to enforce liabilities against the Trust, the Trustee, the Manager, the GP or any of their directors of officers, as applicable, based upon the U.S. federal securities laws.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No payment or reimbursement has been made to the directors and officers of the Manager by the Trust in the 2013 financial year.&#160; The Trustee is entitled to receive from the Trust, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, trustee fees, custody, administration and securityholder reporting fees.&#160; For the financial year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Trust paid to the Trustee, in the aggregate, approximately $5,366 for the Trustee&#146;s services as trustee.&#160; For the financial year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, the aggregate compensation paid to the IRC by all the investment funds managed by the Manager was $107,350 (including HST).&#160; The amount allocated to the Trust can be found in the financial statements of the Trust.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MATERIAL CONTRACTS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies of the material contracts of the Trust, listed below, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the offices of the Manager at Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Trust Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Management Agreement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the valuation services agreement referred to under &#147;Responsibility for Operation of the Trust &#151; Valuation Agent&#148;;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There are currently no ongoing legal or administrative proceedings involving the Manager which may be material to the Trust, nor are there any such proceedings known to be contemplated as of the date of this annual information form.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION OF THE TRUST</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust will be terminated and dissolved in the event any of the following occurs:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">there are no outstanding units;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Trustee resigns or is removed and no successor trustee is appointed by the Manager by the time the resignation or removal becomes effective;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Manager resigns and no successor manager is appointed by the Manager and approved by unitholders by the time the resignation becomes effective;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Manager is, in the opinion of the Trustee, in material default of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and such default continues for 120 days from the date the Manager receives notice of such default from the Trustee and no successor manager has been appointed by the unitholders;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Manager has been declared bankrupt or insolvent or has entered into a liquidation or winding-up, whether compulsory or voluntary (and not merely voluntary liquidation for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Manager makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or otherwise acknowledges its insolvency; or</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the assets of the Manager have become subject to seizure or confiscation by any public or governmental authority.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Manager may, in its discretion, terminate the Trust, without unitholder approval, if, in the opinion of the Manager, after consulting with the IRC, the value of the net assets of the Trust has been reduced such that it is no longer economically feasible to continue the Trust and it would be in the best interests of the unitholders to terminate the Trust, by giving the Trustee and each holder of units at the time at least 90 days&#146; notice.&#160; To the extent such termination in the discretion of the Manager may involve a matter that would be a &#147;conflict of interest matter&#148; as set forth in applicable Canadian regulations, the matter will be referred by the Manager to the IRC for its recommendation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event of the winding-up of the Trust, the rights of unitholders to require redemption of any or all of their units will be suspended, and the Manager or, in the event of (4), (5), (6)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;above, such other person appointed by the Trustee, the unitholders of the Trust or a court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, will make appropriate arrangements for converting the investments of the Trust into cash and the Trustee will proceed to wind-up the affairs of the Trust in such manner as seems to it to be appropriate.&#160; The assets of the Trust remaining after paying or providing for all obligations and liabilities</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of the Trust will be distributed among the unitholders registered as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Toronto time, on the date on which the Trust is terminated in accordance with the Trust Agreement.&#160; Distributions of net income and net realized capital gains will, to the extent not inconsistent with the orderly realization of the assets of the Trust, continue to be made in accordance with the Trust Agreement until the Trust has been wound up.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a notice of termination has been given by the Manager and if authorized by the vote of unitholders holding units representing in aggregate not less than 50% of the value of the net assets of the Trust as determined in accordance with the Trust Agreement, the assets of the Trust may be, in the event of the winding-up of the Trust, distributed to the unitholders on the termination of the Trust <i>in specie</i> in whole or in part, and the Trustee will have complete discretion to determine the assets to be distributed to any unitholder and their values for distribution purposes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If, after a period of six months from the effective date on which the Trust was terminated, the Trust&#146;s registrar and transfer agent is unable to locate the owner of any units as shown on the Trust&#146;s register, such amount as would be distributed to such unitholder will be deposited by the Trust&#146;s registrar and transfer agent in an account in a chartered bank or trust company (including the Trustee) in Canada in the name and to the order of such unitholder upon presentation by such unitholder of sufficient information determined by the chartered bank or trust company to be appropriate to verify such unitholder&#146;s entitlement to such amount.&#160; Upon such deposit being made, the units represented thereby will be cancelled and the Trust&#146;s registrar and transfer agent, the Manager, and the Trustee will be released from any and all further liability with respect to such moneys.&#160; Thereafter, the unitholder will have no rights against the Trust&#146;s registrar and transfer agent, the Trustee or the Manager to such moneys or an accounting therefor.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has obtained exemptive relief from the Canadian securities regulatory authorities for relief from NI 81-102 (the &#147;Exemptive Relief&#148;) to permit (i)&nbsp;the Trust to invest up to 100% of its assets in physical gold bullion; (ii)&nbsp;the appointment of the Mint as custodian of the Trust&#146;s physical gold bullion assets; (iii)&nbsp;purchases of units on NYSE Arca and the TSX and redemption requests to be submitted directly to the registrar and transfer agent of the Trust; (iv)&nbsp;the redemption of units and payment upon redemption of units all as described under &#147;Redemption of Units&#148;; and (v)&nbsp;the Trust to establish a record date for distributions in accordance with the policies of the TSX and NYSE Arca. The Trust has also obtained exemptive relief from the requirement to file compliance reports or audit reports in accordance with Appendix B-1 of NI 81-102.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additional information about the Trust is available in the Trust&#146;s management reports of fund performance and financial statements.&#160; You may obtain a copy of these documents, at no cost by calling toll free: 1-866-299-9906 from your dealer, or by email at: invest@sprott.com.&#160; These documents and other information about the Trust, such as information circulars and material contracts are also available on the Sprott Asset Management LP internet site at: www.sprott.com or at www.sedar.com.</font></p>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>DECEMBER&nbsp;31,</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=6>2013 </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="94%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=3> Management Report on Fund Performance</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="94%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=3> Audited Financial Statements</FONT></TD>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Management Report of Fund Performance* </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Investment Objective and Strategies </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott
Physical Gold Trust (the&nbsp;"Trust") is a closed-end mutual fund trust organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, created to invest and hold substantially all of its
assets in physical gold bullion. The Trust seeks to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion without the
inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical gold bullion. The Trust intends to achieve its objective by investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated,
physical gold bullion and does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold&nbsp;prices. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
units of the Trust are listed on the New&nbsp;York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Arca and the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbols "PHYS" and "PHY.U", respectively. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Risks </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
risks of investing in the Trust are detailed in the Trust's annual information form dated March&nbsp;27, 2013. There have been no material changes to the Trust since inception that have affected
the overall level of risk. The principal risks associated with investing in the Trust are the price of gold, the net asset value and/or the market price of the units, the purchase, transport,
insurance and storage of physical gold bullion, liabilities of the Trust, and redemptions of&nbsp;units. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Results of Operations </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>For
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, total unrealized losses on physical gold bullion amounted to $747.7&nbsp;million compared to unrealized gains of $112.0&nbsp;million during the same
period in&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>During
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Trust did not issue any units. During the year, 30&nbsp;units were redeemed for cash at a total cost of $376, and 7,015,448&nbsp;units were
redeemed for gold&nbsp;bullion. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
value of the net assets of the Trust as of December&nbsp;31, 2013 was $1,895.1&nbsp;million or $10.06 per unit, compared to $2,734.8&nbsp;million or $14.00 per unit as at December&nbsp;31,
2012. The Trust held 1,559,126&nbsp;ounces of physical gold bullion as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, a decrease from 1,616,834&nbsp;at December&nbsp;31, 2012. As at December&nbsp;31, 2013, the
spot price of gold was $1,205.65 an ounce compared to a price of $1,675.35 an ounce as at December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2012. The Trust returned -28.1% compared to the return on spot gold of -28.0%. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust's net asset value per unit on December&nbsp;31, 2013 was $10.06. The units closed at $9.96 on the NYSE Arca and $9.98 on the TSX on December&nbsp;31, 2013 compared to closing prices of
$14.21 on the NYSE Arca and $14.24 on the TSX on December&nbsp;31, 2012. The units are denominated in U.S.&nbsp;dollars on both exchanges. During the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, the
Trust's units traded on the NYSE Arca at an average premium to net asset value of approximately&nbsp;0.1%. </FONT></P>

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this report, net asset value ("NAV") refers to the value of the Trust as calculated for transaction purposes, whereas net assets is used for financial statement purposes. All
references to currencies in this report are in United&nbsp;States Dollars, unless stated otherwise. </FONT></DD></DL>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The annual management report of fund performance is an analysis and explanation that is designed to complement and supplement an investment fund's financial
statements. This report contains financial highlights but does not contain the complete annual financial statements of the investment fund. A copy of the annual financial statements has been included
separately within the Report to Unitholders. You can also get a copy of the annual financial statements at your request, and at no cost, by calling 1-866-299-9906, by visiting our website at
www.sprottphysicalgoldtrust.com or SEDAR at www.sedar.com or by writing to us at: Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, 200&nbsp;Bay Street, Suite&nbsp;2700,
P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;27, Toronto, Ontario M5J&nbsp;2J1. </FONT></P>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>OPERATING
EXPENSES </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust pays its own operating expenses, which include, but are not limited to, audit, legal, trustee fees, unitholder reporting expenses, general and administrative fees,
filing and listing fees payable to applicable securities regulatory authorities and stock exchanges, storage fees for the physical gold bullion, costs incurred in connection with the Trust's
continuous disclosure public filing requirements and investor relations and any expenses associated with the Independent Review Committee of the Trust. Operating expenses for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 amounted to $1,683,987 (not&nbsp;including applicable Canadian taxes) compared to $1,116,272 for the same period in 2012. The increase in expenses during the year was
primarily due to an increase in the costs of storing the physical gold bullion, as well as higher administrative expenses related to the allocation of expenses across the funds administered by the
Manager. Operating expenses for the period from January&nbsp;1, 2013 to December&nbsp;31, 2013 amounted to 0.07% of the average net assets during the period on an annualized basis, compared to
0.05% for the same period in&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>


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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>MANAGEMENT
FEES </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust pays the Manager, Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP, a monthly management fee equal to <SUP>1</SUP>/<SMALL>12</SMALL> of 0.35% of the value of the net assets of the Trust
(determined in accordance with the trust agreement), plus any applicable Canadian taxes. The management fee is calculated and accrued daily and payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each
month. For the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Trust incurred management fees of $8,008,479 (not&nbsp;including applicable Canadian taxes) compared to $8,608,157 for the same period
in&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net
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2011<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>14.00</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>13.17</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>12.07</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>10.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Total revenue</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(0.05</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(0.06</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(0.06</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(0.05</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Realized gains (losses) for the period</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(0.02</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Unrealized gains (losses) for the period</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(3.86</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.64</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1.07</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>3.06</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(3.93</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.58</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1.01</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>3.01</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>10.06</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>14.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>13.17</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>12.07</FONT></TD>
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assets per unit is calculated based on the actual number of units outstanding at the relevant time. The increase/decrease from operations is based on the weighted
average number of units outstanding over the period shown. This table is not intended to be a reconciliation of the beginning to ending net assets per&nbsp;unit. </FONT></DD></DL>

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2011<BR></FONT>
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<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>December&nbsp;31,<BR>
2010<BR></FONT>
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<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Total net asset value (000's)<SUP>1</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$1,895,056</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,734,847</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,921,684</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,171,745</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Number of Units outstanding<SUP>1</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>188,353,275</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>195,368,753</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>145,921,197</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>97,049,573</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Management expense ratio<SUP>2</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>0.45%</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.42%</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.47%</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.46%</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Trading expense ratio<SUP>3</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Nil</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Portfolio turnover rate<SUP>4</SUP></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Nil</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Nil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Net asset value per Unit</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$10.06</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$14.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$13.17</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$12.07</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Closing market price&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;NYSE Arca</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$9.96</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$14.21</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$13.81</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$12.35</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Closing market price&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;TSX</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$9.98</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$14.24</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$13.84</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>$12.32</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-9pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>1</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>This
information is provided as at the date shown, as applicable. </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-9pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>2</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>Management
expense ratio ("MER") is based on total expenses (including applicable Canadian taxes and excluding commissions and other portfolio transaction costs) for the
stated period and is expressed as annualized percentages of daily average net asset value during the year ended December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2013. </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-9pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>3</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>The
trading expense ratio represents total commissions and other portfolio transaction costs expressed as an annualized percentage of daily average net asset value during
the period shown. Since there are no direct trading costs associated with physical bullion trades, the trading expense ratio is&nbsp;nil. </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-9pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>4</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>The
Trust's portfolio turnover rate indicates how actively the Trust's portfolio adviser trades its portfolio investments. A portfolio turnover rate of 100% is equivalent
to the Trust buying and selling all of the securities in its portfolio once in the course of the year. The higher the Trust's portfolio turnover rate in a year, the greater the chance of an investor
receiving taxable capital gains in the year. There is not necessarily a relationship between a high turnover rate and the performance of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="BOTTOM" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=5>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Past Performance </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
indicated rates of return are the historical total returns including changes in unit values and assume reinvestment of all distributions in additional units of the Trust. These returns do not take
into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any unitholder that may reduce returns. Please note that past performance is not indicative of future
performance. All rates of returns are calculated based on the Net Asset Value of the units of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Year-by-Year Returns </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
bar chart below indicates the performance of the Trust units for each of the periods shown, and illustrates how the Trust's performance has changed from period to period. The chart shows, in
percentage terms, how much an investment made on the first day of each year would have grown or decreased by the last day of each&nbsp;year. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Summary of Investment Portfolio </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1><I>As of December&nbsp;31, 2013  </I></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Ounces<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Fair Value<BR>
per ounce<BR>
$<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Average<BR>
Cost<BR>
$<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Fair<BR>
Value<BR>
$<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>% of<BR>
Net Asset<BR>
Value<BR>
%<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Physical gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,559,126</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,205.65</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,196,750,351</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,879,760,519</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>99.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Cash and Cash Equivalents</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>14,688,442</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.8</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Other Net Assets</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>606,579</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>0.0</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Total Net Asset Value</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,895,055,540</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>100.0</FONT></TD>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>This
summary of investment portfolio may change due to the ongoing portfolio transactions of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5 </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Audited financial statements  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4><B> December&nbsp;31, 2013  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>6 </B></FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott
Asset Management&nbsp;LP, the "Manager" of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the&nbsp;"Trust") is responsible for the integrity, consistency, objectivity and reliability of the Financial
Statements of the Trust. International Financial Reporting Standards have been applied and management has exercised its judgment and made best estimates where appropriate. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Manager's internal controls and supporting procedures maintained provide reasonable assurance that financial records are complete and accurate. These supporting procedures include the oversight of
RBC Investor Services, the Trust's valuation agent. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Management
has assessed the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 using the framework found in Internal
Control&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based upon this assessment, management has
concluded that as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 the Manager's internal controls over financial reporting were&nbsp;effective. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young&nbsp;LLP, the independent auditors appointed by the Manager of the Trust, have audited the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting as at
December&nbsp;31, 2013 in addition to auditing the Trust's Financial Statements as of the same date. Their reports, which expressed an unqualified opinion, can be found on pages&nbsp;2 to&nbsp;3
of the Financial Statements. Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young have full and free access to, and meet periodically with, the Manager of the Trust to discuss their audit and matters arising there from, such as,
comments they may have on the fairness of financial reporting and the adequacy of internal controls. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Steven
Rostowsky<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
March&nbsp;31, 2014 </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>7 </B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=3>INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT OF REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  <BR></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>To
Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP (the&nbsp;"Manager"), the Trustee and the Unitholders of the Sprott Physical Gold&nbsp;Trust </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
have audited the accompanying financial statements of Sprott Physical Gold Trust, which comprise the statements of financial position as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and the statements of
comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Management's responsibility for the financial statements </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Management
is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due
to fraud or&nbsp;error. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Auditors' responsibility </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States). Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>An
audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal control relevant to the
entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit&nbsp;opinion. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Opinion </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sprott Physical Gold Trust as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and its financial
performance and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Other matter </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States), Sprott Physical Gold Trust's internal control over financial reporting
as at December&nbsp;31, 2013, based on the criteria established in Internal Control&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) and our report dated March&nbsp;31, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion on Sprott Physical Gold Trust's internal control over financial reporting. </FONT></P>

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Toronto, Canada.</FONT></TD>
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Licensed Public Accountants</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=3>REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM  <BR></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>To
Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP (the&nbsp;"Manager"), the Trustee and the Unitholders of the Sprott Physical Gold&nbsp;Trust </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
have audited the Sprott Physical Gold Trust's (the&nbsp;"Trust") internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal
Control&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) (the&nbsp;COSO criteria). The
Manager is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
accompanying Management's Responsibility for Financial Information. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust's internal control over financial reporting based on our&nbsp;audit. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing
such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our&nbsp;opinion. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>A
company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)&nbsp;pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
our opinion, the Manager of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, based on the
COSO&nbsp;criteria. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
also have audited, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States), the statements of
financial position as of December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust and
our report dated March&nbsp;31, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. </FONT></P>

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Toronto, Canada.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Chartered Accountants<BR>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Statements of comprehensive income </FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="59%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>For the year ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2013<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>For the year ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2012<BR></FONT>
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<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Income</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Unrealized gains (losses) on gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(747,691,847</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>111,989,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Sales tax refund</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>490,783</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(747,201,064</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>111,989,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Expenses</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Management fees </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;11)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>8,008,479</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>8,608,157</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Bullion storage fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>902,464</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>701,700</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Sales tax</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>576,569</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>667,885</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Listing and regulatory filing fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>189,874</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>60,770</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Administrative fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>187,074</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>33,461</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Unitholder reporting costs</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>146,449</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>84,462</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Audit fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>114,842</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>117,041</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Independent Review Committee fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>69,670</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>50,383</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Legal fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>41,129</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>59,591</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Net foreign exchange losses</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>24,802</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>4,369</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Trustee fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5,366</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>4,495</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Custodial fees</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2,317</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>10,269,035</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>10,392,314</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Realized gains (losses) on investments</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Net realized gains (losses) on sales of investments</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(5,418,119</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net realized gains (losses) on investments</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
(5,418,119</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for the year</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
(762,888,218</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
101,597,187</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=6 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Increase (decrease) in total equity per Unit </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;9)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
(3.93</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
0.58</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=6 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE SIZE=4></TD>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>On behalf of the Manager, Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP,<BR>
by its General Partner, Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;GP&nbsp;Inc.: </FONT></P>

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<IMG SRC="g263884.jpg" ALT="GRAPHIC" WIDTH="127" HEIGHT="48">
 </B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>
<IMG SRC="g926639.jpg" ALT="GRAPHIC" WIDTH="123" HEIGHT="51">
 </B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>John Wilson</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Steven Rostowsky</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>DIRECTOR</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>DIRECTOR</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>10 </B></FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Statements of financial position </FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="59%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As at<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2013<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As at<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2012<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Assets</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Cash </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;6)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>14,688,442</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>25,598,668</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1,879,760,519</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,708,759,965</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Prepaid assets</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>556,364</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>556,364</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Account receivable</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>50,215</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total assets</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1,895,055,540</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,734,914,997</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Liabilities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Accounts payable</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>67,569</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total liabilities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>67,569</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Equity</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Unitholders' capital</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2,356,723,161</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,426,877,941</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Unit premium and reserves</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>81,291</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>81,271</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Retained earnings (deficit)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(360,923,901</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>408,797,534</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2> Underwriting commissions and issue expenses</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(100,825,011</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(100,909,318</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total equity </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;8)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1,895,055,540</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,734,847,428</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total liabilities and equity</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1,895,055,540</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,734,914,997</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="59%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total equity per Unit</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>10.06</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>14.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=7 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE SIZE=4></TD>
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<TH WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Number<BR>
of Units<BR>
Outstanding<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Unitholders'<BR>
Capital<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Retained<BR>
Earnings<BR>
(Deficit)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Underwriting<BR>
Commissions<BR>
and Issue<BR>
Expenses<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Unit<BR>
Premiums<BR>
and<BR>
Reserves<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Total Equity<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Balance at January&nbsp;1, 2012</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>145,921,197</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,685,014,381</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>307,210,490</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(70,620,827</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>79,542</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,921,683,586</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Proceeds from issuance of Units</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>49,450,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>741,888,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>741,888,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Cost of redemption of Units</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(2,444</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(24,440</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(10,143</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>1,729</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(32,854</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net income for the year</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>101,597,187</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>101,597,187</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Underwriting commissions and issue expenses</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(30,288,491</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(30,288,491</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
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<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Balance at December&nbsp;31, 2012</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>195,368,753</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,426,877,941</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>408,797,534</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(100,909,318</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>81,271</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>2,734,847,428</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=15 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Balance at January&nbsp;1, 2013</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>195,368,753</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2,426,877,941</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>408,797,534</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(100,909,318</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>81,271</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2,734,847,428</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Proceeds from issuance of Units </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;8)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Cost of redemption of Units </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;8)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(7,015,478</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(70,154,780</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(6,833,217</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>20</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(76,987,977</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net loss for the year</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(762,888,218</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(762,888,218</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Underwriting commissions and issue expenses</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>84,307</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>84,307</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
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<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="18%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Balance at December&nbsp;31, 2013</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="8%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>188,353,275</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2,356,723,161</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(360,923,901</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(100,825,011</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>81,291</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1,895,055,540</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=15 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE SIZE=4></TD>
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 </FONT> <FONT SIZE=5>Sprott Physical Gold Trust </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Statements of cash flows </FONT></P>

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<TH COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>For the year ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2013<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>For the year ended<BR>
December&nbsp;31, 2012<BR></FONT>
<BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>
&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B><BR>&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Cash flows from operating activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net income (loss) for the year</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(762,888,218</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>101,597,187</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Adjustment to reconcile net income for the year to net cash from operating activities</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=0>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="57%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Realized losses on redemptions for gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5,418,119</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=0>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="57%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Unrealized (gains) losses on gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>747,691,847</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(111,989,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net changes in operating assets and liabilities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Increase in account receivable</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(50,215</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Decrease in accounts payable</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(67,569</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(242,141</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Increase in prepaid assets</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(556,364</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net cash used in operating activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(9,896,036</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(11,190,818</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Cash flows from investing activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Purchase of gold bullion</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(685,340,090</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net cash used in investing activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(685,340,090</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Cash flows from financing activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Proceeds from issuance of Units </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;8)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>&#150;</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>741,888,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Payments on redemption of Units </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;8)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(1,098,497</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(32,854</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Underwriting commissions and issue expenses</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>84,307</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>(30,288,491</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(1,014,190</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>711,566,655</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net increase (decrease) in cash during the year</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(10,910,226</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>15,035,746</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Cash at beginning of year</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>25,598,668</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>10,562,922</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD COLSPAN=2 style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Cash at end of year </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>(note&nbsp;6)</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>14,688,442</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>25,598,668</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=8 style="font-family:;"><HR NOSHADE SIZE=4></TD>
</TR>
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</FONT> <FONT SIZE=5>Sprott Physical Gold Trust<BR>
Notes to the Annual Financial Statements&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1><I>December&nbsp;31, 2013  </I></FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>1.&nbsp;Organization of the Trust </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott
Physical Gold Trust (the&nbsp;"Trust") is a closed-end mutual fund trust created under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada, pursuant to a trust agreement dated as of August&nbsp;28,
2009, as amended and restated as of December&nbsp;7, 2009 and as further amended and restated as of February&nbsp;1, 2010 (the&nbsp;"Trust Agreement"). The Trust's initial public offering closed
on March&nbsp;3, 2010. The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of redeemable, transferable trust units (the&nbsp;"Units"). All issued Units have no par value, are fully paid for, and
are listed and traded on the New&nbsp;York Stock Exchange Arca (the&nbsp;"NYSE Arca") and the Toronto Stock Exchange (the&nbsp;"TSX") under the symbols "PHYS" and "PHY.U", respectively. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
investment objective of the Trust is to seek to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion without the
inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical gold bullion. The Trust invests and intends to continue to invest primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated,
physical gold bullion and does not speculate with regard to short- term changes in gold prices. The Trust has only purchased and expects only to own "Good Delivery Bars" as defined by the London
Bullion Market Association ("LBMA"), with each bar purchased being verified against the LBMA&nbsp;source. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust's registered office is located at Suite&nbsp;2700, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, 200&nbsp;Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J&nbsp;2J1. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott
Asset Management&nbsp;LP (the&nbsp;"Manager") acts as the manager of the Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement and a management agreement with the Trust. RBC Investor Services Trust, a
trust company organized under the laws of Canada, acts as the trustee of the Trust. RBC Investor Services Trust also acts as custodian on behalf of the Trust for the Trust's assets other than physical
gold bullion. The Royal Canadian Mint acts as custodian on behalf of the Trust for the physical gold bullion owned by the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
financial statements of the Trust as at and for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 were authorized for issue by the Manager on March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2014. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>2.&nbsp;Basis of Preparation </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
financial statements have been prepared in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB" or
the&nbsp;"Board"). </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for physical gold bullion and financial assets and financial liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss, that
have been measured at fair&nbsp;value. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
financial statements are presented in U.S.&nbsp;dollars and all values are rounded to the nearest dollar unless otherwise indicated. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>2.1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(i) Cash and cash equivalents </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with the Trust's custodian, which is not subject to restrictions. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(ii) Gold bullion </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Investments in gold bullion are measured at fair value determined by reference to published price quotations, with unrealized and realized gains and losses
recorded in income based on the International Accounting Standards ("IAS") 40 </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Investment Property</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> fair value model as IAS&nbsp;40 is the most relevant
standard to apply. Investment transactions in physical gold bullion are accounted for on the business day following the date the order to buy or sell is&nbsp;executed. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>14 </B></FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(iii) Other financial liabilities </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>This category includes all financial liabilities, other than those classified at fair value through profit and loss. The Trust includes in this category
management fees payable, due to brokers and other accounts payable. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(iv) Share Capital </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Classification of redeemable units </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Redeemable units are classified as equity instruments when: </FONT></P>

<UL>
<DL compact>
<DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
units entitle the holder to a </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>pro&nbsp;rata</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> share of the Trust's net assets in the event of the Trust's liquidation; </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
redeemable units are in the class of instruments that is subordinate to all other classes of&nbsp;instruments; </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>All
redeemable units in the class of instruments that is subordinate to all other classes of instruments have identical features; </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
redeemable units do not include any contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset other than the holder's rights to a </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>pro&nbsp;rata</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> share of the Trust's net assets;&nbsp;and
</FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
total expected cash flows attributable to the redeemable units over the life of the instrument are based substantially on the profit or loss, the change in the
recognized net assets or the change in the fair value of the recognized and unrecognized net assets of the Trust over the life of the&nbsp;instrument. </FONT></DD></DL>
</UL>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
addition to the redeemable units having all the above features, the Trust must have no other financial instrument or contract that&nbsp;has: </FONT></P>

<UL>
<DL compact>
<DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Total
cash flows based substantially on the profit or loss, the change in the recognized net assets or the change in the fair value of the recognized and unrecognized net
assets of the Trust;&nbsp;and </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
effect of substantially restricting or fixing the residual return to the redeemable unitholders. </FONT></DD></DL>
</UL>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust continuously assesses the classification of the redeemable units. If the redeemable units cease to have all the features or meet all the conditions set out to be classified as equity, the
Trust will reclassify them as financial liabilities and measure them at fair value at the date of reclassification, with any differences from the previous carrying amount recognised in&nbsp;equity. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(v) Fees and commission expenses </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Fees and commission expenses are recognized on an accrual basis. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(vi) Income taxes </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In each taxation year, the Trust will be subject to income tax on taxable income earned during the year, including net realized taxable capital gains. However,
the Trust intends to distribute its taxable income to unitholders at the end of every fiscal year and therefore the Trust itself would not have any income tax&nbsp;liability. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>(vii) Functional and presentation currency </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust's functional and presentation currency is the U.S.&nbsp;Dollar. The Trust's performance is evaluated and its liquidity is managed in
U.S.&nbsp;Dollars. Therefore, the U.S.&nbsp;Dollar is considered as the currency that most faithfully represents the economic effects of the underlying transactions, events and&nbsp;conditions. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>3.&nbsp;Significant Accounting Judgements, Estimates and Assumptions </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
preparation of the Trust's financial statements requires the Manager to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognized in the financial statements. However,
uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that may require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in future&nbsp;periods. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Judgements </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In the process of applying the Trust's accounting policies, management has made the following judgements, which have the most significant effect on the amounts
recognized in the financial statements: </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Going Concern </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust's management has made an assessment of the Trust's ability to continue as a going concern and is satisfied that the Trust has the resources to
continue in business for the foreseeable future. Furthermore, management is not aware of any material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt upon the Trust's ability to continue as a going
concern. Therefore, the financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern&nbsp;basis. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Estimation Uncertainty </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>For tax purposes, the Trust generally treats gains from the disposition of gold bullion as capital gains, rather than income, as the Trust intends to be a
long-term passive holder of gold bullion, and generally disposes of its holdings in gold bullion only for the purposes of meeting redemptions and to pay expenses. The Canada Revenue Agency has,
however, expressed its opinion that gains (or&nbsp;losses) of mutual fund trusts resulting from transactions in commodities should generally be treated for tax purposes as ordinary income rather
than as capital gains, although the treatment in each particular case remains a question of fact to be determined having regard to all the circumstances. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust based its assumptions and estimates on parameters available when the financial statements were prepared. However, existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments may change
due to market changes or circumstances arising beyond the control of the Trust. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they&nbsp;occur. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>4.&nbsp;Certain Relevant Standards, Interpretations and Amendments Issued But Not Yet&nbsp;Effective </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Standards
issued but not yet effective at the date of the issuance of the Trust's financial statements are listed&nbsp;below. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>IFRS&nbsp;9,
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Financial Instruments</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> ("IFRS&nbsp;9"), will replace IAS&nbsp;39, </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> ("IAS&nbsp;39"). In November&nbsp;2013, the IASB removed the mandatory effective date of January&nbsp;1, 2015 and has not proposed a future effective date.
IFRS&nbsp;9 uses a single approach to determine whether a financial asset is measured at amortized cost or fair value, replacing the multiple rules presently in IAS&nbsp;39. The approach in
IFRS&nbsp;9 is based on how an entity manages its financial instruments in the context of its business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets. The new standard
also requires a single impairment method to be used, replacing the multiple impairment methods in IAS&nbsp;39. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>There
are no other IFRS interpretations which are not yet effective that would be expected to have a material impact on the financial&nbsp;statements. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>5.&nbsp;Segment Information </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>For
management purposes, the Trust is organized into one main operating segment, which invests in physical gold bullion. All of the Trust's activities are interrelated, and each activity is dependent
on the others. Accordingly, all significant operating decisions are based upon an analysis of the Trust as one segment. The financial results from this segment are equivalent to the financial
statements of the Trust as a whole. The Trust's operating income is earned entirely in Canada and is primarily generated from its investment in physical gold&nbsp;bullion. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>6.&nbsp;Cash and Cash Equivalents </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As
at December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, cash and cash equivalents consisted entirely of cash on&nbsp;deposit. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>7.&nbsp;Fair value of Financial Instruments </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>IFRS&nbsp;13, </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Fair Value Measurement</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, ("IFRS&nbsp;13") establishes a single source of guidance under IFRS for all fair value measurements.
IFRS&nbsp;13 does not change when an entity is required to use fair value, but rather provides guidance on how to measure fair value under IFRS. IFRS&nbsp;13&nbsp;defines fair value as an exit
price. As a result of the guidance in IFRS&nbsp;13, the Trust re-assessed its policies for measuring fair values. IFRS&nbsp;13 also requires additional disclosures. The application of
IFRS&nbsp;13 has not materially impacted the fair value measurements of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As
at December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, due to the short-term nature of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded at cost, it is assumed that the carrying amount of those instruments
approximates their fair&nbsp;value. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>All
assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest level
input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a&nbsp;whole: </FONT></P>

<UL>
<DL compact>
<DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Level&nbsp;1&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Quoted
(unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or&nbsp;liabilities </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Level&nbsp;2&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Valuation
techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is directly or
indirectly observable </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Level&nbsp;3&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Valuation
techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement
is&nbsp;unobservable </FONT></DD></DL>
</UL>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Gold
bullion is measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value measurement of gold falls within Level&nbsp;1 of the hierarchy, and is based on published price quotations. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>8.&nbsp;Unitholders' Capital </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of redeemable, transferrable Trust Units in one or more classes and series of Units. The Trust's capital is represented by the issued, redeemable,
transferable Trust Units. Quantitative information about the Trust's capital is provided in the statement of changes in equity. Under the Trust Agreement, Units may be redeemed at the option of the
unitholder on a monthly basis for physical gold bullion or cash. Units redeemed for physical gold bullion will be entitled to a redemption price equal to 100% of the NAV of the redeemed Units on the
last business day of the month in which the redemption request is processed. A unitholder redeeming Units for physical gold bullion will be responsible for expenses in connection with effecting the
redemption and applicable delivery expenses, including the handling of the notice of redemption, the delivery of the physical gold bullion for Units that are being redeemed and the applicable gold
storage in-and-out fees. Units redeemed for cash will be entitled to a redemption price equal to 95% of the lesser of (i)&nbsp;the </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>volume-weighted
average trading price of the Units traded on the NYSE Arca, or, if trading has been suspended on the NYSE Arca, on the TSX for the last five business days of the month in which the
redemption request is processed and (ii)&nbsp;the NAV of the redeemed Units as of 4:00&nbsp;p.m., Eastern Standard time, on the last business day of the month in which the redemption request
is&nbsp;processed. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>When
Units are redeemed and cancelled and the cost of such Units is either above or below their stated or assigned value, the unitholders' capital is reduced by an amount equal to the stated or
assigned value of the Units. The difference between the redemption price and the stated or assigned values of the Units is allocated to the Unit premiums and reserves account (equal to the 5%
reduction to the redemption price for Units redeemed for cash as described above) and the Retained earnings account based on the allocated portion attributable to the redemption. For the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Trust did not issue any Units (December&nbsp;31, 2012: 49,450,000&nbsp;Units) and redeemed 7,015,478&nbsp;Units (December&nbsp;31, 2012: 2,444&nbsp;Units). </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Net Asset Value </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net Asset Value ("NAV") is defined as the Trust's net assets (fair value of total assets less fair value of total liabilities, excluding all liabilities
represented by outstanding Units, if any) calculated using the value of physical gold bullion based on the end-of-day price provided by a widely recognized pricing service. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Capital management </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As a result of the ability to issue, repurchase and resell Units of the Trust, the capital of the Trust as represented by the Unitholders' capital in the
statement of financial position can vary depending on the demand for redemptions and subscriptions to the Trust. The Trust is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements and has no legal
restrictions on the issue, repurchase or resale of redeemable Units beyond those included in the Trust Agreement. The Trust may not issue additional Units except (i)&nbsp;if the net proceeds per
Unit to be received by the Trust are not less than 100% of the most recently calculated NAV immediately prior to, or upon, the determination of the pricing of such issuance or (ii)&nbsp;by way of
Unit distribution in connection with an income distribution. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust's objectives for managing capital are: </FONT></P>

<UL>
<DL compact>
<DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>To
invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion;&nbsp;and </FONT></DD><DT style='font-family:;margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>&#149;</FONT></DT><DD style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>To
maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the expenses of the Trust, and to meet redemption requests as they&nbsp;arise. </FONT></DD></DL>
</UL>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Refer
to "Financial risk management objectives and policies" (Note&nbsp;10) for the policies and procedures applied by the Trust in managing its&nbsp;capital. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>9.&nbsp;Increase (decrease) in total equity per Unit </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Increase
(decrease) in total equity per unit is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) for the year attributable to the Trust's unitholders by the weighted average number of units outstanding
during the&nbsp;year. </FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1><I>For the year ended<BR> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><I>December&nbsp;31, 2013<BR> </I></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1><I>For the year ended<BR> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><I>December&nbsp;31, 2012<BR> </I></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%" ALIGN="LEFT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="57%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Net income (loss) for the year attributable to the Trust's units</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$(762,888,218</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$101,597,187</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="57%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Weighted average number of units outstanding</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>193,906,290</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>175,065,597</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="57%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Increase (decrease) in total equity per unit</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$(3.93</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="RIGHT" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>$0.58</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>10.&nbsp;Financial Risk and Management Objectives and Policies </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Introduction </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust's objective in managing risk is the creation and protection of unitholder value. Risk is inherent in the Trust's activities, but it is managed through
a process of ongoing identification, measurement and monitoring, subject to risk limits and other controls. The process of risk management is critical to the Trust's continuing profitability. The
Trust is exposed to market risk (which includes price risk, interest rate risk and currency risk), credit risk and liquidity risk arising from the gold bullion that it holds. Only certain risks of the
Trust are actively managed by the Manager, as the Trust is a passive investment company. The risks are managed in accordance with the Trust's offering documents. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Risk management structure </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust's Manager is responsible for identifying and controlling risks. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Risk mitigation </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust has investment guidelines that set out its overall business strategies, its tolerance for risk and its general risk management philosophy. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
discussion below clarifies the Trust's management of various risks: </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Excessive risk concentration </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust's risk is concentrated in the value of physical gold bullion, whose value constitutes 99.2% of total equity as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 (99.0% as
at December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2012). </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Price risk </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Price risk arises from the possibility that changes in the market price of the Trust's investments, which consist almost entirely of gold bullion, will result
in changes in fair value of such investments. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>If
the market value of gold increased by 1%, with all other variables held constant, this would have increased total equity and comprehensive income by approximately $18.8&nbsp;million
(December&nbsp;31, 2012: $27.1&nbsp;million); conversely, if the value of gold bullion decreased by 1%, this would have decreased total equity and comprehensive income by the same&nbsp;amount. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Interest rate risk </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Interest rate risk arises from the possibility that changes in interest rates will affect the value of financial instruments. The Trust does not hedge its
exposure to interest rate risk as that risk is&nbsp;minimal. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Currency risk </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Currency risk arises from the possibility that changes in the price of foreign currencies will result in changes in carrying value. The Trust's assets,
substantially all of which consist of an investment in gold bullion, are priced in U.S.&nbsp;dollars. Some of the Trust's expenses are payable in Canadian dollars. Therefore, the Trust is exposed to
currency risk, as the value of its liabilities denominated in Canadian dollars will fluctuate due to changes in exchange rates. Most of such liabilities, however, are short term in nature and are not
significant in relation to the net assets of the Trust, and, as such, exposure to foreign exchange risk is limited. The Trust does not enter into currency hedging transactions. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As
at December&nbsp;31, 2013, none (December&nbsp;31, 2012: $107,407) of the Trust's liabilities were denominated in Canadian dollars. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Credit risk </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Credit risk arises from the potential that counterparties will fail to satisfy their obligations as they come due. The Trust primarily incurs credit risk when
entering into and settling gold bullion transactions. It is the Trust's policy to only transact with reputable counterparties. The Manager closely monitors the creditworthiness of the Trust's
counterparties, such as bullion dealers, by reviewing their financial statements, when available, regulatory notices and press releases. The Trust seeks to minimize credit risk relating to unsettled
transactions in gold bullion by only engaging in transactions with bullion dealers with high creditworthiness. The risk of default is considered minimal, as payment for gold bullion, is only made
against the receipt of the bullion by the&nbsp;custodian. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Liquidity risk </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Trust will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities and redemptions.
Liquidity risk arises because of the possibility that the Trust could be required to pay its liabilities earlier than expected. The Trust is also subject to redemptions for both cash and gold bullion
on a regular basis. The Trust manages its obligation to redeem units when required to do so and its overall liquidity risk by only allowing for redemptions monthly, which require 15-day advance notice
to the Trust. The Trust's liquidity risk is minimal, since its primary investment is physical gold bullion, which trades in a highly liquid market. All of the Trust's financial liabilities, including
due to brokers, accounts payable and management fees payables have maturities of less than three&nbsp;months. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>11.&nbsp;Related Party Disclosures </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
following parties are considered related parties to the Trust: </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Investment Manager&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The Trust pays the Manager a monthly management fee equal to <SUP>1</SUP>/<SMALL>12</SMALL> of 0.35% of the value of net assets of the Trust (determined in accordance with
the Trust Agreement) plus any applicable Canadian taxes, calculated and accrued daily and payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month. Total management fees for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 amounted to $8,008,479, compared to $8,608,157 for the same period in&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Also,
the Manager has agreed that if the expenses of the Trust, including the management fee, at the end of any month exceed an amount equal to <SUP>1</SUP>/<SMALL>12</SMALL> of 0.65% of the value of the net
assets of the Trust, the management fee payable to the Manager for such month will be reduced by the amount of such excess up to the gross amount of the management fee earned by the Manager from the
Trust for such month. Any such reduction in the management fee will not be carried forward or remain payable to the Manager in future months. The Manager did not waive any amounts payable for the
years ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
calculating the expenses of the Trust for purposes of the expense cap, the following will be excluded: any applicable taxes payable by the Trust or to which the Trust may be subject, and any
extraordinary expenses of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>Ownership and Other </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>As at December&nbsp;31, 2013, the Trust's related parties included Eric Sprott, the CEO of the Manager. Eric Sprott owned 1.08% (2012:&nbsp;1.98%) of the
units of the&nbsp;Trust. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>There
have been no other transactions between the Trust and its related parties during the reporting period. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>12.&nbsp;Independent Review Committee ("IRC") </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
accordance with National Instrument&nbsp;81-107, Independent Review Committee for Investment Funds ("NI&nbsp;81-107"), the Manager has established an IRC for a number of funds managed by it,
including the Trust. The mandate of the IRC is to consider and provide recommendations to the Manager on conflicts of interest to which the Manager is subject when managing certain funds, including
the Trust. The IRC is composed of three individuals, each of whom is independent of the Manager and all funds managed by the Manager, including the Trust. Each fund subject to IRC oversight pays a
share of the IRC member fees, costs and other fees in connection with operation of the IRC. The IRC reports annually to unitholders of the funds subject to its oversight on its activities, as required
by NI&nbsp;81-107. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>13.&nbsp;Soft Dollar Commissions </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>There
were no soft dollar commissions for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 and&nbsp;2012. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>14.&nbsp;Personnel </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Trust did not employ any personnel during the period, as its affairs were administered by the personnel of the Manager and/or the Trustee, as&nbsp;applicable. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>15.&nbsp;Events After the Reporting Period </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>There
were no material events after the reporting period. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=4>Corporate Information </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Head Office  </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott Physical Gold Trust<BR>
Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower<BR>
200&nbsp;Bay Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;2700, PO&nbsp;Box&nbsp;27<BR>
Toronto, Ontario M5J&nbsp;2J1<BR>
Telephone: (416) 203-2310<BR>
Toll Free: (877) 403-2310<BR>
Email: ir@sprott.com </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Auditors  </B></FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young&nbsp;LLP<BR>
Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young Tower<BR>
P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;251, 222&nbsp;Bay Street<BR>
Toronto-Dominion Centre<BR>
Toronto, Ontario M5K&nbsp;1J7 </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Legal Counsel  </B></FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Heenan Blaikie&nbsp;LLP (to February&nbsp;17, 2014)<BR>
P.O.&nbsp;Box&nbsp;2900, Suite&nbsp;2900<BR>
333&nbsp;Bay Street<BR>
Bay Adelaide Centre<BR>
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H&nbsp;2T4 </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Baker
&amp; McKenzie LLP (from February&nbsp;18, 2014)<BR>
Brookfield Place<BR>
Bay Wellington Tower<BR>
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901 K Street NW, 8<SUP>th</SUP>&nbsp;Floor<BR>
Washington, DC 20001 </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=3>MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Sprott
Asset Management&nbsp;LP, the "Manager" of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the&nbsp;"Trust") is responsible for the integrity, consistency, objectivity and reliability of the Financial
Statements of the Trust. International Financial Reporting Standards have been applied and management has exercised its judgment and made best estimates where appropriate. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>The
Manager's internal controls and supporting procedures maintained provide reasonable assurance that financial records are complete and accurate. These supporting procedures include the oversight of
RBC Investor Services, the Trust's valuation agent. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Management
has assessed the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 using the framework found in Internal
Control&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based upon this assessment, management has
concluded that as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 the Manager's internal controls over financial reporting were&nbsp;effective. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young&nbsp;LLP, the independent auditors appointed by the Manager of the Trust, have audited the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting as at
December&nbsp;31, 2013 in addition to auditing the Trust's Financial Statements as of the same date. Their reports, which expressed an unqualified opinion, can be found on pages&nbsp;2 to&nbsp;3
of the Financial Statements. Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young have full and free access to, and meet periodically with, the Manager of the Trust to discuss their audit and matters arising there from, such as,
comments they may have on the fairness of financial reporting and the adequacy of internal controls. </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Steven
Rostowsky<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
March&nbsp;31, 2014 </FONT></P>

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<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>To
Sprott Asset Management&nbsp;LP (the&nbsp;"Manager"), the Trustee and the Unitholders of the Sprott Physical Gold&nbsp;Trust </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
have audited the Sprott Physical Gold Trust's (the&nbsp;"Trust") internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal
Control&nbsp;&#150;&nbsp;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992 framework) (the&nbsp;COSO criteria). The
Manager is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
accompanying Management's Responsibility for Financial Information. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust's internal control over financial reporting based on our&nbsp;audit. </FONT></P>

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conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing
such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our&nbsp;opinion. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>A
company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)&nbsp;pertain
to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. </FONT></P>


<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>In
our opinion, the Manager of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2013, based on the
COSO&nbsp;criteria. </FONT></P>

<P style="font-family:;"><FONT SIZE=2>We
also have audited, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United&nbsp;States), the statements of
financial position as of December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended of the Sprott Physical Gold Trust and
our report dated March&nbsp;31, 2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon. </FONT></P>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We consent to the reference to our Firm under the captions &#147;Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm&#148; and &#147;Principal Accountant Fees and Services&#148; and to the use in this Annual Report on Form&nbsp;40-F of our reports dated March&nbsp;31, 2014, with respect to the statements of financial position of the Trust as at December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Sprott Physical Gold Trust as at December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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