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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-10-000289
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100210

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001313510
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580-1422
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800.422.3554

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580-1422

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050112

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Gabelli Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050105
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Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources and Income Trust (the "Fund") has
authorized us to make the following responses to the comments in your letter
dated February 1, 2010 to its Registration Statement on Form N-2 (the
"Registration Statement"), and to your follow-up comments regarding Item No. 7
in such letter provided to us via telephone on February 9, 2010.&#160;&#160;Your
comments are set forth below and our response follows each respective comment in
italics.</font></div>
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      Accounting Guide and discussed by paragraphs 5-6 of FASB ASC 946-20-25 and
      946-20-35-5, offering costs of closed-end funds with a continuous offering
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      and thereafter amortized to expense over twelve months on a straight-line
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      Natural Resources &amp; Income Trust treated the $164,666 relating to
      offering expenses as a deferred charge.&#160;&#160;As of February 19,
      2009, when The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources &amp; Income Trust
      commenced offering common shares, the shelf offering costs associated with
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      Fund&#8217;s Semi-Annual Report dated June 30, 2009 listed the offering costs in
      the Fund&#8217;s Statement of Changes in Net Asset within the subheading &#8220;Fund
      Share Transactions,&#8221; under the guidance that offering costs of closed-end
      funds should be charged to paid-in capital.&#160;&#160;&#160;Subsequent to
      the issuance of the June 30 financial statement, it was determined that
      the Fund&#8217;s offering was a continuous offering that necessitated a
      different accounting treatment under GAAP, which was to record the
      offering expenses as a deferred charge to be amortized over twelve months
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      in dollars and on a per share basis was de minimis.&#160;&#160;As of
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information in connection with the Registration Statement, please telephone me
at (212) 735-2262.</font></div>
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