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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting

		Value at						Gain / (loss)
		December 31, 2013			Value at			as a result of
		at lower of cost			January 1, 2014			change in
(Amounts in 000's of US$)		or market value			at fair value			accounting principle
Investment in gold		$	1,040,003		$	1,040,003		$	-

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Level 2
Investment in gold		$	912,076		$	940,011

Schedule Of Gold Receivable And Payable

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Gold receivable		$	5,808		$	-
Gold payable		$	-		$	23,493

Schedule Of Investment In Gold

		Three Months			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Ounces of gold
Opening balance			783,832.3			865,587.1
Creations			14,687.4			4,907.1
Redemptions			(29,376.6)			(83,347.4)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(755.2)			(3,314.5)
Closing balance			768,387.9			783,832.3
Investment in gold
Opening balance		$	940,011		$	1,040,003
Creations			18,696			6,437
Redemptions			(34,998)			(100,689)
Realized (loss) / gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares			(330)			509
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(925)			(4,195)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses			16			212
Change in unrealized loss on investment in gold			(10,394)			(2,266)
Closing balance		$	912,076		$	940,011

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