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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001483386-15-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150305
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150305

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001483386
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [6221]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34917
		FILM NUMBER:		15676278

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ETF SECURITIES USA LLC
		STREET 2:		48 WALL STREET, 11TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-918-4954

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ETF SECURITIES USA LLC
		STREET 2:		48 WALL STREET, 11TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10005
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			Form 8-K Precious Metals
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">UNITED STATES</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:18pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:18pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">__________________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">FORM 8-K </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">__________________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:20pt;">CURRENT REPORT </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:20pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:20pt;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:20pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">March 5</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">5</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">__________________________</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;">ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:24pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">__________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">c/o ETFS Securities USA LLC</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">48 Wall Street, 11</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:5pt;">th</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;"> Floor</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">New York, New York 10005</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code: (212)&nbsp;918-4954</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Not Applicable </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;">Former name or former address, if changed since last report</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </font>
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			<a name="Check4"></a><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 8.01. Other Events</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">On</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, the registrant issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Press Release, dated </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the capacities indicated, hereunto duly authorized. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Date: </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">By:</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ETF Securities USA LLC, Sponsor of the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Graham Tuckwell</font></p>
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Press release jointly issued by ETFS Gold Trust, ETFS Precious Metals Trust &amp; ETFS Asian Gold Trust.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETFS Gold Trust</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETFS Asian Gold Trust</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">to Use the LBMA PM Gold Price</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">as Their Benchmark Price Starting March 20, 2015</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">New York, NY &#x2013; March 5, 2015 &#x2013; </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">London Gold Market Fixing Ltd. has announced its intention to discontinue the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">London Fix</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D; pricing benchmark for Gold after March 19, 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp;The London Fix has been the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Benchmark Price</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D; for valuation of gold bullion held by each of the ETFS Gold Trust </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">(NYSE Arca: SGOL)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Gold Trust</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;), the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">(NYSE Arca: GLTR)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Precious Metals Trust</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;), and the ETFS Asian Gold Trust </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">(NYSE Arca: AGOL)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Asian Gold Trust</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D; and together with the Gold Trust and the Precious Metals Trust, the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETFS Trusts</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;). The London Bullion Market Association has accepted a proposal by ICE Benchmark Administration (</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201C;IBA&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">) to operate a replacement gold price benchmark mechanism. Commencing March 20, 2015, IBA will operate an </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">electronic</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, tradable and auditable, over-the-counter auction</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> &nbsp;to establish and publish a fixed price for a troy ounce of gold twice each trading day </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">at 10:30 a.m. London time (the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;">&#x201C;LBMA AM Gold Price&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"> and 3:00 p.m. London time (the </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;">&#x201C;LBMA PM Gold Price&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETF Securities USA LLC, the sponsor of the ETFS Trusts (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Sponsor</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">anticipates that, commencing March 20, 2015, the Sponsor will determine that the current London Fix, which will have ceased to be published as of March 19, 2015, is an inappropriate basis for valuing gold bullion received upon purchase of an ETFS Trust&#x2019;s shares, delivered upon redemption of an ETFS Trust&#x2019;s shares and otherwise held by an ETFS Trust on a daily basis, and that the LBMA PM Gold Price is an appropriate alternative for determining the value of each ETFS Trust&#x2019;s gold each trading day.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sponsor also expects to determine that the LBMA PM Gold Price will fairly represent the commercial value of gold bullion held by each ETFS Trust and, effective 60 days after the delivery of notice of such determination to The Depository Trust Company, the registered owner of the shares of each ETFS Trust, the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:italic;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Benchmark Price&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> (as defined in each ETFS Trust&#x2019;s Depository Trust Agreement) as of any day will be the LBMA PM Gold Price for such day.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Benoit Autier&nbsp;&nbsp;+1 212-918-4955</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Benoit Autier is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETFS Physical Asian Gold Shares are issued by the ETFS Asian Gold Trust. ETFS Physical White Metals Basket Shares are issued by ETFS White Metals Basket Trust. ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares are issued by the ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust. ETFS Physical Silver Shares are </font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;;font-size: 11pt"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">issued by the ETFS Silver Trust. ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares are issued by the ETFS Gold Trust. ETFS Physical Platinum Shares are issued by the ETFS Platinum Trust. ETFS Physical Palladium Shares are issued by the ETFS Palladium Trust.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The ETFS Asian Gold Trust, ETFS White Metals Basket Trust, ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust, ETFS Gold Trust, ETFS Silver Trust, ETFS Palladium Trust and ETFS Platinum Trust are not investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. Shares of the Trusts are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds. These investments are not suitable for all investors. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Important Risks</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the precious metal held by the Trusts and fluctuations in the price could materially adversely affect an investment in the Shares. Several factors may affect the price of precious metals, including:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2022;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">A change in economic conditions, such as a recession, can adversely affect the price of the precious metal held by the Trusts. Some metals are used in a wide range of industrial applications, and an economic downturn could have a negative impact on its demand and, consequently, its price and the price of the Shares;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2022;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Investors' expectations with respect to the rate of inflation;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2022;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Currency exchange rates; Interest rates;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2022;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Investment and trading activities of hedge funds and commodity funds; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">&#x2022;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Calibri;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations. Should there be an increase in the level of hedge activity of the precious metal held by the Trusts or producing companies, it could cause a decline in world precious metal prices, adversely affecting the price of the Shares.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Also, should the speculative community take a negative view towards the precious metal held by the Trusts, it could cause a decline in prices, negatively impacting the price of the Shares.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">There is a risk that part or all of the Trusts' physical precious metal could be lost, damaged or stolen. Failure by the Custodian or Sub-Custodian to exercise due care in the safekeeping of the precious metal held by the Trusts could result in a loss to the Trusts. Since there is no limit on the amount of platinum and palladium that the Trust may acquire, the Trust, as it grows, may have an impact on the supply and demand of platinum and palladium.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The Trusts have limited operating history.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Commodities generally are volatile and are not suitable for all investors. Trusts focusing on a single commodity generally experience greater volatility.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Click here to review the prospectus.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Shares in the Trusts are not FDIC insured and may lose value and have no bank guarantee.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri;line-height:115%;;font-size: 11pt"><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Investors buy and sell shares on a secondary market (i.e., not directly from Trusts). Only market makers or "authorized participants" may trade directly with the Trusts, typically in blocks of 50k to 100k shares.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Carefully consider each Trusts' investment objectives, risk factors, and fees and expenses before investing.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">An investment in the trust does not constitute a direct investment in the underlying metal.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the marketing agent for ETFS Silver Trust, ETFS Gold Trust, ETFS Platinum Trust, ETFS Palladium Trust, ETFS Precious Metals Basket Trust, ETFS White Metals Basket Trust and ETFS Asian Gold Trust.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">For further discussion of the risks associated with an investment in the Trusts please read the prospectus.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;background-color: #FFFFFF;">ETF000748&nbsp;&nbsp;12/31/15.</font>
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