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  • GDX
    VanEck Gold Miners ETF

    GDX
    VanEck Gold Miners ETF

    • NAV
      $133.12

      as at 23-Apr-26
    • Total Net Assets
      $1.55B
    • Dividend Frequency
      1 each year
    • Management fee (p.a.)
      0.53%
    • Number of securities
      106
    • Inception Date
      26-Jun-15
    The NAV is generally calculated daily after all markets are closed for that day based on the closing price of the securities on the relevant foreign stock exchange. The NAV is then converted to AUD based on the relevant London WM Reuters 4pm exchange rate. This means, due to Australia’s time zone, that the NAV will generally not be updated until around 3pm next business day.
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    Overview

    Fund Description

    Our gold miners ETF, GDX gives investors exposure to a diversified portfolio of companies involved in the gold mining industry. GDX aims to provide investment returns, before fees and other costs, which track the performance of the Index.

    Key benefits

    Access the power of gold miners

    Gold mining companies' fortunes are inextricably linked to the price of gold bullion.

    Portfolio risk management

    The gold mining sector has historically benefited during periods of extreme volatility in financial markets and has been used to provide a hedge to inflation.

    Global diversification

    Access a portfolio of global large to mid-sized gold mining companies with one trade on ASX.


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    Performance

    Holdings & allocations

    All holdings (%) as at 24-Apr-26 Download all holdings

    No. of holdings: 106
    Security name
    Ticker
    No. of securities held
    Market value % of Fund net
    assets
    Newmont Corp NEM US 1,221,020 189,354,924 12.19
    Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM US 561,267 155,930,631 10.04
    Barrick Mining Corp B US 1,864,566 104,664,636 6.74
    Wheaton Precious Metals Corp WPM US 509,450 100,694,928 6.48
    Anglogold Ashanti Plc AU US 566,236 76,504,942 4.92
    Franco-Nevada Corp FNV US 215,088 73,294,832 4.72
    Gold Fields Ltd GFI US 1,011,334 62,079,534 4.00
    Kinross Gold Corp KGC US 1,341,558 60,170,157 3.87
    Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd 2899 HK 6,706,778 44,120,337 2.84
    Pan American Silver Corp PAAS US 473,260 36,425,470 2.34
    Northern Star Resources Ltd NST AU 1,548,941 35,083,514 2.26
    Royal Gold Inc RGLD US 95,021 33,336,640 2.15
    Coeur Mining Inc CDE US 1,134,662 29,881,635 1.92
    Evolution Mining Ltd EVN AU 2,260,562 29,477,728 1.90
    Alamos Gold Inc AGI US 470,461 28,891,827 1.86
    Endeavour Mining Plc EDV LN 244,732 21,381,253 1.38
    Hecla Mining Co HL US 742,981 19,120,498 1.23
    Equinox Gold Corp EQX US 849,884 16,709,308 1.08
    Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd HMY US 715,528 16,515,649 1.06
    Iamgold Corp IAG US 660,317 15,776,063 1.02
    First Majestic Silver Corp AG US 547,549 15,482,610 1.00
    Fresnillo Plc FRES LN 207,026 13,380,732 0.86
    Zijin Gold International Co Ltd 2259 HK 450,957 12,871,376 0.83
    Cia De Minas Buenaventura Saa BVN US 285,019 12,719,696 0.82
    Dundee Precious Metals Inc DPM CN 241,030 12,121,460 0.78
    Lundin Gold Inc LUG CN 113,228 11,831,263 0.76
    Or Royalties Inc OR US 210,047 11,743,748 0.76
    Oceanagold Corp OGC CN 251,722 11,453,896 0.74
    Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp TFPM US 224,965 10,664,755 0.69
    G Mining Ventures Corp GMIN CN 198,341 10,085,989 0.65
    Eldorado Gold Corp EGO US 221,832 9,806,889 0.63
    B2gold Corp BTG US 1,413,611 9,770,826 0.63
    Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd 1818 HK 1,847,188 9,642,301 0.62
    Ssr Mining Inc SSRM US 226,822 9,454,219 0.61
    Perseus Mining Ltd PRU AU 1,510,497 8,428,573 0.54
    Greatland Resources Ltd GGP AU 572,855 8,145,998 0.52
    Ramelius Resources Ltd RMS AU 2,109,904 8,144,229 0.52
    Genesis Minerals Ltd GMD AU 1,196,518 7,873,088 0.51
    K92 Mining Inc KNT CN 265,774 7,111,627 0.46
    Orla Mining Ltd ORLA US 339,955 6,792,931 0.44
    Torex Gold Resources Inc TXG CN 106,538 6,633,651 0.43
    Westgold Resources Ltd WGX AU 1,054,601 6,527,980 0.42
    Pan African Resources Plc PAN SJ 2,242,772 6,261,515 0.40
    Regis Resources Ltd RRL AU 823,085 6,131,983 0.39
    Aris Mining Corp ARMN US 225,564 5,908,793 0.38
    Centerra Gold Inc CGAU US 223,429 5,821,667 0.37
    Shandong Gold Mining Co Ltd 1787 HK 1,070,947 5,804,170 0.37
    Vault Minerals Ltd VAU AU 1,147,117 5,724,114 0.37
    Discovery Silver Corp DSV CN 586,187 5,607,447 0.36
    Capricorn Metals Ltd CMM AU 461,451 5,486,652 0.35
    Perpetua Resources Corp PPTA US 127,006 5,226,375 0.34
    Skeena Resources Ltd SKE US 111,955 4,968,137 0.32
    Allied Gold Corp AAUC US 110,091 4,890,031 0.31
    Aura Minerals Inc AUGO US 39,565 4,889,344 0.31
    Fortuna Silver Mines Inc FSM US 340,315 4,809,033 0.31
    Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd/Canada WDO CN 168,603 4,692,244 0.30
    Novagold Resources Inc NG US 377,796 4,647,607 0.30
    Predictive Discovery Ltd PDI AU 4,437,212 4,370,654 0.28
    Endeavour Silver Corp EXK US 331,544 4,370,281 0.28
    Hochschild Mining Plc HOC LN 355,036 4,363,695 0.28
    Seabridge Gold Inc SA US 102,310 4,311,550 0.28
    Montage Gold Corp MAU CN 269,436 4,043,546 0.26
    Silvercorp Metals Inc SVM US 237,359 4,023,653 0.26
    Emerald Resources Nl EMR AU 582,522 3,844,645 0.25
    Aya Gold & Silver Inc AYA CN 154,496 3,722,363 0.24
    West African Resources Ltd WAF AU 1,060,155 3,456,105 0.22
    Resolute Mining Ltd RSG AU 2,105,514 3,021,413 0.19
    Hycroft Mining Holding Corp HYMC US 55,727 2,946,066 0.19
    Wanguo Gold Group Ltd 3939 HK 1,364,851 2,927,180 0.19
    Abrasilver Resource Corp ABRA CN 159,927 2,752,763 0.18
    Bellevue Gold Ltd BGL AU 1,611,715 2,691,564 0.17
    Rupert Resources Ltd RUP CN 223,280 2,543,920 0.16
    Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd SX2 AU 212,835 2,456,116 0.16
    Ora Banda Mining Ltd OBM AU 1,493,889 2,315,528 0.15
    Lingbao Gold Co Ltd 3330 HK 548,744 2,238,331 0.14
    Snowline Gold Corp SGD CN 145,324 2,218,033 0.14
    G2 Goldfields Inc GTWO CN 184,559 2,055,651 0.13
    Americas Gold & Silver Corp USAS US 241,291 2,001,353 0.13
    Drdgold Ltd DRD US 48,459 1,950,135 0.13
    Mcewen Mining Inc MUX US 57,139 1,910,884 0.12
    Catalyst Metals Ltd CYL AU 273,097 1,786,054 0.12
    I-80 Gold Corp IAUX US 820,957 1,776,840 0.11
    Alkane Resources Ltd ALK AU 1,022,602 1,728,197 0.11
    Vizsla Silver Corp VZLA US 370,391 1,706,752 0.11
    Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd KCN AU 271,621 1,686,766 0.11
    Mineros Sa MSA CN 300,730 1,590,362 0.10
    Collective Mining Ltd CNL CN 55,102 1,579,062 0.10
    Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co Ltd 6693 HK 225,523 1,572,853 0.10
    Pantoro Gold Ltd PNR AU 404,120 1,551,821 0.10
    Highlander Silver Corp HSLV CN 164,880 1,476,240 0.10
    Rio2 Ltd RIO CN 448,631 1,268,699 0.08
    Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd SCZM US 95,352 1,146,381 0.07
    Tongguan Gold Group Ltd 340 HK 2,108,013 1,138,713 0.07
    Orezone Gold Corp ORE CN 487,067 1,138,711 0.07
    Gogold Resources Inc GGD CN 406,570 1,124,849 0.07
    International Tower Hill Mines Ltd THM US 292,200 1,032,279 0.07
    Osisko Development Corp ODV US 205,705 967,990 0.06
    Elemental Royalty Corp ELE US 38,892 966,123 0.06
    Galiano Gold Inc GAU US 281,557 959,295 0.06
    Dakota Gold Corp DC US 118,267 947,920 0.06
    New Pacific Metals Corp NEWP US 122,434 926,611 0.06
    Gold Royalty Corp GROY US 191,352 924,496 0.06
    New Found Gold Corp NFGC US 256,438 766,289 0.05
    Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd MTA US 79,243 749,110 0.05
    Dateline Resources Ltd DTR AU 2,269,294 624,056 0.04
    Andean Precious Metals Corp APM CN 73,112 504,574 0.03
    Other/Cash --   427,432 0.03
    Total 100.00
    These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security.

    Dividends

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    Documents & insights

    Frequently asked questions

    Gold miners ETFs such as GDX offer a different type of exposure to gold compared with investing in bullion or a physical gold ETF. Gold miners ETFs invest in gold mining companies. The fortunes of gold miners are inextricably linked to the price of gold and, historically, gold mining stocks tend to outperform bullion when the gold price rises and underperform when it falls. This is why gold miners are considered a leveraged play on the gold price.

    Other differing factors are:

    • Miners may distribute dividends to their investors.
    • The stock price will be influenced by company management and operational execution as well as geopolitical and regulatory risks related to the location of the mines.

    Learn more about investing in gold and gold ETFs.

    A gold miners ETF, GDX provides a range of potential benefits for investors:

    • Exposure to the price of gold with the convenience of an ETF.
    • Gold miners tend to outperform gold bullion when the price rises, and vice versa.
    • Miners generally pay dividends to investors.
    • GDX provides a diversified exposure across a broad range of global gold mining companies.
    • Potential inflation hedge - the gold mining sector has tended to perform well during periods of rising inflation.
    • Potential defence - gold miners have historically benefited during periods of extreme market volatility.

    Read more about GDX’s suitability in portfolios in the Target Market Determination.

    We believe GDX is the superior gold miners ETF on ASX.

    GDX has a 10-year track record in Australia and was the first gold miners ETF listed on ASX. GDX tracks the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index which offers a “pure play” exposure to gold mining companies as it requires constituents to earn >50% of revenue from gold mining. Conversely, other gold miners ETFs on ASX do not track a pure play index and may include companies in which the core business is not gold mining.

    GDX is the most cost-effective option on ASX with a low management fee of 0.53%.

    Gold miners ETFs like GDX are generally best suited for investors seeking capital growth. While gold mining companies can pay dividends to their investors, gold miners ETFs like GDX are not considered appropriate for investors whose investment objective is income.

    GDX may also provide some portfolio risk management. The gold mining sector has historically benefited during periods of extreme volatility in financial markets and has been used to provide a hedge to inflation. Learn more about investing in gold and gold miners ETFs.

    Read more about GDX’s suitability in portfolios in the Target Market Determination.

    GDX may be suitable for investors who want a targeted exposure to the gold mining sector and are:

    • Seeking capital growth;
    • Intending to use the gold miners ETF as a minor or satellite allocation within a portfolio;
    • Looking to invest in the gold miners ETF for at least 5 years; and
    • Have a very high risk/return profile.

    Read more about the type of investor likely to be appropriate for GDX in GDX’s Target Market Determination.

    Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

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