GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
GDX
VanEck Gold Miners ETF
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NAV$94.61
as at 22-Jul-26 -
Total Net Assets$1.15B
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Dividend Frequency1 each year
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Management fee (p.a.)0.53%
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Number of securities105
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Inception Date26-Jun-15
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.
Performance
Holdings & allocations
All holdings (%) as at 23-Jul-26 Download all holdings
| Security name |
Ticker
|
No. of securities held
|
Market value |
% of Fund net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmont Corp | NEM US | 1,029,870 | 140,941,968 | 12.21 |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd | AEM US | 483,395 | 101,598,272 | 8.80 |
| Barrick Mining Corp | B US | 1,608,883 | 86,256,269 | 7.47 |
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp | WPM US | 437,983 | 69,711,691 | 6.04 |
| Franco-Nevada Corp | FNV US | 185,030 | 56,623,699 | 4.91 |
| Anglogold Ashanti Plc | AU US | 486,639 | 56,457,494 | 4.89 |
| Gold Fields Ltd | GFI US | 905,884 | 43,504,182 | 3.77 |
| Kinross Gold Corp | KGC US | 1,202,584 | 41,664,596 | 3.61 |
| Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd | 2899 HK | 6,042,202 | 36,811,892 | 3.19 |
| Northern Star Resources Ltd | NST AU | 1,391,560 | 28,318,246 | 2.45 |
| Pan American Silver Corp | PAAS US | 425,945 | 27,572,426 | 2.39 |
| Royal Gold Inc | RGLD US | 85,675 | 24,645,108 | 2.13 |
| Coeur Mining Inc | CDE US | 1,041,039 | 23,569,009 | 2.04 |
| Evolution Mining Ltd | EVN AU | 2,038,703 | 23,159,666 | 2.01 |
| Alamos Gold Inc | AGI US | 423,934 | 18,504,886 | 1.60 |
| Endeavour Mining Plc | EDV LN | 219,708 | 15,720,346 | 1.36 |
| Hecla Mining Co | HL US | 673,630 | 15,106,488 | 1.31 |
| Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd | HMY US | 561,694 | 12,748,803 | 1.10 |
| Iamgold Corp | IAG US | 583,222 | 12,628,904 | 1.09 |
| First Majestic Silver Corp | AG US | 493,904 | 12,219,650 | 1.06 |
| Eldorado Gold Corp | EGO US | 261,217 | 11,980,923 | 1.04 |
| Dundee Precious Metals Inc | DPM CN | 216,205 | 11,209,322 | 0.97 |
| Equinox Gold Corp | EQX US | 762,295 | 10,187,176 | 0.88 |
| Fresnillo Plc | FRES LN | 186,270 | 9,471,548 | 0.82 |
| Zijin Gold International Co Ltd | 2259 HK | 406,266 | 8,754,159 | 0.76 |
| Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp | TFPM US | 205,355 | 8,576,392 | 0.74 |
| Lundin Gold Inc | LUG CN | 100,466 | 8,349,889 | 0.72 |
| Ssr Mining Inc | SSRM US | 207,248 | 8,317,764 | 0.72 |
| Or Royalties Inc | OR US | 189,214 | 7,975,303 | 0.69 |
| Oceanagold Corp | OGC CN | 225,372 | 7,899,507 | 0.68 |
| Cia De Minas Buenaventura Saa | BVN US | 172,108 | 7,893,869 | 0.68 |
| G Mining Ventures Corp | GMIN CN | 174,730 | 7,819,586 | 0.68 |
| B2gold Corp | BTG US | 1,266,599 | 7,150,812 | 0.62 |
| Perseus Mining Ltd | PRU AU | 1,350,743 | 6,686,178 | 0.58 |
| Genesis Minerals Ltd | GMD AU | 1,077,940 | 6,575,434 | 0.57 |
| Zhaojin Mining Industry Co Ltd | 1818 HK | 1,668,371 | 6,393,104 | 0.55 |
| Ramelius Resources Ltd | RMS AU | 1,873,474 | 5,807,769 | 0.50 |
| K92 Mining Inc | KNT CN | 241,110 | 5,490,549 | 0.48 |
| Greatland Resources Ltd | GGP AU | 518,971 | 5,438,816 | 0.47 |
| Torex Gold Resources Inc | TXG CN | 94,279 | 5,334,767 | 0.46 |
| Capricorn Metals Ltd | CMM AU | 416,299 | 5,266,182 | 0.46 |
| Vault Minerals Ltd | VAU AU | 1,026,391 | 5,193,538 | 0.45 |
| Montage Gold Corp | MAU CN | 283,434 | 4,883,906 | 0.42 |
| Discovery Silver Corp | DSV CN | 529,345 | 4,882,929 | 0.42 |
| Centerra Gold Inc | CGAU US | 200,453 | 4,790,358 | 0.42 |
| Regis Resources Ltd | RRL AU | 746,081 | 4,692,849 | 0.41 |
| Westgold Resources Ltd | WGX AU | 950,209 | 4,608,514 | 0.40 |
| Aris Mining Corp | ARMN US | 204,325 | 4,354,299 | 0.38 |
| Aya Gold & Silver Inc | AYA CN | 139,517 | 4,163,896 | 0.36 |
| Orla Mining Ltd | ORLA US | 311,211 | 4,141,177 | 0.36 |
| Skeena Resources Ltd | SKE US | 100,275 | 4,037,371 | 0.35 |
| Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd/Canada | WDO CN | 149,748 | 3,998,155 | 0.35 |
| Pan African Resources Plc | PAN SJ | 2,028,199 | 3,738,548 | 0.32 |
| Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | FSM US | 303,259 | 3,731,951 | 0.32 |
| Seabridge Gold Inc | SA US | 95,486 | 3,728,546 | 0.32 |
| Endeavour Silver Corp | EXK US | 299,104 | 3,565,393 | 0.31 |
| Shandong Gold Mining Co Ltd | 1787 HK | 964,813 | 3,493,083 | 0.30 |
| Perpetua Resources Corp | PPTA US | 117,570 | 3,108,761 | 0.27 |
| Allied Gold Corp | AAUC US | 99,309 | 3,078,700 | 0.27 |
| Silvercorp Metals Inc | SVM US | 213,521 | 3,033,515 | 0.26 |
| Novagold Resources Inc | NG US | 334,540 | 2,969,332 | 0.26 |
| Emerald Resources Nl | EMR AU | 524,971 | 2,866,342 | 0.25 |
| Wanguo Gold Group Ltd | 3939 HK | 1,444,228 | 2,848,718 | 0.25 |
| Aura Minerals Inc | AUGO US | 35,539 | 2,838,955 | 0.25 |
| Hochschild Mining Plc | HOC LN | 320,392 | 2,822,218 | 0.24 |
| West African Resources Ltd | WAF AU | 962,123 | 2,819,020 | 0.24 |
| Predictive Discovery Ltd | PDI AU | 3,935,331 | 2,636,672 | 0.23 |
| Lingbao Gold Co Ltd | 3330 HK | 719,782 | 2,516,727 | 0.22 |
| Abrasilver Resource Corp | ABRA CN | 145,081 | 2,301,162 | 0.20 |
| Snowline Gold Corp | SGD CN | 133,126 | 1,969,691 | 0.17 |
| Mineros Sa | MSA CN | 273,278 | 1,921,833 | 0.17 |
| Bellevue Gold Ltd | BGL AU | 1,460,858 | 1,921,028 | 0.17 |
| Resolute Mining Ltd | RSG AU | 1,869,787 | 1,832,391 | 0.16 |
| G2 Goldfields Inc | GTWO CN | 172,607 | 1,723,579 | 0.15 |
| Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd | SX2 AU | 194,936 | 1,715,437 | 0.15 |
| Vizsla Silver Corp | VZLA US | 338,309 | 1,653,708 | 0.14 |
| Americas Gold & Silver Corp | USAS US | 274,930 | 1,642,546 | 0.14 |
| I-80 Gold Corp | IAUX US | 775,227 | 1,573,390 | 0.14 |
| Hycroft Mining Holding Corp | HYMC US | 49,815 | 1,545,037 | 0.13 |
| Ora Banda Mining Ltd | OBM AU | 1,350,051 | 1,491,806 | 0.13 |
| Catalyst Metals Ltd | CYL AU | 246,272 | 1,457,930 | 0.13 |
| Drdgold Ltd | DRD US | 43,657 | 1,353,420 | 0.12 |
| Gogold Resources Inc | GGD CN | 416,418 | 1,348,025 | 0.12 |
| Mcewen Mining Inc | MUX US | 51,743 | 1,330,460 | 0.12 |
| Alkane Resources Ltd | ALK AU | 948,437 | 1,285,132 | 0.11 |
| Rio2 Ltd | RIO CN | 404,982 | 1,146,615 | 0.10 |
| Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Co | SSMR US | 50,755 | 1,085,249 | 0.09 |
| Orezone Gold Corp | ORE CN | 439,380 | 1,043,359 | 0.09 |
| Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd | KCN AU | 243,549 | 1,039,954 | 0.09 |
| Collective Mining Ltd | CNL CN | 49,716 | 938,397 | 0.08 |
| Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co Ltd | 6693 HK | 156,533 | 914,292 | 0.08 |
| Tongguan Gold Group Ltd | 340 HK | 2,426,793 | 906,929 | 0.08 |
| Highlander Silver Corp | HSLV CN | 126,911 | 853,868 | 0.07 |
| Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd | SCZM US | 86,609 | 836,814 | 0.07 |
| International Tower Hill Mines Ltd | THM US | 263,809 | 806,905 | 0.07 |
| Elemental Royalty Corp | ELE US | 35,218 | 798,842 | 0.07 |
| Dakota Gold Corp | DC US | 115,364 | 788,165 | 0.07 |
| Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd | MTA US | 69,416 | 769,911 | 0.07 |
| Pantoro Gold Ltd | PNR AU | 360,389 | 753,213 | 0.07 |
| Gold Royalty Corp | GROY US | 193,521 | 730,216 | 0.06 |
| Osisko Gold Group Inc | OGG US | 223,016 | 717,196 | 0.06 |
| Galiano Gold Inc | GAU US | 258,942 | 706,895 | 0.06 |
| New Pacific Metals Corp | NEWP US | 99,288 | 664,143 | 0.06 |
| New Found Gold Corp | NFGC US | 247,752 | 520,539 | 0.05 |
| Andean Precious Metals Corp | APM CN | 56,275 | 366,059 | 0.03 |
| Other/Cash | -- | 30,388 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 100.00 | |||
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.
