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2020-12-08 compared with 2020-09-04 · 23 added, 17 removed, 10 unchanged (80% of the section changed)

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Second Amendment to the Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) filed with Annual Report on Form 10-K/A on April 29, 2016)

Amendment to Marketing Agent Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2020, by and between Merk Investments LLC and Van Eck Securities Corporation

Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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information in Exhibit 32 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated

by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act (including this report), unless the

Company specifically incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.

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The information

in Exhibit 32 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

amended, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated

by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act (including this report), unless

the Company specifically incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.

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 its capacities* thereunto duly authorized.

INVESTMENTS LLC

of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust

September 4, 2020

and Chief Executive Officer

Executive Officer and

MERK INVESTMENTS LLC

Sponsor of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust

December 8, 2020

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer and

Principal Financial Officer)

Registrant is a trust and the person is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the

The Registrant is

a trust and the person is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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